Emily Watson
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Filmography
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Breaking the Waves
(1996)In a remote Scottish village, a devoted couple’s marriage is interrupted by a tragic accident. Physical intimacy is replaced with verbal frankness, as the wide-eyed Bess devotes her body to the erotic impulses of her husband. It’s a journey of sexual martyrdom and religious ecstasy, portrayed with unwavering commitment by Emily Watson in her remarkable film debut.

Oranges and Sunshine
(2010)An extraordinary true story, Oranges and Sunshine is a powerful tale of courage and compassion from the producers of The King's Speech.Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson), is an ordinary social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Almost single-handedly, against

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
(2008)Starring Dermot Mulroney and Gretchen Mol. A father separates his twin babies at birth to prevent his wife from knowing the girl was born with Down syndrome. Based on the novel by Kim Edwards.

Hilary and Jackie
(1998)Academy Award nominees Rachel Griffiths and Emily Watson star in this incredible, true story of two musical-prodigy sisters joined by their talent and torn apart by love for the same man.

Within the Whirlwind
(2009)During Stalin's reign of terror, a literature professor serving ten years at a Siberian gulag meets a camp doctor and comes back to life.

God's Creatures
(2022)A mother tells a lie for her beloved son that rips apart their family and close-knit Irish town— ultimately testing her own sense of right & wrong.

Monster Family 2
(2021)To save The Loch Ness Monster and King Conga from a monster hunter, the Wishbone family must transform into spooky creatures. Together as a Vampire, Mummy, Werewolf, and Frankenstein, the family set off on a wild and monstrous adventure.

Monster Family
(2017)In an attempt to reconnect as a family, Mum and Emma plan a fun night out. However, her plan backfires when an evil witch curses them, and they're all turned into Monsters.

Punch-Drunk Love
(2002)A shy oddball prone to violent outbursts follows the woman of his dreams to Hawaii.

Little Boy
(2015)An imaginative young boy in 1940s California becomes determined to do good works so that God will bring his father home safely from World War II.

The Boxer
(1997)When ex-boxer Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns to his Belfast neighborhood, he's swept into emotional and political turmoil after he reunites with his former love (Emily Watson).

The Luzhin Defence
(2000)Set in 1929, this adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel of love and obsession stars John Turturro as Alexander Luzhin, a shambling and eccentric chess Grandmaster who arrives in a North Italian lakeside resort to play the match of his career. After a childhood in which passion for chess substituted for the lack of love and affection, into the adult Luzhin's life comes Natalia (Emily Watson), a...

Small Things Like These
(2024)A loving father (Cillian Murphy) finds disturbing secrets at a local convent, forcing him to confront the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

The Water Horse
(2007)A very special child cares for a unique pet, which just happens to be a fantastical sea creature that no one can believe actually exists.

Cold Souls
(2009)Bogged down by his preparation for a Chekhov play, an anxious actor has his soul temporarily removed by a doctor, who then loses it.

Separate Lies
(2005)A damaged relationship is stretched to its desperate limits in this drama. Anne (Emily Watson) and James (Tom Wilkinson) are a seemingly happy and prosperous British couple who divide their time between a flat in London and a house in the country. However, their marriage is not as contented as one might imagine, and for years James has turned a blind eye to just how deeply unhappy Anne has become with him. Their lives together reach a crossroads when Anne meets the handsome and charming Bill Bule (Rupert Everett); Anne becomes deeply infatuated with him, which only reinforces her dissatisfaction with James, but when the two become involved in an accident that kills another man, Bill drops out of the picture and James decides he must step forward to protect the woman he wed.

Metroland
(1997)After disappearing for ten years Toni suddenly reappears in London to bring chaos and doubt into Chris's quiet, peaceful, predictable life.

The Book Thief
(2013)Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson star in this inspiring film based on the bestseller about Liesel, (Sophie Nélisse), a girl adopted by a German couple (Rush and Watson) who hide a Jew (Ben Schnetzer) from Hitler’s army. Soon Liesel discovers that words and imagination provide an escape from the events unfolding around her family in this extraordinary film.

Corpse Bride
(2005)Tim Burton brings to life a 19th-century Russian folktale, in which a young man mistakenly weds a corpse bride who takes him to the underworld.

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.