14 Movies Starring Julian Sands

The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-02-01

Languages:

English, French, Khmer, Russian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

141 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (39885 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Joffè

Cast:

Writer:

Bruce Robinson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

Gothic

Gothic

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-04-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (5171 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Russell

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Lord Byron (story)

Percy Bysshe Shelley (story)

Stephen Volk (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Story of the night that Mary Shelley gave birth to the horror classic "Frankenstein." Disturbed drug induced games are played and ghost stories are told one rainy night at the mad Lord Byron's country estate. Personal horrors are revealed and the madness of the evening runs from sexual fantasy to fiercest nightmare. Mary finds herself drawn into the sick world of her lover Shelley and cousin Claire as Byron leads them all down the dark paths of their souls.

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-04-11

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (27077 Reviews)

Director:

James Ivory

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

E.M. Forster (novel)

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

Warlock

Warlock

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-01-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (10953 Reviews)

Director:

Steve Miner

Fullplot:

In Boston of 1691, a warlock is sentenced to death, but escapes magically into the future (our present), followed doggedly by the witch hunter. There he is searching for the three parts of the Devil's Bible, trailed by the witch hunter and the woman whose house he landed in. They must stop him, as the book contains the true name of God, which he can use to un-create the world.

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-07-18

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (46787 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Marshall

Cast:

Writer:

Don Jakoby (story)

Al Williams (story)

Don Jakoby (screenplay)

Wesley Strick (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidently transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks before they take over the entire town.

Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-24

Languages:

English, Arabic

Countries:

Canada, UK, Japan

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (32691 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

William S. Burroughs (novel)

David Cronenberg

Fullplot:

Not an adaptation of beat writer William S. Burrough's novel but a mix of biography and an interpretation of his drug- induced writing processes combined with elements of his work in this paranoid fantasy about Bill Lee, a writer who accidentally shoots his wife, whose typewriter transforms into a cockroach and who becomes involved in a mysterious plot in North African port called Interzone. Wonderfully bizarre, not unlike Burrough's books.

Tale of a Vampire

Tale of a Vampire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-07-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (525 Reviews)

Director:

Shimako Sato

Cast:

Writer:

Edgar Allan Poe (based on a story)

Shimako Sato (screenplay)

Jane Corbett (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Condemned to life without end, and to an undying passion for a lost love he can never find, a vampire stalks a beautiful young woman.

Boxing Helena

Boxing Helena

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-09-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (9104 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Philippe Caland (story)

Jennifer Chambers Lynch (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A top surgeon is besotted with a beautiful woman who once ditched him. Unable to come to terms with life without her, he tries to convince her that they need each other. She has other ideas, but an horrific accident leaves her at his mercy. The plot is bizarre and perhaps sick at times, ending abruptly and with a twist.

Warlock: The Armageddon

Warlock: The Armageddon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-09-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (3645 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Hickox

Cast:

Writer:

David Twohy (characters)

Kevin Rock (story)

Kevin Rock (screenplay)

Sam Bernard (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and unleash Armageddon. A group of five stones has the power to either free the evil, or banish it for another six hundred years. An order of Druids battles with a Warlock determined to unleash his father upon the world.

The Browning Version

The Browning Version

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-10-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2394 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Figgis

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Terence Rattigan (play)

Ronald Harwood

Fullplot:

Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British public school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire on the pretext of his health, and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His wife Laura is unfaithful, and lives to wound him any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and regain at least his own self-respect.

Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-09

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (88232 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Figgis

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

John O'Brien (novel)

Mike Figgis (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Sanderson has started drinking, a lot. He's getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with.

The Medallion

The Medallion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-08-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

Hong Kong, USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (26752 Reviews)

Director:

Gordon Chan

Cast:

Writer:

Alfred Cheung (story)

Bennett Davlin

Alfred Cheung

Gordon Chan

Paul Wheeler

Bey Logan

Fullplot:

Eddie, an indomitable Hong Kong cop, is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers after a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion. Eddie enlists the help of British Interpol agent Nicole to determine the secret of the medallion and face down the evil Snakehead who wants to use its magical powers for his own nefarious plans.

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-05-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

Spain, UK

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (2831 Reviews)

Director:

Paco Plaza

Cast:

Writer:

Alfredo Conde (story)

Elena Serra (screenplay)

Alberto Marini (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An uproar is caused when some mutilated cadavers are discovered, giving way to the legend of the "Werewolf of Allariz". A traveling vendor rolls through the forest in his old wagon. A woman from every village on his route faithfully awaits him. He's attractive, intelligent, charming.... But he's also the monster feared by all. His most recent prey, Barbara will soon become the one who hunts him down. The film is based on the true-life story of Manuel Blanco Romasanta, the traveling vendor, who confessed to the murders of thirteen people, using their body fat to make soap. Romasanta was tried in Allarèz in 1852 and avoided capital punishment by proclaiming he was a werewolf. Barbara was the lone survivor of four sisters.

Curse of the Ring

Curse of the Ring

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, UK, South Africa, Italy

Runtime:

184 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (7911 Reviews)

Director:

Uli Edel

Cast:

Writer:

Diane Duane

Peter Morwood

Uli Edel

Fullplot:

The young blacksmith Siegfried, who, not knowing that he is heir to a conquered kingdom, becomes popular with the Burgunds by slaying their bane, the dragon Fafnir. When the reward seems to be a huge treasure, Siegfried ignores the curse that lies on the hoard - which now seems to endanger his love to beautiful Norse warrior queen Brunhild.

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