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John Hurt

John Hurt

English actor (1940–2017)
January 22, 1940 (January 25, 2017)
G.-B. 2017. Political drama by Nick Hamm with Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore. In 2006, the exchanges in a car between the leader of the Irish Protestants and Sinn Féin’s right hand are captured by a British intelligence camera.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 2016. Biography by Pablo Larrain with Natalie Portman, Billy Crudup, Peter Sarsgaard. In November 1963, a few days after President John F. Kennedy
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 2014. Adventures by Brett Ratner with Dwayne Johnson, Rufus Sewell, Ingrid Bolso Berdal. At the request of a princess, the demigod Hercules goes to the kingdom of Thrace to put an end to the civil war.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 2013. Sentimental drama by Jim Jarmusch with Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska. Reunited in Detroit, a rocker and his lover, both vampires, are visited by the latter's foolish and reckless little sister.
Runtime: 123 min.
Cor.S. 2013. Science-fiction by Bong Joon-ho with Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton. During a new ice age, humanity's survivors battle it out on a super-train, where a charismatic leader leads the revolt of the oppressed against those in power.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 2011. Spy drama by Tomas Alfredson with Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy. In 1973, a retired secret agent is called upon to investigate at a distance the presence of a mole in the British intelligence services.
Runtime: 127 min.
G.-B. 2011. Documentary by Nigel Paterson.
Runtime: 180 min.
U.S. 2011. Adventures by Tarsem Singh with Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto. The peasant Theseus is guided by Zeus to rally the Greeks against a tyrannical king who seeks to free the Titans and destroy the gods.
Runtime: 110 min.
Dan. 2011. Drama by Lars von Trier with Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland. As a planet threatens to collide with Earth, a depressed young publicist finds refuge with her sister.
Runtime: 135 min.
Aust. 2010. Psychological drama by Belinda Chayko with John Hurt, Lily Bell-Tindley, Emily Barclay. An eleven-year-old girl, whose father has just ran out, plays the role of her grandfather
G.-B. 2010. Crime drama by Rowan Joffe with Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren.
Runtime: 111 min.
G.-B. 2009. Drama by Malcolm Venville with Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 2009. Crime drama by Jim Jarmusch with Isaach de Bankolé, Paz de la Huerta, Tilda Swinton. In Spain, a lonely individual meets various people who provide him with clues that will lead him to the place where he must fulfill a mysterious mission.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 2009. Sketches by Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Randy Balsmeyer, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Jiang Wen, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner with Hayden Christensen, Andy Garcia, Rachel Bilson. A journey of love through the Big Apple, filled with encounters with a different people.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 2008. History by Jay Roach with Kevin Spacey, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson. Following the close election of George W. Bush to the presidency in November 2000, Al Gore's team demands a recount of the votes in the state of Florida.
Runtime: 116 min.
Esp. 2008. Thriller by Alex de la Iglesia with Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling. An Oxford math professor teams up with an American student to solve the enigmatic crimes of a serial killer.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 2008. Adventures by Howard McCain with Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston. The exploits of a human-like alien whose ship crashed near a Viking village in the year 709.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 2006. Thriller by James McTeigue with Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea. In a totalitarian society, a young woman becomes involved with a masked vigilante who seeks to overthrow the government by committing terrorist acts.
Runtime: 132 min.
G.-B. 2006. History by Michael Caton-Jones with John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz. In Kigali, in the spring of 1993, a priest and a teacher offered asylum to several thousand Tutsis in the grounds of their school which was under siege by Hutu militiamen.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 2005. Horror by Iain Softley with Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt. In Louisiana, a nurse discovers traces of black magic in the decrepit home of her paralyzed and mute patient.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 2004. Fantasy by Guillermo del Toro with Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair. A red-skinned colossus with superhuman strength fights against a Machiavellian being who wants to annihilate humanity.
Runtime: 132 min.
Parental Guidance
