Albert Finney

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Dir. Tim Burton · With Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

Dir. Mike Johnson, Tim Burton · With Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

Dir. Paul Greengrass · With Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

Dir. Sam Mendes · With Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

Dir. Joel Coen · With Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro

In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.

Dir. Ridley Scott · With Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

Dir. Ronald Neame · With Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard

Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.

Dir. Stanley Donen · With Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Georges Descrières

A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.

Dir. Karel Reisz · With Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts

An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.

Dir. John Huston · With Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

Dir. Michael Apted · With Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

Dir. Michael Wadleigh · With Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

Dir. Tony Gilroy · With Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton

Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix.

Dir. Michael Crichton · With Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

Dir. John Huston · With Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews

After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes... and exposed backsides.

Dir. Gene Wilder · With Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?

Dir. Tony Richardson · With Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith

A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day, he wakes up and realizes that his life is a total mess! But between the headaches posed by his pill-popping wife, a mistress who won't leave him alone, and a cross-dressing sales manager, Dwayne has picked a bad week for a midlife crisis.

Dir. Alan Rudolph · With Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte