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List of Phyllis Logan Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. Secrets & Lies (1996)
12
2
Secrets & Lies
R
12
2
Role:
Monica
Starring:
Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook
Directed By:
Mike Leigh
3. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
11
2
Nineteen Eighty-Four
R
11
2

Winston Smith, a low-ranking bureaucrat in the totalitarian Super-state Oceania’s Ministry of Truth, works on re-writing the history as per the omnipresent supreme leader Big Brother’s guidelines. He falls in love with Julia, who, like him, longs for freedom from the repressive regime. As they meet clandestinely, their illicit relationship flourishes. What would be the consequences if the ‘Thought Police’ captures them?

Starring:
Richard Burton, John Hurt, Gregor Fisher, Cyril Cusack, Suzanna Hamilton
Directed By:
Michael Radford
4. The Chain (1984)
12
2
The Chain
12
2
Role:
Alison
Starring:
Nigel Hawthorne, Leo McKern, Denis Lawson, Rita Wolf
Directed By:
Jack Gold
5. The Dress (1984)
11
2
The Dress
11
2
Starring:
Michael Palin, Dave Hill, Derrick Branche, Elisabeth Croft
Directed By:
Eva Sereny
6. Another Time, Another Place (1983)
12
4
Another Time, Another Place
R
12
4
Role:
Janie
Starring:
Denise Coffey, Gianluca Favilla, Tom Watson, Giovanni Mauriello
Directed By:
Michael Radford
Awards:
BAFTA Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film
7. Every Picture Tells a Story (1983)
10
2
Every Picture Tells a Story
10
2
Role:
Agnes Scott
Starring:
Alex Norton, Natasha Richardson, Leonard O'Malley, John Docherty
Directed By:
James Scott
9. Shooting Fish (1997)
9
2
Shooting Fish
PG
9
2

Shooting Fish is a romantic comedy crime film which tells the story of Dylan and Jez, who earns money by conning rich people out of their wealth, hoping to buy their dream house. Their lives take a turn when a pretty girl Georgie enters the picture.   

Starring:
Peter Capaldi, Kate Beckinsale, Rowena Cooper, Jane Lapotaire, Harry Ditson, Scott Charles
Directed By:
Stefan Schwartz
10. Nativity! (2009)
9
2
Nativity!
PG
9
2

Paul is a primary school teacher who is asked to produce the year’s nativity play. Things get complicated when he falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood producer, is coming to see his show in order to turn the play into a film, although he hasn’t spoken to her in years.

Starring:
Martin Freeman, Pam Ferris, Jason Watkins, Ashley Jensen
Directed By:
Debbie Isitt
11. Misbehaviour (2020)
9
2
Misbehaviour
Not
9
2
Role:
Evelyn Alexander
Starring:
Rhys Ifans, Greg Kinnear, Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
12. Last Train to Christmas (2021)
8
2
Last Train to Christmas
8
2
Role:
Auntie Vi
Starring:
Michael Sheen
13. Cheap Rate Gravity (2004)
11
2
Cheap Rate Gravity
11
2
Role:
Elsie
Starring:
Steve Sweeney, Moray Hunter, James Moran, Adam Downham
Directed By:
Bill Scott
14. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)
10
2
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
10
2
Role:
Frau Bunofsky
Starring:
Richard E. Grant, Ken Stott, Crispin Letts, Elaine Collins
Directed By:
Peter Capaldi
15. The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989)
10
2
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
10
2
Starring:
Bruno Ganz, Victor Garber, Annie Girardot, Miguel Arribas
Directed By:
José María Sánchez
16. The Angry Earth (1989)
10
2
The Angry Earth
10
2
Starring:
Dafydd Hywel, Sue Roderick, Robert Pugh, Mark Lewis Jones
Directed By:
Karl Francis
17. Out of the Shadows (2004)
9
2
Out of the Shadows
9
2
Starring:
Peter Guinness, Dustin Demri-Burns, Victoria Byrne, Scott Christie
Directed By:
Warren Hooper
18. Silent Cries (1993)
9
2
Silent Cries
9
2
Role:
Nancy Muir
Starring:
Gena Rowlands, Gail Strickland, Annabeth Gish, Chloe Webb
Directed By:
Anthony Page
19. Crust (2003)
9
2
Crust
9
2
Starring:
Naomie Harris, Kevin McNally, Madhav Sharma, John Line
Directed By:
Mark Locke
20. The Inquiry (1987)
10
2
The Inquiry
10
2
Role:
Claudia Procula
Starring:
Harvey Keitel, Angelo Infanti, Keith Carradine, Lina Sastri
Directed By:
Damiano Damiani
21. Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992)
9
2
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
9
2
Starring:
Peter Capaldi, Frances Barber, Richard Wilson, Catherine Russell
Directed By:
Stefan Schwartz
22. The Kitchen Toto (1987)
9
2
The Kitchen Toto
PG-13
9
2
Role:
Janet Graham
Starring:
Bob Peck, Edwin Mahinda, Nicholas Charles, Ronald Pirie
Directed By:
Harry Hook
23. The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
9
2
The Doctor and the Devils
R
9
2
Starring:
Timothy Dalton, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Stephen Rea
Directed By:
Freddie Francis
24. Day of the Flowers (2012)
8
2
Day of the Flowers
8
2
Starring:
Eva Birthistle, Bryan Dick, Christopher Simpson, Charity Wakefield
Directed By:
John Roberts
25. Il sole buio (1990)
7
1
Il sole buio
7
1
Role:
Attorney Camilla Staffa
Starring:
Erland Josephson, Michael Paré, Luciano Catenacci, Jo Champa
Directed By:
Damiano Damiani

