John Hurt Movies

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to...

Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an...

Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there...

Go behind the scenes on V for Vendetta. The only verdict is vengeance. The Cast and crew of V For Vendetta discuss the complicated, but fiercely...

A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer...

"Making Evil Look Innocent" The narrators draw parallels between the Harry Potter books and witchcraft and other occult practices, and warn viewers...

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."

The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.

After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to...

The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a...

A day in the life of 70-year-old Arthur, who falls in love with Ruth, a new resident at his retirement home.

Alan White is a desperate man; his daughter must have a heart transplant to live. He gets an unexpected visit from his adult son, Danny, a criminal...

A white lion comes to the aid of a girl being held under the cruel care of a troll.

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who...

A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own.

Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of writer Samuel Beckett's nineteen stage plays. The documentary features...

A criminal couple, hiding out on a remote property, become the unwitting victims of a blackmail plot by the most unlikely of conspirators.

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her...

A group of youths become lost after participating in an auto race through 1930s English moorland and find shelter in an old manor, whose occupants...