Anne Frank Remembered 1995  PG, 122 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jon Blair
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close
Newly-uncovered letters, photos, and film clips add to this thorough account of the Jewish girl, Anne Frank, and her two years of being hidden in an attic where she wrote a diary that has inspired millions. Kenneth Branagh narrates, and Glenn Close reads Diary entries in this winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
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As You Like It 2006  PG, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Brian Blessed, Romola Garai, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline, Adrian Lester, Janet McTeer, Alfred Molina, David Oyelowo, Richard Briers, Jimmy Yuill, Alex Wyndham, Jade Jefferies, Gerard Horan
William Shakespeare's play is again brought to the screen–this time transplanted from the Forest of Arden to 19th-century Japan. Rosalind (Bryce Dallas Howard) disguises herself as a boy, Ganymede, and, escaping a death threat, leaves the court after her father is banished. Traveling with her are her cousin Celia (Romola Garai) and the court jester Touchstone (Alfred Molina). Along the way, she runs into the man she loves, Orlando (David Oyelowo). Now, Rosalind uses her disguise as Ganymede to test Orlando's love.
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Celebrity 1998 R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Hank Azaria, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Famke Janssen, Michael Lerner, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth, Winona Ryder
Kenneth Branagh mimics the Woody Allen persona in this film, which is a multi-layered story about people who want fame and notoriety. In reality, their methods to achieve that goal affect not only themselves but also the people around them.
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Coming Through 1985  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Helen Mirren, Alison Steadman, Philip Martin Brown, Felicity Montagu, Fiona Victory, Norman Rodway, Alison King, Lynn Farleigh, Malcolm Storry, Robin Paul Bassford, Benjamin Whitrow
Through flashbacks–intertwined with a man and woman who are obsessed with D. H. Lawrence–the life of Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh) including his love for aristocratic Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) is told.
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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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Dead Again 1991 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Andy Garcia, Robin Williams, Lois Hall, Wayne Knight, Christine Ebersole, Raymond Cruz, Hanna Schygulla, Campbell Scott, Jo Anderson, Richard Easton, Patrick Montes, Patrick Doyle
Los Angeles detective Mike Church (Kenneth Branagh) comes to the aid of amnesia victim Grace (Emma Thompson) who is suffering from nightmares about the murder of pianist Margaret Strauss (also played by Thompson). In an attempt to help Grace regain her identity, Mike takes her to hypnotist Franklyn Madson (Derek Jacobi) who runs an antique shop. While Grace is under hypnosis, surprises concerning both Mike and Grace that link them to the murder of Margaret 40 years ago are revealed.
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Five Children and It 2004 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: John Stephenson
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Zoe Wanamaker, Freddie Highmore, Tara Fitzgerald, Jonathan Bailey, Jessica Claridge, Poppy Rogers, Alex Jennings, Eddie Izzard, John Sessions, Norman Wisdom
During World War I when their father leaves to fight in the war, five children remain in England and move into their uncle's estate where they discover "It," a magical fairy that makes their dreams come true.
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Fortunes of War 1987 TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cellan Jones
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Rupert Graves, Robert Stephens, Ronald Pickup, Vernon Dobtcheff, Ronald Fraser, Greg Hicks, Alan Bennett, James Villiers, Harry Burton, Michael Cochrane
Professor Guy Pringle (Kenneth Branagh) and wife Harriett (Emma Thompson) travel to Romania to teach. While there, World War II starts, and the audience follows the couple across Europe as people cope with the horrors of war. A good made-for-TV film.
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Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage 1999 N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: David Clark, Al Giddings
Cast: Kenneth Branagh
Offshore depths of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands are photographed through IMAX 3-D technology in this intriguing offering.
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 The Gingerbread Man 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger, Famke Janssen, Mae Whitman, Robert Duvall, Jesse James, Clyde Hayes, Troy Beyer, Julie Ryder Perce
Robert Altman brings this John Grisham tale to the screen, and the result is a very good film. The plot involves a high-powered lawyer, Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh), who is seduced by a sexy waitress, Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), whose father (Robert Duvall) is tormenting her. Magruder takes on her case, and very soon finds himself in a situation way over his head.
