Daniel-Day Lewis was in movies.
A Room with a View is a 1985 British romance film , directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant , of E. M. Forster 's 1908 novel of the same name . Daniel Day-Lewis . He starred in My Beautiful Laundrette ( 1985 ) , his first critically acclaimed role , and gained further public notice with A Room with a View ( 1985 ) . In the Name of the Father is a 1993 Irish-British-American biographical courtroom drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan . My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi .