James Norton

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Dir. Greta Gerwig · With Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh

Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

Dir. Sally Wainwright · With Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton

In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.

Dir. Agnieszka Holland · With James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard

John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.

Dir. Uberto Pasolini · With James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O'Higgins

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.

Dir. Amma Asante · With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid

In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair, a brilliant young inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass, making a home for the Touched, while fighting the forces of… well, pretty much all the forces — to make room for those whom history as we know it has no place.

Dir. Joss Whedon · With Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.

Dir. Lone Scherfig · With Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper

A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.

Dir. Ben Taylor · With Bill Nighy, James Norton, Thomasin McKenzie

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

Dir. Adam Patterson, Declan Lawn · With Gemma Arterton, James Norton, Marisa Abela

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

With Paul Dano, Lily James, James Norton

Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.

Dir. Steven Knight · With Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn

Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian mafia exiles, has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of their past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend Rebecca. But when a murder forces his family's past to return to threaten them, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld and must confront his values to protect those he loves.

Dir. James Watkins, Hossein Amini · With James Norton, Juliet Rylance, Faye Marsay

An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.

Dir. Jed Mercurio · With Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger, James Norton

Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to him—as he is to her—and what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.

Dir. Joel Hopkins · With Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, James Norton

A young woman discovers that both her husband and their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave Manhattan for small-town life.

Dir. Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman · With Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green · With Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton

A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.

Dir. Claudio Fäh · With Ryan Kwanten, James Norton, Ed Skrein

Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…

Dir. Niels Arden Oplev · With Elliot Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev