Judi Dench

Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

As: Miss Rocholl

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

Directed by: Andy Goddard

Stars: Carla Juri | Jim Broadbent | Judi Dench | Eddie Izzard | James D'Arcy

Blithe Spirit (2020)

As: Madame Arcati

A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers' block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.

Directed by: Edward Hall

Stars: Julian Rhind-Tutt | Leslie Mann | Isla Fisher | Judi Dench | Dan Stevens

Cats (2019)

As: Deuteronomy

A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Stars: Ian McKellen | Idris Elba | Taylor Swift | James Corden | Jennifer Hudson

Artemis Fowl (2019)

As: Commander Root

"Artemis Fowl" is about a 12-year-old Artemis who is a millionaire, a genius - and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn’t know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy (Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit) to harness her magic to save his family. These aren't the fairies of the bedtime stories - they're dangerous.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Stars: Josh Gad | Nonso Anozie | Judi Dench | Lara McDonnell | Ferdia Shaw

Red Joan (2019)

As: Joan Stanley

The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Trevor Nunn

Stars: Tom Hughes | Judi Dench | Laurence Spellman | Sophie Cookson | Tereza Srbova

All Is True (2018)

As: Anne Hathaway

A look at the final days in the life of renown playwright William Shakespeare.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Stars: Ian McKellen | Kenneth Branagh | Judi Dench | Jack Colgrave Hirst | Kathryn Wilder

Palo Santo (2018)

As: Mother of Palo Santo

Palo Santo, a city on a distant planet, on which human beings are a rare commodity, worshipped and idolized by an android society. Olly, along with the final humans, is recruited to perform in a series of bizarre erotic cabarets, for an artificial master known only as The Showman.

Runtime: 15 min.

Directed by: Fred Rowson

Stars: Ben Whishaw | Olly Alexander | Judi Dench | Vithaya Pansringarm | Tachanan Khontrong

Nothing Like a Dame (2018)

As: Herself

Runtime: 80 min.

Directed by: Roger Michell

Stars: Maggie Smith | Eileen Atkins | Joan Plowright | Judi Dench

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

As: Princess Natalia Dragomiroff

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Stars: Willem Dafoe | Penélope Cruz | Johnny Depp | Kenneth Branagh | Judi Dench

Victoria And Abdul (2017)

As: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Stars: Adeel Akhtar | Ali Fazal | Judi Dench | Eddie Izzard | Tim Pigott-Smith

Tulip Fever (2017)

As: The Abbess of St. Ursula

An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Justin Chadwick

Stars: Judi Dench | Jack O'Connell | Christoph Waltz | Alicia Vikander | Dane DeHaan

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage (2016)

As: Herself

This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.

Runtime: 60 min.

Directed by: Francis Whately

Stars: Colin Salmon | Judi Dench | Daniel Craig | Ann Mitchell | Sam Mendes

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Gregory Doran | Bridget Caldwell | Robin Mason | Tim Taggart

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch | Joseph Fiennes | Judi Dench | David Tennant | Catherine Tate

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

As: Miss Avocet

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Tim Burton

Stars: Asa Butterfield | Samuel L. Jackson | Eva Green | Rupert Everett | Judi Dench

Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)

As: Paulina

A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession.

Runtime: 210 min.

Directed by: Rob Ashford | Kenneth Branagh | Benjamin Caron

Stars: Kenneth Branagh | Judi Dench | Miranda Raison | Jaygann Ayeh | Tom Bateman

The Vote (2015)

On 7 May, churches, school halls, and back rooms of community centres will be turned into polling stations, staffed by council workers and volunteers. A church polling station is the backdrop for a real-time play for theatre and TV, called The Vote, staged at the exact moment in which the action is set - the last 90 minutes before polls close.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Josie Rourke

Stars: Judi Dench | Timothy West | Catherine Tate | Mark Gatiss | Nina Sosanya

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

As: Evelyn Greenslade

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Maggie Smith | Dev Patel | Richard Gere | Bill Nighy | Judi Dench

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)

As: Mrs. Silver

Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been secretly in love with Mrs. Silver, a woman who lives below him. Mr. Hoppy frequently leans over his balcony and exchanges polite conversation with Mrs. Silver, but he is too shy to disclose how he feels. Mr. Hoppy longs to express his feelings to Mrs. Silver, but he can never bring his lips to form the words. ...

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Dearbhla Walsh

Stars: Judi Dench | Dustin Hoffman | James Corden | Lara Rossi | Salo Gardner

Six by Sondheim (2013)

As: Herself (archive footage)

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

Runtime: 86 min.

Directed by: James Lapine | Autumn de Wilde | Todd Haynes

Stars: America Ferrera | Darren Criss | Audra McDonald | Jeremy Jordan | Stephen Sondheim

National Theatre Live: Fifty Years on Stage (2013)

As: Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best British actors for a unique evening of unforgettable performances, broadcast live from London to cinemas around the world.

Runtime: 146 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Stars: Roger Allam | Dominic Cooper | Alan Bennett | Simon Russell Beale | Jonathan Bailey

Philomena (2013)

As: Philomena

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Stars: Steve Coogan | Mare Winningham | Judi Dench | Barbara Jefford | Sophie Kennedy Clark

Muse of Fire (2013)

As: Herself

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate ...

Runtime: 83 min.

Directed by: Dan Poole | Giles Terera

Stars: Ian McKellen | John Hurt | Ralph Fiennes | Judi Dench | Mark Rylance

Skyfall (2012)

As: M

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - ...

Runtime: 143 min.

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Naomie Harris | Javier Bardem | Judi Dench | Daniel Craig

Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (2012)

As: Herself

A new feature documentary from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Passion Pictures and Red Box Films. Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007. Directed by Stevan Riley (Fire In Babylon), Everything or Nothing focuses on three men with a shared dream – Bond producers Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and author Ian Fleming. It’s the thrilling and inspiring narrative behind the longest running film ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Stevan Riley

Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Timothy Dalton | George Lazenby | Roger Moore | Daniel Craig

Stars In Shorts (2012)

As: Mary

Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Robert Festinger | Rupert Friend | Jay Kamen | Neil LaBute | Benjamin Grayson | Chris Foggin | Jacob Chase

Stars: Marin Ireland | Wes Bentley | Julia Stiles | Sarah Paulson | Jamie Anderson

Run For Your Wife (2012)

As: Bag Lady

John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to ...

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: John Luton | Ray Cooney

Stars: Danny Dyer | Neil Morrissey | Sarah Harding | Denise Van Outen | Kellie Shirley

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

As: Evelyn Greenslade

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Maggie Smith | Tom Wilkinson | Dev Patel | Bill Nighy | Judi Dench

J. Edgar (2011)

As: Anna Marie Hoover

As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

Runtime: 137 min.

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Armie Hammer | Naomi Watts | Josh Hamilton | Geoff Pierson

My Week with Marilyn (2011)

As: Sybil Thorndike

Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier is struggling to meet her many demands and acting ineptness, and Colin is intrigued by her. Colin's intrigue is met when ...

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Simon Curtis

Stars: Michelle Williams | Kenneth Branagh | Julia Ormond | Judi Dench | Eddie Redmayne

Friend Request Pending (2011)

As: Mary

FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world. It's a tale of love but more importantly life long friendship. The twelve-minute tale tells the story of Mary (Judi Dench) and Linda (Penny Ryder) who spend an afternoon discussing the pleasures, pitfalls and problems with using social networking ...

Runtime: 12 min.

Directed by: Chris Foggin

Stars: Philip Jackson | Judi Dench | Tom Hiddleston | John MacMillan | Penny Ryder

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

As: High Society Lady

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, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his ...

Runtime: 136 min.

Directed by: Rob Marshall

Stars: Penélope Cruz | Geoffrey Rush | Ian McShane | Johnny Depp | Kevin McNally

Into the Woods (2011)

Into the Woods takes the stories of the Brothers Grimm and gives them a dark and humorous twist. The popular tales of Red Ridinghood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Cinderella and Rapunzel are interwoven with that of the Baker and his Wife and their quest to have a child. However this re-telling goes beyond "happily ever after" as the familiar characters find themselves in ...

Stars: Billy Boyle | Judi Dench | Jenna Russell | Valda Aviks | Marc Antolin

Jane Eyre (2011)

As: Mrs. Fairfax

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about ...

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Cary Fukunaga

Stars: Mia Wasikowska | Michael Fassbender | Judi Dench | Jamie Bell | Su Elliott

James Bond Supports International Women's Day (2011)

As: M (voice)

This short film is made by 'We Are Equals' to celebrate International Women's Day. James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side. Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench team up for two-minute film highlighting the need for gender equality. 007 star Daniel Craig undergo a dramatic makeover as he puts himself, quite literally, in a woman's shoes.

Runtime: 2 min.

Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson

Stars: Judi Dench | Daniel Craig

Nine (2009)

As: Lilli

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Rob Marshall

Stars: Marion Cotillard | Nicole Kidman | Penélope Cruz | Daniel Day-Lewis | Judi Dench

Rage (2009)

As: Mona Carvell

A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Sally Potter

Stars: Adriana Barraza | Simon Abkarian | Patrick J. Adams | Bob Balaban | Riz Ahmed

Quantum of Solace (2008)

As: M

Quantum of Solace continues the adventures of James Bond after Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Marc Forster

Stars: Mathieu Amalric | Giancarlo Giannini | Judi Dench | Olga Kurylenko | Daniel Craig

Vanity Fair: Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)

As: The Maiden Aunt

The most ambitious portfolio in the 13-year history of Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue, this year's homage to noir had its own dramatic imperatives.

Runtime: 6 min.

Directed by: Annie Leibovitz

Stars: Jessica Alba | Ben Affleck | Amy Adams | Pedro Almodóvar | Alec Baldwin

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

As: Barbara Covett

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Richard Eyre

Stars: Cate Blanchett | Bill Nighy | Juno Temple | Judi Dench | Max Lewis

Casino Royale (2006)

As: M

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent – to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the ...

Runtime: 144 min.

Directed by: Martin Campbell

Stars: Mads Mikkelsen | Eva Green | Judi Dench | Jeffrey Wright | Daniel Craig

Doogal (2006)

As: Narrator

This is the story of Doogal, an adorable candy-loving mutt who goes on a mission to save the world.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Dave Borthwick | Jean Duval | Frank Passingham

Stars: William H. Macy | Whoopi Goldberg | Jimmy Fallon | Jon Stewart | Daniel Tay

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

As: Lady Catherine de Bourg

Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: Joe Wright

Stars: Keira Knightley | Rosamund Pike | Matthew Macfadyen | Donald Sutherland | Simon Woods

Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

As: Mrs. Laura Henderson

Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add female nudity similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Stars: Bob Hoskins | Kelly Reilly | Christopher Guest | Judi Dench | Will Young

We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom (2005)

As: Narrator

International award-winning filmmaker Kevin P. Miller of Well TV announced the release of a new documentary about the threat to medical freedom of choice. We Become Silent: The Last Days of Health Freedom details the ongoing attempts by multinational pharmaceutical interests and giant food companies — in concert with the WTO, the WHO and others – to limit the public’s access to herbs, ...

Directed by: Kevin P Miller

Stars: Judi Dench

Ladies in Lavender. (2004)

As: Ursula

Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Charles Dance

Stars: Maggie Smith | Daniel Brühl | Freddie Jones | Judi Dench | Gregor Henderson-Begg

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

As: Aereon

After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: David Twohy

Stars: Karl Urban | Vin Diesel | Thandie Newton | Linus Roache | Colm Feore

Home on the Range (2004)

As: Mrs. Caloway (voice)

When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this unlikely animal alliance risk their hides and match wits with a mysterious band of bad guys.

Runtime: 76 min.

Directed by: Will Finn | John Sanford

Stars: Jennifer Tilly | Steve Buscemi | Roseanne Barr | Judi Dench | G. W. Bailey

Bugs! (2003)

As: Narrator (voice)

Explore the extraordinary hidden world of insects, where a leaf weighs more than a car, rain drops feel like exploding hand grenades and a blade of grass soars like a skyscraper. Shot on location in the Borneo rainforest, Bugs! brings the beautiful and dangerous universe of its tiny stars up close and personal with cutting-edge technology that magnifies them up to 250,000 times their normal size.

Runtime: 40 min.

Directed by: Mike Slee

Stars: Judi Dench

Die Another Day (2002)

As: M

Bond takes on a North Korean leader who undergoes DNA replacement procedures that allow him to assume different identities. American agent, Jinx Johnson assists Bond in his attempt to thwart the villain's plans to exploit a satellite that is powered by solar energy.

Runtime: 133 min.

Directed by: Lee Tamahori

Stars: Rosamund Pike | Pierce Brosnan | Rick Yune | Halle Berry | Toby Stephens

Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)

As: Herself

Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ursula Andress and Diamonds Are Forever's Jill St. John), the documentary traced the evolution of the typical James Bond heroine from decorative damsel in distress to gutsy (but still decorative) participant in the action.

Runtime: 46 min.

Directed by: John Watkin

Stars: Honor Blackman | Maryam d'Abo | Halle Berry | Ursula Andress | Luciana Paluzzi

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

As: Lady Bracknell

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Oliver Parker

Stars: Colin Firth | Tom Wilkinson | Rupert Everett | Reese Witherspoon | Judi Dench

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (2002)

As: Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"

This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical theatre was extraordinary, including 900 published songs, 40 Broadway musicals and several film scores. Rodgers, together with lyricists Lorenz Hart and later Oscar Hammerstein II, wrote many of the best known musicals of the 20th Century, including Babes ...

