Roger Michell
          Director  
	
	Films to Rent 
				 
	  
	        
Persuasion (1995)
 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds, Susan Fleetwood… 
- This spirited run–through of Jane Austen's final novel boasts an impressive theatrical pedigree. Distinguished out of the recent crop with…
 
Notting Hill (1999)
 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans… 
- Divorced book merchant Hugh Grant falls in love with a customer who happens to be the world's most famous movie star (Julia Roberts, yes, essentially…
 
Changing Lanes (2002)
 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette… 
- After a rush hour fender–bender between lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance agent Samuel L Jackson, a tit for tat game of ‘get even’ for high…
 
Mother, The (2003)
 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Stephen Mackintosh… 
- An unforgettable British drama about an aging widow, alienated from her ambitious son and neurotic daughter, who confronts the vacuum of her life…
 
Enduring Love (2004) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samantha Morton, Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans 
- A studied and corrosive tale of fate, connection and love, set around victims and rescuers involved in a hot–air–balloon crash and its…
 
Venus (2006)
 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips… 
- The writer and dir. of THE MOTHER reteam for a companion piece to that film, this time inverting its premise to detail a relationship between a…
 
Morning Glory (2010) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton… 
- Frothy comedy about a young television producer struggling to rescue her networks failing breakfast show, a show saddled with two decidedly ornery…
 
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman… 
- Pleasant chronicle of the affair between President Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his distant cousin, Daisy (Laura Linney), which comes to light during…
 
Le Weekend (2013) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum 
- Director Roger Michell and writer Hanif Kureishi (VENUS, THE MOTHER) reteam for this poignant story of a long–married couple who revisit Paris…
 
My Cousin Rachel (2017) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen… 
- A troubled orphan in 1830's Cornwall finds himself falling for the women he believes killed his guardian, in this dark romance featuring a strong…
 
Tea With the Dames (Nothing Like a Dame) (2018) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright… 
- British acting legends Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith discuss their remarkable lives at Plowright's country home in…
 
Blackbird (2019) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska… 
- An effective remake of the 2014 Danish drama SILENT HEART (2014), with Susan Sarandon playing a terminally ill mother who arranges to bring her…
 
Duke, The (2020)
 
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead… 
- Crowd–pleasing British comedy–drama based on a true incident in which a 60–year old taxi driver (Jim Broadbent) stole Goya’s…
 
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts (2022) 
- Dir. Roger Michell
 
- A nostalgic, uplifting, and modern documentary about Queen Elizabeth II – the greatest British monarch of all time and longest–serving female…