TV Movie(s)

1. Red Dress (1977)
13
3
Red Dress
13
3
Starring:
Michael Palin, Michael Palin
Directed By:
Michael J.F. Scott
2. Time and the Conways (1985)
11
2
Time and the Conways
11
2
Role:
Kay Conway
Starring:
Claire Bloom, Mel Martin, Geraldine James, Nicholas Le Prevost
Directed By:
Mike Vardy
3. The Big One (1995)
12
2
The Big One
12
2
Role:
Mrs. Wilde
Starring:
Rik Mayall, Saffron Burrows, Philip McGough, Paul Barber
Directed By:
Simon Cellan Jones
4. The Real Jane Austen (2002)
11
2
The Real Jane Austen
11
2
Role:
Mrs. Austen
Starring:
John Standing, Anna Chancellor, Gillian Kearney, Lara Harvey
Directed By:
Nicky Pattison
5. And a Nightingale Sang (1989)
11
2
And a Nightingale Sang
11
2
Role:
Helen
Starring:
Joan Plowright, John Woodvine, Denise Welch, Pippa Hinchley
Directed By:
Robert Knights
6. Alibi (2003)
11
2
Alibi
11
2
Role:
Linda Brentwood
Starring:
Michael Kitchen, Sophie Okonedo, Paul Thornley, Simon Hyde
Directed By:
David Richards
7. NCS: Manhunt (2001)
12
2
NCS: Manhunt
12
2
Starring:
Keith Barron, David Suchet, Ralph Brown, Samantha Bond
Directed By:
Michael Whyte
8. All the King's Men (1999)
10
2
All the King's Men
10
2
Starring:
Ian McDiarmid, Maggie Smith, David Jason, Stuart Bunce
Directed By:
Julian Jarrold
9. Fields of Gold (2002)
10
2
Fields of Gold
10
2
Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Anna Friel, Phil Davis, Max Beesley, James Fleet
Directed By:
Bill Anderson
10. Missing (2006)
10
2
Missing
10
2
Starring:
Michael Attwell, Elizabeth Berrington, David Bowles, Dean Andrews
Directed By:
Ian Madden
11. Goldeneye (1989)
10
2
Goldeneye
10
2
Role:
Ann Fleming
Starring:
Christoph Waltz, Patrick Ryecart, Ed Devereaux, Charles Dance
Directed By:
Don Boyd
12. Beneath the Skin (2005)
9
2
Beneath the Skin
9
2
Role:
DCI Grace Shilling
Starring:
Jamie Draven, Emma Fielding, Rebecca Palmer, Stephanie Leonidas
Directed By:
Sarah Harding
13. Text Santa 2014 (2014)
9
2
Text Santa 2014
9
2
Starring:
Jeremy Piven, Joanna Lumley, Lily James, George Clooney, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Jim Carter
Directed By:
Matt Hilton

Animation(s)

Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
PG
Starring:
James Earl Jones, Ben Kingsley, Brian Blessed, Jonathan Pryce, Nigel Hawthorne, Jenny Agutter
Directed By:
Jon Acevski

