List of the best Frances Barber movies: The Leaving of Liverpool(1992), Secret Friends(1991), May I Kill U?(2012), The Red Siren(2002), Photographing Fairies(1997), Esther Kahn(2000), Evilenko(2004), Young Soul Rebels(1991), The Escape(2017), Castaway(1987), We Think the World of You(1988), Suzie Gold(2004) ... ...
Drama
USA
1992
180 Minutes
Christine Tremarco Frances Barber John Hargreaves Bill Hunter Martin Jacobs Frank Whitten David Kaff Darren Yap
Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Comedy
UK
1991
97 Minutes
Angela
Alan Bates Gina Bellman Frances Barber Tony Doyle Joanna David Colin Jeavons Rowena Cooper Ian McNeice
During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John (Sir Alan Bates) into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with ... See full summary »
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2012
87 Minutes
Bernice
Kevin Bishop Jack Doolan Frances Barber Kasia Koleczek Rosemary Leach Rachael Evelyn Tyson Oba Hayley-Marie Axe Ali Craig Jessica Jackson-Smith
Baz is one of Britain's new bicycle police, a figure of fun. But soon he will turn from cycle cop to psycho-path. As riots break out in London, a head injury skews Baz into a vigilante, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France
2002
115 Minutes
Eva
Jean-Marc Barr Asia Argento Frances Barber Andrew Tiernan Alexandra Negrao Édouard Montoute Vernon Dobtcheff Johan Leysen Jean-Christophe Bouvet Carlo Brandt François Levantal
A 12 y.o. girl reports her powerful mom to the police for having killed the nanny. She runs away and is helped by an ex-soldier/assassin to find her dad in Portugal while the mom has her people try prevent this. Shooting follows.
Drama
UK
1997
104 Minutes
Beatrice Templeton
Toby Stephens Emily Woof Ben Kingsley Frances Barber Philip Davis Rachel Shelley Edward Hardwicke Hannah Bould Miriam Grant Clive Merrison
Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in ... See full summary »
Drama
France|UK
2000
163 Minutes
Rivka Kahn
Summer Phoenix Ian Holm Fabrice Desplechin Frances Barber Laszlo Szabo Emmanuelle Devos Akbar Kurtha Claudia Solti Berna Raif Paul Regan Ian Bartholomew
A Jewish girl in nineteenth century London, dreams of becoming a stage actress.
Crime, Drama
Italy
2004
108 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell Marton Csokas Ronald Pickup Frances Barber John Benfield
A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kiev becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France|Germany|Spain
1991
105 Minutes
Ann
Valentine Nonyela Mo Sesay Dorian Healy Frances Barber Sophie Okonedo Jason Durr Garry McDonald Debra Gillett Danielle Scillitoe
dj neo-nazi police officers punk emotional cool raw tense club london united kingdom studio racial tension murder false accusations homophobia forbidden love growing up mystery pursuit
Youth culture meets identity politics in this part-thriller, part-gay love story set in London in 1977, days before the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. The hedonistic world of pirate ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
2017
101 Minutes
Alison
Gemma Arterton Dominic Cooper Jalil Lespert Frances Barber Marthe Keller
mother father child teacher depressed person friend solemn tense emotional disheartening moving london house train station school yard depression escape marriage family
An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever.
Drama
UK
1987
117 Minutes
Sister Saint Winifred
Oliver Reed Amanda Donohoe Georgina Hale Frances Barber Tony Rickards Todd Rippon Virginia Hey Paul Reynolds Sorel Johnson Len Peihopa Sean Hamilton
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island.
Comedy, Drama
1988
94 Minutes
Megan
Alan Bates Gary Oldman Max Wall Frances Barber Liz Smith Kerry Wise
lover gay man convict wife dog mother tender amusing quirky cheeky london family home jail park love triangle imprisonment dogs homosexuality sexual repression forbidden love
A middle-aged homosexual (Alan Bates) in postwar Britain forms a bond with his ex-lover's (Gary Oldman) German shepherd dog.
