Movies with Kate Winslet

Sense and Sensibility

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Ian Brimble, Alan Rickman, James Fleet, Emma Thompson

Directors: Ang Lee

Country: USA, UK

Year: 1995

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod

When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried. But thi...

 

Flushed Away

Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Family

Starring: Susan Duerden, Hugh Jackman, Miriam Margolyes, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Douglas Weston, Andy Serkis

Directors: Sam Fell, David Bowers

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2006

Roddy is a rat who lives in the best lifestyle possible, but when stranger Sid appears, Roddy tries everything to remove him. Unfortunately for Roddy, not everything goes to plan, and he himself ends up in the sewers. Gaining the assistance of Rita, Roddy tries to get home, whilst dodging the evil Toad.

 

Little Children

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: Noah Emmerich, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Jane Adams, Phyllis Somerville, Gregg Edelman

Directors: Todd Field

Country: USA

Year: 2006

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Living in an upper middle class family-oriented suburb, Sarah and Richard Pierce, who have an infant daughter Lucy, have a dysfunctional marriage. Sarah is already seen as a bit of an outsider amongst the "park mothers", so news of the Pierce's dysfunctional marriage would drive a further wedge between Sarah and the rest of the mothers, who espouse the "white picket fence/2.4 children" mentality. Into the park comes househusband Brad Adamson and his infant son Aaron. Not knowing who he is or his story, the park mothers coin him "The Prom King" because of his preppy good looks. They collectively have a "look but don't touch" mentality toward B...

 

Mildred Pierce - Season One

Genres: Drama

Starring: Guy Pearce, Kate Winslet, James LeGros, Brian F. O'Byrne, Hope Davis, Melissa Leo, Mare Winningham

Directors: Unknown

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Glendale, California, 1931: Mildred Pierce, a young mother with a talent for baking, is left a "grass widow" after throwing her husband, Bert, out of the house. Forced to hunt for work to support herself and her two young daughters, 11-year-old Veda and seven-year-old Ray, Mildred visits an employment agency, only to encounter job opportunities she feels are beneath her. Amidst her job search, she receives dating advice from her friend and neighbor, Lucy Gessler, and begins an unexpected affair with an ex-business partner of her husband?s, Wally Burgan. When Mildred receives a call from the agency regarding an opening as a housekeeper to a we...

 

All the King's Men

Genres: Thriller, Drama

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Penn, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini

Directors: Steven Zaillian

Country: Germany, USA

Year: 2006

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

In the 50's, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy; the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden; the lobbyist Tiny Duffy; and his mistress Sadie Burke, to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end.

 

Jude

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: James Nesbitt, Kate Winslet, Christopher Eccleston, Rachel Griffiths, Liam Cunningham, Lorraine Hilton, Mark Lambert

Directors: Michael Winterbottom

Country: UK

Year: 1996

A stonemason steadfastly pursues a cousin he loves. However their love is troubled as he is married to a woman who tricked him into marriage and she is married to an abusive nobleman. Living out of wedlock, the two are rejected by the townspeople leaving them to struggle in abject poverty. With Swedish Subtitles !!!

 

Holy Smoke

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Kerry Walker, Kate Winslet, Pam Grier, Paul Goddard, Sophie Lee, Harvey Keitel, Daniel Wyllie

Directors: Jane Campion

Country: USA, Australia

Year: 1999

While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth!

 

Revolutionary Road

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates, Kate Winslet, Richard Easton, David Harbour, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ty Simpkins

Directors: Sam Mendes

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2008

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

It's 1955. Frank and April Wheeler, in the seventh year of their marriage, have fallen into a life that appears to most as being perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job while April stays at home as a housewife. But they're not happy. April has forgone her dream of becoming an actress, and Frank hates his job - one where he places little effort - although he has never figured out what his passion in life is. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris - a city where Frank visited during the war and loved, but where April has never been - as a mea...

 

Quills

Genres: Romance, Drama, History

Starring: Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Amelia Warner, Geoffrey Rush, Patrick Malahide, Michael Jenn

Directors: Philip Kaufman

Country: Germany, USA, UK

Year: 2000

The infamous writer, The Marquis de Sade of 18th Century France, is imprisoned for unmentionable activities at Charanton Insane Asylumn. He manages to befriend the young Abbe de Coulmier, who run's the asylumn, along with a beautiful laundress named Madeline. Things go terribly wrong when the Abbe finds out that the Marquis' books are being secretly published. Emperor Napolean contemplates sending Dr. Royer-Collard to oversee the asylumn, a man famed for his torturous punishments. It could mean the end of Charanton and possibly the Marquis himself.

 

Heavenly Creatures

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Romance

Starring: Kate Winslet, Clive Merrison, Peter Elliott, Melanie Lynskey, Darien Takle, Jed Brophy, Elizabeth Moody

Directors: Peter Jackson

Country: Germany, UK, New Zealand

Year: 1994

Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Jay Ryan, Jane Adams

Directors: Michel Gondry

Country: USA

Year: 2004

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

This is the story of a guy, Joel, who discovers that his long-time girlfriend, Clementine, has undergone a psychiatrist's experimental procedure in which all of her memory of Joel is removed, after the couple has tried for years to get their relationship working fluidly. Frustrated by the idea of still being in love with a woman who doesn't remember their time together, Joel agrees to undergo the procedure as well, to erase his memories of Clementine. The film, which takes place mostly within Joel's mind, follows his memories of Clementine backwards in time as each recent memory is replaced, and the procedure then goes on to the previous one,...

 

Romance & Cigarettes

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Mandy Moore, Christopher Walken, Kate Winslet, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Sedaris, James Gandolfini

Directors: John Turturro

Country: USA

Year: 2005

Down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty, a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman named Tula. Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges. Like Oedipus at Colonus, he is sent into exile and searches to find his way back through the damage he has done. Explores the cost and value of a relationship through life and death. When the characters can no longer express themselves with language, they break into...

 

The Reader

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Moritz Grove, Matthias Habich, David Kross, Jeanette Hain, Susanne Lothar

Directors: Stephen Daldry

Country: Germany, USA

Year: 2008

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Middle aged German barrister Michael Berg recollects to himself his lifelong acquaintance with Hanna Schmitz, a relationship with whom he never disclosed to anyone close to him. Michael first met Hanna in 1958, when he was fifteen, she thirty-six. The two had a turbulent summer long love affair, dictated by Hanna that their encounters would begin with him reading to her followed by lovemaking. Michael next encountered Hanna in 1966, when Michael, now a law student, attended the Nazi war crimes trial of six female former S.S. concentration camp guards, one of whom is Hanna. Through listening to the testimony, Michael comes to the realization t...

 

Finding Neverland

Genres: Family, Drama, Biography

Starring: Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell, Johnny Depp, Kelly Macdonald, Julie Christie, Freddie Highmore, Ian Hart

Directors: Marc Forster

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2004

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

The movie details the experiences of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, which lead him to write the children's classic. He got to know four children who have no fathers. Drawing from his time with the kids, he writes a story about children who don't want to grow up.

 

Titanic

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: Kathy Bates, Kate Winslet, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Victor Garber, Bill Paxton

Directors: James Cameron

Country: USA

Year: 1997

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

Deep-sea explorer Brock Lovett has reached the most famous shipwreck of all - the Titanic. Emerging with a safe believed to contain a diamond called 'The Heart of the Ocean', he discovers the safe does not hold the diamond but a drawing of a beautiful woman wearing it. When Brock is later interviewed on TV, he shows the drawing to the cameras, and a 100-year-old woman named Rose Calvert living in Michigan recognizes the woman in the drawing - herself! On a visit to Brock's explorer ship over the wreck, Rose tells her story of the Titanic and its ill-fated voyage. Engaged to a would-be steel magnate, Caledon Hockley, she boards the Titanic's f...

 

Iris

Genres: Romance, Drama, Biography

Starring: Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Judi Dench, Kris Marshall, Penelope Wilton, Eleanor Bron, Hugh Bonneville

Directors: Richard Eyre

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2001

A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch's descent into Alzheimer's Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).

 

Faeries

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Starring: Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott, Jeremy Irons

Directors: Gary Hurst

Country: UK

Year: 1999

Two children holidaying on a farm are transported to Fairyland but after one eats a charmed fairy-cake they are given three tasks to complete before they can return to their own world.

 

The Holiday

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Starring: Eli Wallach, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell

Directors: Nancy Meyers

Country: USA

Year: 2006

In London, Iris Simpkins write a wedding column in a newspaper and has an unrequited love for her colleague Jasper Bloom. Nearby Christmas, she is informed that Jasper is engaged and will marry another colleague, and her life turns head over heels. In Los Angeles, the movie-trailers maker Amanda Woods has just broken with her unfaithful boyfriend Ethan and wants to forget him. Amanda access a house exchange website, and impulsively swaps her mansion for Iris' cottage in Surrey for the holiday along the next two weeks. While in Surrey, Amanda meets Iris' brother and book editor Graham and they fall in love for each other. Meanwhile Iris meet h...

 

The Life of David Gale

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Jim Beaver, Laura Linney, Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Leon Rippy, Rhona Mitra, Jesse De Luna

Directors: Alan Parker

Country: Germany, USA, UK

Year: 2003

A University of Texas professor of philosophy and capital punishment abolitionist, David Gale, finds himself on Death Row convicted of murder. Days before his execution, skeptical journalist Bitsey Bloom is sent to conduct David Gale's final interview. Unaware that she would not be investigating Dr. Gale, Bitsey and her sympathetic intern leave to Texas for what is to become a story of a lifetime.