Bad Behaviour (2023)
Comedy | Drama
Lucy, a former child actress who seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon, while also navigating the close but turbulent relationship with her daughter, Dylan.
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Whishaw, Alice Englert
Director: Alice Englert
Women Talking (2022)
Drama
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Starring: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw
Director: Sarah Polley
No Time to Die (2021)
Action | Adventure | Thriller
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Starring: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Ana de Armas
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Surge (2020)
Thriller
Set over 24 hours in London, SURGE is a stripped back thriller about a man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson, Laurence Spellman, Ryan McKen
Director: Aneil Karia
Little Joe (2019)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it.
Starring: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor, Phénix Brossard, Leanne Best
Director: Jessica Hausner
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
Comedy | Drama
A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.
Starring: Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi
Director: Armando Iannucci
Mary Poppins Returns / Mary Poppins 2 (2018)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep, Ben Whishaw, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth
Director: Rob Marshall
Teenage (2013)
Documentary | History
Teenagers did not always exist. In this living collage of rare archival material, filmed portraits, and voices lifted from early 20th Century diary entries, a struggle erupts between adults and adolescents to define a new idea of youth.
Starring: Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, Julia Hummer, Jessie T. Usher
Director: Matt Wolf
Paddington 2 (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters
Director: Paul King
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Thriller
Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home.
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, Charlotte Riley, Brendan Gleeson, Michelle Fairley
Director: Ron Howard
Suffragette (2015)
Biography | Drama | History
The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Sarah Gavron
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Days and Nights / The Seagull (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. Inspired by Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," set in rural New England in 1984.
Starring: Christian Camargo, Katie Holmes, William Hurt, Allison Janney, Cherry Jones, Russell Means, Ben Whishaw, Michael Nyqvist, Jean Reno
Director: Christian Camargo
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Lilting (2014)
Drama | Romance
Lilting is a touching, intimate film about finding the things which bring us together. In contemporary London, a Cambodian-Chinese mother mourns the untimely death of her son. Her world is further disrupted by the presence of a stranger. We observe their difficulties in trying to communicate and connect with one another, without a common language. Through a translator, however, they both begin to slowly piece together the memories of a man whom they both loved dearly.
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Morven Christie, Peter Bowles, Pei-pei Cheng, Andrew Leung, Naomi Christie
Director: Hong Khaou
The Zero Theorem (2013)
Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Starring: Christoph Waltz, Matt Damon, Ben Whishaw, Tilda Swinton, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry
Director: Terry Gilliam
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Drama | Romance
Charles Ryder becomes entranced with the noble Marchmain family, first through the charming and provocative Sebastian Flyte, and then his sophisticated sister, Julia. The rise and fall of Charles' infatuations reflect the decline of a decadent era in England between the wars.
Starring: Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Greta Scacchi
Director: Julian Jarrold
Skyfall (2012)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
James Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Starring: Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem, Helen McCrory, Judi Dench, Ben Whishaw
Director: Sam Mendes
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
Bright Star (2009)
Biography | Drama | Romance
It's 1818 in Hampstead Village on the outskirts of London. Poet Charles Brown lives in one half of a house, the Dilkes family who live in the other half. Through their association with the Dilkes, the fatherless Brawne family know Mr. Brown. The Brawne's eldest daughter, Fanny Brawne, and Mr. Brown don't like each other. She thinks he's arrogant and rude, and he feels that she is pretentious, knowing only how to sew (admittedly well as she makes all her own fashionable clothes), flirt and give opinions on subjects about which she knows nothing. Insecure struggling poet 'John Keats' comes to live with his friend, Mr. Brown. Miss Brawne and Mr. Keats have a mutual attraction to each other, a relationship which however is slow to develop in part since Mr. Brown does whatever he can to keep the two apart. But other obstacles face the couple, including their eventual overwhelming passion for each other clouding their view of what the other does…
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox
Director: Jane Campion
