Cliff Curtis films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 36 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for The Insider, Chief of War and Training Day.

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Starring Cliff Curtis

Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay...
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The Insider
1999 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand.
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Once Were Warriors
1994 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
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Training Day
2001 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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Blow
2001 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes...
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must...
The Piano
1993 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a...
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Chief of War
2025 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDB
With Hawaii's four kingdoms divided by war, the ferocious warrior Kaʻiana embarks on an epic mission to unite his people—as an existential threat approaches their shores.
Fracture
2007 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful...
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Whale Rider
2003 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From...
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Doctor Sleep
2019 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful...
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Reminiscence
2021 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a...
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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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True Spirit
2023 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben Bryant and her parents...
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Ever since US Diplomatic Security Service Agent Hobbs and lawless outcast Shaw first faced off, they just have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton's ruthless actions threaten the future...
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The Fountain
2006 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
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Runaway Jury
2003 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
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The Majestic
2001 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
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Last Breath
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Last Breath follows a seasoned deep-sea diver as he battles the raging elements to rescue his crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
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Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer...
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Three Kings
1999 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change...
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Colombiana
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will...
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Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face...
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Last Knights
2015 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed their mortal foe.
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Murina
2022 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
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Meg 2: The Trench
2023 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
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The Meg
2018 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
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Push
2009 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue...
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A Thousand Words
2012 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a...
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Deep Rising
1998 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
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Risen
2016 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an...
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Crossing Over
2009 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing...
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Six Days Seven Nights
1998 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at...
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Collateral Damage
2002 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.
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10,000 BC
2008 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
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Virus
1999 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
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The Last Airbender
2010 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
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