Ethan Hawke films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 58 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Before Sunset, Boyhood and Before Sunrise.

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Dead Poets Society
1989 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
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Before Sunrise
1995 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
On his way to Vienna, American Jesse meets Céline, a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him in Vienna. Since his flight to the...
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Before Sunset
2004 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to...
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Maudie
2016 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
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Moon Knight
2022 · TV
7.7/10 · TMDB
When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies...
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The Black Phone
2022 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear...
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Waking Life
2001 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our...
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The Good Lord Bird
2020 · TV
7.6/10 · TMDB
Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.
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Boyhood
2014 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
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Gattaca
1997 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the...
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Before Midnight
2013 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. Now, live in Paris with twin daughters, but have spent a summer in Greece on the invitation of an author colleague of...
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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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Predestination
2014 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal...
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Lord of War
2005 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's...
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Quiz Show
1994 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
2022 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Join the likes of Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke as they reveal how Marvel Studios' Moon Knight was painstakingly brought to life. Through insightful interviews with cast and crew, along with immersive footage from the set, and a candid...
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
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The Northman
2022 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his...
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
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First Reformed
2017 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
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Blue Moon
2025 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”.
Adopt a Highway
2019 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the...
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Sinister
2012 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
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Alive
1993 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager...
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Tape
2001 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Three old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past.
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The Lowdown
2025 · TV
6.8/10 · TMDB
Follow the gritty exploits of citizen journalist Lee Raybon, a self-proclaimed Tulsa "truthstorian" whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.
Raymond & Ray
2022 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they process who they’ve become as men, both because of their father and in spite of him.
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The Guilty
2021 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
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Black Phone 2
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked...
White Fang
1991 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
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Born to Be Blue
2015 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis...
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Great Expectations
1998 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising...
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A Midnight Clear
1992 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and...
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Cut Throat City
2020 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino...
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Leave the World Behind
2023 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
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Juliet, Naked
2018 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the...
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Strange Way of Life
2023 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After 25 years, an ex hired gun visits his old colleague, who is now a small town sheriff. Their past relationship is explored, as is how they reflect on it in the present.
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The Purge
2013 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
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Taking Lives
2004 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising...
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Brooklyn's Finest
2009 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between...
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Daybreakers
2009 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to...
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What Doesn't Kill You
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
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Blaze
2018 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Re-imagining the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting Texas legend.
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Tesla
2020 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.
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The Truth
2019 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and...
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Good Kill
2015 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he...
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In a Valley of Violence
2016 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
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The Newton Boys
1998 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous...
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10,000 Saints
2015 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are...
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New York, I Love You
2008 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the...
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Stockholm
2019 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages...
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24 Hours to Live
2017 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
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The Kid
2019 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid and his gang, who are...
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Maggie's Plan
2016 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love...
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Regression
2015 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is...
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Zeros and Ones
2021 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — a rebel with knowledge that could thwart the attack. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, he races to a series of...
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The Phenom
2016 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Major-league rookie pitcher Hopper Gibson has lost his focus. After choking on the mound, he’s sent down to the minors and prescribed sessions with an unorthodox sports therapist, who pushes him to uncover the origins of his anxiety.
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Getaway
2013 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
Former race car driver Brent Magna is pitted against the clock. Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, taking it and its unwitting owner on a high-speed race...
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The Weight
2026 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBIn cinemas
When Samuel is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he’ll win his freedom.