Ian Holm
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Filmography
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Dance with a Stranger
(1985)A trenchant study of romantic self-destruction, which is based on the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman ever executed in Britain in 1955.

The Treatment
(2007)A neurotic prep school English teacher meets a gorgeous widow while his shrink—who may or may not be real—badgers him with Freudian mind games.

Loch Ness
(1996)A discredited research scientist is bundled off to Loch Ness to disprove Nessie's existence and finds something he never expected: unconditional love.

Alice Through the Looking Glass
(1998)A modern adaptation of the classic children's story "Alice Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel, which continued on from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". This time, Alice is played by the mother, who falls asleep while reading the bedtime story to her daughter. Walking through the Looking Glass, Alice (Kate Beckinsale) finds herself in Chessland, a magical and fun world.

Brazil
(1985)In the retro-future world, a government bureaucrat finds himself an enemy of the state.

The Fifth Element
(1997)A prophesized evil that comes every 500 years races toward 2263 New York in the form of a fireball that a cabbie, a humanoid, and a monk must stop.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
(1984)Hugh Hudson directs this lavish adaption highlighting the character's dual nature as master of the African jungle and as John Clayton, seventh Earl of Greystoke.

All Quiet on the Western Front
(1979)A young, indoctrinated German soldier eagerly enlists to fight in WWI, but the horrors of battle lead him to disillusionment a fight for his soul.

Shout at the Devil
(1976)In East Africa, an Irish-American sot and his daughter team up with a London aristocrat to get a stash of ivory past German forces before World War I.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001)A hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a simple gold ring. When the wizard Gandalf discovers the ring has the power to enslave the entire world, they form a fellowship and embark on a quest to destroy it. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece.

Hamlet
(1990)The Prince of Denmark plots his revenge when he unearths a duplicitous conspiracy behind his father’s death in this adaptation from Franco Zeffirelli.

The Man in the Iron Mask
(1977)The Musketeers’ plot to replace Louis XIV with the rightful heir to his throne backfires when the cruel king locks up his twin in the Bastille.

The Return of the Soldier
(1983)Kitty Baldry is a high-society queen with a tunneled view of life. Her life is rocked when her husband returns from war suffering amnesia.

A Life Less Ordinary
(1997)Two guardian angels are sent to act as matchmakers for a spoiled rich girl and the klutz who has abducted her. Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz.

March or Die
(1977)In the 1920s, a French Foreign Legion unit protects an archaeological dig, until the discovery of a sacred burial site ignites an Arab tribal revolt.

O Jerusalem
(2006)This film is a tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the United Nations votes to create the State of Israel.

S.O.S. Titanic
(1980)On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.

Alien
(1979)A crew investigates an SOS on a remote planet and make a scary discovery.

Lord of War
(2005)Yuri Orlov is an opportunistic businessman who stumbled into a gold mine after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. As Soviet military technology disappeared, it began finding its way into the hands of weapons dealers like Orlov who found buyers in unstable Third World nations. His exploits quickly made him a very rich man, but Interpol agent Jack Valentine is convinced he isn't playing by the rules.

Chariots of Fire
(1981)Two athletes chase dreams of glory in the 1924 Paris Olympics.