Alice Through the Looking Glass 1998  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: John Henderson
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Michael Medwin, Geoffrey Palmer, Steve Coogan, Gary Olsen, Ian Richardson, Marc Warren, Sian Phillips, Rebecca R. Palmer, Greg Wise, Louise J. Taylor
In this TV version of the Lewis Carroll classic, grown-up Alice (Kate Beckinsale) is transported through the looking glass while reading to her daughter. Her adventures are enhanced by a combination of live action, animation, and special effects.
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Alien 1979  R, 116 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Helen Horton, Bolaji Badejo, Eddie Powell
While returning to Earth, the spaceship Nostromo responds to an S.O.S. from a distant planet. Capt. Dallas (Tom Skerritt) and his crew explore the planet and discover a pod field. They approach the field for a closer look, and a creature leaps out and attaches itself to Kane (John Hurt). Despite Warrant Officer Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) objections, Kane reenters the spaceship. Soon after, an offspring of the alien erupts from Kane's stomach and runs off. Dallas leads his group in a search for what they now see as an alien killing machine. Incredibly scary film (not for kids) that was justifiably awarded the Best Visual Effects Oscar in 1979.
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All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, Paul Mark Elliott, David Bradley, Mathew Evans, George Winter, Dominic Jephcott, Mark Drewry, Colin Mayes, Evan Stewart, Michael Sheard, Katerina Lirova
This remake of the 1930 classic is, in many respects, just as good. It tells the story of Paul Baumer (Richard Thomas) and his German classmates who are urged by their patriotic teacher Kantorek (Donald Pleasence) to enlist in the army during World War I. They do enlist, are trained by Corporal Himmelstoss (Ian Holm) and then head for the battlefield where they serve under Stanislaus Katczinsky (Ernest Borgnine). Many of Paul's friends are killed in battle, and after Paul stabs and kills a French soldier, he is convinced that fighting a war is not the patriotic game he believed it was. The film received seven Emmy nominations, including Best Supporting Actor and Actress (Borgnine and Patricia Neal for her role as Paul's mother).
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Animal Farm 1999 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Stephenson
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Scofield, Peter Ustinov, Alan Stanford, Caroline Gray, Gail Fitzpatrick, Jimmy Keogh, Jer O'Leary
George Orwell's allegory of Communist Russia is told in this film about the animals on Manor Farm. Led by the pig, Old Major (voice of Peter Ustinov), the animals stage a revolution only to find out that one very ambitious pig, Napoleon (voice of Patrick Stewart), deems himself "more equal than others" and turns their dreamed-of Utopia into a world they had not envisioned.
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Another Woman 1988 PG, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh
Facing a mid-life crisis, successful Professor Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is writing a book and is forced to come to terms with her own frailties and associations with her family. When she listens in on the sessions of the psychiatrist in the office next door as he counsels Hope (Mia Farrow), Marion is reminded of her of her own problems. A fine performance by Rowlands in this Woody Allen drama.
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 The Aviator 2004  PG-13, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Alec Baldwin, Danny Huston, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Kelli Garner, Gwen Stefani
Leonardo DiCaprio takes on the role of legendary millionaire Howard Hughes during the 20 years from 1927 when he was building his company until 1947 when he was investigated for being involved in corruption concerning World War II government contracts. Based on John Logan's screenplay, this is a very entertaining film. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett); six other nominations were received, including Best Picture, Actor (DiCaprio), Director, and Supporting Actor (Alan Alda).
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Beautiful Joe 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Metcalfe
Cast: Sharon Stone, Billy Connolly, Ian Holm, Gil Bellows, Jurnee Smollett, Dillon Moen, Frank C. Turner, Dann Florek, Ben Derrick, Kwesi Ameyaw
Down-on-his-luck Joe (Billy Connolly) has a little change in luck when he wins big at the races. But then he meets exotic dancer Hush (Sharon Stone) who is deeply in debt to the bad guys. So, of course, she steals his winnings to pay off her debts, which starts a relationship.
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Big Night 1996 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Holm, Minnie Driver, Campbell Scott, Allison Janney
Set in the 1950s, this is the story of Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and his brother Secundo (Stanley Tucci) who run an Italian restaurant, the Paradise. When the owner (Ian Holm) of the much more successful nightspot across the street talks the brothers into preparing one superb meal in return for which he supplies the means (Louis Prima) to save the Paradise, the "Big Night" is on in this story about how food connects us to each other–and to ourselves.
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Bless the Child 2000 R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Ian Holm, Angela Bettis, Christina Ricci, Holliston Coleman, Lumi Cavazos, Eugene Lipinski, Michael Gaston
Raised by her Aunt Maggie (Kim Basinger), young Cody (Holliston Coleman) just might be the next Messiah. But when Cody's birth mother and her new husband–a Satanic cult leader (Rufus Sewell)–take off with the young girl, the kidnapping coincides with the work of a serial killer. Enter FBI agent John Travis (Jimmy Smits) who soon joins forces with Maggie in an attempt to rescue Cody and, in the process, save the world.
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Blue Ice 1992 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Michael Caine, Sean Young, Ian Holm, Bobby Short, Alun Armstrong, Sam Kelly, Jack Shephard, Philip Davis, Patricia Hayes, Alan MacNaughtan, Todd Boyce
Ex-British Intelligence agent and now jazz club owner Harry Anders (Michael Caine) meets an ambassador's wife (Sean Young) at his club and agrees to help her with a problem involving an ex-lover. In the course of the investigation, after his friends are killed, Harry realizes his own life is in danger and that he must fight back.
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 Brazil 1985 R, 142 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Peter Vaughan, Ian Richardson, Jim Broadbent
Directed by Monty Python performer Terry Gilliam, this is the story of Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce), a civil servant, who is trapped in a future society collapsing under the red tape of its own bureaucracy.
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 Chariots of Fire 1981  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Patrick Magee, Alice Krige, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Peter Egan, Nicholas Farrell, Cheryl Campbell, Dennis Christopher, Struan Rodger, David Yelland
This is an inspiring story based on the 1924 Olympic games. Two British runners Harold Abrahams and Sam Mussabini (Ben Cross and Ian Holm) practice their sport while working out personal concerns with anti-Semitism and Christian missionary work, respectively. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Writing, Costume Design, and Musical Score. Nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Holm) and Director.
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Dance with a Stranger 1985 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Stratford Johns, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Carroll, Tom Chadbon, Jane Bertish, David Troughton, Susan Kyd
This film, set in London during the 1950s, is based on a true story that led to an infamous murder trial. Ruth Ellis (Miranda Richardson) was living with her 10-year-old son when she met playboy David Blakeley (Rupert Everett). Their ensuing romance was doomed from the start and ends with Ruth killing David. Ruth was hanged on 13 July 1955; she is the last woman executed in Great Britain.
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 The Day After Tomorrow 2004  PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward, Austin Nichols, Arjay Smith, Tamlyn Tomita, Sasha Roiz, Ian Holm, Nassim Sharara, Kenneth Welsh, Carl Alacchi, Michel "Gish" Abou-Samah
Well-orchestrated, eco-disaster scenes–a Tsunami swamping Manhattan, tornadoes devastating L.A., and hail pelting Tokyo, effects of melting ice caps–highlight this film, but the plot about Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) struggling to locate his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), pales in comparison.
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Dreamchild 1985 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gavin Miller
Cast: Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher, Caris Corfman, Nicola Cowper, Jane Asher, Amelia Shankley, Imogen Boorman, Shane Rimmer
This story is about Alice Liddell, a fictional name for the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and what happens to her 70 years after the book was published. She goes to America accompanied by a young girl who falls in love with a reporter. Alice opposes their relationship and we share in her fantasies, which counterpoint the realistic flashbacks about Alice and Carroll.
