
Claire Danes films and TV shows, ranked by your taste
Actor · 17 films and 5 TV shows on Boxlist
Known for Homeland, The Rainmaker and The Beast in Me.
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Homeland
2011 · TV
7.5/10 · TMDBCIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being...
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The Hours
2002 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a...

Little Women
1994 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBWith their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even...
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The Essex Serpent
2022 · TV
7.3/10 · TMDBLondon widow Cora Seaborne moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms an unlikely bond with the village vicar, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.

Stardust
2007 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBIn a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals...

Les Misérables
1998 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBJean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Brigsby Bear
2017 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBBrigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
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The Beast in Me
2025 · TV
7.1/10 · TMDBA famous author is pulled into a twisted mind game with her rich, powerful new neighbor — who might be a murderer.

The Rainmaker
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBWhen Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a...

Fleishman Is in Trouble
2022 · TV
6.9/10 · TMDBRecently separated forty-something Toby Fleishman dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife...

Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBIn director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed...
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Stage Beauty
2004 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBHumble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream...

U Turn
1997 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBWhen Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After...
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Igby Goes Down
2002 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBIgby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big...

Brokedown Palace
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBBest friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take...
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Full Circle
2023 · TV
6.5/10 · TMDBAn investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.

The Family Stone
2005 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBAn uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

Me and Orson Welles
2009 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBNew York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBIt's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000...

Shopgirl
2005 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBMirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the...
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Evening
2007 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBAs Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In...
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The Mod Squad
1999 · Film
4.3/10 · TMDBThree minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring. When the officer who recruited them is killed, they go above and beyond the call of duty to solve the murder; and...
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