16 Movies Starring Terence Stamp

The Collector

The Collector

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-06-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6612 Reviews)

Director:

William Wyler

Cast:

Writer:

John Fowles (novel)

John Kohn (screenplay)

Stanley Mann (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Freddie, a socially withdrawn bank clerk and butterfly collector, decides to expand to collecting human specimens. That's where art student Miranda Grey comes in. Miranda matches wits with Freddie the icy psychopath.

Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-07-04

Languages:

English, French, Italian, Arabic, German, Dutch

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

119 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (1732 Reviews)

Director:

Joseph Losey

Cast:

Writer:

Evan Jones (screenplay)

Peter O'Donnell (comic strip)

Jim Holdaway (comic strip)

Fullplot:

Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel, the diamond thief has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-10-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

168 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (3518 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Hardy (from the novel by)

Frederic Raphael (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man's complete and helpless adoration. And she captures the lives and loves of three very different men: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage; William Boldwood, a prosperous man in his early forties and a confirmed bachelor; and Sergeant Frank Troy, a handsome, reckless swordsman given to sudden fits of violence.

Teorema

Teorema

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-09-07

Languages:

Italian, English

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (7440 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMystery

Cast:

Writer:

Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A strange visitor in a wealthy family. He seduces the maid, the son, the mother, the daughter and finally the father before leaving a few days after. After he's gone, none of them can continue living as they did. Who was that visitor ? Could he be God ?

Spirits of the Dead

Spirits of the Dead

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-07-23

Languages:

French, Italian, English

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (3649 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Edgar Allan Poe (story)

Roger Vadim (adaptation)

Pascal Cousin (adaptation)

Edgar Allan Poe (story)

Louis Malle (adaptation)

Clement Biddle Wood (adaptation)

Daniel Boulanger (dialogue)

Edgar Allan Poe (story)

Federico Fellini (adaptation)

Bernardino Zapponi (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who, it turns out is really her dead lover. "William Wilson" tells the story of a sadistic Austrian student with an exact double whom he later kills.

The Hit

The Hit

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-03-08

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (4823 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Fullplot:

Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance. But one day, ten years later, two hitmen (Braddock and Myron) show up and kidnap Willie. They are ordered to escort him back to Paris where he should stand trial. But it is a long way to Paris...

Link

Link

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-09-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1831 Reviews)

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Lee David Zlotoff (story)

Tom Ackermann (story)

Everett De Roche

Fullplot:

Student Jane jobs as an assistant for the animal researcher Phillip in a lonesome old house. They live alone except for the chimpanzees and butler Link: a 45 years old very intelligent orangutan. Phillip wants to put Link to death. However before he can do this he's vanished tracelessly one morning. Link starts behaving more and more aggressive and prohibits Jane from using the phone or reaching the next village. When she punishes him by locking him out, he becomes violent.

Alien Nation

Alien Nation

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (10537 Reviews)

Director:

Graham Baker

Fullplot:

A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine but are victims of a new type of discrimination. When the first Newcomer police officer, Sam Francisco is assigned his new partner, he is given Matthew Sykes , a mildly racist veteran, the animosity between them soon gives way to respect as they investigate the Newcomer underworld, and especially Newcomer leader William Harcourt.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-08-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia, UK

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (34043 Reviews)

Director:

Stephan Elliott

Fullplot:

Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transexual (Bernadette) contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is Anthony's wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.

The Limey

The Limey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-08-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (23202 Reviews)

Fullplot:

An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having an affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece.

My Wife Is an Actress

My Wife Is an Actress

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-11-14

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (3164 Reviews)

Director:

Yvan Attal

Fullplot:

Paris can boast a population of 2,125,246. Of these 1,153,000 are women and 10,000 are actresses. Yvan, a young sports writer, is married to one who is very well known - Charlotte. They try to live a normal life, but her fame makes it difficult - autograph hunters interrupt their dinners, cops about to serve traffic summonses let them off with a warning and a smile when they recognize her, and impossible-to-get restaurant reservations magically appear when Charlotte makes the calls instead of Yvan. All this threatens and challenges his male ego, but Yvan is able to take her stardom in stride. Until, that is, a man at a bar asks him if he gets jealous watching his wife make love in the nude to another man on screen. It has never seriously bothered him before, but the stranger sows the first seed of doubt in his head...

The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-11-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (29428 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Minkoff

Fullplot:

Married realtors Jim and Sara with their children go to Gracey Manor and Mr. Gracey is enamored with Sara and they discover that Sara looks like Mr. Gracey's old girlfriend, Elizabeth, who died young and they think it was a suicide but discover something more sinister.

September Dawn

September Dawn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-08-24

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (2583 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Cain

Carole Whang Schutter

Fullplot:

A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling on wagons, was murdered by the native Mormons. All together, about 140 souls of men, women and children, were taken. Amidst this, two young lovers-to-be, one a Mormon and the other one of the doomed settlers from Arkansas, develop a relationship in an atmosphere of suspicion and rancor.

Wanted

Wanted

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (280682 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Brandt (screenplay)

Derek Haas (screenplay)

Chris Morgan (screenplay)

Michael Brandt (story)

Derek Haas (story)

Mark Millar (comic book series)

J.G. Jones (comic book series)

Fullplot:

A young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. When his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan to follow in his dad's footsteps.

Inside the Twin Towers

Inside the Twin Towers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-09-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (417 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Dale

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

Andrew Bampfield

Ed Fields (contributing writer)

Fullplot:

On 9/11 2001 two planes American 11 united 175 hit the World Trade Center and many people died and jumped to their deaths some survived until the tower fell.

Unfinished Song

Unfinished Song

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Germany

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(4996 Reviews)

Fullplot:

"Song for Marion", a London-set comedic drama, is about shy, grumpy pensioner Arthur who is reluctantly inspired by his beloved wife Marion to join a highly unconventional local choir. At odds with his son James, it is left to charismatic choir director Elizabeth to try and persuade Arthur that he can learn to embrace life. Arthur must confront the undercurrents of his own grumbling persona as he embarks on a hilarious, life-affirming journey of musical self discovery.

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