Gillian Anderson films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 19 films and 6 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for The Crown, The X-Files and Hannibal.

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The X-Files
1993 · TV
8.4/10 · TMDB
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is...
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The Crown
2016 · TV
8.3/10 · TMDB
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham...
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Hannibal
2013 · TV
8.2/10 · TMDB
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford...
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White Bird
2023 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Julian Albans, the bully who left Beecher Prep, is visited by his Grandmère from Paris and is transformed by her remarkable story of compassion and courage. As a girl in Nazi-occupied France, the young Grandmère goes into hiding with the...
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The Fall
2013 · TV
7.8/10 · TMDB
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives...
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The Last King of Scotland
2006 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to...
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The Mighty
1998 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and...
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The Pale Blue Eye
2022 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly...
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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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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
2026 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery...
Robin Robin
2021 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of self-discovery.
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The X Files
1998 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
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Playing by Heart
1998 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show. Mark is dying of AIDS. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to...
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The Salt Path
2025 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A couple lose their home and later discover the husband has been diagnosed with a terminal illness as they embark on a year long coastal trek.
Viceroy's House
2017 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
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TRON: Ares
2025 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Audrey and Morgan, two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.
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Scoop
2024 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.
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A Cock and Bull Story
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars...
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The First Lady
2022 · TV
6.3/10 · TMDB
A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world-changing political contributions, the impact of the White House's women is...
Johnny English Reborn
2011 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it...
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York.
The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Six years after the events of The X-Files series finale, former FBI agent Doctor Dana Scully is now a staff physician at Our Lady of Sorrows, a Catholic hospital, and treating a boy named Christian who has Sandhoff disease, a terminal...
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The Abandons
2025 · TV
5.6/10 · TMDB
In 1850s Washington, two families led by powerful matriarchs — one wealthy, one poor but deeply loyal — battle for supremacy on the lawless frontier.
Animals
2026 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of...

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