Movies starring David Thewlis
In recent years, the term "director's cut" has undergone a devaluation. It has become a marketing term, appended to DVDs to enhance their salability. Often, a "director's cut" will be essentially the same as the theatrical cut, except with a fe...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Alexander Siddig, Brendan Gleeson, ...
For writer/director Brian Helgeland (Payback), Legend represents a visit to Scorsese territory; sadly, the result falls far short of the visceral experiences we typically are accorded by the legendary Oscar winner. Granted, it’s a tall order to...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-11-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, ...
Mike Leigh has always been known as a creator of exceptional, insightful character studies. Often, his films do little more than trace activities in the life of a person or persons over a several-day period. However, whereas comedies such as Life...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, ...
When last we encountered Pocahontas in movie-land, she had been Disney-fied to allow children to experience a sanitized version of her adventures. While there's nothing wrong with Pocahontas (except the history, that is), Terrence Malick is going fo...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA/ADVENTURE
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'Orianka Kilcher, ...
The Omen is regarded as a horror classic, although I have never been able to figure out why Richard Donner's second-rate exploitation flick has been accorded such a lofty status. Since the 2006 re-make is almost identical to its predecessor (even ...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-06-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: John Moore
Cast: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, David Thewlis, ...
James Marsh's The Theory of Everything is an unremarkable bio-pic about a remarkable man. Its ordinariness is in large part compensated for by an extraordinary performance from lead actor Eddy Redmayne. Those looking for a chronology of the life of...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-11-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Adult Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: James Marsh
Cast: Eddy Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis
The lives of tortured artists have always made for fascinating film fare. From Amadeus to Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, dramatic re-creations of the often-frenzied, always-tormented lives of "great" men and women have captivated audiences. ...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-11-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, ...
Over the last 20 years of his career, Steven Spielberg has often coupled a crowd-pleasing would-be blockbuster with a more serious-minded project. Thus, in 1993, he released Jurassic Park in tandem with Schindler's List. In 1997, there were The Los...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emily Watson, ...
It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to argue that Wonder Woman is the best straightforward comic book-inspired movie since Christopher Nolan was making his Batman films. (For clarification purposes, I consider Deadpool and Logan, with their more...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Innuendo, Partial Nudity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, ...