Movies by John Schlesinger
As part of the cast:
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The Lost Language of Cranes (1992)
Cast: Brian Cox, Angus Macfadyen, Rene Auberjonois …
Directed by: Nigel Finch
When Philip Benjamin (Angus Macfadyen) informs his parents (Brian Cox and Eileen Atkins) that he's gay, the news prompts his father to come out of the closet, too, throwing the family --…
As a director:
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The Next Best Thing (2000)
Cast: Rupert Everett, Madonna, Benjamin Bratt …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Abbie and Robert are single friends who never let sex get between them -- it's never been an issue, as he's gay. But one night, a little too much wine leads to an unexpected tryst.…
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Eye for an Eye (1996)
Cast: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann (Sally Field) takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob (Kiefer…
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Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Cast: Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
When Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale), a young society woman in 1930s London, becomes suddenly orphaned, she's forced to take up residence with a group of her unsophisticated, oddball…
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The Innocent (1993)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Isabella Rossellini, Campbell Scott …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
This Cold War tale of intrigue stars Campbell Scott as telecommunications engineer Leonard Markham, who has just been assigned to Berlin, Germany, to work with veteran spy Bob Glass (Anthony…
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Pacific Heights (1990)
Cast: Matthew Modine, Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Young couple Patty and Drake (Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine) buy their dream house in San Francisco and rent out the ground floor apartment to Carter Hayes, who seems to be an ideal…
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Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
While living in London, a Bengali immigrant (Shabana Azmi) strives to support the talents of her piano-playing child prodigy (Navin Chowdhry). Her search for a teacher to hone her son's…
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The Believers (1987)
Cast: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of…
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The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
As a CIA employee in charge of guarding top secret documents, all-American Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton) becomes disillusioned with his country and decides to make a deal with the Soviet…
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Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Cast: David Rasche, Paul Jabara, Jenn Thompson …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Led by the eccentric Mayor Kirby T. Calo (William Devane), the residents of Ticlaw, Fla., band together to thwart their governor's plan to construct a new freeway that will funnel…
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Yanks (1979)
Cast: Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Acclaimed director John Schlesinger stages this epic romance against the dramatic backdrop of World War II. Stationed in England at the end of the war, three American soldiers (Richard Gere,…
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Marathon Man (1976)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
When his CIA agent brother (Roy Scheider) is killed, graduate student Babe Levy (Dustin Hoffman) finds himself trapped in a deadly game with a Nazi fugitive (Laurence Olivier), a sadist who…
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The Day of the Locust (1975)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Hollywood is where starry-eyed dreamers reach for the sun, and it's where many of them are scorched, too. This 1975 film made an impression for its portrayal of desperados who ache to…
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Visions of Eight (1973)
Directed by: Jim Clark, Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa …
Eight shorts from eight directors make up this documentary anthology, which offers a multifaceted meditation on the spirit of sporting achievement at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany.
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Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Cast: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
In director John Schlesinger's intriguing character study, a thorny love triangle develops as lonely divorcée Alexandra Greville and well-to-do physician Daniel Hirsh compete for…
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Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
To earn cash as a freelance sex stud and work toward his dream of becoming a kept man, hayseed hustler Joe Buck heads to New York City, where an improbable friendship blossoms when he meets…
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Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Cast: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Blessed with undeniable beauty and an independent spirit, country lass Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie) has her fair share of admirers. But while a sheep farmer (Alan Bates), a landowner…
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Darling (1965)
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde, Julie Christie …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Up-and-coming fashion model Darling (Best Actress Oscar winner Julie Christie) burns with ambition. First, she falls hard for married television interviewer Robert (Dirk Bogarde). Next,…
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Billy Liar (1963)
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
In life, Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) lives at home in Bradford with his parents and works for an undertaker (Leonard Rossiter). But in our hero's rich imagination, he is a military…
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A Kind of Loving (1962)
Cast: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
After taking up with Ingrid Rothwell (June Ritchie), the cute typist at work, young Vic Brown (Alan Bates) finds himself pressured into a hasty wedding when Ingrid turns up pregnant in this…