Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Henry V	Catherine of Valois
1989	The Tall Guy	Kate Lemmon
1991	Dead Again	Grace/Margaret Strauss
1991	Impromptu	Claudette, Duchess d'Antan
1992	Howards End	Margaret Schlegel	Academy Award for Best Actress
1992	Peter's Friends	Maggie Chester
1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice
1993	The Remains of the Day	Miss Kenton	Nominated: Academy Award for Best Actress
1993	In the Name of the Father	Gareth Peirce	Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1994	Junior	Dr. Diana Reddin
1995	Carrington	Dora Carrington
1995	Sense and Sensibility	Elinor Dashwood	Also writer Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated: Academy Award for Best Actress
1997	The Winter Guest	Frances
1998	Primary Colors	Susan Stanton
1998	Judas Kiss	Sadie Hawkins
2000	Maybe Baby	Druscilla
2002	Treasure Planet	Captain Amelia	Voice only Nominated: Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2003	Imagining Argentina	Cecilia
2003	Love Actually	Karen
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Professor Sybill Trelawney
2005	Nanny McPhee	Nanny McPhee	Also writer
2006	Stranger than Fiction	Karen Eiffel
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Professor Sybill Trelawney
2007	I Am Legend	Dr. Alice Krippin	Uncredited
2008	Brideshead Revisited	Lady Marchmain
2008	Last Chance Harvey	Kate Walker
2009	An Education	Headmistress
2009	The Boat That Rocked	Charlotte
2010	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Nanny McPhee	Alternative title:Nanny McPhee Returns Also Writer
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	Professor Sybill Trelawney
2012	Men in Black 3	Agent O
2012	Brave	Queen Elinor	Voice only
2013	Beautiful Creatures	Mrs. Lincoln/Sarafine	Dual Role
2013	Saving Mr. Banks	P.L. Travers
2013	The Love Punch	Kate Jones
2014	Effie Gray	Lady Eastlake	Also writer[1]
2014	Men, Women & Children	Narrator
2015	A Walk in the Woods	Catherine Bryson
2015	Burnt	Dr. Rosshilde	Filming
2015	The Legend of Barney Thomson	Cemolina
2016	Alone in Berlin		Filming
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	—	Only writer, filming
2017 2020	Beauty and the Beast Molly enchanted	Mrs. Potts Queen Roberta	Post production voice only