John Madden Movies
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, in 1949, director John Madden (not to be confused with the American sports commentator of the same name) enjoyed a successful career in television and theater before moving into feature films. Madden's resumé as a stage director includes prestigious work in both Britain and the United States. He directed Caritas Christi at the National Theater... (read more) and helmed Broadway productions of Beyond Therapy, Wings, and Grownups; he also staged the last at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Grownups was also Madden's entry into filmmaking, when he directed an adaptation for the Showtime cable network. Following that, he directed several films for British television, as well as episodes of Inspector Morse and Prime Suspect. He made his feature film debut with Ethan Frome in 1993. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director in 1998, for Shakespeare in Love. A minor misstep with 2001's overly-saccharine Captain Corelli's Mandarin was followed four years later by the decidedly better-received Proof, and in 2006 the period-piece specialist would try his hand at contemporary action with the Elmore Leonard adaptation Killshot. Over the coming years, Madden would direct more critically acclaimed movies, like The Debt and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. ~ Rovi
My Fair Lady
2013
A beloved musical comes back to life with this Columbia Pictures' production, once again telling the tale of Cockney girl-turned-aristocrat Eliza Doolittle, famously...
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
PG13 2012
A small group of British retirees learn that the life they want to live might not be the life they need to live after pooling their resources to spend their twilight years in a...
The Debt
R 2010
In this gritty spy thriller, Helen Mirren plays a retired Mossad agent named Rachel. Once upon a time, Rachel was part of a celebrated trio of secret agents who...
Killshot
R 2009
Prime Suspect 4 and Inspector Morse director John Madden comes back to the world of crime after a brief foray into romance with Shakespeare in Love and Captain...
Proof
PG13 2005
A woman struggles to come to terms with the potentially dangerous legacy of her late father in this drama based on the award-winning stage play by David Auburn. Catherine...
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
R 2001
Louis de Bernières' best-selling novel of love during wartime is brought to the screen in this story that blends comedy, action, and romance. In 1940, war rages...
The Last Morse
2000
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Shakespeare in Love
R 1998
William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is on a cold streak. Not only is he writing for Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush), owner of "The Rose," a theatre whose doors are about...
Mrs. Brown
PG 1997
The ruler of England discovers the value of common friendship in this historical drama. After the death of her husband Prince Albert, Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) is despondent,...
Prime Suspect 4
1995
For the fourth installment of the BBC crime series Prime Suspect, the producers experimented with the show's format. Instead of following police detective {%Jane...
Golden Gate
R 1994
Playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) wrote this ambitious epic that attempts to examine the communist witch hunts of the 1950s, racial prejudice, abuse of...
Promised Land
1993
In this made-for-British-TV mystery, Inspector Morse and his sidekick Lewis fly Down Under to locate a key witness against a gang of burglars. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
Ethan Frome
PG 1992
Ethan Frome is an adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1911 novella . Set in Massachusetts in the late-19th century, the film relates the sad story of reclusive farmer Ethan Frome...
Prime Suspect [TV Series]
1991
Created by Lynda La Plante, the sporadically broadcast British TV series Prime Suspect succeeded in bestowing international stardom upon actress Helen Mirren. Set in...
After the War
1989
John Madden's sweeping drama After the War tells the tale of a quarter-century relationship between two men who share a similar wartime experience and a similar religious...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Priory School
1986
Originally broadcast on British television in 1986, the series The Return of Sherlock Holmes is directed by filmmaker John Madden and stars Jeremy Brett as the titular...
Grown Ups
1986
Adapted from the play by Jules Feiffer, Grown Ups was produced for cable television. A pre-talkshow Charles Grodin plays the Feifferesque central character, a writer...