Movies starring Helen Mirren
If the score of Immortal Beloved is remarkable, that of The Madness of King George is no less so. With the clear strains of Handel's "Water Music" and "Zadok the Priest" in the background, The Madness of King George ascends to a level that it migh...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-01-13
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, ...
If there's anything disgusting or grotesque that The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover doesn't dabble in, I'm at a loss to figure out what it is. This film, a wildly exuberant, bitingly satirical examination of excess, bad taste, and grea...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NC-17" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, ...
For many centuries, those producing mass entertainment have recognized the inherent drama and majesty in the story of the Hebrew exodus from Egypt. The tale has inspired countless plays, a renowned oratorio (Handel's "Israel in Egypt"), and one of...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-18
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
Cast: (voices) Val Kilmer, Steve Martin, Helen Mirren, ...
In 1979, when Margaret Thatcher assumed the role of England's Prime Minister, one of her stated aims was to crush the IRA and its associated "terrorism." Her "Northern Ireland Solution", as it became known, included three principles: Isolation, C...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-12-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Terry George
Cast: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, ...
Eye in the Sky provides a comprehensive cross-section of the logistics, procedures, and tolls associated with something that’s now taken for granted in modern warfare: a drone attack. For the average citizen, this seems to be a relatively straightf...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-03-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, ...
The 16-year wait between the 1968 opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the 1984 release of 2010 doesn't represent the longest interval between a movie and its direct sequel (that distinction probably belongs to Gone With the Wind/Scarlett, although...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, ...
With The Queen, Stephen Frears has at least two items on his agenda: to humanize the head of the British monarchy while at the same time indicating how far removed she has become from the concerns of her subjects. He also poses questions about the...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-10-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen, ...
The three screenwriters (Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray) credited with adapting Paul Abbott's mini-series into a motion picture have done something remarkable: reduce five hours of material into less than two hours and still produ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-04-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, ...
Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), or - more properly - Lev Tolstoy, is one of the two best-known 19th century Russian authors. His masterpieces, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are required reading in many high school and college literature clas...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-02-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, ...
Not to be confused with the early-'90s Kieslowski film of the same name. Definitely not. Sometimes, casting makes a difference. Under the stewardship of the same director with the same screenplay, Red might be an enjoyable-but-forgettable late...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-10-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Bruce Willis, Ernest Borgnine, Karl Urban, ...