The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2013's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, it is the final instalment in The Hobbit t...
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton•Benedict Cumberbatch•John C. Reilly•Kate Beckinsale•David Warner•Peter O'Toole•Shelley Duvall•Tom Skerritt•Yaphet Kotto•Paul Scofield
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is the first instalment in The Hobbit trilogy, acting as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings tri...
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton•Benedict Cumberbatch•John C. Reilly•Glenn Plummer•Luke Perry•Mia Farrow•John Hurt•David Warner•Shelley Duvall•Tom Skerritt
Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The eighth film produced by Pixar, it was written and directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005, and produced by Brad Lewis, from an original idea by Pinkava, who was credited for conceivin...
Starring: Ron Leibman•Christopher Lee•Benedict Cumberbatch•Richard Dreyfuss•Katherine Helmond•Theresa Russell•Brian Dennehy•Edward Herrmann•Tom Hulce•Dennis Quaid
Lord of War is a 2005 crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol, and co-produced by and starring Nicolas Cage.
Starring: Sigourney Weaver•Benedict Cumberbatch•Helen Mirren•James Remar•Holly Hunter•Jennifer Jason Leigh•Jake Steinfeld•Craig Warnock•David Rappaport•Malcolm Dixon
The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American science fiction disaster film directed, produced, and co-written by Roland Emmerich. Based on the 1999 book The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, the film stars Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, and Ian Holm. It depicts catastrophic climatic effects following th...
Starring: John Cleese•Nigel Hawthorne•Benedict Cumberbatch•Sela Ward•Nicolas Cage•Jonathan Pryce•Bob Hoskins•Patrick Stewart•Jean Smart•Johnny Depp
Garden State is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Zach Braff and starring Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ian Holm. The film centers on Andrew Largeman (Braff), a 26-year-old actor/waiter who returns to his hometown in New Jersey after his mother dies. Braff based the film on his real life experiences....
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal•Benedict Cumberbatch•Kim Greist•Michael Palin•Ethan Hawke•Sean Astin•Isabella Rossellini•Viggo Mortensen•Andy García•Tamlyn Tomita
The Aviator is a 2004 American epic biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by John Logan. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. The supporting cast features Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Gwen Stefani, Kelli Garner, Matt Ross,...
Starring: Jeremy Irons•Alec Baldwin•Benedict Cumberbatch•Sheila McCarthy•Kelsey Grammer•Heather Graham•Frances Conroy•Sean Bean•Gary Oldman•Lena Olin
From Hell is a 2001 period detective film directed by the Hughes Brothers and written by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias. It is loosely based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders. The film stars Johnny Depp as Frederick Abberline, the lead investigator of the murders, and Heather G...
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch•Elijah Wood•Stanley Tucci
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film is the first installment in The Lord of the Rin...
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch•John C. Reilly•Leonardo DiCaprio•Kenneth Branagh•Delroy Lindo•Glenn Plummer•Milla Jovovich•Luke Perry•Kate Beckinsale
Joe Gould's Secret is a 2000 American drama film directed by Stanley Tucci. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman is based on the magazine article Professor Sea Gull and the book Joe Gould's Secret by Joseph Mitchell.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch•Martin Freeman•Jared Leto
Animal Farm is a 1999 political comedy-drama television film directed by John Stephenson and written by Alan Janes. Based on the 1945 novel of the same name by George Orwell and serving as an allegory of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, the film features an ensemble cast including Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Patrick Stew...
Starring: Chris Tucker•Julia Ormond•Natalie Portman•Benedict Cumberbatch•Cameron Diaz•Janeane Garofalo•Liv Tyler
Existenz is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller, a game designer who finds herself targeted by assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation. An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, I...
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch•Liev Schreiber•Minnie Driver
The Fifth Element is a 1997 English-language French science fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, as well as co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, and Chris Tucker. Primarily set in the 23rd century, the film's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth,...
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch•Allison Janney•Ewan McGregor•Hope Davis•Matt Ross•Jude Law
A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 romantic black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge, and starring Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm and Dan Hedaya. The plot follows two angels who are sent to Earth to help make a disgruntled kidnapper (McGregor) and his hostage (Diaz) fall in love.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch•Cate Blanchett•Peter Sarsgaard•Method Man•Adrian Lester
Night Falls on Manhattan is a 1996 American crime drama film written and directed by Sidney Lumet based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal•Will Arnett•Benedict Cumberbatch•Jackie Hoffman•Orlando Bloom•Andy Serkis
Big Night is a 1996 American comedy-drama film co-directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci. The film stars Tucci, alongside Minnie Driver, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini, Allison Janney and Tony Shalhoub.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch•Patton Oswalt•Martin Freeman•Evangeline Lilly•Ken Stott•Armando Riesco•Alex Burns•Nalu Tripician
The Madness of King George is a 1994 British biographical historical comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own 1991 play The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III of Great Britain's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his eldest son, the Prince ...
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch•Tanit Phoenix•Weston Coppola Cage
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as Victor Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro portraying Frankenstein's monster, and co-stars Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Richard Briers and Aidan Quinn. Considered the most faithful film adaptation of Mary Shelley'...
Starring: James Nesbitt•Lee Pace•Benedict Cumberbatch•Kenny Baker•Alec Guinness•Sean Connery
Kafka is a 1991 mystery thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Ostensibly a biopic, based on the life of Franz Kafka, the film blurs the lines between fact and Kafka's fiction, creating a Kafkaesque atmosphere. It was written by Lem Dobbs, and stars Jeremy Irons in the title role, with Theresa Russell, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbé, Joel Grey, Armi...
Starring: Gena Rowlands•Veronica Cartwright•Benedict Cumberbatch•Yaphet Kotto
Another Woman is a 1988 American drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Gena Rowlands as a philosophy professor who accidentally overhears the private analysis of a stranger, and finds the woman's regrets and despair awaken something personal in her.
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton•Gene Hackman•Mia Farrow•Benedict Cumberbatch
Brazil is a 1985 dystopian black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard. The film stars Jonathan Pryce and features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm.
Starring: James Nesbitt•John Hurt•Benedict Cumberbatch•David Warner•Shelley Duvall•Tom Skerritt•Katherine Helmond
Time Bandits is a 1981 British fantasy adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan and David Warner. The film tells the story of a young boy taken on an adventure through time with a band of thieves...
Starring: Theresa Russell•Sigourney Weaver•Craig Warnock•David Rappaport•Benedict Cumberbatch•Malcolm Dixon•John Cleese•Jonathan Pryce•Bob Hoskins
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who, after coming across a mysterious derelict spaceship on an uncharted planetoid, find themselves up against an aggressive and deadly extraterr...
Starring: Aidan Quinn•Kim Greist•Michael Palin•Jeremy Irons•Kenneth Branagh•Helena Bonham Carter•Benedict Cumberbatch