John Hurt Movies

A criminal couple, hiding out on a remote property, become the unwitting victims of a blackmail plot by the most unlikely of conspirators.

A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer...

Documentary about the production of The Third Man (1949).

“Red Fox” tells a gripping contemporary tale of kidnapping, terrorism and political intrigue. Based on the book by Gerald Seymour, with a...

A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influential pioneers of television drama.

An art student is thrown out of college. Depressed, he comes up with the Party of Dynamic Erection, a near fascist "party" that promotes male sexual...

Film about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains...

Adaptation of Pirandello's play.

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can...

A day in the life of 70-year-old Arthur, who falls in love with Ruth, a new resident at his retirement home.

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."

A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.

With its simple and iconic imagery this was public information film at its most sensational: expensive special effects and high-concept production...

A two-scene introduction that was shown exclusively in advance of the 50th anniversary theatrical screenings of The Day of the Doctor.

Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life saving liver transplant.

A South African journalist is sent to Namibia to investigate a serial killer.

Have you ever done a handstand... on the tips of your index fingers? How about snapping iron bars over your head as if they were bread-sticks? You'll...

A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's...

Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short...

Pixel Veil presents “The Alchemist’s Letter,” a richly inventive and visually stunning dark fairly tale. When Veridian, an...