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Actor: David Thewlis

Afraid of the Dark (1991)

7 April 19996 June 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Psycho-Thriller/Reversal of Perception

Director: Mark Peploe
Actors: Ben Keyworth, James Fox, Paul McGann, Claire Holman, …
Category: Horror

The Trial (1993)

22 February 20056 July 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Bureaucratic Nightmare World/Kafka Adaptation

Director: David Jones
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Jason Robards, Anthony Hopkins, Polly Walker, …
Category: Fantasy

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

1 December 200018 November 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Fantastical Journey/Stop-Motion Animation/Roald Dahl Adaptation

Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, …
Category: Fantasy

The Island of Dr Moreau (1996)

15 February 200112 January 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Mad Scientist/Beast Men

Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, …
Category: Science Fiction

DragonHeart (1996)

28 May 200018 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Rogue and Dragon

Director: Rob Cohen
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, David Thewlis, Dina Meyer, …
Category: Fantasy

American Perfekt (1997)

13 December 200018 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Road Movie Psycho-Thriller

Director: Paul Chart
Actors: Robert Forster, Amanda Plummer, Fairuza Balk, David Thewlis, …
Category: Horror

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)

20 November 201914 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Coming of Age Story/Eccentric Psychic Father

Director: Peter Hewitt
Actors: Michael Legge, Tom Courtenay, Laura Fraser, Stephen Fry, …
Category: Fantasy

Dinotopia (2002)

1 September 200715 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Lost World of Intelligent Dinosaurs

Director: Marco Brambilla
Actors: Wentworth Miller, Tyron Leitso, David Thewlis, Jim Carter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Timeline (2003)

1 February 200428 December 2018

Rating: ★

Time Travel/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Paul Walker, Gerard Butler, Frances O'Connor, Billy Connolly, …
Category: Science Fiction

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

15 June 20041 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, …
Category: Fantasy

The Omen (2006)

21 June 20063 June 2020

Rating: ★★

The Biblical End of the World/The Anti-Christ

Director: John Moore
Actors: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, David Thewlis, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, …
Category: Horror

Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

2 April 200629 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Sexual Thriller

Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Actors: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Charlotte Rampling, …
Category: Horror

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

11 July 20071 July 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

17 July 20091 July 2021

Rating: ★★½

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)

17 November 20101 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, John Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

15 July 20111 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, …
Category: Fantasy

The Zero Theorem (2013)

3 August 201412 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Dystopian Future/The Meaning of It All

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Christoph Waltz, Melanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Lucas Hedges, …
Category: Science Fiction

Eliza Graves (2014)

22 November 201512 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Victorian Asylum Taken Over by the Inmates

Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Kate Beckinsale, David Thewlis, …
Category: Horror

Wonder Woman (2017)

8 July 201724 July 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroine

Director: Patty Jenkins
Actors: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston, Connie Nielsen, …
Category: Fantasy

I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

12 September 202025 August 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Surrealism and Identity Blurring

Director: Charlie Kaufman
Actors: Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Colette, David Thewlis, …
Category: Fantasy

Recent Posts

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  • Infeccion (2019)
  • Wyvern Hill (2021)
  • Requiem for a Vampire (1972)
  • Moon Crash (2022)
  • Hatching (2022)
  • Jung_E (2023)
  • Something in the Dirt (2022)
  • The Hazing (2004)
  • Gogol: The Beginning (2017)
  • Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)
  • Danger! Danger! (2021)
  • Raven’s Hollow (2022)
  • Bones and All (2022)
  • Orphan: First Kill (2022)
  • Mt. Misery Rd (2018)
  • Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
  • Mandrake, The Magician (1939)
  • Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
  • Escape the Field (2022)

Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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