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1. Rome (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
Votes: 185,712
2. The Jacket (2005)
R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 119,390 | Gross: $6.30M
3. Marco Polo (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a world replete with greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, "Marco Polo" is based on the famed explorer's adventures in Kublai Khan's court in 13th century Mongolia.
Stars: Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong, Joan Chen, Remy Hii
Votes: 78,826
4. The Borgias (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
In the fifteenth century, Pope Alexander VI tries to control all power in Italy with the help of his several sons, through murder, intrigue, war, and marriage alliances.
Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Peter Sullivan
Votes: 53,999
5. The Edge of Love (2008)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Simon Armstrong
Votes: 18,957 | Gross: $0.03M
6. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Unrated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
Votes: 4,001 | Gross: $0.34M
7. Jubilee (1978)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Ian Charleson, Jayne County
Votes: 3,712
8. Nothing Compares (2022)
97 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Following the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
Director: Kathryn Ferguson | Stars: Sinéad O'Connor, Gay Byrne, John O'Connor, Bob Dylan
Votes: 3,096
9.
Rome (2005–2007)
Episode:
De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)
(2007)
TV-MA | 65 min | Action, Drama, Romance
With the defeat of the Egyptian fleet at Actium, Mark Antony and Cleopatra retreat to their palace and await their fate. Believing that Cleopatra has taken her life, Mark Antony decides ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Kevin McKidd, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
Votes: 2,417
10.
Rome (2005–2007)
Episode:
Death Mask
(2007)
TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Inconsolable at the death of Brutus at Philippi, Servilia makes her final bid to gain the ultimate vengeance against Atia. Meanwhile, Eirene and Gaia have a major falling-out, prompting ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan
Votes: 1,999
11. Dates (2013)
210 min | Drama, Romance
The social minefield that is 21st century dating.
Stars: Oona Chaplin, Ben Chaplin, Will Mellor, Gemma Chan
Votes: 1,870
12. The Last of England (1987)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy
The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, 'Spring' Mark Adley, Gerrard McArthur
Votes: 1,493
13.
Marco Polo (2014–2016)
Episode:
The Heavenly and Primal
(2014)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Marco's ingenuity and loyalty are tested again when the Khan makes the violent decision to become emperor of the world; Marco must then make a decision.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong, Joan Chen, Rick Yune
Votes: 1,384
14.
Marco Polo (2014–2016)
Episode:
Rendering
(2014)
TV-MA | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Kublai sets his sights and his army on taking the walled city of Xiangyang, Marco's allegiance is tested.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong, Joan Chen, Rick Yune
Votes: 1,101
15. War Requiem (1989)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, War
A movie with no spoken dialogue, it is set against the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" which includes poetry by World War I soldier Wilfred Owen reflecting the horrors ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier, Patricia Hayes
Votes: 946
16. Sinéad O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U (1990 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Sinéad O'Connor performs in the music video "Nothing Compares 2 U" from the album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" recorded for Chrysalis Records. The music video features a closeup of ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Star: Sinéad O'Connor
Votes: 693
17.
The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode:
The Borgias in Love
(2011)
TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, History
Cesare Borgia takes the beautiful Ursula Bornadeo as his mistress and vows to revenge himself on her husband who has insulted his mother.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 684
18.
The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode:
The French King
(2011)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, History
In order to ensure a lasting alliance with Naples, the Pope betroths his 13 year old son to his bastard daughter while Della Rovere conspires in France.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 651
19.
The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode:
Truth and Lies
(2012)
TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, History
A wounded Juan Borgia returns to Rome with lies about his bravery, and Lucrezia agrees to marry the son of a rich Genovese merchant but lusts after his brother.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 528
20.
The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode:
Day of Ashes
(2012)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
Machiavelli gives Cesare information on De Medici gold, and Rodrigo pressures Lucrezia into another political marriage.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 525
21. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
22. Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Music
Modern pop performers reinterpreting several songs of Cole Porter in music videos directed by established directors.
Directors: Percy Adlon, David Byrne, Alex Cox, Jonathan Demme, Philippe Gautier, Jim Jarmusch, Neil Jordan, Edward Lachman, Adelle Lutz, John Maybury, Steve McLean, Sandy McLeod, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Zak Ove, Mark Pellington, Roger Pomphrey, Matthew Rolston, John Scarlett-Davis, Wim Wenders | Stars: Afrika Bambaataa, Bono, David Byrne, Neneh Cherry
Votes: 238
23. Shootout (2003–2008)
Not Rated | 30 min | Talk-Show
Big time producer Peter Guber and Variety's Peter Bart sit down with the biggest names in the business.
Stars: Peter Guber, Jeff Brenner, Clint Eastwood, Charlize Theron
Votes: 201
24. The Queen Is Dead (1986)
13 min | Short, Music
Three song clips by The Smiths ('The Queen is Dead', 'There is a Light that Never Goes Out' and 'Panic'), all directed with an artistic and conceptual vision by the late Derek Jarman. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Derek Jarman, Richard Heslop, John Maybury | Stars: Craig Gannon, Mike Joyce, Johnny Marr, Morrissey
Votes: 151
25.
Dates (2013)
Episode:
Mia & David
(2013)
24 min | Drama, Romance
Northern lorry driver David arrives at a restaurant to meet Celeste with whom he has arranged a date via the Internet. 'Celeste' arrives but is actually called Mia and proceeds to be ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Oona Chaplin, Will Mellor, Madeline Duggan, Annie Hulley
Votes: 139
26. Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some (1994 Video)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Cyndi Lauper tours a theme park, meeting strange characters and remembering her past. The film is also illustrated by a collection of Cyndi's pop videos, like "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and "Sally's Pigeons".
