Brenda Fricker — Actor (20)
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Deadly Advice (1994) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Deadly Advice
director: Mandie Fletcher actor: Jane Horrocks / Brenda Fricker …
other title: Consejos mortales / Deadly Advice – Ein mörderischer Spaß
Mother rules the house with an iron hand and has such power over her daughters that they see themselves as becoming old unmarried, maids. Jodie has feelings for the local doctor, a man much older than her, for which her mother strongly disapproves. Beth finds a relationship with a male stripper in Bristol, but sees nothing in the future with Mother around. While both girls would like to be rid of Mother, nothing happens until Jodie sees images of H. R. Armstrong, the man who put the town on the map by dispatching his un-loving wife
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A Man of No Importance (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Man of No Importance
director: Suri Krishnamma actor: Albert Finney / Brenda Fricker …
other title: Ein Mann ohne Bedeutung / Un hombre sin importancia
Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.
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Moll Flanders (1996) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Moll Flanders
director: Pen Densham actor: Robin Wright / Morgan Freeman …
other title: Os Amores de Moll Flanders / Moll Flanders ou les mémoires d'une courtisane …
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest lead Moll to rebel as a teenager, escaping to the dangerous streets of London. Further misfortunes drive her to accept a job as a prostitute from the conniving Mrs. Allworthy. It is there that Moll first meets Hibble, who is working as Allworthy's servant but takes a special interest in the young woman's well-being. With his help, she retains hope for the future, ultimately falling in love with an unconventional artist who promises the possibility of romantic happiness.
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Pete's Meteor (2002) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Pete's Meteor
director: Joe O'Byrne actor: Brenda Fricker / Alfred Molina …
Lives change for members of an Irish family after a meteor crashes in their backyard. The kids believe that it was sent down to them by their dead parents, but the government hauls the rock away and sends it to the local university.
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Angels in the Outfield (1994) [Movie] IMDb Skybridge TMDB WikiData
Angels in the Outfield
director: William Dear actor: Danny Glover / Tony Danza …
other title: Angels / Engle på spil …
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.
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Bloody Kids (1980) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bloody Kids
director: Stephen Frears actor: Derrick O'Connor / Gary Holton …
other title: Blutige Streiche / Chicos sangrientos
Two boys pull a Saturday night prank on the police in a seaside British town.
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The Music Machine (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Music Machine
director: Ian Sharp actor: Gerry Sundquist / Patti Boulaye …
other title: Music machine
At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a new film.
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So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData Skybridge
So I Married an Axe Murderer
director: Thomas Schlamme / Thomas Schlamme … actor: Michael John Myers / Nancy Travis …
other title: Mia moglie è una pazza assassina? / Hjælp, min kone er en slagter …
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.
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Cloudburst (2011) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Cloudburst
director: Thom Fitzgerald actor: Olympia Dukakis / Brenda Fricker …
other title: Tempestade na Estrada
When Dot's granddaughter puts her into a nursing home, Stella stages a breakout, and takes Dot to Canada so they can get married. They pick up a hitchhiker along the way.
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Veronica Guerin (2003) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Veronica Guerin
director: Joel Schumacher actor: Cate Blanchett / Gerard McSorley …
other title: Veronica Guerin - Il prezzo del coraggio / Veronica Guerin - I sandhedens tjeneste …
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb o00o garage WikiData Skybridge
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
7.0 (13 ratings) director: Chris Columbus actor: Macaulay Culkin / Joe Pesci …
other title: Mamma, ho riperso l'aereo - Mi sono smarrito a New York / Alene hjemme 2 - Glemt i New York …
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
director: Jim Sheridan actor: Daniel Day-Lewis / Brenda Fricker …
other title: Il mio piede sinistro / O Meu Pé Esquerdo …
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.