G.-B. 2004. Adventures by John Downer. An orphaned cub finds himself at the center of a turf war between two lion troops.
Runtime: 70 min.
Can. 2003. Psychological drama by Richard Kwietniowski with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt. A reserved-looking banker embezzles millions of dollars from his clients' lines of credit to gamble at the casino.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 2002. Drama by Menahem Golan with Crispin Glover, Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt. A student who committed a double murder with impunity is confronted by an insightful police officer.
U.S. 2001. War drama by John Madden with Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt. During World War II, on an occupied Greek island, an Italian soldier with a passion for music falls in love with a young islander.
Runtime: 129 min.
U.S. 1999. Crime drama by Matthew Modine with Matthew Modine, John Hurt, Lisa Marie. An ex-convict who aspires to lead an honest life is drawn into a new criminal scheme by his brother.
Runtime: 108 min.
G.-B. 1999. Thriller by Michael Hurst with Nick Moran, John Hurt, Shawn Wayans. A group of young gangster trainees join forces with dangerous mafiosi to commit a kidnapping that goes wrong.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1999. Drama by Jeremy Thomas with Christian Bale, John Hurt, Daniel Benzali. Fleeing his cruel stepfather, a simple-minded young man becomes the companion of a misanthropic old man who lives in a cabin in the forest.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Bob Swaim with Gregory Smith, John Hurt, David Strathairn. In 1959, in Baltimore, a kid befriends an old, sickly, and grumpy neighbour.
Runtime: 98 min.
All. 1997. Political drama by George Sluizer with John Hurt, Rosana Pastor, Armin Mueller-Stahl.
Runtime: 111 min.
G.-B. 1997. Dramatic comedy by Richard Kwietniowski with John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi.
U.S. 1995. Western by Walter Hill with Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, David Arquette.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1995. Psychological drama by Stephen Walker with John Hurt, Rowena Cooper, Anna Cropper.
U.S. 1995. Western by Jim Jarmusch with Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen.
Runtime: 134 min.
G.-B. 1995. Drama by David Attwood with Kerry Fox, Douglas Hodge, John Hurt.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1995. Adventures by Michael Caton-Jones with Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt.
Runtime: 139 min.
U.S. 1994. Mores comedy by Gus Van Sant with Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix.
Runtime: 101 min.
G.-B. 1993. Drama by Beeban Kidron with Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Jonathan Pryce. In the 1950s, on a liner bound for London, various people become involved in a painting theft.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1993. Science-fiction by John Eyres with Bill Paxton, Lindsay Frost, John Hurt. A detective and his partner discover the existence of an extraterrestrial entity capable of incarnating in the bodies of its victims.
Runtime: 95 min.
Can. 1991. Psychological drama by Patrick Dewolf with Mathew Mackay, John Hurt, Marthe Keller. With the help of a psychiatrist, a teenager with amnesia manages to remember his past in Western Canada.
Runtime: 86 min.
U.S. 1990. Science-fiction by Roger Corman with John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda. In the year 2031, a scientist pursues experiments that take him back to the 19th century to meet a doctor who has just created a monster.
Runtime: 85 min.
G.-B. 1990. Mores drama by Jim Sheridan with Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean. An old Irish farmer competes with an American industrialist to acquire a small field of crops put up for auction.
Runtime: 110 min.
G.-B. 1989. Political drama by Mike Beckham with John Hurt, Martin Shaw, Roger Allam. Ten years after the conviction of six Irishmen on terrorism charges, British journalists question the findings of the investigation.
Runtime: 105 min.
G.-B. 1988. Mores drama by Michael Caton-Jones with John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Ian McKellen. In London in the early 1960s, a dancer becomes a minister
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1987. Court drama by Bob Clark with Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt. A brilliant young lawyer becomes convinced during a trial that his client is guilty, which causes him to question his conscience.
Runtime: 111 min.
G.-B. 1987. Music performance by Nicolas Roeg, Charles Sturridge, Jean-Luc Godard, Julien Temple, Bruce Beresford, Robert Altman, Franc Roddam, Ken Russell, Derek Jarman, Bill Bryden with John Hurt, Theresa Russell, Marion Peterson. Opera arias linked together by the stroll of a disillusioned singer.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1987. Psychological drama by Anthony Simmons with John Hurt, Karen Young, Cassie Barasch.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1986. Adventures by Andrew Lane with Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins. A hero from a novel comes to the aid of a woman whose sister, a victim of White slavery, was sold in an African country.
Runtime: 100 min.

