Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

May 13, 1977 · 49 years old

Samantha Jane Morton (born 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy A…

Known For

31 titles
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016 · 2h 12m · Movie

In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.

6.7
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Minority Report

Minority Report

2002 · 2h 25m · Movie

John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.

7.6
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John Carter

John Carter

2012 · 2h 12m · Movie

A war-weary former army captain is inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions.

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The Whale

The Whale

2022 · 1h 57m · Movie

A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

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Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008 · 2h 4m · Movie

A theater director struggles with his work and the women in his life as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

7.5
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007 · 1h 54m · Movie

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.

6.8
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Control

Control

2007 · 2h 2m · Movie

A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.

7.6
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Cosmopolis

Cosmopolis

2012 · 1h 49m · Movie

A 28-year-old billionaire senses his empire collapsing around him.

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In America

In America

2003 · 1h 45m · Movie

A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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Anemone

Anemone

2025 · 2h 5m · Movie

In Northern England, a man heads out on a journey into the woods to reconnect with the estranged hermit brother with whom he shared a complicated past that was altered by life-changing events decades ago.

5.6
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The Libertine

The Libertine

2004 · 1h 54m · Movie

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

6.2
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The Messenger

The Messenger

2009 · 1h 53m · Movie

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.

7.1
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Sweet and Lowdown

Sweet and Lowdown

1999 · 1h 35m · Movie

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

7.2
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Code 46

Code 46

2003 · 1h 33m · Movie

A futuristic Brief Encounter (1945), this is a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.

6.1
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The Harvest

The Harvest

2015 · 1h 44m · Movie

A couple who keeps their sick son in a secluded environment find their controlled lives challenged by a young girl who moves in next door.

6.0
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The Serpent Queen

The Serpent Queen

2022 · 1m · TV Show

Series based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."

7.7
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Morvern Callar

Morvern Callar

2002 · 1h 37m · Movie

After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.

6.8
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Enduring Love

Enduring Love

2004 · 1h 40m · Movie

Two strangers become connected by a tragedy, yet one dangerously feels that the connection goes much deeper than the other is willing to admit.

6.3
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Mister Lonely

Mister Lonely

2008 · 1h 52m · Movie

In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson look-alike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.

6.4
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Jesus' Son

Jesus' Son

2000 · 1h 47m · Movie

A young man, often high on drugs and alcohol, careens through life and makes his way toward recovery and redemption.

6.9
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Emma

Emma

1996 · 1h 47m · Movie

Faithful, enchanting adaptation of Jane Austen's 19th-century tale of Emma Woodhouse, a clever young woman whose mischievous matchmaking schemes nearly end up jeopardizing her own shot at romance.

7.0
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Miss Julie

Miss Julie

2014 · 2h 9m · Movie

Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.

5.5
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Lassie

Lassie

2005 · 1h 40m · Movie

A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.

6.7
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Rillington Place

Rillington Place

2016 · 45m · TV Show

A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.

7.1
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Decoding Annie Parker

Decoding Annie Parker

2014 · 1h 31m · Movie

Love, science, sex, infidelity, disease and comedy, the wild, mostly true story of the irrepressible Annie Parker and the almost discovery of a cure for cancer.

6.2
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The Burning Girls

The Burning Girls

2023 · TV Show

A reverend and her daughter start a new life in a village that soon reveals its community's dark history and where ancient superstitions and mistrust of outsiders are quite common.

6.8
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Save the Cinema

Save the Cinema

2022 · 1h 49m · Movie

The story of Liz Evans from Carmarthen, Wales, who campaigned to save the Lyric Cinema in 1993.

6.5
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2073

2073

2024 · 1h 25m · Movie

A woman living in a ruined Earth tries to comprehend how the world was destroyed.

5.1
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The Unloved

The Unloved

2009 · 1h 46m · Movie

A film that gives a child's eye view of the U.K.'s government-run care system for orphans and children in danger.

6.8
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Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999 · 1h 32m · Movie

A young woman in rural 1950s England becomes involved in a scandalous love triangle that will inevitably leave someone behind to suffer the consequences.

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Two for Joy

Two for Joy

2018 · 1h 30m · Movie

A troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.

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