Nineteen Eighty-Four

Running 1h 53m and made in United Kingdom, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) is a Drama and Science Fiction film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes John Hurt and Richard Burton; Michael Radford directs. 1,751 votes put it at 6.8/10. Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.