List of the best Billie Whitelaw movies: The Krays(1990), Tangier(1982), Gumshoe(1972), The Water Babies(1978), The Dressmaker(1988), Leo the Last(1970), Slayground(1984), Twisted Nerve(1968), Night Watch(1973), The Adding Machine(1969), Joyriders(1989), The Omen(1976) ... ...
Crime, Drama, Biography
UK
1990
119 Minutes
Violet Kray
Billie Whitelaw Gary Kemp Martin Kemp Susan Fleetwood Charlotte Cornwell Jimmy Jewel Avis Bunnage Kate Hardie Alfred Lynch Tom Bell Steven Berkoff
crime boss twin brother mother older man homosexual dark chilling shocking london club underground alley twins crime ring ronnie kray rise to power schizophrenia reggie kray fall
This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.
Action
USA|Morocco
1982
101 Minutes
A former CIA agent is forced by crooked agents of the government to pose as a notorious smuggler.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1972
88 Minutes
Albert Finney Billie Whitelaw Frank Finlay Janice Rule Carolyn Seymour Fulton Mackay
detective brother client smuggler offbeat witty bleak suspenseful liverpool, england nightclub crime impersonation murder bribery transformation mystery adventure 1970s
Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
Poland|UK
1978
92 Minutes
James Mason Billie Whitelaw Tommy Pender Bernard Cribbins Joan Greenwood David Tomlinson Samantha Gates
young boy shark eel chimney sweep boss apprentice lighthearted spectacular suspenseful winsome river england fantasy world mansion underwater frame-up child labor exploitation thievery aquatic life
This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.
Drama
UK
1988
90 Minutes
Joan Plowright Billie Whitelaw Jane Horrocks Pete Postlethwaite Tim Ransom Pippa Hinchley Rosemary Martin Tony Haygarth Michael James Reed
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their seventeen-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1970
103 Minutes
A social satire about the last heir of a dethroned family of European monarchs whose plans to return to power through revolution become secondary after he becomes fascinated by the life of a poor London black girl and her boyfriend.
Action
1984
89 Minutes
Peter Coyote Billie Whitelaw Mel Smith Philip Sayer Bill Luhrs Marie Masters Clarence Felder Ned Eisenberg
A New Yorker hires an executioner to find the thief (Peter Coyote) whose botched robbery left his daughter dead.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1968
113 Minutes
Joan Harper
Hayley Mills Hywel Bennett Billie Whitelaw Phyllis Calvert Frank Finlay Barry Foster Salmaan Peerzada Christian Roberts Gretchen Franklin Thorley Walters
Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett) is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can't wait to see the back of him, and a brother with Down's... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1973
105 Minutes
Sarah Cooke
neurotic husband friend wife inspector neighbor dark brooding suspenseful house paranoia marital problems witnessing murder uncertainty alcohol investigation discovery mystery quest 1970s
Ellen Wheeler (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), a rich woman, is recovering from a nervous breakdown with the help of her husband and a good friend. One day, while staring out the window, she ... See full summary »
Fantasy, Comedy
UK
1969
102 Minutes
Daisy Devore
Milo O'Shea Phyllis Diller Billie Whitelaw Sydney Chaplin Julian Glover Raymond Huntley Phil Brown Paddie O'Neil Libby Morris Hugh McDermott Bill Nagy
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
Drama
Ireland
1989
94 Minutes
Tammy O'Moore
Patricia Kerrigan Andrew Connolly Billie Whitelaw David Kelly John Kavanagh Tracey Peacock Rolf Saxon Otto Jarman
The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.
Horror
UK|USA
1976
111 Minutes
Mrs. Baylock
Gregory Peck Lee Remick David Warner Billie Whitelaw Leo McKern Harvey Stephens Patrick Troughton Martin Benson Anthony Nicholls Holly Palance John Stride
ambassador wife priest nanny adopted son photographer shocking frightening italy england israel miscarriage roman catholicism adoption evil child antichrist mystery 1970s
Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
Crime, Drama
UK
1960
98 Minutes
Chloe Hawkins
Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw
inspector escaped convict murderer detective gang leader criminal gripping thrilling suspenseful tense intense engaging manchester, england jailbreak on the run mission criminals murder investigation money discovery
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
Comedy
UK
1960
101 Minutes
Lily
Terry-Thomas Athene Seyler Hattie Jacques Billie Whitelaw Elspeth Duxbury Irene Handl Jack Hedley Kenneth Williams Caroline Leigh Denis Shaw Michael Peake
landlady major maid boarder police officer witty quirky winsome cheeky boarding house england theft unlikely criminal friendship moral dilemma thrill seeking adventure underdog 1960s
A weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1968
91 Minutes
Lottie Bubbles
Albert Finney Liza Minnelli Colin Blakely Billie Whitelaw Timothy Garland Richard Pearson John Ronane Nicholas Phipps Peter Sallis Charles Lamb Marjorie Mason
writer wife mistress son agent profound uneasy manchester, england household writers family infidelity class distinctions depression wretched excess 1960s
A married writer has an affair with his secretary.
