
Adrian Lester films and TV shows, ranked by your taste
Actor · 8 films and 4 TV shows on Boxlist
Known for PONIES, Ballet Shoes and Primary Colors.
See which ones match your tasteStarring Adrian Lester

Renegade Nell
2024 · TV
7.3/10 · TMDBEngland, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her superpowered sidekick, a plucky little sprite called Billy Blind, Nell realizes that fate has put her...

Mutiny
2026 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBIn cinemasAfter witnessing his billionaire boss' murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss' death only to discover an international conspiracy.

PONIES
2026 · TV
6.9/10 · TMDBIn 1977 Moscow, two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest") become CIA operatives and uncover a Cold War conspiracy their husbands were killed for.

Mary Queen of Scots
2018 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBIn 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals...
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The Undeclared War
2022 · TV
6.6/10 · TMDBIn the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister, a leading team of analysts at the heart of the UK’s NSA-style spy agency GCHQ attempt to ward off a...

The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBAfter years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world...

The Rook
2019 · TV
6.5/10 · TMDBAfter waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a young woman must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain’s most secret (supernatural) service before...
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Ballet Shoes
2008 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBAn unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures...

Case 39
2009 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBIn her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily...

Primary Colors
1998 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBIn this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the...
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Doomsday
2008 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBThe lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a major city. An elite...
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Jimi: All Is by My Side
2013 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDBA drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.
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