Bill Nighy films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 52 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for The Wild Robot, Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead.

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Starring Bill Nighy

The Wild Robot
2024 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
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About Time
2013 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened...
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10 Lives
2024 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate steps in to set him on a transformative journey.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022 · TV
7.7/10 · TMDB
An extraterrestrial alien arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.
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Shaun of the Dead
2004 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary...
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Hot Fuzz
2007 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a...
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That Christmas
2024 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
It's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's.
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StarDog and TurboCat
2019 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
When vigilante cat, Felix, and loyal canine, Buddy, set out to find Buddy’s lost owner, they discover not only the power of friendship, but their inner superpowers along the way.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.
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The Boat That Rocked
2009 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The Boat That Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
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Red Nose Day Actually
2017 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.
Love Actually
2003 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
'Love Actually' follows the lives of eight very different couples dealing with their love lives, in various loosely and interrelated tales, all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
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Notes on a Scandal
2006 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
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Emma.
2020 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.
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The Constant Gardener
2005 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of...
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2011 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find...
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Living
2022 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long...
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Minamata
2020 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
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Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Family frenemies, Gracie and Pedro, must put their differences aside, embarking on a thrilling quest packed with perilous escapades in order to reunite with their owners.
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Valkyrie
2008 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he...
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Shelter
2026 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A man living in self-imposed exile on a remote island rescues a young girl from a violent storm, setting off a chain of events that forces him out of seclusion to protect her from enemies tied to his past.
The World's End
2013 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
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Underworld
2003 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a...
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The First Omen
2024 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil...
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Rango
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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Arthur Christmas
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is...
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Their Finest
2017 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters (Lily Knight and...
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Harlan Coben's Lazarus
2025 · TV
6.7/10 · TMDB
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Joel 'Laz' Lazarus is forced to confront long-buried demons after his father Dr L dies in suspicious circumstances. At first assured his dad's death is a suicide, Laz is soon sucked into a world of murderous...
Underworld: Evolution
2006 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the...
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king...
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Page Eight
2011 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.
The Beautiful Game
2024 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Advocates to end homelessness, organize an annual tournament for Homeless people to compete in a series of football matches known as The Homeless World Cup.
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Wild Target
2010 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his...
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.
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Hope Gap
2019 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
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The Kindness of Strangers
2019 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a...
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Astro Boy
2009 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in...
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Flushed Away
2006 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful...
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The Limehouse Golem
2016 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
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Joy
2024 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby', Louise Joy Brown.
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Total Recall
2012 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating...
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Gideon's Daughter
2005 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Diana's death. Nighy is a PR guru who has to stop and re-evaluate his world when his...
Wrath of the Titans
2012 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while - dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion - the gods are losing control of the long-imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos.
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Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land...
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G-Force
2009 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But...
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I, Frankenstein
2014 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.
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Stormbreaker
2006 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle was actually spy on a mission, when he was killed. Alex is recruited by Alan Blunt to continue the mission. He is sent to Cornwall to...
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Dad's Army
2016 · Film
4.8/10 · TMDB
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
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Norm of the North
2016 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
Polar bear Norm and his three Arctic lemming buddies are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that...
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Role Play
2024 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey – she also has a secret life as an assassin for hire – a secret that her husband David discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role...
Ride or Die
2026 · TV
5.2/10 · TMDB
Best friends Debbie and Judith are forced on the run when Debbie discovers Judith isn't a forensic accountant, she's an international assassin! With a mysterious figure chasing them, and Debbie's husband involved in something deeply...

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