Antony and Cleopatra 1974  TV, 161 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Scoffield
Cast: Richard Johnson, Janet Suzman, Patrick Stewart, Corin Redgrave, Mary Rutherford, Philip Locke, Rosemary McHale, Tony Osoba, Ben Kingsley, William Morgan Sheppard, Derek Godfrey, Joseph Marcell
This version of Shakespeare's play, which appeared on ABC Theater, is enhanced by the superb acting and staging of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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The Draughtsman's Contract 1982  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Neil Cunningham, Dave Hill, David Gant, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicolas Amer, Suzan Crowley, Lynda La Plante, Michael Feast, Alastair Cummings
Mr. Neville (Anthony Higgins) is an artist who accepts a commission from Mrs. Herbert (Janet Suzman) to make 12 drawings of her husband's (Dave Hill) estate while he is away. The commission has a condition: Neville will have sex 12 times with Mrs. Herbert. Sounds like a good deal to Mr. Neville, until Mr. Herbert's murdered body is found on the estate. Now, Neville realizes that he has no idea of what is really going on in this upper-crust world.
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 Max 2002 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen, David Horovitch, Janet Suzman, Andras Stohl, Peter Capaldi, Kevin McKidd
In this fictionalized biography of Adolph Hitler, Jewish art dealer Max Rothman (John Cusack) befriends aspiring artist Adolph Hitler (Noah Taylor). Director Menno Meyjes argues a case that Hitler turned to politics because he failed as an artist.
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Nicholas and Alexandra 1971  PG, 185 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Fiona Fullerton, Harry Andrews, Jack Hawkins, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Curt Jurgens, Irene Worth
Events of the final days of the Romanov rule of Russia are depicted as Czar Nicholas and his family are executed during the Bolshevik Revolution. The film won two Academy Awards (Art Direction and Costume Design) and was nominated for four others, including Picture and Actress.
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Nijinsky 1980 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Alan Bates, George De La Pena, Leslie Browne, Alan Badel, Colin Blakely, Jeremy Irons, Ronald Pickup, Ronald Lacey, Vernon Dobtcheff, Janet Suzman
This is a good film biography of the brilliant, early 20th-century ballet star, Vaslav Nijinsky (George De La Pena), and his involvement in a homosexual affair with the Ballet Russe's manager, Sergei Diaghilev (Alan Bates).
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Priest of Love 1981 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast: Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope Keith, John Gielgud, Sarah Miles, Jorge Rivero, James Faulkner, Massimo Ranieri, Patrick Holt
This is a biography of writer D.H. Lawrence (Ian McKellen) that concentrates on his protective wife, Frieda (Janet Suzman), who helps him during his fatal illness with tuberculosis.
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 The Singing Detective 1986 TV, 415 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, Janet Suzman, Alison Steadman, Bill Paterson, Jim Carter, David Ryall, Gerard Horan, Leslie French, Lyndon Davies, Ron Cook, Imelda Staunton, George Rossi, Janet Henfrey
This near-classic tale by Dennis Potter combines music, film noir, mystery, fantasy, and autobiographical material in a successful British TV miniseries, originally airing in six episodes. Detective novelist Philip E. Marlow (Michael Gambon) suffers from a crippling skin/nerve disease (psoriatic arthropathy–a disease that Potter died of). In his hospital bed, he relives his latest novel, "The Singing Detective," with himself in the title role, often drifting into a surrealistic fantasy world as he relives his life.
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| 1. Antony and Cleopatra (1974)
2. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
3. A Dry White Season (1989)
4. Max (2002)
5. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
6. Nijinsky (1980)
7. Nuns on the Run (1990)
8. Priest of Love (1981)
9. The Singing Detective (1986)
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