18 Movies Starring Timothy Spall

Dream Demon

Dream Demon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-10-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (306 Reviews)

Director:

Harley Cokeliss

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Wicking

Harley Cokeliss

Catherine de Pury (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

A young woman about to be married begins having terrifying dreams about demons. When she wakes, however, the demons are real and begin to commit gruesome murders.

Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-10-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

France, UK

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(26570 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Leigh

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Cynthia lives in London with her sullen street-sweeper daughter. Her brother has been successful with his photographer's business and now lives nearby in a more upmarket house. But Cynthia hasn't even been invited round there after a year. So, all round, she feels rather lonely and isolated. Meanwhile, in another part of town, Hortense, adopted at birth but now grown up, starts to try and trace her mother.

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.

Still Crazy

Still Crazy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (6212 Reviews)

Director:

Brian Gibson

Cast:

Writer:

Dick Clement

Ian La Frenais

Fullplot:

"Strange Fruit" had everything that makes a legendary rockband: Money, Fame, Success, Groupies, a Singer who died of drugs and even a divine ending, when lightning struck the stage during an open-air. Twenty years later, all band members are minding their own businesses, the idea of a band reunion is brought up by, well, public request. Tony, the former keyboard player, sets out only to find his former friends working as a roofer, a gardener and a hotel clerk. They all became rather everyday people, married or still single, they definitely are not wild and crazy anymore. But with the help of former manager Karen, who is still dreaming of Brian, the apparently deceased lead guitarist, they all, old, fat and wrinkled as they are, try to catch that spirit again.

Vatel

Vatel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-05-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

France, UK, Belgium

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (5960 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Joffè

Cast:

Writer:

Jeanne Labrune

Tom Stoppard (English adaptation)

Fullplot:

In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the steward, Vatel, a man of honor, talent, and low birth. The prince is craven in his longing for stature: no task is too menial or dishonorable for him to give Vatel. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity, he finds himself attracted to Anne de Montausier, the king's newest mistress. In Vatel, she finds someone who's authentic, living out his principles within the casual cruelties of court politics. Can the two of them escape unscathed?

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?

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

76 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (841 Reviews)

Director:

Danny Boyle

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Pete has recently got a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman. His mentor is the veteran Tommy, whose methods are rather rude; his sole target is to be the best salesman in his team and to receive the "Golden Hoover". Their temperaments are quite different and the apprentice days turn wilder and wilder.

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-18

Languages:

English, Arabic, French

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (7800 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Leigh

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil's and Penny's life, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they are brought together to rediscover their love. All or Nothing is set on a London working-class housing estate over a long weekend, and also tells the stories of a range of Phil and Penny's neighbors, some of whom become involved in the family's lives, and all of whom experience an emotional journey.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-11-18

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

157 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (346759 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Newell

Cast:

Writer:

Steve Kloves (screenplay)

J.K. Rowling (novel)

Fullplot:

Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is about to start and he is enjoying the summer vacation with his friends. They get the tickets to The Quidditch World Cup Final but after the match is over, people dressed like Lord Voldemort's 'Death Eaters' set a fire to all the visitors' tents, coupled with the appearance of Voldemort's symbol, the 'Dark Mark' in the sky, which causes a frenzy across the magical community. That same year, Hogwarts is hosting 'The Triwizard Tournament', a magical tournament between three well-known schools of magic : Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. The contestants have to be above the age of 17, and are chosen by a magical object called Goblet of Fire. On the night of selection, however, the Goblet spews out four names instead of the usual three, with Harry unwittingly being selected as the Fourth Champion. Since the magic cannot be reversed, Harry is forced to go with it and brave three exceedingly difficult tasks.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-12-21

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (260495 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Burton

Cast:

Writer:

John Logan (screenplay)

Hugh Wheeler (musical)

Christopher Bond (musical adaptation)

Fullplot:

In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later after gaining custody of her. After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs. Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy swallowed arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna. He opens a barber shop above her store, initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family.

Enchanted

Enchanted

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (131490 Reviews)

Director:

Kevin Lima

Fullplot:

The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

Death Defying Acts

Death Defying Acts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-03-13

Languages:

English, Hungarian

Countries:

UK, Australia

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (8097 Reviews)

Fullplot:

During Harry Houdini's tour of Britain in 1926, the master escapologist enters into a passionate affair with a Scottish psychic. The psychic and her daughter attempt to con Houdini during a highly publicized sèance to contact his mother whose death has haunted him for many years. However all does not go to plan...

From Time to Time

From Time to Time

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-09-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2878 Reviews)

Director:

Julian Fellowes

Cast:

Writer:

Lucy M. Boston (novel)

Julian Fellowes (adaptation)

Fullplot:

In 1940s England, thirteen year old Tolly is sent to Green Knowe, the country estate of his grandmother, while his mother searches for any information concerning his missing in action father. Tolly soon finds that he can pass through time to witness the family stories Grandmother Oldknow tells him. Traveling back to 1805, Tolly becomes caught up in the family scandals, secrets, and mysteries that still echo in his own time...

Wake Wood

Wake Wood

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-03-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

Ireland, UK

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (5743 Reviews)

Director:

David Keating

Cast:

Writer:

Brendan McCarthy (story)

Brendan McCarthy (screenplay)

David Keating (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Still grieving the death of nine-year-old Alice - their only child - at the jaws of a crazed dog, vet Patrick and pharmacist Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where they learn of a pagan ritual that will allow them three more days with Alice. The couple find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree terms with Arthur, the village's leader, a far bigger question looms - what will they do when it's time for Alice to go back?

Upside Down

Upside Down

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (53859 Reviews)

Director:

Juan Solanas

Cast:

Writer:

Juan Solanas (screenplay)

Juan Solanas (adaptation)

Santiago Amigorena (adaptation)

Pierre Magny (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he loved once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach... a girl named Eden. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eden on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back... Not even the law or science!

The Rise

The Rise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2405 Reviews)

Director:

Rowan Athale

Fullplot:

Battered, bruised and under arrest, Harvey Miller (Luke Treadaway) sits in a police interview room facing interrogation. Clutching a stack of eyewitness statements, Detective Inspector West (Timothy Spall) has no doubt in Harvey's part in a foiled robbery, and his subsequent attempted murder of local businessman Steven Roper. Denying everything, Harvey agrees to tell his version of events in full. We take in his release from prison a month earlier, and the malevolent, unjust act that put him in there. We see his emotional reunion with his sibling-like best friends, and the immovable loyalty they have for one another. We see the rekindling of a lost love, a second chance for two people meant for each other. We see the ingenious planning of the ill-fated robbery, the amazing twist, the shocking outcome and the real driving force behind it - retribution. What unfolds is an exhilarating, moving and hilarious story of loyalty, jealousy, friendship, revenge and the pursuit of happiness.

Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France, Germany

Runtime:

144 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (13682 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Leigh

Fullplot:

Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies. Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty.

Sucker

Sucker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-08-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

( Reviews)

Director:

Ben Chessell

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

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