Ian McEwan

1948-05-21 18 Credits

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The Children Act

The Children Act

2018

Writer

6.6
Writing

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite hi...

Postcards from the 48%

Postcards from the 48%

2018

6.0
Acting

This is a film made by the some of the 48% who voted Remain. The film is of the 48% and for the 48%. It is their story, feelings and reasons for remai...

The Child in Time

The Child in Time

2018

Novel

5.8

A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarke...

On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach

2018

Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer

6.2
Writing Producing

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and f...

Atonement

Atonement

2007

Novel, Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime ...

Enduring Love

Enduring Love

2004

Novel, Associate Producer

5.7
Producing

Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a...

Solid Geometry

Solid Geometry

2002

Writer

4.7
Writing

A successful young man's world view is turned upside-down when he inherits his great-great-grandfather's diaries, and starts pursuing the mystical geo...

First Love, Last Rites

First Love, Last Rites

1998

Short Story

4.4
Writing

Passion and infatuation ignite as two lovers flounder through their "first time" in this alarmingly sexy film set in the Louisiana bayou. Joey and Sis...

The Good Son

The Good Son

1993

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic be...

The Innocent

The Innocent

1993

Novel, Screenplay

6.1
Writing

A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s be...

The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden

1993

Novel

6.8

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to ...

The Comfort of Strangers

The Comfort of Strangers

1990

Novel

5.8

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.

Butterflies

Butterflies

1988

Screenstory

Writing

The impassive gaze of a taciturn adolescent loner named Andi, sole witness to the drowning of a young girl in an overgrown, abandoned local canal.

Soursweet

Soursweet

1988

Writer

5.3
Writing

Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen w...

Last Day of Summer

Last Day of Summer

1984

Writer, Story

9.0
Writing

A young woman moves into a hippy commune and spends an idyllic summer with the young brother of one of the residents.

The Ploughman's Lunch

The Ploughman's Lunch

1983

Writer

5.1
Writing

As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying...

The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

1980

Writer

7.1
Writing

Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the...

Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration

Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration

1976

Writer

Writing

David lives with a woman nearly twice his age, who decides to make him her fantasy child. It is a role our young hero cannot resist, especially when D...