Comedy
UK
1959
90 Minutes
Lydia Simmons
Max Bygraves Shirley Jones Steven Stocker Billie Whitelaw Barbara Shelley Colin Gordon Charles "Bud" Tingwell Lionel Jeffries
baby boy husband wife entertainer parent lighthearted amusing outlandish endearing united kingdom nightclub street park stage family home parenthood rags to riches fame ambition
Parents Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult.
Drama
UK|Germany|USA
2000
123 Minutes
Madame LeClerc
Geoffrey Rush Kate Winslet Joaquin Phoenix Michael Caine Billie Whitelaw Patrick Malahide Amelia Warner Jane Menelaus Stephen Moyer
love interest doctor worker government official priest marquis de sade dark witty passionate france insane asylum imprisonment torture writing seduction sex murder temptation fall 18th century
In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.
Comedy
USA
1970
91 Minutes
Queen Marie
Gene Wilder Donald Sutherland Hugh Griffith Jack MacGowran Billie Whitelaw Victor Spinetti Ewa Aulin
Two mismatched sets of identical twins, one aristocrat, one peasant, mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.
Comedy, Action
UK|France
2007
121 Minutes
Joyce Cooper
Simon Pegg Nick Frost Jim Broadbent Paddy Considine Timothy Dalton Billie Whitelaw Edward Woodward Rafe Spall Olivia Colman Paul Freeman Martin Freeman
cop villager partner father actor dark hilarious london police station small town shop sandford, england conspiracy murder deception corruption accident death mystery pursuit
A skilled London police officer is transferred to a small town with a dark secret.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK
1987
140 Minutes
Mrs. Hall
James Wilby Hugh Grant Rupert Graves Denholm Elliott Simon Callow Billie Whitelaw Ben Kingsley Judy Parfitt Phoebe Nicholls Barry Foster
homosexual aristocrat servant wealthy woman doctor hypnotist emotional moving cambridge university country house gym courtroom train station homosexuality affair blackmail marriage romance class distinctions forbidden love
After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.
Drama
UK|USA
1954
89 Minutes
Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
Dirk Bogarde Alexis Smith Alexander Knox Hugh Griffith Patricia McCarron Billie Whitelaw Maxine Audley Glyn Houston Harry Towb Russell Waters Fred Griffiths
criminal psychiatrist wife maid melodramatic tense london household psychoanalysis adultery crime bad behavior reform deception discovery forbidden love 1950s
After a convict breaks in a psychotherapist's home, he agrees to rehabilitation rather than arrest but the therapist's wife becomes infatuated with him.
Comedy, Drama
1957
60 Minutes
Caroline Mallet
Gordon Harker Marie Lohr John Loder Irene Handl Janet Munro Billie Whitelaw Ruth Trouncer Francis Matthews
hotel manager waiter waitress hotel guest amusing cheery engaging lighthearted witty hotel small town england united kingdom hotel business retirement business underdog 1950s
The unusual inmates of a not-too-prosperous hotel are worried when headquarters sends an efficiency expert to visit.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
116 Minutes
Hetty Porter
Jon Finch Barry Foster Barbara Leigh-Hunt Anna Massey Alec McCowen Vivien Merchant Billie Whitelaw Jean Marsh Bernard Cribbins Michael Bates Clive Swift
murderer suspect ex-wife inspector murder suspect murder victim dark gritty thrilling suspenseful london bar market river office restaurant framed for murder murder manhunt serial murders
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Crime, Drama
UK|France|USA
1999
102 Minutes
Mrs. Spitz
Daniel Auteuil Nastassja Kinski Katrin Cartlidge CiarĂ¡n Hinds Marianne Denicourt Bruce Greenwood Billie Whitelaw Cyril Shaps Jamie Harris Hemal Pandya Billy Smyth
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1962
81 Minutes
Ernestine
Peter Sellers Nadia Gray Herbert Lom Leo McKern Martita Hunt Michael Gough Anne Leon Billie Whitelaw Joan Sims John Neville
teacher actress city official headmaster daughter baroness amusing offbeat france small town hotel classroom corruption honesty business swindling teaching rise transformation revenge
A poor but proud French teacher gets fired after refusing to modify the grades of a rich student. As this could be the opportunity to exploit his honesty, Castel Benac hires Topaze as a managing director for a shady business.