Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton


Filmography

1. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Drama
6.8
20231h 48minUnited Kingdom

Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns his old friend Queenie is dying. Harold leaves home, walking to his post office to send her a letter. And out of the blue, Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, 450 miles away.


2. Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Drama Romance Historical Drama Passionate Romance
7.4
20222h 4minUnited Kingdom, United States

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director seeks to film his latest production at Downton.


3. Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat
War History Drama World War II Historical Event
6.6
20222h 8minUnited Kingdom, United States

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.


4. Summerland

Summerland
Drama Romance Historical Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.0
20201h 39minUnited Kingdom

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.


5. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Romance Drama History Romantic Epic Historical Drama
7.3
20182h 4minUnited Kingdom, United States

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.


6. The BFG

The BFG
Adventure Family Fantasy Adventure Epic Parent-Child Family
6.3
20161h 57minIndia, United Kingdom

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.


7. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Drama Comedy Ensemble Comedy
6.5
20152h 2minUnited Kingdom, United States

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.


8. Belle

Belle
Drama Historical Drama
7.3
20131h 45minUnited Kingdom

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.


9. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Drama Comedy Relationship Drama Ensemble Comedy
7.2
20122h 4minUnited Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.


10. Match Point

Match Point
Drama Romance Thriller Relationship Drama Dark Romance
7.6
20052h 4minUnited Kingdom, United States

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.