Runtime: 79 min.

Directed by: Simon Callow | Andy Picheta

Stars: Gillian Anderson | Judi Dench | Ruthie Henshall | Dave Willetts | Sally Burgess

The Shipping News (2001)

As: Agnis Hamm

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Lasse Hallström

Stars: Pete Postlethwaite | Kevin Spacey | Cate Blanchett | Julianne Moore | Judi Dench

Iris (2001)

As: Iris Murdoch

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Richard Eyre

Stars: Kate Winslet | Hugh Bonneville | Jim Broadbent | Judi Dench | Penelope Wilton

Chocolat (2000)

As: Armande Voizin

A fable of emotional liberation and chocolate. A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of Boat Gypsies float down the river the prejudices of the Mayor leads to a crisis.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Lasse Hallström

Stars: Alfred Molina | Johnny Depp | Juliette Binoche | Judi Dench | Leslie Caron

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)

As: Narrator

The story of the child refugees who were transported to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Mark Jonathan Harris

Stars: Judi Dench

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)

After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its ...

Runtime: 83 min.

Directed by: Gillies MacKinnon

Stars: Ian Holm | Olympia Dukakis | Joan Sims | Judi Dench | June Whitfield

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

As: M

Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to a protect beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.

Runtime: 128 min.

Directed by: Michael Apted

Stars: Sophie Marceau | Pierce Brosnan | Robert Carlyle | Denise Richards | Robbie Coltrane

Tea with Mussolini (1999)

As: Arabella

Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli

Stars: Maggie Smith | Cher | Joan Plowright | Judi Dench | Lily Tomlin

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

As: Queen Elizabeth

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Tom Wilkinson | Geoffrey Rush | Joseph Fiennes | Judi Dench

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

As: M

A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode

Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Michelle Yeoh | Teri Hatcher | Jonathan Pryce | Ricky Jay

Mrs Brown (1997)

As: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria is deeply depressed after the death of her husband, disappearing from public. Her servant Brown, who adores her, through caress and admiration brings her back to life, but that relationship creates scandalous situation and is likely to lead to monarchy crisis.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Gerard Butler | Antony Sher | Geoffrey Palmer | Billy Connolly | Judi Dench

Hamlet (1996)

As: Hecuba

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Runtime: 242 min.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Stars: Derek Jacobi | Kate Winslet | Kenneth Branagh | Richard Briers | Julie Christie

GoldenEye (1995)

As: M

James Bond must unmask the mysterious head of the Janus Syndicate and prevent the leader from utilizing the GoldenEye weapons system to inflict devastating revenge on Britain.

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Martin Campbell

Stars: Sean Bean | Pierce Brosnan | Famke Janssen | Joe Don Baker | Izabella Scorupco

Jack & Sarah (1995)

As: Margaret

Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. However, when Sarah goes into labour, he takes a tumble down the stairs and lands on his head. When he comes around he discovers he is the proud father of a baby girl, but deficient in the spouse department to the tune of 1.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Tim Sullivan

Stars: Samantha Mathis | Eileen Atkins | Richard E. Grant | Cherie Lunghi | Judi Dench

J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien (1992)

As: Narrator

J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien is a 1996 documentary, narrated by Judi Dench, produced to celebrate the centenary of J.R.R. Tolkien's birth. It is sometimes called "J.R.R. Tolkien: A Portrait" and "J.R.R. Tolkien - An Authorized Film Portrait". It features archive footage and audio recordings of J.R.R. Tolkien, and interviews with three of his children Priscilla, John, and Christopher. It also ...

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Derek Bailey

Stars: Judi Dench | Christopher Tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien | John Tolkien | Priscilla Tolkien

Absolute Hell (1991)

Black comedy written by Rodney Ackland.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Anthony Page

Stars: Ronald Pickup | Bill Nighy | Charles Gray | Judi Dench | Francesca Annis

Henry V (1989)

As: Mistress Quickly

Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

Runtime: 137 min.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Stars: Derek Jacobi | Paul Scofield | Kenneth Branagh | Brian Blessed | James Larkin

A Handful of Dust (1988)

As: Mrs. Beaver

The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.We see the detritus of an abandoned camp in South America and a main character's hallucination. Then, the story beings. Tony and Brenda Last, lord and lady, live on his enormous estate with their young son. Tony's not much for parties, and Brenda joins London society, on the arm of a penniless man, John Beaver, ...

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Charles Sturridge

Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas | Rupert Graves | Anjelica Huston | Judi Dench | James Wilby

84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

As: Nora Doel

When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: David Hugh Jones

Stars: Anthony Hopkins | Jean De Baer | Anne Bancroft | Judi Dench | Maurice Denham

The Browning Version (1985)

As: Millie Crocker-Harris

Adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play produced for the BBC in 1985.

