Movies by Pete Postlethwaite
As part of the cast:
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Ironclad (2011)
Cast: James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng …
Directed by: Jonathan English
Backed by his "Magnificent Seven," a principled Knight Templar (James Purefoy) defends Rochester Castle from the ruthless King John (Paul Giamatti) and his advancing armies, who seek to rule…
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Killing Bono (2011)
Cast: Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Krysten Ritter …
Directed by: Nick Hamm
Dublin schoolboy Neil McCormick is determined to be one of the great rock stars of the 1980s, and is so confident he'll succeed that he prevents his brother from joining a band being…
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The Town (2010)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm …
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Career bank robber Doug (Ben Affleck) and his volatile partner, Jim (Jeremy Renner), hit a roadblock when Doug falls for bank manager Claire (Rebecca Hall), whom he kidnapped during their…
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Inception (2010)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Oscar-nominated for Best Picture, this unnerving sci-fi thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, who earns a tidy sum infiltrating the dreams of corporate titans to steal their most…
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Solomon Kane (2009)
Cast: James Purefoy, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood …
Directed by: Michael J. Bassett
Swords and sorcery make a splashy return to the big screen in this epic tale of a once-murderous sea captain -- Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) -- who's now holed up in a monastery in…
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The Age of Stupid (2008)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Piers Guy, Layefa Malini …
Directed by: Franny Armstrong
In the desolate future of 2055, an archivist combs through a vast collection of videos to learn what went wrong with the planet. His research points to the first decade of the century, when…
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Closing the Ring (2007)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer star in Richard Attenborough's bittersweet tale of love, loss, promises and secrets. Fifty years after the death of her true love, Ethel Ann…
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The Omen 666 (2006)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles …
Directed by: John Moore
Grieving U.S. ambassador Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber) brings home another baby to soften the blow when his wife, Katherine (Julia Stiles), loses their first child during labor. But as young…
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Ghost Son (2006)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, John Hannah, Laura Harring …
Directed by: Lamberto Bava
Soon after moving to South Africa, Mark (John Hannah) dies in a tragic car accident, but his ghost continues to live on and makes nocturnal visits to his wife, Stacey (Laura Harring). When…
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Valley of the Heart's Delight (2006)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Bruce McGill, Diana Scarwid …
Directed by: Tim Boxell
Loosely based on the true story of a 1933 kidnapping in San Jose, Calif., this fictionalized version of events follows a dogged reporter (Gabriel Mann) as he fights to prevent the lynching of…
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Dark Water (2005)
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth …
Directed by: Walter Salles
With her young daughter in tow, Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) is starting a new life away from her estranged husband. But as a custody battle brews, her already fragile emotional state starts…
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Aeon Flux (2005)
Cast: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller …
Directed by: Karyn Kusama
Aiming to hasten an uprising, the leader of an underground rebellion (Frances McDormand) dispatches acrobatic assassin Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) to eliminate the government's top…
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Red Mercury (2005)
Cast: David Bradley, Stockard Channing, Juliet Stevenson …
Directed by: Roy Battersby
Fleeing the authorities, three desperate members of a terrorist cell take over a swank London restaurant and hold the unsuspecting occupants hostage, placing restaurant owner Penelope…
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Gone Dark (2004)
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Claire Forlani, Henry Czerny …
Directed by: Lewin Webb
The older May (Lauren Bacall) gets, the more determined she is to rely on no one but herself. And her life, calculated and organized, allows her to do so. That is, until her neighbor (Henry…
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Strange Bedfellows (2004)
Cast: Michael Caton, Alan Cassell, Andy Pappas …
Directed by: Dean Murphy
When auto mechanic Vince Hopgood (Paul Hogan) learns he owes a bundle in back taxes, he turns to pal Ralph Williams (Michael Caton) for help. It seems there's a new law granting…
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Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003)
Cast: Zachary Bennett, Tamara Hope, Vincent Walsh …
Directed by: Bruce Pittman
Based on a true story, this compelling drama recounts the events of Dec. 6, 1917, when a French freighter packed with tons of TNT collided with a Belgian ship in Halifax Harbour and exploded,…
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Gangs of New York (2002)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Amid the savage Irish and Italian rivalry that dominated New York City in the mid-1800s, young Amsterdam Vallon hunts down his father's hateful murderer, Bill "the Butcher" Cutting.…
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Between Strangers (2002)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger …
Directed by: Edoardo Ponti
Edoardo Ponti writes and directs this intense, Toronto-set drama about three women of different ages -- photographer Natalia (Mira Sorvino), housewife Olivia (Sophia Loren) and concert…
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Triggermen (2002)
Cast: Donnie Wahlberg, Neil Morrissey, Adrian Dunbar …
Directed by: John Bradshaw
Two small-time crooks steal a suitcase of cash from a businessman that was intended as payment for a pair of assassins who were hired to kill a mob boss. High jinks ensue as the thieves…
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The Shipping News (2001)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Distraught after the disappearance of his estranged wife, Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) and his daughter move into their ancestral home with his long-lost aunt (Judi Dench) in Newfoundland, where…
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Cowboy Up (2001)
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Daryl Hannah, Molly Ringwald …
Directed by: Xavier Koller
Professional bull rider Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) and his rodeo clown brother, Hank (Kiefer Sutherland), know how to wow the crowds on the circuit, but their partnership turns ugly when…
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Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
Cast: Christopher Masterson, Pete Postlethwaite, Harry Van Gorkum …
Directed by: Doug Lefler
This Dragonheart sequel introduces Draco the dragon's only offspring, Drake (voiced by Robby Benson), who's almost fully grown when he's discovered by stable boy Geoff…
