Richard Griffiths
15 titles
Filmography
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The History Boys
(2006)Based on the Tony Award winning play, The History Boys tells the story of an unruly class of talented British schoolboys vying for admittance to Britain's top universities, Oxford and Cambridge.

The Merry Wives of Windsor
(1982)Sir John Falstaff devises a plan to seduce both Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, the wives of two wealthy burgesses of Windsor. But the ladies resolve to play a number of cruel tricks on him and he soon finds himself the butt of their jokes. As his humiliation escalates, Falstaff's hopes are finally and cruelly dashed late one night in Windsor Forest.

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
(2008)Celebrate the holiday season with all your favorite Muppets.

Withnail & I
(1987)The ultimate cult British comedy, Bruce Robinson's beloved, semi-autobiographical end-of-youth tale stars Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann as a pair of perpetually soused, unemployed actors in 1960s London who embark on a hilariously misbegotten country getaway.

Private Peaceful
(2012)Two small-town teen brothers from a life of poverty and tragedy fall for the same girl before war with Germany sends them into the trenches.

The Brides in the Bath
(2003)A riveting dramatization of the story of George Joseph Smith, the notorious serial killer who was hanged in 1915 for the murders of his three wives.

A Private Function
(1984)Michael Palin teams up with Dame Maggie Smith in this uproarious comedy where the laughs come fast and the upper class become furious. Life isn't easy in 1947 Yorkshire, where strict post-war food rationing is putting the squeeze on the townsfolk. The film centres around the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, specifically the secret of an illegally obtained pig!

Shanghai Surprise
(1986)A missionary nurse in China enlists the help of a sleazy con man on a quest to locate a stash of opium that vanished during the Japanese occupation.

Venus
(2006)Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.
Funny Bones
(1995)Failed American comedian Tommy Fawkes lives under the shadow of his successful comic father. Trying to find his own niche in life, he begins searching for the funniest sketches in the world and travels to Blackpool where he encounters the tragi-comic Parker family and begins to uncover his own dark family secret.

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
(1991)Loony Frank Drebin is back in this sequel in which he takes on a greedy oil cartel--and nearly trashes Washington, D.C. in the process!

Guarding Tess
(1994)She's a cantankerous former First Lady living in a sleepy Ohio town. He's her Secret Service bodyguard in the worst assignment of all time. Tempers soon flare as she also expects him to be her servant... but these unlikely adversaries eventually form a surprising friendship.

Sleepy Hollow
(1999)AMC Presents: Tim Burton weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman.

Gorky Park
(1983)In the Soviet Union, a Russian police officer is caught up in a twisted murder mystery when three bodies are discovered in Moscow’s Gorky Park.

Ballet Shoes
(2008)Facing tough times in 1930s London, three orphan girls find their footing when they enter an extraordinary school for the performing arts.