TV Shows and Videos

Downton Abbey (2010)
Downton Abbey
TV-PG
Starring:
Paul Giamatti, Jessica Brown Findlay, Shirley MacLaine, Theo James, Tom Cullen, Noah Jupe, MyAnna Buring
Directed By:
Michael Engler, Ben Bolt, David Evans, Minkie Spiro, Catherine Morshead
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV-14
Starring:
Emily Blunt, Talulah Riley, Tim Curry, Michael Fassbender, Lucy Punch, Jessica Chastain, Damian Lewis
Directed By:
Edward Bennett, Renny Rye, Andrew Grieve, Brian Farnham, Richard Spence
Spooks (2002)
Spooks
Starring:
Andy Serkis, Hugh Laurie, Anupam Kher, David Oyelowo, Corin Redgrave, Owen Teale, Benedict Cumberbatch
Directed By:
Alrick Riley, Bharat Nalluri, Sam Miller, Omar Madha, Julian Holmes
Scotch & Wry (1986)
Scotch & Wry
Starring:
Miriam Margolyes, Claire Nielson, Gregor Fisher, Tony Roper
Directed By:
Gordon Menzies
Play for Today (1970)
Play for Today
Starring:
Liam Neeson, Anthony Hopkins, Billy Connolly, Pierce Brosnan, Ian McKellen, George Lazenby, Bob Hoskins
Directed By:
Barry Davis, Alan Clarke, John Mackenzie, Philip Saville, Claude Whatham
Inspector Morse (1987)
Inspector Morse
TV-14
Starring:
Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Hurley, Sean Bean, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Ian McDiarmid, John Thaw
Directed By:
John Madden, Peter Hammond, Herbert Wise, Adrian Shergold, Alastair Reid
Wallander (2008)
Wallander
TV-PG
Starring:
Nicholas Hoult, Rebecca Ferguson, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hiddleston, Anamaria Marinca, Richard McCabe, Jeany Spark
Directed By:
Benjamin Caron, Philip Martin
Bones (2005)
Bones
TV-14
Starring:
Hal Holbrook, China Anne McClain, Emily Deschanel, Katheryn Winnick, Ryan O'Neal, Bianca Lawson, Page Kennedy
Directed By:
Ian Toynton, Dwight H. Little, Jeannot Szwarc, Chad Lowe, David Boreanaz
Shoestring (1979)
Shoestring
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Christopher Biggins, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Trevor Eve
Directed By:
Martin Campbell
New Tricks (2003)
New Tricks
Starring:
Tamzin Outhwaite, Natalie J. Robb, Meera Syal, Alexei Sayle, James Bolam, Annette Crosbie, Dennis Waterman
Lovejoy (1986)
Lovejoy
Role:
Lady Jane Felsham / ... (48 episodes, 1986-1994)
Starring:
Minnie Driver, Ian McShane, Donald Pleasence, Mako Iwamatsu, William Simons, Joanna Lumley, Brian Blessed
Directed By:
Ian McShane, Peter Barber-Fleming, Bill Hays, Baz Taylor, Gordon Flemyng
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Midsomer Murders
Starring:
Orlando Bloom, Joss Ackland, Mark Gatiss, Stephen Moyer, Suzi Quatro, Hayley Mills, Henry Cavill
Directed By:
Renny Rye, Peter Smith, Richard Holthouse, Sarah Hellings, Jeremy Silberston
Vera (2011)
Vera
Starring:
Charlie Heaton, Mark Bonnar, Brenda Blethyn, Kerry Fox, Julie Graham
A Touch of Frost (1992)
A Touch of Frost
TV-MA
Starring:
Damian Lewis, Stephen Moyer, Helen Pearson, David Jason
Silent Witness (1996)
Silent Witness
Starring:
Daisy Ridley, Idris Elba, Gigi Hadid, Archie Panjabi, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hoult
Directed By:
Thaddeus O'Sullivan, David Richards, Richard Signy, Renny Rye, Nicholas Renton
Dickens (2002)
Dickens
Starring:
Miriam Margolyes, Geoffrey Palmer, Kenneth Cranham, Helen McCrory
Taggart (1983)
Taggart
Starring:
Alan Cumming, Douglas Henshall, Henry Ian Cusick, Natalie J. Robb, Meera Syal, Mark Bonnar, Blythe Duff
Directed By:
Mike Vardy, Peter Barber-Fleming, Douglas Mackinnon, Laurence Moody, Haldane Duncan
Hannay (1988)
Hannay
Starring:
Alex Kingston, Robert Powell, Gavin Richards, Christopher Scoular
Lip Service (2010)
Lip Service
Starring:
Laura Fraser, James Anthony Pearson, Ruta Gedmintas, Heather Peace
Rab C. Nesbitt (1988)
Rab C. Nesbitt
Starring:
David Tennant, Peter Capaldi, Douglas Henshall, Brian Pettifer, Gregor Fisher
