Another Country 1984  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Betsy Brantley, Rupert Wainwright, Tristan Oliver, Cary Elwes, Geoffrey Bateman, Philip Dupuy, Frederick Alexander, Adrian Ross Magenty, Tristram Jellinek, Anna Massey
Set in a 1930s' English boarding school, this adaptation of Julian Mitchell's play is faithful in its delivery of exploring how his homosexuality leads Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) to Marxist politics and then on to espionage.
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2004  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Beeban Kidron
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Jacinda Barrett, Sally Phillips, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie, Dominic McHale, Donald(2) Douglas, Shirley Dixon, Neil Pearson, Rosalind Halstead, Tom Brooke
This sequel takes place four weeks after "Bridget Jones's Diary" ended. As Bridget (Renee Zellweger) grows increasingly unhappy about her relationship with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), her ex-lover, Daniel (Hugh Grant), reenters the scene and thoroughly confuses Bridget's emotional decisions.
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 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sharon Maguire
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, Celia Imrie, Embeth Davidtz, Honor Blackman, James Faulkner, Charmian May, Paul Brooke, Shirley Henderson, James Callis
Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a 30-something single woman who lives in London, works in the publishing industry, and worries about not finding success–both romantically and professionally. After being snubbed by Mark (Colin Firth), Bridget begins writing in her diary about trying to cut back on wine, cigarettes, and men. She begins getting sexy e-mails from her boss Daniel (Hugh Grant) and meets him for dinner. Daniel tells her that he and Mark went to college together, and Mark seduced his fiancee. Later, Bridget runs across Mark again, he expresses an interest in her, and now both men compete for Bridget's attention. Zellweger excels in her role of the biologically ticking Bridget, and she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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A Christmas Carol 2009 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Animation / Drama / Fantasy
aka: Disney's A Christmas Carol
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Fionnula Flanagan, Molly C. Quinn, Jacquie Barnbrook, Julian Holloway, Lesley Manville, Fay Masterson, Leslie Zemeckis, Fionnula Flanagan, Callum Blue
This version of Charles Dickens' classic story is presented in 3-D animation. Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) has become a mean, old miser who hates Christmas and everyone who celebrates it. When he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet-to-Come (all played by Carrey) who try to melt his cold heart, Scrooge's heart does grow, and his redemption begins.
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Circle of Friends 1995 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Minnie Driver, Chris O'Donnell, Saffron Burrows, Alan Cumming, Colin Firth, Geraldine O'Rawe, Aidan Gillen, Mick Lally, Britta Smith, John Kavanagh, Ruth McCabe, Ciaran Hinds, Marie Mullen, Marie Conmee, Tony Doyle
In 1957, close friends Benny (Minnie Driver), Eve (Geraldine O'Rawe), and Nan (Saffron Burrows) attend Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Unlike her friends, Benny must live at home and commute to school because her strict parents will not allow her to live on campus. The first day of school, Benny meets Jack (Chris O'Donnell), and they are attracted to each other but have problems because every night Benny must return home where she wards off the advances of her father's assistant Sean (Alan Cumming). Meanwhile, Nan falls for Simon (Colin Firth) who gets her pregnant and then dumps her. Nan plans to get Jack drunk and then claim that he is the father. Eve, who has fallen for Aidan (Aidan Gillen), catches on to Nan's plot and reveals all, which allows Jack and Benny to continue their romance.
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Conspiracy 2001 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Barnaby Kay, Ben Daniels, David Threlfall, Jonathan Coy, Brendan Coyle, Ian McNeice, Owen Teale, Nicholas Woodeson, Ewan Stewart, Kevin McNally, Brian Pettifer, Peter Sullivan
In 1942, Nazi leaders met in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and decide actions to be taken to solve the Jewish "problem." Their conclusion: extermination. This HBO-produced film tells the story of that Wannsee Conference. Good cast, good film.
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Easy Virtue 2009 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Stephan Elliott
Cast: Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Christian Brassington, Charlotte Riley, Jim McManus, Pip Torrens, Jeremy Hooton, Joanna Bacon, Maggie Hickey, John Warburton
In 1929, Englishman John Whittaker (Ben Barnes) falls in love with American Larita Huntington (Jessica Biel), and they marry after knowing each other only a short time. John takes Larita to his home in England, and his mother Veronica (Kristin Scott Thomas) does not approve of Larita as her daughter-in-law. As the battle of wits ensues between Larita and Veronica, Larita's marriage to John suffers.
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 The English Patient 1996  R, 162 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jurgen Prochnow, Clive Merrison, Kevin Whately, Nino Castelnuovo, Hichem Rostom, Peter Ruhring, Torri Higginson, Geordie Johnson
Based on Michael Ondaatje's novel, this is the story of the changing of Count Laszlo de Almasy's (Ralph Fiennes) life by aristocrat Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott-Thomas) in 1938. Now, in 1944, following his World War II plane crash, the count, nursed by Canadian Hana (Juliette Binoche), remembers events leading to the accident in which he was badly burned. The movie won an impressive nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Binoche).
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 Fever Pitch 1997 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Evans
Cast: Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Ken Stott, Neil Pearson, Holly Aird, Lorraine Ashbourne, Luke Aikman, Bea Guard, Mark Strong, Richard Claxton
Based on sports writer Nick Homby's 1992 autobiography, this comedy is about English teacher Paul Ashworth's (Colin Firth) love for his favorite soccer team: the Arsenals. A new teacher at his school, Sarah (Ruth Gemmell), and Paul become romantically involved despite the fact that she dislikes soccer and realizes her life will revolve around the Arsenal soccer season. Will Paul's obsession with soccer ruin their relationship?
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 Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Peter Webber
Cast: Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis, Joanna Scanlan, Alakina Mann, Anna Popplewell, Anais Nepper, Nathan Nepper, Melanie Meyfroid, Chris McHallem, Gabrielle Reidy, Rollo Weeks
Based on Tracy Chevalier's best-selling novel, this is the story of 17-year-old Griet (Scarlett Johansson) who, while working as a maid at the Vermeer family estate, modeled for the portrait that would become one of 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's (Colin Firth) greatest works of art. Griet modeled for Vermeer, but she entered a deal that required her modeling without letting Vermeer's wife (Essie Davis) know that she would be part of the picture.
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 Hope Springs 2003  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver, Oliver Platt, Frank Collison, Mary Steenburgen, Mary Black, Chad Faust, Tony Alcantar, Bethoe Shirkoff
After Colin (Colin Firth) is dumped by fiancee Vera (Minnie Driver), he holes up in a Vermont hotel where hotel owner Joanie Fisher (Mary Steenburgen) fixes him up with Mandy (Heather Graham). But, just when romance appears to be blooming, Vera reappears on the scene.
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The Hour of the Pig 1993 R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Advocate
Director: Leslie Megahey
Cast: Colin Firth, Amina Annabi, Jim Carter, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Nicol Williamson, Joanna Dunham, Lysette Anthony, Justin Chadwick, Michael Gough
Richard Courtois (Colin Firth) defends a mysterious murder suspect in this story set in medieval France.
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The Importance of Being Earnest 2002 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey, Edward Fox, Patrick Godfrey, Charles Kay
Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) and Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) are two English friends who use the same imaginary soul, "Ernest Worthing," as an excuse to escape boring lives. All goes well until they both use the pseudonym with the same people at the same time resulting in a montage of mistaken identities.
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The Last Legion 2007   PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Doug Lefler
Cast: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai, Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd, John Hannah, Iain Glen, Thomas Sangster, Rupert Friend, Nonso Anozie, Owen Teale, Alexander Siddig, Robert Pugh, James Cosmo, Harry Van Gorkum
Odoacer (Peter Mullan) leads the Goth takeover, and Rome falls resulting in its last emperor, 12-year-old Romulus Augustus (Thomas Sangster), and his mentor and tutor Ambrosinus (Ben Kingsley) being exiled to Capri. On the isle, Romulus discovers the legendary sword of Julius Caesar, and he determines to save Rome. But he needs help, and help comes in the form of loyal legionnaire Aurelius (Colin Firth), his small group of loyal men, and a mysterious warrior (Aishwarya Rai) who help Romulus escape from the island and travel to Britannia in search of the last Roman Legion to aid in their stand against the Goths to regain Rome.
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Love Actually 2003 R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Curtis
Cast: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Bill Nighy, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Billy Bob Thornton, Rowan Atkinson, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Gregor Fisher, Sienna Guillory, Kris Marshall, Heike Makatsch
Love in many forms is the subject of this film, which takes place during the weeks before Christmas and involves intertwined stories concerning love and friendship. Several couples' stories are told, but the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) and a member of his household staff, Natalie (Martine McCutcheon), present one of the better scenarios.
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Mamma Mia! 2008 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Nancy Baldwin, Colin Firth, Heather Emmanuel, Colin Davis, Rachel McDowall, Ashley Lilley, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Ricardo Montez, Mia Soteriou, Enzo Squillino Jr.
Donna (Meryl Streep) is a single mother who runs an inn on a Greek island. Her 20-year-old daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), is about to be married and wants the father she has never known to walk her down the aisle. Donna is not sure who the father is, but Sophie has found three names in Donna's old diary and has secretly invited Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Harry Bright (Colin Firth), and Bill Austin (Stellan Skarsgard) to the wedding. Meanwhile, Donna's friends from her 1970s' band "Donna and the Dynamos" Tanya (Christine Baranski) and Rosie (Julie Walters) have come to the island for the festivities. When Sam, Harry, and Bill arrive, they are told to not reveal themselves to Donna, and a comedy of errors ensues–amidst 22 ABBA songs.
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 My Life So Far 1999 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irene Jacob, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Malcolm McDowell, Robert Norman, Tcheky Karyo, Kelly Macdonald, Roddy McDonald, Daniel Baird
Set in Scotland during the 1930s, 10-year-old Fraser Pettigrew (Robert Norman) gives his view of family events in this sentimental tale of growing up with an eccentric father (Colin Firth) who leaves his mark on the rest of the extended family.
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 Nanny McPhee 2005 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Kirk Jones
Cast: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Sangster, Angela Lansbury, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Barlow, Eliza Bennett, Phyllida Law, Adam Godley, Jennifer Rae Daykin, Raphael Coleman, Samuel Honywood
Nanny McPhee's (Emma Thompson) special powers are just what Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) needs. His wife has died, his seven children are uncontrollable brats, and his wife's Aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) has given the ultimatum: find a new wife before month's end or she will stop the needed financial assistance. In the nick of time, Nanny McPhee appears at the door and attempts to bring order to the household.
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 Pride and Prejudice 1995 TV, 280 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Simon Langton
Cast: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, David Bamber, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Anna Chancellor, Susannah Harker, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Adrian Lukis, Julia Sawalha, Alison Steadman, Benjamin Whitrow, Emilia Fox, Christopher Benjamin, Anthony Calf
This excellent TV miniseries does justice to Jane Austen's classic tale of the relationships of two people caught in the 19th-century class system when headstrong Elizabeth (Jennifer Ehle) meets wealthy Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth). Darcy courts Elizabeth, and problems ensue over the issues of manners and love when the couple learns that they must deal with their different perspectives on life if they are to live their lives together.
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Relative Values 2000 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eric Styles
Cast: Julie Andrews, William Baldwin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Colin Firth, Edward Atterton, Sophie Thompson, Stephen Fry, Stephanie Beacham, Gaye Brown, Anwen Carlisle
Hollywood star Miranda Frayle (Jeanne Tripplehorn) quickly discovers her fiance's (Edward Atterton) mother (Julie Andrews) finds her lacking as the future daughter-in-law in their aristocratic family. In this comedy, the butler (Stephen Fry) doesn't do it; instead, he comes up with a plan to save the day. Adapted from Noel Coward's 1951 play.
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 The Secret Garden 1987 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Alan Grint
Cast: Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Michael Hordern, Billie Whitelaw, Derek Jacobi, Lucy Gutteridge, Colin Firth, Julian Glover, Margaret Whiting
Due largely to the good cast, this is an enjoyable made-for-TV retelling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's story. After orphaned and spoiled Mary (Gennie James) arrives at her uncle's (Derek Jacobi) dank, dark mansion, life changes for everyone.
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 Shakespeare in Love 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Affleck, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Antony Sher, Steven O'Donnell, Tim McMullan, Steven Beard, Patrick Barlow, Martin Clunes
Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) has writers block, and a new comedy has been commissioned by theater owner Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush). When Viola de Lesseps (Gywneth Paltrow) auditions for a role in his play, Will is smitten. But, her wealthy family has betrothed her to another. VOILA! Will comes up with the plot for "Romeo and Juliet." Seven Academy Awards included Best Picture, Actress (Paltrow), and Supporting Actress (Judi Dench as Queen Elizabeth); six additional nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actor (Rush).
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Then She Found Me 2008 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Helen Hunt
Cast: Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Lynn Cohen, Ben Shenkman, John Benjamin Hickey, Salman Rushdie, Daisy Tahan, Tommy Nelson, Robert Lupone, Lillias White, Ben Shenkman, Mark Webber, John Ventimiglia
Thirty-nine-year-old schoolteacher April Epner (Helen Hunt) is suffering a midlife crisis: her husband Ben (Matthew Broderick) has walked out on their marriage, and her mother Trudy (Lynn Cohen) has just passed away. In the midst of her problems, her long-lost birth mother Bernice Graves (Bette Midler) appears on the scene attempting to reconcile with April. In her fragile emotional state, April begins a relationship with the single father (Colin Firth) of one of her students. Events take still another turn when April learns that she is pregnant. The father is Ben, and now he tries to woo her back.
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A Thousand Acres 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle, John Carroll Lynch, Anne Pitoniak
Problems accelerate for an American family–the Cooks–when the patriarch (Jason Robards) decides to step down and, in the process, divides his land between his three daughters (Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, and Jennifer Jason Leigh). Each has her own plans. This leads to disagreements that, in turn, end up in the court system.
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Trauma 2004 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Colin Firth, Mena Suvari, Brenda Fricker, Naomie Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Sean Harris, Kenneth Cranham, Dorothy Duffy, Nicola Cunningham, Justin Edwards, Cornelius Booth, Nina Hossain, Alison David, Martin Hancock, Kananu Kirimi
Ben (Colin Firth) awakens from a coma and learns that his wife was killed in the car accident that put him in the hospital. When he leaves the hospital, Ben tries to start life anew; however, hallucinations take over instead as Ben enters a new world far away from reality.
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Valmont 1989 R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Sian Phillips, Jeffrey Jones, Henry Thomas, Fabia Drake, T.P. McKenna, Ian McNeice, Isla Blair, Aleta Mitchell
Chodleros de Laclos' classic, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," is again brought to the screen following Stephen Frears' popular version a year earlier and Roger Vadim's 1959 film. Set in 18th-century France, it is the story of corrupt lovers (Colin Firth and Annette Bening) who make bets about being able to have sex with others just for the fun of it.
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What a Girl Wants 2003 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Dennie Gordon
Cast: Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Anna Chancellor, Eileen Atkins, Jonathan Pryce, Christina Cole, Soleil McGhee, Peter Reeves, Chris Mulkey
What a girl wants in this case is to meet her father. NYC teenager Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes) heads to England to introduce herself to her father, Lord Dashwood (Colin Firth). She wins him over and ensures that her dreams of reuniting her family will come true.
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When Did You Last See Your Father? 2007 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Director: Anand Tucker
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Sarah Lancashire, Elaine Cassidy, Claire Skinner, Matthew Beard, Bradley Johnson, Chris Middleton, Elliot Avery, Rhiannon Howden, Tom Butcher, Tara Berwin
Writer Blake Morrison (Colin Firth) deals with the imminent death of his father Arthur (Jim Broadbent) while he sits at Arthur's deathbed. Through flashbacks to the 1960s, Blake relives amusing and embarrassing moments from his childhood and teens. Meanwhile, Blake tries to come to terms with the present and the conflicts both he and Arthur have endured in their relationship.
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 Where the Truth Lies 2005 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Rachel Blanchard, David Hayman, Maury Chaykin, Sonja Bennett, Kathryn Winslow, Michael J. Reynolds, Beau Starr, Deborah Grover, Shannon Lawson
Years ago a girl was found dead in the hotel room of comedy team Lanny Morris and Vince Collins (Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth). Neither one was taken to court over the incident, but now journalist Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman) tries to uncover facts behind the death.
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| 1. Another Country (1984)
2. Apartment Zero (1988)
3. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
4. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
5. A Christmas Carol (2009)
aka: Disney's A Christmas Carol
6. Circle of Friends (1995)
7. Conspiracy (2001)
8. Easy Virtue (2009)
9. The English Patient (1996)
10. Fever Pitch (1997)
11. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
12. Hope Springs (2003)
13. Hostages (1993)
14. The Hour of the Pig (1993)
aka: The Advocate
15. The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
16. The Last Legion (2007)
17. Love Actually (2003)
18. Mamma Mia! (2008)
19. My Life So Far (1999)
20. Nanny McPhee (2005)
21. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
22. Relative Values (2000)
23. The Secret Garden (1987)
24. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
25. Then She Found Me (2008)
26. A Thousand Acres (1997)
27. Trauma (2004)
28. The Turn of the Screw (1999)
29. Valmont (1989)
30. What a Girl Wants (2003)
31. When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
aka: And When Did You Last See Your Father?
32. Where the Truth Lies (2005)
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