Ben Whishaw

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

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga · With Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Dir. Paul King · With Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville

When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Dir. Tom Hooper · With Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Dir. Tom Tykwer · With Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

Dir. Paul King · With Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos · With Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

Dir. Ron Howard · With Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

Dir. Sarah Gavron · With Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Dir. Sam Mendes · With Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux

Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

Dir. Dougal Wilson · With Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer

The unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Dir. Adam Kay · With Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Rory Fleck-Byrne

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

Dir. Matthew Vaughn · With Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Tom Hardy

A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.

Dir. Hong Khaou · With Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei-Pei, Andrew Leung

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer · With Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

Dir. Rob Marshall · With Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw

A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

Dir. Sarah Polley · With Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.

Dir. Armando Iannucci · With Dev Patel, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.

Dir. Ira Sachs · With Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

Dir. Jane Campion · With Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

Dir. Todd Haynes · With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin

Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia. However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.

Dir. Julian Jarrold · With Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell

It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.

Dir. Russell T Davies, John Preston · With Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Alex Jennings

A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them suddenly disappears.

Dir. Tom Rob Smith · With Ben Whishaw, Edward Holcroft, Jim Broadbent

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

Dir. Tom Tykwer · With Tom Hanks, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen

Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. But fate has other ideas...

Dir. Roger Michell · With Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry

Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.

Dir. Jessica Hausner · With Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox

When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.

Dir. Joe Barton · With Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.

Dir. Julie Taymor · With Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Reeve Carney