Derek Jacobi films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 28 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for The King's Speech, Henry V and The Secret of NIMH.

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Starring Derek Jacobi

Gladiator
2000 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the...
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The King's Speech
2010 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to...
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The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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The Lost Pirate Kingdom
2021 · TV
7.6/10 · TMDB
The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
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Henry V
1989 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
Tolkien
2019 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship...
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Gosford Park
2001 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
In 1930’s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
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Looking for Richard
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
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Gladiator II
2024 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his...
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Cinderella
2015 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
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Heartstopper Forever
2026 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings.
My Week With Marilyn
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career...
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The Odessa File
1974 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller...
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Nanny McPhee
2005 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the...
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Underworld: Evolution
2006 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the...
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Dead Again
1991 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
In 1949 composer Roman Strauss is executed for the vicious murder of his wife Margaret with a pair of scissors. In 1990s Los Angeles a mute amnesiac woman shows up at an orphanage and private eye Mike Church is called in to investigate...
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Tomb Raider
2018 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
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Anonymous
2011 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
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Ironclad
2011 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter...
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The Golden Compass
2007 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
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Hereafter
2010 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
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Grace of Monaco
2014 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
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Come Away
2020 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they...
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Effie Gray
2014 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
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The Body
2001 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint...
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Tinsel Town
2025 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A washed-up Hollywood action hero is tricked into starring in a small English town’s chaotic Christmas pantomime, where a straight-talking dance instructor and his estranged daughter just might help him rediscover the magic of the season.
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
2019 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse...
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Stratton
2017 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
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