Roger Allam films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 17 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for The Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Thick of It and V for Vendetta.

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Starring Roger Allam

The Thick of It
2005 · TV
8.2/10 · TMDB
Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
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V for Vendetta
2006 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her...
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Tetris
2023 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
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The Book Thief
2013 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in...
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The Missing
2014 · TV
7.1/10 · TMDB
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
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The Queen
2006 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for...
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Steve
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge...
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Mr. Holmes
2015 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year old case. Holmes' memory isn't what it used to be...
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A Royal Night Out
2015 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
The re-imagining of VE Day in 1945, when Princess Elizabeth and her sister, Margaret were allowed out from Buckingham Palace for the night to join in the celebrations, and encounter romance and danger.
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The Iron Lady
2011 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
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The Lady in the Van
2015 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
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A Cock and Bull Story
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars...
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The Choral
2025 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
As World War I rages on, Dr. Henry Guthrie takes over a British choral society that's lost most of its men to the army. The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.
Inkheart
2008 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
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The Woman in Black
2012 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his...
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Speed Racer
2008 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Speed Racer is the tale of a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, he must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal...
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Tamara Drewe
2010 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
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Secret Service
2026 · TV
6.7/10 · TMDB
A British intelligence officer Kate Henderson races against time to uncover a UK politician's potential ties with the Kremlin, risking her reputation and family, as a murder and election loom.

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