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Gillian Anderson Films Viewed by Kathy

Movie list created by kathy

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5.9

5.6

Straightheads (2007)

[Also known as 'Straightheads']
Director: Dan Reed
Starring: Danny Dyer, Gillian Anderson, Adam Rayner, Antony Byrne, Anthony Calf, Ralph Brown, Steven Robertson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Neil Finnighan and Francesca Fowler

After surviving a rape and a violent beating respectively, a middle aged businesswoman and her younger boyfriend plot revenge on their attackers but find themselves conflicted about carrying out their plans.

kathy's rating:

6.1

Continuum (2013)

[Also known as 'I'll Follow You Down']
Director: Richie Mehta
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell and Victor Garber

After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later - one that may bring him home.

kathy's rating:

7.3

The House of Mirth

Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Terry Kinney, Eleanor Bron, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Penny Downie, Pearce Quigley, Lorelei King Morag Siller and Pamela Dwyer

Lily Bart is a beautiful socialite accustomed to comfort and luxury. Along with her younger cousin, Grace Stepney, she lives with her wealthy aunt, Julia Peniston. Through a series of unfortunate misunderstandings, she learns of the bitter consequences for a single woman without wealth, living in an uncaring society.

kathy's rating:

619

5.9

6.3

Johnny English Reborn (2011)

Director: Oliver Parker
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, Daniel Kaluuya, Richard Schiff and Pik-Sen Lim

British spy Johnny English is back; this time he goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier.

kathy's rating:

1615

7.4

7.7

The Last King of Scotland (2007)

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney and Gillian Anderson

It was supposed to be a wild adventure in a far off country but when a naive young Scottish doctor arrives in 1970s Uganda - hoping for fun, sun and to lend a helping hand - he finds himself instead on a shocking ride into the darkest realm on earth: the human heart. The Last King Of Scotland is a powerful thriller that recreates on screen the world of Uganda under the mad dictatorship of Idi Amin.

kathy's rating:

8.2

The Mighty Celt

Director: Pearse Elliott
Starring: Tyrone McKenna, Ken Stott, Gillian Anderson, Robert Carlyle and Sean McGinley

Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal ownership of Donal's favorite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if the animal wins three races in a row.

Meanwhile, Donal's mother, Kate, must adjust her life when O, a man from her past, returns. The political climate of Northern Ireland serves as the backdrop of this story.

kathy's rating:

7.1

7.5

Room on the Broom (2012)

Directors: Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Narrator: Simon Pegg
Starring (voices): Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon, Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Sally Hawkins and David Walliams

To the annoyance of her cat, a kindly witch allows a dog, a bird and a frog - who have helped her retrieve things she has lost - to ride on her broomstick, making it top heavy.

The broom is destroyed by a fire-breathing dragon who threatens to eat the witch but the creatures band together to impersonate a monster and save her. As a result she fashions a luxurious new broom with seats on which they can all ride comfortably.

kathy's rating:

112

6.5

6.2

Shadow Dancer

Director: James Marsh
Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Brid Brennan, David Wilmot, Michael McElhatton, Stuart Graham and Martin McCann

Set in 1990s Belfast, an active member of the IRA becomes an informant for MI5 in order to protect her son's welfare.

kathy's rating:

7.1

Sister (2012)

Director: Ursula Meier
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Gillian Anderson, Martin Compston, Jean-François Stévenin, Yann Trégouët, Gabin Lefebvre and Dilon Ademi

A young boy supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests at a Swiss ski resort.

kathy's rating:

974

6.5

The X Files: Fight the Future

Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, John Neville, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, Jeffrey DeMunn, Michael Shamus Wiles, Terry O'Quinn, Lucas Black and Gary Grubbs

Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.

kathy's rating:

706

5.6

5.9

The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Director: Chris Carter
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner, Mitch Pileggi, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley, Xantha Radley, Fagin Woodcock, Nicki Aycox and Alex Diakun

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

kathy's rating:

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Stage Play screened live in UK cinemas

9.5

National Theatre Live

The Young Vic's production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams
Director: Benedict Andrews
Starring: Ben Foster, Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby and Corey Johnson

National Theatre Live is an exciting initiative to broadcast live performances of the best of British theatre to cinemas in the UK and around the world.

