Directed by:
Robert StrombergScreenplay:
Linda WoolvertonCinematography:
Dean SemlerComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Brenton Thwaites, Kenneth Cranham, Ella Purnell (more)Plots(1)
"Maleficent" explores the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the classic "Sleeping Beauty" and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king's newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Angelina Jolie
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Gia (1998) (TV movie)
Sharlto Copley
South Africa
Best movies:
District 9 (2009)
The A-Team (2010)
Maleficent (2014)
Elle Fanning
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Lost Room (2006) (series)
Trumbo (2015)
Sam Riley
UK
Best movies:
Control (2007)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Maleficent (2014)
Imelda Staunton
UK
Best movies:
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Juno Temple
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Atonement (2007)
Vinyl (2016) (series)
Lesley Manville
UK
Best movies:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (TV movie)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Brenton Thwaites
Australia
Best movies:
Maleficent (2014)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Oculus (2013)
Kenneth Cranham
UK
Best movies:
War and Peace (2016) (series)
Valkyrie (2008)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Ella Purnell
UK
Best movies:
Maleficent (2014)
Ways to Live Forever (2010)
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Julian Seager
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
World War Z (2013)
Marama Corlett
Malta
Best movies:
The Crucible (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
The Devil's Double (2011)
Leo Suter
UK
Best movies:
Maleficent (2014)
Fallen (2016)
Hannah New
UK
Best movies:
El barco (2011) (series)
Maleficent (2014)
Summit Fever (2022)
Jd Roth-round
UK
Best movies:
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Vivienne Jolie-Pitt
France
Best movies:
Maleficent (2014)
Stephan Chase
UK
Best movies:
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Macbeth (1971)
Maleficent (2014)
Lasco Atkins
China
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Batman Begins (2005)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
John Macmillan
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Steven Cree
Best movies:
Macbeth (2013) (theatrical recording)
Marvellous (2014) (TV movie)
Outlaw King (2018)