An Everlasting Piece 2000  R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Barry McEvoy, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Pauline McLynn, Ruth McCabe, Laurence Kinlan, Billy Connolly, Des McAleer, Colum Convey, Ian Cregg
Ireland's ongoing religious problems are at the core of this story about the business venture of two barbers: Catholic Colm (Barry McEvoy) and Protestant George (Brian F. O'Byrne). They form a company, the Piece People, and try to take over Belfast's men's wig distributorship. Major problems ensue when police find one of their Piece People wigs at the scene of an IRA crime. It appears that the IRA also likes the wigs–as disguises.
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Goal II: Living the Dream 2007  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Goal 2
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Rutger Hauer, Frances Barber, Miriam Colon, Leonor Varela, Nick Cannon, Elizabeth Pena, Sean Pertwee, David Beckham, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane
The story of football (soccer) player Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) continues. This time around, he is traded from England's Newcastle United team to the Real Madrid's Galacticos where he plays with real-life stars David Beckham, Ronaldo, and Zinedine Zidane. Meanwhile his fiancee Roz (Anna Friel) plans their wedding. But, Santiago basks in his new-found fame and takes on the "good life" risking not only his career but his relationships with his friends and Roz as well.
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Goal! The Dream Begins 2005  TV, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Goal!
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Tony Plana, Marcel Iures, Leonardo Guerra, Miriam Colon, Jorge Cervera, Sean Pertwee, Cassandra Bell, Donald Li
Hard-working Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) dreams of becoming a professional football (soccer) player but sees little hope of succeeding in that quest. One day, a scout, Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane), watches Santiago play and sets up a tryout with the British football club, Newcastle United. But, first Santiago must find funding for the trip to England–and that's just one of the many obstacles he encounters and overcomes on his way to, as well as during play on and off, the football fields of northern England.
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The Land Girls 1998 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Leland
Cast: Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Georgeson, Maureen O'Brien, Lucy Akhurst, Paul Bettany, Gerald Down, Nick Mollo
This story of three women–Stella (Catherine McCormack), Ag (Rachel Weisz), and Prue (Anna Friel)–involves their experiences during World War II as members of the "Land Girls," a regiment of women who "manned" England's farms while the men went off to war.
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Land of the Lost 2009 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone, John Boylan, Matt Lauer, Ben Best, Brian Huskey, Leonard Nimoy, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Sierra McCormick, Shannon Lemke, Stevie Wash Jr., Logan Manus, Jon Kent Ethridge
This film is based on the 1970s' TV series about time travel. Dr. Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) has been discredited for his work on the past, present, and future meeting in a parallel universe and has been demoted to teaching children's science classes at the La Brea Tar Pits. Now, Rick is encouraged by scientist Holly Cantrell (Anna Friel), and he finishes building his time-travel device. Fireworks salesman Will Stanton (Danny McBride) leads Rick and Holly to a cave where they test the machine and find themselves in a parallel universe. They lose their time-travel machine, and, with help from their monkey-like guide Chaka (Jorma Taccone), they begin their search through a vast, unknown world where they must contend with dinosaurs, giant mosquitoes, and other creepy creatures in their attempt to find the machine.
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Me Without You 2001 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sandra Goldbacher
Cast: Anna Friel, Michelle Williams, Oliver Milburn, Trudie Styler, Marianne Denicourt, Allan Corduner, Nicky Hanson, Steve John Shepard, Kyle MacLachlan, Deborah Findlay
Inseparable as teenagers, Marina (Anna Friel) and Holly (Michelle Williams) find that, after many years of growing into adulthood, betrayal threatens their friendship.
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 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1999 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, Dominic West, David Strathairn, Sophie Marceau, Roger Rees, Sam Rockwell, Gregory Jbara, Bill Irwin, Max Wright
One of the marvels of Shakespeare's comedies is that they are timeless. This version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set in 19th-century Tuscany, and the star-crossed lovers Nick Bottom and Titania (Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer) ride bicycles to their moonlight rendezvous.
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Our Mutual Friend 1998  TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Farino
Cast: Paul McGann, Keeley Hawes, Steven Mackintosh, Anna Friel, David Morrissey, Peter Vaughan, Pam Ferris, Kenneth Cranham, Timothy Spall, Dominic Mafham, Margaret Tyzack, David Bradley
Based on Charles Dickens' last novel, this made-for-TV miniseries is set in 1860s' London and evolves from a mysterious death on the River Thames to a love story, and a social satire on the 19th century class structure.
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 Rogue Trader 1999   R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Dearden
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel, Nigel Lindsay, Tim McInnerny, Irene Ng, Yves Beneyton, Betsy Brantley, Lee Ross, Simon Shepherd, John Standing
The ambition of futures trader Nick Leeson (Ewan McGregor) led to one of the world's greatest financial disasters: the 1995 collapse of the Barings Bank. This is the story of how it all came about as Leeson juggled figures and covered mistakes that brought about the bank's bankruptcy.
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St. Ives 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Harry Hook
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Richard E. Grant, Anna Friel, Tim Dutton, Cecile Pallas, Michael Gough, Jason Isaacs, Barney Craig, Desmond Barrit, Vernon Dobtcheff, Patrice Melennec, Adrian Scarborough, Chris McHallem, Enda Oates
During the Napoleonic Wars, French Captain Jacques St. Ives (Jean-Marc Barr) is captured and sent to a POW camp in Scotland. The action begins after he meets a local woman, Flora (Anna Friel), the daughter of her protective mother Susan (Miranda Richardson) and is befriended by the commander of the camp, Major Farquhar Chevening (Richard E. Grant). Loosely based on an unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel, his last.
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Sunset Strip 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam Collis
Cast: Simon Baker, Anna Friel, Nick Stahl, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Tommy Flanagan, Darren E. Burrows, John Randolph, Stephanie Romanov, Jared Leto
This film follows a group of aspiring young people–including photographer Michael Scott (Simon Baker), musician Marty Shapiro (Adam Goldberg), and clothing designer Tammy Franklin (Anna Friel)–as they ply their trades during 24 hours on Sunset Strip in 1972.
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 Timeline 2003 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, Ethan Embry, Anna Friel, Marton Csokas, Michael Sheen, Lambert Wilson, Matt Craven, David La Haye, David Thewlis, Neal McDonough, Rossif Sutherland, Steve Kahan
A teleportation machine, developed by the International Technology Corporation, sends a group of archaeologists back in time to medieval France where a war between England and France is raging. Will the scientists survive the battle, and, if so, will they be able to return to the 21st century?
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| 1. An Everlasting Piece (2000)
2. Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
aka: Goal 2
3. Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)
aka: Goal!
4. The Land Girls (1998)
5. Land of the Lost (2009)
6. Me Without You (2001)
7. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
8. Our Mutual Friend (1998)
9. Rogue Trader (1999)
10. St. Ives (1998)
11. Sunset Strip (2000)
12. Timeline (2003)
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