Tom Courtenay
21 titles
Filmography
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Alec Guinness: A Class Act
(2024)Explore the extraordinary life of Oscar winner, Shakespearean actor, and Star Wars icon Alec Guinness. From The Bridge on the River Kwai to Obi-Wan Kenobi, discover his legacy through rare recordings and stories from those who knew him best.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
(1962)A rebellious youth sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbery rises through the ranks and is recognized by the governor for his skill as a runner.

The Dresser
(1983)The lives and relationships of those within a British traditional touring stage company provide the backdrop for the five-time 1983 Oscar nominee, THE DRESSER (Best Picture; Best Actor; Best Supporting Actor; Best Director; Best Screenplay Adaptation). THE DRESSER is a compelling study of intense relationship between the leader of the company and his dresser. Sir (Albert Finney), a grandiloquen..

45 Years
(2015)Kate Mercer is planning a party to celebrate her 45th wedding anniversary. One week before the celebration a letter arrives for her husband, Geoff, containing news that the body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. Kate continues to prepare for the party, but she becomes increasingly concerned by Geoff's preoccupation with the letter an

Quartet
(2012)At a home for retired opera singers, the annual Verdi celebration concert is disrupted by the arrival of the diva ex-wife of one of the residents.

Last Orders
(2001)A group of old friends Ray (Bob Hoskins), Lenny (David Hemmings) and Vic (Tom Courtenay) get together to make a nostalgic journey from London to Margate to scatter the ashes of Jack (Michael Caine), one of their crew. As they make their way in a series of flashbacks they reflect on their friendship with all its secrets, resentments, and deep loyalty.

The First Film
(2015)A look at filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson's 33 year quest to prove that the world's film industry started in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1888.

Leonard Part 6
(1987)A secret agent-turned-restaurateur gets pulled out of retirement to save the world from an evil genius who is turning animals into killing machines.

The Night of the Generals
(1967)Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif star in this powerful thriller about a Nazi general who becomes a serial killer and the investigator who brings him in.

The Aeronauts
(2019)In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history.

The Railway Children Return
(2022)A group of child evacuees escaping the bombings of their cities during World War II encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far from home.

King of Thieves
(2018)Based on true events, this film follows thief Brian Reader as he pulls together a band of misfits to plot the biggest bank heist in British history.

Summerland
(2020)During World War II, an Englishwoman (Gemma Arterton) opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship.

Gambit
(2012)Harry Deane (Colin Firth) is a man with a plan. Art curator for media tycoon Lord Lionel Shahbandar (Alan Rickman), Harry devises an elaborate plot to con Shahbandar into purchasing a fake Monet painting. With the help of beautiful rodeo queen PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz), the pair hatch a scheme to fool Shahbandar into believing that Harry's expert forgery is the real deal and pocketing a hefty sum in the process. But with the con proving harder to pull off than he had first intended, Harry and PJ find themselves in increasingly hilarious situations in order to see the job through to the end.

Catch Me a Spy
(1971)Andrej (Kirk Douglas), a smuggler of microfilmed Russian manuscripts, uses the luggage of unsuspecting travellers to transport the contraband out of the country.

Night Train to Lisbon
(2013)A strait-laced manβs chance encounter with a mysterious woman leads to a book that inspires him to question his life and how fast it can change.

Doctor Zhivago
(1965)Illicit lovers fight to stay together during the turbulent years of the Russian Revolution.

Operation Crossbow
(1965)Action-packed story of a small group of military agents who are ordered to blow up a secret Nazi missile facility during WWII.

The Legend of Barney Thomson
(2015)An awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity until he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
(2018)In 1946, a London-based writer begins exchanging letters with residents on the island of Guernsey, which was German-occupied during WWII. Feeling compelled to visit the island, she starts to get a picture of what it was like during the occupation.