Jim Carter — Actor (40)
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Stalin (1992) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Stalin
director: Ivan Passer actor: Robert Duvall / Julia Ormond …
other title: Staline
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film traces the rise of the Bolshevik tyrant from Lenin’s return from exile to his brutal struggle with Trotsky, the creation of his feared secret police and the merciless inner workings of his regime. As Anna recounts her grandfather’s life, viewers gain an intimate, personal perspective on the paranoia and purges that left even his closest circles living in constant fear.
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Haunted Honeymoon (1986) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Haunted Honeymoon
director: Gene Wilder actor: Gene Wilder / Gilda Radner …
other title: Luna di miele stregata / Bangebuksens bryllupsnat …
Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
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The Little Vampire (2000) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Little Vampire
director: Uli Edel actor: Jonathan Lipnicki / Richard E. Grant …
other title: Il mio amico vampiro / O Pequeno Vampiro …
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the vampire race could be gone forever in single night. With Tony's access to the daytime world, he helps them to find what they've always wanted.
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Tube Tales (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Tube Tales
director: Gaby Dellal / Stephen Hopkins … actor: Tom Bell / Jim Carter …
other title: Viagem Urbana / Historias del metro
Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grasshopper" (Menhaj Huda); "My Father the Liar" (Bob Hoskins); "Bone" (Ewan McGregor); "Mouth" (Armando Iannucci); "A Bird in the Hand" (Jude Law); "Rosebud" (Gaby Dellal); "Steal Away" (Charles McDougall)
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The Raggedy Rawney (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Raggedy Rawney
director: Bob Hoskins actor: Bob Hoskins / Dexter Fletcher …
other title: El enigma del hechicero / Raggedy – Eine Geschichte von Liebe, Flucht und Tod …
During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy caravan, who think him a young girl... as well as a kind of seer, or 'rawney'. In time, however, he regains some composure and becomes attracted to one of the gypsy girls, which only leads to problems within the gypsy band, especially when the wounded commanding officer finds him.
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Soursweet (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Soursweet
director: Mike Newell actor: Sylvia Chang / Danny Dun …
other title: La legge delle triadi / Poder amarillo
Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.
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Legionnaire (1998) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Legionnaire
director: Peter MacDonald actor: Jean-Claude Van Damme / Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje …
other title: The Legionary - Fuga all'inferno / Fremmedlegionen …
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.
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The Tenth Man (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Tenth Man
director: Jack Gold actor: Anthony Hopkins / Kristin Scott Thomas …
other title: Il decimo uomo / Der 10. Mann …
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.
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A Month in the Country (1987) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Month in the Country
director: Pat O'Connor actor: Colin Firth / Kenneth Branagh …
other title: Un mese in campagna / Un mes en el campo
A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.
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Swimming with Men (2018) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Swimming with Men
director: Oliver Parker actor: Rob Brydon / Rupert Graves …
other title: Swimming with Men - Ballett in Badehosen / Regarde les hommes nager …
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
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Brassed Off (1996) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData Skybridge
Brassed Off
director: Mark Herman actor: Ewan McGregor / Tara Fitzgerald …
other title: Grazie, signora Thatcher / Os Virtuosos …
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
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The Rainbow (1989) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Rainbow
director: Ken Russell actor: Sammi Davis / Paul McGann …
other title: La vita è un arcobaleno / Der Regenbogen …
Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beautiful young woman full of imagination and ambition. The free-spirited Ursula begins to feel trapped by her prim surroundings, but her life changes when she has an erotic experience with Winifred, a bisexual teacher. From then on, Ursula puts all of her passion and creativity into the pursuit of sexual fulfillment. But her insatiable quest becomes a source of anguish.
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Modigliani (2004) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Modigliani
director: Mick Davis actor: Andy Garcia / Elsa Zylberstein …
other title: I colori dell'anima / Modigliani - Ein Leben in Leidenschaft
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.
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Richard III (1995) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB TMDB WikiData Douban
Richard III
director: Richard Loncraine actor: Ian McKellen / Annette Bening …
other title: Riccardo III / Richard den Tredje …
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension—among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised.
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The Company of Wolves (1984) [Movie] ReviewDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Skybridge
The Company of Wolves
director: Neil Jordan actor: Sarah Patterson / Angela Lansbury …
other title: 狼之一族 / In compagnia dei lupi …
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?
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Dinotopia (2002) [TV] TMDB
Dinotopia
director: James Gurney actor: David Thewlis / Katie Carr …
other title: Dinotopia : La Mini-Série / Dinotopía: El País de los Dinosaurios
After a plane crash, two opposing half-brothers find themselves on an amazing lost island where enlightened pacifist humans and intelligent talking dinosaurs have created a utopian medieval society. But imminent disaster approaches.
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The Oxford Murders (2008) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
The Oxford Murders
director: Álex de la Iglesia actor: Elijah Wood / John Hurt …
other title: Oxford Murders - Teorema di un delitto / Enigmas de Um Crime …
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.