Emily Watson — Actor (38)
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Trixie (2000) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Trixie
director: Alan Rudolph actor: Emily Watson / Dermot Mulroney …
Passed over at work and numbed after she witnesses a colleague's murder, security guard Trixie Zurbo takes a relatively easy job at a lakefront casino, working undercover keeping an eye out for pickpockets. Trixie meets an assortment of colorful regulars: Kirk Stans, the casino's lounge act who drinks too much and is a dead-on mimic; Ruby Pearli , a glamorous, young and knowledgeable barfly; and Dex Lang, a raffish ladies' man who pays attention to Trixie in a way that's hard for her to ignore.
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The Dresser (2015) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Dresser
director: Richard Eyre actor: Ian McKellen / Anthony Hopkins …
other title: Il servo di scena / El ayuda de cámara
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
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Metroland (1997) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Metroland
director: Philip Saville actor: Christian Bale / Emily Watson …
In late-1970s suburban London, Chris and Marion have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an unexpected visit from his free-spirited friend Toni, a reunion that reminds him of a more carefree time in 1960s Paris. Now, with lingering doubts about his marriage bubbling up, Chris must make the choice between revisiting his youthful abandon with Toni or facing the here and now with Marion.
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Cemetery Junction (2010) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Cemetery Junction
director: Stephen Merchant / Ricky Gervais actor: Christian Cooke / Tom Hughes …
other title: L'ordine naturale dei sogni / Cruce de destinos
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
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The Mill on the Floss (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Mill on the Floss
director: Graham Theakston actor: Emily Watson / James Frain …
Lawyer Wakem takes the mill on the river Floss away from Edward Tulliver (whose ancestors have owned it for 300 years) and becomes the worst enemy of Tulliver's family. When Edward's daughter, Maggie, grows up, she falls in love with Wakem's son Philip. However, her brother Tom (true to the memory of their father) forbids her to meet him again. When she visits her cousin Lucy Deane, Lucy's fiance, Stephen Guest, falls in love with Maggie at first sight, further complicating matters.
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Testament of Youth (2015) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Testament of Youth
director: James Kent actor: Alicia Vikander / Kit Harington …
other title: Generazione perduta / Juventudes Roubadas …
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
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The Boxer (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Boxer
director: Jim Sheridan actor: Daniel Day-Lewis / Emily Watson …
other title: O Boxeur / Der Boxer …
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
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Cold Souls (2009) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Cold Souls
director: Sophie Barthes actor: Paul Giamatti / Emily Watson …
other title: Alma Perdida / Âmes en stock …
Paul is agonising over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya' and, paralysed by anxiety, stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. He enlists their services—only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea.
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Angela's Ashes (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Angela's Ashes
director: Alan Parker actor: Emily Watson / Robert Carlyle …
other title: Le ceneri di Angela / Angelas aske …
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
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The Proposition (2005) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
The Proposition
director: John Hillcoat actor: Guy Pearce / Ray Winstone …
other title: La proposta / Escolha Mortal …
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.
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The Happy Prince (2018) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
The Happy Prince
director: Rupert Everett actor: Rupert Everett / Colin Firth …
other title: The Happy Prince - L'ultimo ritratto di Oscar Wilde / La importancia de llamarse Oscar Wilde
In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover. Accused and convicted of gross indecency, he was imprisoned for two years and subjected to hard labor. Once free, he abandons England to live in France, where he will spend his last years, haunted by memories of the past, poverty and immense sadness.
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
director: Stephen Hopkins actor: Geoffrey Rush / Charlize Theron …
other title: Tu chiamami Peter / Eu, Peter Sellers …
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
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Steve (2025) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData Douban Skybridge TMDB IMDb
Steve
7.6 (5 ratings) director: Tim Mielants / Farhan Rana Rajpoot actor: Cillian Murphy / Tracey Ullman …
Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.
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Small Things Like These (2024) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb Skybridge WikiData
Small Things Like These
director: Tim Mielants actor: Cillian Murphy / Emily Watson …
other title: Piccole cose come queste / Pequenas Coisas Como Estas …
In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
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The Third Day (2020) [TV] TMDB
The Third Day
director: Dennis Kelly / Felix Barrett actor: Jude Law / Katherine Waterston …
other title: El tercer día
A unique story told over two distinct halves, "Summer" follows Sam, a man drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. "Winter" follows Helen, a strong-willed outsider who comes to the island seeking answers, but whose arrival precipitates a fractious battle to decide its fate.
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Little Women (2017) [TV] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Little Women
director: Vanessa Caswill actor: Maya Hawke / Willa Fitzgerald …
other title: Piccole donne - BBC / Les quatre filles du docteur March …
Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee, and while their father is away at war, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from sibling rivalry and first love, to loss and marriage.
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Tranceformer (1997) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
director: Stig Björkman actor: Lars von Trier / Jean-Marc Barr …
other title: Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier / Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Trier …
A portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting with von Trier on a private level as well as with his film universe. Filmmaker Stig Björkman follow von Trier during a period of more than two years, meet him at work, at home and at leisure.
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King Lear (2018) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB
King Lear
director: 理查德·艾尔 actor: 安东尼·霍普金斯 / 艾玛·汤普森 …
other title: 李尔王 / Rey Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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Dune: Prophecy (2024) [TV] TMDB NeoDB
Dune: Prophecy
7.7 (15 ratings) director: Diane Ademu-John / Alison Schapker actor: Emily Watson / Olivia Williams …
other title: Duna: Profecia / Dune: La profecía …
Ten thousand years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen establish the fabled sect and female order that would become known as the Bene Gesserit to control the future of humankind.