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The Emperor's New Clothes 2001 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast: Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Tom Watson, Nigel Terry, Hugh Bonneville, Murray Melvin, Eddie Marsan, Clive Russell, Bob Mason, Trevor Cooper, Chris Langham
If Napoleon did not die in exile and, instead, plotted to regain the throne by trading places with a commoner in Paris is the premise for this enjoyable comedy.
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Esther Kahn 2000 N/R, 163 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Cast: Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, Frances Barber, Ian Bartholomew, Emmanuelle Devos, Akbar Kurtha, Anton Lesser, Kika Markham, Paul Regan, Laszlo Szabo
This is an interesting portrait of a late 19th-century actress, Esther Kahn (Summer Phoenix), who was born into a large Jewish immigrant family and raised on the streets of London. Her one interest was the theater, where she could escape life's realities. A good depiction of the acting profession.
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ExistenZ 1999 R, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Robert A. Silverman, Kris Lemche
Players in this adventure cannot differentiate between what is real and not in a new virtual reality game.
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 The Fifth Element 1997 PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, Brion James, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, John Neville, Indra Ove, Lee Evans, John Bluthal
New York cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) becomes an unlikely hero when a scientifically cloned woman, Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), comes crashing through the roof of his cab. She is escaping those who would cause harm to the Universe, and the future now rests on the actions of Korben and Leeloo.
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The Fixer 1968 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Hartman, Ian Holm, David Opatoshu, David Warner, Carol White, George Murcell
This film is based on Bernard Malamud's novel about Yakov Bok (Alan Bates), a Jewish handyman, who is unjustly imprisoned in Czarist Russia.
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 From Hell 2001 R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Cast: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Jason Flemyng, Robbie Coltrane, Lesley Sharp, Susan Lynch, Terence Harvey, Katrin Cartlidge, Estelle Skornik, Ian Richardson, Paul Rhys, Nicholas McGaughey, Annabelle Apsion, Joanna Page
Life is not easy in 1888's London for Mary Kelly (Heather Graham) and her group of fellow prostitutes who roam the Whitechapel streets. But things could always get worse as the women learn when, one after the other, they turn up dead. In this rendition of a theory behind legendary Jack the Ripper exploits, Scotland Yard calls out opium addicted Inspector Aberline (Johnny Depp) to solve the case.
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 Garden State 2004 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Zach Braff
Cast: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman, Jean Smart, Armando Riesco, Method Man, Denis O'Hare, Jackie Hoffman, Ann Dowd, Debbon Ayer, Alex Burns, George C. Wolfe, Michael Weston
Long estranged from his family, Andrew (Zach Braff) returns home for his mother's funeral where he must deal with relatives and friends he knew in high school. Ever since he caused the accident that paralyzed his mother (Andrew was nine years old at the time), Andrew has been taking anti-depressants, prescribed by his psychiatrist father (Ian Holm). While home for the funeral, Andrew gets rid of his meds and falls in love with Sam (Natalie Portman).
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Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, James Fox, Glenn Close, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Charleson, Nigel Davenport
The seventh Earl of Greystroke has been raised by apes in West Africa and is now attempting to claim his inheritance of the family mansion in Scotland. (That's Glenn Close's voice rather than Andie MacDowell's.)
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 Hamlet 1990 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Dillane, John McEnery, Vernon Dobtcheff, Pete Postlethwaite, Nathaniel Parker, Sean Murray, Michael Maloney, Trevor Peacock, Christien Anholt
Hamlet (Mel Gibson), the Prince of Denmark, finds his life changing after his father's murder. Soon after Hamlet's father dies, his mother, Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close) marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Alan Bates). When his father's ghost (Paul Schofield) appears, he tells Hamlet that it was Claudius who killed him and orders Hamlet to avenge his murder. Hamlet fakes madness to avoid suspicion, and the death toll rises. Victims include Claudius, Hamlet's friends and family, and even Hamlet. A very good remake of the Shakespeare classic.
