Directed by:
James IvoryScreenplay:
Ruth Prawer JhabvalaCinematography:
Tony Pierce-RobertsComposer:
Richard RobbinsCast:
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant, Michael Lonsdale, Patrick Godfrey, Peter Cellier, Ben Chaplin (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
On the large English estate of Lord Darlington (James Fox), a disciplined English butler, Stevens (Anthony Hopkins), devotes himself to his duties with rigorous dedication. Like his father (Peter Vaughan) before him, Stevens lives to serve--to bring order and certainty to the estate's minutiae. Though Stevens has the opportunity to break free of this mold in the form of a romance with the spirited housekeeper, Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson), he chooses to remain within the safe structure of the household, even one that has misguided loyalties to Nazi Germany. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Anthony Hopkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/297/165297927_22daa8.jpg)
Anthony Hopkins
UK
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Father (2020)
![Emma Thompson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/679/163679060_587380.jpg)
Emma Thompson
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Love Actually (2003)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
![James Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269423_5b9ca1.jpg)
James Fox
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
![Christopher Reeve](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267370_56adcf.jpg)
Christopher Reeve
USA
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Noises Off... (1992)
![Peter Vaughan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272527_c65377.jpg)
Peter Vaughan
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV movie)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
![Hugh Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/834/162834256_7c2838.jpg)
Hugh Grant
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Gentlemen (2019)
Love Actually (2003)
![Michael Lonsdale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363245_51fe71.png)
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
![Patrick Godfrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307288_839d85.jpg)
Patrick Godfrey
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
My Brother Tom (2001)
Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV movie)
![Peter Cellier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477694_5090ac.jpg)
Peter Cellier
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
![Ben Chaplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777839_0ccb8a.jpg)
Ben Chaplin
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Little Boy (2015)
Paula Jacobs
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Peter Halliday](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/444/161444054_af532c.jpg)
Peter Halliday
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Captain Clegg (1962)
Terence Bayler
New Zealand
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
![Jeffry Wickham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/225/163225615_fd2a8e.jpg)
Jeffry Wickham
UK
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Waterloo (1970)
![John Savident](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392297_c2591b.jpg)
John Savident
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
![Tony Aitken](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712061_8d56f9.jpg)
Tony Aitken
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Jabberwocky (1977)
![Rupert Vansittart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525282_3e8cb1.png)
Rupert Vansittart
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
![Tim Pigott-Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279350_6fe528.jpg)
Tim Pigott-Smith
UK
Best movies:
Bloody Sunday (2002)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Christopher Brown
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Sense and Sensibility (1981) (TV movie)
![Lena Headey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/650/160650050_05e086.jpg)
Lena Headey
Best movies:
The Long Firm (2004) (TV movie)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Aberdeen (2000)