List of the best Miranda Richardson movies: Enchanted April(1991), Dance With a Stranger(1985), Falling Angels(2003), The Crying Game(1992), Provoked(2007), Kansas City(1996), The Designated Mourner(1997), Churchill(2017), Saint-Ex(1996), Get Carter(2000), Puffball(2007), Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang(1999) ... ...
Romance
UK
1991
93 Minutes
Rose Arbuthnot
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.
Drama
UK
1985
102 Minutes
Ruth Ellis
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.
Comedy, Drama
2003
101 Minutes
Mary Field
Miranda Richardson Callum Keith Rennie Katharine Isabelle Kristin Adams Monté Gagné Kett Turton Mark McKinney Ingrid Nilson Carman Fielding Courtney Goodison Melissa Brown
teen girl daughter father mother married man sister offbeat dark quirky emotional saskatchewan, canada family home bomb shelter family dysfunction sisterhood coming of age secrets relationships mental illness growing up
In 1969 three disgruntled sisters deal with their domineering father (Callum Keith Rennie) and catatonic mother (Miranda Richardson).
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Japan|USA
1992
113 Minutes
Jude
Stephen Rea Miranda Richardson Forest Whitaker Jim Broadbent Ralph Brown Adrian Dunbar Jaye Davidson Andree Bernard
kidnapper terrorist soldier girlfriend boss cool creative gutsy hideout london nightclub apartment kidnapping assassination love politics irish republican army forbidden love transformation 1990s
A British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.
Drama
UK|India
2007
111 Minutes
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Miranda Richardson Naveen Andrews Nandita Das Rebecca Pidgeon Robbie Coltrane Steve McFadden Nicholas Irons Raji James Deborah Moore Shaheen Khan
young man young woman husband wife mother family member shocking brutal chilling disturbing moving powerful india city united kingdom house police station jail arranged marriage husband/wife relationship
It's the true story of a Punjabi woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia who leaves India to marry a London-based guy, only to be badly abused. She ends up in prison for murdering her abusive husband.
Drama
France|USA
1996
115 Minutes
Jennifer Jason Leigh Miranda Richardson Harry Belafonte Michael Murphy Dermot Mulroney Steve Buscemi Brooke Smith Jane Adams Jeff Feringa A.C. Smith Martin Martin
wife thief mobster politician husband tense cool frenetic kansas city, mo. jazz club street mob husband/wife relationship female bonding abduction crime race relations revenge adventure pursuit
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
Drama
UK
1997
94 Minutes
writer poet wife government official father bleak dark disheartening dystopia household prison father/daughter relationship censorship fascism revolution execution violence fall sacrifice unknown era
Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
105 Minutes
Brian Cox Miranda Richardson John Slattery Ella Purnell Julian Wadham Richard Durden James Purefoy Danny Webb Jonathan Aris George Anton Steven Cree
winston churchill wife general intense passionate patriotic spirited europe normandy coast england house office world war ii war effort politics political unrest pursuit rivalry sacrifice 1940s
Ninety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.
Biography
UK
1996
85 Minutes
Bruno Ganz Miranda Richardson Janet McTeer Ken Stott Katrin Cartlidge Bríd Brennan Eleanor Bron Karl Johnson
Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2000
104 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Miranda Richardson Rachael Leigh Cook Alan Cumming Mickey Rourke John C. McGinley Rhona Mitra Johnny Strong John Cassini Garwin Sanford Michael Caine
mobster brother wife niece mob boss girlfriend gritty thrilling brutal seattle diner casino funeral mansion elevator family relationships investigation crime syndicate set-up death
A Las Vegas mob enforcer travels back to his hometown to investigate his brother's mysterious death.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Ireland|Canada
2007
120 Minutes
Mabs Tucker
Kelly Reilly Miranda Richardson Rita Tushingham Donald Sutherland William Houston Oscar Pearce Tina Kellegher Leona Igoe Pat Deery
architect grandmother mother daughter fiancé boss eerie offbeat tense ireland countryside cottage barn woods farm pregnancy witchcraft death of child infidelity fresh start
Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect (Kelly Reilly) becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house. And when the ... See full summary »
Fantasy
Canada|USA
1999
96 Minutes
Gary Busey Miranda Richardson Ice-T Mark McKinney Max Morrow Maury Chaykin Joe Dinicol Alison Pill
One day, a boy named Jacob Two-Two (aptly named because every phrase that he utters is repeated) decides to set out to prove himself to his parents that he can do things, so his father, who... See full summary »
Drama
2007
86 Minutes
Sarah Jessica Parker Miranda Richardson Victor Rasuk Paul James Beau Bridges Mykelti Williamson James Rebhorn
teacher dean student african-american reporter professor brooding tense gripping university vermont classroom lecture hall office racial issues hate crime secret past controversy academia reputation
A dean (Sarah Jessica Parker) at a Vermont college deals with controversy when a student (James Rebhorn) becomes the target of racism.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
2010
Minutes
James Badge Dale Miranda Richardson Jessica Collins Dallas Roberts Christopher Evan Welch Lauren Hodges Arliss Howard
Fantasy
2001
96 Minutes
Queen Elspeth
Kristin Kreuk Miranda Richardson Tom Irwin Clancy Brown Vera Farmiga Vincent Schiavelli Warwick Davis Jose Zuniga
Snow White's (Kristin Kreuk) father (Tom Irwin) marries an evil queen (Miranda Richardson) who becomes jealous of her beauty.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2002
98 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Miranda Richardson Gabriel Byrne Bradley Hall Lynn Redgrave John Neville Gary Reineke Philip Craig
mental patient schizophrenic father mother mistress friend disturbing intense dark mental institution halfway house london canal pub kitchen memory mental illness childhood trauma family dysfunction secret
Haunted by his childhood, a psychotic loner (Ralph Fiennes) has difficulty after his release from a mental institution.
