11 Movies Starring James Nesbitt

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Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

81 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1006 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jimmy McGovern

Paul Henry Powell

Fullplot:

Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a wide sweep of jagged emotions, and in the process gives himself and those who love him the strength to carry on.

Wild About Harry

Wild About Harry

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-10-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Ireland, Germany

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

(448 Reviews)

Director:

Declan Lowney

Fullplot:

Northern Irish TV chef Harry has a history of playing around, being drunk and fighting with his wife. On the eve of his divorce hearing, Harry is beaten up at a garage but goes to work the next day. Acting increasingly disorientated and unusual he finally slips into a coma. Coming out of the coma later, Harry thinks he is 18 and can't remember anything past that. His wife doesn't tell him what a total s*** he has been and tries to form him into a better person. But when Harry discovers his recent past he is shaken and tries to carry on as normal.

The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Ireland

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (510 Reviews)

Director:

Dudi Appleton

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

The most fertile man in Ireland is in serious demand.

Lucky Break

Lucky Break

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Germany

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (1917 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Cattaneo

Cast:

Writer:

Ronan Bennett (screenplay)

Stephen Fry (book)

Fullplot:

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Ireland

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (18642 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Fullplot:

Documentary-style drama showing the events that led up to the tragic incident on January 30, 1972 in the Northern Ireland town of Derry when a protest march led by civil rights activist Ivan Cooper was fired upon by British troops, killing 13 protesters and wounding 14 more.

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Ireland

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (18663 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Fullplot:

Documentary-style drama showing the events that led up to the tragic incident on January 30, 1972 in the Northern Ireland town of Derry when a protest march led by civil rights activist Ivan Cooper was fired upon by British troops, killing 13 protesters and wounding 14 more.

Millions

Millions

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(20915 Reviews)

Director:

Danny Boyle

Fullplot:

The UK is about to switch its currency from Pounds to Euros, giving a gang a chance to rob the poorly-secured train loaded with money on its way to incineration. But, during the robbery, one of the big bags falls literally from the sky on Damian's playhouse, a 7-year old given to talking to saints. The boy then starts seeing what the world and the people around him are made of. Ethics, being human and the soul all come to the forefront in this film.

Jekyll

Jekyll

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-08-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (6248 Reviews)

Fullplot:

London, 2007. Tom Jackman is the only living descendent of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He has made a deal with his dark side: a body share. What Mr. Hyde doesn't know is that Tom has a family. There is a wife and two children that he'll do anything to protect from his dark side. With all the resources of modern technology, and the best surveillance hardware, he's determined to keep his dark side in line. He's done a deal with his own devil. What neither of them knows is that an ancient organisation, with limitless wealth and power, is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition.

Cherrybomb

Cherrybomb

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

86 min

IMDB Ratings:

(5845 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Cherry Bomb follows teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle as they embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns deadly serious when the three discover that they can't get off the wild ride they've set in motion.

Matching Jack

Matching Jack

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-08-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (832 Reviews)

Director:

Nadia Tass

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Lynne Renew (story)

Lynne Renew

David Parker

Fullplot:

A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.

The Missing

The Missing

Basic Info:

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, USA, Belgium

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (6566 Reviews)

Fullplot:

"The Missing" follows Tony, played by James Nesbitt, as a man devastated by the abduction of his young son, Oliver, during a family vacation in France. He becomes a man obsessed, unable to accept that his child may be dead and spends years searching for him. Tony's exhaustive search fractures his marriage to Emily, played by Frances O' Connor and threatens to destroy his life. Tcheky Karyo plays Julien, the French police detective who launched the initial search for the child. Even though he is retired in present day, he too cannot shake the small belief that the child may still be alive. Told using a fascinating narrative puzzle, "The Missing" explores the impact of a child's abduction, the emotional cost of obsession, hope and finding when to let go. This gripping thriller is told simultaneously over multiple time frames and set in France and London.

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