List of the best Emma Thompson movies: Sense and Sensibility(1995), Saving Mr. Banks(2013), The Children Act(2017), Alone in Berlin(2016), Nanny McPhee(2005), Late Night(2019), Nanny McPhee Returns(2010), Effie Gray(2014), Wit(2001), The Remains of the Day(1993), Howards End(1992), Much Ado About Nothing(1993) ... ...
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|UK
1995
135 Minutes
Writer
Emma Thompson Alan Rickman Kate Winslet Hugh Grant James Fleet Harriet Walter Gemma Jones Elizabeth Spriggs Robert Hardy Greg Wise Imelda Staunton
woman sister neighbor colonel in-law charming airy witty heartwarming england london devonshire romance siblings money relationships love discovery 18th century
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Australia
2013
125 Minutes
P.L. Travers
Emma Thompson Tom Hanks Paul Giamatti Jason Schwartzman Colin Farrell Bradley Whitford Ruth Wilson B.J. Novak Rachel Griffiths Dendrie Taylor Kathy Baker
walt disney novelist filmmaker movie producer aunt driver charming endearing fascinating touching witty heartwarming hollywood, calif. london movie studio family home office limousine children's book film industry
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Drama
UK|USA
2017
105 Minutes
Fiona Maye
Emma Thompson Fionn Whitehead Stanley Tucci Ben Chaplin Anthony Calf Jason Watkins Dominic Carter Eileen Walsh Rosie Cavaliero Nicholas Jones
judge husband teen boy parent jehovah's witnesses bleak emotional intense melancholy moving profound sad tender uneasy london united kingdom love family religious beliefs law
As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.
Drama, History
UK|France|Germany
2016
103 Minutes
Anna Quangel
Emma Thompson Brendan Gleeson Daniel Brühl Mikael Persbrandt Katharina Schüttler Louis Hofmann Lars Rudolph Uwe Preuss Jacob Matschenz Godehard Giese
mother father husband wife adolf hitler nazi detective ss officer son chilling emotional engaging moving tense suspenseful berlin germany death grief loss
After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA|UK|France
2005
99 Minutes
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Katherine Newbury
Emma Thompson Mindy Kaling John Lithgow Hugh Dancy Reid Scott Denis O'Hare Max Casella Paul Walter Hauser John Early Luke Slattery Ike Barinholtz
talk show host writer co-worker friend amusing hilarious cheeky inspiring uplifting new york city television studio office stage women comedy unlikely allies unlikely friendship friendship working woman transformation
A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
UK|France|USA
2010
109 Minutes
Executive Producer
Emma Thompson Maggie Gyllenhaal Rhys Ifans Maggie Smith Sam Kelly Sinead Matthews Katy Brand Oscar Steer Asa Butterfield Lil Woods Eros Vlahos
nanny mother child soldier amusing playful farm household london education war parenthood aspirations childhood magic discovery adventure quest 19th century
Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.
Romance, Drama, Biography, History
UK
2014
108 Minutes
Screenwriter
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).
Drama
2001
99 Minutes
Writer
Emma Thompson Christopher Lloyd Eileen Atkins Audra McDonald Jonathan M. Woodward Harold Pinter Raffaello Degruttola Miquel Brown
professor doctor patient student mentor nurse emotional gripping tender hospital death poetry cancer medical experiments meaning of life religion quest transformation 2000s
A bright and demanding professor (Emma Thompson) reassesses her life after finding out she has terminal ovarian cancer.
Drama
USA|UK
1993
135 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson James Fox Christopher Reeve Peter Vaughan Hugh Grant Michael Lonsdale Tim Pigott-Smith Patrick Godfrey
butler aristocrat housekeeper congressman lord cook emotional tense bleak estate england manor loyalty anti-semitism world war ii duty class conflict regret transformation love
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Drama
UK|Japan|USA
1992
140 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson Helena Bonham Carter Vanessa Redgrave James Wilby Samuel West Jemma Redgrave Nicola Duffett Prunella Scales Susie Lindeman Adrian Ross Magenty
businessperson wealthy woman sister aunt emotional england mansion restaurant inheritance money jealousy romance class distinctions scandal discovery fall transformation 1910s
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
Comedy
UK|USA
1993
110 Minutes
Beatrice
Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Denzel Washington Keanu Reeves Michael Keaton Robert Sean Leonard Richard Briers Kate Beckinsale Gerard Horan Richard Clifford Brian Blessed
prince soldier half brother niece fiancé fiancée amusing crafty melodramatic italy vineyard castle ballroom marriage matchmaking deception rumors friendship jealousy love
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
Drama
UK|USA
1997
106 Minutes
Frances
Phyllida Law Emma Thompson Gary Hollywood Arlene Cockburn Sheila Reid Sandra Voe Douglas Murphy Sean Biggerstaff
grandmother widow grandson old woman tomboy teenager somber calm emotional touching scotland village seaside funeral grief family reunion young love sexual awakening loss
A recent widow, who is determined to leave Scotland for Australia with her son, gets an unexpected visit from her aging mother.
