9 Movies Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers

The Governess

The Governess

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-07-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (2463 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.

Velvet Goldmine

Velvet Goldmine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(25836 Reviews)

Director:

Todd Haynes

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

James Lyons (story)

Todd Haynes (story)

Todd Haynes

Fullplot:

1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challenges the seriousness within the flower power generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rock star, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for himself, he plots his own murder. When his fans discover that the murder is not real, his star falls and he is forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and growing up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened to his old glamrock hero.

Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-08-01

Languages:

English, Panjabi, Hindi, German

Countries:

UK, Germany, USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (84246 Reviews)

Director:

Gurinder Chadha

Cast:

Writer:

Gurinder Chadha

Guljit Bindra

Paul Mayeda Berges

Fullplot:

A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, Bend It Like Beckham explores the world of women's football, from kick-abouts in the park to freekicks in the Final. Set in Hounslow, West London and Hamburg, the film follows two 18 year olds with their hearts set on a future in professional soccer. Heart-stopping talent doesn't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti.

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-04-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (7324 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Hodges

Fullplot:

Will Graham is a gangster who has left the life of crime and is living in the countryside. He comes out of hiding to investigate the death of his brother when he learns that he committed suicide. Charlotte Rampling is his old girlfriend who owns a restaurant. Boad is the villain responsible for the bad things that happened to Will's brother.

The Tesseract

The Tesseract

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-06-09

Languages:

English, Thai

Countries:

Japan, Thailand, UK

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (1116 Reviews)

Director:

Oxide Pang Chun

Cast:

Writer:

Alex Garland (novel)

Patrick Neate

Oxide Pang Chun

Fullplot:

In Bangkok, in a low-budget hotel called "Heaven", the fate of four guests are interconnected due to a theft in a room: Sean, a paranoid English drug dealer, that is dealing with a powerful local drug lord; the also British psychologist Rosa, who is grieving the loss of her son and making a research with poor children in Thailand; a seriously wounded killer, hired to kill the mobster; and Wit, a thirteen years old abused bellboy, that steals the guests. In the end, we see that it is almost impossible to control life, and sometimes, a subtle incident may lead to fatality.

Match Point

Match Point

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Russia, Ireland, Luxembourg, USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (153633 Reviews)

Director:

Woody Allen

Fullplot:

From a humble background and with traditional values, Irish Chris Wilton is still struggling financially despite being a recently retired high ranked tennis pro. He has taken a job as a tennis instructor at an upscale London tennis club, although he knows there is a better life for him somewhere down the road. He is befriended by one of his students, wealthy Tom Hewett. Chris starts to date Tom's sister, Chloe Hewett, a girl-next-door type who is immediately attracted to Chris. Chloe quickly knows she wants to marry Chris, and through her businessman father, Alec Hewett, tries to help Chris and their future by getting him an executive job in Alec's company. In his life with the Hewetts, Chris begins to enjoy the finer things in life. Through it all however, Chris cannot help thinking about Nola Rice, a struggling American actress who he meets at the Hewett estate and who is Tom's unofficial fiancèe. Nola is vivacious, and she knows the effect she has on men, including Chris. Unlike Chris, Nola is not accepted by Tom and Chloe's mother, the outspoken Eleanor Hewett. Chris has to decide if he can give up what he has been able to achieve with Chloe and the Hewetts, or if the passion he feels for Nola is stronger than the finer things in life to which he is now accustomed. He may go to any length to have his cake and eat it too.

August Rush

August Rush

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (82130 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Nick Castle (screenplay)

James V. Hart (screenplay)

Paul Castro (story)

Nick Castle (story)

Fullplot:

This is a story of a music prodigy. Lyla is a renowned and beautiful cellist and Louis is a guitar player and vocalist at a club. Lyla and Louis fall in love once they meet each other following the music. Since they have different lives, they have to separate without seeing each other again. However, Lyla has had their baby - Evan, a prodigy born to music. Lyla has an accident and bears the baby but Lyla's father gives the baby to an orphanage without telling her, for fear of affecting her career. After that, both Louis and Lyla give up their music careers. Eleven years later, poor little Evan believes that his parents are waiting for him and goes to New York to find them. In New York, his musical gift leads him to success but also gives him some trouble. A monger uses Evan to make money and prevents him from achieving success. He escapes and runs into a church and people there are surprised by his gift and send him to the best music school, Juilliard. There he receives an education where his genius is recognized, and he creates his composition - August Rhapsody in C major. At the same time, Lyla and Louis both begin to play music again and Louis returns to New York. Because of his perfect performance, Evan is granted an opportunity to play his music in Central Park in front of thousands of people. There are three composers featured, of which he is the last; his mother is the cellist in the preceding performance. As Evan is conducting the orchestra in his rhapsody, Lyla and Louis come to the concert following the music again. The family finally get together!

The Children of Huang Shi

The Children of Huang Shi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-13

Languages:

English, Japanese, Mandarin

Countries:

Australia, China, Germany, USA

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (7673 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Fullplot:

People thrown into an unexpected and desperate situation discover their capacity for love and responsibility. A young Englishman, George Hogg, comes to lead sixty orphaned boys on a journey of over 500 perilous miles across the snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert. And how, in doing so, he comes to understand the meaning of courage. During his journey, Hogg learns to rely on the support of Chen, the leader of a Chinese communist partisan group who becomes his closest friend. He soon finds himself falling in love with Lee, a recklessly brave Australian nurse whom war has turned into an unsentimental healer on horseback. Along the way Hogg befriends Madame Wang, an aristocratic survivor who has also been displaced by war, who helps the young Englishman, his friends and their sixty war orphans make their way across mountain and desert regions to a place of safety near the western end of the Great Wall of China.

Another Me

Another Me

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-08-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Spain

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (2875 Reviews)

Director:

Isabel Coixet

Cast:

Writer:

Isabel Coixet

Cathy MacPhail (based on the novel of the same name by)

Fullplot:

A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.

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