Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

"Manners maketh the man."

Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Produced by Adam Bohling, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay by Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Based on "The Secret Service" by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons
Starring: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Michael Caine, Mark Hamill
Music by Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson
Cinematography: George Richmond
Edited by Eddie Hamilton, Jon Harris
Production companies: Marv Films, Shangri-La Entertainment, TSG Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 29 January 2015 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 129 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Budget: $81 million
Box office: $413.3 million

"Kingsman: The Secret Service" is an action adventure comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, and based on the comic book "The Secret Service", created by Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar. The story is about a spy organization which recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

"Beauty inspires obsession."

Directed by Peter Webber
Produced by Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker
Screenplay by Olivia Hetreed
Based on "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Essie Davis, Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy, Judy Parfitt
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Eduardo Serra
Edited by Kate Evans
Production companies: UK Film Council, Archer Street Productions
Distributed by Pathé, Lions Gate Films
Release date: 16 January 2004 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 100 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Budget: £10 million
Box office: $31,466,789 (Worldwide)

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" is a biographical romantic drama film directed by Peter Webber and based on the novel of the same name by Tracy Chevalier. The story is about a young girl who working as a maid attracts attention of painter Johannes Vermeer and becomes his talented assistant and a part of his masterpieces.

Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

Directed by Rowan Joffé
Produced by Avi Lerner, Liza Marshall, Mark Gill, Matthew O'Toole, Ridley Scott
Written by Rowan Joffé
Based on "Before I Go to Sleep" by S. J. Watson
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff
Music by Edward Shearmur
Cinematography: Ben Davis
Edited by Melanie Oliver
Production company: StudioCanal, Millennium Films, Scott Free Productions, Film i Väst
Distributed by Clarius Entertainment
Release date: 4 September 2014 (New Zealand)
Running time: 92 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Box office: $15,060,457

"Before I Go to Sleep" is a mystery thriller film written and directed by Rowan Joffé adapted from S. J. Watson's novel of the same name. The story is about a woman who wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. But one day, she starts to understand that not everything in her life is the truth.

Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

Directed by Woody Allen
Produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Helen Robin
Written by Woody Allen
Starring: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Hamish Linklater, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, Erica Leerhsen, Eileen Atkins, Simon McBurney
Cinematography: Darius Khondji
Production company: Perdido Productions
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Release date: 31 July 2014 (Israel)
Running time: 97 minutes
Country: United States, United Kingdom, France
Budget: $16.800.000
Box office: $32.300.000

"Magic in the Moonlight" is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The story is about a famous illusionist, Stanley Crawford, performs in front of a crowd in Berlin with his world-class magic act. After the show, he is greeted by old friend and fellow illusionist Howard Burkan. Howard enlists Stanley to go with him to the Côte d'Azur where a rich American family, the Catledges, has apparently been taken in by a clairvoyant and mystic, Sophie. Therefore he would like the illusionist to help him prove she is a fraud. Or not?

Colin Firth

Colin Andrew Firth 

10 September 1960

Dorian Gray (2009)

"Forever Young. Forever Cursed."

Directed by Oliver Parker
Produced by Barnaby Thompson
Screenplay by Toby Finlay
Based on "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde
Starring: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Rachel Hurd-Wood
Music by Charlie Mole
Cinematography: Roger Pratt
Edited by Guy Bensley
Production company: Alliance Films, UK Film Council, Ealing Studios
Distributed by Momentum Pictures
Release date: 9 September 2009
Running time: 112 minutes
Country: United Kingdom

"Dorian Gray" is a fantasy thriller drama film based on Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". This screen version is directed by Oliver Parker. The film begins with the story of a gullible young Dorian Gray. He's an owner of singular beauty, and the top-drawer sees that. Then Dorian meets Basil Hallward, an artist, who paints Gray's portrait to capture the full power of his youthful appearance. After that he becomes acquainted with charismatic Lord Henry Wotton, who introduces Gray to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. And since this moment everything starts to change.