List of the best Derek Jacobi movies: Jail Caesar(2012), The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky(2001), Henry V(1989), The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1982), The Wyvern Mystery(2000), Bye Bye Blackbird(2005), Blue Blood(1973), Little Dorrit Part One: Nobody's Fault(1988), Two Men Went to War(2002), The Human Factor(1979), Say Your Prayers(2020), Guantanamero(2007) ... ...
7.4/10
Drama
UK|South Africa|Canada
2012
84 Minutes
Sulla
Derek Jacobi John Kani Alice Krige Warren Adler Richard Clifford Grant Swanby Peter John Christiaans Gunter Singer
The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the U.K., and Canada. A small group of professional actors is joined by hundreds of prisoners to tell the story of one of history's foremost personalities.
6.3/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2001
95 Minutes
Derek Jacobi Chris Heywood Vicki Attard David McAllister Csara Buday Michele Buday Peter Furness Kim Hales-McCarthur Deon Hastie Lisa Heaven Rachel Jenson
Jerry Cooper is The Dogwalker, a Tom Sawyer grown up for the nineties, who having fallen on hard times, is struggling with the reality of having to sleep in his car. When he quite literally... See full summary »
7.5/10
Drama, History
UK
1989
137 Minutes
Chorus
Kenneth Branagh Derek Jacobi Brian Blessed Ian Holm Paul Scofield Michael Maloney Alec McCowen Emma Thompson Geraldine McEwan Simon Shepherd James Larkin
king princess soldier henry v patriotic rousing emotional thrilling battlefield royal court royal palace inn england france war political intrigue royalty treason heroism leadership
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
5.9/10
Drama
UK
1982
102 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Derek Jacobi Lesley-Anne Down Robert Powell John Gielgud David Suchet Gerry Sundquist Tim Pigott-Smith Alan Webb Roland Culver
quasimodo gypsy priest soldier poet melodramatic engaging paris notre dame cathedral france unrequited love obsession deformity romance misfits adventure forbidden love underdog rivalry rescue
Neville Harmer thinks his troubles are over when his wheel-chair bound father meets with an untimely death due to Neville's negligence leaving him with a hefty inheritance. But stipulations... See full summary »
5.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Australia
2000
97 Minutes
Naomi Watts Derek Jacobi James Doherty Iain Glen Jack Davenport Aisling O'Sullivan Elaine Collins Ellie Haddington Marston Bloom Tim Preece
When a 'dole bludging' Greek gains national fame following a television appearance, he's recruited by a political party as the face of their campaign to improve the country's unemployment rate.
5.8/10
Drama
Austria|Luxembourg|Germany|UK
2005
99 Minutes
James Thiérrée Derek Jacobi Izabella Miko Jodhi May Michael Lonsdale
A period drama set in the early years of the twentieth century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city, who now sweeps up at the circus.... See full summary »
5.1/10
Drama
USA
1973
90 Minutes
Viva (playing herself) and Louis Waldon (playing himself) spend an idyllic afternoon together in an apartment in New York City.
Drama
1988
177 Minutes
Alec Guinness Derek Jacobi Sarah Pickering Joan Greenwood Max Wall Patricia Hayes Luke Duckett Cyril Cusack
english gentleman seamstress father mother debt collector uncle engaging bleak witty emotional london debtors prison household father/daughter relationship dark secrets blackmail unrequited love poverty mother/son relationship fall
Dickens' tale of a girl (Sarah Pickering), her debtor father (Alec Guinness) and their benefactor (Derek Jacobi) is seen through the benefactor's eyes.
6.7/10
Comedy, War
UK
2002
108 Minutes
Maj. Merton
Kenneth Cranham Leo Bill Derek Jacobi Rosanna Lavelle Phyllida Law James Fleet Julian Glover Anthony Valentine David Ryall
Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go A.W.O.L. and invade occupied France on their own.
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1979
115 Minutes
Arthur Davis
Nicol Williamson Richard Attenborough Derek Jacobi Iman Robert Morley Ann Todd John Gielgud Joop Doderer
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.
5.6/10
Comedy
USA|UK
2020
84 Minutes
Father Enoch
Harry Melling Anna Maxwell Martin Derek Jacobi Roger Allam Vinette Robinson Tom Brooke Flora Spencer-Longhurst Sheena Bhattessa Matthew Steer San Shella Will Barton
evangelical radical hitman professor priest brother orphan madcap hilarious suspenseful yorkshire living room cliff assassination plot religious fanaticism botched murder transformation fall discovery adventure
Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch). Their mission: assassinate Professor John Huxley, famed atheist writer.
