List of the best Peter Greenaway movies: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover(1989), Drowning by Numbers(1988), The Belly of an Architect(1987), The Pillow Book(1996), The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 1: The Moab Story(2003), The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 3: From Sark to Finish(2003), The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 2: Vaux to the Sea(2003), Nightwatching(2007), Eisenstein in Guanajuato(2015), The Draughtsman's Contract(1982), A Zed & Two Noughts(1985), 8 1/2 Women(1999) ... ...
Drama
Netherlands|UK|France
1989
120 Minutes
Director
Richard Bohringer Michael Gambon Helen Mirren Alan Howard Tim Roth Ciarán Hinds Gary Olsen Ewan Stewart Roger Ashton-Griffiths Ron Cook Liz Smith
gangster wife cook store owner messenger lover dark shocking london restaurant bookstore love triangle retribution affair mafia cooking love revenge 1980s
At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence, and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.
Comedy
UK|Netherlands
1988
119 Minutes
Director
Bernard Hill Joan Plowright Juliet Stevenson Joely Richardson Jason Edwards Bryan Pringle
matriarch husband daughter sister granddaughter coroner suspenseful dark amusing dreamy family home bathroom swimming pool ocean murder family secrets murder investigation seduction friendship mother/daughter relationship
Three generations of women all share the same problem: marriage woes, and they want to put an end to it.
Comedy, Drama
UK|Italy
1987
118 Minutes
Director
Brian Dennehy Chloe Webb Lambert Wilson Sergio Fantoni Stephania Cassini Vanni Corbellini
architect wife adulterer colleague husband unrestrained passionate brash rome train architecture obsession infidelity paranoia tragic death illness wretched excess temptation fall 1980s
An architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.
Romance
Netherlands|UK|France|Luxembourg|Austria
1996
123 Minutes
Director
Vivian Wu Ewan McGregor Yoshi Oida Ken Ogata Hideko Yoshida Judy Ongg Ken Mitsuishi Yutaka Honda Barbara Lott
model englishman japanese woman family member friend narrator brooding creative intense hong kong photography studio street bedroom car apartment modeling writing body image romance self-confidence
A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
Drama
UK|Spain|Italy|Luxembourg|Netherlands|Russia|Hungary|Germany
2003
127 Minutes
Director
JJ Feild Caroline Dhavernas Jordi Mollá Steven Mackintosh Raymond J. Barry Scot Williams Drew Mulligan Jack Wouterse Naim Thomas Nilo Mur Valentina Cervi
The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in three distinct episodes: as a child during the first World War, as an explorer in Mormon Utah, and as a writer in Belgium during the rise ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|Spain|Italy|Luxembourg|Netherlands|Russia|Hungary|Germany
2003
105 Minutes
Director
Roger Rees Stephen Billington Ana Torrent Ornella Muti Iori Hugues Anna Galiena Itziar Castro Esther Gómez Flora Álvarez
The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in three distinct episodes: as a child during the first World War, as an explorer in Mormon Utah, and as a writer in Belgium during the rise ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|Spain|Italy|Luxembourg|Netherlands|Russia|Hungary|Germany
2003
108 Minutes
Director
JJ Feild Raymond J. Barry Valentina Cervi Marcel Iures Steven Mackintosh Jordi Mollá Drew Mulligan Ornella Muti Anna Galiena Ronald Pickup Franka Potente
The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in three distinct episodes: as a child during the first World War, as an explorer in Mormon Utah, and as a writer in Belgium during the rise ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Poland|Canada|Netherlands
2007
134 Minutes
Director
Emily Holmes Martin Freeman Eva Birthistle Jodhi May Toby Jones Jonathan Holmes Michael Teigen Kevin McNulty Agata Buzek Natalie Press Fiona O'Shaughnessy
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting 'The Night Watch'.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Biography
Netherlands|Belgium|Finland|Mexico|France
2015
106 Minutes
Director
Elmer Bäck Luis Alberti Maya Zapata Lisa Owen Stelio Savante Rasmus Slätis Jakob Öhrman Sara Juárez
The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1982
103 Minutes
Director
Anthony Higgins Janet Suzman Anne Louise Lambert Dave Hill Hugh Fraser Neil Cunningham David Gant David Meyer
artist wealthy woman mother wealthy man father daughter crafty intricate suspenseful sultry england estate house moat art infidelity murder schemes investigation wealth
An artist (Anthony Higgins) trades 12 drawings for sex with the mistress (Janet Suzman) of a 17th-century English estate.
Fantasy
1985
115 Minutes
Director
Andréa Ferréol Brian Deacon Eric Deacon
Twin zoologist brothers (Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon), students of decay, are drawn to a legless woman (Andréa Ferréol).
Comedy, Drama
1999
120 Minutes
Director
John Standing Matthew Delamere Vivian Wu Shizuka Inoh Barbara Sarafian Kirina Mano Toni Collette Amanda Plummer Polly Walker
playboy businessman concubine maid gambler student outlandish offbeat hedonistic mansion swimming pool bedroom geneva kyoto, japan grief father/son relationship sex prostitution fantasy harems
With help from his son (Matthew Delamere), a man (John Standing) attempts to garner interest in the opposite sex after his wife dies.