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The Goebbels Experiment 2005 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lutz Hachmeister
Cast: Kenneth Branagh
Using newsreels, home movies, and German films, Lutz Hachmeister and Michael Kloft have pieced together revealing images, which were part of the life of Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister. Kenneth Branagh narrates the English language version.
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 Hamlet 1996   PG-13, 238 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Charlton Heston, Robin Williams, Jack Lemmon, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, John Gielgud, Richard Briers, Nicholas Farrell, Michael Maloney, Brian Blessed, Judi Dench
"Hamlet," the melancholy Dane, is directed by and stars Kenneth Branagh in this–indeed unique–innovative presentation of Shakespeare's classic. Branagh uses Shakespeare's entire text to uncover the layers behind the Bard of Avon's words in his play about Hamlet (Branagh) seeking revenge for his father the king's murder. Julie Christie plays Gertrude, Hamlet's mother who marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Derek Jacobi) soon after her husband's murder. His father's ghost (Brian Blessed) appears and tells Hamlet to be kind to Gertrude but to kill Claudius who had murdered him. Now, insanity takes over resulting in homicide and suicide.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 PG, 161 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Felton, Miriam Margolyes, David Bradley, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling
When Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) miss the train back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, they make use of Ron's father's flying car to reach the school where they rejoin their friend Hermoine Granger (Emma Watson) and nemesis Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton). And off they go with this school year's adventures and mysteries–centering on the Chamber of Secrets.
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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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High Season 1987 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clare Peploe
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Sebastian Shaw, Kenneth Branagh, Lesley Manville, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Rose, Paris Tselios, Ruby Baker
The small, Greek village on the island of Rhodes has finally been "found" by tourists to the dismay of some, but a business opportunity to others. This excellent satire on this theme revolves around Katherine (Jacqueline Bisset), a photographer who vacations here annually, and the characters around her who affected her past and will affect her future.
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How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog 2000 R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Kalesniko
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright Penn, Suzi Hofrichter, Lynn Redgrave, Jared Harris, Peter Riegert, David Krumholtz, Johnathon Schaech, Kaitlin Hopkins, Suzy Joachim
Playwright Peter McGowan (Kenneth Branagh) is suffering from pressures brought on by a string of flops at the box office. As if that were not enough, his wife (Robin Wright Penn) is trying to convince him that now is the time to start a family. Add to that a barking dog and a strange assortment of neighbors–you get the picture.
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Look Back in Anger 1989 TV, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Judi Dench
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Siobhan Redmond, Gerard Horan, Edward Jewesbury
As a member of the British working class, Jimmy Porter (Kenneth Branagh) finds that his college degree has taken him nowhere in the professional world. Unhappy with his lot in life, Jimmy takes his anger out on his wife, Alison (Emma Thompson), as well as his mistress, Helena (Siobhan Redmond). Based on John Osborne's 1956 play.
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Love's Labour's Lost 2000 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Matthew Lillard, Adrian Lester, Nathan Lane, Timothy Spall, Emily Mortimer, Stefania Rocca
Kenneth Branagh directed and stars in this Shakespearean romantic comedy. Updated to the 1930s, the story of four students who swear off women to allow time for studies is presented as a musical extravaganza, and the result is enjoyable entertainment.
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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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 Much Ado About Nothing 1993 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Briers, Brian Blessed, Patrick Doyle, Imelda Staunton, Jimmy Yuill, Andy Hockley, Chris Barnes, Phyllida Law
Don Pedro (Denzel Washington), Don John (Keanu Reeves), Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard), and Benedick (Kenneth Branagh) return home from battle and arrive in the village of Messina. Governor Leonato (Richard Briers) greets them, and Claudio falls in love with Leonato's daughter Hero (Kate Beckinsale), but Don John turns her against Claudio. Meanwhile, Beatrice (Emma Thompson) tries to gain the reluctant Benedick's love. Don Pedro steps in bringing both couples together under a false premise, and love blooms. This film will make Shakespeare fans out of even the most dubious. The sound track lingers long after viewing, and the two couples provide insight into two different styles of love.
