Personal Services (1987)
Comedy
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne.
Starring: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox, Danny Schiller, Tim Woodward, Ewan Hooper
Director: Terry Jones
The Secret Garden (2020)
Drama | Family | Fantasy
An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate.
Starring: Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Maeve Dermody, Jemma Powell, Dixie Egerickx
Director: Marc Munden
The Queen's Corgi (2019)
Animation | Comedy | Family
The British monarch's favorite dog gets lost from the palace and finds himself at a dog fight club. He then begins his long journey to find his way back home.
Starring: Jack Whitehall, Ray Winstone, Sheridan Smith, Matt Lucas, Tom Courtenay, Julie Walters
Director: Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again / Mamma Mia 2 (2018)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about her mother's past.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper, Andy García, Julie Walters, Cher
Director: Ol Parker
Educating Rita (1983)
Comedy | Drama
A working-class woman bored with her life as a hairdresser, and under pressure from her husband to start a family, enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university determined to better herself.
Starring: Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman, Jeananne Crowley
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
Biography | Drama | Romance
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.
Starring: Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Graham, Leanne Best
Director: Paul McGuigan
Brooklyn (2015)
Drama | Romance
The profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey, a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Emory Cohen, Emily Bett Rickards
Director: John Crowley
Calendar Girls (2003)
Comedy | Drama
When twelve ordinary members of the Women's Institute, a prim and proper ladies' club, decide they need to find a more compelling way to raise money for a new charity, they turn to their traditional annual calendar and give it a very untraditional twist. Behind the usual baked goods, the apple pressing and the flower arrangements are the women – completely nude! Starring Golden Globe nominee Helen Mirren (Gosford Park) and Julie Walters (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets) Calendar Girls is a terrifically entertaining comedy — and that's the naked truth.
Starring: Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Linda Bassett, Ciarán Hinds, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie
Director: Nigel Cole
Paddington (2014)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sally Hawkins, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters
Director: Paul King
Effie Gray / Effie (2014)
Drama
Based on the real-life scandal that shocked Victorian-era England, the film tells the story of Euphemia "Effie" Gray. At 19, she married the prominent art historian and critic John Ruskin, but Ruskin refused to consummate their marriage. Lonely and frustrated Effie is drawn to pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, and finds a friend and champion in Lady Elizabeth Eastlake.
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Claudia Cardinale, Robbie Coltrane, Russell Tovey, Julie Walters
Director: Richard Laxton
One Chance (2013)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music
The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for — and ultimately winning — "Britain's Got Talent".
Starring: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney, Mackenzie Crook, Valeria Bilello, Jemmima Rooper
Director: David Frankel
Brave (2012)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
The impetuous, tangle-haired Merida, though a daughter of royalty, would prefer to make her mark as a great archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her father's kingdom and her mother's life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic and a dark, ancient curse to set things right.
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson
Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Billy Elliot (2000)
Comedy | Drama | Music
Yorkshire, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferred to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support.
Starring: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Stuart Wells, Gary Lewis
Director: Stephen Daldry
Becoming Jane (2007)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Author Jane Austen eventually became famous for writing epic novels like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, but as a young woman in the 18th century, writing was not a respectible goal for a young woman. With the entire world telling her she can't achieve her dreams, Jane meets and falls in love with a charming rogue, Tom Lefroy, who inspires her to write the books generations have come to know and love.
Starring: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith
Director: Julian Jarrold
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Romance | Musical | Comedy
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends–practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski)–from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities. Inspired by the storytelling magic of ABBA's songs from "Dancing Queen" and "S.O.S." to "Money, Money, Money" and "Take a Chance on Me," Mamma Mia! is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
