Stephen Rea

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

Dir. James McTeigue · With Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas

Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.

Dir. Chris Gerolmo · With Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.

Dir. Mike Leigh · With Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Cillian Murphy, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson

In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. Twenty years on, these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.

Dir. Brian Gibson · With Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Fiona Shaw

In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.

Dir. Mateo Gil · With Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea

A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.

Dir. David Evans · With Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Mark Strong

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea

Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime — a visit to Lourdes, the picturesque French town and place of miracles.

Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan · With Maggie Smith, Laura Linney, Kathy Bates

A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow might not be all that she seems.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Chloë Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe

Lee Ray Oliver, a death row inmate, is given a second chance at life if he agrees to undergo a new chemical treatment used to modify behavior.

Dir. Tim Hunter · With Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Rodriguez

Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.

Dir. Björn Stein, Måns Mårlind · With Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy

Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.

Dir. Stephen Hopkins · With Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

Dir. Urszula Antoniak · With Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.

Dir. Lance Daly · With Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea

Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.

Dir. Hugo Blick · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal

When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the last two years from his memory. He learns that his brother was killed, he has married a woman he doesn't remember and he's haunted by strange visions of the woman he loved.

Dir. Roland Suso Richter · With Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo

Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.

Dir. Simon Fellows · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Selina Giles, Stephen Rea

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.

Dir. Bruce Beresford · With Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies

On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother's. Annie discovers Ondine's presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Dervla Kirwan

A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

Dir. Stuart Gordon · With Stephen Rea, Mena Suvari, Russell Hornsby

A brilliant math student is on the verge of a major breakthrough when a shadowy enemy tries to stop him. Fighting for answers—and his life—he teams up with a government agent to unravel a high-stakes conspiracy.

Dir. Steve Thompson · With Leo Woodall, Quintessa Swindell, Sidse Babett Knudsen

Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.

Dir. Louis Morneau · With Ed Quinn, Guy Wilson, Stephen Rea

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Dir. Robert Altman · With Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Jean-Pierre Cassel

A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea