8 Movies Starring Gary Lewis

Orphans

Orphans

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-05-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1346 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Mullan

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

I quattro figli della signora Flynn si riuniscono a Glasgow, nella casa materna, in occasione dei funerali della madre, morta di recente. L'indomani mattina ci sarè la cerimonia funebre e, mentre un violento temporale si abbatte sulla cittè, i congiunti si preparano a trascorrere una notte molto difficile. I rapporti fra di loro si fanno piè violenti man mano che le ore passano : bisogna accettare il lutto e cercare di ritrovare rapporti familiari ed affettivi ormai scomparsi da tempo.

My Name Is Joe

My Name Is Joe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

Spain, Italy, France, UK, Germany

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (5949 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Loach

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-11-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (91770 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Daldry

Fullplot:

County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferred to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support.

The Rocket Post

The Rocket Post

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (298 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

James MacInnes

William Morrissey

Fullplot:

Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)

Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-10-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

Denmark, Iceland, Germany, UK

Runtime:

86 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (315 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Supervolcano

Supervolcano

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

TV-PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1738 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Mitchell

Fullplot:

Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world. This is a tale told from former Yellowstone scientists, who recall the final days before Yellowstone erupted, and everything changed forever.

True North

True North

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-09-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, Ireland, UK

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (863 Reviews)

Director:

Steve Hudson

Fullplot:

The skipper of the Scottish trawler PD-100 has worked for more than thirty-two years to buy his fishing vessel but is bankrupt and near to lose his ship to the bank. While in the port of Ostend, Belgium, his first mate and son Sean accepts a lot of money to smuggle Chinese illegal immigrants to Scotland to keep the trawler with his father. The crewman Riley helps him in the scheme, and they hide the group in a store below the boatswain store. However, a Chinese teenagers hides in the engine room, stealing food and leaving money in the galley. The cook, who is a little slow and has issues with sex, finds the stowaway and helps her. Sean decides to stay longer in the North Sea to get catch and avoid problems with customs, leaving the immigrants in the most subhuman conditions. When one of the Chinese dies, despair is triggered leading the crew to tragic actions.

Catch Me Daddy

Catch Me Daddy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-27

Languages:

English, Panjabi

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (296 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel Wolfe

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

Laila, a girl on the run from her family is hiding out in West Yorkshire with her drifter boyfriend Aaron. When her brother arrives in town with a gang of thugs in tow, she is forced to flee for her life and faces her darkest night.

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