The Mother (2023)
Action | Thriller
While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect her daughter she left earlier in life.
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Gael García Bernal, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci, Jesse Garcia, Yvonne Senat Jones
Director: Niki Caro
The Games Maker (2014)
Adventure | Family
Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true Games Maker.
Starring: David Mazouz, Joseph Fiennes, Megan Charpentier, Tom Cavanagh, Edward Asner, Valentina Lodovini
Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini
The Last Race / On Wings of Eagles (2016)
Drama | History | Sport
Eric Liddell – China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes – returns to war-torn China.
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Augusta Xu-Holland, Bruce Locke, Shawn Dou, Elizabeth Arends, Richard Sanderson, Jesse Kove, Simon Twu
Director: Stephen Shin, Michael Parker
Against the Current (2009)
Drama
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Tyler Moore
Director: Peter Callahan
Risen (2016)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery
Follows the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius, a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.
Starring: Tom Felton, Joseph Fiennes, Cliff Curtis, Peter Firth, Stephen Hagan, María Botto
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
It is the summer of 1593, and the rising young star of London's theatre scene, Will Shakespeare, faces a scourge like no other: a paralyzing bout of writer's block. While the great Elizabethan age of entertainment unfolds around him, Will is without inspiration on material. What Will needs is a muse–and in an extraordinary moment in which life imitates art, he finds and falls for a woman who draws him into his own dramatic adventure of star-crossed love. It all begins when Lady Viola, desperate to become an actor at a time when women were forbidden from such depravity, disguises herself as a man to audition for Will's play. But the guise slips away as their passion ignites. Now Will's quill again begins to flow, this time turning love into words, as Viola becomes his real-life Juliet and Romeo finds his reason to exist. Yet all is not well in Will's world. For even as the parchment begins to pile up, he's plagued by the fact that Lady Viola must marry the insufferable Lord Wessex.
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Colin Firth
Director: John Madden
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Biography | Drama | History
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Patrick Lyster, James Gregory, Tyrone Keogh
Director: Bille August
Strangerland (2015)
Drama | Thriller
Newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine and Matthew Parker's lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy and Lily, have mysteriously disappeared just before a massive dust storm hits. With Nathgari eerily smothered in red dust and darkness, the townsfolk join the search led by local cop, David Rae. It soon becomes apparent that something terrible may have happened to Tommy and Lily. Suspicions run riot, rumours spread and public opinion turns savagely against the Parkers. With temperatures rising and the chances of survival plummeting with each passing day, Catherine and Matthew find themselves pushed to the brink as they struggle to survive the mystery of their children's fate.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Joseph Fiennes, Sean Keenan, Maddison Brown
Director: Kim Farrant
Strangerland (2015)
Drama | Thriller
Newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine and Matthew Parker's lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy and Lily, have mysteriously disappeared just before a massive dust storm hits. With Nathgari eerily smothered in red dust and darkness, the townsfolk join the search led by local cop, David Rae. It soon becomes apparent that something terrible may have happened to Tommy and Lily. Suspicions run riot, rumours spread and public opinion turns savagely against the Parkers. With temperatures rising and the chances of survival plummeting with each passing day, Catherine and Matthew find themselves pushed to the brink as they struggle to survive the mystery of their children's fate.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Joseph Fiennes, Sean Keenan, Maddison Brown
Director: Kim Farrant
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Stealing Beauty (1996)
Drama | Romance
When 19-year old Lucy arrives in Italy to spend the summer with her late mother's bohemian friends, she's determined to fulfill two dreams. The first, to consumate her romance with the Italian boy she fell in love with four years earlier, and the second, to discover the identity of her father through clues in her mother's diary.
Starring: Liv Tyler, Sinéad Cusack, Jeremy Irons, Jean Marais, Donal McCann, Joseph Fiennes
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
The Merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice (2004)
Drama | Romance
From Michael Radford, the Academy Award®-nominated director of Il Postino, comes the critically acclaimed screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's controversial classic THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Antonio (Jeremy Irons), a successful but cash-poor merchant, approaches Shylock (Al Pacino), a wealthy moneylender, for a loan to help his young friend Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love) woo the fair Portia (Lynn Collins, 13 Going on 30). Despite being longtime enemies, Shylock grants the request, but demands one pound of Antonio's flesh if the debt is not repaid on time. When Antonio defaults on the loan, Shylock seeks what is legally owed to him but soon learns that those whom evil is done, do evil in return.
