Giancarlo Esposito films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 44 films and 5 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Do the Right Thing, Better Call Saul and The Usual Suspects.

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Starring Giancarlo Esposito

Better Call Saul
2015 · TV
8.4/10 · TMDB
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working...
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The Usual Suspects
1995 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that...
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Godfather of Harlem
2019 · TV
8.0/10 · TMDB
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his...
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Do the Right Thing
1989 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a...
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The Residence
2025 · TV
7.7/10 · TMDB
A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.
Night on Earth
1991 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Stargirl
2020 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Leo Borlock is an average student at Mica High School. He gets decent grades, is a member of the school's marching band and has always been content flying under the radar. But all that changes when he meets Stargirl Caraway, a confident...
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Malcolm X
1992 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965...
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Okja
2017 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
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Trading Places
1983 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime...
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Fresh
1994 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum, but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister...
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all...
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Unpregnant
2020 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.
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Abigail
2024 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12 year old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to...
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Last Holiday
2006 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
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The Jungle Book
2016 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear...
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Kaleidoscope
2023 · TV
6.9/10 · TMDB
A master thief and his crew attempt an epic and elaborate heist worth $7 billion dollars — but betrayal, greed and other threats undermine their plans.
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Ali
2001 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and...
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Rabbit Hole
2010 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
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LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2026 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
The Mandalorian and Grogu join their misfit allies for an epic party, celebrating their heroism. As friends regale the crowd with tales of their adventures, a pirate threat looms.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable...
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King of New York
1990 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
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MaXXXine
2024 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
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Parish
2024 · TV
6.6/10 · TMDB
Gray Parish is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man. But when his son is violently murdered, old habits return, sending him on a relentless quest with moral intentions and dangerous...
Coda
2020 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.
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Nothing to Lose
1997 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the...
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Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of...
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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...
Captain America: Brave New World
2025 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing...
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Money Monster
2016 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
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The Electric State
2025 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by...
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Waiting to Exhale
1995 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined...
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Sherrybaby
2006 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a...
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline...
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Line of Duty
2019 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose...
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Please Don't Feed the Children
2025 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.
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Maximum Overdrive
1986 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to...
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S.W.A.T.: Firefight
2011 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officer, Lt. Paul Cutler, is sent to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. team on new anti-terrorism and homeland security techniques. Cutler has a hard time settling into his assignment as he locks horns with his new captain...
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Beauty
2022 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.
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Megalopolis
2024 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and...
Amos & Andrew
1993 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the...
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Alex Cross
2012 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
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Monkeybone
2001 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu Miley (Fraser) into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilariously horny alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and...
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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.
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Harry Lehman is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily cancelled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet...
The Cat in the Hat
2026 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Assigned his toughest mission yet, the Cat must cheer up siblings Gabby and Sebastian as they adjust to life in a new town. Known for pushing boundaries, this agent of chaos must prove himself or risk losing his magical hat forever.
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
2026 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Latif, a devoutly religious hitman, struggles to balance work, faith and fatherhood. When his wife dies, he embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children, confronting the forces closing in around him – and the...

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