John Hurt Movies

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who...

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives...

To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to...

The film revolves around, Norman, a world-weary manager of a pier theatre in a seaside resort. Norman has worked in the theatre for all of his life,...

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted...

This is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.

"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an...

A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.

Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play...

The struggle of a lone sniper in a dystopian future Britain plagued with rabies and ruled over by a sinistrous Ministry of Information.

"Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" looks at the origins of the Gulf War crisis and challenges the official Western "party-line" view of a spontaneous...

Maya is a happily married mother of two. She is a successful choreographer and everything seems to be perfect...but this life is a lie. Unbeknownst...

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

An documentary recounting the story with interviews of cast, crew and production team and including producer Barry Navidi, who had worked for six...

Following an initial misunderstanding between an older couple and a young family, fate takes a hand in bringing both parties closer together. One...

In this witty monologue, Quentin Crisp advises and opines about personal style (with a few digressions).

Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".

"Behind Jim Jarmusch" is an intimate an intriguing portrait of director Jim Jarmusch, at work on the set of his movie "The Limits of Control"...

Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors and companions past and present,...