Movies by Miranda Richardson
As part of the cast:
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Turtle: The Incredible Journey (2011)
Cast: Miranda Richardson
Directed by: Nick Stringer
Attempting a perilous odyssey its ancestors have undertaken for millions of years, one loggerhead turtle swims from a beach in Florida across the Atlantic Ocean, encountering stunning sea…
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Rubicon: Season 1 (2010)
Cast: James Badge Dale, Peter Gerety, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Allen Coulter
David Hades (Peter Gerety) is an analyst working for a New York City-based think tank who discovers that his bosses may be up to something sinister in this AMC drama series written and…
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Made in Dagenham (2010)
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone …
Directed by: Nigel Cole
Sally Hawkins stars in this cheeky dramatization of the landmark 1968 labor strike initiated by hundreds of women who rebelled against discrimination and demanded the same pay as men for…
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The Young Victoria (2009)
Cast: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany …
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallee
Eighteen-year-old British royal Victoria (Emily Blunt) ascends to the throne and is romanced by future husband Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) in this lush period film that chronicles the early…
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Southland Tales (2007)
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar …
Directed by: Richard Kelly
Set in a dystopian near-future, director Richard Kelly's visionary tale of doom and destruction mines post-Sept. 11 angst and paranoia as Los Angeles teeters on the verge of social,…
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Fred Claus (2007)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: David Dobkin
The joy and happiness of the holiday season is ruined for the saintly Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti) when his cranky older brother, Fred (Vince Vaughn) -- a repo man with a sizable rap sheet --…
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Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball (2007)
Cast: Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Soon after moving into a dilapidated country cottage with her lover, an ambitious architect (Kelly Reilly) discovers she's pregnant. But even more unexpected is the interest her neighbor…
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Spinning Into Butter (2007)
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Miranda Richardson, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Mark Brokaw
At the start of a new school year, Sarah Daniels (Sarah Jessica Parker) -- the dean of students at a prestigious Vermont college -- finds herself thrust into intense racial politics in the…
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The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007)
Cast: Jennifer Saunders, Miranda Richardson, Conleth Hill …
Directed by: David Coyle, Rupert Jones
This British satire skewers mindless media culture as it follows the brazen schemes of Vivienne Vyle (Jennifer Saunders), a daytime talk show host who never met a guest she wouldn't…
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Provoked (2006)
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Jag Mundhra
Kiranjit (Aishwarya Rai), a young Indian woman, falls in love with Deepak (Naveen Andrews), an expatriate living in London. She abandons plans for college and marries Deepak -- and spends the…
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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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Falling Angels (2005)
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Callum Keith Rennie, Katharine Isabelle …
Directed by: Scott Smith
The Field family is in emotional crisis: They're dealing with the suspicious death of their first-born son by ... not dealing. Dad lords over the house like a despotic general, while Mom…
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Wah-Wah (2005)
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Richard E. Grant
In his directing debut, Richard E. Grant dishes up a slice of his Swaziland boyhood. As the sun sets on Britain's colony, young Ralph Compton (played by Zachary Fox and later Nicholas…
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Merlin's Apprentice (2005)
Cast: Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Andrew Jackson …
Directed by: David Wu
In this splashy follow-up to the successful 1998 miniseries, Sam Neill returns as Merlin, who grooms an awkward young thief (John Reardon) into a bona fide sorcerer so that he can find the…
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Gideon's Daughter (2005)
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt …
Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff
PR agent to the stars Gideon Warner (Bill Nighy, in a Golden Globe-winning role) is used to putting a positive spin on anything. But even he can't say anything good about his crumbling…
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The Prince & Me (2004)
Cast: Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller …
Directed by: Martha Coolidge
College freshman Paige is a force of nature. As soon as she arrives on campus, sparks fly with one of her classmates, Eddie. But she's clueless that he's actually a Danish prince…
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The Phantom of the Opera: Special Edition (2004)
Cast: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Director Joel Schumacher brings Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary musical to the big screen. Gerard Butler stars as the disfigured, reclusive genius who roams beneath the Paris Opera and…
