Movies starring Ben Kingsley
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, ...
The oddly-titled Sexy Beast (oddly titled because neither of the main characters is sexy, although both are certainly beasts) focuses on a husband's determination to honor a promise he made to his wife. The movie, the debut effort from British dir...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-06-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER/COMEDY
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, ...
Note: I consider this review to be “spoiler-lite.” Although there are no overt revelations of things that can’t be learned by scanning published cast lists or watching the trailer, if you don’t want to know anything about the movie, co...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-09-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Cast: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, ...
Spoiler Alert: Although every effort has been made to limit the revelations in this review, it's difficult to provide a coherent discussion of Shutter Island without giving away something, so readers are hereby placed on alert. If you're familiar...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-02-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, ...
A Sound of Thunder takes a thought-provoking science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury and turns it into a noisy, messy Hollywood action/adventure extravaganza. This approach isn't unique or inherently bad (it worked, for example, with Blade Run...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, ...
The villain of Species -- a new science fiction/action/thriller/gorefest from director Roger Donaldson -- is a sexy young alien named Sil (Natasha Henstridge). For most of the film, her primary problem is a massive case of sexual frustration. Eve...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-07-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, ...
The Wackness is a period piece drama that takes viewers back to the summer of 1994 in New York City. It's three months in the life of a drug dealer as he traverses the road from high school graduation to the start of college. This is basically a ...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-07-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Jonathan Levine
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, ...
During its short lifespan, the original World Trade Center hosted a number of strange and surreal occurrences but perhaps none was more astonishing than the tightwire walk by Frenchman Philippe Petit. The event took place during the morning of August...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Thriller/Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, ...
Ever had the feeling that you're not getting the whole story? That's what it's like to watch What Planet Are You From?, which suffers from the kind of editing job that indicates a cluttered cutting room floor. The product that survived appears to...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-03-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Gary Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, ...