Movies starring Ian Holm

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Advocate, The

"A few years ago, a friend sent me a book about the prosecution of animals in the Middle Ages... These trials read like modern courtroom dramas. Since the animals were given a full defense counsel and were prosecuted with the whole rigor of the la...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Leslie Magahey
Cast: Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Nicol Williamson, ...
Alien

When Alien was first released during the summer movie season of 1979, science fiction films were all the rage. The trend had been started two years earlier with the unexpected box office success of Star Wars, and, by 1979, anything even remotely co...

Run Time: 1:56
U.S. Release Date: 1979-05-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, ...
Alien: Romulus

(Contains spoilers about a certain cameo.)A case could be made that Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus is the third-best film of the nine movies to feature the infamous xenomorphs (with the prequel Prometheus being the only one not to name-check them ...

Run Time: 1:59
U.S. Release Date: 2024-08-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Director: Fede Alvarez
Cast: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, ...
Aviator, The

Had Martin Scorsese made this film 25 years ago, it would have been greeted with a surge of curiosity. Howard Hughes, one of the richest eccentrics of the 20th century, was still fresh in the public's mind at that time. Now, more than a quarter c...

Run Time: 2:48
U.S. Release Date: 2004-12-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly, ...
Big Night

From time immemorial, the experience of eating a good meal has been regarded as one of life's most hedonistic pleasures. In a recent survey, more than 50% of Americans indicated they would rather eat a memorable dinner than experience a night of u...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 1996-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rossellini, ...
Brazil

Terry Gilliam's Brazil is one of those films whose enduring reputation is based at least in part on events surrounding its stormy distribution history. Taken at face value, Brazil is a stinging, Strangelovian satire of the power of the bureaucracy...

Run Time: 2:22
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/COMEDY
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Peter Vaughan, ...
Chariots of Fire

Sporting events today have become rancorous, angry affairs where the motto, more frequently than not, is "win at all costs." Exhibitions of good sportsmanship are about as rare as selflessness. Everyone is out for themselves, and the displays...

Run Time: 2:04
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, ...
Day After Tomorrow, The

Roland Emmerich must dislike New York City. After all, this is the third time he has destroyed it. The Day After Tomorrow, an ode to an apocalyptic endgame of global warming, is an old-fashioned disaster film with modern-day special effects. It'...

Run Time: 2:04
U.S. Release Date: 2004-05-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Austin Nichols, ...
eXistenZ

eXistenZ, the latest from iconoclastic director David Cronenberg (Crash, Dead Ringers, The Fly), looks at the dangers of virtual reality. The movie seems to have been designed as a cautionary tale, and, as such, contains elements of pointed satire...

Run Time: 1:37
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, ...
Fifth Element, The

The Fifth Element uses one of the newest tricks in the science fiction motion picture handbook: perform a visual and aural assault on viewers in the vain hope that they won't notice the lack of substance, logic, and intelligence. For a few recent...

Run Time: 2:07
U.S. Release Date: 1997-05-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, ...