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Absolutely Fabulous: White Box (2004)
Cast: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha …
Directed by: Ed Bye
Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) are up to their usual high-spirited antics in this special based on the hit British television series. Edina decides to remodel her…
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The Lost Prince (2003)
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Gina McKee, Michael Gambon …
Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff
Prince John (son of George V and Mary) is a loving child, but epilepsy short-circuits his ability to learn. Unable to cope, John's parents pack him off to a remote farmhouse -- so as to…
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The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rose Byrne, Nathaniel Dean …
Directed by: Tony McNamara
Just out of prep school -- where he was the target of tyrannical bullies -- misfit teen Placid Lake (Ben Lee) yearns to be a regular Joe. When a mishap lands Placid in a body cast for months,…
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The Hours (2002)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
This gripping drama follows the parallel lives of three 20th-century women: incomparable writer Virginia Woolf, an unsatisfied 1950s housewife and a modern-day book editor who's losing…
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Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent …
Directed by: Douglas McGrath
Life in 19th-century England deals Nicholas Nickleby a difficult hand when his father dies and Nicholas, his sister and his mother -- now penniless -- are forced to seek help from his twisted…
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Spider (2002)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
A man tries to piece his life back together after being prematurely released from a mental institution. Writing in a journal, he tries to uncover the truth about his past and his…
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Chicken Run (2000)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Lynn Ferguson, Jane Horrocks …
Directed by: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Greedy farm owner Mrs. Tweedy (voiced by Miranda Richardson) runs her 1950s Yorkshire poultry ranch like a prisoner-of-war camp, pushing the resident chickens ever closer to unrest, in this…
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The Miracle Maker: The Story of Jesus (2000)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Michael Bryant, Julie Christie …
Directed by: Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov
King Herod (voiced by Anton Lesser), Judas Iscariot (David Thewlis) and Mary Magdalene (Miranda Richardson) are all on hand to play their integral parts in the extraordinary life story of…
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Get Carter (2000)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook …
Directed by: Stephen T. Kay
When his brother is killed in an accident, cold-blooded gun for hire Jack Carter (Sylvester Stallone) returns home to make peace with his past. But when evidence of foul play surfaces,…
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Snow White (2000)
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Kristin Kreuk, Warwick Davis …
Directed by: Caroline Thompson
This isn't the classic Disney version, but it's still a family favorite! This live-action TV version, brought to you by the producers of Hallmark Entertainment specials, stars…
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The King and I (1999)
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Christiane Noll, Martin Vidnovic …
Directed by: Richard Rich
When English schoolteacher Anna arrives in exotic Siam to instruct the king's royal children, she soon learns the most difficult pupil she has is the king himself. But as Anna is…
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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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The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Cast: William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Orson Welles reportedly penned the script to this political thriller, starring William Hurt as William Blake Pellarin, the front-runner in the Missouri governor's race. Pellarin's…
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Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Tim Burton
New York detective Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the…
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999)
Cast: Gary Busey, Mark McKinney, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: George Bloomfield
Jacob has a habit of repeating questions, which gets him into trouble with an adult. As a result Jacob is sentenced by a judge (Ice-T) to Slimers' Island. In the children's prison…
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St. Ives (1998)
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel …
Directed by: Harry Hook
During the Napoleonic Wars, the British capture French officer Viscount Jacques St. Ives (Jean-Marc Barr) and send him to Scotland as a prisoner. He falls in love with local beauty Flora…
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Merlin: Special Edition (1998)
Cast: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Steve Barron
That perspicacious wizard, Merlin (Sam Neill), takes center stage in this made-for-TV retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his court. As the king's right-hand man, Merlin tries to…
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The Designated Mourner (1997)
