List of the best Karl Johnson movies: Wittgenstein(1993), The Pier(2011), Winter Thaw(2016), The Tempest(1979), I Know You Know(2008), Close My Eyes(1991), Kaleidoscope(2016), The Carer(2016), Peterloo(2018), The Deep Blue Sea(2011), Avenging Force(1986), White Ghost(1988) ... ...
Biography
UK|Japan
1993
71 Minutes
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Karl Johnson Michael Gough Tilda Swinton John Quentin Kevin Collins Clancy Chassay Nabil Shaban Sally Dexter Lynn Seymour
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the ... See full summary »
Drama
Ireland
2011
89 Minutes
Larry McCarthy
Karl Johnson Lili Taylor Gerard Hurley
After 20 years of no contact with his father, Jack McCarthy (played by Hurley) travels from New York to his father Larry's death bed in Cork. Upon arrival he is furious to discover his ... See full summary »
Drama
USA|Lithuania
2016
53 Minutes
John Rhys-Davies Karl Johnson Valentin Novopolskij Egle Spokaite Kamile Gudmonaite Sarunas Zenkevicius Ieva Andrejevaite Simonas Dovidauskas
An old man comes to realize the mistakes he has made in the past as he faces a crisis on Christmas day.
Drama
UK
1979
96 Minutes
Ariel
Heathcote Williams Karl Johnson Jack Birkett Toyah Willcox David Meyer Peter Bull Richard Warwick Ken Campbell Neil Cunningham Christopher Biggins Peter Turner
Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.
Drama
UK
2008
Minutes
Ernie
Robert Carlyle Arron Fuller David Bradley Karl Johnson Nick Stringer Howard Marks Ross O'Hennessey Ifan Huw Dafydd John Weldon Aaron Lamprey Valerie Lilley
A young boy suspects his dad might be working undercover for MI6.
Drama
UK
1991
105 Minutes
Colin
Alan Rickman Clive Owen Saskia Reeves Karl Johnson Lesley Sharp Kate Gartside Karen Knight Niall Buggy Helen FitzGerald
brother sister husband lover sultry disturbing london england apartment incest romance infidelity deception brother/sister relationship fall forbidden love 1980s
An estranged brother and sister begin an intense sexual relationship, behind the curtain of their otherwise normal working-class lives.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2016
100 Minutes
John
Anne Reid Sinead Matthews Deborah Findlay Karl Johnson Toby Jones Cecilia Noble Frederick Schmidt Manjinder Virk
ex-convict son mother love interest police officer husband bleak brooding chilling dark disturbing frightening council estate city apartment abusive relationship mother/son relationship traumatic past unintended consequences illusions
A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.
Comedy
Hungary|UK
2016
89 Minutes
Joseph
Brian Cox Anna Chancellor Emilia Fox Coco König Karl Johnson Selina Cadell Andrew Havill Richard Ridings
young woman hungarian nurse sick person actor friend engaging melodramatic charming amusing emotional heartwarming house bedroom illness friendship relationships new life father/daughter relationship adventure
When the question is to be or not to be, there is only one answer.
Drama, History
UK
2018
154 Minutes
Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
Rory Kinnear Maxine Peake Neil Bell Philip Jackson Vincent Franklin Karl Johnson Tim McInnerny David Bamber Nico Mirallegro Leo Bill Michael Culkin
protester british soldiers engaging fascinating manchester, england protest massacre political activism political repression underdog 1810s
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
Romance, Drama
UK|Australia
2011
98 Minutes
Mr. Miller
Rachel Weisz Simon Russell Beale Tom Hiddleston Harry Hadden-Paton Ann Mitchell Karl Johnson Jolyon Coy Sarah Kants Barbara Jefford Nicholas Amer
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Action
USA
1986
103 Minutes
Cmdr. Jeb Wallace
Michael Dudikoff Steve James John P. Ryan James Booth Bill Wallace Karl Johnson
A senator is targeted by the Pentangle, a right wing paramilitary group. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. The group kidnaps the agent's sister and tries to hunt him down, "The Most Dangerous Game" style.
Action
USA
1988
93 Minutes
Brownie
William Katt Rosalind Chao Martin Hewitt Wayne Crawford Reb Brown Raymond Ma Karl Johnson Graham Clark Joe Stewardson
An M.I.A. US soldier nicknamed White Ghost lives in hiding in the jungles of communist Vietnam. The US army finds out about him and sends a black ops team to rescue him. However, the team is lead by a man who wants White Ghost dead.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Czech Republic
2006
110 Minutes
Doctor, Old Man
Edward Norton Paul Giamatti Jessica Biel Rufus Sewell Eddie Marsan Jake Wood Tom Fisher Karl Johnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson Eleanor Tomlinson
magician prince duchess love interest childhood sweetheart inspector dark suspenseful thrilling intense moving vienna mansion stage rivalry magic love triangle revenge assault conspiracy
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
Drama
Norway|USA
2013
86 Minutes
Blunden
Bonnie Wright Charlotte Rampling Ciarán Hinds Natascha McElhone Rufus Sewell Sinead Cusack Ruth Bradley Karl Johnson Mark Huberman
Tim Marshall is forced to return to Lunaport after 5 years away. He hope that he will be safe there now, but in the welcoming committee there are four people just dying to get rid of Mr. ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1987
106 Minutes
Fitzgerald
Mickey Rourke Bob Hoskins Alan Bates Sammi Davis Christopher Fulford Liam Neeson Alison Doody Karl Johnson Ian Bartholomew Peggy Aitchison Cliff Burnett
terrorist ira agent priest mortician rival somber emotional tense ireland london cemetery street irish republican army assassination bombing one last job confession the troubles quest escape
Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
Biography
UK
1996
85 Minutes
Didier Daurat
Bruno Ganz Miranda Richardson Janet McTeer Ken Stott Katrin Cartlidge Bríd Brennan Eleanor Bron Karl Johnson
Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1994
90 Minutes
Gamma 1
Olivier Gruner Daphne Ashbrook John Glover Troy Evans Raymond Fitzpatrick Annabelle Gurwitch Marjean Holden Karl Johnson Penny Johnson Stanley Kamel Jeff Kober
Robgen industries newest security system is "The J Series Automatic", an android model designed and programmed to protect humans from violent attacks. But one night, an Automatic named J269... See full summary »
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
UK
1978
103 Minutes
Sphinx
Jenny Runacre Jordan Linda Spurrier Hermine Demoriane Toyah Willcox Richard O'Brien Adam Ant Ian Charleson Karl Johnson Neil Kennedy
Queen Elisabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2014
149 Minutes
Mr. Booth
Timothy Spall Dorothy Atkinson Marion Bailey Paul Jesson Lesley Manville Martin Savage Joshua McGuire Ruth Sheen David Horovitch Karl Johnson Sandy Foster
painter eccentric homeowner emotional seaside academy united kingdom biography creative process transformation victorian era
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
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.