16 Gary Oldman movies worth revisiting

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The most striking roles in the career of the Oscar-winning Briton, who today celebrates his 60th birthday.

Dark times

• Drama, military, biography, history.
• USA, UK, 2017.
• Duration: 125 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 4.

In the early days of World War II, the fate of Europe depends on the new British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. He must decide: succumb to the persuasions of his own party and enter into peace negotiations with Hitler or fight to the last.

Who plays: Prime Minister Churchill.

Sid and Nancy

• Drama, melodrama, biography, music.
• UK, 1986.
• Duration: 112 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.

The story of the flamboyant and tragic relationship between Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.

Who plays: punk icon Sid Vicious.

John F. Kennedy: Shots in Dallas

• Thriller, drama, history.
• France, USA, 1991.
• Duration: 181 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

The New Orleans District Attorney discovers that there is more behind the Kennedy assassination than the official story suggests.

Who plays: assassin of US President Lee Harvey Oswald.

Firm

• Drama, football.
• UK, 1988.
• Duration: 70 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 3.

The bloody history of rival football gangs in England who decide to unite ahead of the upcoming European Championship for a massive brawl.

Who plays: the leader of football hooligans.

Immortal lover

• Drama, melodrama, biography, music.
• UK, USA, 1994.
• Duration: 121 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 5.

A film about the life and death of the great composer Beethoven, as well as an attempt to unravel the secret of his true love.

Who plays: composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Perk up your ears

• Drama, melodrama, biography.
• UK, 1987.
• Duration: 110 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 4.

The story of the gripping life and tragic death of British playwright Joe Orton at the hands of his jealous lover.

Who plays: gay playwright Joe Orton.

Dracula

• Horror, fantasy, melodrama.
• USA, 1992.
• Duration: 128 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 5.

The immortal vampire Count Dracula arrives in England in the 19th century to seduce the bride of his lawyer and spread fear in a foreign country.

Who plays: Count bloodsucker Vlad Dracula.

Spy, get out

• Thriller, detective.
• France, UK, Germany, 2011.
• Duration: 127 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.

British intelligence veteran George Smiley returns from retirement to find the Soviet mole at the top of MI6.

Who plays: cult British agent George Smiley.

Fifth Element

• Science fiction, action, thriller, comedy.
• France, 1997.
• Duration: 126 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 7.

In the distant future, an ordinary taxi driver becomes an unwitting participant in the search for a mythical weapon capable of stopping the onset of the universal Evil.

Who plays: a servant of Evil named Zorg.

Real love

• Thriller, drama, melodrama, crime.
• USA, France, 1993.
• Duration: 121 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 9.

Written by Quentin Tarantino, the film follows a newlywed couple who plunge into history when they decide to steal cocaine from a pimp they know and sell it in Hollywood.

Who plays: an infernal pimp who anticipated the image of Jack Sparrow.

Leon

• Thriller, drama, crime.
• France, 1994.
• Duration: 133 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 6.

12-year-old Matilda becomes an apprentice to hitman Leon after her family is shot by a corrupt cop.

Who plays: corrupt police officer.

Highway 60

• Science fiction, fantasy, drama, comedy, detective, adventure.
• Canada, USA, 2001.
• Duration: 116 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 7.

A young artist and the son of a successful lawyer sets out on a journey along a nonexistent highway in search of the girl of his dreams.

Who plays: an eccentric wish-fulfilling agent.

Romeo is bleeding

• Action, thriller, drama, crime.
• UK, USA, 1993.
• Duration: 108 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 6.

The life of a two-faced cop turns upside down after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless killer who works for the Russian mafia.

Who plays: corrupt police officer.

Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban

• Fantasy, detective, adventure, family.
• UK, USA, 2004.
• Duration: 142 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 8.

In his third year at Hogwarts, Harry faces his dark past in the person of his distraught godfather Sirius, who escaped from a magical prison and longs to find his godson.

Who plays: godfather of Harry Potter, magician Sirius Black.

A state of frenzy

• Action, thriller, drama, melodrama, crime.
• UK, USA, 1990.
• Duration: 129 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 3.

Growing up in New York, an undercover cop returns to his hometown after a long absence to put the elder brother of his childhood friend, the head of the Irish mafia, behind bars.

Who plays: Irish gangster.

Planet of the Apes: Revolution

• Science fiction, action, drama.
• USA, UK, Canada, 2014.
• Duration: 130 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 6.

The second part of the franchise based on the Planet of the Apes. The sprawling nation of genetically evolved primates, led by Caesar, comes into conflict with a group of people who survived a devastating epidemic 10 years ago.

Who plays: the belligerent leader of the surviving human colony.