Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Biography | Drama
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Max Pomeranc, Robert Stephens
Director: Steven Zaillian
The Physician / Der Medicus (2013)
Adventure | Drama
When nine-year-old Rob Cole felt the life force slipping from his mother's hand he could not foresee that this terrifying awareness of impending death was a gift that would lead him from the familiar life of 11th-century London to small villages throughout England and finally to the medical school at Ispahan. Though apprenticed to an itinerant barber surgeon, it is the dazzling surgery of a Jewish physician trained by the legendary Persian physician Avicenna that inspires him to accept his gift and to commit his life to healing by studying at Avicenna's school. Despite the ban on Christian students, Rob goes there, disguising himself as a Jew to gain admission. Gordon has written an adventurous and inspiring tale of a quest for medical knowledge pursued in a violent world full of superstition and prejudice.
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Emma Rigby, Ben Kingsley, Olivier Martinez, Tom Payne, Elyas M'Barek
Director: Philipp Stölzl
A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)
Comedy
David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Alex Wolff, Katie Chang, Michael Chen
Director: Rob Meyer
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A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways. Based on a story by Ray Bradbury.
Starring: Armin Rohde, Heike Makatsch, Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, William Armstrong
Director: Peter Hyams
Sexy Beast (2000)
Crime | Drama
Ex-con Gary "Gal" Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job. Desperate not to sacrifice his enchanted existence, Dove is drawn into a shocking and explosive battle of wills with Logan, a battle that redefines his notions of love, honor and commitment.
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
Short
After the events of Iron Man 3, Trevor Slattery is an infamous icon. He's also locked up in a high-security prison. Luckily, his newfound profile has brought him celebrity and protection on the inside – and the actor has gladly agreed to an in-depth profile with a documentary filmmaker.
Starring: Rob S. Gray, Ben Kingsley, Allen Maldonado, Scoot McNairy, Marcus Natividad, Eddie J. Rangel
Director: Drew Pearce
Ender's Game (2013)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis
Director: Gavin Hood
Ender's Game (2013)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis
Director: Gavin Hood
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Dave (1993)
Comedy | Romance
To avoid a potentially explosive scandal when the U.S. President goes into a coma, an affable temp agency owner with an uncanny resemblance, is put in his place.
Starring: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley
Director: Ivan Reitman
Sneakers (1992)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When he is blackmailed by Government agents into stealing a top secret black box, the team find themselves embroiled in a game of danger and intrigue.
Starring: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
A Common Man (2012)
Action | Thriller
In A Common Man, which is set in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a mysterious man (Kingsley) has planted 5 bombs in the politically-scarred city that are set to explode unless four major terrorists are immediately released from prison. When he calls in his demands to the Deputy Inspector General of the Colombo Police Department (Cross), a confrontation ensues that sets off this exciting, non-stop action film that pits truth versus duty in a thrilling duel to the end.
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross, Frederick-James Lobato, Kian O'Grady
Director: Chandran Rutnam
Transsiberian (2008)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
U.S. couple, Roy and Jessie, decide to take the long way home from their recent sojourn in Asia on the legendary Trans-siberian Express train from Beijing to Moscow. On their way, they meet another couple from the West, Carlos and Abby, with whom they quickly form a familiar bond that often unites fellow travellers away from home. When Roy accidentally gets separated from the group at a stopover, Jessie begins to realize that their compatriots aren't exactly who or what they seem to be. The real danger begins to surface as a deceitful Russian detective and locals terrorize Jessie in this unforgettable journey.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Thomas Kretschmann
Director: Brad Anderson
Camille (1984)
Drama | Romance
Camille, a popular Parisian courtesan, is wooed by innocent young Armand. She is willing to give up her libertine lifestyle for Armand, but is gently convinced by the boy's father that such a union would be impossible.
Starring: Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw, Denholm Elliott, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Ryecart
Director: Desmond Davis
Oliver Twist (2005)
Crime | Drama | Family
Abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist is forced to live in a workhouse lorded over by the awful Mr. Bumble, who cheats the boys of their meager rations. Desperate yet determined, Oliver makes his escape to the streets of London. Penniless and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the sinister Fagin — the mastermind of a gang of pint-sized pickpockets. Oliver's rescue by the kindly Mr. Brownlow is only the beginning of a series of adventures that lead him to the promise of a better life.
Starring: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift, Jamie Foreman, Edward Hardwicke, Mark Strong
Director: Roman Polanski
Bugsy (1991)
Biography | Crime | Drama | History
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womaniser with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
Starring: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould
Director: Barry Levinson
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The Wackness (2008)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
New York, summer 1994, the greatest year in hip-hop, a troubled teenage drug dealer trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist intent on living his life to the fullest. The two form an unlikely friendship, but things get complicated when the kid falls for the doctor's daughter.
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jane Adams, Method Man
Director: Jonathan Levine
The Dictator (2012)
Comedy
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Rocky Citron, Liam Campora
Director: Larry Charles
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Species (1995)
Horror | Sci-Fi
When a beautiful human-alien hybrid escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch dispatches a crew of experts to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind. As her deadly biological clock ticks rapidly, Fitch and his team are hurled into a desperate battle in which the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance!
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger
Director: Roger Donaldson
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Drama
An emotionally broken woman, Kathy, suddenly finds herself homeless after her house is wrongly repossessed and auctioned. Seeking respite from his marriage, Lester, a lustful but sympathetic sheriff's deputy comes to the aid of Kathy and becomes intimately involved in her situation. Soon, Behrani, a proud emigrant Iranian and his family move into the house only to find their new lives burdened by harassment from Lester and Kathy as they attempt to reclaim her former home. The once prosperous colonel denies Kathy's pleas for he knows his recent purchase promises a profitable return and a better future for his adolescent son and extravagant wife. But latent consequences lie beneath Behrani's well intentioned plan as Kathy's emotions spiral out of control and her actions spark a tragic chain of events that will leave no resident unscathed in the House of Sand and Fog.
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens
Director: Vadim Perelman
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Hugo (2011)
Adventure | Drama | Family
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Martin Scorsese
