Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

February 29, 1928 · 98 years old

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). Description a…

Known For

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The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990 · 2h 15m · Movie

Moscow, Washington D.C. and a CIA Analyst track a rogue Soviet Captain and his new submarine.

7.5
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Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2

1989 · 1h 54m · Movie

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

7.3
3
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991 · 1h 33m · Movie

A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.

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The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks

1992 · 1h 44m · Movie

A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.

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K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002 · 2h 18m · Movie

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

6.7
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D3: The Mighty Ducks

D3: The Mighty Ducks

1996 · 1h 44m · Movie

The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.

5.5
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Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

1993 · 1h 34m · Movie

Sam, an escaped convict, lands up on a farmland owned by a widow. When he learns that a ruthless contractor is trying to take over her land, he helps her to fight against the injustice.

5.7
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Flawless

Flawless

2007 · 1h 48m · Movie

In 1960s London, an elderly janitor convinces a glass-ceiling constrained executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.

6.7
9
Citizen X

Citizen X

1995 · 1h 45m · Movie

During the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.

7.4
10
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1973 · 1h 46m · Movie

A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.

7.1
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The House That Dripped Blood

The House That Dripped Blood

1971 · 1h 42m · Movie

An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.

6.5
12
Surviving Picasso

Surviving Picasso

1996 · 2h 5m · Movie

The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.

6.3
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No Good Deed

No Good Deed

2002 · 1h 37m · Movie

While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

5.4
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A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts

1985 · 1h 55m · Movie

Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.

7.2
15
Lady Jane

Lady Jane

1986 · 2h 16m · Movie

The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.

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16
A Kid in King Arthur's Court

A Kid in King Arthur's Court

1995 · 1h 29m · Movie

A Little League player is sent back into medieval times where he is given the task of saving Camelot.

4.7
17
The Sicilian

The Sicilian

1987 · 1h 55m · Movie

Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.

5.4
18
Asylum

Asylum

2005 · 1h 39m · Movie

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty of the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

6.1
19
Firelight

Firelight

1998 · 1h 43m · Movie

In 1838, Elisabeth agrees to bear a child for an anonymous landowner who'll pay her father's debt. Employed as a governess on a Sussex estate, Mr. Godwin turns out to be the landowner.

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Mother's Boys

Mother's Boys

1993 · 1h 36m · Movie

Jude Madigan abandons her husband Robert and her three sons without any explanation. Three years later Jude inexplicably returns to reunite her family. However Robert and his new lover Callie see Jude for the true psychopath she i...

5.4
21
The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill

1974 · 1h 46m · Movie

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

6.3
22
Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

1966 · 1h 31m · Movie

Thrown out of his monastery for licentious and drunken behavior, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg in pursuit of wealth and prestige. He soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism.

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23
White Mischief

White Mischief

1987 · 1h 47m · Movie

In 1940s Kenya, a love affair between a British aristocrat and a married woman triggers a scandal that shakes the hedonistic Happy Valley society.

6.4
24
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978 · 1h 52m · Movie

European chefs are being killed in the same ways that their special dishes are prepared. Pastry chef Natasha O'Brien is suspected, as is her ex-husband Robby Ross, a fast-food franchiser looking for chefs to endorse his omelet shops.

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25
The Apple

The Apple

1980 · 1h 30m · Movie

In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs.

4.3
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The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty

1991 · 1h 43m · Movie

This story is about a ne'er-do-well and his girlfriend as they search for a thief.

5.6
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Royal Flash

Royal Flash

1975 · 1h 42m · Movie

Ne'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince.

6.3
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I'll Be There

I'll Be There

2003 · 1h 45m · Movie

An off-beat comedy about a former 80s pop star (Craig Ferguson) whose downward spiral is halted when he discovers he has a teenage daughter (Charlotte Church), the product of a weekend love affair.

6.4
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975 · 1h 34m · Movie

A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.

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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

1991 · 1h 40m · Movie

When Miss Marple is invited to the manor house of an old friend, it is not long before a puzzling murder puts her mind to work.

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Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973 · 1h 48m · Movie

A dramatization based on eyewitness accounts of Hitler's final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun.

6.5
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To Kill A Priest

To Kill A Priest

1988 · 1h 57m · Movie

A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

6.1
33
Prisoners of the Sun

Prisoners of the Sun

2013 · 1h 25m · Movie

A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the Apocalypse.

3.7
34
Rough Cut

Rough Cut

1980 · 1h 52m · Movie

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.

5.7
35
Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship

1952 · 1h 14m · Movie

A luxury ship is haunted by the ghosts of a crew that had disappeared off the ship years before.

5.3
36
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

1992 · 3h 8m · Movie

King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabled jewel is stolen and several people end up being murdered.

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