Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Simon Curtis

1. Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

PG | 124 min | Drama, Romance

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern

Votes: 31,182 | Gross: $44.14M

2. The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Through his bond with his owner, aspiring Formula One race car driver Denny, golden retriever Enzo learns that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Kevin Costner, Milo Ventimiglia, Jackie Minns, Marcus Hondro

Votes: 38,256 | Gross: $25.50M

3. The Practice (1997–2004)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

We follow the exploits and cases of defense attorneys of a Boston law firm. Bobby Donnell is the senior defense attorney and founder of the firm.

Stars: Dylan McDermott, Kelli Williams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Steve Harris

Votes: 10,443

4. Woman in Gold (2015)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History

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

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes

Votes: 63,274 | Gross: $33.31M

5. Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Vicki Pepperdine

Votes: 29,883 | Gross: $1.74M

6. Cranford (2007–2009)

TV-PG | 469 min | Drama

In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip, and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.

Stars: Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie, Deborah Findlay

Votes: 10,643

7. Five Days (2007–2010)

TV-MA | 300 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A five-part mini-series that revolves around the disappearance of a young mother in a quiet British suburb and the circumstances that leave her children abandoned far from home.

Stars: Suranne Jones, Lee Massey, David Oyelowo, Michelle Bonnard

Votes: 3,513

8. My Week with Marilyn (2011)

R | 99 min | Biography, Drama

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond

Votes: 89,627 | Gross: $14.60M

9. Indian Summers (2015–2016)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama

Drama set in 1932 during the final years of British colonial rule in India.

Stars: Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jemima West, Julie Walters, Rick Warden

Votes: 4,551

10. David Copperfield (1999–2000)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Trevor Eve, Pauline Quirke, Laura Harling

Votes: 5,047

11. Threesome (I) (2011–2012)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Threesome is a comedy about three inseparable friends in their 30s. Alice lives with her boyfriend Mitch and her gay best friend Richie. Together they form three points of an unlikely triangle.

Stars: Emun Elliott, Amy Huberman, Stephen Wight, Isabella O'Brian

Votes: 1,467

12. Great Performances (1971– )

TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical

Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.

Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo

Votes: 901

13. Twelfth Night (1996)

PG | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.

Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 6,410 | Gross: $0.59M

14. Mrs Dalloway (1997)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance

In 1923 London, socialite Clarissa Dalloway's (Vanessa Redgrave's) well-planned party is overshadowed by the return of an old suitor she had known thirty-three years earlier.

Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox

Votes: 4,196 | Gross: $3.26M

15. The Virgin Queen (2005–2006)

59 min | Biography, Drama, History

From teenage princess to accomplished queen, torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in this lavish drama filmed against a backdrop of some of Great Britain's most beautiful houses and landscapes.

Stars: Anne-Marie Duff, Sienna Guillory, Ian Hart, Tom Hardy

Votes: 3,280

16. Screen Two (1985–1998)

TV-14 | 120 min | Drama

In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.

Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones

Votes: 247

17. Black Box (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Catherine Black, a famed neuroscientist with a job at the Center for Neurological Research and Treatment, struggles with mental illness. However, this is just one of the many secrets she hides from her fiancé and her family.

Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ditch Davey, David Ajala, Ali Wong

Votes: 3,964

18. Edward II (1991)

R | 87 min | Drama, History, Romance

In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by ... See full summary »

Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Steven Waddington, Kevin Collins, Andrew Tiernan, John Lynch

Votes: 3,040 | Gross: $0.69M

19. The Chaperone (2018)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.

Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Géza Röhrig, Victoria Hill

Votes: 1,907 | Gross: $0.60M

20. The Tribe (1998)

105 min | Drama

Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.

Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Joely Richardson, Jeremy Northam, Anna Friel, Trevor Eve

Votes: 659

21. Tracey Takes On... (1996–1999)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Tracey Ullman takes on a different topic in each episode, giving different characters opinions on such things as vanity, royalty, and law.

Stars: Tracey Ullman, Alastair Duncan, Julie Kavner, Seymour Cassel

Votes: 674

22. Screenplay (1986–1993)

Drama

An anthology drama series.

Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow

Votes: 95

23. Made in Hollywood (2005– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Talk-Show

"Made In Hollywood" provides an inside look at the new movie and DVD releases, bringing superstar talent and Hollywood magic to you.

Stars: Kylie Erica Mar, Julie L. Harkness, Patrick Stinson, Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay

Votes: 444

24. The Heart of Me (2002)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance

1930's London. Two sisters - Madeleine and Dinah - One marries Rickie, the other falls in love with him. He begins an affair which is to have repercussions throughout their lives.

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron

Votes: 2,658 | Gross: $0.20M

25. Performance (1991–1998)

180 min | Drama

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

Stars: Ian Holm, Elizabeth McGovern, Ronald Pickup, Jane Horrocks

Votes: 93

26. Copenhagen (2002 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, History, War

A television adaptation of Michael Frayn's celebrated and award-winning stage play about the meeting between physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in 1941 Copenhagen. At this time the... See full summary »

Director: Howard Davies | Stars: Stephen Rea, Daniel Craig, Francesca Annis

Votes: 1,137

27. Shooting the Past (1999– )

182 min | Drama, History

A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.

Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall, Liam Cunningham, Billie Whitelaw

Votes: 1,308

28. Encore (V)

Comedy | Pre-production

Former Broadway icons are new residents of a retirement home, where they discover a community of forgotten talents. The group of retired actors attempt to reignite their passion for life.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Don Johnson

29. Carrie's War (2004 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, Family

Carrie Willow and her younger brother Nick are evacuated from London to a small Welsh town during World War II. Fleeing the German bombing, they are taken in by strict Mr Evans and his sister.

