Nicholas Jones — Actor (15)
For the Greater Good (1991) [TV] TMDB
For the Greater Good
actor: Joanne Pearce / Martin Shaw
While three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish exposés of their scandalous private lives, leaving their careers in peril.
Darkest Hour (2017) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Darkest Hour
8.0 (8 ratings) director: Joe Wright actor: Gary Oldman / Stephen Dillane
other title: L'ora più buia / A Hora Mais Negra
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Philomena (2013) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Philomena
director: Stephen Frears actor: Judi Dench / Steve Coogan
other title: Filomena
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
The Children Act (2018) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
The Children Act
director: Richard Eyre actor: Emma Thompson / Stanley Tucci
other title: The Children Act - Il verdetto / Dommerens valg
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
Mr. Turner (2014) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
Mr. Turner
director: Mike Leigh actor: Timothy Spall / Dorothy Atkinson
other title: Turner / Mr. Turner - Meister des Lichts
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995) [TV] TMDB
Kavanagh Q.C.
director: Ted Childs actor: John Thaw / Nicholas Jones
other title: Kavanagh
James Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling challenging cases and defendants which put his skills to the test regularly.
Effie Gray (2014) [Movie] TMDB
Effie Gray
director: Richard Laxton actor: Dakota Fanning / Emma Thompson
other title: Effie Gray - Storia di uno scandalo
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
In the Heart of the Sea (2015) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban
In the Heart of the Sea
director: Ron Howard actor: Chris Hemsworth / Benjamin Walker
other title: Heart of the Sea - Le origini di Moby Dick / I havets hjerte
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
Vera Drake (2004) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
Vera Drake
director: Mike Leigh actor: Imelda Staunton / Phil Davis
other title: Il segreto di Vera Drake / El secreto de Vera Drake
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Crucible of Horror (1971) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Crucible of Horror
director: Viktors Ritelis actor: Michael Gough / Yvonne Mitchell
other title: Schmelztiegel des Grauens / Encrucijada de horror
A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) [TV] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Lipstick on Your Collar
director: Dennis Potter actor: Giles Thomas / Ewan McGregor
other title: Du rouge à lèvres sur ton col / Lippenstift am Kragen
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music, and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.
The Blockhouse (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Blockhouse
director: Clive Rees actor: Peter Sellers / Charles Aznavour
other title: Il Bunker / Der Bunker
A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944, are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food, but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their increasing boredom, illness, and jealousy during their entrapment. Based on the Novel 'Le Blockhaus' by Jean Paul Clebert
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Alice Through the Looking Glass
director: James MacTaggart actor: Sarah Sutton / Brenda Bruce
1973 BBC TV movie adaptation of the book by Lewis Carroll.