David Strathairn films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 42 films on Boxlist

Known for L.A. Confidential, The Bourne Ultimatum and Lincoln.

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Starring David Strathairn

L.A. Confidential
1997 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories...
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Lincoln
2012 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery...
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Zootopia 2
2025 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the...
Nomadland
2021 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
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Darkest Hour
2017 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace...
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A League of Their Own
1992 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit...
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
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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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Sneakers
1992 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his...
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Dolores Claiborne
1995 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there...
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Nightmare Alley
2021 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
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The Firm
1993 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more...
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Eight Men Out
1988 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
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The Luckiest Man in America
2025 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak is threatened when the executives in the...
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At Close Range
1986 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Based upon the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr., his son, and his brothers; together, they constituted one of suburban Philadelphia's most notorious crime families during the 1970s. Their criminal activities ranged from burglary, theft...
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Godzilla
2014 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator...
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Bob Roberts
1992 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the...
Silkwood
1983 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
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The Whistleblower
2010 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Based on the experiences of Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) who discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an...
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Louder Than Bombs
2015 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to...
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By Any Means
2026 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
In 1960s Mississippi, a young Black FBI agent is forced to partner with a notorious mafia hitman to investigate a wave of brutal civil rights murders.
Fast Color
2019 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
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Memphis Belle
1990 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before...
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The River Wild
1994 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy about lovers whose romantic affections are manipulated by fairy magic. The setting is updated to a Tuscan hill town in the late 19th century.
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The Notorious Bettie Page
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her...
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Love, Marilyn
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend...
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UFO
2018 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A college student, who sees a UFO, uses his exceptional math skills to investigate the sighting with his friends while the FBI follows closely behind.
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An Interview with God
2018 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
An up-and-coming journalist finds his world and faith increasingly challenged when he's granted the interview of a lifetime – with someone who claims to be God.
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We Are Marshall
2006 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
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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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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed...
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Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his...
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Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
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My Blueberry Nights
2007 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series...
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Simon Birch
1998 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf...
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The Uninvited
2009 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns...
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American Pastoral
2016 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
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Twisted
2004 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco...
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