List of the best Joanna Scanlan movies: After Love(2020), Pin Cushion(2017), The Invisible Woman(2013), Wild Honey Pie(2018), Girl With a Pearl Earring(2003), Get Santa(2014), Testament of Youth(2014), In the Loop(2009) ... ...
Drama
UK
2020
89 Minutes
Mary Hussain
Joanna Scanlan Nathalie Richard Talid Ariss Nasser Memarzia Sudha Bhuchar Nisha Chadha Jabeen Butt Subika Anwar-Khan Elijah Braik
Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
Drama
UK
2017
82 Minutes
Joanna Scanlan Lily Newmark Chanel Cresswell Sacha Cordy-Nice Loris Scarpa Bethany Antonia Saskia Paige Martin Isy Suttie John Henshaw Nadine Coyle Charlie Frances
woman daughter friend neighbor bully classmate emotional engaging sad melodramatic heartwarming england midlands school new life mother/daughter relationship awkward situations relationships friendship outsider
Super close Mother LYN and daughter IONA (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes '... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
UK
2013
111 Minutes
Catherine Dickens
Ralph Fiennes Felicity Jones Kristin Scott Thomas Tom Hollander Joanna Scanlan Perdita Weeks Amanda Hale Tom Burke John Kavanagh Michael Marcus Michelle Fairley
writer mistress emotional engaging united kingdom poverty writing love love victorian era
At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2018
87 Minutes
Janet
Jemima Kirke Richard Elis Brett Goldstein Alice Lowe Craig Russell Joanna Scanlan Tonya Smith Sarah Solemani
couple author dj amusing charming emotional heartwarming wales coast family home theater marriage friendship playwright career adventure discovery growing up love 21st century
Gillian is an aspiring playwright married to Oliver, a small-time DJ for all occasions. Their marriage has hit the Seven Year Itch, and this neurotic pair want to scratch that itch until it bleeds.
Biography, Drama
UK|Luxembourg|France|Belgium|USA
2003
99 Minutes
Tanneke
Colin Firth Scarlett Johansson Tom Wilkinson Judy Parfitt Cillian Murphy Essie Davis Joanna Scanlan Alakina Mann
painter maid patron jealous woman butcher melodramatic passionate intricate netherlands artist's studio shop street painting obsession vulnerability art class distinctions forbidden love rivalry temptation
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Other
UK|USA
2014
102 Minutes
Ruth
Jim Broadbent Rafe Spall Warwick Davis Kit Connor Nonso Anozie Jodie Whittaker Ewen Bremner Stephen Graham Joanna Scanlan
santa claus animal father son elf amusing hilarious charming lighthearted heartwarming engaging london christmas fairy tales fairies relationships saving the day father/son relationship adventure discovery
A father and son who team up to save Christmas once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.
Drama, War, History, Biography
UK|Denmark
2014
129 Minutes
Alicia Vikander Kit Harington Taron Egerton Colin Morgan Emily Watson Dominic West Hayley Atwell Miranda Richardson Anna Chancellor Charlotte Hope Joanna Scanlan
writer headmaster wealthy woman aunt heartwarming emotional engaging inspiring united kingdom oxford university world war i pacifism discovery transformation sacrifice love 1910s
A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Comedy
UK
2009
106 Minutes
Peter Capaldi Tom Hollander Gina McKee James Gandolfini Chris Addison Anna Chlumsky Paul Higgins Mimi Kennedy Steve Coogan Enzo Cilenti Christian Contreras
politician lieutenant cabinet minister press officer adviser hilarious unrestrained madcap spirited london washington, d.c. iraq war politics government war manipulation fall rise rivalry 2000s
A political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.