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Ken Russell

Director, writer, and performer with 5 reviewed and 26 watchlist titles.

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  • director
    French Dressing 1964C-: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

    Ken Russell’s debut feature. James Booth plays Jim, a deckchair attendant in a dying English seaside resort. Alita Naughton plays his charming girlfriend, an American journalist who’s showing signs of outgrowing their small town. With his world threatened, Jim concocts a scheme to stage a film festival starring a French beauty.

    Feb 7, 2022
    Comedy, Drama
  • director, writer
    Isadora 1966
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography
  • director
    Billion Dollar Brain 1967D+: 2 stars (out of 5)

    British spy Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) uncovers a Texas tycoon’s plot to incite a coup in a Communist country.

    Nov 29, 2008
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • director
    Women in Love 1969
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Drama, Romance
  • director
    The Music Lovers 1971
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
  • director, writer
    The Devils 1971
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Drama, History
  • director, writer
    The Boy Friend 1971
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Comedy, Musical, Romance
  • director
    Savage Messiah 1972
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Drama
  • director, writer
    Mahler 1974
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Drama, Music
  • director, writer
    Tommy 1975
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Drama, Musical
  • director, writer
    Lisztomania 1975
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Comedy, Music, Musical
  • director, writer
    Valentino 1977
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Drama
  • director
    Altered States 1980
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • director
    Crimes of Passion 1984B+: 4 stars (out of 5)

    A moonlighting private eye falls for the fashion designer he’s surveilling after discovering her secret life as a prostitute—but a deranged street preacher is watching too.

    Nov 3, 2025
    Drama, Romance, Thriller
  • director
    Faust 1985
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Drama, Musical
  • director
    Gothic 1986D+: 2 stars (out of 5)

    The poet Percy Shelley, his lover Mary, and her cousin Claire spend a nightmarish night at Lord Byron’s mansion.

    Jan 9, 2004
    Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
  • director, writer
    Aria 1987
    Because Ken Russell and Robert Altman directed.
    Comedy, Drama, Music
  • director, performer, writer
    Salome's Last Dance 1988
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Comedy, Drama
  • director, writer
    The Lair of the White Worm 1988B-: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

    The discovery of a strange prehistoric skull in the English countryside leads a Lord (Hugh Grant) and an archeologist to an ancient snake-worshipping cult.

    Dec 14, 2007
    Comedy, Horror
  • director, writer
    The Rainbow 1989
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Action, Drama, Romance
  • director
    Il Mefistofele 1989
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Drama, Fantasy, Musical
  • performer
    The Russia House 1990
    Because Sean Connery performed.
    Drama, Romance, Thriller
  • director, writer
    Whore 1991
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Drama
  • director
    Prisoner of Honor 1991
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Drama
  • director
    The Mystery of Dr Martinu 1992
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Drama, Music, Musical
  • director, performer, writer
    The Secret Life of Arnold Bax 1992
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Drama
  • director, writer
    Treasure Island 1995
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Adventure, Comedy, Musical
  • director, writer
    Mindbender 1996
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Biography, Drama, Sci-Fi
  • director
    Dogboys 1998
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Action, Thriller
  • director, performer, writer
    The Fall of the Louse of Usher: A Gothic Tale for the 21st Century 2002
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
  • director, performer
    Trapped Ashes 2006
    Because Ken Russell directed.
    Horror
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