List of the best John Mackenzie movies: Unman, Wittering and Zigo(1971), When the Sky Falls(2000), The Infiltrator(1995), Act of Vengeance(1986), Quicksand(2003), The Long Good Friday(1980), Made(1972), Beyond the Limit(1983), A Sense of Freedom(1979) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1971
102 Minutes
Director
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A new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.
Crime, Drama
UK|Ireland|USA
2000
108 Minutes
Director
Joan Allen Patrick Bergin Liam Cunningham Kevin R. McNally Jimmy Smallhorne Jason Barry Gerard Flynn Pete Postlethwaite Des McAleer Ruaidhri Conroy
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Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1995
93 Minutes
Director
Oliver Platt Arliss Howard Peter Riegert Alan King Michael Byrne Julian Glover Tony Haygarth Anne Reid
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After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.
Drama
1986
94 Minutes
Director
Charles Bronson Ellen Burstyn Wilford Brimley Hoyt Axton Robert Schenkkan Ellen Barkin Keanu Reeves
Joseph "Jock" Yablonski (Charles Bronson) opposes United Mine Workers president Tony Boyle (Wilford Brimley) and winds up dead in 1969.
Mystery & Thriller
2003
94 Minutes
Director
Michael Keaton Michael Caine Judith Godrèche Rade Serbedzija Matthew Marsh Xander Berkeley Kathleen Wilhoite Rachel Ferjani Elina Lowensohn Clare Thomas Hermione Norris
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An American banker (Michael Keaton) in Monaco turns to a washed-up actor (Michael Caine) for help after he is framed for murder.
Crime, Drama
1980
114 Minutes
Director
Bob Hoskins Helen Mirren Eddie Constantine Dave King Bryan Marshall Derek Thompson Bruce Alexander Paul Barber Pierce Brosnan Charles Cork Billy Cornelius
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A Cockney crime czar (Bob Hoskins) and his mistress (Helen Mirren) answer a threat on the eve of his big deal with a U.S. mobster (Eddie Constantine).
Drama
1983
103 Minutes
Director
Michael Caine Richard Gere Bob Hoskins Elpidia Carrillo Joaquim de Almeida A Martinez Stephanie Cotsirilos Domingo Ambriz Eric Valdez Nicolas Jasso Geoffrey Palmer
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An exiled Paraguayan doctor (Richard Gere) aids rebels and beds the wife of a boozing British honorary consul (Michael Caine).
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1979
85 Minutes
Director
David Hayman Alex Norton Fulton Mackay Hector Nicol
The fact-based story of Scottish gangster Jimmy Boyle, whose disruptive behavior proved too much for a series of prisons.