List of the best Philip Saville movies: Oedipus the King(1968), Metroland(1997), The Fruit Machine(1988), The Gospel of John(2003), Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501(1990), Fellow Traveller(1989), Those Glory Glory Days(1983), Bang! You're Dead(1954) ... ...
Drama
UK
1968
97 Minutes
Director
Christopher Plummer Orson Welles Lilli Palmer Richard Johnson Cyril Cusack Roger Livesey Donald Sutherland Alexis Mantheakis Dimos Starenios Friedrich Ledebur Oenone Luke
This classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father (deliberately) and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Spain|France|UK
1997
105 Minutes
Director
Christian Bale Lee Ross Emily Watson Elsa Zylberstein Rufus Jonathan Aris Ifan Meredith Amanda Ryan
husband wife friend girlfriend emotional intense powerful london suburbia paris lost loves unhappy marriage freedom middle class idealism politics transformation temptation escape love
The sudden reappearance of his best friend Toni, after a ten year absence, causes Chris to remember his past, to question some of his lifestyle decisions and to re-evaluate his life and marriage to Marion.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
UK
1988
102 Minutes
Director
Emile Charles Tony Forsyth Robert Stephens Clare Higgins Bruce Payne Robbie Coltrane Carsten Norgaard Kim Christie Louis Emerick Joseph Carrington Julie Graham
Two gay teenagers go on the run after witnessing a murder.
Drama
2003
180 Minutes
Director
Henry Ian Cusick Daniel Kash Richard Lintern Scott Handy Stuart Bunce Lynsey Baxter Tristan Gemmill Andrew Pifko Elliot Levey Diego Matamoros Andy Velasquez
The apostle recounts the life of Jesus Christ (Henry Ian Cusick), including the final hours leading to the crucifixion.
Drama
1990
96 Minutes
Director
Cheryl Ladd Doug Sheehan Jeffrey DeMunn Frederick Coffin Jim Metzler Liz Jury Ray Blunk John Rayburn Paula Preston Ron Pinkard Greg Feith
The wife (Cheryl Ladd) of an injured pilot (Doug Sheehan) defends him, as experts and the media probe his jetliner's crash.
Drama
1989
97 Minutes
Director
Ron Silver Hart Bochner Imogen Stubbs Daniel J. Travanti Katherine Borowitz Richard Wilson Jonathan Hyde Alexander Hanson John Labanowski
screenwriter friend actor director ex-girlfriend actress dark brooding emotional somber hollywood, calif. film set london office mccarthyism blacklisting filmmaking exile suicide betrayal
The 1950s McCarthy witch hunt ruins a Hollywood star (Hart Bochner) and drives his screenwriter friend (Ron Silver) to London.
Comedy
1983
95 Minutes
Director
Zoe Nathenson Sara Sugarman Cathy Murphy
A British reporter tells a former soccer star how, as a teen, she (Zoe Nathenson) and her friends idolized him and his team.
Mystery & Thriller
1954
88 Minutes
Ben Jones
Jack Warner Derek Farr Veronica Hurst Michael Medwin Gordon Harker Anthony Richmond Sean Barrett Beatrice Varley Philip Saville John Warwick Toke Townley
wrongly accused innocent man young man robber dark bleak england accidental death wrongfully accused innocence mystery fall 1950s