Starring: Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson, Kris Marshall
Director: Michael Radford
American Horror Story (TV Series 2011- )
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
American Horror Story is a dramatic television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The story focuses on a family that moves to a decrepit mansion in Los Angeles, unaware that the once-noble home is haunted.
Starring: Evan Peters, Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy, Joseph Fiennes, Lizzie Brocheré, James Cromwell, Taissa Farmiga
Creator: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
Killing Me Softly (2002)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A woman faces deadly consequences for abandoning her loving relationship with her boyfriend to pursue exciting sexual scenarios with a mysterious celebrity mountaineer.
Starring: Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Thomsen, Ian Hart
Director: Kaige Chen
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
A Persian/Arabian sailor named Sinbad is on a quest to find the magical legendary Book of Peace, a mysterious artifact that Eris, the Greek wicked goddess of chaos, has ultimately framed him for stealing! If he fails on this quest, his childhood friend Prince Proteus of Syracuse will take Sindbad's death penalty, while Eris gains a desired foothold of power in the world of mortals.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert
Director: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson
The Very Thought of You / Martha – Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
Comedy | Romance
Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative moving backwards and forwards gradually filling in the gaps until we see the whole picture.
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Monica Potter, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Ray Winstone
Director: Nick Hamm
The Great Raid (2005)
Action | Drama | War
THE GREAT RAID is an inspirational true story of one of the most the triumphant rescue missions in U.S. military history. As World War II rages, the elite 6th Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war. Under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt), the men of the 6th will face the unthinkable by attempting the impossible. Also featuring James Franco (Spider Man 1 & 2), Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), and Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare In Love), this gripping big-screen hit captures a moment in time when men of honor became soldiers of destiny.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Fiennes, Marton Csokas
Director: John Dahl
American Horror Story (TV Series 2011- )
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
American Horror Story is a dramatic television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The story focuses on a family that moves to a decrepit mansion in Los Angeles, unaware that the once-noble home is haunted.
Starring: Evan Peters, Jessica Lange, Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Taissa Farmiga, Denis O'Hare, Frances Conroy, Alexandra Breckenridge, Lily Rabe, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Joseph Fiennes, Lizzie Brocheré
Creator: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Drama | History | Thriller | War
The year is 1942 and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Khrushchev (Bob Hoskins), the citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of their local hero, Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law). An expert sniper, Vassili's deeds have become legendary – thanks to propaganda produced by Vassili's best friend, a political officer named Danilov (Joseph Fiennes). To stop Vassili, the Germans dispatch their best sniper, Major Konig (Ed Harris), to Stalingrad. When Vassili and Danilov both fall in love with a beautiful soldier (Rachel Weisz), Danilov deserts his friend, leaving Vassili to face his German counterpart alone. As the city burns, Vassili and Konig begin a cunning game of cat and mouse, waging a private war for courage, honor and country.
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Ron Perlman
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Running with Scissors (2006)
Comedy | Drama
Based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors is a wickedly funny, brave and moving tale of surviving a most unusual childhood. Augusten's (Joseph Cross) mother (Annette Bening) is a deluded aspiring post with bipolar disorder whose marriage to his dad (Alec Baldwin) is in ruins. Soon, she is seeing a very eccentric therapist named Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), while Augusten is left in the care of Finch's wackly family, including his tightly-wound daughter (Gwyneth Paltrow). Abandoned by his parents and adopted by the Finches, he finds a kindred spirit in youngest daughter Natalie (Even Rachel Wood) and motherly support from Finch's long suffering wife Agnes (Jill Clayburgh). Constantly recording the events of his life in his journals as a way to cope, Augusten finds himself avoiding school, learning about love from an older man (Joseph Fiennes), and making big decisions at the tender age of fifteen.
Starring: Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, Joseph Cross, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: Ryan Murphy
Elizabeth (1998)
Biography | Drama | History
This is the England of 1554, but the veneer of traditional English composure and dignity has been stripped away. The British populace is in turmoil. Fearing a challenge to her throne, Queen Mary I imprisons her half-sister, Princess Elizabeth Tudor (The daughter of King Henry VII and Anne Boleyn), in the Tower of London. But, in 1558, when "Bloody Mary" dies, Elizabeth is swept onto the throne and, at the age of 25, is crowned Queen of England. In order to survive, let alone to rule, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas: the Court is rife with intrigue; military strategists are risking the lives of young Englishmen; religious leaders at home and abroad place no faith in her; and the man she loves might not be worthy of her trust. The male-dominated ruling class would appear to have the advantage, but intelligent Elizabeth will deploy whatever means necessary to keep, or take what's rightfully hers.
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, John Gielgud, Richard Attenborough
Director: Shekhar Kapur
