Movies by Alan Rickman
As part of the cast:
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint …
Directed by: David Yates
In the second installment of the two-part conclusion to the überpopular Harry Potter series, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson),…
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter …
Directed by: Tim Burton
A 19-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) journeys through Underland, where she experiences strange ordeals and encounters peculiar characters, including the vaporous Cheshire Cat (voiced by…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson …
Directed by: David Yates
The first installment of the two-part conclusion to the Harry Potter series finds the bespectacled wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) walking away from his last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy…
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The Wildest Dream (2010)
Cast: Conrad Anker, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes …
Directed by: Anthony Geffen
When Conrad Anker finds the body of George Mallory on Mount Everest 75 years after Mallory's death, Anker becomes obsessed with learning whether the man determined to become the first to…
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The Song of Lunch (2010)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson
Directed by: Niall MacCormick
In this lyrical drama, a failed writer has lunch with his former lover -- now married to a celebrated author -- 15 years after their relationship ended. As they rehash the past, their…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson …
Directed by: David Yates
The sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry kicks off with a bang for young Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) when he inadvertently discovers a mysterious book that sheds light…
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Bottle Shock (2008)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Bill Pullman …
Directed by: Randall Miller
France's position as the world's top wine producer went unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines on the map -- a story delightfully told in this…
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson …
Directed by: David Yates
Returning for his fifth year of study at the venerable Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the ever-maturing Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is stunned to find that his warnings about…
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Nobel Son (2007)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy …
Directed by: Randall Miller
About to receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry, Prof. Eli Michaelson learns that kidnappers have snatched his son, a promising grad student. But when the captors demand a ransom -- the $2…
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Sweeney Todd (2007)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Tim Burton
Johnny Depp reteams with director Tim Burton for this big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, earning an Oscar nod as vengeful Sweeney Todd, who becomes a deranged murderer after…
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Born with an acute sense of smell, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille resorts to dark deeds in creating a perfume that captures the essence of a woman in this 18th-century thriller based on Patrick…
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Snow Cake (2006)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss …
Directed by: Marc Evans
Alex (Alan Rickman), a British man stranded in Ontario and haunted by a fatal accident that took place there, is forced to confront his past when he meets the autistic Linda (Sigourney…
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Cast: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell …
Directed by: Garth Jennings
After learning his house is about to be leveled to make way for a bypass and that Earth is about to be destroyed to clear the way for an interstellar thruway, jinxed Arthur Dent survives by…
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint …
Directed by: Mike Newell
Best-selling author J.K. Rowling's fourth book comes to life as young wizard Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) starts a new school year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Tri-Wizard…
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson …
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) return to Hogwarts for a third adventure-and-magic-filled year in this follow-up to the first two Potter blockbusters.…
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Something the Lord Made (2004)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Mary Stuart Masterson …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
This Emmy-winning HBO film based on a true story follows white surgeon Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and his black assistant, Vivien Thomas (Mos Def), who teamed in the 1940s to develop a…
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Cast: Keith David, Stanley Crouch, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Ken Burns
Long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, boxer Jack Johnson became the first African-American to obtain the world heavyweight title. This documentary tracks the life…
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Love Actually (2003)
Cast: Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth …
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Writer-director Richard Curtis's charming treatise on romance and relationships is an all-star ensemble comedy that tells 10 separate (but intertwining) London love stories, leading up…
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson …
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Everyone's favorite novice wizard, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), continues his high-flying adventures at Hogwarts in this sequel to the smash hit Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's…
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Blow Dry (2001)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths …
Directed by: Paddy Breathnach
Alan Rickman stars as Phil, a once-great hairstylist reduced to running a barbershop in the desolate English burg of Keighley, who decides to give the big time another shot when the national…
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson …
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place…
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The Search for John Gissing (2001)
Cast: Mike Binder, Janeane Garofalo, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Mike Binder
Businessman Matthew Barnes (Mike Binder) is wrapping up an important merger between his firm and another conglomerate. But an embittered employee in his firm, John Gissing (Alan Rickman),…
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Dogma (1999)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Alanis Morissette …
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Fallen angels (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck), a gnarly demon (Jason Lee) and a half-baked apostle (Chris Rock) walk among America's cynics and innocents and duke it out for…
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Galaxy Quest (1999)
Cast: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Dean Parisot
Decades after the success of the sci-fi series "Galaxy Quest," the show's washed-up stars -- Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver) and Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman)…
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Dark Harbor (1998)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Polly Walker, Norman Reedus …
Directed by: Adam Coleman Howard
As bickering couple David (Alan Rickman) and Alexis (Polly Walker) race through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat, they spot a crumpled body by the side of the road.…
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Michael Collins (1996)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Aidan Quinn …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan directed this powerful biopic about the rise and fall of Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), the charismatic leader of Ireland's fight for independence. Collins and his companions…
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A Fish Tale (1996)
Cast: Jeff Pace, Aaron Paul, Michelle Westerson …
Directed by: Michael Hegner, Stefan Fieldmark
Monty Python alum Terry Jones and Alan Rickman give voice to this animated yarn in which three children, Fly, Chuck and Stella, discover what it's like to be a fish after drinking a…
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Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Ang Lee
Jane Austen's classic tale of 19th-century etiquette and ethics chronicles the troubles and triumphs of the marriage-minded Dashwood sisters -- sensible oldest sibling Elinor (Emma…
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An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates …
Directed by: Mike Newell
Set in post-World War II England, this bittersweet coming-of-age tale follows 16-year-old Stella (Georgina Cates), a star-struck lass who joins a low-rent theatre troupe led by cruel monocled…
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Mesmer (1994)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Peter Dvorsky, Anna Thalback …
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Alan Rickman stars as Franz Mesmer -- a real-life historical figure who spawned the term "mesmerize" and made a dubious name for himself by using hypnotherapy to cure illnesses that were once…
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Bob Roberts (1992)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Taking aim at political skullduggery, false populism and press manipulation, this caustic mockumentary stars Tim Robbins as the titular Bob Roberts, a folk-singing right-winger trying to…
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Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Bill Paterson, Juliet Stevenson …
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
In writer-director Anthony Minghella's first feature film, Nina (Juliet Stevenson) is devastated by the death of her boyfriend, Jamie (Alan Rickman), who reappears to her as a ghost,…
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio …
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Costner stars as Sherwood Forest's outlaw hero in this 1991 version of the classic tale of intrigue, romance and pageantry. When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman)…
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Close My Eyes (1991)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves …
Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff
Taboos are tackled head-on in this dark drama about siblings Natalie (Saskia Reeves) and Richard (Clive Owen), who are reunited after years of being separated. A bitter divorce by their…
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Quigley Down Under (1990)
Cast: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Simon Wincer
In this outback Western, American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But Quigley hits the road when…
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The January Man (1989)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio …
Directed by: Pat O'Connor
Murder is a dish best served cold, they say. That's certainly true of a New York City serial killer who's iced 11 women in as many months. And it's up to rumpled Sherlock Nick…
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Die Hard (1988)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia …
Directed by: John McTiernan
NYPD cop John McClane's (Bruce Willis) plan to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the…
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Shakespeare Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet (1978)
Cast: John Gielgud, Rebecca Saire, Patrick Ryecart …
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff
John Gielgud, Rebecca Saire and Patrick Ryecart star in Shakespeare's tragedy about Romeo and Juliet, who fall madly in love and, due to a longstanding feud between their families, marry…
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The Winter Guest (1997)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Sandra Voe …
Directed by: Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman, who also co-wrote the screenplay, makes his directorial debut in this exploration of the lives and relationships of four couples living in a Scottish seaside town. Emma Thompson…