The best Don Warrington’s movies

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If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Don Warrington’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Don Warrington.
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Hamlet

Hamlet
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/12/1996
  • Character: Voltimand
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Tube Tales

Tube Tales
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1999
  • Character: Preacher (Steal Away)
Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grasshopper" (Menhaj Huda); "My Father the Liar" (Bob Hoskins); "Bone" (Ewan McGregor); "Mouth" (Armando Iannucci); "A Bird in the Hand" (Jude Law); "Rosebud" (Gaby Dellal); "Steal Away" (Charles McDougall)

Futureshock: Comet

Futureshock: Comet
5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/01/2008
  • Character: General Harris
A comet hits Ireland, and a bigger one is on its way towards the U.S. where 900 million people have to be evacuated.

The Ark

The Ark
4.8/10
Noah, a farmer and family man, is instructed by an angel to build an ark in the middle of a desert in order to save both his family and the faithful from a devastating flood. A seemingly impossible task, especially when his sons refuse to believe him and help, Noah risks ridicule and humiliation from the degenerate townsfolk as well as his loving but exasperated family, in his quest to carry out his God-given task.

Land of the Blind

Land of the Blind
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 01/01/2006
  • Character: First Sergeant
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.

8 ½ Women

8 ½ Women
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 22/05/1999
  • Character: Simon
After the death of his wife, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva (they get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's 8½ and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato (Inoh), to waive her pachinko debts). They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect. The women each have a gimmick (one is a nun, another a kabuki performer, etc.). Philip soon becomes dominated by his favourite of the concubines, Palmira, who has no interest in Storey as a lover, despite what their contract might stipulate. Philip dies, the concubines' contracts expire, and Storey is left alone with Giulietta (the titular "½", played by Fujiwara) and of course the money and the houses.

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Bloodbath at the House of Death
5/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 29/03/1984
  • Character: Stephen Wilson
Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

It's a Wonderful Afterlife
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 07/05/2010
  • Character: Chief Superintendent
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.

You, Me and Him

You, Me and Him
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/02/2018
  • Character: Charles
Despite their age difference, Lesbian couple Olivia and Alex are very much in love. But as the question of pregnancy rears its head and their neighbour John befriends them, they both start making some truly disastrous decisions.

Camping

Camping
3.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/02/1990

Club Havana

Club Havana
7.2/10
  • Release: 25/10/1975
  • Character: Dave
After 12 years away, Mrs Jordan’s son arrives in Birmingham from Jamaica. Writer Barry Reckord returns to the theme of an interracial relationship which causes conflict within a Jamaican family. Reconstructed from the surviving unedited studio footage by Simon Coward (Research Manager, Kaleidoscope).

King Lear

King Lear
8.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/07/2016
  • Character: King Lear
Don Warrington stars as the tragic monarch in this acclaimed version of the Shakespeare play recorded at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

Rising Damp

Rising Damp
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/05/1980
  • Character: Philip Smith
Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger, Miss Jones, flirts with Philip rather than him, despite his pitiful attempts at seduction.

Lighthouse

Lighthouse
4.8/10
  • Genre: HorrorThriller
  • Release: 04/02/2000
  • Character: Prison Officer Ian Goslet
A prison ship on its way to a remote island prison runs aground on rocks and sinks. Mixed survivors of cons and prison guards struggle ashore, only to discover to their horror that another survivor got there first - the murderous & psychotic Leo Rook. Stranded, with no means of escape or call for help, the survivors must face a night of terror as they struggle to survive.

Babymother

Babymother
5.3/10
A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing project with little support, the odds are obviously against her. Emotionally she struggles too as she learns at her mother's death that her actual mother is the woman she had thought was her older sister. With the help of a female agent, the group starts to get some exposure and rises above their setting.

Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy
  • Release: 03/08/1975
  • Character: Albert Sharpe II
In Howard Schuman’s contribution to the Against the Crowd series, Jamaican Albert Sharpe II (Warrington) is no longer at ease with the cultured white family who have virtually adopted him.

The Trick

The Trick
7.5/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 17/10/1997
  • Character: The Magic Man
Three talent scouts are auditioning for the best eponymous 'trick'. After kicking out a magic chef type, a guy comes in who unfolds a magic door from a pen.

The Toys That Made Christmas

The Toys That Made Christmas
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 25/12/2011
  • Character: Child of the 60's
The Toys That Made Christmas. Spirograph, Fuzzy Felt, Barbie, Meccano - Robert Webb tells the story of our Christmases through the toys we played with and loved.

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