Die Hard (1988)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton
Director: John McTiernan
Close My Eyes (1991)
Drama | Romance
An estranged brother and sister begin an intense sexual relationship, behind the curtain of their otherwise normal working-class lives.
Starring: Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves, Karl Johnson, Lesley Sharp, Kate Gartside
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Alice Through the Looking Glass / Alice in Wonderland 2 (2016)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: James Bobin
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Drama | Thriller | War
Colonel Katherine Powell, commander of a top secret drone operation, discovers that terrorists are planning a suicide bombing. As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute.
Starring: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Babou Ceesay, Carl Beukes, Alan Rickman, Phoebe Fox
Director: Gavin Hood
Michael Collins (1996)
Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
A chronicle of the rise and fall of Michael Collins, one of the most important and controversial figures in the Irish fight for independence. Collins formed the Irish Volunteers, who used a combination of terrorist violence and guerilla warfare to combat the British, and also employed espionage.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Alan Rickman, Ian Hart, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
A Little Chaos (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Madame Sabine De Barra is an unlikely candidate for the landscape architect of the still-to-be-completed palace of Versailles. She has little time for the classical ordered designs of the man who hires her; the famous architect Le Notre. However, as she works on her creation, she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Le Notre and forced to negotiate the perilous rivalries and intricate etiquette of the court of King Louis XIV. But Sabine is made of strong stuff; her honesty and compassionate nature help to overcome both the challenges of her newfound popularity, and an unspeakable tragedy from her past, to win the favour of the Sun King and the heart of Le Notre.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Jennifer Ehle, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Matthias Schoenaerts
Director: Alan Rickman
A Little Chaos (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Madame Sabine De Barra is an unlikely candidate for the landscape architect of the still-to-be-completed palace of Versailles. She has little time for the classical ordered designs of the man who hires her; the famous architect Le Notre. However, as she works on her creation, she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Le Notre and forced to negotiate the perilous rivalries and intricate etiquette of the court of King Louis XIV. But Sabine is made of strong stuff; her honesty and compassionate nature help to overcome both the challenges of her newfound popularity, and an unspeakable tragedy from her past, to win the favour of the Sun King and the heart of Le Notre.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Jennifer Ehle, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Matthias Schoenaerts
Director: Alan Rickman
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A Promise (2013)
Drama | Romance
In Germany in 1912, Frederic, a recent graduate, finds a clerical post in a steel factory. Impressed by him, the elderly owner, Karl Hoffmeister, hires him as his private secretary. His health declining, Karl is confined to his home, into which Frederic moves. There he meets Karl's wife, a much younger woman, the beautiful and reserved Lotte. Over time, Frederic falls deeply in love with her, but does not dare reveal his feelings, and a romantic intrigue develops within the stifling bourgeois home.
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray, Maggie Steed
Director: Patrice Leconte
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The January Man (1989)
Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
A fired cop, the brother of the police commissioner, is reinstated in order to track down a brutal serial killer who has eluded the city for 11 months. In the process of figuring out the killer, the cop falls in love with the mayor's daughter.
Starring: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Rod Steiger, Alan Rickman
Director: Pat O'Connor
CBGB (2013)
Drama | Music
The story of Hilly Kristal's New York club from its conceit as a venue for Country, Bluegrass and Blues (CBGB) to what it ultimately became: the birthplace of underground rock 'n roll and punk.
Starring: Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Freddy Rodriguez, Stana Katic, Richard de Klerk, Rupert Grint, Justin Bartha, Joel David Moore, Johnny Galecki, Donal Logue, Ashley Greene, Taylor Hawkins, Mickey Sumner, Bradley Whitford
Director: Randall Miller
The Butler (2013)
Biography | Drama
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Starring: John Cusack, Forest Whitaker, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams, Minka Kelly
Director: Lee Daniels
Blow Dry (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon. Phil and Shelly haven't talked in ten years, since she bolted; she's just found out her cancer is terminal; and, Ray Roberts, the reigning hairdressing champion, blows into town taunting Phil for retreating from competitive styling into barbering. Roberts also brings his daughter, Christina, who remembers Brian from when she was a little kid. Everything's set: Brian decides to enter the competition with his mom and Sandra; will Phil join in? Ray wants to win at any cost; will Christina go along?
