Movies starring Ben Kingsley
While it's impossible to assert that The Last Legion is entirely undone by budgetary constraints - bad scripting and odd casting choices play a part as well - it's a good bet that the movie could have been better had more money been spent on the pr...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Doug Lefler
Cast: Thomas Sangster, Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, ...
To some, Mike Myers is Wayne. To others, he is Austin Powers or the voice of Shrek. It's doubtful that he will be Guru Pitka to many. The Love Guru, Myers' latest film and his most recent live-action endeavor since The Cat in the Hat, is as unmem...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-06-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Marco Schnabel
Cast: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, ...
Lucky Number Slevin is a fascinating case study of what might result if Quentin Tarantino directed a script written for Alfred Hitchcock. From a screenwriting perspective, this is pure suspense, with twists that would appeal to The Master, includi...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-04-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Stanley Tucci, Ben Kingsley, ...
You know there's a problem when the most interesting character in a film called Oliver Twist is a supporting woman named Nancy. Technically sound and surprisingly faithful to its source material, Roman Polanski's version of Oliver Twist comes acro...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, ...
Spoilers for those who don’t know much about history.Operating Finale is an historically-based thriller that follows a group of Nazi hunters as they identify, stalk, capture, and debrief Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) in Argentina during 196...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, ...
This character study compensates for certain narrative hiccups and a bland sense of time and place by offering an effective performance by Ben Kingsley to go along with a story that asks difficult questions and goes to places many similar film...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-04-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Hera Hilmar, Peter Serafinowicz
In the wake of a successful endeavor to transform a popular Disney theme park attraction (Pirates of the Caribbean) into a motion picture blockbuster, uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer has now turned his attention to a well-received video game series...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-05-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, ...
There have been numerous documentaries and dramatic productions focusing on the Holocaust, including a television mini-series which many consider to be the definitive work. As a result, in deciding to film Schindler's List, director Steven Spielbe...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-12-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Embeth Davidtz, ...
At the tender age of seven, Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc) becomes fascinated by the game of chess. Without giving up little league baseball, he learns how to play, hanging out with Vinnie (Laurence Fishburne) and a group of speed chess hustlers...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-08-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, ...
Self/less begins with a promising (albeit well-worn) science fiction premise, degrades it by turning it into a generic thriller, and finishes it off with a rushed, disjointed ending. The film, from director Tarsem Singh (whose most recent credit was ...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-07-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Natalie Martinez, ...