Michael Apted

Michael Apted

February 10, 1941 · 85 years old

Michael David Apted CMG (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer. Apted began working in television and directed the Up documentary series from 1970 to 2019. He later directed Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), which was nominated for seven Academy Awa…

Known For

25 titles
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Dracula

Dracula

1992 · 2h 8m · Movie

Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and wreak havoc in the foreign land.

7.4
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The World Is Not Enough

The World Is Not Enough

1999 · 2h 8m · Movie

James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot while protecting an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.

6.4
3
Rome

Rome

2005 · 52m · TV Show

The lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans in the last days of the Roman Republic.

8.7
4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010 · 1h 53m · Movie

Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they sail with King Caspian to help Narnian lords banished by an evil usurper of the throne.

6.3
5
Unlocked

Unlocked

2017 · 1h 38m · Movie

A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.

6.1
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Enough

Enough

2002 · 1h 55m · Movie

After running away fails, a terrified woman empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband.

5.8
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Chasing Mavericks

Chasing Mavericks

2012 · 1h 56m · Movie

When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.

7.1
8
Nell

Nell

1994 · 1h 52m · Movie

In a remote woodland cabin, a small-town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit-woman with many secrets.

6.5
9
Gorillas in the Mist

Gorillas in the Mist

1988 · 2h 9m · Movie

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

7.0
10
Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

2006 · 1h 58m · Movie

The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

7.4
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Enigma

Enigma

2001 · 1h 59m · Movie

A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves.

6.4
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Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

1980 · 2h 4m · Movie

The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.

7.5
13
Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

1996 · 1h 58m · Movie

A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.

6.2
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Thunderheart

Thunderheart

1992 · 1h 59m · Movie

A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.

6.8
15
Gorky Park

Gorky Park

1983 · 2h 8m · Movie

A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.

6.7
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Blink

Blink

1993 · 1h 46m · Movie

Emma, a blind violinist who had recently undergone a revolutionary surgery, joins with a police detective to track a serial killer after she was an inadvertent witness to his latest crime.

6.2
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Class Action

Class Action

1991 · 1h 50m · Movie

An attorney representing a traumatized accident victim finds that his opponent is a very familiar defense attorney - his own daughter.

6.4
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Critical Condition

Critical Condition

1987 · 1h 37m · Movie

Con man Kevin Lennihan, framed in a jewel smuggling, tries for an insanity plea, and is sent to a hospital for review, where he is confused for a doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.

5.3
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Agatha

Agatha

1979 · 1h 45m · Movie

In December 1926, mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie's husband Colonel Archie Christie asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing for eleven days. US reporter Wally Stanton searches for her in this speculative story.

6.2
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Firstborn

Firstborn

1984 · 1h 43m · Movie

A teenager must protect his family when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their home.

6.2
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The River Rat

The River Rat

1984 · 1h 33m · Movie

After serving time for a murder he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.

6.3
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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

1982 · 1h 25m · Movie

Alan Duckworth (known as 'Quack Quack' to his friends) is a socially awkward fourteen-year-old who is obsessed with cricket and Ann Lawton, a girl in his class. Alan daydreams throughout his day, showing up late for school and mak...

7.1
23
The Triple Echo

The Triple Echo

1972 · 1h 30m · Movie

During World War II, a deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection, hiding at a farm run by a POW's wife, but is soon hit-on by a lusty sergeant.

6.4
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Bring on the Night

Bring on the Night

1985 · 1h 37m · Movie

Documents the preparation and rehearsals for Sting's first solo concert, as well as his supporting band's opinions on their leader and his controversial efforts.

7.4
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Bending the Light

Bending the Light

2014 · 1h 0m · Movie

A Michael Apted documentary that honors the artisans and craft of still and motion photography and in particular the glass that captures it all.

6.8