12 Movies Starring Ben Chaplin

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-04-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (21815 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Fullplot:

Janeane Garofalo plays Dr. Abby Barnes, the "Truth About Cats and Dogs" radio question-and-answer show host who unwittingly entices a listener over the radio with her soothing voice and personality. This listener, Brian, tries to meet the Abby from the radio, but Noelle, played by Uma Thurman, is mistaken for the real thing when Brian comes to the studio. Instead of clearing things up right away, the self-conscious Abby allows her best friend, Noelle, a tall, stunning blonde, to take her place for a while. Abby takes on the made-up persona of Donna, while thinking Brian would never go for her, a short, cute, brunette, who thinks she's unattractive. As the real Abby woos Brian over the phone and radio, Noelle, the pseudo-Abby, takes her place in the flesh. As time goes on, Abby feels more and more confident that Brian would rather have the beautiful Noelle than the simply attractive Abby.

Washington Square

Washington Square

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-10-10

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2561 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Henry James (novel)

Carol Doyle (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Catherine Sloper has found the man of her dreams in Morris Townsend, but her plans to marry him are strongly opposed by her father, who believes Townsend is only interested in his daughter for her money. But Catherine is determined to follow her heart, even if she loses her inheritance in the process. But just what are Townsend's intentions?

Lost Souls

Lost Souls

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-10-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (9150 Reviews)

Director:

Janusz Kaminski

Cast:

Writer:

Pierce Gardner (story)

Betsy Stahl (story)

Pierce Gardner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A small group of Catholics led by an ailing priest believe that Satan intends to become man, just as God did in the person of Jesus. The writings of a possessed mental patient lead them to Peter Kelson, a writer who studies serial killers. They think it's his body Satan will occupy. The youngest in the group, a teacher named Maya Larkin, goes to Peter to investigate further and to convince him to believe in the possibility of Evil incarnate. Other signs come to him as he and Maya them take a journey full of strange occurrences, self-discovery, and an ultimate showdown.

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-02-01

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (20718 Reviews)

Director:

Jez Butterworth

Cast:

Writer:

Tom Butterworth

Jez Butterworth

Fullplot:

Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John should have known. Having never been lucky in the game of love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia online. At first, things seem perfect: his new bride Nadia is a gorgeous woman, and although she may not speak much English, her skills in the bedroom more than make up for any communication problems. When Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their web of corruption and crime.

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (41031 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Richard Haywood, a Californian high school's coolest kid, secretly teams up with another rich kid in his class, brilliant nerd Justin 'Bonaparte' Pendleton, whose erudition, specially in forensic matters, allows them to plan elaborately perfect murders, just for the kick, for which they set up Richard's marijuana supplier, their school's janitor Ray Feathers, as a psychotic serial killer. The case is assigned to detectives Cassie 'the hyena' Mayweather, who carries a sequoia-size chip on the shoulder from her previous life, and her brilliant new partner, Sam Kennedy, who just transferred from the vice squad; they can work together very well, and even fit romantically, but fall out over different professional attitudes towards the investigation, which Captain Rod Cody and her understandably vindictive abused ex, Assistant D.A. Al Swanson, soon ban her from when she disobeys instructions and hand to him. When the plotting boys both dig class-mate Lisa Mills, their unnatural bond comes under stress- will it break, allowing the hard-pressed police to bring them down?

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (41181 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Richard Haywood, a Californian high school's coolest kid, secretly teams up with another rich kid in his class, brilliant nerd Justin 'Bonaparte' Pendleton, whose erudition, specially in forensic matters, allows them to plan elaborately perfect murders, just for the kick, for which they set up Richard's marijuana supplier, their school's janitor Ray Feathers, as a psychotic serial killer. The case is assigned to detectives Cassie 'the hyena' Mayweather, who carries a sequoia-size chip on the shoulder from her previous life, and her brilliant new partner, Sam Kennedy, who just transferred from the vice squad; they can work together very well, and even fit romantically, but fall out over different professional attitudes towards the investigation, which Captain Rod Cody and her understandably vindictive abused ex, Assistant D.A. Al Swanson, soon ban her from when she disobeys instructions and hand to him. When the plotting boys both dig class-mate Lisa Mills, their unnatural bond comes under stress- will it break, allowing the hard-pressed police to bring them down?

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (41181 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Richard Haywood, a Californian high school's coolest kid, secretly teams up with another rich kid in his class, brilliant nerd Justin 'Bonaparte' Pendleton, whose erudition, specially in forensic matters, allows them to plan elaborately perfect murders, just for the kick, for which they set up Richard's marijuana supplier, their school's janitor Ray Feathers, as a psychotic serial killer. The case is assigned to detectives Cassie 'the hyena' Mayweather, who carries a sequoia-size chip on the shoulder from her previous life, and her brilliant new partner, Sam Kennedy, who just transferred from the vice squad; they can work together very well, and even fit romantically, but fall out over different professional attitudes towards the investigation, which Captain Rod Cody and her understandably vindictive abused ex, Assistant D.A. Al Swanson, soon ban her from when she disobeys instructions and hand to him. When the plotting boys both dig class-mate Lisa Mills, their unnatural bond comes under stress- will it break, allowing the hard-pressed police to bring them down?

The Touch

The Touch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-03-01

Languages:

English, Mandarin

Countries:

China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.6 (1446 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Pau

Cast:

Writer:

Julien Carbon

Thomas Chung (story)

Laurent Courtiaud

Peter Pau (story)

Michelle Yeoh (story)

J.D. Zeik

Fullplot:

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.

The Water Horse

The Water Horse

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-12-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

New Zealand, UK, Australia

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (29840 Reviews)

Director:

Jay Russell

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay)

Dick King-Smith (book)

Fullplot:

A boy finds an interesting egg. His curiosity leads him to protect it and want to figure out what will come out of it. He didn't realize that it would turn into something magical. The boy and the Water horse grow a strong relationship together in this wonderful story.

Ways to Live Forever

Ways to Live Forever

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

Spain, UK

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(702 Reviews)

Director:

Gustavo Ron

Genres:

DramaFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Sally Nicholls (book)

Gustavo Ron (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer.

Twixt

Twixt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (7850 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Francis Ford Coppola

Fullplot:

A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He's unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for the story being handed to him. Ultimately he is led to the truth of the story, surprised to find that the ending has more to do with his own life than he could ever have anticipated.

World Without End

World Without End

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, Germany, UK

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (5160 Reviews)

Fullplot:

The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death.

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