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Othello 1995 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Nathaniel Parker, Kenneth Branagh, Irene Jacob, Michael Maloney, Anna Patrick, Nicholas Farrell, Indra Ove
Shakespeare's famous play is again brought to the screen; this time Laurence Fishburne plays the title role of the Moor who is manipulated by the evil Iago (Kenneth Branagh) until he believes that his new wife, Desdemona (Irene Jacob), has been unfaithful.
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Peter's Friends 1992 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Rita Rudner, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Richard Briers, Alex Scott, Phyllida Law, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Edward Jewesbury, Hetta Charnley, Ann Davies, Alex Lowe
When Peter (Stephen Fry) inherits an estate in the English countryside, he invites his friends from Cambridge University to visit. It has been 10 years since they were all together, and their revelations and new thoughts on how to live their lives fill the weekend. By the end of the reunion, many issues have been discussed, but when Peter shares his secret that he has been found HIV positive, all are shocked.
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Pirate Radio 2009 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
aka: The Boat That Rocked
Director: Richard Curtis
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Rhys Darby, Tom Sturridge, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, January Jones, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, Chris O'Dowd, Tom Brooke, Will Adamsdale, Katherine Parkinson, Emma Thompson
In 1960s' Britain, the BBC chose to broadcast only two hours of rock 'n' roll music per week. As a result, rock aficionados broadcast music from ships on the high seas. One of the ships, Radio Rock, is captained by Quentin (Bill Nighy) who owns a radio station that broadcasts to a huge audience from the seas off Britain. After being expelled from school, Carl (Tom Sturridge) is sent to stay with his Uncle Quentin, meets the disc jockeys led by The Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman), and enters a world filled with clashing egos. Meanwhile, Radio Rock's controversial air antics have disturbed government minister Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh) who sets out to ban Quentin's pirate radio activities.
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The Proposition 1998  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe, William Hurt, Neil Patrick Harris, Robert Loggia, Josef Sommer, Blythe Danner, Bronia Wheeler, Ken Cheeseman, Jim Chiros, Dee Nelson, Pamela Hart, Wendy Feign, Thomas Downey, Dossy Peabody
Set in 1935 on Boston's Beacon Hill, this is the story of Eleanor and Arthur Barret (Madeleine Stowe and William Hurt)–a childless couple so desperate for a baby that they arrange for a law student (Neil Patrick Harris) to impregnate Eleanor. The student is murdered, and Eleanor begins to fall in love with a visiting Catholic priest, Father Michel McKinnon (Kenneth Branagh), who turns out to be the son of Arthur's lost brother.
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 Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh, Ningali Lawford, Myarn Lawford, Deborah Mailman, Jason Clarke, Garry McDonald, Roy Billing
In 1931, the Australian government endorsed taking aboriginal girls away from their families to train as domestics. Those children became known as the Stolen Generation. Fourteen-year-old Molly (Everlyn Sampi), 10-year-old sister Daisy (Tianna Sansbury), and 10-year-old cousin Gracie (Laura Monaghan) escaped from one government camp in 1931 and set out on a 1,500 mile trek in search of a rabbit-proof fence that would lead them home. This film is based on their true story.
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 The Road to El Dorado 2000 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Bibo Bergeron, Will Finn, Don Paul, David Silverman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos, Elton John, Jim Cummings, Frank Welker, Tobin Bell, Duncan Marjoribanks, Elijah Chiang, Cyrus Shaki-Khan
In this animated DreamWorks production, two con men–Miguel (voice of Kenneth Branagh) and Tulio (voice of Kevin Kline)–cheat at dice and get their hands on a map to the legendary city of gold: El Dorado. When they finally reach the city (after getting locked in the brig of a ship and managing a perilous escape in a dinghy), residents mistake them for gods. They join forces with the sexy Chel (voice of Rosie Perez), and the adventure accelerates. Great fun!
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Sleuth 2007 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Carmel O'Sullivan
In this remake of "Sleuth" (1972), Michael Caine plays wealthy crime novelist Andrew Wyke who's wife, Maggie (Carmel O'Sullivan), has left him for another, and Jude Law plays the unemployed actor Milo Tindle (played by Caine in the original film) who is invited to Wyke's mansion. Each man tries to outwit the other amidst plot twists and turns that begin with simple one-upmanships and escalate into dangerous mind games regarding Wyke's wife.
