John Hurt
82 titles
Filmography
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The Plague Dogs
(1982)When a pair of dogs escape from a government research lab, they struggle to survive under harsh circumstances in the wild, with help from a wily fox.

The Storyteller
A man shares nine classic European folk tales about princesses, soldiers, magic and more with his quirky and sarcastic dog.

Watership Down
(1978)Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.

Nineteen Eighty-Four
(1984)In a world controlled by language, surveillance, and doctored history, one man dares to rebel against a fascist government. Big Brother is watching.

Hiroshima
(2005)This miniseries uses historical reenactments to recount the story of the dropping of the atomic bomb and its effects on the people of Hiroshima.

The Naked Civil Servant
(1975)The outrageous, flamboyant & at times tragic biopic of Quentin Crisp. John Hurt stars as the openly gay Quentin who faced bigotry and condemnation for trying to live his life as he wished in the deeply conservative 1930s.

Love and Death on Long Island
(1998)John Hurt stars in Richard Kwietniowski’s comedy of fame and obsession about an older man (Hurt) who becomes infatuated with a young Hollywood actor (Jason Priestley), and proceeds to track him down.

Shooting Dogs
(2006)In April 1994, a secondary school in Kigali, Rwanda called the Ecole Technique Officielle (ETO), being used as a UN army base, became a refugee camp. Belgian UN troops, school children, NGO workers and over 2,500 Tutsi citizens and their sympathizers took refuge against a raging genocide while the Hutu militia, clad with machetes, clamored outside the school gates. Five days later, the UN troops withdrew from the school, taking the whites with them. Within hours, almost all of the Rwandans were dead. Beyond The Gates is about the choices we make when we are free to choose. In the tragic circumstances of the Ecole Technique Officielle, would you have left with the UN troops on the fifth day or would you have stayed?

The Hit
(1984)After a decade in hiding for snitching on his mob associates, an ex-gangster is found in Spain and escorted on a wild ride to Paris for his execution.

Night Crossing
(1982)Two young couples escape from East Germany aboard a hot-air balloon.

Champions
(1984)Just as British jockey Bob Champion is in the middle of a vacation in Kentucky, he finds out he has cancer, and, like others beforehim, submits to the full, painful treatments of multiple injections and radiation, suffering as much or more from the cure as from the illness.

Whistle and I'll Come to You
(2010)After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, retired academic James Parkin stays at a wintry out-of-season hotel they used to visit together.

Lou
(2010)A tender story about 11-year old Lou and her befuddled grandfather who comes to live with her family and teaches her the healing power of love.

Love at First Sight
(2010)A day in the life of 70-year-old Arthur, who falls in love with his beautiful fellow resident Ruth.

Vincent
(1987)This documentary, on the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, is told through his letters to his brother Theo from 1872 until his tragic death.

All the Little Animals
(1999)After escaping his abusive stepfather, a young man with a mental disability finds solace with a peculiar old hermit who shares his love of animals.

Poison Candy
(1989)A thriller about a little girl who's spying on two strangers, blackmailing her brother and about to murder her best friend.

That Good Night
(2017)A terminally ill screenwriter has two items left on his bucket list: reconcile with his estranged son and ensure his death isn’t a burden on his wife.
Sinful Davey
(1969)In 1821, a young Scotsman wants to emulate his criminal father, a notorious rogue and highwayman, until his girlfriend can save his soul first.

New Blood
(1999)A family’s shock at the return of their long-lost relative, bleeding from a gunshot wound, is disrupted by his children being targeted for death.