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Television

8.2

Any Human Heart

Director: Michael Samuels
Based on the novel by William Boyd
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Hayley Atwell, Gillian Anderson, Tom Hollander, Kim Cattrall, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Ed Stoppard, Samuel West, Ken Bones, Stuart McQuarrie and Emerald Fennell

The story of Logan Mountstuart's tumultuous and unpredictable journey through the 20th century.

kathy's rating:

122

7.9

8.3

Bleak House (2005)

Directors: Justin Chadwick and Susanna White
Based on the novel 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Anna Maxwell Martin, Carey Mulligan, Patrick Kennedy, Denis Lawson, Burn Gorman, Timothy West, Alun Armstrong, Warren Clarke, Lilo Baur, Pauline Collins, Phil Davis, Hugo Speer, Johnny Vegas, Charlie Brooks, Joanna David, Harry Eden, Tom Georgeson, Richard Griffiths, Peter Guinness, Sheila Hancock, Tony Haygarth, Matthew Kelly, John Lynch, Sean McGinley, Alistair McGowan, Nathaniel Parker, Natalie Press, Robert Pugh, Anne Reid, Ian Richardson, Liza Tarbuck, Catherine Tate, Roberta Taylor and Emma Williams

A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th-century English legal system, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

kathy's rating:

8.4

7.6

The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)

Director: Marc Munden
Starring: Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Hale, Shirley Henderson, Katie Lyons, Mark Gatiss and Richard E. Grant

Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.

kathy's rating:

6.8

7.1

Crisis

Creator: Rand Ravich
Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Thomas Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Adam Scott Miller, Jessica Dean Turner, Max Schneider, Stevie Lynn Jones, Max Martini, Lance Gross, Halston Sage, Joshua Erenberg, Michael Beach, Mark Valley and Gillian Anderson

An idealistic Secret Service agent finds himself at the centre of an international crisis on his first day on the job. In his search for the truth, he will have to cross moral and legal lines as he navigates the highest levels of power and corruption.

kathy's rating:

236

7.9

8.1

The Fall

Directors: Jakob Verbruggen and Allan Cubitt
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Archie Panjabi, Niamh McGrady, John Lynch, Stuart Graham, Gerard McCarthy, Aisling Franciosi, Bronagh Waugh, Emmett J Scanlan, Ian McElhinney and Valene Kane

A psychological thriller that examines the lives of two hunters. One is a serial killer who stalks his victims at random in and around Belfast and the other is a talented female Detective Superintendent from the Met who is brought in to catch him.

kathy's rating:

7.9

7.5

Great Expectations

Director: Brian Kirk
Starring: Douglas Booth, Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, David Suchet, Vanessa Kirby, Shaun Dooley, Jack Roth, Mark Addy, Paul Rhys, Harry Lloyd and Susan Lynch

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. Based on Charles Dickens' novel.

kathy's rating:

968

8.3

8.5

Hannibal

Directors: James Foley, Peter Medak, Guillermo Navarro, Vincenzo Natali and Michael Rymer
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas, Hettienne Park, Scott Thompson, Aaron Abrams, Gillian Anderson and Eddie Izzard

Will Graham is a gifted criminal profiler who is on the hunt for a serial killer with the FBI. Graham's unique way of thinking gives him the astonishing ability to empathize with anyone - even psychopaths. He seems to know what makes them tick. But when the mind of the twisted killer he's pursuing is too complicated for even Will to comprehend, he enlists the help of Dr. Lecter, one of the premier psychiatric minds in the country. Armed with the uncanny expertise of the brilliant doctor, Will and Hannibal (known as a serial killer only to the audience) form a brilliant partnership and it seems there's no villain they can't catch. If Will only knew...

kathy's rating:

2689

7.8

8.6

The X Files (1993)

Creator: Chris Carter
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Cary Elwes, Nicholas Lea, Chris Owens, Mitch Pileggi and William B. Davis

Two FBI agents, a believer and a skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.

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