Adrian Lyne

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

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Unfaithful poster
6.7

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

Unfaithful

2002

Unfaithful poster
6.7

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

Unfaithful

2002

Lolita poster
7.1

Humbert 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

Indecent Proposal poster
6.4

John 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

Deep Water poster
5.8

A 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

Fatal Attraction poster
6.8

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Fatal Attraction

1987

Nine 1/2 Weeks poster
6.1

An 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

Jacob's Ladder poster
7.4

After 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

Flashdance poster
6.5

Alex 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

Back Roads poster
5.9

A 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

Foxes poster
6.0

A 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

Mr. Smith poster
8.0

A day of quiet frustration for the mild-mannered Mr. Smith ends with him committing suicide.

Mr. Smith

1976

Mr. Smith poster
8.0

A day of quiet frustration for the mild-mannered Mr. Smith ends with him committing suicide.

Mr. Smith

1976

The Table poster
NR

A couple row at the breakfast table about the wife's apparent infidelity.

The Table

1973

The Table poster
NR

A couple row at the breakfast table about the wife's apparent infidelity.

The Table

1973