Cast: Janet Suzman

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Janet Suzman. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Direction Jon Amiel

Cast Michael Gambon · Patrick Malahide · Janet Suzman · Joanne Whalley

Synopsis Detective novelist Philip Marlow suffers from the crippling disease of psoriatic arthropathy. Confined to a hospital bed, Marlow mentally rewrites his early Chandleresque thriller, "The Singing Detective," with himself in the title role, drifting into a surreal 1945 fantasy of...

7.7

152 votes

7.7

152 votes

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971 · Movie · 183 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Michael Jayston · Janet Suzman · Tom Baker · Laurence Olivier

Synopsis The tragic story of Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. It is an inside look into the private lives of Nicholas and his wife Alexandra, their daughters, and the painful...

6.8

928 votes

6.8

928 votes

The Draughtsman's Contract

1982 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Greenaway

Cast Anthony Higgins · Janet Suzman · Anne-Louise Lambert · Neil Cunningham

Synopsis A beguiling mystery begins when a wealthy woman hires an artist to make drawings of her home. Their contract is quite unusual, as is their relationship. Everything is going along at an even pace until murder is suspected, and things...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

A Dry White Season

1989 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Euzhan Palcy

Cast Donald Sutherland · Marlon Brando · Susan Sarandon · Janet Suzman

Synopsis Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardeners son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school...

6.5

891 votes

6.5

891 votes

The Colour of Magic (TV)

2008 · Movie · 189 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vadim Jean

Cast David Jason · Sean Astin · Tim Curry · Jeremy Irons

Synopsis The Colour of Magic is a two-part television adaptation of the bestselling novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett. The fantasy film was produced for Sky One by The Mob, a small British studio, starring...

6.3

969 votes

6.3

969 votes

The Black Windmill

1974 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Siegel

Cast Michael Caine · Donald Pleasence · Delphine Seyrig · Clive Revill

Synopsis A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down...

6.1

602 votes

6.1

602 votes

Max

2002 · Movie · 106 min. · Canada

Direction Menno Meyjes

Cast John Cusack · Noah Taylor · Molly Parker · Leelee Sobieski

Synopsis With the Great War finally over, artist Max Rothman comes home to Munich in the Fall of 1918. Because he has lost an arm in the war, his career as a painter is over, so he opens an art gallery...

5.8

551 votes

5.8

551 votes

Leon the Pig Farmer

1992 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vadim Jean · Gary Sinyor

Cast Mark Frankel · Janet Suzman · Brian Glover · Connie Booth

Synopsis Leon is a jewish estate agent who, during a routine check-up at an infertility clinic, discovers he has something in common with Captain Blighe of the Bounty. Yes, they were both victims of mixed up se(a)men. It turns out that...

5.3

34 votes

5.3

34 votes

Nuns on the Run

1990 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jonathan Lynn

Cast Eric Idle · Robbie Coltrane · Camille Coduri · Janet Suzman

Synopsis Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decide to steal...

4.6

1K votes

4.6

1K votes

Labyrinth (TV Miniseries)

2012 · Series · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Christopher Smith

Cast Vanessa Kirby · Jessica Brown Findlay · Tom Felton · Sebastian Stan

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2012). 2 Episodes. An adventure story set both in Medieval and modern-day France and centered on two woman bound together by the secret of the holy Grail.

4.6

372 votes

4.6

372 votes

Consecration

2023 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Christopher Smith

Cast Jena Malone · Danny Huston · Ian Pirie · Janet Suzman

Synopsis After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself.

4.6

124 votes

4.6

124 votes

Direction Ray Austin

Cast George Segal · Morgan Fairchild · Roddy McDowall · Janet Suzman

Synopsis In this made-for-TV spoof, Robin Hood (George Segal) and his merry men must attempt to gather together the necessary ransom money to free King Richard from a nasty Duke.

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Clayhanger (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Davies · David Reid

Cast Peter McEnery · Janet Suzman · Thelma Whiteley · Louise Purnell

Synopsis A coming-of-age story set in the 19th century England about Edwin Clayhanger, a young man who wants to be an architect, but it is expected of him to continue the family's printing business which he accepts for the time being.

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Priest of Love

1981 · Movie · 125 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Christopher Miles

Cast Ian McKellen · Janet Suzman · Ava Gardner · Penelope Keith

Synopsis Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy,...

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BBC Play of the Month (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Cedric Messina · John Gorrie · Rudolph Cartier · Waris Hussein

Cast Charles Gray · Lally Bowers · Eileen Atkins · Janet Suzman

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1983). 16 seasons. 120 episodes

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A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

1972 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Medak

Cast Alan Bates · Janet Suzman · Peter Bowles · Sheila Gish

Synopsis A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humor that...

Not rated

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The Secret Agent (TV Miniseries)

1992 · Series · 162 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Drury

Cast David Suchet · Peter Capaldi · Cheryl Campbell · Warren Clarke

Synopsis 3 episodes. A triple agent attempts to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1894, a time of unrest and anarchist violence throughout Europe.

Not rated

Not rated

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

1986 · Movie · 306 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tom Clegg

Cast Nicol Williamson · Janet Suzman · Ian Richardson · Sam Dastor

Synopsis 3 episodes.

Not rated

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The House on Garibaldi Street (TV)

1979 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Peter Collinson

Cast Topol · Nick Mancuso · Janet Suzman · Martin Balsam

Synopsis Nazi's, in places not seen, almost invisible to the naked eye, travel to Bologna Italy starting a concentration kamfp there and discover a secret underground group thru payoffs to Interpol that is a rallying point exactly at Garibaldi's famed statue...

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Not rated