Rossinante

V.O.: Rocinante
G.-B. 1986. Poetic drama by Ann Guedes, Eduardo Guedes with John Hurt, Maureen Douglass, Ian Dury. A tramp wandering in the English countryside crosses paths with an enigmatic young woman engaged in a secret operation.
Runtime: 93 min.
G.-B. 1984. Thriller by Stephen Frears with John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Laura Del Sol. A snitch who has taken refuge in Spain is kidnapped by two hired killers who are charged with bringing him to Paris for execution.
Runtime: 96 min.
Suis. 1984. Psychological drama by Dominique Othenin-Girard, Sergio Guerraz with John Hurt, Julian Sands, Victoria Abril. An anthropology professor abandons his family and work to help his schizophrenic brother.

1984

V.O.: Nineteen Eighty-Four
G.-B. 1984. Science-fiction by Michael Radford with John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton. Despite the prohibitions of a totalitarian regime, a man has a clandestine affair with a colleague.
Runtime: 119 min.
U.S. 1983. Thriller by Sam Peckinpah with Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Burt Lancaster. A television host agrees to work with the CIA to dismantle a spy ring in which three of his friends are allegedly involved.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1983. Drama by Michael Elliott with Lawrence Olivier, John Hurt, Anna Calder-Marshall. An elderly king is robbed by his daughters to whom he has given his kingdom.
Runtime: 158 min.
G.-B. 1983. Sports drama by John Irvin with John Hurt, Jan Francis, Edward Woodward. Discovering that he has cancer, an English jockey decides to fight the disease.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1982. Police comedy by James Burrows with Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan. To better investigate within a gay community where murders have been committed, two police officers pretend to be a homosexual couple.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1981. Drama by Delbert Mann with John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Beau Bridges.
Runtime: 106 min.
Runtime: 149 min.
14A
G.-B. 1980. Mores drama by David Lynch with Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Wendy Hiller.
Runtime: 125 min.

Crime and Punishment (Zui yu fa)

V.O.: Crime and Punishment
G.-B. 1979. Drama by Michael Darlow with John Hurt, Carinthia West, Timothy West.
Runtime: 122 min.
G.-B. 1979. Science-fiction by Ridley Scott with Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm.
Runtime: 124 min.
18A
G.-B. 1978. Psychological drama by Jerzy Skolimowski with Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt. A young writer meets a man who claims to have supernatural gifts.
Runtime: 86 min.
G.-B. 1978. Thriller by Alan Parker with Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid.
Runtime: 121 min.
G.-B. 1976. Psychological drama by Jack Gold with John Hurt, Patricia Hodge, Colin Higgins. In the 1930s, a homosexual man decides to come out of the closet despite the attacks of the society where he lives.
Runtime: 80 min.
G.-B. 1976. Fantasy by Clive Donner with Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt. A criminologist and his doctor friend investigate the strange rise of an English financier.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1971. Dramatic comedy by Al Viola with John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Dudley Sutton. In Antarctica, a biologist becomes attached to the penguins he observes and undertakes to defend them against their natural enemies, the skuas.
Runtime: 101 min.
G.-B. 1971. Tale by Jacques Demy with Donald Pleasence, Michael Hordern, John Hurt. After saving a town from a rat invasion, a pied piper who didn
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1971. Court drama by Richard Fleischer with Richard Attenborough, John Hurt, Pat Heywood. In 1949, an unhinged man kills his landlady and her child, and then arranges for her husband to be sentenced in his place.
Runtime: 111 min.
G.-B. 1969. Psychological drama by Peter Wood with Julie Christie, Michael Sarrazin, John Hurt. On her way to her father's re-marriage, a young woman hopes to meet an American man whom her whole family has been talking about.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1968. Adventures by John Huston with John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Ronald Fraser.
Runtime: 93 min.
G.-B. 1968. Drama by Jack Lee Thompson with David Niven, Topol, John Hurt. After the last war, a British officer is put in charge of a camp for displaced persons in Austria.
Runtime: 107 min.

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