Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

February 7, 1946 · 80 years old

Pete Postlethwaite (February 7, 1946 – January 2, 2011) was an English stage, film and television actor. After minor television appearances including in The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a mysterious lawyer, Mr. Kobayas…

Known For

38 titles
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Inception

Inception

2010 · 2h 28m · Movie

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO, but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.

8.8
2
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995 · 1h 46m · Movie

The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.

8.5
3
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997 · 2h 9m · Movie

A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.

6.6
4
The Town

The Town

2010 · 2h 5m · Movie

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

7.5
5
Alien³

Alien³

1992 · 1h 54m · Movie

Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.

6.4
6
Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

2010 · 1h 46m · Movie

Perseus, a demigod and the son of Zeus, battles the minions of Hades and the Underworld in order to stop them from conquering Olympus and Earth.

5.8
7
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996 · 2h 0m · Movie

Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

6.7
8
The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

1992 · 1h 52m · Movie

Three Mohican trappers agree to protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.

7.6
9
In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

1993 · 2h 13m · Movie

An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.

8.1
10
The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener

2005 · 2h 9m · Movie

A widower's transcontinental quest to find answers about his wife's death leads him to explosive secrets.

7.3
11
Æon Flux

Æon Flux

2005 · 1h 33m · Movie

Æon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.

5.4
12
DragonHeart

DragonHeart

1996 · 1h 43m · Movie

The last dragon and a disillusioned dragon-slaying knight must unite to stop an evil king, who was granted partial immortality.

6.4
13
Amistad

Amistad

1997 · 2h 35m · Movie

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legal...

7.3
14
Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane

2009 · 1h 44m · Movie

A ruthless mercenary renounces violence after learning his soul is bound for hell. When a young girl is kidnapped and her family slain by a sorcerer's murderous cult, he is forced to fight and seek his redemption slaying evil.

6.1
15
James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

1996 · 1h 19m · Movie

An orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.

6.7
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Dark Water

Dark Water

2005 · 1h 45m · Movie

A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building, where they are targeted by the ghost of a former resident.

5.6
17
The Omen

The Omen

2006 · 1h 50m · Movie

An American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate.

5.5
18
The Shipping News

The Shipping News

2001 · 1h 51m · Movie

An emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

6.7
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Brassed Off

Brassed Off

1996 · 1h 48m · Movie

The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.

7.2
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Split Second

Split Second

1992 · 1h 30m · Movie

In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.

6.0
21
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1999 · 2h 30m · Movie

Alice falls down a rabbit hole, and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.

6.3
22
Killing Bono

Killing Bono

2011 · 1h 54m · Movie

Two brothers attempt to become global rock stars but can only look on as old school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.

6.4
23
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

1999 · 1h 31m · Movie

The animals of a farm successfully revolt against its human owner, only to slide into a more brutal tyranny amongst themselves.

6.0
24
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1990 · 2h 12m · Movie

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate Captain Long John Silver.

7.0
25
Distant Voices, Still Lives

Distant Voices, Still Lives

1988 · 1h 24m · Movie

The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.

7.4
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Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring

2007 · 1h 58m · Movie

A young man searches for the proper owner of a ring that belonged to a U.S. World War II bomber gunner who crashed in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 1, 1944.

6.5
27
The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid

2009 · 1h 32m · Movie

A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.

7.0
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A Private Function

A Private Function

1984 · 1h 32m · Movie

In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.

6.5
29
Waterland

Waterland

1992 · 1h 35m · Movie

In 1974 Pittsburgh, a high-school history teacher seeking closure tells his class about his experiences as teenager in England during World War II.

6.5
30
The Serpent's Kiss

The Serpent's Kiss

1997 · 1h 44m · Movie

In England, during the 17th century, a Dutch garden architect is drawn into a web of passion and treachery after being hired by a wealthy merchant.

5.6
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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
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Among Giants

Among Giants

1998 · 1h 33m · Movie

A woman drifter finds her soul-mate while working with an all-male crew painting giant electrical-generator towers.

5.9
33
Crimetime

Crimetime

1996 · 1h 58m · Movie

Bobby Mahon is an actor playing a notorious serial killer on prime-time television. The show becomes a hit, which encourages the real-life murderer on whom it's based, to go on a spree to make it on screen.

4.6
34
Ghost Son

Ghost Son

2007 · 1h 37m · Movie

A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.

4.4
35
When the Sky Falls

When the Sky Falls

2000 · 1h 47m · Movie

Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite t...

6.3
36
Anchoress

Anchoress

1993 · 1h 48m · Movie

In the 14th-century, a visionary girl is to become an Anchoress, a walled-in recluse, so that she can live in the Virgin's house forever. Over time she awakens to her own sensuality and explores her own female, earth-based spiritu...

6.5