Directors: Patricia Birch, Edd Griles, Scott Kalvert, Cyndi Lauper, John Maybury, Andrew Morahan | Stars: Cyndi Lauper, Lou Albano, Joey Arias, Laura Baler
Votes: 120
27. Nulle part ailleurs (1987–2001)
120 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
One of the best all time before-prime-time show in France especially the mythical conduction of the couple Antoine de Caune and Philippe Gildas...every night with high level french and ... See full summary »
Stars: Philippe Gildas, Guillaume Durand, Nagui, Valérie Payet
Votes: 104
28.
Dates (2013)
Episode:
Mia & Stephen
(2013)
24 min | Drama, Romance
Mia meets another date, superficially self-assured surgeon Stephen, though she shocks him by telling him that when she was an escort girl he paid her for sex. He wants to leave but she ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Ben Chaplin, Oona Chaplin, Anna Barry, Emma Campbell-Jones
Votes: 102
29. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Drama
An anthology drama series.
Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 95
30.
Dates (2013)
Episode:
Mia & David
(2013)
23 min | Drama, Romance
Mia and David are now a couple, if a slightly mismatched one and are due to spend a day with David's young children but he detects that she is not keen and walks out on her in the pub. She ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Ben Chaplin, Oona Chaplin, Will Mellor, Xavier Atkins
Votes: 77
31. Salò: Fade to Black (2001 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Retrospective documentary on the making of Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial last film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975).
Director: Nigel Algar | Stars: Mark Kermode, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat
Votes: 73
32. The Jacket: Project History and Deleted Scenes (2005 Video)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Mark Rance | Stars: Adrien Brody, Ben Cosgrove, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 63
33. Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies (1994)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Alana, Aiden Brady, Rupert Everett, Julia Fodo
Votes: 62
34. The Cranberries: Dreams (Version 1) (1992 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The first version of the music video features Dolores O'Riordan donning her original hairstyle that is seen on the Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? album cover. The video ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Stars: The Cranberries, Mike Hogan, Noel Hogan, Fergal Lawler
Votes: 61
35. Tramps! (2022)
104 min | Documentary
Rising from the nihilistic ashes of the punk movement in the late 1970s, a fresh crowd of flamboyant fashionistas, who would later be christened the New Romantics, began to materialize on the streets of London, England.
Director: Kevin Hegge | Stars: Judy Blame, Duggie Fields, Princess Julia, John Maybury
Votes: 60
36. The Alternative Miss World (1980)
90 min | Documentary
A filmed record of the 1978 "Alternative Miss World" beauty pageant held in a circus tent on Clapham Common in South London.
Director: Richard Gayer | Stars: Andrew Logan, Divine, Luciana Martínez, Sophie Parkin
Votes: 57
37. Neneh Cherry: Buffalo Stance (1988 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Neneh Cherry performs in the music video "Buffalo Stance" from the album "Raw Like Sushi" recorded for Virgin Records. Neneh Cherry sings the song will standing in front of color computer ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Star: Neneh Cherry
Votes: 45
38. The Value of Ignorance (1989 Video)
37 min | Short, Music
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Enya, Sinéad O'Connor
Votes: 43
39. Man to Man (1992)
Drama
Shortly before the WW II, Ella takes on the identity of her husband Max after his death to work instead of him in the factory. She continues to be Max until she doesn't even know who she is anymore.
Director: John Maybury | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 39
40.
Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode:
Man to Man
(1992)
74 min | Drama
A German woman takes on her husband's identity after his death, and spends the next 40 years impersonating him.
Director: John Maybury | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 33
41. Jubilee: A Time Less Golden (2003 Video)
38 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary on Derek Jarman and 'Jubilee' made by Jarman actor Spencer Leigh.
Director: Spencer Leigh | Stars: Lee Drysdale, Christopher Hobbs, Derek Jarman, John Maybury
Votes: 31
42. The Dream Machine (1983)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Consists of multiple short vignettes: Witches Song (1979), Broken English (1979), Ballad Of Lucy Jordan (1979), Pirate Tape (Derek Jarman, 1983) and T.G.: Psychic Rally In Heaven (Derek Jarman, 1981).
Directors: Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, John Maybury, Cerith Wyn Evans | Stars: William S. Burroughs, Marianne Faithfull, FM Einheit, Brion Gysin
Votes: 31
43. The Look of 'the Jacket': Influences from the Avant-Garde (2005 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Mark Rance | Stars: Frazer Churchill, John Maybury, Rhian Nicholas
Votes: 27
44. Flat Chat (2001)
30 min | Comedy
Flat Chat tells the story of two very different women living two very different lives, which change when their circumstances are reversed and they're thrust together and forced to survive ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean Kittson, Alexandra Davies, Richard Healy, Marco Venturini
Votes: 17
45. L'ispirazione (1988)
2 min | Short
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Spencer Leigh, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 17
46. Sinéad O'Connor: The Emperor's New Clothes (1990 Music Video)
6 min | Music
Sinéad O'Connor performs in the music video "The Emperor's New Clothes" from the album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" recorded for Ensign Records and Chrysalis Records. Barefoot and ... See full summary »
Director: John Maybury | Star: Sinéad O'Connor
Votes: 17
47. The Most Annoying Pop Songs.... We Hate to Love (2007)
56 min | Documentary, Music
Stars: Richard Bacon, Caroline Flack, Emma Willis, Elizabeth Bower
Votes: 16
49. The Colony (2009)
75 min | Documentary
Director: Nick Mead | Stars: Andre Alexsen, Francis Bacon, Albert H. Bongard IV, Ray Chavez Jr.
Votes: 12
50. Sinéad O'Connor: You Do Something to Me (1990 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Director: John Maybury | Star: Sinéad O'Connor
Votes: 12