Runtime: 74 min.

Directed by: Michael A. Simpson

Stars: Ian Holm | Steven Mackintosh | John Woodvine | Judi Dench | Michael Kitchen

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)

As: Dorrie Edgehill

Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme, no one is likely to give Eustace a job now. Or are they?

Runtime: 82 min.

Directed by: Gavin Millar

Stars: Ian Holm | Judi Dench | Alan MacNaughton | John Horsley | Rachel Gurney

A Room with a View (1985)

As: Eleanor Lavish

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: James Ivory

Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Maggie Smith | Julian Sands | Daniel Day-Lewis | Denholm Elliott

Wetherby (1985)

As: Marcia Pilborough

The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: David Hare

Stars: Ian Holm | Stuart Wilson | Vanessa Redgrave | Judi Dench | Tim McInnerny

The Angelic Conversation (1985)

As: Narrator

The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love, in a dreamlike landscape. Offscreen, Dame Judi Dench recites a sequence of Shakespeare sonnets, that counterpoint the action. Jarman called it, “My most austere work, but also the closest to my heart.”

Runtime: 77 min.

Directed by: Derek Jarman

Stars: Judi Dench | Phillip Williamson | Paul Reynolds

Saigon: Year Of The Cat (1983)

The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest). She quickly realises that he works for the CIA and he knows that the fall of South Vietnam is very near.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Stars: Josef Sommer | Frederic Forrest | Judi Dench | E.G. Marshall | Chic Murray

The Cherry Orchard (1981)

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a walthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherrt orchard and dividing the estate into plats that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope ...

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Richard Eyre

Stars: Timothy Spall | Harriet Walter | Bill Paterson | Judi Dench | Anton Lesser

On Giant's Shoulders (1979)

As: Hazel Wiles

The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the drug thalidomide. This film tells the story of his childhood and adoption by the couple Len and Hazel Wiles who live on a remote farm, and the subsequent challenges and resistance to give Terry a 'normal' life.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Anthony Simmons

Stars: Judi Dench | Bryan Pringle | Hilda Braid | Barbara Young | Terry Wiles

A Performance of Macbeth (1979)

As: Lady Macbeth

Shakespeare's classic tragedy of ambition, witches and murder.

Runtime: 145 min.

Directed by: Philip Casson

Stars: Ian McKellen | John Woodvine | Judi Dench | Marie Kean | Ian McDiarmid

My Homeland (1976)

As: Reader

Perhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen through the eyes of an exile. Robert Vas escaped from his homeland after the brutal crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising by the Russians and he was never able to return. He portrays his country through the writings of Hungary's national poets and illustrates the film with images of the Revolution and of the ...

Runtime: 75 min.

Directed by: Robert Vas

Stars: Michael Bryant | Judi Dench

Dead Cert (1974)

As: Laura Davidson

As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from his injuries. His friend Alan York suspects the animal was doped by unscrupulous bookies and starts to investigate. He doesn't know how serious his opponents are, and that he's in danger to suffer the exact same fate ...

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Tony Richardson

Stars: Scott Antony | Judi Dench | Julian Glover | Michael Williams | Nina Thomas

Luther (1974)

As: Katharina

A man's view cause a rift between peasants and the church.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Guy Green

Stars: Stacy Keach | Hugh Griffith | Judi Dench

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)

As: Titania

Peter Hall's Royal Shakespeare Company production is one of the best versions of this oft-attempted but seldom achieved vision.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Peter Hall

Stars: Helen Mirren | Michael Jayston | David Warner | Barbara Jefford | Derek Godfrey

A Study in Terror (1965)

As: Sally

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately ...

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: James Hill

Stars: John Neville | Barbara Windsor | Judi Dench | Barry Jones | Robert Morley

He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)

As: Joanne

Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, he goes back to his old life, providing for his expensive tastes by executing a series of daring burglaries

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Charles Crichton

Stars: Tom Bell | Judi Dench | Paul Rogers | Kay Walsh | Ray McAnally

Four in the Morning (1965)

As: Wife ("Judi")

Mid sixties British 'slice of life' with Judi Dench

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Anthony Simmons

Stars: Norman Rodway | Judi Dench | Brian Phelan | Ann Lynn | Joe Melia

The Cherry Orchard (1962)

As: Anya

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their ...

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Michael Elliott

Stars: Ian Holm | John Gielgud | Judi Dench | Peggy Ashcroft | Dorothy Tutin