Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

October 26, 1942 · 83 years old

Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014) was an English actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980), and Mona Lisa (1986), and lighter roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Hook (1991).

Known For

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Snow White and the Huntsman

Snow White and the Huntsman

2012 · 2h 7m · Movie

In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.

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Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

2001 · 2h 11m · Movie

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Hook

Hook

1991 · 2h 22m · Movie

When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988 · 1h 44m · Movie

When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.

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Brazil

Brazil

1985 · 2h 12m · Movie

A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.

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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2009 · 1h 36m · Movie

Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old moneylender, is visited by three Christmas spirits on Christmas Eve. Scrooge embarks on a journey of self-redemption to mend his miserly ways

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Unleashed

Unleashed

2005 · 1h 43m · Movie

A man enslaved by the mob since childhood and raised into behaving like a human attack dog escapes his captors and attempts to start a new life.

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Maid in Manhattan

Maid in Manhattan

2002 · 1h 45m · Movie

A Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.

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Stay

Stay

2005 · 1h 39m · Movie

A psychiatrist attempts to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.

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Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982 · 1h 35m · Movie

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

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Doomsday

Doomsday

2008 · 1h 45m · Movie

A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.

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Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

1993 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world.

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Balto

Balto

1995 · 1h 18m · Movie

An outcast Husky risks his life with other sled dogs to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

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Michael

Michael

1996 · 1h 45m · Movie

Two tabloid reporters checking out a report of the Archangel Michael living with an old woman find that it's true. But that's not the only surprise.

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Mermaids

Mermaids

1990 · 1h 50m · Movie

An unconventional single mother relocates with her two daughters to a small Massachusetts town in 1963, where a number of events and relationships both challenge and strengthen their familial bonds.

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Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland

2006 · 2h 6m · Movie

A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).

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Nixon

Nixon

1995 · 3h 12m · Movie

A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.

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The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

1980 · 1h 54m · Movie

An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.

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Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

2004 · 2h 21m · Movie

Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.

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The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

1984 · 2h 9m · Movie

Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.

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Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

1986 · 1h 44m · Movie

A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.

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Mrs. Henderson Presents

Mrs. Henderson Presents

2005 · 1h 43m · Movie

Laura Henderson buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, among other things, its all-nude revues.

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Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham

2010 · 1h 53m · Movie

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

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Beyond the Sea

Beyond the Sea

2004 · 1h 58m · Movie

A swooning study of "Mack the Knife" singer Bobby Darin and specifically his relationship with wife Sandra Dee.

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Outlaw

Outlaw

2007 · 1h 43m · Movie

A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their Police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.

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Shattered

Shattered

1991 · 1h 38m · Movie

After a horrific car wreck leaves him an amnesiac, a man slowly begins to unravel his shocking past.

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The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003 · 1h 49m · Movie

A young Englishman is sent to Malaysian Borneo in the 1930s to stay with a tribe as UK's colonial representative. A local woman (J.Alba) helps him understand local tradition and language. He falls in love with her etc. despite the...

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Felicia's Journey

Felicia's Journey

1999 · 1h 56m · Movie

A young woman leaves Ireland to find her boyfriend in England, and while there is helped by a man hiding unsettling secrets.

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Last Orders

Last Orders

2001 · 1h 49m · Movie

A group of old friends reminisce about their lives over the years after the death of one of their crew.

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A Room for Romeo Brass

A Room for Romeo Brass

1999 · 1h 30m · Movie

After stopping 12 y.o. Romeo and Gavin from being beaten up, Morell drives them home and meets Romeo's adult sister and falls in love. The boys "help" him in his pursuit.

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A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

1987 · 1h 47m · Movie

I.R.A. hitman Martin is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He develops a bond with the priest and his niece, but his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.

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Heart Condition

Heart Condition

1990 · 1h 40m · Movie

A racist cop receives a heart transplant from a black lawyer he hates, who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him.

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Will

Will

2011 · 1h 42m · Movie

An orphan journeys across Europe to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

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Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette

1998 · 1h 48m · Movie

When her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist. When her niece lures him away from her, she plans a devious revenge.

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Lassiter

Lassiter

1984 · 1h 40m · Movie

A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.

5.8
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TwentyFourSeven

TwentyFourSeven

1998 · 1h 36m · Movie

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people of...

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