4.8/10
Drama
UK|Spain
2007
86 Minutes
Guido, Commander
Natalia Verbeke Rupert Evans Derek Jacobi Erica Prior
After a violent storm, Ali awakens on a deserted beach, sick and disoriented. They'll be looking for him and he must keep moving. Ivan, a local Cuban, takes Ali to the apartment of his ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2019
112 Minutes
Professor Wright
Nicholas Hoult Lily Collins Colm Meaney Derek Jacobi Anthony Boyle Patrick Gibson Tom Glynn-Carney Craig Roberts Harry Gilby Adam Bregman Albie Marber
writer professor soldier child wife friend inspiring confident creative dreamy emotional battlefield england restaurant woods friendship love war storytelling biography
The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
6.7/10
Horror, Action, Fantasy
USA|Canada
2006
105 Minutes
Alexander Corvinus
Kate Beckinsale Scott Speedman Tony Curran Derek Jacobi Bill Nighy Steven Mackintosh Shane Brolly Brian Steele Zita Görög Scott McElroy John Mann
vampire werewolf brother historian son monster incredible frenetic creepy thrilling eastern europe village mansion hideout prison war cross-cultural romance secrets peace evolution
Picking up directly from the previous movie, vampire warrior Selene and the half werewolf Michael hunt for clues to reveal the history of their races and the war between them.
6.5/10
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA|UK|France
2005
99 Minutes
Mr. Wheen
Emma Thompson Colin Firth Kelly Macdonald Derek Jacobi Patrick Barlow Celia Imrie Imelda Staunton Thomas Brodie-Sangster Angela Lansbury Eliza Bennett Raphaël Coleman
nanny young boy young girl baby aunt father hilarious heartwarming england household family childcare childhood children vs. adults bad behavior growing up love 19th century
A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.
5.2/10
Comedy
UK
2019
92 Minutes
Claudius
Nick Frost Kim Cattrall Warwick Davis Derek Jacobi Craig Roberts Rupert Graves Kate Nash Emilia Jones Tony Way
Atti, a smart and quick-witted Roman teenager, manages to upset Emperor Nero with one of his schemes. For punishment, Atti is sent to work in a cold and wet Britain where he also meets the Celts.
Mystery & Thriller
1982
101 Minutes
Kurt Limmer
Martin Sheen Brigitte Fossey Sam Neill Derek Jacobi Michael Lonsdale Frank Finlay
cia agent defector kgb agent assassin lover suspenseful intense east berlin east germany eastern europe assassination plot cold war government secrets international conspiracy secret mission iron curtain quest pursuit escape rivalry
An ex-lover (Brigitte Fossey) aids a radio reporter (Martin Sheen), sent to East Germany by the CIA to steal a Soviet computer chip.
8.5/10
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
USA|UK|Malta|Morocco
2000
154 Minutes
Gracchus
Russell Crowe Joaquin Phoenix Connie Nielsen Oliver Reed Derek Jacobi Djimon Hounsou Richard Harris David Schofield Tomas Arana Rolf Muller Spencer Treat Clark
gladiator prince emperor senator gritty thrilling rome colosseum battle slavery murder corruption freedom betrayal revenge transformation roman empire
A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|West Germany
1974
128 Minutes
Klaus Wenzer
Jon Voight Maximilian Schell Maria Schell Mary Tamm Derek Jacobi Peter Jeffrey Klaus Löwitsch Kurt Meisel Hannes Messemer Garfield Morgan Shmuel Rodensky
journalist nazi ss officer vigilante bleak chilling dark gripping thrilling uneasy west germany secret society fugitives nazi hunting quest pursuit mystery underdog 20th century
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.
6.2/10
Drama
UK|South Africa
2009
109 Minutes
Agnew
William Hurt Chiwetel Ejiofor Mark Strong Jonny Lee Miller Derek Jacobi Matthew Marsh Clarke Peters
A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
6.1/10
Action, Adventure
UK|Switzerland|USA|Germany
2011
121 Minutes
Cornhill
James Purefoy Paul Giamatti Kate Mara Brian Cox Derek Jacobi Jason Flemyng Mackenzie Crook Charles Dance Jamie Foreman Vladimir Kulich Guy Siner
rebel baron king brutal confident crafty engaging fiery gripping gutsy intense powerful spirited united kingdom justice freedom fight for justice tyranny king military
In thirteenth-century England, a Knights Templar and a few of the Barons men fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John.
