List of the best Mike Newell movies: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005), Donnie Brasco(1997), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society(2018), Enchanted April(1991), Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994), Into the West(1992), Dance With a Stranger(1985), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time(2010), Mona Lisa Smile(2003), Great Expectations(2012), Love in the Time of Cholera(2007), The Man in the Iron Mask(1977) ... ...
Fantasy, Adventure
UK|USA
2005
157 Minutes
Director
Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Robbie Coltrane Ralph Fiennes Michael Gambon Brendan Gleeson Jason Isaacs Gary Oldman Miranda Richardson Alan Rickman
student teacher wizard villain harry potter incredible fascinating crafty rousing hogwarts school ballroom maze magic school coming of age competition fate quest discovery
Harry Potter finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.
Drama, Crime
USA
1997
126 Minutes
Director
Al Pacino Johnny Depp Michael Madsen Bruno Kirby James Russo Anne Heche Zeljko Ivanek Gerry Becker Zach Grenier Brian Tarantina Robert Miano
fbi agent mobster hitman wife confident raw suspenseful new york city crime friendship deception mafia transformation sacrifice pursuit 1970s
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.
Romance, Drama
UK|France|USA
2018
124 Minutes
Director
Lily James Matthew Goode Michiel Huisman Glen Powell Jessica Brown Findlay Katherine Parkinson Penelope Wilton Tom Courtenay Kit Connor Andy Gathergood
author nazi couple charming emotional endearing heartwarming passionate tender guernsey united kingdom london book club nazi occupation nazi collaboration discovery love quest transformation forbidden love
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
Romance
UK
1991
93 Minutes
Director
Miranda Richardson Joan Plowright Alfred Molina Josie Lawrence Polly Walker Michael Kitchen Jim Broadbent
wife husband elderly woman young woman aristocrat socialite endearing relaxing italy castle countryside vacation marriage female bonding romance travel love discovery transformation 1920s
Four English women, after World War I, who are unhappy with their lives, and their time away on vacation in a beautiful Italian villa.
Romance
UK
1994
116 Minutes
Director
Hugh Grant Andie MacDowell Kristin Scott Thomas Simon Callow Rowan Atkinson James Fleet John Hannah Charlotte Coleman David Bower Corin Redgrave Kenneth Griffith
friend lover brother english gentleman sexy woman priest amusing charming endearing moving heartwarming london scotland wedding funeral funeral home church love friendship unrequited love
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Kids & Family, Adventure
Ireland|UK
1992
102 Minutes
Director
Gabriel Byrne Colm Meaney Ellen Barkin Ciaran Fitzgerald Ruaidhri Conroy David Kelly Johnny Murphy John Kavanagh
father brother young boy grandfather tir na nog tender playful spirited slum dublin countryside apartment street alcoholism family brotherhood mythology adolescence growing up rescue
Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.
Drama
UK
1985
102 Minutes
Director
Miranda Richardson Rupert Everett Ian Holm Matthew Carroll Tom Chadbon Jane Bertish David Troughton Paul Mooney Stratford Johns Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Susan Kyd
hostess boyfriend son dark chilling london nightclub murder obsession class conflict betrayal affair forbidden love revenge fall 1950s
A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2010
116 Minutes
Director
Jake Gyllenhaal Gemma Arterton Ben Kingsley Alfred Molina Steve Toussaint Toby Kebbell Richard Coyle Ronald Pickup Reece Ritchie Gísli Örn Garðarsson Christopher Greet
prince warrior princess brother villain charming engaging spirited middle east persia time travel showdown deception betrayal love magic quest adventure discovery 6th century
A young fugitive prince and princess must stop a villain who unknowingly threatens to destroy the world with a special dagger that enables the magic sand inside to reverse time.
Drama
USA
2003
117 Minutes
Director
Julia Roberts Kirsten Dunst Julia Stiles Maggie Gyllenhaal Juliet Stevenson Dominic West Ginnifer Goodwin Topher Grace John Slattery Marcia Gay Harden Jordan Bridges
teacher young woman student professor touching passionate massachusetts wellesley school classroom women's rights progressivism college female bonding rise underdog growing up 1950s
A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.
Drama
UK|USA
2012
128 Minutes
Director
Helena Bonham Carter Ralph Fiennes Jason Flemyng Robbie Coltrane Jeremy Irvine Holliday Grainger Sophie Rundle Ewen Bremner Sally Hawkins David Walliams Jessie Cave
charles dickens orphan lady criminal lawyer young girl amusing heartwarming melodramatic engaging playful emotional old house mansion childhood lost love heartbreak first love relationships adventure
A series of events change the orphaned Pip's life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.
Romance, Drama
USA|Mexico|UK
2007
138 Minutes
Director
Javier Bardem Giovanna Mezzogiorno Benjamin Bratt John Alberto Leguizamo Catalina Sandino Moreno Liev Schreiber Laura Harring Héctor Elizondo Fernanda Montenegro
poet lover father grandfather niece doctor passionate melodramatic emotional colombia bedroom church bathtub household sex romance family loveless marriage heartbreak class distinctions
Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.
Adventure
1977
103 Minutes
Director
Richard Chamberlain Patrick McGoohan Louis Jourdan Jenny Agutter Ian Holm Ralph Richardson Vivien Merchant Brenda Bruce Esmond Knight Godfrey Quigley Emrys James
king twin musketeer mother thrilling touching gutsy france bastille palace chateau ballroom king louis xiv politics power struggle mistaken identity torture discovery underdog rescue
Musketeer D'Artagnan (Louis Jourdan) foils Louis XIV's (Richard Chamberlain) plot to keep his identical twin off the throne.