Janet McTeer
22 titles
Filmography
22 results

The Intended
(2002)Set in the 1920s, Sarah (Janet McTeer) and her younger lover (JJ Feild) travel to an ivory trading post deep in the Malaysian jungle. The influence of the couple's high hopes and obvious love for each other on the small strained group of inhabitants unleashes greed, murder and madness: a tragedy where everyone is the victim of each other's broken dreams. This Dogme 95 inspired costume drama also stars Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Tony Maudsly and Philip Jackson. The Intended is directed by Danish filmmaker, Kristian Levring and was co-written by leading lady, Janet McTeer. Shot with digital video, this film premiered at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival.

Yellowbacks
(1990)In a rundown hotel, two women forcefully escort a restrained Dr. Horowitz to the bar as Alex faces a grilling over a specific individual elsewhere.

Tideland
(2005)Jeliza-Rose is an unusual child - her father is an aging junkie rock and roller and her mother is a junkie chocoholic. After the death of her mother she sinks into a fantasy world where her friends are doll heads and she meets a mysterious talking squirrel.

The Black Velvet Gown
(1991)After receiving a job as a housekeeper for a former teacher, a widow finds that his generosity has unforeseen consequences for her children.

Sorry For Your Loss
Three months after her husband's unexpected death, a young woman struggles to put her life back together while dealing with her family.

Paint It Black
(2016)Set in the punk scene in 1990's Los Angeles, Amber Tamblyn's directorial debut dives headfirst into the hot-button subject of suicide and emerges with expressionistic power and savage grace. The film is based on a book by Janet Fitch (White Oleander).

Cat Run
(2011)Two bumbling detectives try to protect a high-end escort who withholds key evidence to a government cover-up from a ruthless assassin.

Me Before You
(2016)A girl in a small town (Emilia Clarke) forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man (Sam Claflin) she's taking care of.

Hannah Arendt
(2012)During the year 1961, the influential German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt reported for the New Yorker magazine on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Her articles introducing her now-famous concept of the "Banality of Evil" triggered off an unprecedented controversy. Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, Margarethe von Trotta turns the often invisible passion for thought into immersive dramatic cinema.

Wuthering Heights
(1992)Emily Brontë's timeless tale of love and passion comes alive in this stirring film version starring Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes.

The Woman in Black
(2012)A widowed lawyer raising his young son alone travels to a remote seaside town to close out the affairs of a recently deceased woman but discovers a vengeful ghost who is preying on the children of the village.

Hawks
(1988)In this life-affirming, black comedy, two men - the devilishly handsome British lawyer Bancroft (Timothy Dalton), and rugged American football player Decker -- have absolutely nothing in common...except the struggle for survival. Both terminally ill with cancer but still equally red blooded, the duo form a warm friendship and are determined to live life to the fullest, ripping off an ambulance and heading for the brothels of Amsterdam for one final fling. Janet McTeer and Jill Bennett co-star.

Daphne
(2007)Drama charting the story of Daphne du Maurier's unrequited passion and showing how her inner struggles with her sexuality informed the writing of her compelling stories. It focuses on the most emotionally fraught yet creatively fertile period of the author's life: the years between the Rebecca trial and the writing of her short story The Birds.

KAOS
As discord reigns on Mount Olympus and almighty Zeus spirals into paranoia, three mortals are destined to reshape the future of humankind.

The Menu
(2022)A couple’s visit to a celebrity chef’s exclusive island restaurant takes a horrifying turn when they are served nothing but shocking surprises.

Albert Nobbs
(2011)Award winning actress Glenn Close plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.
Hunter
Gripping crime thriller about the kidnapping of two boys, and the highly sensitive case that follows. Will Detective Superintendent Iain Barclay cope alone or will he need back-up?

Into the Storm
(2009)This follow-up to "The Gathering Storm" follows Winston Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he led his beleaguered nation through World War II.

The Exception
(2017)In WWII, a soldier investigates a German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading to a web of deceit & a dangerous love affair with a Jewish woman.

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
When politicians act out near her store, supermarket manager Ros Pritchard takes a bold step and runs for election to change the system herself.