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Henry V 1989  PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Robert Stephens, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin, Brian Blessed, Ian Holm, James Simmons, Judi Dench, Charles Kay, Alec McGowan, Jay Villiers
This version of "Henry V" is every bit as good as Laurence Olivier's 1944 production. Kenneth Branagh comes across the big screen as a heroic Henry who follows his Bishops' advice and leads his soldiers against France at the Battle of Agincourt. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actor and Director, and the film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
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Holocaust 1978 TV, 570 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Tom Bell, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl Streep, Fritz Weaver, David Warner, Edward Hardwicke, Joseph Bottoms, Marius Goring, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Ian Holm, Lee Montague, Sam Wanamaker, James Woods
This made-for-TV series won the Emmy for its excellence. It is the story of two families who suffered under the reign of Hitler during wartime Germany. The Jewish Weiss family (Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Bottoms, and Blanche Baker) celebrates the wedding of their son Karl (James Woods) to Christian Inga Helms (Meryl Streep). The families get along–until the Nazi's persecution of the Jews is increased, and major problems develop. Now, the story follows individual family members and how their lives change from 1935 to 1945 in war-torn Germany.
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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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Joe Gould's Secret 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Tucci
Cast: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Hope Davis, Steve Martin, Susan Sarandon, Hallee Hirsh, Celia Weston, Patrick Tovatt, Allan Corduner
Joe Gould (Ian Holm) graduated from Harvard and then spent 30 years as a homeless, Greenwich Village eccentric, writing "The 20th Century." This film looks at the relationship between Gould and New York Columnist Joe Mitchell (Stanley Tucci), who waited for seven years after Gould's death to reveal his secret.
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Juggernaut 1974  PG, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Ian Holm, Roy Kinnear, Freddie Jones, Roshan Seth, Clifton James, Caroline Mortimer, Mark Burns, John Stride, Julian Glover, Jack Watson
Bombs are reported to be aboard Captain Alex Brunel's (Omar Sharif) British cruise ship. Sidney Buckland (Freddie Jones) has planted them and is demanding a ransom. Demolition experts LCDR Fallon (Richard Harris) and Charlie Braddock (David Hemmings) are flown in by helicopter to disarm the bombs. Meanwhile, Scotland yard detective John McLeod (Anthony Hopkins), whose family is aboard the ship, searches for the bomber. A good thriller.
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Kafka 1991 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbe, Alec Guinness, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian Glover, Robert Flemyng, Keith Allen
Blending material from Kafka's work, this story relates the investigation by Franz Kafka (Jeremy Irons) into the mysterious disappearance of his friend in Prague during 1919.
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 King Lear 1998 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Ian Holm, Barbara Flynn, Amanda Redman, Michael Bryant, David Lyon, Michael Simkins, Adrian Irvine, Paul Rhys, Timothy West, Finbar Lynch, David Burke, Martin Chamberlain, Victoria Hamilton, Nicholas R. Bailey, William Osborne
This made-for-TV film stars Ian Holm in the title role of King Lear, and Barbara Flynn, Amanda Redman, and Victoria Hamilton play his daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. When Lear decides to leave his kingdom to the daughter who proves that she loves him most, tragedy lies in wait. Meanwhile, Gloucester (Timothy West) and his sons Edmund and Edgar (Finbar Lynch and Paul Rhys) have their own family problems to deal with. Tragedies lie ahead for both families. This is one of the better productions of Shakespeare's tragedy.
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 2000 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis, Cleo Laine, Joan Sims, Billie Whitelaw, June Whitfield, Thelma Ruby, Valentine Pelka
A seasoned cast brings energy and fun to this lighthearted film. Elizabeth (Judi Dench) played the sax in the all-girl (except for friend Patrick (Ian Holm) who played in drag) swing band–the Blonde Bombshells–during WWII. Fifty years later, after her husband dies, she pulls out the sax and before you know it, she and Patrick are searching for the rest of the band to once again tour.
