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Jonathan Pryce has 38 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
2016
Comedy · Drama
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included
One Life
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Disney+ · Included
The Crown
2016 · Series · Actor
Top 5%Netflix · Included
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Disney+ · Included
The Two Popes
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Netflix · Included
as Governor Weatherby Swann
Disney+ · Included
When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Dir. James Hawes · With Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin
Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down the still-beating heart of Jones. But he won’t do it alone: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are drawn back into another one of his perilous quests—assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
Dir. Peter Morgan · With Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville
After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip on the seas under Lord Cutler Beckett—now in control of Davy Jones—the fate of piracy hangs by a thread. Now, they must unite the pirate lords for one final stand. But as loyalties are tested and alliances shift, each must ultimately choose where they stand in the battle for freedom on the high seas.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
Dir. Fernando Meirelles · With Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone
Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.
Dir. James Foley · With Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.
Dir. Steven Knight, Chips Hardy, Tom Hardy · With Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce
as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
Prime Video · Rent
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
Dir. Paco Arango · With Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Camilla Luddington, Kaitlyn Bernard
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.
Dir. Rupert Wainwright · With Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Dir. Björn Runge · With Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater
Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
Dir. Tanya Wexler · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce
Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård
In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.
Dir. Peter Cattaneo · With Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Vivian El Jaber
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
Dir. Jack Clayton · With Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
Dir. Bharat Nalluri · With Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce
The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century, when the European nations vie for supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire. The ambitious Austrian Empire, desiring more land, invades neighbouring Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation. Protagonist William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless warlords.
Dir. Nick Hamm · With Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Golshifteh Farahani
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode · With Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability of the entire world.
Dir. Greg Marcks · With Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames
When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.
Dir. Janus Metz · With Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, Jonathan Pryce
American Daphne Reynolds heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her boho mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost father is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
Dir. Dennie Gordon · With Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Dir. Adam Shankman · With Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Dir. Kristian Levring · With Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.
Dir. Alex Ross Perry · With Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce
On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.
Dir. Stephen Donnelly · With Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley
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