John Hurt Movies

A day in the life of 70-year-old Arthur, who falls in love with Ruth, a new resident at his retirement home.

A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.

A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.

Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty...

This is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.

A criminal couple, hiding out on a remote property, become the unwitting victims of a blackmail plot by the most unlikely of conspirators.

A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own.

John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for...

Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and...

This collage of interviews with the producers, John Hurt, and the makeup man comes off as both interesting and informative. Hurt's recollections...

In 1920s England, former clergyman Dr Lawrence keeps his cannibal son locked in the attic after the young man is exposed to savage practices in...

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer...

Facing total extinction, a military operation turns to the stars in order to relocate the entire human race. During the exodus, one man is sent to...

This 54 minute program - narrated by actor John Hurt - chronicles the story of Jupiter starting with Galileo Galilei's Jupiter observations in the...

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can...

The wife of a contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with...

Two university students, one a physiologist, the other an economist, have been sharing an apartment, but now one of them is about to depart for work...

"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an...

With its simple and iconic imagery this was public information film at its most sensational: expensive special effects and high-concept production...