Direction: Simon Curtis

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Simon Curtis. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Cranford (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Series · 300 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis · Steve Hudson

Cast Judi Dench · Imelda Staunton · Michael Gambon · Simon Woods

Plot Based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, it is a five-part period drama set in the 1840s which follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of...

7.5

732 votes

7.5

732 votes

Return to Cranford (TV Miniseries)

2009 · Series · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Judi Dench · Imelda Staunton · Francesca Annis · Lisa Dillon

Plot The two-part saga 'Return to Cranford' opens to a struggling Cranford, a traditional village that in autumn 1844 is airing the conflicts that accompany progress. Miss Matty Jenkyns (Judi Dench),...

7.0

194 votes

7.0

194 votes

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022 · Movie · 125 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Hugh Bonneville · Michelle Dockery · Maggie Smith · Imelda Staunton

Plot Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith) has justed inherited a villa in the south of France from an old friend. Meanwhile, a filmmaker (Hugh Dancy) gets permission from...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

The Art of Racing in the Rain

2019 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Milo Ventimiglia · Amanda Seyfried · Kevin Costner · Kathy Baker

Plot A dog named Enzo recalls the life lessons he has learned from his race car driving owner, Denny.

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Woman in Gold

2015 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Helen Mirren · Ryan Reynolds · Daniel Brühl · Tatiana Maslany

Plot In 1998, Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

6.3

5K votes

6.3

5K votes

My Week with Marilyn

2011 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Michelle Williams · Eddie Redmayne · Kenneth Branagh · Emma Watson

Plot Year 1956. Young actress stars Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) arrives in England to act with Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) in the film "The Prince And The Showgirl". Well-connected 23-year-old...

6.2

12K votes

6.2

12K votes

Goodbye Christopher Robin

2017 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Domhnall Gleeson · Margot Robbie · Will Tilston · Kelly MacDonald

Plot A glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

David Copperfield (TV Miniseries)

1999 · Series · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Bob Hoskins · Daniel Radcliffe · Maggie Smith · Michael Elphick

Plot A year before he played his first Quidditch match as Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe cast his spell on audiences as young David Copperfield in this stellar British miniseries based on...

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

Five Days (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 300 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Otto Bathurst · Simon Curtis · Toby Haynes · Peter Hoar

Cast Hugh Bonneville · David Oyelowo · Sarah Smart · Edward Woodward

Plot The story begins one hot summers day when Leanne Wellings is taking her two young children to visit her grandfather. She stops to buy flowers at a motorway lay-by but...

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5.2

207 votes

5.2

207 votes

Black Box (TV Series)

2014 · Series · min. · United States

Direction Amy Holden Jones · Tricia Brock · Simon Curtis · Bronwen Hughes

Cast Kelly Reilly · Ditch Davey · David Ajala · Ali Wong

Plot Catherine Black, a famed neuroscientist, with a job at the Center for Neurological Research and Treatment, struggles with mental illness and its one of the many secrets she hides from...

5.0

44 votes

5.0

44 votes

4.1

42 votes

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (TV Miniseries)

2005 · Movie · 150 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Jacqueline Tong · Bryan Dick · Sally Hawkins · Zoe Tapper

Plot TV Mini-series. 3 Episodes. Set in and around a London pub, features three distinct sections focusing on different characters: Bob (Bryan Dick), a young barman, who falls in love with...

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Downton Abbey 3

2025 · Movie · min. · United Kingdom

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Performance (TV Series)

1991 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis · David Thacker · Sheree Folkson · Gregory Mosher

Cast Ronald Pickup · Ian Holm · Corin Redgrave · Jane Horrocks

Plot TV Series (1991-1998). 5 seasons.

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Tracey Takes On (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Tracey Ullman · Allan McKeown · Thomas Schlamme · Don Scardino

Cast Tracey Ullman · Seymour Cassel · Neil Duncan · Adele Givens

Plot TV Series (1996-1999). 4 Seasons. 50 Episodes. Tracey Ullman takes on a different topic in each episode, giving different characters opinions on such things as vanity, royalty and law.

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Freezing (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Hugh Bonneville · Elizabeth McGovern · Tom Hollander · Ben Miles

Plot Leon, an agent, moves in with an Oscar-nominated American actress and her British publisher husband, themselves working together from home for the first time.

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The Sins (TV Miniseries)

2000 · Movie · 420 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sallie Aprahamian · Simon Curtis

Cast Pete Postlethwaite · Geraldine James · Caroline Hayes · Billie Cook

Plot A seven-part serio-comic drama set amongst London's criminal fraternity, with each episode taking as its loose theme one of the seven deadly sins. After four years in prison Len Green...

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A Short Stay in Switzerland (TV)

2009 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Julie Walters · Stephen Campbell Moore · Lyndsey Marshall · Liz White

Plot Just after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life herself. Based on a...

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