 | The Thomas Crown Affair (2027) |
 | Mayday (2026) as Nikolai Ustinov |
 | Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean (2026) as David Lean (voice) |
 | Atonement (2026) as Michael Reid |
 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) as Stuart |
 | Tea with Judi Dench (2025) as Self |
 | The King of Kings (2025) as Charles Dickens (voice) |
 | A Haunting in Venice (2023) as Hercule Poirot |
 | Oppenheimer (2023) as Niels Bohr |
 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022) as Self |
 | Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain (2022) as Self |
 | Death on the Nile (2022) as Hercule Poirot |
 | Fireheart (2022) as Shawn Nolan (voice) |
 | Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’ (2020) as Self |
 | Tenet (2020) as Sator |
 | Lost Lives (2019) as Narrator |
 | All Is True (2018) as William Shakespeare |
 | Avengers: Infinity War (2018) as Asgardian Distress Call (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Murder on the Orient Express (2017) as Hercule Poirot |
 | Dunkirk (2017) as Commander Bolton |
 | Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer (2016) as Archie Rice |
 | Mindhorn (2016) as Himself |
 | Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015) as Leontes |
 | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014) as Self |
 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) as Viktor Cherevin |
 | National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2013) as Macbeth |
 | Stars in Shorts (2012) as Mark Snow |
 | Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe (2012) as Self |
 | London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder (2012) as Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
 | My Week with Marilyn (2011) as Sir Laurence Olivier |
 | Discovering Hamlet (2011) as Hamlet (archive footage) |
 | Thor: From Asgard to Earth (2011) as Self |
 | Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011) as Self |
 | Prodigal (2011) as Mark Snow |
 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) as Self |
 | A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009) as Self |
 | A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009) as Self |
 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Boat That Rocked (2009) as Dormandy |
 | Valkyrie (2008) as Henning von Tresckow |
 | Alien Love Triangle (2008) as Steven Chesterman |
 | Sleuth (2007) as Other Man on T.V. |
 | Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out (2007) as Self |
 | James Ellis: An Actor's Life (2007) as Himself |
 | As You Like It (2006) as Self (voice) |
 | Walking with Monsters (2005) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Warm Springs (2005) as Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
 | Das Goebbels-Experiment (2005) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Five Children and It (2004) as Uncle Albert |
 | The Magic Touch of Harry Potter (2004) as Self |
 | Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2003) as Himself / Narrator |
 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) as Gilderoy Lockhart |
 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2002) as Peter McGowan |
 | The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) as A. O. Neville |
 | The Beasts Within (2001) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Triumph of the Beasts (2001) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Conspiracy (2001) as Reinhard Heydrich |
| | Schneider's 2nd Stage (2001) as Joseph Barnett |
 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) as Self / Narrator |
 | The Book That Wrote Itself (2000) as Kenneth Branagh |
 | Love's Labour's Lost (2000) as Berowne |
 | The Road to El Dorado (2000) as Miguel (voice) |
| | The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs (2000) as Narrator |
 | Altman on His Own Terms (2000) as Self |
| | Wild Wild West: Loveless's Ladies (1999) as Himself |
 | Wild Wild West: Evil Devices (1999) as Himself |
 | Der Perückenmacher (1999) as Periwig-maker (voice) |
 | IMAX: Galapagos 3D (1999) as Narrator |
 | Wild Wild West (1999) as Dr. Arliss Loveless |
| | It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' (1999) as Self |
 | The Theory of Flight (1999) as Richard |
 | The Dance of Shiva (1998) as Colonel Evans |
 | Universal Horror (1998) as Narrator |
 | Celebrity (1998) as Lee Simon |
 | The Proposition (1998) as Father Michael McKinnon |
 | The Gingerbread Man (1998) as Rick Magruder |
 | Hamlet (1996) as Prince Hamlet |
 | Looking for Richard (1996) as Self - Interviewee |
 | Othello (1995) as Iago |
 | Shadow of a Gunman (1995) as Donal Davoren |
 | Anne Frank Remembered (1995) as Narration (voice) |
 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) as Victor Frankenstein |
 | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994) as Self |
 | Much Ado About Nothing (1993) as Benedick |
 | Swing Kids (1993) as Herr Knopp, Gestapo (uncredited) |
 | Peter's Friends (1992) as Andrew Benson |
 | Symphony for the Spire (1992) |
 | Dead Again (1991) as Roman Strauss / Mike Church |
 | Discovering Hamlet (1990) as Himself / Hamlet |
 | Look Back in Anger (1989) as Jimmy Porter |
 | Henry V (1989) as Henry V |
 | Thames Wallah (1988) as Narrator |
 | A Month in the Country (1987) as James Moon |
 | High Season (1987) as Rick |
 | Ghosts (1987) as Oswald Alving |
 | Lorna (1987) as Billy Martin |
 | The Lady's Not For Burning (1987) as Thomas Mendip |
 | Coming Through (1985) as D.H. Lawrence |
 | A Coming to Terms for Billy (1984) as Billy Martin |
 | A Matter of Choice for Billy (1983) as Billy Martin |
 | To the Lighthouse (1983) as Charles Tansley |
 | Easter 2016 (1982) as Student |
 | Too Late to Talk to Billy (1982) as Billy Martin |
 | Chariots of Fire (1981) as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited) |
| | Goblin as (voice) |