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Rat (2000)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly …
Directed by: Steve Barron
It's an unlikely cross between Stuart Little and Franz Kafka. An ordinary, working-class Dublin family sees their lives turned upside down when their father (Pete Postlethwaite) comes…
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When the Sky Falls (2000)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin …
Directed by: John Mackenzie
Determined to make Dublin a safer place to raise her child, Irish journalist Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) writes a series of investigative pieces exposing a major drug ring. Hamilton's…
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Animal Farm (1999)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm …
Directed by: John Stephenson
Only somewhat faithful to George Orwell's allegorical novel, this made-for-TV adaptation uses real animals as well as Jim Henson's puppets to tell the story of a band of farm…
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Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Cast: Tina Majorino, Whoopi Goldberg, Robbie Coltrane …
Directed by: Nick Willing
Lewis Carroll's remarkable children's tale comes to life in an exciting live-action feature. After Alice (Tina Majorino) follows a talking white rabbit into a strange world where…
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Butterfly Collectors (1999)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Jamie Draven, Rachel Davies …
Directed by: Jean Stewart
While committing a robbery, two teenagers stumble across a dead body and become prime suspects in the murder. Investigator John McKeown (Pete Postlethwaite) grows intrigued by one of the…
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Brute (1998)
Cast: Til Schweiger, Pete Postlethwaite
Directed by: Maciej Dejczer
A British prisoner in a Romanian hospital/orphanage witnesses unspeakable acts and seizes the chance to do some good in this award-winning drama directed by Maciej Dejczer. Seeking to make up…
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Amistad (1997)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directed this story about the 1839 revolt aboard Spanish slave ship La Amistad and the uprising's tragic aftermath. An African-born slave (Djimon Hounsou) leads a mutiny…
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Arliss Howard …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) by revealing…
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The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Pete Postlethwaite …
Directed by: Philippe Rousselot
Renowned Dutch landscape architect Meneer Chrome (Ewan McGregor) is summoned to the secluded country estate of moneyed British aristocrat Thomas Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite), who commissions…
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Brassed Off (1996)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Tara Fitzgerald, Pete Postlethwaite …
Directed by: Mark Herman
A big energy company threatens to move in and close the coal mine in the town of Grimley, but the miners' brass band conductor refuses to hang up his baton. With one last chance to…
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Henry Selick
When young orphan James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of the world's biggest peach -- a massive fruit that rolls, floats and flies him away to…
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo …
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona…
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Dragonheart (1996)
Cast: Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis …
Directed by: Rob Cohen
In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen (Dennis Quaid) comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco…
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Crimetime (1996)
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost …
Directed by: George Sluizer
A crime reenactment television program becomes a prime-time hit, which encourages the real-life murderer on whom the show is based to go on a murderous spree in hopes that more of his…
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin …
Directed by: Bryan Singer
When five unacquainted crooks are hauled into a police station to appear in a criminal lineup, they decide to pull off a heist together. The plan gets complicated, however, when they intermix…
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Suite 16 (1994)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Antonie Kamerling, Geraldine Pailhas …
Directed by: Dominique Dereddere
In this psychological thriller, a wheelchair-bound millionaire named Glover (Pete Postlethwaite) hires a handsome, young hustler named Chris (Antonie Kamerling) to act out his sexual…
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In the Name of the Father (1993)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite …
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Nominated for seven Oscars in 1993, this biopic features the dramatic prowess of Daniel Day-Lewis as the Irishman Gerry Conlon, who was wrongfully sentenced to life in prison for an IRA…
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Anchoress (1993)
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Christopher Eccleston, Natalie Morse …
Director Chris Newby's haunting drama follows devoutly religious Christine Carpenter (Natalie Morse), a 14th century peasant girl. Facing a bleak future, she opts for a life of seclusion…
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The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means …
Directed by: Michael Mann
When rugged frontiersman Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) saves the Munro sisters -- two newly arrived English settlers -- from a Huron ambush, he ends up in the midst of the battle between the…
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Alien 3: Collector's Edition (1992)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance …
Directed by: David Fincher
In the third chapter of this sci-fi saga, Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the lone survivor when her spaceship crashes on a planet inhabited by former prison inmates. Her fears that an alien…
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Split Second (1992)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan …
Directed by: Tony Maylam
In the year 2008, a massive beast slogs through a flooded London, slaughtering all who stand in its way. But it'll have to get past Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer), a cop who lost his…
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Waterland (1992)
Cast: John Heard, Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Jeremy Irons stars as despondent history teacher Tom Crick in this moody drama helmed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Crick's wife (Sinéad Cusack) teetering on the edge of madness, he…
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Hamlet (1990)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates …
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Shakespeare's brooding, medieval Dane, Hamlet (Mel Gibson), senses something rotten in the state of Denmark; specifically, he smells a rat behind his royal father's death.…
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A Private Function (1984)
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: Malcolm Mowbray
Set during the lean years after World War II, this comedy follows the schemes of a malcontent wife who goads her placid husband into stealing a pig that their country village -- contrary to…