Comedy
UK
2015
96 Minutes
Cemolina
Robert Carlyle Emma Thompson Ray Winstone Ashley Jensen Tom Courtenay Martin Compston James Cosmo Kevin Guthrie Stephen McCole Samuel Robertson Brian Pettifer
detective barber serial killer suspenseful glasgow scotland legend life coincidence rivalry
The story of the South Korean actor, Choi Eun-hee, and her ex-husband and film director, Shin Sang-ok, who were individually kidnapped and reunited by dictator and film fan Kim Jong-il to force them to develop North Korea's film industry.
Romance
USA
2008
92 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Emma Thompson Liane Balaban James Brolin Eileen Atkins Kathy Baker Richard Schiff Jeremy Sheffield
musician love interest ex-wife boss daughter stepfather endearing tender amusing heartwarming london airport wedding river bar public space courtship new love father/daughter relationship middle age
In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life.
Drama
Spain|UK|USA
2003
107 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Emma Thompson Ruben Blades Maria Canals-Barrera Leticia Dolera Kuno Becker John Wood Claire Bloom
journalist daughter husband police officer government agent actress brutal dark disheartening argentina theater farm church abduction clairvoyance police state torture search escape rescue
A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.
Comedy
France|UK
2013
94 Minutes
Pierce Brosnan Emma Thompson Celia Imrie Timothy Spall Laurent Lafitte Louise Bourgoin Tuppence Middleton Jack Wilkinson Marisa Berenson Jordan Jones Tom Morton
couple cheater ex-wife amusing europe track love plot chase pursuit
A divorced couple scheme to recover the retirement money that was stolen from them.
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
1992
100 Minutes
Maggie Chester
Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Stephen Fry Alphonsia Emmanuel Hugh Laurie Phyllida Law Alex Lowe Rita Rudner Tony Slattery Imelda Staunton Alex Scott
friend songwriter wife writer television star designer witty touching charming england country house friendship reunion miscarriage affair unhappy marriage holidays transformation growing up 1990s
Theatrical British pals from college have a revealing New Year's party at one's (Stephen Fry) country estate.
Drama
2018
115 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson Emily Watson Florence Pugh Jim Broadbent Jim Carter Andrew Scott John Macmillan Tobias Menzies Anthony Calf Karl Johnson
king creative bleak kingdom london allegiance inheritance narcissism discovery 21st century
King Lear divides his kingdom among his three daughters -- Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. The kingdom and family soon collapse into chaos and warfare as Lear goes mad and tragedy strikes.
Drama
Ireland|UK
1993
132 Minutes
Gareth Peirce
Daniel Day-Lewis Pete Postlethwaite Emma Thompson John Lynch Corin Redgrave Beatie Edney Daniel Massey Alison Crosbie
thief father barrister judge friend police detective disturbing powerful inspiring ireland courtroom prison pub injustice imprisonment false accusations father/son relationship terrorism patriotism wretched excess
A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.
Comedy, Adventure
USA
2015
104 Minutes
Catherine Bryson
Robert Redford Nick Nolte Emma Thompson Mary Steenburgen Nick Offerman Kristen Schaal Chrystee Pharris Sandra Ellis Lafferty R. Keith Harris Randall Newsome Hayley Lovitt
robert redford author wife hiker friend nick nolte amusing cheery inspiring playful hilarious heartwarming united kingdom united states new hampshire appalachia trail hiking aspirations odd couple
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends, Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte).
Comedy, Adventure
UK|France|USA|China
2018
88 Minutes
Prime Minister
Rowan Atkinson Ben Miller Emma Thompson Olga Kurylenko Jake Lacy Miranda Hennessy Adam James Pippa Bennett-Warner David Mumeni Kendra Mei Michael Gambon
retired spy special agent teacher hacker villain undercover agent amusing hilarious lighthearted quirky playful cheeky england prep school church airplane secret headquarters secret hideout spying undercover operations
After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker.
