
Directing
Adrian Lyne
Born
1941-03-04 (85)
Place of birth
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
24 titles
Adrian Lyne (born 4 March 1941) is an English film director. Lyne is known for sexually charged narratives, conflicting passions, the power of seduction, moral ambiguity, betrayal, and the indelibility of infidelity. In the mid 1970s, he directed television commercials for DIM Lingerie (France), but Lyne's career in feature length films began in 1980 with Foxes, and would later direct Flashdance, 9½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Jacob's Ladder, Indecent Proposal, Lolita, and Unfaithful. Lyne received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director for Fatal Attraction. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adrian Lyne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Film '72
1971
6.7A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Unfaithful
2002
7.1Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Lolita
1997
6.4John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
Indecent Proposal
1993
5.8A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
Deep Water
2022
6.8A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Fatal Attraction
1987
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
2010s · 2 titles
5.5Deep rooted religious beliefs seemingly going back to the Pilgrim Fathers' puritanism dominate a society which is entertained by violence to no end on a daily basis. If it is true that American movies reflect American society, the United States have yet another severe problem: a lack of open sexuality and eroticism.
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
5.3Baker's journey in completing Nicolas Cage's "Inconceivable" and exclusive interviews with top directors recounting their experiences with their first films.
Becoming Iconic
2018
1990s · 2 titles
Series credits
Behind the camera
6.7A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Unfaithful
2002
6.7A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Unfaithful
2002
7.1Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Lolita
1997
6.4John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
Indecent Proposal
1993
5.8A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
Deep Water
2022
6.8A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Fatal Attraction
1987
6.1An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
7.4After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Jacob's Ladder
1990
6.5Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
Flashdance
1983
5.9A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
Back Roads
2019
6.0A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley, as set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.
Foxes
1980
8.0A day of quiet frustration for the mild-mannered Mr. Smith ends with him committing suicide.
Mr. Smith
1976
8.0A day of quiet frustration for the mild-mannered Mr. Smith ends with him committing suicide.
Mr. Smith
1976
NRA couple row at the breakfast table about the wife's apparent infidelity.
The Table
1973
NRA couple row at the breakfast table about the wife's apparent infidelity.
The Table
1973





