Derek Jacobi — Actor (46)
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The Body (2001) [Movie] TMDB Skybridge IMDb
The Body
director: Jonas McCord actor: Antonio Banderas / Olivia Williams …
other title: O Corpo / Le Tombeau …
An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Jesus Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities tested while risking their lives to unearth the truth.....
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Tolkien (2019) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData Skybridge IMDb TMDB Douban
Tolkien
director: Dome Karukoski actor: Nicholas Hoult / Lily Collins …
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.
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The Gathering Storm (2002) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
The Gathering Storm
director: Richard Loncraine actor: Albert Finney / Vanessa Redgrave …
other title: Guerra imminente / O Encontro …
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.
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Gladiator II (2024) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban ReviewDB MovieBuff TMDB Skybridge
Gladiator II
5.7 (27 ratings) director: Ridley Scott actor: Paul Mescal / Denzel Washington …
other title: Il gladiatore II / Gladiador 2 …
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
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Allelujah (2023) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
Allelujah
director: Richard Eyre actor: Jennifer Saunders / Vincent Franklin …
When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert in honor of the hospital's most celebrated nurse. But there might be something more threatening to the hospital itself, more deadly than the politicians ready to shut down the place at a moment's notice.
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The Day of the Jackal (1973) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
The Day of the Jackal
7.4 (8 ratings) director: Fred Zinnemann actor: Edward Fox / Terence Alexander …
other title: Il giorno dello sciacallo / Sjakalen …
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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The Secret of NIMH (1982) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData Skybridge
The Secret of NIMH
8.5 (6 ratings) director: Don Bluth actor: Elizabeth Hartman / Derek Jacobi …
other title: Brisby e il segreto di NIMH / Nihm: Fru Brisbys hemmelige verden …
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
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Nanny McPhee (2005) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Skybridge
Nanny McPhee
director: Kirk Jones actor: Emma Thompson / Colin Firth …
other title: Nanny McPhee - Tata Matilda / Nanny McPhee - den fortryllende barnepige …
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017) [Movie] Douban IMDb
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
director: Richard Boden actor: Derek Jacobi / Diana Rigg …
The Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time determined to ignore a BBC blacklisting by hijacking a live production of Charles Dickens' famous festive fable. Yet they struggle with studio direction and special effects, and trying to keep a professional cast at bay.
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The Civil War (1990) [TV] TMDB IMDb
The Civil War
actor: David McCullough / Sam Waterston …
other title: Der Amerikanische Bürgerkrieg / La Guerre de sécession …
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Vicious (2013) [TV] TMDB
Vicious
9.1 (13 ratings) director: Mark Ravenhill actor: Ian McKellen / Derek Jacobi …
Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new upstairs neighbor Ash, who is sure to cause trouble in their mundane lives.
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Adam Resurrected (2008) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Adam Resurrected
director: Paul Schrader actor: Jeff Goldblum / Willem Dafoe …
other title: Adam - Memórias de Uma Guerra / Ein Leben für ein Leben - Adam Resurrected …
After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.
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Gladiator (2000) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData Skybridge
Gladiator
7.8 (38 ratings) director: Ridley Scott actor: Russell Crowe / Joaquin Phoenix …
other title: Il gladiatore / Gladiador
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.