Movies starring Thandie Newton
The Journey of August King is as close to a flawless motion picture as is likely to be produced by the film industry (independent or mainstream). Featuring strong acting, realistic set and costume design, an intelligent script, solid directing, an...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Jason Patric, Thandie Newton, Larry Drake, ...
Beloved, Jonathan Demme's much-anticipated adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, is a powerful and disturbing motion picture that is likely to leave many movie-goers unsettled as they file out of the theater. Although the movie probably runs a litt...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-10-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, ...
Ensemble features can be daunting, yet some filmmakers embrace the challenge, and their results reward an audience. A lot of characters are woven into the tapestry of Crash, the feature directing debut of TV veteran Paul Haggis. (Haggis was also O...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-05-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Paul Haggis
Cast: Matt Dillon, Terrence Dashon Howard, William Fichtner, ...
For those who didn't get enough of James Bond late last year when The World Is Not Enough blazed its way into theaters, Mission: Impossible II offers a chance to once again get shaken and stirred. Oh, the film isn't an official entry into the dura...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-04-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Dougray Scott, ...
The Bostonians. A Room With A View. Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Howards End. The Remains of the Day. These represent the best of Merchant-Ivory -- a category in which their latest, Jefferson in Paris, does not belong. Nevertheless, although this exa...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-04-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton, ...
Remaking movies is always a risky endeavor, and remaking a classic can border on the foolhardy. Taken on its own terms, however, Jonathan Demme's The Truth About Charlie, a '00s re-interpretation of the 1963 thriller Charade, is a decent – and e...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-10-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Thandie Newton, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Robbins, ...
With a title like The Chronicles of Riddick, one can assume that David Twohy's movie comes with lofty aspirations. Indeed, there are hints of a complex, involving story here. Unfortunately, too many of the nuances are drowned out by incessant, re...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-06-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton, ...
Based on the evidence at hand, one has to assume the missing ingredient is Edgar Wright. Wright, the co-writer and director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, is nowhere to be found in the credits list of Run Fatboy Run. Instead, on this occasion...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David Schwimmer
Cast: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria, ...
As counter-intuitive as it might sound, chaos only works in a movie when it is carefully controlled and focused. Tarantino is one of several masters of this technique and there’s a sense during the course of Gringo that director Nash Edgerton...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Nash Edgerton
Cast: David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, ...
Solo: a movie no one was clamoring for that has been made without any distinguishing qualities. Pretty much everything that needed to be said about the iconic character of Han Solo was accomplished during his on-screen appearances in Episodes ...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-05-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, ...