Comedy
USA
1994
109 Minutes
Dr. Diana Reddin
Arnold Schwarzenegger Danny DeVito Emma Thompson Frank Langella Pamela Reed Judy Collins James Eckhouse Aida Turturro
doctor scientist co-worker ex-wife gynecologist parent amusing offbeat laboratory hospital beach city pregnancy family experiments love deception friendship quest love
As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body.
Comedy
USA
2017
110 Minutes
Maureen
Adam Sandler Ben Stiller Dustin Hoffman Emma Thompson Elizabeth Marvel Grace Van Patten Judd Hirsch Rebecca Miller Adam Driver Matthew Shear Candice Bergen
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Romance, Drama
UK|Italy|Morocco|USA
2008
134 Minutes
Lady Marchmain
Matthew Goode Hayley Atwell Ben Whishaw Emma Thompson Michael Gambon Greta Scacchi Jonathan Cake Patrick Malahide Ed Stoppard Felicity Jones James Bradshaw
captain military officer aristocrat wealthy man young girl emotional touching oxford, england mansion lake romance class distinctions religion war friendship forbidden love growing up 1930s
A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.
Romance
USA|France|China|UK|Japan
2016
122 Minutes
Screenwriter
Renée Zellweger Colin Firth Patrick Dempsey Emma Thompson Shirley Henderson Jim Broadbent Celia Imrie James Callis Sarah Solemani Gemma Jones Sally Phillips
pregnant woman ex-boyfriend love interest boss co-worker mother charming cheeky amusing london television studio office park doctor's office bathroom breakup pregnancy confusion secrets love
Forty-something and single again, Bridget decides to focus on her job and surround herself with friends. In a twist, she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father.
Romance, Other
UK|USA
2019
102 Minutes
Producer
Emilia Clarke Henry Golding Michelle Yeoh Emma Thompson Rebecca Root Lydia Leonard Patti LuPone Madison Ingoldsby Ingrid Oliver Rob Delaney Peter Serafinowicz
young woman young man mother father charming melodramatic emotional heartwarming amusing london store street parents' house hospital christmas romance illness parent/child relationship growing up love
Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Working as an elf in a year round Christmas store is not good for the wannabe singer. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true.
Comedy, Fantasy
USA|UK
2006
105 Minutes
Kay Eiffel
Will Ferrell Maggie Gyllenhaal Dustin Hoffman Queen Latifah Emma Thompson Tony Hale Thomas Hulce Linda Hunt Eli Goodman Denise Hughes Jason Burke
auditor baker professor author assistant offbeat profound tender united states university meta film fate love existential crisis survival writing discovery escape transformation 2000s
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.
Romance, Other
UK|USA|France
2003
135 Minutes
Karen
Hugh Grant Laura Linney Colin Firth Alan Rickman Bill Nighy Emma Thompson Liam Neeson Martine McCutcheon Keira Knightley Rowan Atkinson Andrew Lincoln
rock star writer president prime minister housekeeper manager uplifting lighthearted emotional england wisconsin love affair love triangle friendship love temptation 2000s
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Action
USA|United Arab Emirates
2012
104 Minutes
Agent O
Will Smith Tommy Lee Jones Josh Brolin Jemaine Clement Michael Stuhlbarg Emma Thompson Alice Eve Bill Hader David Rasche Mike Colter Lenny Venito
government agent alien secretary criminal andy warhol scientist hilarious spectacular playful new york city government building laboratory skyscraper alien invasion time travel saving the world assassination changing the past pursuit escape
Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.
Crime, Drama
USA
1998
97 Minutes
FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
Simon Baker-Denny Gil Bellows Carla Gugino Alan Rickman Til Schweiger Emma Thompson Hal Holbrook Greg Wise Lisa Eichhorn Beverly Penberthy
A couple and two hired hands kidnap a business owner for a four million dollar ransom. A woman is killed. Collateral damage? The F.B.I. gets involved.
Comedy
UK
2019
102 Minutes
Amanda
Beanie Feldstein Alfie Allen Paddy Considine Sarah Solemani Chris O'Dowd Emma Thompson Michael Sheen Sue Perkins Laurie Kynaston
A teenager living with her working-class family on a council estate in Wolverhampton, England, grows up to become a popular but conflicted music journalist.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Adventure, Action
China|USA
2019
115 Minutes
Agent O
Chris Hemsworth Tessa Thompson Rebecca Ferguson Rafe Spall Emma Thompson Liam Neeson Laurent Bourgeois Larry Bourgeois Kayvan Novak Spencer Wilding Marcy Harriell
fbi agent veteran rookie alien secret agent teamwork campy cheeky cool intricate madcap creative paris new york city secret headquarters dance club london street alien invasion memory loss
The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
Drama
UK|USA
2009
100 Minutes
Headmistress
Peter Sarsgaard Carey Mulligan Alfred Molina Dominic Cooper Rosamund Pike Olivia Williams Emma Thompson Cara Seymour Matthew Beard Sally Hawkins
teacher teenager friend love interest cheater thief emotional touching london school paris suburbia romance deception marriage education travel money discovery love
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Documentary
Canada
2018
78 Minutes
Ken Auletta Joan Collins Terri Colombino Rebecca Corry Melissa Sagemiller Lauren Sivan Emma Thompson Mark Urman Jeanne M. Christensen Katherine Kendall
Powerful, personal and uncensored, The Reckoning explores the most explosive scandal in pop culture's history: sexual misconduct in Hollywood.
Romance, Fantasy
USA
2013
123 Minutes
Mrs. Lincoln, Sarafine
Alden Ehrenreich Alice Englert Jeremy Irons Viola Davis Emmy Rossum Thomas Mann Emma Thompson Eileen Atkins Margo Martindale Zoey Deutch Tiffany Boone
teen boy mysterious girl uncle fortuneteller family member librarian crafty suspenseful passionate gatlin, s.c. household school supernatural teen romance small-town life dark secrets discovery love 2010s
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town.
Drama, History
UK
1989
137 Minutes
Katherine
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.
Comedy, Drama
1991
109 Minutes
Duchess D'Antan
Judy Davis Hugh Grant Mandy Patinkin Bernadette Peters Julian Sands Ralph Brown George Corraface Emma Thompson David Birkin Nimer Rashed
duchess artist playwright composer endearing moving touching france countryside country house george sand frédéric chopin literature music love seduction love pursuit discovery 1830s
Amorous encounters punctuate a weekend retreat taken by several of 19th-century Europe's greatest creative minds.
Kids & Family, Musical, Romance, Fantasy
USA
2017
129 Minutes
Mrs. Potts
Emma Watson Dan Stevens Luke Evans Kevin Kline Josh Gad Ewan McGregor Gugu Mbatha-Raw Audra McDonald Ian McKellen Emma Thompson Stanley Tucci
young woman prince servant hunter merchant sycophant eerie emotional melodramatic incredible passionate spirited castle woods village dungeon forest redemption curse love
A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.
Drama
USA|UK
2015
100 Minutes
Dr. Rosshilde
Bradley Cooper Sienna Miller Omar Sy Daniel Brühl Riccardo Scamarcio Sam Keeley Alicia Vikander Matthew Rhys Uma Thurman Emma Thompson Lily James
chef drug addict maitre d' staff member woman daughter brash confident cool tense amusing emotional paris new orleans london restaurant apartment street redemption cooking
Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) is a chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Fantasy, Adventure, Kids & Family
UK|USA
2004
141 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Gary Oldman David Thewlis Michael Gambon Alan Rickman Maggie Smith Robbie Coltrane Tom Felton Emma Thompson
harry potter witch wizard ex-convict professor rat charming suspenseful thrilling little whinging train hogwarts bus hideout forest witchcraft betrayal friendship injustice time travel
Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.
Fantasy, Adventure
UK
2011
131 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Ralph Fiennes Alan Rickman Robbie Coltrane Helena Bonham Carter Jim Broadbent Gary Oldman Maggie Smith David Thewlis
wizard student headmaster teacher harry potter lord voldemort dark thrilling inspiring charming hogwarts england bank london countryside hideout showdown good versus evil friendship death
Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.
Comedy, Drama
UK|France|Germany
2009
129 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Bill Nighy Rhys Ifans Nick Frost Kenneth Branagh Tom Sturridge Chris O'Dowd Tom Brooke Rhys Darby Will Adamsdale Katherine Parkinson
radio dj sweetheart hysterical hedonistic inspiring melodramatic amusing powerful fishing boat north sea bedroom ship boat radio station free speech rebellion rock 'n' roll relationships desire rivalry
A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.
Adventure, Fantasy
UK|USA
2007
138 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Helena Bonham Carter Robbie Coltrane Michael Gambon Gary Oldman Imelda Staunton Richard Griffiths Jason Isaacs Alan Rickman
wizard witch professor harry potter student love interest dark fascinating suspenseful hogwarts little whinging forest household ministry of magic magic love rebellion prophecy friendship coming of age
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.