The best Alan Rickman’s drama movies

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

21/02/1946- 14/01/2016
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946-14 January 2016) was an English actor and theatre director. He was a renowned stage actor in modern and classical productions and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Rickman was known for his film performances as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series, Eamon de Valera in Michael Collins, and Metatron in Dogma. He was also known for his prominent roles as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1991 film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and as Colonel Brandon in Ang Lee's 1995 film Sense and Sensibility. More recently he played Judge Turpin in Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and voiced the Caterpillar in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Rickman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Available on:
Year:

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
6.9/10
When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the evil sheriff's reign of terror.

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 13/12/1995
  • Character: Colonel Christopher Brandon
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
7.5/10
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Love Actually

Love Actually
7.6/10
'Love Actually' follows the lives of eight very different couples dealing with their love lives, in various loosely and interrelated tales, all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaHorror
  • Release: 25/01/2007
  • Character: Judge Turpin
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made
8.1/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 30/05/2004
  • Character: Dr. Alfred Blalock
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

The Butler

The Butler
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/08/2013
  • Character: Ronald Reagan
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThrillerWar
  • Release: 11/09/2015
  • Character: Lieutenant General Frank Benson
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

A Little Chaos

A Little Chaos
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 26/03/2015
  • Character: King Louis XIV
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.

Bottle Shock

Bottle Shock
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/09/2008
  • Character: Steven Spurrier
Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can use for a blind taste test in the French capital. Stumbling upon the Napa Valley, the stuck-up Englishman is shocked to discover a winery turning out top-notch chardonnay. Determined to make a name for himself, he sets about getting the booze back to Paris.

A Promise

A Promise
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 04/09/2013
  • Character: Karl Hoffmeister
A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

Lumière and Company

Lumière and Company
6.9/10
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

Close My Eyes

Close My Eyes
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 22/11/1991
  • Character: Sinclair
After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional.

Snow Cake

Snow Cake
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 08/09/2006
  • Character: Alex Hughes
A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

Michael Collins

Michael Collins
7.1/10
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.

Blow Dry

Blow Dry
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/03/2001
  • Character: Phil Allen
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.

The Winter Guest

The Winter Guest
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/12/1997
  • Character: Man in street (uncredited)
It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.

Nobel Son

Nobel Son
6.2/10
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.

CBGB

CBGB
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 11/10/2013
  • Character: Hilly Kristal
A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.

Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply
7.2/10
Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be - hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.

Related actors