Adventure
USA|UK
1987
152 Minutes
Mrs. Victor
Christian Bale John Malkovich Miranda Richardson Nigel Havers Joe Pantoliano Leslie Phillips Masatô Ibu Emily Richard Rupert Frazer Ben Stiller Robert Stephens
pilot soldier young boy doctor bleak inspiring emotional china prison camp war prison air force world war ii adventure growing up sacrifice 1940s
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.
Horror
USA|Germany
1999
105 Minutes
Lady Van Tassel , Western Woods Crone
Johnny Depp Christina Ricci Miranda Richardson Michael Gambon Casper Van Dien Jeffrey Jones Christopher Lee Richard Griffiths Ian McDiarmid Michael Gough Christopher Walken
lady lawyer headless horseman townsperson judge eerie offbeat new york state village murder secret small town mystery pursuit 1800s
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people, with the culprit being the legendary apparition, The Headless Horseman.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2010
113 Minutes
Barbara Castle
Sally Hawkins Bob Hoskins Miranda Richardson Geraldine James Rosamund Pike Andrea Riseborough Daniel Mays Jamie Winstone Rupert Graves Nicola Duffett Lorraine Stanley
employee husband teacher boss coworker inspiring engaging great britain factory strike discrimination working class manufacturing political activism women's rights rise underdog 1960s
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Biography, Drama
USA
2017
119 Minutes
Patty Bauman
Jake Gyllenhaal Tatiana Maslany Miranda Richardson Clancy Brown Lenny Clarke Carlos Sanz Frankie Shaw Danny McCarthy
paraplegic police detective terrorist suspect family member girlfriend emotional inspiring intense rousing boston house hospital police station marathon course rehabilitation terrorism life lessons support group overcoming the odds
Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Comedy
Australia
2003
89 Minutes
Sylvia Lake
Ben Lee Rose Byrne Miranda Richardson Garry McDonald Christopher Stollery Nicholas Hammond Francis McMahon Toby Schmitz Nathaniel Dean Stephen James King Socratis Otto
An exuberant, sharply satirical comedy about two parentally neglected teenagers who find the courage to believe in themselves
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2020
119 Minutes
Kat
Sam Neill Michael Caton Miranda Richardson Asher Keddie Wayne Blair Kipan Rothbury Travis McMahon Hayley McElhinney Leon Ford Will McNeill
A decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.
Sci-Fi, Action
UK
2017
91 Minutes
Bill Milner Maisie Williams Miranda Richardson Rory Kinnear Shaquille Ali-Yebuah Jordan Bolger McKell David Aymen Hamdouchi Charley Palmer Rothwell Leon Annor Lucy Thackeray
After being shot, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of superpowers.
Comedy, Other
USA
2007
116 Minutes
Annette Claus
Vince Vaughn Paul Giamatti Miranda Richardson John Michael Higgins Rachel Weisz Kevin Spacey Elizabeth Banks Kathy Bates Trevor Peacock Chris "Ludacris" Bridges Rio Hackford
santa claus brother mother girlfriend wife elf heartwarming hysterical madcap north pole santa's workshop household dining room boardroom brotherhood family christmas efficiency bad behavior relationships
Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for Christmas in exchange for cash.
