List of the best Pete Postlethwaite movies: Brassed Off(1996), Suite 16(1995), Rat(2000), In the Name of the Father(1993), Distant Voices, Still Lives(1988), Ghost Son(2006), The Grass Arena(1991), The Lost World: Jurassic Park(1997), Dragonheart(1996), Strange Bedfellows(2004), When Saturday Comes(1995), The Divine Ryans(1999) ... ...
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1996
109 Minutes
Pete Postlethwaite Tara Fitzgerald Ewan McGregor Jim Carter Philip Jackson Peter Martin Stephen Tompkinson Sue Johnston Mary Healey Lill Roughley Melanie Hill
miner musician conductor government official amusing emotional raw tender grimley, england coal mine village london music business competition love investigation quest underdog love
The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.
5.8/10
Drama
UK|Belgium|Netherlands
1995
109 Minutes
Glover
Pete Postlethwaite Antonie Kamerling Géraldine Pailhas Tom Jansen Bart Slegers Dirk Roofthooft
The disabled Glover asks gigolo Chris to bring out his erotic fantasies. Chris accepts the offer in exchange for a lot of money, and dives in bed with women in suite 16 while Glover watches. But then something goes horribly wrong.
Fantasy
2000
91 Minutes
Pete Postlethwaite Imelda Staunton Frank Kelly David Wilmot Kerry Condon Andrew Lovern Veronica Duffy Ed Byrne Niall Toibin Peter Caffrey Geoffrey Palmer
rat mother son daughter ghostwriter neighbor quirky cheeky hilarious dublin row house kitchen pub street irish society alcoholism unintended consequences transformation family relationships exploitation
A woman (Imelda Staunton) becomes furious when her husband (Pete Postlethwaite) arrives home from a bar and metamorphoses into a rodent.
8.1/10
Drama
Ireland|UK
1993
132 Minutes
Giuseppe Conlon
Daniel Day-Lewis Pete Postlethwaite Emma Thompson John Lynch Corin Redgrave Beatie Edney Daniel Massey Alison Crosbie
thief father barrister judge friend police detective disturbing powerful inspiring ireland courtroom prison pub injustice imprisonment false accusations father/son relationship terrorism patriotism wretched excess
A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.
7.4/10
Drama
UK|West Germany
1988
84 Minutes
Father
Freda Dowie Pete Postlethwaite Angela Walsh Dean Williams Lorraine Ashbourne Debi Jones Marie Jelliman Sally Davies Nathan Walsh Susan Flanagan Michael Starke
father mother bride sister brother emotional sad dark england household bar wedding abuse grief family unhappy marriage aging growing up 1950s
The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.
4.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Italy|South Africa|Spain|UK
2006
97 Minutes
A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.
Drama
1991
90 Minutes
An alcoholic Anglo-Irish boxer (Mark Rylance) masters chess in jail, then meets the upper class that plays it.
6.6/10
Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1997
134 Minutes
Roland Tembo
Jeff Goldblum Julianne Moore Pete Postlethwaite Arliss Howard Richard Attenborough Vince Vaughn Vanessa Lee Chester Peter Stormare Harvey Jason Richard Schiff Thomas F. Duffy
doctor paleontologist engineer documentarian daughter dinosaur suspenseful spectacular thrilling intense engaging island jungle san diego city dinosaurs survival corruption father/daughter relationship stranded
A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.
6.5/10
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gilbert of Glockenspur
Dennis Quaid David Thewlis Pete Postlethwaite Dina Meyer Julie Christie Jason Isaacs Brian Thompson Lee Oakes Wolf Christian Terry O'Neill Peter Hric
knight dragon peasant tyrant queen love interest thrilling melodramatic amusing lighthearted england castle village tomb friendship chivalry idealism adventure king arthur immortality
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying Knight must cooperate to stop an evil King, who was given partial immortality.
6.3/10
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
Australia
2004
99 Minutes
Russell McKenzie
Paul Hogan Michael Caton Pete Postlethwaite Glynn Nicholas Roy Billing Alan Cassell Shane Withington Paula Duncan Monica Maughan Kestie Morassi Stewart Faichney
theater owner mechanic irs officer gay man hairdresser cheeky heartwarming small town australia nightclub scam friendship acceptance taxes homosexuality prejudice adventure discovery 2000s
Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.
6.1/10
Drama
UK
1995
97 Minutes
Ken Jackson
Sean Bean Emily Lloyd Pete Postlethwaite John McEnery Ann Bell Melanie Hill David Leland
soccer player recruiter girlfriend stripper referee teammate gritty rousing gripping gutsy sheffield, england pub brewery soccer game soccer working class alcoholism aspirations new romance friendship
Jimmy Muir is a hard-drinking brewery worker in the city of Sheffield, with an arrogant lack of respect for authority. His entire life has been orientated by football and he possesses the ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Drama
Canada
1999
93 Minutes
Uncle Reg Ryan
Jordan Harvey Robert Joy Pete Postlethwaite Wendel Meldrum Mary Walsh Richard Boland Marguerite McNeil Genevieve Tessier Louis Bernard Michael Chiasson Bryan Hennessey
A young boy must come to terms with the events surrounding the death of his father.
5.7/10
Drama
UK
1997
110 Minutes
Thomas Smithers
Ewan McGregor Greta Scacchi Pete Postlethwaite Richard E. Grant Carmen Chaplin Donal McCann Charley Boorman Britta Smith Pat Laffan Susan FitzGerald Gerard McSorley
architect daughter cousin wife businessman dark passionate somber garden england castle schemes anger family dysfunction argument architecture gardening forbidden love love rivalry
Young Dutch landscape architect Meneer Chrome comes to a remote English estate where Thomas Smithers lives with his wife, Juliana. Smithers is determined to leave as his legacy a fabulous ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy
UK|Ireland
2011
114 Minutes
Karl
Ben Barnes Robert Sheehan Krysten Ritter Pete Postlethwaite Peter Serafinowicz Justine Waddell Luke Treadaway Martin McCann Hugh O'Conor Ralph Brown Lisa McAllister
bono doppelganger classmate amusing school dublin stars fighting the band rise 1980s
Two brothers attempt to become global rock stars but can only look on as old school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
6.2/10
Drama
UK
1988
90 Minutes
Jack
Joan Plowright Billie Whitelaw Jane Horrocks Pete Postlethwaite Tim Ransom Pippa Hinchley Rosemary Martin Tony Haygarth Michael James Reed
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their seventeen-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.
6.1/10
Drama
Canada|Italy
2002
95 Minutes
John
Sophia Loren Mira Sorvino Deborah Kara Unger Pete Postlethwaite Klaus Maria Brandauer Gérard Depardieu Malcolm McDowell Wendy Crewson
wife mother cellist photographer artist estranged father ex-convict family friend stranger inspiring uplifting touching tender toronto canada secret discovery art journey
Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2003
92 Minutes
Gale
Lauren Bacall Claire Forlani Henry Czerny Pete Postlethwaite Jesse Bond Zoltan Buday Colin Glazer
8.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Germany
1995
105 Minutes
Kobayashi
Stephen Baldwin Gabriel Byrne Chazz Palminteri Kevin Pollak Pete Postlethwaite Kevin Spacey Suzy Amis Giancarlo Esposito Benicio Del Toro Dan Hedaya Paul Bartel
con artist criminal fbi agent special agent survivor district attorney intricate suspenseful dark ship port los angeles new york city police station heist deception interrogation crime robbery quest
A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Germany|Kenya|France|USA|Switzerland
2005
128 Minutes
Marcus Lorbeer
Ralph Fiennes Rachel Weisz Danny Huston Bill Nighy Pete Postlethwaite Richard McCabe Donald Sumpter Juliet Aubrey Hubert Koundé Archie Panjabi Gerard McSorley
diplomat activist husband wife doctor friend emotional intense suspenseful london kenya berlin canada espionage corruption conspiracy big business romance investigation quest
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
7.0/10
Documentary, Drama
UK
2009
89 Minutes
Pete Postlethwaite Lisa Guy Jamila Bayyoud
A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.
5.5/10
Horror
USA
2006
110 Minutes
Father Brennan
Liev Schreiber Julia Stiles Mia Farrow David Thewlis Pete Postlethwaite Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Michael Gambon Nikki Amuka-Bird Marshall Cupp Reggie Austin
american diplomat wife child priest photographer antichrist frightening disturbing dark mansion hospital zoo church satan good versus evil possession suicide supernatural family wretched excess
An American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate.
Drama
1993
106 Minutes
William Carpenter
Natalie Morse Eugene Bervoerts Toyah Willcox Christopher Eccleston Pete Postlethwaite Michael Pas Brenda Bertin Francois Beukelaers
Passion for the Virgin Mary leads a young woman (Natalie Morse) to become a walled-in recluse at her 14th-century church.
Drama, Romance
1996
120 Minutes
Friar Laurence
Leonardo DiCaprio Claire Danes Brian Dennehy John Alberto Leguizamo Pete Postlethwaite Paul Sorvino Diane Venora Harold Perrineau Paul Rudd Jesse Bradford Dash Mihok
romeo juliet mother father cousin suitor thrilling passionate outlandish sad california beach church mansion ballroom street young love family feud passion murder
Twentieth-century teenagers (Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes) fall in love, despite feuding families, in an update of the classic tragedy.
6.2/10
Sci-Fi, Horror
UK
1992
90 Minutes
Paulsen
Rutger Hauer Kim Cattrall Neil Duncan Michael J. Pollard Alun Armstrong Pete Postlethwaite Ian Dury Roberta Eaton Tony Steedman
In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
Sci-Fi, Action
2005
95 Minutes
Keeper
Charlize Theron Marton Csokas Jonny Lee Miller Sophie Okonedo Frances McDormand Pete Postlethwaite Amelia Warner Caroline Chikezie Nikolai Kinski Yangzom Brauen Charlie Beall
assassin rebel chairman scientist brother politician thrilling fascinating city-state facility airship earth rebellion virus deception politics cloning assassination plot mystery quest
In the last city on Earth, underground rebels dispatch their top assassin (Charlize Theron) to kill a government leader.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2010
124 Minutes
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Ben Affleck Rebecca Hall Jon Hamm Jeremy Renner Blake Lively Titus Welliver Pete Postlethwaite Chris Cooper Slaine Owen Burke Brian Scannell
bank robber best friend hostage love interest crime boss fbi agent gripping disturbing tense charlestown boston bank crime relationships heist cover-up murder disguise transformation pursuit
A longtime thief, planning his next job, tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to an earlier heist, and a hell-bent F.B.I Agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
7.3/10
Drama, History
USA
1997
152 Minutes
Holabird
Morgan Freeman Anthony Hopkins Matthew McConaughey Nigel Hawthorne Djimon Hounsou David Paymer Pete Postlethwaite Stellan Skarsgård Anna Paquin Tomas Milian Austin Pendleton
judge john quincy adams slave lawyer queen politician gripping profound suspenseful courtroom ship spain connecticut washington, d.c. slavery slave trade mutiny court decision freedom political debate
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
6.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1988
116 Minutes
Josef
Christopher Lambert Ed Harris Joanne Whalley-Kilmer David Suchet Joss Ackland Tim Roth Pete Postlethwaite Timothy Spall Cherie Lunghi
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
6.3/10
Crime, Drama
UK|Ireland|USA
2000
108 Minutes
Martin Shaughnessy
Joan Allen Patrick Bergin Liam Cunningham Kevin R. McNally Jimmy Smallhorne Jason Barry Gerard Flynn Pete Postlethwaite Des McAleer Ruaidhri Conroy
journalist drug trafficker son husband drug lord corrupt cop gripping raw inspiring dublin newsroom club family home coffee shop investigative journalism drug trade police corruption crime irish republican army media
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 »
6.1/10
Adventure, Fantasy
Czech Republic|UK|France
2009
104 Minutes
William Crowthorn
James Purefoy Max von Sydow Rachel Hurd-Wood Alice Krige Mackenzie Crook Patrick Hurd-Wood Jason Flemyng Pete Postlethwaite
mercenary sorcerer damsel in distress brother resistance fighter frightening tense bleak thrilling dark england forest monastery family home inn redemption revenge witchcraft forgiveness corruption
A ruthless mercenary renounces violence after learning his soul is bound for hell. When a young girl is kidnapped and her family slain by a sorcerer's murderous cult, he is forced to fight and seek his redemption slaying evil.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK
1984
93 Minutes
Douglas J. Nuttol the Butcher
Michael Palin Maggie Smith Denholm Elliott Liz Smith Richard Griffiths John Normington Bill Paterson Tony Haygarth Alison Steadman Pete Postlethwaite Jim Carter
husband wife mother solicitor doctor inspector witty madcap england small town movie theater farm country road food theft class distinctions mother/daughter relationship black market husband/wife relationship rise
In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.
8.8/10
Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
2010
148 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Joseph Gordon-Levitt Elliot Page Tom Hardy Ken Watanabe Dileep Rao Cillian Murphy Tom Berenger Marion Cotillard Michael Caine Pete Postlethwaite
con artist architect chemist forger billionaire wife creative engaging suspenseful intricate somber subconscious mind los angeles paris japan morocco dreamworld dreams corporate espionage guilt
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.
5.8/10
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Australia
2010
106 Minutes
Sam Worthington Liam Neeson Ralph Fiennes Jason Flemyng Gemma Arterton Alexa Davalos Tine Stapelfeldt Mads Mikkelsen Luke Evans Izabella Miko Liam Cunningham
warrior greek god monster princess king queen brash engaging spirited ancient greece showdown rebellion class distinctions adventure rivalry metamorphosis rescue ancient rome
Perseus, demigod, son of Zeus, battles the minions of the underworld to stop them from conquering heaven and earth.
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