Alan Bates

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Dir. Mihalis Kakogiannis · With Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Dir. Phil Alden Robinson · With Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell

Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.

Dir. John Schlesinger · With Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.

Dir. Joseph Losey · With Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Edward Fox

Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.

Dir. Mark Rydell · With Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic results for all four.

Dir. Ken Russell · With Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson

A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski · With Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Dir. Franco Zeffirelli · With Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.

Dir. Bruce Beresford · With Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies

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

Dir. Mike Hodges · With Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

Dir. Mark Pellington · With Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton