Bill Paterson
25 titles
Filmography
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The Entity
(2002)A study of a vivid, haunting nightmare phenomenon, delivered by the unconscious in the same form for centuries, and its heavy impact on mental health.

Love Sarah
(2020)A young woman enlists the help of her grandmother and an old friend to fulfill her late mother’s dream of opening a bakery in London’s Notting Hill.

Hard Times
In an industrial Victorian town, the market's philosophy predominates over human sensitivity and represses true passions in this Dickens' adaptation.
Hidden City
(1987)Sharon Newton (Cassie Stuart) leads the uncooperative James Richards (Charles Dance) into a world of misplaced government secrets, capitalistic artists and bungling secret agents.

Truly Madly Deeply
(1991)A woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.

Canterbury Tales
Six stories including The Miller's Tale and Wife of Bath adapted from Chaucer's medieval magnum opus with a modern twist and a star-studded cast.

Hard Times
(1994)In an industrial Victorian town, the market's philosophy predominates over human sensitivity and represses true passions in this Dickens' adaptation.

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.

Miss Potter
(2006)The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.

Crush
(2002)The three 40-ish women who populate the deliciously sinful world of Crush, Kate (Andie MacDowell), Janine (Imelda Staunton) and Molly (Anna Chancellor), happily engage in weekly rituals of gin guzzling, cigarette puffing, chocolate chugging and men trashing. They are successful women who share one common lament, their love lives, or lack thereof. But when Kate embarks on a passionate and...

Complicity
(2000)All fingers point to a young, Scottish journalist when someone starts murdering the people in his articles in gruesome ways.

The Rachel Papers
(1989)A young boy, Charles Highway, decides to have a romantic relationship with an older woman. He falls in love with Rachel Noyce at a computer program.

The List
(2013)The owner of a popular site ranking the world’s most corrupt people is voted to the top of the list, while a killer plans to murder every name on it.

Rag Tale
(2005)British tabloids prove a hostile setting for romance, where frenzied paparazzi hatch plots and shred loyalties for the sake of sensational headlines.

Criminal Justice
This series follows individuals as they are sent through the criminal justice system, where dangerous truths slowly come to light.

The Witches
(1990)Roald Dahl's scarytale is told in deliciously diabolical style by director Nic Roeg and the effects masters at Jim Henson's Creature Workshop. Anjelica Huston relishes her role as the warty old sorceress who plans to turn every child in England into mice. Rowan Atkinson, Jane Horrocks and Brenda Blethyn all find themselves caught in the fiendish plot.

Defence of the Realm
(1986)An upstart reporter digs into the connection between a member of Parliament and the KGB when the death of a veteran colleague raises his suspicions.

The Repair Shop
In a cozy British workshop, master craftspeople restore treasured heirlooms and memories, bringing broken artifacts—and hearts—back to life.

The Object of Beauty
(1991)A couple’s jet-setting life of glamour, including a posh home in London, betrays the fact that they're not as honestly rich as they pretend to be.

The Odd Job
(1978)Suicidal after his wife leaves him, a timid man hires a strange handyman to do the job for him. But when she returns, the assassin refuses to quit.