The best Joan Plowright’s comedy movies

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

28/10/1929 (94 años)
Today we present the best Joan Plowright’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 Joan Plowright’s movies.
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101 Dalmatians

101 Dalmatians
5.7/10
An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero
6.5/10
Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 23/06/1993
  • Character: Martha Wilson
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.

Curious George

Curious George
6.5/10
When The Man in the Yellow Hat befriends Curious George in the jungle, they set off on a non-stop, fun-filled journey through the wonders of the big city toward the warmth of true friendship.

Bringing Down the House

Bringing Down the House
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/03/2003
  • Character: Virginia Arness
When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.

Tea with Mussolini

Tea with Mussolini
6.9/10
Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.

I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death
6.4/10
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital
6.2/10
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, and African cannibal dictator and sinister human experiments.

Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/09/1988
  • Character: Cissie Colpitts 1
An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in love with all three women and helps to disguise the murders.

Mr. Wrong

Mr. Wrong
3.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/02/1996
  • Character: Mrs. Crawford
A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.

Global Heresy

Global Heresy
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/01/2002
  • Character: Lady Foxley
A rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour.

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night
6.9/10
Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John Dexter’s production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Originally broadcast on Britain’s ITV, this classic performance captures all the slapstick, puns and double entendres that have amazed and amused audiences for over four hundred years.

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest
7.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1986
  • Character: Lady Bracknell
Adaptation from the play by Oscar Wilde.

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

A Pyromaniac's Love Story
5.2/10
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. Written by Brian Whiting

Widows' Peak

Widows' Peak
6.7/10
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 25/11/2005
  • Character: Mrs. Palfrey
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

Goose on the Loose

Goose on the Loose
4.5/10
Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's fattening up the bird for a Christmas cook-off.

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