300 2007   R, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, Giovani Cimmino, Stephen McHattie
In 480 B.C., when Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) led his army of over 100,000 against 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), the Persian army overwhelmed the Spartans. But, the valliant effort of the Spartan army inspired other Greeks to mount a resistance to the Persians. The result of their actions marks the beginning of the concept of democracy.
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Aberdeen 2000 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, Lena Headey, Ian Hart, Charlotte Rampling, Louise Goodall, Jason Hetherington
Helen (Charlotte Rampling) lives in Aberdeen. She is dying but determined to reconcile with her London lawyer daughter, Kaisa (Lena Headey), with her absent father. To that end, Helen talks Kaisa into traveling to Norway and bringing her alcoholic father home. Although the trip is difficult, help comes from many along the way–especially truck driver Clive (Ian Hart).
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 The Brothers Grimm 2005  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Headey, Monica Bellucci, Petr Ratimec, Barbara Lukesova, Anna Rust, Jeremy Robson, Miroslav Taborsky, Roger Ashton-Griffiths
The legendary Grimm brothers–Jake and Will (Heath Ledger and Matt Damon)–travel among the villages of 18th-century Germany where they con the locals into believing that they can protect them from enchanted creatures and even perform exorcisms. The scam works–until they encounter a real curse.
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 The Cave 2005  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Bruce Hunt
Cast: Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Rick Ravanello, Marcel Iures, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Daniel Dae Kim, Lena Headey, Piper Perabo, Vlad Radescu, Simon Kunz, David Kennedy
Cave biologist Dr. Nicolai (Marcel Iures) and his partner, Katherine (Lena Headey), make plans to explore a massive cave system that lies under a 13th-century church. They hire a team of scuba divers to swim and climb through the caves, some of which are beneath the water. It doesn't take long before the divers realize that unknown creatures lurk in the depths and that their lives are in peril. Now, the deadly game turns into a race for survival as they try to escape from the caves.
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Clothes in the Wardrobe 1992 TV, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Summer House
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Joan Plowright, Lena Headey, Julie Walters, David Threlfall, John Wood, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Catherine Schell, Maggie Steed, Gwyneth Strong
This British comedy/drama features Margaret (Lena Headey) as a young woman about to marry a mama's boy–40-year-old Syl (David Threlfall). Lili (Jeanne Moreau), a family friend, works to prevent the marriage.
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Face 1997 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antonia Bird
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Steve Sweeney, Gerry Conlon, Leon Black, David Boateng, Lena Headey, Eddie Nestor, Steven Waddington, Christine Tremarco
Ray (Robert Carlyle) is an aging bank robber involved in what is supposed to be a very large heist. But when the cash is counted, Ray and his cohorts realize that their plans have gone awry, and it looks like they are dealing with a double-cross.
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The Gathering Storm 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache, Lena Headey, Derek Jacobi, Tom Wilkinson, Ronnie Barker, Hugh Bonneville, Celia Imrie, Tom Hiddleston, Edward Hardwicke
Albert Finney is excellent as Winston Churchill, winning a golden Globe Award for his efforts in this BBC production. It covers the period from the early 1930s when Churchill was a lone voice in warning the nation of the threat posed by the Nazis to his position as Prime Minister. But the centerpiece of the biography is the story of his personal life with his wife, Clementine (Vanessa Redgrave).
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Gossip 2000   R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Cast: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson, Marisa Coughlan, Joshua Jackson, Sharon Lawrence, Edward James Olmos, Eric Bogosian, Timm Zemanek
As a class experiment, three college students–Derrick (James Marsden), Cathy (Lena Headey), and Travis (Norman Reedus)–start a rumor involving a chaste couple, Naomi (Marisa Coughlan) and Beau (Joshua Jackson), that quickly spirals out of control.
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The Grotesque 1995 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
Grave Indiscretion
Director: John-Paul Davidson
Cast: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey, Jim Carter, Anna Massey, Trudie Styler, Steven Mackintosh, John Mills, Maria Aitken
Eccentric British archaeologist Sir Hugo Coal (Alan Bates) prefers his laboratory to his home and family, both of which he manages to ignore. Then a new butler, Fledge (Sting), enters the picture, and lifestyles undergo a change.
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Imagine Me & You 2005 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ol Parker
Cast: Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie, Anthony Head, Darren Boyd, Sue Johnston, Boo Jackson, Sharon Horgan, Eva Birthistle
As she is walking down the aisle on her wedding day, Rachel (Piper Perabo) locks eyes with the lesbian florist, Luce (Lena Headey), and then goes on to say her "I dos" to new husband Heck (Matthew Goode). But the two women do remain attracted to each other in this unconventional comedy about true love.
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 The Jungle Book 1994 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
aka: Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese, Jason Flemyng, Stefan Kalipha, Faran Tahir, Ron Donachie, Anirudh Agarwal, Sean Naegeli, Liza Walker, Rachel Robertson
As a young Indian boy, Mowgli (Jason Scott Lee) was raised by wolves. The movie begins with an older Mowgli falling in love with Kitty (Lena Headey). Together, Mowgli, Kitty, and Kitty's boyfriend Capt. Boone (Cary Elwes) set off to find a lost city. Along the way they encounter Mowgli's animal friends. Disney.
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The Man with Rain in His Shoes 1998 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Twice Upon a Yesterday
If Only...
Director: Maria Ripoll
Cast: Lena Headey, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Cruz, Elizabeth McGovern, Mark Strong, Gustavo Salmeron, Eusebio Lazaro, Charlotte Coleman, Neil Stuke, Antonio Gi, Heather Weeks, Inday Ba, Paul Popplewell, David Spinx, David Fishley
When Victor (Douglas Henshall) meets Spanish trash men Don Miguel (Eusebio Lazaro) and Rafael (Gustavo Salmeron), who can magically turn back time, Victor gets a second chance to correct previous mistakes with his ex-girlfriend, Sylvia (Lena Headey). Sylvia is scheduled to marry Dave (Mark Strong) in 48 hours, and Victor, who has now gone back in time, plots unsuccessfully to prevent Sylvia from ever meeting Dave. But, when Victor meets beautiful barmaid Louise (Penelope Cruz), the situation changes.
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Mrs. Dalloway 1997 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marleen Gorris
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Rupert Graves, Michael Kitchen, John Standing, Alan Cox, Lena Headey, Margaret Tyzack, Sarah Badel, Phyllis Calvert
Set in 1923, this Virginia Woolf story involves Clarissa Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave) and her life choices. Told through flashbacks, young Clarissa (Natascha McElhone) fled from a passionate romance and settled for security with Richard Dalloway (John Standing).
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Onegin 1999 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martha Fiennes
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Martin Donovan, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey, Alun Armstrong, Harriet Walter, Irene Worth, Jason Watkins, Francesca Annis
Based on Alexander Pushkin's 1833 narrative poem, this story involves an aristocrat, Evgeny Onegin (Ralph Fiennes) who spurns the advances of the beautiful Tatyana Larina (Liv Tyler). But, six-years later, when they meet in St. Petersburg, it is Evgeny who is smitten and Tatyana who is now uninterested in him.
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 Possession 2002 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey, Holly Aird, Toby Stephens, Trevor Eve, Tom Hickey, Georgia Mackenzie, Tom Hollander
Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) uncover evidence of a secret love affair enjoyed years ago by two Victorian poets and, in the process of their investigation, find themselves falling in love.
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Ripley's Game 2002 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Liliana Cavani
Cast: John Malkovich, Ray Winstone, Uwe Mansshardt, Hanns Zischler, Paolo Paoloni, Maurizio Luca, Dougray Scott, Evelina Meghangi, Chiara Caselli, Lena Headey, Sam Blitz, Emidio La Vella
In this third of Patricia Highsmith's five Ripley novels, now middle-aged Tom Ripley (John Malkovich) and his pianist wife, Louisa (Chiara Caselli), have just finished renovating their country mansion when Tom overhears picture framer Jonathan (Dougray Scott) make sarcastic remarks concerning the Ripley's decorating taste. The moment for retaliation arrives when Tom is approached to kill a Russian gangster and convinces Jonathan to be the hit man instead. Multiple murders and mayhem ensue.
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Waterland 1992 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Lena Headey, Grant Warnock, Ethan Hawke, John Heard, Pete Postlethwaite, Cara Buono
Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) is an Englishman who suffers a nervous breakdown while teaching history in Pittsburgh. Failing to reach his disinterested students, he sends them the wrong message, but, at the same time, uncovers his wife Mary's (Sinead Cusack) secret past experiences.
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| 1. 300 (2007)
2. Aberdeen (2000)
3. The Brothers Grimm (2005)
4. The Cave (2005)
5. Clothes in the Wardrobe (1992)
aka: The Summer House
6. Face (1997)
7. The Gathering Storm (2002)
8. Gossip (2000)
9. The Grotesque (1995)
aka: Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
aka: Grave Indiscretion
10. Imagine Me & You (2005)
11. The Jungle Book (1994)
aka: Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book
12. The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998)
aka: Twice Upon a Yesterday
aka: If Only...
13. Mrs. Dalloway (1997)
14. Onegin (1999)
15. Possession (2002)
16. Ripley's Game (2002)
17. Waterland (1992)
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