Movies starring Jude Law

Gattaca (1997)

106 mins     Sci-Fi, Thriller      

Starring Jude Law, Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke "Gattaca" is one of the most ingenious and thought provoking movies that I have watched in a long time. In our world, where cloning and genetic engineering is becoming a huge rea...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

155 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

Let me give you the facts about "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", it is an adaptation of a book written by John Berendt and the book is based on a true story which took place in Savannah, Georgia during the 1980s. Wh...

Wilde (1997)

118 mins     Biography, Drama, Romance      

I have never been much of a scholar of the written work and even less interested in those famous authors whose literary works have inspired some of my favourite movies, I blame the education system for making reading such a d...

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

139 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

In Anthony Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Matt Damon stars as Tom Ripley who heads to Italy to bring Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) home but ends up falling in love with his lifestyle....

eXistenZ (1999)

97 mins     Action , Horror, Sci-Fi      

I'm a straight forwards sort of guy, I know what I like, I like what I know but I am not adverse to shifting outside of my comfort zone when it comes to movies. But being straight forwards means I am not one for grandiloquent...

Love, Honour and Obey (2000)

103 mins     Comedy, Crime, Drama      

From the mock cockney accents, throught to the sexual innuendo "Love, Honour and Obey" is not what you expect from a gangster movie but then "Love, Honour and Obey" is a British comedy. With many of the cast such as Jonny Lee...

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

131 mins     Drama, Thriller      

"Enemy at the Gates" takes its lead from the history books with a story which revolves around The Battle for Stalingrad between the Germans and Russians during WWII. But it is not really about the battle as a whole but a duel...

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

146 mins     Adventure , Drama, Sci-Fi      

So from what I understand Stanley Kubrick had wanted to make "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" for some time but due to the limitations of technology had held back, instead talking to Spielberg about it who following Kubrick's d...

Road to Perdition (2002)

112 mins     Action , Crime, Drama, Thriller      

"Road to Perdition" is essentially a simple story, a movie about a father forced to seek revenge and in the process bonding with his son as he tries to protect him. It's also a gangster movie, set in Chicago and the 1930's er...

Cold Mountain (2003)

154 mins     Adventure , Drama      

Cold Mountain (2003) Jude Law and Nicole Kidman star in this romantic drama about a soldier during the American Civil War trying to return to Cold Mountain and the woman he loves...

The Aviator (2004)

170 mins     Biography, Drama      

Mention the name Howard Hughes and I would bet most people will say he was an eccentric millionaire who ended up a recluse. And to some degree that is true and is certainly how his life ended, but Martin Scorsese's "The Aviat...

Closer (2004)

104 mins     Drama, Romance      

Before watching "Closer" I read a fair few reviews and there is a very big split because there are those who love it, seeing it as very real whilst others absolutely hate it and see it as pretentious. Interestingly those who ...

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

107 mins     Comedy      

"I Heart Huckabees" is a well made movie with an array of good performances but beyond that it is up its own arse. I'm sorry but here is a movie which is trying to be clever and deep about one's purpose in life and that time ...

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

108 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family      

Before the release of "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" I had never even heard of the series of children's books it was based on which I must say is of no surprise as I haven't been a child in a long time nor ...

Alfie (2004)

103 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

38 years after Michael Caine played the cockney charmer in "Alfie" we have Jude Law giving us his version of the charmer, but an updated one which not only shifts the story across the water but with a focus made for a new gen...

The Holiday (2006)

130 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

The Holiday: Cameron Diaz & Kate Winslet are the women who switch homes for Christmas to get away from men, of course they are going to meet men...

Sleuth (2007)

88 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

So the 2007 version of "Sleuth", a movie which sees Michael Caine playing the opposite role to which he played in the 1972 version. It also sees Jude Law cast in the role Michael Caine played in the 1972 version, the second t...

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

128 mins     Action , Adventure , Crime      

I should think I am not in the minority when I say that prior to Guy Ritchie's 2009 vision of Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" I knew just the bare essentials of the character. By that I mean I knew he was a sleuth, he lived a...

Repo Men (2010)

111 mins     Action , Crime, Sci-Fi      

The best way to describe "Repo Men" is to tell you about the opening scene where Remy is waiting in a swanky apartment for a man to return home. After stunning the guy with his gun he suits up in protective clothing and sets ...

Hugo (2011)

126 mins     Adventure , Drama, Family      

"The film was received with critical acclaim, with many critics praising the visuals, acting, and direction" is a sentence which I found on Wikipedia and sums up "Hugo" quite brilliantly. Now the irony of this is that those w...