Director: Coky Giedroyc | Stars: Keeley Fawcett, Jack Stanley, Karen Meagher, Eddie Cooper

Votes: 505

30. The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

The story follows Mrs Ros Pritchard, a successful manager of a supermarket. When a couple of politicians make a spectacle of themselves outside her shop, Ros decides to stand for election herself.

Stars: Jane Horrocks, Steven Mackintosh, Jodhi May, Jemma McKenzie-Brown

Votes: 521

31. Charlie Rose (1991–2017)

60 min | News, Talk-Show

Charlie Rose interviews noteworthy people in fields including politics and government, business and economics, science and technology, media, sports and the arts.

Stars: Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin, Al Hunt, Thomas Friedman

Votes: 1,166

32. Breakfast (2000– )

180 min | News, Talk-Show

The BBC's flagship morning news programme covering current affairs, business and sports, plus guest interviews and weather reports.

Stars: Charlie Stayt, Carol Kirkwood, Bill Turnbull, Sian Williams

Votes: 419

33. A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama

Just after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr. Anne Turner (Dame Julie Walters) is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life herself. Based on a true story.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Julie Walters, Stephen Campbell Moore, Lyndsey Marshal, Liz White

Votes: 604

34. The American (1998 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance

After the horror of the Civil War, "ignorant" Christopher Newman (Matthew Modine) made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures. He won't get past the Paris ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Unwin | Stars: Matthew Modine, Diana Rigg, Aisling O'Sullivan, Paul Hickey

Votes: 239

35. The Sins (2000)

420 min | Crime, Drama

Len, a former getaway driver, encounters the temptations of all the seven sins while desperately trying to solve personal and family issues, keep his job at his uncle's funeral home, and, most importantly, stay straight.

Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Geraldine James, Caroline Hayes, Billie Cook

Votes: 140

36. Hunter (2009)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DSI Iain Barclay heads up a team of police officers that are looking into the disappearance of two boys. He calls in the help of former colleague DS Amy Foster to help with the ... See full summary »

Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Janet McTeer, Clare Holman, Adrian Rawlins

Votes: 218

37. Diana and I (2017 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

The impact that Princess Diana's death has on the lives of four ordinary British people.

Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Ben Abell, Zoë Aldrich, Lisa Allen, Kelva Diggle

Votes: 134

38. Freezing (2008)

30 min | Comedy

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.

Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Tom Hollander, Ben Miles

Votes: 192

39. Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (2005– )

150 min | Drama, Romance

A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London.

Stars: Bryan Dick, Sally Hawkins, Zoë Tapper, Jacqueline Tong

Votes: 424

40. Man and Boy (2002 TV Movie)

105 min | Drama

When television executive Harry has a one-night-stand, his wife Gina walks out on him, leaving Harry to look after the couple's young son.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Neil Conrich, Natasha Little, Dominic Howell

Votes: 436

41. My Summer with Des (1998 TV Movie)

82 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

British romcom set during Euro 96.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Neil Morrissey, Rachel Weisz, John Gordon Sinclair, Arabella Weir

Votes: 413

42. Pride (2004 TV Movie)

90 min | Family, Comedy, Drama

The story of Suki (Kate Winslet), a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river. Her journey to less than a ... See full summary »

Director: John Downer | Stars: Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Rupert Graves, Sean Bean

Votes: 830

43. Christmas at the Riviera (2007 TV Movie)

94 min | Comedy

The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas period.

Directors: Mark Bussell, Justin Sbresni | Stars: Alexander Armstrong, Darren Boyd, Anna Chancellor, Warren Clarke

Votes: 233

44. Friend Request Pending (2012)

TV-G | 12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Friend Request Pending is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world, starring Judy Dench, Penny Ryder and Philip Jackson. It's a tale of love but more importantly life long friendship.

Director: Chris Foggin | Stars: Judi Dench, Penny Ryder, Philip Jackson, Tom Hiddleston

Votes: 962

45. Killing Me Softly (1995 TV Movie)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Sara Thornton was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of the 1989 murder of her violent and alcoholic husband. Thornton never denied the killing, but claimed it had been an accident during an argument.

Director: Stephen Whittaker | Stars: Maggie O'Neill, Peter Howitt, Julian Kerridge, Annabelle Apsion

Votes: 46

46. The Prince of Hearts (1997 TV Movie)

89 min | Comedy, Romance

The Queen's youngest son is off to university, mainly because "I'm hopeless at anything else". Barry, his new bodyguard, has no time for the royal family and left school at fifteen. He ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Robson Green, Gavin Richards, Peter Lovstrom, Tara Fitzgerald

Votes: 430

47. Born in the USA (2007 TV Movie)

Drama

A look at life for a blue-collar family living in Philadelphia.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Owen Beckman, Jon Rowland, A.J. Benza, Scarlett Chorvat

Votes: 21

48. Spoonface Steinberg (1998 TV Movie)

40 min | Drama

An autistic girl comes to terms with the fact she's dying of Cancer.

Director: Betsan Morris Evans | Stars: Linda Bassett, Ella Jones, Helen McCrory, Becky Simpson

Votes: 25

49. My Week with Marilyn: The Untold Story of an American Icon (2011 Video)

18 min | Documentary, Short

The memories of cast and crew members who knew or had some understanding of Marilyn and some of the difficulties that absorbed her daily life. Talked about also was what is considered the ... See full summary »

Stars: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Judi Dench

Votes: 169

50. The Designated Mourner (1997)

R | 94 min | Drama

Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view.

Director: David Hare | Stars: Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser

Votes: 375