Drama
UK|France|Italy
1994
90 Minutes
Julie
Willem Dafoe Lena Olin Miranda Richardson Jean-Claude Carrière Carole Richert Christine Sireyzol Guy Verame Ivan Bacciocchi
A young marchioness who loves the way of free-thinking and flatterers invites an author into her house who pretends to seduce her...
Drama
USA
1999
104 Minutes
Dinah
William Hurt Nigel Hawthorne Miranda Richardson Irène Jacob Ewan Stewart Gregg Henry Ron Livingston Jefferson Mays Jim Metzler Carmine D. Giovinazzo Thomas Patrick Kelly
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become Governor of the state of Missouri. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him. Will the truth ... See full summary »
Drama, Action
2019
Minutes
Sean Bean Christopher Smith Adrian Lester Miranda Richardson Billy Zane Adam Brody Guz Khan
A group of amateur drivers from all over the world compete in an illegal night-time street race.
Romance, Drama, History
UK|USA
2009
104 Minutes
Duchess of Kent
Emily Blunt Rupert Friend Paul Bettany Miranda Richardson Jim Broadbent Thomas Kretschmann Jesper Christensen Mark Strong Jeanette Hain Julian Glover Michael Maloney
uncle prince prime minister assassin queen king emotional england castle queen victoria political corruption romance royalty humiliation wedding fall rise transformation 1840s
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Musical, Romance, Drama
UK
2004
141 Minutes
Madame Giry
Gerard Butler Emmy Rossum Patrick Wilson Miranda Richardson Minnie Driver Simon Callow Ciarán Hinds Jennifer Ellison James Fleet Victor McGuire Murray Melvin
phantom singer benefactor theater owner theatrical producer love interest intense emotional melodramatic paris opera house lair obsession music rivalry disfigurement jealousy extortion love temptation
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.
Comedy
UK
2004
84 Minutes
Eva Braun
Christian Slater Neve Campbell Leslie Phillips Miranda Richardson Antony Sher Romany Malco Harry Enfield Rik Mayall Vic Reeves Bob Mortimer Phil Cornwell
In this irreverent parody, the British court and war government consist mainly of idiots and/or traitors. Hitler moves into Buckingham palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A US Army... See full summary »
Horror
1985
100 Minutes
Oriel
Denholm Elliott Steven Berkoff Larry Lamb Miranda Richardson Art Malik Nicola Cowper Ingrid Pitt Irina Brook Paul Brown Philip Davies Gary Olsen
A crime boss (Steven Berkoff) pits a private eye (Larry Lamb) against underground mutants who crave more of a mad doctor's (Denholm Elliott) drug.
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2013
103 Minutes
Lady Ashford
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Tom Wilkinson Sam Reid Sarah Gadon Miranda Richardson Penelope Wilton Emily Watson Tom Felton James Norton Matthew Goode
mixed-race woman admiral vicar abolitionist emotional powerful endearing west indies painting england race relations illegitimate child family relationships love transformation 18th century
The mixed-race daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in eighteenth century England.
Comedy
UK|Germany|Ireland
2003
90 Minutes
Magnani
Michael Caine Dylan Moran Abigail Iversen Michael Gambon Miranda Richardson Lena Headey Ben Miller Aisling O'Sullivan Michael McElhatton Michael Colgan Deirdre Walsh
Two failed actors decide to pull a con on a local gangster by pretending to be the people to whom he owes money.
Biography
2003
180 Minutes
Queen Mary
Daniel Williams Matthew Thomas Brock Everitt-Elwick Rollo Weeks Gina McKee Tom Hollander Miranda Richardson Bill Nighy Bibi Andersson Ron Cook Frank Finlay
Drama, War, History, Biography
UK|Denmark
2014
129 Minutes
Miss Lorimer
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.
Fantasy, Adventure
UK|USA
2005
157 Minutes
Rita Skeeter
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
USA|UK|France|Canada|Germany
2002
114 Minutes
Vanessa Bell
Meryl Streep Julianne Moore Nicole Kidman Ed Harris Toni Collette Claire Danes Jeff Daniels Stephen Dillane John C. Reilly Miranda Richardson Eileen Atkins
author housewife editor former lover emotional gripping moving household london los angeles new york city hotel suicide death party mental illness homosexuality discovery 1940s
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
Comedy
UK
1987
88 Minutes
Lanah Pellay Nosher Powell Ronald Allen Fiona Richmond Sandra Dorne Ron Tarr Jimmy Fagg Lemmy Robbie Coltrane Angela Bowie Linda McCartney
Alex (Al Pillay) is a disgruntled server at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex and cohorts attempt ... See full summary »