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 Swing Kids 1993 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Carter
Cast: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey, Kenneth Branagh, Tushka Bergen, David Tom, Noah Wyle, Jayce Bartok, Julia Stemberger, Sean Pertwee
To be or not to be–that is Nazi Youth Corps or swing music fan. Set in World War II Germany, this is the story of three young men (Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, and Frank Whaley) who are forced into major decisions–ho hum.
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The Theory of Flight 1998 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Gemma Jones, Holly Aird, Ray Stevenson, Sue Jones-Davies, Nia Roberts, Jill James, Ruth Jones, Gwenyth Petty
While doing community service as his sentence for jumping from a London skyscraper (he is obsessed with flying), Richard is assigned to wheelchair-confined Jane (Helena Bonham Carter). Jane's degenerative motor-neuron disease makes speech difficult and, at first, the two do not get along. But, they are stuck with each other and soon form a bond. When Jane confides that she wants a meaningful sexual relationship before she dies, Richard helps find a mate.
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To the Lighthouse 1983 TV, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Colin Gregg
Cast: Rosemary Harris, Michael Gough, Suzanne Bertish, Kenneth Branagh, Lynsey Baxter, Pippa Guard, T.P. McKenna, Nicholas Gecks, David Parfitt, Craig Warnock, Jessie Walker Stewart, Christopher Lahr
Based on Virginia Woolf's novel, this BBC production is presented in three parts as a study of the Ramsey family during one summer vacation and ends 10 years later showing how various members adapt to a changing world.
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Valkrie 2008 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McNally, Tom Hollander, David Schofield, Kenneth Cranham, Christian Berkel, David Bamber, Ian McNeice
During World War II, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) was serving in the German army in Tunisia where he lost his left eye, right hand, and fingers of his left hand as a result of the Allied bombing. Claus has had enough of the Nazi regime and joins a movement plotting to kill Hitler (David Bamber) but still win the war. Now, he conspires with the military and government bigwigs (Kenneth Branagh, Terence Stamp, Bill Nighy, and Eddie Izzard) in smoke filled rooms to plot Hitler's demise.
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Warm Springs 2005 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer, Tim Blake Nelson, Matt O'Leary, Matt Malloy, Jane Alexander, Kathy Bates, Andrew Davoli, Nelsan Ellis, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Greg Thompson, Devon Gearhart, Brian F. Durkin, Melissa Ponzio
Kenneth Branagh takes the role of Franklin D. Roosevelt–during seven crucial years of his life from 1921 when he was stricken with polio; through rehabilitation at Warm Springs, Georgia; to his nomination of Al Smith for President in 1928. Cynthia Nixon plays the role of Eleanor, while Jane Alexander, who had played Eleanor previously, takes on the role of FDR's mother, Sarah Delano Roosevelt.
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Wild Wild West 1999 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine, Fred'que Van Der Wal, Musetta Vander, Sofia Eng
Eccentric inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) wants to change the course of history by killing President Grant (Kevin Kline) and giving most of the country back to England and Spain. Enter special agents James T. West (Will Smith) and Artemus Gordon (also played by Kevin Kline) who, as they are investigating the strange disappearances of many scientists, walk right into the dastardly plot.
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| 1. Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
2. As You Like It (2006)
3. Celebrity (1998)
4. Coming Through (1985)
5. Conspiracy (2001)
6. Dead Again (1991)
7. Five Children and It (2004)
8. Fortunes of War (1987)
9. Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage (1999)
10. The Gingerbread Man (1998)
11. The Goebbels Experiment (2005)
12. Hamlet (1996)
13. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
14. Henry V (1989)
15. High Season (1987)
16. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000)
17. Look Back in Anger (1989)
18. Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
19. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
aka: Frankenstein
20. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
21. Othello (1995)
22. Peter's Friends (1992)
23. Pirate Radio (2009)
aka: The Boat That Rocked
24. The Proposition (1998)
25. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
26. The Road to El Dorado (2000)
27. Sleuth (2007)
28. Swing Kids (1993)
29. The Theory of Flight (1998)
30. To the Lighthouse (1983)
31. Valkrie (2008)
32. Warm Springs (2005)
33. Wild Wild West (1999)
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