Cillian Murphy films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 30 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for The Dark Knight, Oppenheimer and Peaky Blinders.

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Starring Cillian Murphy

Peaky Blinders
2013 · TV
8.6/10 · TMDB
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
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The Dark Knight
2008 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDB
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be...
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Inception
2010 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another...
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Oppenheimer
2023 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman...
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Batman Begins
2005 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the...
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A Quiet Place Part II
2021 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
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Dunkirk
2017 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World...
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2026 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
After his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in...
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28 Days Later
2002 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and...
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Small Things Like These
2024 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
While working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town...
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Anthropoid
2016 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich
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Breakfast on Pluto
2005 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
In the 1970s, a foundling lad, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for his mother and in part because his transgender nature is beyond the town's understanding.
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Sunshine
2007 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s...
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In Time
2011 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for...
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Cold Mountain
2003 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he...
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In the Heart of the Sea
2015 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
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Anna
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
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Steve
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.
Kensuke's Kingdom
2024 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote island, terrified, they struggle to survive and adjust to life alone, One...
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid...
TRON: Legacy
2010 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the...
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Red Eye
2005 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician.
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Free Fire
2017 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A crime drama set in 1970s Boston, about a gun sale which goes wrong.
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Peacock
2010 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are a man and a wife, although a struggling young mother holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the two personalities.
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Red Lights
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind...
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The Edge of Love
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept...
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Transcendence
2014 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
Aloft
2014 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double...
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