Jim Broadbent — Actor (78)
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Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Moulin Rouge!
★ 7.2 16 ratings
Baz Luhrmann actor: Ewan McGregor / Nicole Kidman …
other title: Moulin Rouge / Moulin Rouge ! …
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
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Lost and Found (2008)
Lost and Found
Philip Hunt actor: Jim Broadbent
other title: Pinguin gefunden! / Perdu ? Retrouvé ! …
A magical tale of friendship and loneliness, which tells the story of a little boy who one day finds a penguin on his doorstep. Although at first he is unsure what to do, the boy becomes determined to help the penguin find his way back home... even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole!
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Bullets Over Broadway
★ 7.5 8 ratings
Woody Allen actor: John Cusack / Chazz Palminteri …
other title: Pallottole su Broadway / Balas Sobre a Broadway …
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
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Brazil (1985)
Brazil
★ 8.3 32 ratings
Terry Gilliam actor: Jonathan Pryce / Robert De Niro …
other title: Brazil: O Outro Lado do Sonho / Brazil: O Filme
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
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Gangs of New York (2002)
Gangs of New York
★ 7.1 7 ratings
Martin Scorsese actor: Leonardo DiCaprio / Daniel Day-Lewis …
other title: Gangs de Nova Iorque
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
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TV

London Spy (2015)
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Tom Rob Smith actor: Ben Whishaw / Edward Holcroft …
A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them suddenly disappears.
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Hot Fuzz (2007)
Hot Fuzz
★ 7.7 31 ratings
Edgar Wright actor: Simon Pegg / Nick Frost …
other title: Hot Fuzz - Esquadrão de Província / Hot Fuzz - Zwei abgewichste Profis …
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
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Performance

A Very Very Very Dark Matter
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Martin McDonagh genre: theater
theater: The Bridge Theatre director: Matthew Dunster actor: Jim Broadbent
In a townhouse in Copenhagen works Hans Christian Andersen, a teller of exquisite and fantastic children’s tales beloved by millions. But the true source of his stories dwells in his attic upstairs, her existence a dark secret kept from the outside world. As dangerous, twisted and funny as his National Theatre and Broadway hit The Pillowman, Martin McDonagh’s new play travels deep into the abysses of the imagination.
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Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas
★ 8.2 26 ratings
Lilly Wachowski / Lana Wachowski … actor: Thomas Jeffrey Hanks / Halle Berry …
other title: El atlas de las nubes
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
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Life Is Sweet (1991)
Life Is Sweet
Mike Leigh actor: Alison Steadman / Jim Broadbent …
other title: Dolce è la vita / A Vida é Doce …
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
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Bright Young Things (2003)
Bright Young Things
Stephen Fry actor: Stephen Campbell Moore / Emily Mortimer …
other title: Sexo, Escândalos e Celebridade / Escándalo con clase
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.
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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Bridget Jones's Diary
★ 6.2 15 ratings
Sharon Maguire actor: Renée Zellweger / Colin Firth …
other title: Il diario di Bridget Jones / Bridget Jones' dagbog …
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
★ 7.6 37 ratings
David Yates actor: Daniel Radcliffe / Rupert Grint …
other title: Harry Potter e il principe mezzosangue / Harry Potter og halvblodsprinsen …
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, romance blossoms for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but danger lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
★ 7.1 13 ratings
Andrew Adamson actor: William Moseley / Anna Popplewell …
other title: Le cronache di Narnia - Il leone, la strega e l'armadio / Narnia - Løven, heksen og garderobeskabet …
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.