Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Comedy | Mystery
A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.
Starring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Jonah Hill, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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The White Countess (2005)
Drama | History | Romance | War
Todd is an American expatriate living in Shanghai in the late 1930s. Once an idealistic diplomat, politic conflict and military violence has left him disillusioned. He has also lost most of his sight and retreated into Shanghai's decadent underworld of bars and brothels. His heart softens, however, as he becomes acquainted with Sofia, a Russian countess who fled her home during the revolution and now lives in Shanghai, supporting her family as a dance-hall girl and prostitute.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada, Madeleine Potter
Director: James Ivory
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Drama | Romance
In 19th-century England, Oscar is a youthful Anglican priest, a misfit, and an outcast, but he has the soul of an angel. As a child, even though part of a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him to leave his father and his faith and instead join the Church of England. Lucinda is a spirited Australian heiress determined to liberate her sex from the confines of the male-dominated culture of the Australia at the time. She purchases a glass factory and has a dream of building a church made almost entirely of glass and then transporting it to the Australian outback. Oscar and Lucinda meet on a ship bound for Australia; both are passionate gamblers, and Lucinda bets Oscar her entire inheritance he cannot transport the glass church to the remote bush safely. Oscar agrees to her wager, and this leads to events which change both of their lives forever.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh, Clive Russell
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights / Wuthering Heights (1992)
Drama | History | Romance
Heathcliff is Cathy Earnshaw's foster brother; more than that, he is her other half. When forces within and without tear them apart, Heathcliff wreaks vengeance on those he holds responsible, even into a second generation.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer, Sophie Ward, Jeremy Northam, Simon Shepherd
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery
The Johnny Worricker Spy trilogy concludes with Salting the Battlefield, in which our hero with his ex girlfriend, Margot are criss-crossing Europe trying to stay one step ahead of the security services and a vengeful Prime Minister. Worricker is being watched – His family and friends are being watched – He is running out of cash and he needs to make a move to reach an endgame.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Anna Böger, Shazad Latif, Felicity Jones, James McArdle, Bill Nighy
Director: David Hare
The Good Thief (2002)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Bob, an aging and unstable American thief living in the French city of Nice, angles for a final major score: a fortune in rare paintings held in a Monte Carlo casino.
Starring: Nick Nolte, Tchéky Karyo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Gérard Darmon, Ralph Fiennes, Marc Lavoine
Director: Neil Jordan
The Invisible Woman (2013)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance
At the height of his career, renowned author and social critic Charles Dickens meets an 18-year-old actress, Ellen "Nelly" Ternan, who becomes his secret lover until his death in 1870.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Michelle Fairley, John Kavanagh
Director: Ralph Fiennes
The English Patient (1996)
Drama | Romance | War
Set in North Africa and Italy during the late 1930's and early '40's, 'The English Patient' is an epic drama of two haunting love stories that unfolds against a background of international upheaval. Through the prism of war, and of love and friendship, various themes — of fidelity, adultery, nationality and betrayals — are dramatized and explored. The story, based on Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel, is told elliptically, through the histories of four characters who find themselves in a ruined monastery in Italy at the end of World War II. Slowly they reveal themselves and, in the process, the true identity of the English patient — the unknown survivor of a plane shot down over the Sahara who lies dying in the monastery — is made clear. Passion fires these stories, whether it is the raw passion between lovers, or the compulsive passion which drives men to explore remote and inhospitable regions, or to pursue across time and countries those they think have wronged them.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth
Director: Anthony Minghella
The End of the Affair (1999)
Drama | Romance
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea, James Bolam
Director: Neil Jordan
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Comedy
This comedy recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a coveted Renaissance painting and the conflict over an enormous family fortune.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Owen Wilson
Director: Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Comedy
This comedy recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a coveted Renaissance painting and the conflict over an enormous family fortune.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Owen Wilson
Director: Wes Anderson
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Cemetery Junction / The Men at the Pru (2010)
Comedy | Drama
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and loveable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives forever.
Starring: Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan, Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Emily Watson, Ricky Gervais, Matthew Goode
Director: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Strange Days (1995)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Lenny Nero sells dreams and hustles nightmares, dealing in real-life experiences through a new technology that makes every sensation immediate. But on the eve of the new millennium, Lenny and his street-savvy friend and conscience, Mace, are suddenly caught in a deadly fantasy of conspiracy, murder and betrayal–plunging them into the bleak heart of the nightworld he has always inhabited.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
Lord Voldemort has returned, but few want to believe it. In fact, the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth – including appointing Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. When Professor Umbridge refuses to train her students in practical defensive magic, a select group of students decides to learn on their own. With Harry Potter as their leader, these students (who call themselves "Dumbledore's Army") meet secretly in a hidden room at Hogwarts to hone their wizarding skills in preparation for battle with the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes
Director: David Yates
Great Expectations (2012)
Drama
Young orphan Pip (Toby Irvine) finds his life changed forever soon after encountering and lending assistance to escaped convict Magwitch (Ralph Fiennes) on the marshlands near his home. Later, after being summoned to attend the stately home of Miss Havisham (Helena Bonham Carter) and finding himself mesmerised by the old lady's beautiful but cold-hearted niece, Estella (Helena Barlow/Holliday Grainger), Pip learns that he has been granted an inheritance by a mysterious benefactor. After moving to London to be educated as a gentleman under the guardianship of lawyer Mr. Jaggers (Robbie Coltrane), a now adult Pip (Jeremy Irvine), believing he now has the necessary social standing, sets about convincing Estella that he is worthy of her love.
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irvine, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Flemyng, Holliday Grainger
Director: Mike Newell
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools – the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named. In this fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, everything changes as Harry, Ron and Hermione leave childhood forever and take on challenges greater than anything they could have imagined.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Mike Newell
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son (Tyler Posey). One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes) meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Frances Conroy, Christopher Eigeman, Ralph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Natasha Richardson
Director: Wayne Wang
Page Eight (2011)
Drama | Mystery
Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss and best friend Benedict Baron (Michael Gambon) dies suddenly, leaving behind him an inexplicable file, threatening the stability of the organization. Meanwhile, a seemingly chance encounter with Johnny's striking next-door neighbor and political activist Nancy Pierpan (Rachel Weisz) seems too good to be true. Johnny is forced to walk out of his job, and then out of his identity to find out the truth. Set in London and Cambridge, PAGE EIGHT is a contemporary spy film for the BBC, which addresses intelligence issues and moral dilemmas peculiar to the new century.
Starring: Bill Nighy, Judy Davis, Michael Gambon, Ewen Bremner, Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
Director: David Hare
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
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
Drama | History
A movie about the corruption in all levels of society. A baby is born from a supposed-to-be virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place.
Starring: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone
Director: Peter Greenaway
