The best James Ellis’s movies

James Ellis

James Ellis

15/03/1931- 08/03/2014
Today we present the best James Ellis’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best James Ellis’s movies.
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Priest

Priest
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1994
  • Character: Father Ellerton
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.

Resurrection Man

Resurrection Man
5.4/10
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.

Best

Best
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/05/2000
  • Character: Dickie Beal

No Surrender

No Surrender
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/09/1985
  • Character: Paddy Burke
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.

Leapin' Leprechauns

Leapin' Leprechauns
4.7/10
A man tries to build a theme park on top of land that's secretly the home to friendly Leprechauns.

Lorna

Lorna
6.8/10
  • Release: 02/06/1987
  • Character: Norman Martin
In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.

The Precious Blood

The Precious Blood
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/06/1996
  • Character: Albert McVea
Rosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 years previously. Her teenage son John is heading for a life of delinquency fuelled by revenge. Then, he meets Billy McVea, who runs a boxing gym, affecting all their lives.

James Ellis: An Actor's Life

James Ellis: An Actor's Life
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/07/2007
  • Character: Himself
Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.

Crossing the Floor

Crossing the Floor
8.5/10
  • Genre: TV Movie
  • Release: 05/10/1996
  • Character: Andrew Carson
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.

Too Late to Talk to Billy

Too Late to Talk to Billy
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 16/02/1982
  • Character: Norman Martin
Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son.

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
4.4/10
Fairyhill Ireland is a place filled with mysteries and legends,Leprechauns and Magic. And for an American Kid like Mike Dennehy, it's a world of wonderous adventure. Vacationing in Fairyhill for the summer, Mike makes friends with a fascinating group of rather unlucky leprechaunsby Nula, Queen of the Dead - an unbelievably beautiful and sinister witch. can the Queen destroy centuries of Leprechaun power? Will evil triumph? Gather up your lucky charms(you'll need them!) and get ready for Spellbreaker, the adventure of Mike's lifetime... and yours!

Naming the Names

Naming the Names
  • Release: 08/02/1982
  • Character: Mr McCoy
Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...

Shadow of a Gunman

Shadow of a Gunman
8/10
The first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a Gunman" is the story of two young men, Donal and Seamus who share a flat in Dublin.

Mark of the Devil

Mark of the Devil
6.2/10
  • Release: 05/09/1984
  • Character: Father Dowd
A desperate gambler in debt with a gangster robs a Chinese tattoo artist, getting stabbed and killing the man in the process. A black spot appears on his chest and begins to spread and turn into a condemning tattoo.

Doctor Who: Battlefield

Doctor Who: Battlefield
Knights from a parallel universe arrive on Earth to find the legendary sword Excalibur. Only the Doctor and Ace, with the assistance of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, can save the Earth from total catastrophe.

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