Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Birthday:Dec 31, 1943
Place of birth:Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Filmography

2005
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Crime Drama Family Organized Crime Family Drama
6.8

20052h 10min

Czechia, France

Director: Roman Polanski

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

2003
House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog

Drama Legal Drama
7.5

20032h 6min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Vadim Perelman

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.

2002
Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting

Drama Family Fantasy Romance Coming-of-Age Drama
6.6

20021h 30min

United States

Director: Jay Russell

Teenager Winnie Foster is growing up in a small rural town in 1914 with her loving but overprotective parents, but Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.

2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Drama Science Fiction Adventure AI Sci-Fi Family Drama
7.2

20012h 26min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Steven Spielberg

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.


Sexy Beast

Sexy Beast

Crime Thriller Drama Heist Domestic Thriller
7.3

20011h 29min

Spain, United Kingdom

Director: Jonathan Glazer

Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.

2000
Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement

War Drama Modern Conflicts Legal Drama
6.4

20002h 8min

United States, Germany

Director: William Friedkin

A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

1999
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Fantasy Family
6.3

19992h 13min

Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Nick Willing

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?

1997
The Assignment

The Assignment

Thriller Action Crime
6.8

19971h 59min

Canada

Director: Christian Duguay

Jack Shaw has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating bombing of a Parisian cafe. Now, he finally gets a break when he discovers Carlos' dead ringer: American naval officer and dedicated family man Annibal Ramirez.

1995
Joseph

Joseph

Adventure Drama TV Movie
7.6

19953h 5min

Germany, Italy

Director: Roger Young

Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Joseph governed the country during a seven year famine, during which his brothers visit Egypt seeking grain, only to encounter their brother, presumed long dead.

1994
Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

Drama Thriller
7.2

19941h 43min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Roman Polanski

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.