Brian Cox as Winston Churchill. Graeme Hunter/Salon/Kobal / Shutterstock That same year, Gary Oldman, 66, played Churchill in the movie “Darkest Hour” and won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Gary Oldman's riveting portrayal of Winston Churchill in the Oscar-winning film Darkest Hour is once again enthralling audiences. The World War II drama has been hailed as "incredible" with ...

In some respects, "Darkest Hour" is one chapter of a sweeping cinematic tale, other pieces of which are told in this year's "Dunkirk" and the 2011 Oscar winner "The King's Speech." Churchill ...

Joe Wright's Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman arrives on Netflix on July 16, 2025. A historical drama about Winston ...

Such as when Churchill makes decisions like sacrificing the lives of 4,000 men in Calais to distract the German army away from Dunkirk and the effort to save 300,000 British soldiers trapped there.