List of the best Roger Allam movies: The Truth Commissioner(2016), Tamara Drewe(2010), Endeavour(2012), The Lady in the Van(2015), The Woman in Black(2012), The Angels' Share(2012), Say Your Prayers(2020), Margaret(2009), A Royal Night Out(2015), Speed Racer(2008), The Hippopotamus(2017), Mr. Holmes(2015) ... ...
Drama
UK
2016
99 Minutes
Henry Stanfield
Roger Allam Barry Ward Conleth Hill Madeleine Mantock Bríd Brennan Jasmine Hyde Lia Williams Ian Beattie Frank Cannon Joanne Crawford Denis Conway
A drama about a truth commissioner appointed to chair a South African style truth commission in Northern Ireland.
Comedy
UK
2010
110 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Roger Allam Dominic Cooper Luke Evans Tamsin Greig Jessica Barden Charlotte Christie John Bett James Naughtie Josie Taylor Bronagh Gallagher
journalist writer handyman teacher love interest drummer amusing melodramatic playful england small town infatuation infidelity transformation writing small-town life cosmetic surgery love temptation rivalry
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
Mystery & Thriller
2012
120 Minutes
DI Fred Thursday
Shaun Evans Roger Allam Charlie Creed-Miles Patrick Malahide Abigail Thaw Danny Webb
In 1965, a young. opera-loving constable named Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) investigates a tricky case in Oxford.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2015
104 Minutes
Rufus
Maggie Smith Alex Jennings Roger Allam Deborah Findlay Frances de la Tour Gwen Taylor Jim Broadbent David Calder James Corden Dominic Cooper Russell Tovey
playwright homeless person amusing hysterical positive inspiring london friendship homelessness living arrangements living together love sacrifice discovery 1970s
A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA|Sweden
2012
95 Minutes
Mr. Bentley
Daniel Radcliffe Misha Handley Roger Allam Ciarán Hinds Janet McTeer Mary Stockley Tim McMullan Liz White Ashley Foster Sophie Stuckey Shaun Dooley
lawyer townsperson police officer young woman widower ghost chilling eerie disturbing uneasy thrilling suspenseful england village haunted house mansion marsh haunting secrets inheritance
A young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.
Comedy, Drama
UK|France|Belgium|Italy
2012
101 Minutes
Thaddeus
John Henshaw Gary Maitland William Ruane Roger Allam Paul Brannigan Jasmin Riggins Siobhan Reilly David Goodall
drifter judge expectant father amusing scottish highlands jail angels journey liquor pursuit
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Comedy
USA|UK
2020
84 Minutes
Professor Huxley
Harry Melling Anna Maxwell Martin Derek Jacobi Roger Allam Vinette Robinson Tom Brooke Flora Spencer-Longhurst Sheena Bhattessa Matthew Steer San Shella Will Barton
evangelical radical hitman professor priest brother orphan madcap hilarious suspenseful yorkshire living room cliff assassination plot religious fanaticism botched murder transformation fall discovery adventure
Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch). Their mission: assassinate Professor John Huxley, famed atheist writer.
Biography, Drama
2009
105 Minutes
John Wakeham
Lindsay Duncan Ian McDiarmid Kevin R. McNally Rosemary Leach Roger Allam Roger Ashton-Griffiths Charlotte Asprey Elizabeth Bennett
Comedy, Drama
UK
2015
97 Minutes
Stan
Sarah Gadon Jack Reynor Bel Powley Emily Watson Rupert Everett Roger Allam Ruth Sheen Jack Laskey Jack Gordon Laurence Spellman
queen elizabeth ii princess bodyguard soldier king queen amusing charming lighthearted inspiring london bus fountain street big city nightclub celebration royalty unintended consequences light
On V.E. Day in 1945, as peace extends across Europe, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations. It is a night full of excitement, danger and the first flutters of romance.
Action, Adventure
USA|Australia|Germany
2008
135 Minutes
Royalton
Emile Hirsch Andy Wachowski Christina Ricci Susan Sarandon John Goodman Matthew Fox Roger Allam Kick Gurry Paulie Litt Rain Benno Fürmann
speed racer brother father mother executive race car driver thrilling hilarious emotional racetrack school household garage locker room death of brother car racing family coming of age cheating competition
A young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.
Comedy
2017
89 Minutes
Ted Wallace
Matthew Modine Russell Tovey Emily Berrington Geraldine Somerville Fiona Shaw Roger Allam Tim McInnerny Adrian Bouchet Lyne Renée Scott Chambers Tommy Knight
Poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
2015
105 Minutes
Dr. Barrie
Ian McKellen Laura Linney Milo Parker Hiroyuki Sanada Hattie Morahan Patrick Kennedy Roger Allam Philip Davis Frances de la Tour Takako Akashi Zak Shukor
sherlock holmes old man young boy mysterious woman sick person detective moving engaging witty england countryside london united kingdom crime scene japan sussex mystery mysterious past memory sherlock holmes
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with early dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Germany
2006
132 Minutes
Natalie Portman Hugo Weaving Stephen Rea John Hurt Rupert Graves Stephen Fry Ben Miles Tim Pigott-Smith Sinead Cusack Cosima Shaw Natasha Wightman
terrorist police officer political activist government official brutal dark frenetic london terrorism government violence pursuit underdog sacrifice 21st century
In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.
Drama, History
Ireland|UK|Germany|Italy|Spain|France|Belgium|Switzerland|Netherlands
2006
126 Minutes
Cillian Murphy Padraic Delaney Liam Cunningham Orla Fitzgerald Mary Riordan Mary Murphy Laurence Barry Damien Kearney Máirtín de Cógáin Myles Horgan Martin Lucey
brother doctor soldier hostage prisoner of war emotional dark ireland farm household barracks siblings war death independence quest underdog 1920s
Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France
2011
105 Minutes
Meryl Streep Jim Broadbent Alexandra Roach Harry Lloyd Olivia Colman Iain Glen Victoria Bewick Nicholas Farrell John Sessions Anthony Head David Westhead
prime minister husband father deputy politician grocer intricate fascinating powerful london grantham, england house of parliament westminster, london margaret thatcher gender bias politics discrimination conservatism rise transformation
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.