Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Richard Blanshard
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,381,154 | Gross: $290.48M
2. Return to Oz (1985)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.
Director: Walter Murch | Stars: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie
Votes: 30,391
3. Mission: Impossible (1996)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny
Votes: 470,683 | Gross: $180.98M
4. Equilibrium (2002)
R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.
Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs
Votes: 347,217 | Gross: $1.20M
5. The Dark Crystal (1982)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world.
Directors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz | Stars: Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz
Votes: 71,537 | Gross: $40.58M
6. Judge Dredd (1995)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 125,006 | Gross: $34.69M
7. The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the life and academic career of the pioneer Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his friendship with his mentor, Professor G.H. Hardy.
Director: Matt Brown | Stars: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair, Raghuvir Joshi
Votes: 62,203 | Gross: $3.87M
8. Fierce Creatures (1997)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
Zookeepers struggle to deal with the policies of changing directors.
Directors: Robert Young, Fred Schepisi | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 25,645 | Gross: $9.38M
9. Little Buddha (1993)
PG | 123 min | Drama
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Ruocheng Ying, Chris Isaak
Votes: 17,956 | Gross: $4.86M
10. The Dogs of War (1980)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais
Votes: 9,453
11. The Krays (1990)
R | 115 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell
Votes: 9,058 | Gross: $2.06M
12. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Muppets present their own touching rendition of Charles Dickens' classic tale.
Director: Brian Henson | Stars: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson
Votes: 70,670 | Gross: $27.28M
13. Keeping Mum (2005)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good.
Director: Niall Johnson | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze
Votes: 35,939 | Gross: $1.62M
14. High Road to China (1983)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia.
Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston, Wilford Brimley
Votes: 6,011 | Gross: $28.40M
15. Murder by Decree (1979)
PG | 124 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark
Votes: 6,605
16. Royal Deceit (1994)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Norse legend of revenge, power and human spirit, that subsequently inspired William Shakespeare on his tragedy - Hamlet.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, Brian Cox
Votes: 2,466
17. The Haunting of Julia (1977)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After her daughter's death, wealthy American homemaker Julia Lofting moves to London to restart her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the ghosts of other children while mourning for her own.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett
Votes: 3,012
18. The Stud (1978)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Fontaine Khaled is the wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, the hobo, and partying.
Director: Quentin Masters | Stars: Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias, Sue Lloyd, Mark Burns
Votes: 1,154
19. Highlander: The Source (2007 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Duncan MacLeod and his fellow Immortals quest to locate the Grail of their world.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Adrian Paul, Thekla Reuten, Cristian Solimeno, Peter Wingfield
Votes: 9,933
20. Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
PG | 108 min | Drama, Music
Paul McCartney's recording of his new album is complicated by the fact that the master tapes of his recordings are missing.
Director: Peter Webb | Stars: Paul McCartney, John Burgess, Bryan Brown, Philip Jackson
Votes: 1,690 | Gross: $1.39M
21. Let Him Have It (1991)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, History
This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston
Votes: 3,805
22. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)
TV-PG | 97 min | Documentary
A documentary from Werner Herzog about meteors and comets and their influence on ancient religions and other cultural and physical impacts they've had on Earth.
Directors: Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer | Stars: Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, Simon Schaffer, Jon Larsen
Votes: 3,675
23. A Rage in Harlem (1991)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Crime
A gangster's girlfriend flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang are on her trail.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae
Votes: 2,357 | Gross: $10.44M
24. Arthur the King (1983 TV Movie)
180 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
The story of a woman in falling into an icy cave at Stonehenge and waking up in Arthurian times amidst the love triangle between Lancelot, Queen Guinevere, and King Arthur, as the Queen is kidnapped by the King's evil sister Morgan La Fey.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Candice Bergen, Edward Woodward, Dyan Cannon
Votes: 453
25. Night Will Fall (2014)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, History, War
Researchers discover film footage from World War II that turns out to be a lost documentary shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 about German concentration camps.
Director: André Singer | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Jasper Britton, Leonard Berney, George Leonard
Votes: 3,451
26. These Foolish Things (2006)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A struggling young actress, a fledgling director and an ambitious playwright become embroiled in an emotional love triangle as they strive for recognition, fame and fortune in a world on the brink of World War II.
Director: Julia Taylor-Stanley | Stars: Charlotte Lucas, Craig Rooke, Julia McKenzie, Roisin Goodall
Votes: 590
27. The Thief of Baghdad (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A resourceful thief helps a handsome Prince fight an evil wizard, and win the hand of a beautiful Princess.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Kabir Bedi, Daniel Emilfork, Frank Finlay, Ian Holm
Votes: 487
28. Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
102 min | Documentary
Documentary presents a comprehensive portrait of an iconic artist of our time.
Director: Thomas von Steinaecker | Stars: Werner Herzog, Chloé Zhao, Joshua Oppenheimer, Patti Smith
Votes: 592
29. Black Jack (1979)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy
When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with 'Black Jack,' adventure and mishap are never far away. Based on Leon Garfield's popular novel, Ken Loach's 'Black Jack' is a dark, complex adventure film set in the 18th century.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Jean Franval, Phil Askham
Votes: 763
30. The Miracle (1991)
R | 97 min | Drama
The two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe ... See full summary »
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Beverly D'Angelo, Donal McCann, Niall Byrne, Lorraine Pilkington
Votes: 788 | Gross: $0.84M
31. The Tinderbox (2022)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
Jewish director Gillian Mosely journeys around Israel and the West Bank, spending time with everyone from a Jewish settler to a political member of Hamas. Alongside the film exposes how, when, and why the conflict began.
Director: Gillian Mosely
Votes: 37
32. To Be the Best (1991– )
192 min | Drama
The Barbara Taylor Bradford trilogy that began with "A Woman of Substance"(1984) and continued with "Hold the Dream" (1986) ends with this epic tale. Paula feuds with her cousins as she fights to save her grandmother Emma's business.
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Cazenove, Stuart Wilson
Votes: 262
33. Driftwood (1997)
R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
A distant, desolate shore in a remote part of Ireland. Sarah, a lonely young sculptress, discovers a man washed-up on the water's edge. He is barely conscious but she manages to nurse him back to health and finds he suffers from amnesia.
Director: Ronan O'Leary | Stars: James Spader, Anne Brochet, Barry McGovern, Anna Massey
Votes: 601
34. In a Shallow Grave (1988)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance
When a physically and emotionally scarred soldier returns home from World War II, he mistakenly trusts a mysterious young drifter to deliver a secret love letter to his old sweetheart.
Director: Kenneth Bowser | Stars: Michael Biehn, Maureen Mueller, Michael Beach, Patrick Dempsey
Votes: 271
35. Buddy's Song (1991)
R | 102 min | Drama, Music
Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days. However when his father is sent away for a year for covering ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Roger Daltrey, Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce, Michael Elphick
Votes: 368
36. Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Sir Hugo (Sir Alan Bates) is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet (Theresa Russell). He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo (... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey
Votes: 682
37. Just Like a Woman (1992)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A divorced British housewife falls for a younger man, an American banker living in London - who happens to be a transvestite.
Director: Christopher Monger | Stars: Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar, Paul Freeman, Susan Wooldridge
Votes: 541 | Gross: $0.08M
38. The Hawk (1993)
R | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
Housewife Annie Marsh (Dame Helen Mirren) suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric ... See full summary »
Director: David Hayman | Stars: Daryl Webster, Thomas Taplin, Joshua Taplin, David Harewood
Votes: 501
39. The Magician of Lublin (1979)
R | 105 min | Drama
Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at theatrical success, but he needs to do a brand new trick in a Warsaw theater.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Valerie Perrine, Shelley Winters
Votes: 186
40. The Turn of the Screw (1992)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
Soon after settling into her new role as governess at the faraway and well-appointed Bly House, Jenny begins to suspect that her young charges, Flora and Miles, have seen something unimaginably sinister.
Director: Rusty Lemorande | Stars: Patsy Kensit, Stéphane Audran, Julian Sands, Marianne Faithfull
Votes: 606
41. The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979)
102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.
Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Ian McShane, Warren Clarke, Stephen Greif, Christopher Malcolm
Votes: 339
42. Fifteen to One (1988–2003)
30 min | Game-Show
Quickfire elimination general knowledge quiz show.
Stars: William G. Stewart, Philip Lowrie, Laura Calland, Gareth McMullen
Votes: 116
43. Alicja (1982)
Unrated | 90 min | Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Alice falls in love with a jogger called Rabbit.
Directors: Jacek Bromski, Jerzy Gruza | Stars: Sophie Barjac, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Susannah York, Paul Nicholas
Votes: 161
44. The Great British Striptease (1980)
58 min | Documentary
Comedian Bernard Manning hosts a striptease contest in Blackpool.
Director: Doug Smith | Stars: Bernard Manning, Su Pollard, Gloria Brittain, Bobby Buckley
Votes: 23
45. Cannes Uncut (2023)
90 min | Documentary
Cannes Uncut revels in the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over the last eight decades, as well as looking to the future.
Directors: Richard Blanshard, Roger Penny | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Quentin Tarantino, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 20
46. To Russia... With Elton (1979)
Not Rated | 42 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Footage of a concert given in Moscow, Russia, by rock singer Elton John.
Directors: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais | Stars: Elton John, Ray Cooper, Michael Binion, Jim Gallagher
Votes: 63
47. La Bohème (II) (2009)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Part of a series of opera shorts by different directors. Herzog combines O Soave Fanciulla ("Oh you vision of beauty" from Puccini's La Boheme) with images of harsh life in Africa.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Peter Auty, Mary Plazas
Votes: 254
48. India's Forgotten People (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
The history and story of India's proud but largely forgotten Gadia Lohar community is for the first time sensitively investigated and revealed.
Director: Deana Uppal | Star: Deana Uppal
Votes: 64
49. The Music Machine (1979)
93 min | Drama, Music
Lovely live venue The Music Machine in Camden provides the glitzy glitter-ball backdrop for this hugely entertaining North London disco dance contest drama.
Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Gerry Sundquist, David Easter, Michael Feast, Ferdy Mayne
Votes: 53
50. Living a Ballet Dream: Six Dancers Tell Their Stories (2001 Video)
32 min | Short
Six teenage wannabe ballet dancers tell us how they fit in dancing around their school work and their hopes for the future.
Director: Richard Blanshard | Stars: Maria Kowroski, Aesha Ash, Regina Sobel, Jan Burkhard
Votes: 14