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 Les Miserables 1978 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack, Claude Dauphin, John Gielgud, Flora Robson, Celia Johnson, Ian Holm, Joyce Redman, Christopher Guard
This made-for-TV adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic tale features Richard Jordan as Jean Valjean, the persecuted ex-convict, and Anthony Perkins as the mean-spirited policeman, Javert, who trails him for 40 years. The lavish production–with a great cast–includes scenes that have been ignored by other makers of this story.
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A Life Less Ordinary 1997 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm, Ian McNeice, Stanley Tucci, Dan Hedaya, Maury Chaykin, Judith Ivey, Frank Kanig, Mel Winkler, Tony Shalhoub, K.K. Dodds
A disgruntled employee, Robert (Ewan McGregor), takes his Boss's daughter Celine (Cameron Diaz) hostage, but two angels (Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo) intervene.
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Loch Ness 1996 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: John Henderson
Cast: Ted Danson, Joely Richardson, Ian Holm, Harris Yulin, Kirsty Graham, James Frain, Keith Allen, Nick Brimble, Wolf Kahler, Philip O'Brien, John Verea, Debora Weston
American crytozoologist Dr. Jonathan Dempsey (Ted Danson) travels to Scotland with new technology in hand to uncover mysteries concerning the Loch Ness Monster. Dempsey does learn something, but that new-found knowledge makes an impact on how to deal with what he has learned.
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 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 PG-13, 178 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Hugo Weaving
Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) is the Hobbit who has been given the long-missing Ancient Ring of the Dark Lord of Sauron. Now that Frodo has the Ring in his possession, he has no choice but to find the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy the Ring and end the reign of the Dark Lords. This film received the most Academy Award nominations for 2001 (13), and won four Oscars (Best Cinematography, Visual Effects, Original Score, and Makeup). Nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Ian McKellen).
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 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 PG-13, 201 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Bernard Hill, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Sean Bean
In the conclusion to J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, Gollum (Andy Serkis) continues to lead the gentle Hobbits–Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin)–on the trek to Mount Doom in their quest to destroy the One Ring. Meanwhile, the deposed King Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) strives to unite the people of Middle Earth in preparation for battle in the forthcoming massive attack by the Dark Lord Saurons' minions. Winner of 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, and Original Score and Song.
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Lord of War 2005 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Shake Tukhmanyan, Jean-Pierre Nshanian, Jared Burke, Eric Uys, David Shumbris, Stewart Morgan, Jasper Lenz, Jeremy Crutchley, Ian Holm
Ukrainian born, but raised in NYC's Brighton Beach, gun-runner Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) teams up with his brother, Vitaly (Jared Leto), and extends his arms sales around the world. Business booms in a world filled with war and conflict until their own personal problems begin to get in the way.
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The Madness of King George 1994 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Julian Wadham, Rupert Everett, Amanda Donohoe, Rupert Graves, Ian Holm, John Wood, Jim Carter, Anthony Calf
King George III (Nigel Hawthorne) not only lost his mind, he also lost the United States when it won its independence. This film is delightful and a must-see for all history buffs who will enjoy watching as George's own son, the Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett), makes a power play for the throne. The film won an Academy Award for Art Direction and was nominated for three others, including Actor and Supporting Actress (Mirren).
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 The Man in the Iron Mask 1976 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan, Jenny Agutter, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Vivien Merchant, Brenda Bruce, Esmond Knight, Godfrey Quigley, Emrys James, Denis Lawson
Alexandre Dumas' classic novel comes to TV in this good, but not the best, rendition of the twin brothers (both played by Richard Chamberlain)–one of whom is the King of France. The other, the rightful heir to the throne, is raised by the Three Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan (Louis Jourdan), and wears an iron mask to protect his identity.
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March or Die 1977 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Max von Sydow, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Holm, Jack O'Halloran, Rufus, Marcel Bozzuffi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Marne Maitland
Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) heads up a group of Foreign Legionnaires who fight marauding Arabs to defend their position in the Sahara Desert.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Romance
aka: Frankenstein
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Aidan Quinn, Ian Holm, Richard Briers, John Cleese, Robert Hardy, Cherie Lunghi, Celia Imrie, Mark Hadfield, Trevyn McDowell, Gerard Horan, Joanna Roth
When 19-year-old Mary Shelley's husband, Lord Byron, challenged her to write a ghost story, she master-minded "Frankenstein" with the underlying message warning scientists to be careful of future implications from their experiments. To that end, she showed the dangers involved when Dr. Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) creates a living creature (Robert De Niro).
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 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, Hugh Sullivan, David Warner, Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren, Ian Richardson, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Paul Rogers, Sebastian Shaw, Bill Travers, Clive Swift
Several well-known stars–David Warner, Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren, and Judi Dench, for example–join the cast of England's Royal Shakespeare Company to provide a good rendition of Shakespeare's fantasy.
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Night Falls on Manhattan 1997 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Andy Garcia, Lena Olin, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman, James Gandolfini, Colm Feore, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Dominic Chianese, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Richard Bright
This film adaptation of former N.Y.C. police commissioner Robert Daley's novel, "Tainted Evidence," involves police corruption that implicates the district attorney's father.
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Prisoner of Paradise 2002 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
Cast: Ian Holm
Nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary, this is the story of German-Jewish film star/director Kurt Gerron who, in the 1930s, was sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp where he was given a choice: Direct a Nazi propaganda film or Death. Gerron chose to direct; this is his story as told through archival footage.
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Ratatouille 2007 G, 110 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Peter O'Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett, Julius Callahan, James Remar, John Ratzenberger, Teddy Newton, Tony Fucile, Jake Steinfeld
In this Pixar film, Remy the rat (voice of Patton Oswalt) wants nothing more than to become a gourmet chef. To achieve that goal, he teams up with a human, Linguini (Lou Romano), who works as a garbage boy at Paris' once-five-star restaurant, Gusteau's. Auguste Gusteau (Brad Garrett) had written a book, "Anyone Can Cook," that Remy cherishes. Gusteau is no longer living, but that doesn't stop Remy from being able to communicate with him and gaining great culinary ideas. Remy hides under Linguini's chef's hat and gives him directions for concocting delicious recipes. Now, Gusteau's is becoming a very popular restaurant once again–despite Skinner (Ian Holm) the greedy manager of Gusteau's who has his own faulty ideas of how to run a restaurant The film received an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and received four other Academy Award nominations.
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Renaissance 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Christian Volckman
Cast: Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Romola Garai, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Rick Warden, Pax Baldwin, Breffni McKenna, Sean Pertwee, Wayne Forrester, Patrick Floersheim, Kevork Malikyan
Set in Paris during the year 2054, this film uses motion-capture animation to tell the story of a policeman's (voice of Daniel Craig) efforts to solve the case of a kidnapped scientist (voice of Catherine McCormack).
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The Return of the Soldier 1982 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Bridges
Cast: Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann - Margret, Ian Holm, Frank Finlay, Jeremy Kemp, Hilary Mason, John Sharp, Elizabeth Edmonds
After suffering shell shock during battle in World War I, Chris Baldry (Alan Bates) returns from the Western Front with amnesia. Instead of returning to his wife, Kitty (Julie Christie), he seeks out an old love (Glenda Jackson). Kitty plots to have psychiatrists bring back his memory.
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Robin and Marian 1976 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Richard Harris, Nicol Williamson, Robert Shaw, Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Kenneth Haigh, Esmond Knight, Ronnie Barker, Bill Maynard, Veronica Quilligan, Peter Butterworth, John Barrett, Kenneth Cranham
Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and Little John (Nicol Williamson) return home to England after many years in exile. Robin resumes his relationship with Marian (Audrey Hepburn) who is now a nun. Meanwhile, the Merry Men convince Robin to continue his fight with the Sheriff of Nottingham (Robert Shaw)–much to the dismay of Marian. Lots of "updating" of the classic story.
