Ismail Merchant: movies and TV shows
Ismail Merchant has 67 credits in the archive: 66 films and 1 TV series, from 1961 to 2024. Highest rated: HARDtalk (8.7/10).
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Career timeline
1961 – 2024 · busiest year: 1983 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Merchant Ivory | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 7.7 | 87 |
| 2022 | A Cooler Climate | Self - Film Producer (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 85 |
| 2005 | The White Countess | Film | 6.2 | 68 | |
| 2005 | Heights | Film | 6.3 | 68 | |
| 2005 | A Tribute To Ismail Merchant | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Film | 4.9 | 66 | |
| 2003 | Thank You, Doctor Rey | Film | 5.5 | 66 | |
| 2003 | The Song of the Little Road | Self | Film | 10.0 | 66 |
| 2001 | Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' | Self | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2001 | The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey | Self | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2001 | The Mystic Masseur | Film | 5.5 | 64 | |
| 2001 | Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw | Self | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 1999 | Cotton Mary | Film | 5.0 | 62 | |
| 1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Film | 6.1 | 61 | |
| 1997 | HARDtalk | TV | 8.7 | 60 | |
| 1997 | Mrs. Dalloway | Film | 5.7 | 60 | |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso | Film | 5.8 | 59 | |
| 1996 | The Proprietor | Film | 6.3 | 59 | |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Royal Indian Man | Film | 5.1 | 58 |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Film | 5.1 | 58 | |
| 1995 | Lumière & Company | Film | 6.4 | 58 | |
| 1995 | Feast of July | Film | 5.8 | 58 | |
| 1994 | In Custody | Film | 5.0 | 57 | |
| 1994 | Street Musicians of Bombay | Film | 10.0 | 57 | |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Film | 7.4 | 56 | |
| 1992 | Howards End | Film | 7.0 | 55 | |
| 1991 | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | Film | 5.8 | 54 | |
| 1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Film | 6.1 | 53 | |
| 1989 | Slaves of New York | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1989 | Slaves of New York | Film | 5.4 | 52 | |
| 1988 | The Deceivers | Film | 5.2 | 51 | |
| 1988 | The Perfect Murder | Film | 6.1 | 51 | |
| 1987 | Maurice | Film | 7.6 | 50 | |
| 1986 | A Room with a View | Film | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 1986 | My Little Girl | Film | 4.6 | 49 | |
| 1985 | Noon Wine | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1984 | The Bostonians | Film | 5.5 | 47 | |
| 1984 | The Wandering Company | Self | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1983 | Heat and Dust | Indish Guy (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1983 | Heat and Dust | Film | 6.0 | 46 | |
| 1983 | The Courtesans of Bombay | Film | 5.5 | 46 | |
| 1983 | The Courtesans of Bombay | Film | 5.5 | 46 | |
| 1983 | The Courtesans of Bombay | Film | 5.5 | 46 | |
| 1981 | Quartet | Film | 5.8 | 44 | |
| 1980 | Jane Austen in Manhattan | Film | 5.9 | 43 | |
| 1979 | The Europeans | Film | 5.6 | 42 | |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Film | 6.1 | 41 | |
| 1977 | Roseland | Film | 5.1 | 40 | |
| 1976 | Sweet Sounds | Film | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 1975 | Autobiography of a Princess | Film | 5.5 | 38 | |
| 1975 | The Wild Party | Film | 4.9 | 38 | |
| 1974 | Mahatma and the Mad Boy | Film | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1974 | Mahatma and the Mad Boy | Film | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1973 | Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls | Film | 6.8 | 36 | |
| 1972 | Savages | Film | 5.3 | 35 | |
| 1972 | Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization | Film | 6.3 | 35 | |
| 1970 | Bombay Talkie | Fate Machine Producer | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1970 | Bombay Talkie | Film | 5.6 | 33 | |
| 1969 | The Guru | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1965 | Shakespeare-Wallah | Theater Owner (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1965 | Shakespeare-Wallah | Film | 6.5 | 28 | |
| 1963 | The Householder | Extra | Film | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1963 | The Householder | Film | 6.2 | 26 | |
| 1961 | The Creation of Woman | Film | 5.6 | 24 | |
| Refuge | Film | — | — | ||
| James Ivory Remembers Ismail Merchant | Himself (archive footage) | Film | — | — |