Cast: Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David De Keyser …
Directed by: David Hare
Adapted from Wallace Shawn's acclaimed play, this film centers on a series of monologues delivered by three characters -- Jack (Mike Nichols), a journalist; his wife, Judy (Miranda…
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The Apostle (1997)
Cast: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton …
Directed by: Robert Duvall
When charismatic but troubled Pentecostal preacher Euliss "Sonny" Dewey (Robert Duvall) discovers that his wife (Farrah Fawcett) is having an affair, he promptly puts the other man in a coma…
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The Evening Star (1996)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis …
Directed by: Robert Harling
Thirteen years after losing her only child to cancer, Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) struggles to keep her late daughter's splintering family together. With one grandson in jail and…
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Kansas City (1996)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Blowsy Blondie O'Hara (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is on the hunt for her low-life husband, Jack (Dermot Mulroney), who's been kidnapped by vicious casino kingpin "Seldom Seen" (Harry…
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Tom & Viv (1994)
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris …
Directed by: Brian Gilbert
Director Brian Gilbert beautifully renders the life of poet T.S. Eliot (Willem Dafoe) and his short-lived marriage to muse Vivienne Haigh-Wood (Miranda Richardson). A gifted writer who…
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The Night and the Moment (1994)
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Lena Olin, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Anna Maria Tato
A philandering writer (Willem Dafoe) in search of true love accepts an invitation from an aristocratic salonniere (Lena Olin), only to insinuate himself into her house and try to seduce her…
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Fatherland (1994)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan …
Directed by: Christopher Menaul
In this alternate-history thriller set 20 years after Germany won World War II, an SS officer teams up with an American journalist to investigate the murders of powerful officials and…
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Damage (1992)
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Louis Malle
Honorable government official Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons) strays when he meets a beautiful woman (Juliette Binoche) at a cocktail party. Even finding out that she's engaged to his son…
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Enchanted April (1992)
Cast: Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina …
Directed by: Mike Newell
Stifled British wives Lottie (Josie Lawrence) and Rose (Miranda Richardson) rent an Italian villa for a husbandless vacation. Sharing the retreat are acerbic widow Mrs. Fisher (Oscar nominee…
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The Crying Game: Collector's Edition (1992)
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
To free their jailed comrade, Irish Republican Army terrorists Fergus (Stephen Rea) and Jude (Miranda Richardson) abduct British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker), hoping to make a swap. Fergus…
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Black Adder's A Christmas Carol (1988)
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Richard Boden
Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), a kindly Victorian shopkeeper, flips the script on Charles Dickens's holiday classic when a visit from the Spirit of Christmas (Robbie Coltrane) makes…
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Empire of the Sun (1987)
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directs a young Christian Bale in a stunning feature-film debut as Jim, a British expatriate who's separated from his parents when the Japanese army invades Shanghai at…
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Eat the Rich (1987)
Cast: Ronald Allen, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane …
Directed by: Peter Richardson
Aristocracy's on the menu for a group of working-class radicals, who collectively decide that a good meal is the best way to get rid of England's ruling elite. By opening up a…
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Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Mike Newell
Mike Newell directs this gritty thriller, based on a true story, about the last woman to be executed in England -- brothel hostess and former prostitute Ruth Ellis (Miranda Richardson). When…
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A Woman of Substance (1984)
Cast: Jenny Seagrove, Nicola Pagett, Deborah Kerr …
Directed by: Don Sharp
In this adaptation of part one of Barbara Taylor Bradford's "Woman of Substance" trilogy, Emma Harte (Jenny Seagrove) endeavors against long odds and little support to become as wealthy…
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Blackadder (1983)
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny …
Set in significant time periods from the Dark Ages through World War I, this hilarious British comedy recounts the adventures of Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), the most despicable and…
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The Master Builder (1958)
Cast: Donald Wolfit, Leo McKern, Mai Zetterling …
Directed by: Stephen Harrison, Michael Darlow
Arrogant middle-aged architect Halvard resists the efforts of his dying colleague Knut to secure a place in the firm for Knut's son Ragnar, also a talented architect. Meanwhile,…