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S.O.S. Titanic 1979 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Hale
Cast: David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Susan Saint James, David Warner, Ian Holm, Helen Mirren, Harry Andrews, Beverly Ross, David Battley, Ed Bishop
This made-for-TV film is another accounting of the Titanic disaster in which over 1500 people were lost. It tells the story through the personal lives of those on board, both fictional and real. John Jacob Astor (David Janssen), who was lost, and Molly Brown (Cloris Leachman), who survived, are highlighted. Worth a look.
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Shout at the Devil 1976 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins, Ian Holm, George Coulouris, Maurice Denham, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Horst Janson, Karl Michael Vogler, Jean Kent, Reinahard Kolldehoff, Gernot Endemann, Heather Wright, Gerard Paquis, Murray Melvin
During World War I, an American, Colonel Flynn O'Flynn (Lee Marvin), and a British "gentleman," Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore), join forces in an attempt to blow up a German battleship being repaired off Zanzibar while they are searching for fortune in Africa. Lots of action.
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Simon Magus 1999 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Hopkins
Cast: Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Sean McGinley, Embeth Davidtz, Amanda Ryan, Rutger Hauer, Ian Holm, Terence Rigby, Toby Jones, Jim Dunk
Set in Europe during the 19th century, this story revolves around a small town divided between its Jewish and Christian communities. Matters come to a head over the arrival of a local railway. Simon, who claims he talks to the devil and can put curses on crops, becomes a central player in the controversy.
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Strangers with Candy 2006 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Dinello
Cast: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Carlo Alban, Maria Thayer, Deborah Rush, Greg Hollimon, Matthew Broderick, Dan Hedaya, Allison Janney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kristen Johnston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ian Holm
Slapstick and satire reign in this film based on the TV comedy by the same name. This time around, 46-year-old Jerri (Amy Sedaris) is newly released from prison when she returns home and enters Flatpoint High School to finally earn a diploma. In the process of getting her education, Jerri is caught up in the competitions at the school's science fair. Zany characters from the TV show include Principal Onyx Blackman (Greg Hollimon), art teacher Geoffrey Jellineck (Paul Dinello), and science teacher Chuck Noblet (Stephen Colbert).
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The Sweet Hereafter 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Ian Holm, Maury Chaykin, Gabrielle Rose, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood, David Hemblen, Sarah Polley, Brooke Johnson, Arsinee Khanjian, Tom McCamus, Caerthan Banks, Alberta Watson, Stephanie Morgenstern, Kirsten Kieferle, Earl Pastko
Set in British Columbia, this mystery involves the stories of a tragic accident of a school bus filled with 14 children; the relationships of the residents of their town; and, particularly, the incestuous relationship of a father and his daughter. Attorney Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm) has his work cut out for him in uncovering events leading to the disaster. Egoyan was nominated for a Best Director Oscar.
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The Thief of Baghdad 1978 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Frank Finlay, Marina Vlady, Terence Stamp, Ian Holm, Daniel Emilfork, Kenji Tanaki, Neil McCarthy
This TV version of the Arabian Nights story features the genie and flying carpet is OK but does not measure up to the 1940 version.
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Time Bandits 1981 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, David Warner, Peter Vaughan, David Rappaport
A boy and six dwarfs travel backward through time and visit such diverse people and things as Robin Hood, Napoleon, and the Titanic.