5.9/10
Fantasy, Adventure, Kids & Family
UK
2020
94 Minutes
Mr. Brown
David Oyelowo Angelina Jolie Anna Chancellor Gugu Mbatha-Raw Derek Jacobi Michael Caine Keira Chansa Reece Yates Jordan Nash Clarke Peters David Gyasi
When their eldest brother dies, Peter and Alice seek to save their parents from despair until they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
3.8/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2019
102 Minutes
Lord Palmerston
Devika Bhise Rupert Everett Nathaniel Parker Jodhi May Derek Jacobi Ben Lamb Swati Bhise Sonia Albizuri
A tale of women's empowerment, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the infamous mutiny of 1857.
8.0/10
Drama, History
UK|USA|Australia
2010
118 Minutes
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Guy Pearce Timothy Spall Derek Jacobi Jennifer Ehle Anthony Andrews Claire Bloom Eve Best Michael Gambon
prince actor speech therapist queen elizabeth ii uplifting fascinating england royal palace royalty stuttering unlikely friendship teaching public speaking king george vi rise transformation quest 1940s
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
6.5/10
Drama
UK
1970
165 Minutes
Andrei
Laurence Olivier Joan Plowright Alan Bates Jeanne Watts Louise Purnell Derek Jacobi Sheila Reid Kenneth MacKintosh Daphne Heard Harry Lomax
sister teacher wife doctor military officer brooding emotional russia small town aspirations family marriage infidelity disillusionment love triangle discovery forbidden love growing up 1900s
Olga, Masha and Irina Prozoroff (Louise Purnell) lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who had commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Adventure, Action
UK|USA
2018
118 Minutes
Mr. Yaffe
Alicia Vikander Dominic West Walton Goggins Daniel Wu Kristin Scott Thomas Derek Jacobi Alexandre Willaume-Jantzen Tamer Burjaq Adrian Collins Keenan Arrison Andrian Mazive
explorer young woman adventurer native cool emotional gripping intense island mansion japan jungle kingdom tomb exploration disappearance mysterious strangers fable adventure adventure
Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander), the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father, Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West) disappeared.
6.1/10
Comedy
UK
2008
96 Minutes
Nigel
Burt Reynolds Camilla Arfwedson Ty Davies Charles Durning Peter Gunn Derek Jacobi Tony Jayawardena Gemma Lawrence Alistair Petrie Kelly Price Michael Wildman
movie star agent client actor actress landlady amusing witty england countryside bed and breakfast theater barn culture clash arrogance life lessons theater production failing career show business fall
A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.
5.7/10
Biography, Drama
Switzerland|France|Italy|Belgium
2014
102 Minutes
Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Nicole Kidman Tim Roth Frank Langella Paz Vega Parker Posey Derek Jacobi Milo Ventimiglia Robert Lindsay Geraldine Somerville Nicholas Farrell André Penvern
nicole kidman princess celebrity movie star wife alfred hitchcock charming creative disheartening heartwarming melodramatic intense hollywood, calif. monaco movie set france movies monarchy relationships aspirations
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
Drama, History
2002
95 Minutes
Stanley Baldwin
Albert Finney Vanessa Redgrave Jim Broadbent Linus Roache Tom Wilkinson Derek Jacobi Ronnie Barker Celia Imrie
Winston Churchill (Albert Finney) wages a battle against Nazi tyranny while facing obstacles in his marriage to Clementine (Vanessa Redgrave).
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1965
166 Minutes
Cassio
Laurence Olivier Frank Finlay Maggie Smith Robert Lang Anthony Nicholls Roy Holder Derek Jacobi Joyce Redman Sheila Reid Harry Lomax Michael Turner
othello senator iago desdemona servant campy confident intense brooding venice, italy street castle cyprus bedroom race relations jealousy doomed romance schemes interracial relationship revenge
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
4.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
2017
95 Minutes
Ross
Dominic Cooper Connie Nielsen Gemma Chan Tyler Hoechlin Tom Felton Thomas Kretschmann Derek Jacobi Austin Stowell Igal Naor Jake Fairbrother Olegar Fedoro
man special agent secret agent murderer friend thrilling rousing raw powerful london iraq biological weapons mission adventure discovery revenge pursuit rescue escape 2010s
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
6.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Malta|USA
2017
114 Minutes
Edward Henry Masterman
Kenneth Branagh Johnny Depp Michelle Pfeiffer Penélope Cruz Willem Dafoe Judi Dench Josh Gad Derek Jacobi Leslie Odom Jr. Daisy Ridley Marwan Kenzari
investigator detective passenger murder suspect governess widow brooding suspenseful uneasy tense train train tracks mountain dining room cabin murder investigation murder plot murder accusation suspicion mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
6.1/10
Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
UK|USA
2007