Starring: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Heidi Klum
Director: Paddy Breathnach
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Kevin Costner triumphs as the legendary Sherwood Forest outlaw leader in this epic adventure bringing a 12th-century medieval world to spectacular screen life. Enhancing the fun are 12 added minutes of footage not seen in theatres, especially more juicy malevolence of Robin Hoods archenemy, the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman). Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio also star in this lavish production lensed in Britain and France, where historic structures, majestic forests and vividly realistic recreations of Olde England combined to create a world at once ancient and ageless.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman, Geraldine McEwan
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. He needs Harry to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses critical information known only to Hogwarts' former Potions Professor, Horace Slughorn. With that in mind, Dumbledore manipulates his old colleague into returning to his previous post with promises of more money, a bigger office and the chance to teach the famous Harry Potter.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman
Director: David Yates
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Drama | Romance
Emma Thompson stars in and provides the screenplay for this adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel. Thompson plays Elinor, the eldest of sisters who are reduced in means when their father dies and his estate passes on to his son from his first marriage. They are soon accepted into their new society, each finding romance, but with some pain along the way. Also starring Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, the film won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as three BAFTAs.
Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Greg Wise
Director: Ang Lee
Gambit (2012)
Comedy | Crime
A British thief discovers that no plan is infallible when he recruits a beautiful woman to help him steal a priceless statue from an impossibly wealthy widower. Despite the fact that his pretty accomplice bears an uncanny resemblance to his affluent target's late wife, things quickly spin out of control once the job gets under way.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Cloris Leachman, Tom Courtenay
Director: Michael Hoffman
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | Western
Arriving in Australia with nothing more than a saddle and his prized six-foot Sharps rifle, sharpshooter Matthew Quigley thinks he's been hired to kill off wild dogs. But when he realizes,instead, that his mission is murder – to "eliminate" the Aborigines from a wealthy cattle baron's land – Quigley refuses and quickly turns from hunter to hunted. Forced to wage a savage war against his former employer, Quigley proves that no one gets the best of a steely-eyed gunfighter – no one, that is, except the mysterious beauty who rides by his side.
Starring: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Ron Haddrick, Tony Bonner
Director: Simon Wincer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Süskind, 'Perfume' is a story of murder and obsession set in 18th-century France. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has a unique talent for discerning the scents and smells that swirl around him, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. Strangely lacking any scent of his own, he becomes obsessed with capturing the irresistible but elusive aroma of young womanhood. As Grenouille's obsession turns deadly, twelve young girls are found murdered. Panic breaks out as people rush to protect their daughters, while an unrepentant and unrelenting Grenouille still lacks the final ingredient to complete his quest.
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Tom Tykwer
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi
They're not astronauts… they only played them on TV. For four seasons, from 1979 to 1982, the crew of the N.S.E.A. Protector donned their uniforms and set out on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space–then their series was canceled. Nearly twenty years later, the five stars of the classic sci-fi series "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at science fiction conventions for legions of faithful fans…but some of those fans have a little too much faith. The Thermians, a race of aliens from Klatu Nebula, have mistaken intercepted television transmissions of the show for historical "documents." Arriving on earth, they wisk "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" and his crew into space to help them defeat an all-too-real and very deadly adversary. With no script, no director and no clue about real space travel, the actors have to turn in the performances of their lives to become the heroes the Thermians believe them to be.
Starring: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman
Director: Dean Parisot
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Sweeney Todd / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Drama | Horror | Musical
Unjustly sent to prison, a man vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, he becomes Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who "shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again." Sweeney's amorous accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, creates diabolical meat pies.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Tim Burton