Romance
UK
2004
93 Minutes
Joyce Spencer
Summer Phoenix Leo Gregory Stanley Townsend Rebecca Front Frances Barber Iddo Goldberg Miriam Karlin Leon Lissek Sophie Winkleman Ariana Fravel Gem Souleyman
As Suzie Gold's sister prepares to get married, it seems only natural that Suzie's thoughts should turn to the state of her own love-life. While her doting but dysfunctional family ... See full summary »
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
106 Minutes
Joy
Annette Bening Jamie Bell Julie Walters Kenneth Cranham Vanessa Redgrave Frances Barber Leanne Best Jodie McNee Stephen Graham Joanna Brookes Pete Lee-Wilson
actor actress hollywood icons bleak emotional engaging liverpool, england love death loss forbidden love love transformation 1980s
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2019
84 Minutes
Miss Ferguson
Craig Kelly Dean Lennox Kelly Kris Marshall Jason Flemyng Maimie McCoy Frances Barber Hugo Speer Jamie Sives Jessamine-Bliss Bell Richard Carter Ben Fairman
estranged brother dead person gang leader gang member police officer brash brooding confident dark disturbing gritty raw blackpool, england halloween party accidental death accidental killing estrangement on the run escape revenge
Greg Kielty's life is turned upside down when his estranged brother Dan turns up, claiming to have drunkenly run someone over. But has Dan just murdered a gangster's son? Or maybe there's an even more sinister explanation.
Comedy
UK
2018
108 Minutes
Princess
Sam Rockwell Ben Schwartz Phoebe Fox Simon Callow Amanda Donohoe Frances Barber Peter Polycarpou Al Weaver Peter Ferdinando Anton Valensi Andre Flynn
thief criminal lawyer ex-convict young woman british woman american man amusing cheeky thrilling united kingdom london city new york united states crime scene crime robbery burglary criminal past
Ex-jailbirds Eddie and Paul are on parole and working in a New York diner. Their lives are a dead end. That is, until English lawyer Katherine Rookwood walks into the diner with an offer they can't refuse.
Drama, Biography
2012
90 Minutes
Diana Vreeland
Aneurin Barnard Karen Gillan Helen McCrory Joseph May Sascha Bailey Frances Barber Fiona Button Anna Chancellor
Iconic 1960s supermodel Jean Shrimpton (Karen Gillan) falls in love with photographer David Bailey (Aneurin Barnard).
Gay & Lesbian, Biography
UK
1987
108 Minutes
Leonie Orton
Gary Oldman Alfred Molina Vanessa Redgrave Wallace Shawn Julie Walters James Grant Frances Barber Lindsay Duncan Janet Dale Dave Atkins
playwright lover agent psychiatrist joe orton dark intense england london brighton, england sussex, england bathhouse love homosexuality obsession jealousy writing forbidden love fall 1960s
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
Drama
UK|Spain|Germany|France
2017
113 Minutes
Jessie
Emily Mortimer Bill Nighy Patricia Clarkson Hunter Tremayne Honor Kneafsey James Lance Jorge Suquet Frances Barber
widow store owner friend girl wealthy woman amusing cheeky emotional tense england bookstore house park mansion party rivalry relationships book small business grief
England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
Romance
UK
1998
95 Minutes
Stephen Rea Billy Connolly Jimmy Nail Timothy Spall Bill Nighy Juliet Aubrey Helena Bergström Bruce Robinson Hans Matheson Rachael Stirling Phil Daniels
guitarist rock star roadie drummer middle-aged man singer tender amusing quirky emotional holland nightclub household england spain stage jealousy rock 'n' roll reunion aging
Fame, fortune and fornication drove the British rock band in the '70s until a divine end. 20 years later, Strange Fruit reunites and goes on a tour with ups and downs on the continent.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
2015
105 Minutes
Ian McKellen Laura Linney Milo Parker Hiroyuki Sanada Hattie Morahan Patrick Kennedy Roger Allam Philip Davis Frances de la Tour Takako Akashi Zak Shukor
sherlock holmes old man young boy mysterious woman sick person detective moving engaging witty england countryside london united kingdom crime scene japan sussex mystery mysterious past memory sherlock holmes
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with early dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.