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The Treatment 2006 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Oren Rudavsky
Cast: Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm, Famke Janssen, Harris Yulin, Stephanie March, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Peter Vack, Roger Rees, Blair Brown, Griffin Newman, Josh Barclay Caras, Stephen Lang, Maddie Corman, Elizabeth Hubbard
Jake Singer (Chris Eigeman) is an English teacher in Manhattan who is estranged from his father (Harris Yulin) and has been dumped by his girlfriend (Stephanie March). Now, Jake falls for rich, beautiful, widow Allegra Marshall (Famke Janssen) and seeks help from Argentina psychoanalyst Dr. Ernesto Morales (Ian Holm) who challenges him to seduce Allegra without becoming emotionally involved. Jake heeds the advice and then begins seeing and hearing Morales throughout every waking and sleeping moment as Jake's life turns into one big therapy session.
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Wetherby 1985 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: David Hare
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Marjorie Yates, Tim McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton, Tom Wilkinson, Stuart Wilson, Paula Tilbrook, Joely Richardson, Christopher Fulford, Howard Crossley, Mike Kelly, Robert Hines, Matthew Guinness
Jean Travers (Vanessa Redgrave) is a schoolteacher in the small Yorkshire town of Wetherby. She leads a quiet life and has never accepted the death of her boyfriend many years ago. She has a small dinner party for two couples who are friends. There is also another dinner guest who was uninvited, but all assumed that he was with one of the couples or with Jean. The next day, the stranger comes to Jean's house, and during a visit with her he puts a gun in his mouth and kills himself. The resulting investigation of who he was and what was meant by the events makes for good mystery and drama. As the party of the prior evening is again shown, the viewer sees the dinner in a completely different way.
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Wisconsin Death Trip 1999 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Marsh
Cast: Ian Holm, Jo Vukelich, Marilyn White, Jeff Golden, Marcus Monroe, John Schneider, John Baltes, Raelean McMillion, Krista Grambow, Clay Anton
Set during the late 1800s in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, this film chronicles human tragedies of the day–including murder, suicide, insanity, disease, and starvation–as Ian Holm reads from 1890's news articles, which are brought to life through black-and-white photography. Extremely violent and, perhaps, unfair to present-day residents of Black River Falls.
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Young Winston 1972 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Simon Ward, Anne Bancroft, Robert Shaw, John Mills, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Patrick Magee, Ian Holm, Robert Flemyng, Jane Seymour
Based on Winston Churchill's autobiography, this film remains true to the author's version of his "My Early Life." Overall good production and acting, with Simon Ward as the young Winston.
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| 1. Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
2. Alien (1979)
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
4. Animal Farm (1999)
5. Another Woman (1988)
6. The Aviator (2004)
7. Beautiful Joe (2000)
8. Big Night (1996)
9. Bless the Child (2000)
10. Blue Ice (1992)
11. Brazil (1985)
12. Chariots of Fire (1981)
13. Dance with a Stranger (1985)
14. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
15. Dreamchild (1985)
16. The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
17. Esther Kahn (2000)
18. ExistenZ (1999)
19. The Fifth Element (1997)
20. The Fixer (1968)
21. From Hell (2001)
22. Garden State (2004)
23. Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
24. Hamlet (1990)
25. Henry V (1989)
26. Holocaust (1978)
27. The Homecoming (1973)
28. The Hour of the Pig (1993)
aka: The Advocate
29. Joe Gould's Secret (1999)
30. Juggernaut (1974)
31. Kafka (1991)
32. King Lear (1998)
33. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
34. Les Miserables (1978)
35. A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
36. Loch Ness (1996)
37. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
38. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
39. Lord of War (2005)
40. The Madness of King George (1994)
41. The Man in the Iron Mask (1976)
42. March or Die (1977)
43. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
aka: Frankenstein
44. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
45. Naked Lunch (1991)
46. Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
47. Prisoner of Paradise (2002)
48. Ratatouille (2007)
49. Renaissance (2006)
50. The Return of the Soldier (1982)
51. Robin and Marian (1976)
52. S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
53. Shout at the Devil (1976)
54. Simon Magus (1999)
55. Strangers with Candy (2006)
56. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
57. The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
58. Time Bandits (1981)
59. The Treatment (2006)
60. Wetherby (1985)
61. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)
62. Young Winston (1972)
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