John Hurt

John Hurt


Filmography

11. V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta
Action Thriller Science Fiction Superhero Action Political Thriller
8.1
20062h 12minGermany, United Kingdom

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.


12. The Proposition

The Proposition
Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller
7.3
20051h 44minAustralia, United Kingdom

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.


13. The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key
Drama Horror Mystery Thriller Psychological Horror
6.5
20051h 44minGermany, United States

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.


14. Hellboy

Hellboy
Fantasy Action Supernatural Fantasy Superhero Action
6.9
20042h 2minUnited States

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.


15. Dogville

Dogville
Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Psychological Drama
8.0
20032h 58minDenmark, Finland

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.


16. Owning Mahowny

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.


17. The Tigger Movie

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Rabbit are preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore, the perennially dejected donkey, but Tigger's continual bouncing interrupts their efforts. Rabbit suggests that Tigger go find others of his kind to bounce with, but Tigger thinks "the most wonderful thing about tiggers is" he's "the only one!" Just in case though, the joyously jouncy feline sets out to see if he can find relatives.


18. Contact

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.


19. Dead Man

Dead Man
Drama Fantasy Western
7.5
19952h 1minUnited States, Japan

On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.


20. Rob Roy

Rob Roy
Adventure History Drama Action War
6.9
19952h 19minUnited Kingdom, United States

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.