Guy Stuart Ritchie (born September 10, 1968) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. Known primarily for British comedy gangster films and large-scale action-adventure films, his early work was produced by Matthew Vaughn. He made his feature debut on Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), with Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, Lenny McLean, P.H. Moriarty, and Sting.
Films in the 2000s include Snatch (2000), with Benicio del Toro, Dennis Farina, Alan Ford, Robbie Gee, Stephen Graham, Lennie James, Jones, Brad Pitt, Mike Reid, Rade Šerbedžija, and Statham; Swept Away (2002), with Madonna (whom he was married from 2000 to 2008), Giancarlo Giannini, Bruce Greenwood, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Elizabeth Banks; Revolver (2005), with Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, André Benjamin, Mark Strong, Terence Maynard, and Francesca Annis; RocknRolla (2008), with Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Toby Kebbell, Jeremy Piven, and Chris Bridges; and Sherlock Holmes (2009), with Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Strong, Kelly Reilly, and Eddie Marsan.
Films in the 2010s include Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), with Downey, Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Marsan, Reilly, Stephen Fry, and McAdams; The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), with Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, and Hugh Grant; King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), with Charlie Hunnam, Law, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, and Eric Bana; and Aladdin (2019), with Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, and Billy Magnussen.
Films in the 2020s include The Gentlemen (2020), with Matthew McConaughey, Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Marsan, Colin Farrell, and Grant; Wrath of Man (2021), with Statham, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Chris Reilly, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Raúl Castillo, DeObia Oparei, Marsan, Andy García, and Scott Eastwood; Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023), with Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Hartnett, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone, and Grant; The Covenant (2023), with Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Sean Sagar, Bobby Schofield, Emily Beecham, and Jonny Lee Miller; The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024), with Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Henrique Zaga, Til Schweiger, Henry Golding, and Elwes; and Fountain of Youth (2025), with John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, González, Domhnall Gleeson, Arian Moayed, Laz Alonso, Carmen Ejogo, and Stanley Tucci.
Each review will be linked to the title below.
(*seen originally in theaters)
(**seen rereleased in theaters)
- The Hard Case (1995) – short
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
- Snatch (2000)
- Mean Machine (2001) – directed by Barry Skolnick – executive producer
- Swept Away (2002)
- Revolver (2005)
- Suspect (2007) – TV movie
- RocknRolla (2008)
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)*
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)*
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)*
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
- Aladdin (2019)*
- The Gentleman (2019)
- Wrath of Man (2021)
- Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
- The Covenant (2023)
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
- Fountain of Youth (2025)
- In the Grey (202-)
- Wife & Dog (202-)
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