Derek Jacobi

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

Dir. Tom Hooper · With Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

Dir. Don Bluth · With Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Arthur Malet

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Dir. Kenneth Branagh · With Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

Dir. Kenneth Branagh · With Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.

Dir. Kenneth Branagh · With Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.

Dir. Ridley Scott · With Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.

Dir. Ronald Neame · With Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell

As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.

Dir. Len Wiseman · With Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran

Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a whole new light.

With Derek Jacobi

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

Dir. Dome Karukoski · With Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

Dir. Martin Lisemore, Herbert Wise, Jack Pulman · With Derek Jacobi

Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new upstairs neighbor Ash, who is sure to cause trouble in their mundane lives.

Dir. Mark Ravenhill · With Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Frances de la Tour

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Dir. Kenneth Branagh · With Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Michelle Pfeiffer

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.

Dir. Roar Uthaug · With Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.

Dir. Simon Curtis · With Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.

Dir. Kenneth Branagh · With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.

Dir. Jonathan English · With James Purefoy, Kate Mara, Jason Flemyng

After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.

Dir. Paul Schrader · With Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.

Dir. Brenda Chapman · With Keira Chansa, Jordan A. Nash, Angelina Jolie

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.

Dir. Olivier Dahan · With Nicole Kidman, Milo Ventimiglia, Paz Vega

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

Dir. Richard Laxton · With Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Greg Wise

A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.

Dir. Simon West · With Dominic Cooper, Gemma Chan, Connie Nielsen

An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Jesus Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities tested while risking their lives to unearth the truth.....

Dir. Jonas McCord · With Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past.

Dir. Roland Joffé · With Charlie Cox, Dougray Scott, Wes Bentley