Agnes Browne 1999  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Anjelica Huston
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Marion O'Dwyer, Niall O'Shea, Ciaran Owens, Roxanna Williams, Carl Power, Mark Power, Gareth O'Connor, James Lappin, Ray Winstone, Arno Chevrier, Gerard McSorley, Tom Jones
Set in Dublin during 1967, this is the story of a widow, Agnes Browne (Anjelica Huston), with seven children who is thrown into both emotional and financial crises following her husband's untimely death.
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 Beowulf 2007 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn, Chris Coppola, Sebastian Roche, Dominic Keating, Leslie Zemeckis
Through the use of motion-capture technology, the real actors in this film are transformed into digitally animated visions capable of performing powerful action sequences. The story is based on the Old English poem, which is set in sixth-century Denmark where King Hrothgar (voice of Anthony Hopkins) is in trouble when the monster Grendel (voice of Crispin Glover) declares war on his kingdom. Beowulf (voice of Ray Winstone) arrives on the scene and eventually does slay Grendel but then finds himself tempted, seduced, and corrupted by a water demon who is Grendel's Mother (voice of Angelina Jolie). Beowulf fathers a son with Grendel's Mother, and now, years later, he is destined to fight to the death his dragon son.
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Breaking and Entering 2006  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Rafi Gavron, Poppy Rogers, Mark Benton, Juliet Stevenson, Caroline Chikezie, Red Lazar, Branka Katic, Velibor Topic
Landscape architect Will (Jude Law) has problems at home, which include fights with his wife (Robin Wright Penn) and more troubles with her teenage daughter Bea (Poppy Rogers). Now, Will and partner Sandy (Martin Freeman) have opened an office in the inner-city area of London's King's Cross. As soon as they move in, the office is burglarized, and then the crime is committed again. Will spends evenings at the office hoping to catch the culprit. Another strike occurs, and this time Will gives chase and sees a young man entering a seedy apartment building. Will learns that he is a 15-year-old Bosnian refugee, Miro (Rafi Gavron), and visits the apartment where he meets Miro's mother, Amira (Juliette Binoche), who ekes out a living as a seamstress. They form a friendship, but more problems follow.
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 Cold Mountain 2003  R, 155 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Giovanni Ribisi, Eileen Atkins
During the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier, Inman (Jude Law), goes AWOL and struggles to return home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina, with dreams of reuniting with the woman (Nicole Kidman) he loves. Renee Zellweger won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Law).
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 The Departed 2006  R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Corrigan, James Badge Dale, David O'Hara, Mark Rolston, Robert Wahlberg, Kristen Dalton
Lies, lies, and more lies proliferate when Massachusetts State Police plant one of their own, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio), into Irish-American gangster Frank Costello's (Jack Nicholson) inner circle. But, Costello has been employing his own deceits, and his spy, Colin Sulllivan (Matt Damon), is working in the Special Investigations Unit that is trying to bring down Costello. With intelligence leaks on both sides, a deadly game of cat and mouse becomes the order of the day. The film received four Oscars, including Best Picture and Director; and a nomination was received for Best Supporting Actor (Mark Wahlberg).
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The Devil's Tomb 2009  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jason Connery
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Winstone, Ron Perlman, Taryn Manning, Henry Rollins, Valerie Cruz, Franky G, Bill Moseley, Stephanie Jacobsen, Sarah Ann Morris, Zack Ward, Jason London, Weston Blakesley, Brandon Fobbs, Mia Miller
War veteran Mack (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is contracted by CIA operative Elissa (Valerie Cruz) to rescue a scientist, Wesley (Ron Perlman), who is trapped in a Middle East desert underground lab. Mack leads his team of mercenaries, and, with help from a mysterious priest, Fulton (Henry Rollins), they discover a secret that has been hidden for thousands of years. Now, weird events occur as they explore the area and encounter zombie colonists.
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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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Final Cut 1998 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Cast: Ray Winstone, Jude Law, Sadie Frost, John Beckett, Holly Davidson, William Scully, Mark Burdis, Perry Benson, Lisa Marsh, Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Jude (Jude Law) is dead, and his friends have been invited to watch a video on which he was working up to the time of his death. The guests are shocked to find out that the film documents the "performances"–taken with hidden cameras–of each of the friends, showing them at their absolute worst. Drugs, infidelity, lurid actions, and more were filmed, ending with scenes of Jude making love with Lisa (Lisa Marsh), the wife of Ray (Ray Winstone)–resulting in Ray killing Jude. Really over the top.
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Fool's Gold 2008 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Romance
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena, Ewen Bremner, Ray Winstone, Kevin Hart, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Brian Hooks, David Roberts, Michael Mulheren, Adam LeFevre
Although he has been searching for years and has gone into debt in the process, Ben "Finn" Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) has not given up on his dream of finding a sunken treasure: the Queen's Dowry. He goes through a divorce with Tess (Kate Hudson), and just when she finds a new life, Finn uses Tess's employer, billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland) to continue his quest. Finn convinces Nigel and his spoiled daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena) to join Tess and himself in searching for the treasure. But, they are not the only ones out there; Finn's mentor Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has been hired by crime boss Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart) to retrieve the treasure. And, the race is on–over and under the sea.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008  PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent, Igor Jijikine, Andrew Divoff, Alan Dale, Dimitri Diatchenko, Ilia Volokh, Emmanuel Todorov, Venya Manzyuk, Pavel Lychnikoff
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his sidekick Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf) head to the jungles of Peru in search of the Crystal Skull of Akator. But, they are not alone; Soviet spies, led by Colonel Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), are also searching for the Crystal Skull, which they believe holds secrets that will help them dominate the world through nuclear annihilation. And the adventures continue as Indy, once again, struggles to save the world.
