List of the best Paul Scofield movies: A Man for All Seasons(1966), Robinson in Space(1997), When the Whales Came(1989), Bartleby(1970), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), A Delicate Balance(1973), The Crucible(1996), Quiz Show(1994), Henry V(1989) ... ...
Drama, History
UK
1966
120 Minutes
Paul Scofield Robert Shaw Orson Welles Wendy Hiller Leo McKern Susannah York John Hurt Nigel Davenport Vanessa Redgrave
writer king henry viii wife catherine of aragon emotional inspiring intense england royal court royalty marriage religion social change forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 16th century
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Documentary
UK
1997
81 Minutes
narrator friend partner cheeky quirky england english society civilization modernization industrial landscapes investigation road trip quest discovery 1990s
Robinson is commissioned to investigate the unspecified "problem of England." The narrator describes his seven excursions, with the unseen Robinson, around the country. They mainly ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Drama
UK
1989
100 Minutes
The Birdman
Paul Scofield Helen Mirren David Threlfall David Suchet Helen Pearce Max Rennie Jeremy Kemp
child eccentric old man mother father aunt brooding engaging charming heartwarming emotional moving cornwall whales island life isolation world war i dark secrets intergenerational friendship discovery
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and ... See full summary »
Drama
1970
79 Minutes
The Accountant
Paul Scofield John McEnery Thorley Walters Colin Jeavons Raymond Mason Charles Kinross Neville Barber Robin Askwith Hope Jackman John Watson Christine Dingle
accountant clerk offbeat uneasy office london employment recluses mental illness unusual behavior fall transformation 1970s
An anti-social clerk (John McEnery) refuses to conform and refuses to leave after being fired by his boss (Paul Scofield).
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Capt. Tony Fraser
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Drama
UK|Canada|USA
1973
132 Minutes
Tobias
husband wife sister daughter friend bleak emotional intense sad connecticut family home small town bedroom family divorce marriage alcoholism grief anxiety love
A well-to-do Connecticut family is upended when the grown daughter's godparents, seized by a nameless terror, decide to come live with them.
Drama
USA
1996
123 Minutes
Judge Thomas Danforth
Daniel Day-Lewis Winona Ryder Paul Scofield Joan Allen Bruce Davison Rob Campbell Jeffrey Jones Peter Vaughan Karron Graves Charlayne Woodard Frances Conroy
husband wife lover young woman judge friend emotional intense courtroom salem, mass. woods deception adultery witchcraft witch hunt trial honor revenge forbidden love 17th century
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Drama
USA
1994
130 Minutes
Mark Van Doren
John Turturro Rob Morrow Ralph Fiennes Paul Scofield David Paymer Hank Azaria Christopher McDonald Johann Carlo Elizabeth Wilson Allan Rich Mira Sorvino
jew aristocrat host investigator amusing gripping striking new york city columbia university television studio family home game show investigation cheating historical events fame fall temptation 1950s
A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.
Drama, History
UK
1989
137 Minutes
French King
Kenneth Branagh Derek Jacobi Brian Blessed Ian Holm Paul Scofield Michael Maloney Alec McCowen Emma Thompson Geraldine McEwan Simon Shepherd James Larkin
king princess soldier henry v patriotic rousing emotional thrilling battlefield royal court royal palace inn england france war political intrigue royalty treason heroism leadership
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.