Pie in the Sky (1994)
Pie in the Sky
Starring:
Andy Serkis, Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair
Trial & Retribution (1997)
Trial & Retribution
Starring:
Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, Hugh Dancy, Michael Fassbender, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Naomie Harris, Rhys Ifans
Directed By:
Tristram Powell, Michael Whyte, Andy Hay, Alex Pillai, Paul Wilmshurst
Sea of Souls (2004)
Sea of Souls
Starring:
Peter Capaldi, Archie Panjabi, Douglas Henshall, Natalie J. Robb, Bill Paterson
The Good Karma Hospital (2017)
The Good Karma Hospital
Starring:
Madhur Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Amanda Redman, Neil Morrissey
Kavanagh QC (1995)
Kavanagh QC
Starring:
Ewan McGregor, Lena Headey, Andy Serkis, Hugh Dancy, Corin Redgrave, John Thaw, Oliver Ford Davies
Directed By:
Charles Beeson, Jack Gold, Colin Gregg, Tristram Powell, Andrew Grieve
Hope and Glory (1999)
Hope and Glory
Starring:
Lenny Henry, Russell Tovey, Amanda Redman, Sara Stephens
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Starring:
Indira Varma, James McAvoy, Henry Cavill, Idris Elba, Mark Bonnar, Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small
Directed By:
Richard Laxton, Brian Stirner, Alrick Riley, Robert Bierman
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
Dalziel and Pascoe
Starring:
James Corden, Douglas Henshall, Robert Powell, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle
Directed By:
David Wheatley, Warren Clarke, Suri Krishnamma, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Richard Signy
The Royal (2003)
The Royal
Starring:
Brian Blessed, Richard Todd, William Simons, Wendy Craig, Glynis Barber
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Starring:
Gerard Butler, Ian McDiarmid, Annette Crosbie, Struan Rodger, Helen Baxendale, Rosemary Leach
Directed By:
Ben Bolt, David Evans, Mary McMurray, John Strickland
Honest (2008)
Honest
Starring:
Amanda Redman, Sean Pertwee, Danny Webb, Matthew McNulty
Murder in Suburbia (2004)
Murder in Suburbia
Starring:
Lisa Faulkner, Caroline Catz, Michelle Gomez, Jeremy Sheffield
Bust (1987)
Bust
Role:
Sheila Walsh (6 episodes, 1987)
Starring:
Paul Nicholas, Geraldine Alexander, Ron Emslie, Belinda Lang
Chiller (1995)
Chiller
Role:
Anna Spalinsky (1 episode, 1995)
Starring:
Kevin McNally, Nigel Havers, Maggie O'Neill, Martin Clunes
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Starring:
David Walliams, Simon Pegg, Matt Lucas, Derek Jacobi, David Tennant, Hugh Laurie, Mark Gatiss
Directed By:
Metin Hüseyin, Charlie Higson, Rachel Talalay, Mark Mylod
Screen Two (1985)
Screen Two
Starring:
Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Fry, Clive Owen, Tim Roth, Tommy Lee Jones, Jerry Stiller, Gary Oldman
Directed By:
Tristram Powell, Christopher Morahan, Udayan Prasad, Michael Whyte, Jim Goddard
Screen One (1985)
Screen One
Starring:
Alec Guinness, Kim Cattrall, Lauren Bacall, Jeanne Moreau, Sandi Toksvig, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench
Directed By:
Les Blair, Robert Young, Robert Bierman, Dewi Humphreys, Christopher Morahan
Girlfriends (2018)
Girlfriends
Role:
Linda (6 episodes, 2018)
Starring:
Miranda Richardson, Zoë Wanamaker, Daisy Head, Philip Cumbus
Holby City (1999)
Holby City
TV-PG
Starring:
Kym Marsh, Andrew Lincoln, Scott Adkins, Charlotte Riley, Aisling Bea, Iddo Goldberg, Angel Coulby
The Play on One (1988)
The Play on One
Role:
Andrea / ... (2 episodes, 1991)
Starring:
Colin Firth, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Tim Roth, David Tennant, Alex Kingston, Harvey Keitel
Directed By:
David Attwood, Sandy Johnson, Roy Battersby

Phyllis Logan Awards

BAFTA Awards
Another Time, Another Place Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film 1984