James Fox
31 titles
Filmography
31 results

Performance
(1970)Rock superstar Mick Jagger stars in a stunning reality/fantasy trip set in London's underworld. A criminal hides out at the residence of a bizarre rock star (Jagger) and his mysterious and beautiful companion (Anita Pallenberg, Barbarella).

A Long Way From Home
(2013)A British couple realizes their dream of retiring to the South of France, but their contentment quickly fades when they meet another, younger couple.

Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters
(2025)
Jinnah
(1998)Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru.

The Servant
(1963)After moving to London, an aristocratic man hires a servant for his house, but as time goes on, the loyal employee turns out to have a hidden agenda.

The Mighty Quinn
(1989)The murder of a prominent businessman on a tiny Caribbean island plunges a police chief into the decadent lives of the island's white establishment.

Afraid of the Dark
(1991)A young boy who is going blind comes to believe that a serial killer has become obsessed with murdering his mother, and only he can stop it.

High Season
(1987)An English photographer living in Greece has her life turned upside down when a series of issues with friends and a stranger arise during the summer.
Shadow Run
(1998)Haskell (Michael Caine) is assigned a job by his boss, the aristocratic Landon-Higgins (James Fox), to hijack a high security van in broad daylight while it's in the shadow run (out of radio contact with the main security firm). He assembles a team to carry out the heist, but things don't go according to plan and Haskell begins to think his boss might be double-crossing him. Add to this a teenage boarding school pupil having already witnessed some of the meetings of the team and Haskell is in real trouble.

The Remains of the Day
(1993)The possibility of romance and his master's ties with the Nazi cause challenge a rulebound head butler's carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
(1965)Sabotage efforts damage an international air race.

Isadora
(1968)A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.

The Magnet
(1950)Ten-year-old Johnny Brent (William Fox - The Servant) tricks a young boy to swap him a toy magnet for his ‘invisible watch’. Troubled afterwards by his conscience, Johnny rids himself of the magnet by presenting it to a charitable fund. When news of this touching sacrifice by an unknown child appeals to the imagination of the sentimental public, the magnet is auctioned for charity and raises several hundred pounds. This leads to a search to find the donor, and when Johnny learns of this he concludes that is wanted by the police for obtaining the magnet by false pretences, prompting him to go on the run! Directed by Academy Award nominee Charles Frend (Scott of the Antarctic), written by Academy Award winner T.E.B. Clarke (The Lavender Hill Mob), and co-starring Stephen Murray (A Tale of Two Cities) and Kay Walsh (Oliver Twist), The Magnet is an outstanding Ealing comedy.
An Audience with Ken Dodd
(1994)A show-biz legend entertains a celebrity audience, answering some light-hearted questions.

All at Sea
(2012)In the wake of his best friend’s death, a former sailor enlists fellow retirement home residents to join him on a quest to carry out a burial at sea.
Nature and Us: A History Through Art
In this groundbreaking arts documentary, BBC Select explores the often complex relationship that human beings have with the natural world. Taking a unique approach, Dr James Fox uses art as evidence of our developing attitudes towards nature across the globe and throughout history, from prehistory to the present. Can culture help to explain our evolving relationship with nature?

A Passage to India
(1984)Winner of two Academy Awards® for Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft) and Best Score, "A Passage to India" is director David Lean's masterful adaptation of E.M. Forester's novel of political tensions in colonial India. Judy Davis stars.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
(2009)Manchester detective Peter Hunter gets brought in by the Home Office to conduct a thorough secret review of the Ripper investigation.

The Falklands Play
(2002)Tense drama about the war room strategy led by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1982 as Britain and Argentina went to war for 10 weeks.

The Russia House
(1990)Based on the book by master spy novelist John LeCarre, a British publisher and a Russian editor get sucked into the deadly world of espionage.