118 Minutes
Magisterial Emissary
Nicole Kidman Dakota Blue Richards Daniel Craig Sam Elliott Eva Green Tom Courtenay Christopher Lee Derek Jacobi Ben Walker Simon McBurney Jim Carter
young girl mother father bear cowboy monkey intricate suspenseful college north pole norway alternate reality magic kidnapping struggle childhood investigation pursuit quest unknown era
In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
7.2/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Italy
2001
137 Minutes
Probert
Eileen Atkins Bob Balaban Alan Bates Charles Dance Stephen Fry Michael Gambon Richard E. Grant Tom Hollander Derek Jacobi Kelly Macdonald Helen Mirren
countess maid actor producer nobleman noblewoman witty intricate england gosford park countryside household murder party deception greed mystery quest 1930s
Set in the 1930s, this movie brings a group of pretentious rich and famous together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
6.9/10
Romance, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA|UK
2015
105 Minutes
King
Cate Blanchett Lily James Richard Madden Helena Bonham Carter Nonso Anozie Stellan Skarsgård Sophie McShera Holliday Grainger Derek Jacobi Ben Chaplin Hayley Atwell
father girl stepmother stepsister stranger beggar charming amusing creative house palace ballroom woods stagecoach bedroom loss cruelty family love search
When her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
5.8/10
Drama
Spain|USA|Argentina
2011
120 Minutes
Honorio
Charlie Cox Wes Bentley Dougray Scott Unax Ugalde Olga Kurylenko Pablo Lapadula Golshifteh Farahani Rodrigo Santoro Derek Jacobi
journalist father priest emotional past faith secrets men rivalry 1930s
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.
4.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Netherlands
2020
103 Minutes
Dr. Hobson
Maryam Hassouni Mike Beckingham Dougie Poynter Nigel Barber Suan-Li Ong Togo Igawa Daniël Boissevain Tom Wu Derek Jacobi Fabian Jansen Dominic Keating
An opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to leave the mundane behind to start a new life.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
1978
110 Minutes
Townley
Richard Burton Lino Ventura Lee Remick Harry Andrews Alan Badel Marie-Christine Barrault Jeremy Brett Michael Hordern Gordon Jackson Derek Jacobi
detective murderer novelist frenchman psychopath bleak disturbing brutal engaging thrilling suspenseful london horror psychosis fighting murder adventure discovery escape mystery
Psychological thriller about a telekinetic novelist who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
6.9/10
Drama
UK|USA
2011
101 Minutes
Sir Owen Morshead
Michelle Williams Eddie Redmayne Kenneth Branagh Dominic Cooper Julia Ormond Emma Watson Judi Dench Zoë Wanamaker Toby Jones Derek Jacobi Dougray Scott
actress production assistant laurence olivier wardrobe assistant manager husband charming emotional london film set countryside library school marilyn monroe filmmaking drug addiction acting coming of age unlikely romance love
Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).
6.9/10
Drama, History
UK|Germany|USA
2011
130 Minutes
Rhys Ifans Vanessa Redgrave Joely Richardson David Thewlis Xavier Samuel Sebastian Armesto Rafe Spall Edward Hogg Sam Reid Jamie Campbell Bower Derek Jacobi
queen elizabeth i edward de vere playwright earl suspenseful intricate globe theatre london royal court theater authorship political intrigue william shakespeare rivalry love 16th century
The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
6.6/10
Drama
UK
1968
113 Minutes
Oskar Werner Barbara Ferris Virginia Maskell Donald Sutherland Nora Swinburne Alan Webb Bernard Kay Geraldine Sherman Gino Mulvazzi Robert Lang Derek Jacobi
conductor reporter pretty woman wife emotional melodramatic england london concert hall castle libel lawsuit interview romance infidelity classical music forbidden love temptation discovery 1960s
A famous conductor gives an interview to a pretty young reporter. He speaks a bit too frankly and finds he's given himself an unwanted sabbatical from conducting. He begins an affair with ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Romance, Drama, Biography, History
UK
2014
108 Minutes
Emma Thompson Dakota Fanning Julie Walters Tom Sturridge David Suchet Greg Wise Claudia Cardinale Robbie Coltrane James Fox Riccardo Scamarcio Derek Jacobi
art critic wife artist bleak sultry brooding engaging melancholy victorian england mansion venice biography art victorian society marriage career love growing up rise 19th century
A look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|France
1973
141 Minutes
Edward Fox Michael Lonsdale Tony Britton Terence Alexander Cyril Cusack Alan Badel Michel Auclair Denis Carey Maurice Denham Adrien Cayla-Legrand Vernon Dobtcheff
hit man charles de gaulle police detective police officer suspenseful engaging paris apartment building assassination plot political intrigue investigation secret identity torture quest pursuit 1960s
A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.
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