22 Movies Starring Jude Law

Shopping

Shopping

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Japan

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (2038 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Lone group of teens, led by recently released joyrider and his disenchanted Belfast girlfriend, strives to leave their mark on "a British city in the near future" while attempting to avoid a rival gang. Scenes of joyriding and ram-raiding, which attempt to portray the addictiveness of fast driving whilst also showing the downside (the effect on the community and ultimately death)

Wilde

Wilde

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Germany, Japan

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (11709 Reviews)

Director:

Brian Gilbert

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Ellmann (book)

Julian Mitchell

Fullplot:

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realization of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie. After legal action instigated by Bosie's father, the enraged Marquise of Queensberry, Wilde refused to flee the country and was sentenced to two years at hard labor by the courts of an intolerant Victorian society.

eXistenZ

eXistenZ

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (72693 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The events leading up to this, and the resulting game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality and their actions are impossible to determine from either their own or the game's perspective.

Immortality

Immortality

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (4879 Reviews)

Director:

Po-Chih Leong

Fullplot:

Steven is multi-talented, handsome, and a expert seducer of women. He craves intimacy with women, literally cannot live without it, and is in search of the perfect woman. All of his relationships, however, end tragically. Eventually, he meets Anne, a strong woman who is different, better than the others. However, soon it becomes clear that this is a relationship that only one of them will survive. The title refers to a quote from Francis Bacon, who wrote about crocodiles, who shed tears when they devour their prey.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-12-25

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (127088 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Patricia Highsmith (novel)

Anthony Minghella (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancèe, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.

Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-12-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK, Romania, Italy

Runtime:

154 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (112184 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Frazier (book)

Anthony Minghella (screenplay)

Fullplot:

This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.

Final Cut

Final Cut

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-09-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1636 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Dominic Anciano

Ray Burdis

Fullplot:

The film opens with the cast gathering after the funeral of Jude to see a film he had been working on for two years. It turns out that the film is secret videos of all those gathered together in their most despicable moments including thievery, spousal abuse, adultery, etc. The revelations remove the masks from the so-called close friends.

Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-16

Languages:

English, German, Russian

Countries:

USA, France, Germany, UK, Ireland

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (172728 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Alain Godard

Fullplot:

In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper Kènig to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-17

Languages:

English, Tibetan, German

Countries:

USA, UK, Italy

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (70006 Reviews)

Director:

Kerry Conran

Fullplot:

In 1939, an intrepid reporter in New York City makes a connection between the story she's covering-- of famous scientists suddenly disappearing around the world, and a recent attack on the city by giant robots. Determined to find the solution to these happenings, she seeks the help of her ex-boyfriend, the captain of a mercenary legion of pilots. The two are investigating the case when the robots attack the city again, though in a stroke of luck, Sky Captain's right hand man is able to locate their source. They then set off on an adventure in search of the evil mastermind behind these schemes, who is bent on creating a utopia and destroying the current world.

Alfie

Alfie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-11-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (40814 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Shyer

Cast:

Writer:

Bill Naughton (play)

Bill Naughton (earlier screenplay)

Elaine Pope (screenplay)

Charles Shyer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best friends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style.

Closer

Closer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-12-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (159153 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Nichols

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Patrick Marber (play)

Patrick Marber (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film, as Tarantino might put it, puts the four leading characters in a box and strips them apart.

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-09-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (19917 Reviews)

Director:

Steven Zaillian

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Zaillian (screenplay)

Robert Penn Warren (novel)

Fullplot:

In the 50's, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy; the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden; the lobbyist Tiny Duffy; and his mistress Sadie Burke, to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end.

Breaking and Entering

Breaking and Entering

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-10

Languages:

English, Serbo-Croatian

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (19419 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

A mother and her daughter, a mother and her son, and a man living with one and attracted to the other. Miro, a teen from Sarajevo, lives near King's Cross with his mother; he's nimble, able to run across roofs, so his uncle hires him to break into office skylights, so the uncle can boost computers. Twice they steal from Will's architectural firm, so Will stakes it out at night. He follows Miro home and returns the next day and meets Miro's mother, Amira. At home, Will's relationship with Liv is strained - he feels outside Liv and her daughter Bea's circle. The stakeout and Amira's vulnerability are attractive alternatives to being at home. The police, too, watch Miro.

The Holiday

The Holiday

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-12-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

138 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (166056 Reviews)

Director:

Nancy Meyers

Fullplot:

In London, Iris Simpkins writes a wedding column in a newspaper and nurtures an unrequited love for her colleague Jasper Bloom. Near Christmas, she is informed that Jasper is engaged to marry another colleague, and her life turns upside down. In Los Angeles, the movie-trailers maker Amanda Woods has just split with her unfaithful boyfriend Ethan and wants to forget him. Through a house exchange website, Amanda impulsively swaps her mansion for Iris' cottage in Surrey for the holidays. While in Surrey, Amanda meets Iris' brother and book editor Graham and they fall in love with each other. Meanwhile, Iris meets her new next door neighbor the ninety year old screenplay writer Arthur, who helps her retrieve her self-esteem, and the film composer Miles, with whom she falls in love.

My Blueberry Nights

My Blueberry Nights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

Hong Kong, China, France

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (41828 Reviews)

Director:

Kar Wai Wong

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Kar Wai Wong (screenplay)

Lawrence Block (screenplay)

Kar Wai Wong (story)

Fullplot:

Elizabeth's heart is broken. For solace, she drops in late at night a few times at Jeremy's diner for blueberry pie a la mode; they talk. Once, he watchers her sleep, her head on the counter. Abruptly, she leaves New York City to get away from her pain. She works a couple of jobs in Memphis. There, a heart-broken cop is drinking himself into oblivion, his ex occasionally showing up where he drinks and Lizzy works. Then, she's in Nevada, working at a casino where she uses her savings (she wants a car) to stake Leslie, a busted gambler, in a high rollers' game. After, Beth drives Leslie to Vegas where Leslie's estranged father lives. Broken relationships. What about Jeremy?

Sleuth

Sleuth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (24496 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Cast:

Writer:

Harold Pinter (screenplay)

Anthony Shaffer (play)

Fullplot:

Two extremely clever British men are in a game of trickery and deceit. Andrew Wyke, an aging famous author who lives alone in a high-tech mansion, after his wife Maggie has left him for a younger man; and Milo Tindle, an aspiring actor, equipped with charm and wit, who demonstrates both qualities once again. When Wyke invites Tindle to his mansion, Tindle seeks to convince the former into letting his wife go by signing the divorce paper. However, Wyke seems far more interested in playing mind games with his wife's new lover, and lures him into a series of actions he thoroughly planned in seeking revenge on his unfaithful spouse.

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-12-25

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (431839 Reviews)

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Robert Johnson (screenplay)

Anthony Peckham (screenplay)

Simon Kinberg (screenplay)

Lionel Wigram (screen story)

Michael Robert Johnson (screen story)

Arthur Conan Doyle (characters: Sherlock Holmes

Dr. Watson)

Fullplot:

After finally catching serial killer and occult "sorcerer" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fiancèe and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.

Repo Men

Repo Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-19

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (83526 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Eric Garcia (screenplay)

Garrett Lerner (screenplay)

Eric Garcia (novel)

Fullplot:

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.

Rise of the Guardians

Rise of the Guardians

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-21

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (110894 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Ramsey

Cast:

Writer:

David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay)

William Joyce (book)

Fullplot:

When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs, and imaginations of children all over the world.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-16

Languages:

English, French, Italian, German, Romany

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (304767 Reviews)

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Cast:

Writer:

Michele Mulroney

Kieran Mulroney

Arthur Conan Doyle (characters: Sherlock Holmes

Dr. Watson)

Fullplot:

Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his longtime trusted associate, Doctor Watson (Jude Law), take on their arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), with the help of Holmes' older brother Mycroft Holmes (Stephen Fry) and a gypsy named Simza (Noomi Rapace).

Rise of the Guardians

Rise of the Guardians

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-21

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (110767 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Ramsey

Cast:

Writer:

David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay)

William Joyce (book)

Fullplot:

When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs, and imaginations of children all over the world.

Spy

Spy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-06-05

Languages:

English, French, Italian, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (64198 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Feig

Fullplot:

Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global crisis.

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