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King Lear (McKellen) (2007)
8.3/10
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Frances Barber, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Hyde
The Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of the famous tale of jealously and betrayal, filmed in high definition as it was performed live in 2007. K... Read more
Evilenko (2004)
6.2/10
Director: David Grieco
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Frances Barber
It is the end of the 80s, Detective Timurovic Lesiev (Marton Csokas), a young magistrate and family man, must urgently find an answer to this horrible... Read more
Minette Walters: The Ice House (1997)
7.5/10
Director: Tim Fywell
Starring: Corin Redgrave, Kitty Aldridge, Frances Barber, Daniel Craig
The peaceful, secluded, country hideaway of three diverse, lonely, supposedly lesbian, women is suddenly shattered when their gardener discovers a par... Read more
The Escape (2017)
5.8/10
Director: Dominic Savage
Starring: Frances Barber, Marthe Keller, Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton
Tara is a housewife in suburban London who's raising two young children while married to an overworked, self-absorbed husband. In desperate need of a... Read more
The Red Siren (2002)
5.2/10
Director: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Asia Argento, Frances Barber, Andrew Tiernan
Aka "La Sirene Rouge". In the tradition of "The Professional" comes a stylish French thriller detailing the unlikely alliance between a 12-year-old gi... Read more
Behaving Badly (1989)
6.6/10
Director: David Tucker
Starring: Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Frances Barber, Joely Richardson, Ronald Pickup
Based on Catherine Heath's book, this 1989 four-part mini-series stars Judi Dench as a woman whose life is initially shattered when her husband decide... Read more
The Escort (1999)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Blanc
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Noah Taylor, Frances Barber, Claire Skinner
Daniel Auteuil is Pierre, a French academic who leaves his family in Paris feeling that his life has been without risk or challenge. He moves to Lond... Read more
The Bookshop (2017)
6.5/10
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Frances Barber, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Nighy, Emily Mortimer, James Lance
Florence Green, a free-spirited widow, puts grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop -- the first such shop in the sleepy seaside t... Read more
Flyfishing (2002)
6.3/10
Director: David Williams
Starring: Kate Ashfield, Frances Barber, Helen Baxendale, Nicky Henson, Adam Croasdell, Be...
Philip is polite, well spoken, good looking and skint. His flatmate James is pressing him for rent money - but he also has the answer to Phil's debt p... Read more
Mike Leigh at the BBC: Part 2 (2009)
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Brian Hogg, Frances Barber, Philip Davis, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, Brid Brenn...
Mike Leigh is one of Britain's most celebrated filmmakers and this terrific collection brings together all his work made for the BBC. Includes: "Who's... Read more
Shiner (2001)
6/10
Director: John Irvin
Starring: Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber, Andy Serkis, Frank Harper, Claire...
Michael Caine stars as Billy 'Shiner' Simpson, an East End boxing promoter with big ideas. In a crucial match which could lead to a place in the world... Read more