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 King Arthur 2004 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, Joel Edgerton, Hugh Dancy, Ray Winstone, Ray Stevenson, Keira Knightley, Stephen Dillane, Stellan Skarsgard, Til Schweiger, Ivano Marescotti
In the fifth century, at the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire, Arthur (Clive Owen) is a Saxon knight who chooses to remain in England where he joins a band of knights striving to bring order to the countryside.
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Last Orders 2001 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Ray Winstone, JJ Feild, Cameron Fitch, Nolan Hemmings, Anatol Yusef
Seventy years of Jack Dodd's (Michael Caine) life are remembered by his friends as they travel from London to a seaside resort to scatter Jack's ashes at sea. The journey brings out good as well as painful memories, which serve as a catalyst in bonding Jack's friends to each other.
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Love, Honour and Obey 2000 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Cast: Sadie Frost, Ray Winstone, Jonny Lee Miller, Jude Law, Kathy Burke, Sean Pertwee, Denise Van Outen, Rhys Ifans, Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Jonny (Jonny Lee Miller) talks his boyhood pal, Jude (Jude Law), into getting him a job working for Jude's gangster-boss uncle, Ray (Ray Burdis), only to find that he is quickly bored with the new lifestyle. To liven things up, Jonny rips off a rival gang, and the ensuing gang war shifts into high gear.
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Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence 1998 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: The Very Thought of You
Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Monica Potter, Rufus Sewell, Tom Hollander, Joseph Fiennes, Ray Winstone, Debora Weston, Jan Pearson, Steven O'Donnell, Rebecca Craig, Paul Bigley, Rob Brydon, Geoffrey McGivern, Lorelei King
When Martha (Monica Potter) flies out of Minneapolis on her way to a new life in London, over a short time period she meets three men–Frank (Rufus Sewell), Daniel (Tom Hollander), and Laurence (Joseph Fiennes). Although she encounters them on separate occasions, coincidentally, they are old friends, and each one falls madly in love with Martha.
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Nil by Mouth 1997 R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Oldman
Cast: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse, Edna Dore, Chrissie Coterill, Jon Morrison, Jamie Foreman, Steve Sweeney, Terry Rowley
Set in London, this is the story of a dysfunctional family trying to survive despite problems of drug addiction and violence.
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The Proposition 2005 R, 104 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: John Hillcoat
Cast: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Richard(2) Wilson, Emily Watson, John Hurt, David Wenham, Noah Taylor, David Gulpilil, Leah Purcell, Garry Waddell, Boris Brkic, Jeremy Madrona, Jae Mamuyac, Mick Roughan
The Australian frontier in the late 1800s is not unlike the American Old West, and Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) has been brought in from England to help in the taming process. This film centers around the Burns brothers, a notorious gang who have raped and pillaged throughout the territory. When two of them, Charlie (Guy Pearce) and young Mike (Richard Wilson), are captured after killing a family, Stanley has a proposition for Charlie: find and kill the older brother and gang leader, Arthur (Danny Huston), and gain pardons for him and Mike. But, he must do it within nine days or Mike will be hanged on Christmas day.
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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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 Sexy Beast 2000 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, Cavan Kendall, Julianne White, Alvaro Monje, James Fox, Robert Atiko, Nieves del Amo Oruet, Enrique Aleman Fabrega, Gerard Barray
Gary "Gal" Dove (Ray Winstone) has retired from the criminal world and is enjoying the good life at his villa in Spain when a huge boulder crashes into his pool–an omen of things to come. "Things" happen in the form of Don "Malky" Logan (Ben Kingsley) who appears at the villa with plans for a bank robbery, and Malky won't take "No" for an answer.
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The War Zone 1999 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Roth
Cast: Ray Winstone, Lara Belmont, Freddie Cunliffe, Tilda Swinton, Kate Ashfield, Aisling O'Sullivan, Colin Farrell, Annabelle Apsion, Mean Thorp, Kim Wall
In this film–Tim Roth's first directorial effort–the drama revolves around Tom's (Freddie Cunliffe) suspicion that his sister, Jessie (Lara Belmont), has been having an incestuous relationship with their father (Ray Winstone). Tom's self-imposed mission is to find proof.
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| 1. Agnes Browne (1999)
2. Beowulf (2007)
3. Breaking and Entering (2006)
4. Cold Mountain (2003)
5. The Departed (2006)
6. The Devil's Tomb (2009)
7. Face (1997)
8. Final Cut (1998)
9. Fool's Gold (2008)
10. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
11. King Arthur (2004)
12. Last Orders (2001)
13. Love, Honour and Obey (2000)
14. Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
aka: The Very Thought of You
15. Nil by Mouth (1997)
16. The Proposition (2005)
17. Quadrophenia (1979)
18. Ripley's Game (2002)
19. Sexy Beast (2000)
20. The War Zone (1999)
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