Hamish Linklater films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 15 films and 6 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for The Big Short, Nickel Boys and Legion.

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Gen V
2023 · TV
7.7/10 · TMDB
At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the school's...
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Midnight Mass
2021 · TV
7.6/10 · TMDB
An unsettling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes – and a miracle occurs.
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Legion
2017 · TV
7.6/10 · TMDB
David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted...
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Tell Me Your Secrets
2021 · TV
7.5/10 · TMDB
A complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once loved a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate for redemption, and a...
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Batman: Caped Crusader
2024 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDB
Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and...
The Big Short
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
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The Life of Chuck
2025 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
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42
2013 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey...
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Manhunt
2024 · TV
6.7/10 · TMDB
A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history. This is the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination—as the fate of the country hangs...
Barron's Cove
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the kidnapped boy.
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Magic in the Moonlight
2014 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
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Nickel Boys
2024 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from...
Unicorn Store
2017 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
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Downtown Owl
2023 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
In 1983 Owl, North Dakota, the lives of three residents – elderly Horace, who spends his afternoons reminiscing in the local coffee shop; teenage Mitch, depressed backup quarterback star player-power-horse; and newly appointed high school...
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Fantastic Four
2005 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing...
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Battleship
2012 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones...
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
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Dead for a Dollar
2022 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd, the wife of...
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10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up
2020 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
After Abigail, a single mom of two, becomes pregnant following a one-night stand with Ben, the unlikely pair try to make a go of it.
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The Whisper Man
2026 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.