James Badge Dale films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 23 films and 4 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for The Departed, The Pacific and Only the Brave.

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Starring James Badge Dale

The Departed
2006 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises...
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The Pacific
2010 · TV
7.7/10 · TMDB
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
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Safety
2020 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
The story of Ray-Ray McElrathbey, a freshman football player for Clemson University, who secretly raised his younger brother on campus after his home life became too unsteady.
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Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
2025 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDB
When a teenager goes missing, it becomes clear that many young men and boys have disappeared at the hands of John Wayne Gacy, the prime suspect.
Only the Brave
2017 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
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Law & Order
1990 · TV
7.3/10 · TMDB
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict...
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
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The Walk
2015 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
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Iron Man 3
2013 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
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World War Z
2013 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos...
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Flight
2012 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground...
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King Ivory
2025 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl trafficking from gangs inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester a.k.a. "Big Mac."
Hightown
2020 · TV
6.7/10 · TMDB
Amid the drug trade on Cape Cod, a body washes ashore and is discovered by an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer, Jackie Quinones, who is determined to help solve the murder even if the state cops want her nowhere near...
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The Grey
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Following a grueling five-week shift at an Alaskan oil refinery, workers led by sharpshooter John Ottway, are flying home for a much-needed vacation. But a brutal storm causes their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness, and only eight...
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The Conspirator
2010 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
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Spectral
2016 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
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Lord of the Flies
1990 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
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Small Engine Repair
2021 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The seemingly casual reunion of three old friends at an out-of-the-way repair shop masks a hidden agenda fuelled by the arrival of a privileged young yuppie.
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The Empty Man
2020 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Retired cop James Lasombra is asked by a friend to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, who seemingly packed in the night and left an ominous message on the bathroom mirror - "The Empty Man Made Me Do It." As he investigates this...
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The Kitchen
2019 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands — proving unexpectedly adept at everything...
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Parkland
2013 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second...
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The Lone Ranger
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The...
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Violent Ends
2025 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Lucas Frost, an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence, tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma. He is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates...
Donnybrook
2019 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
An ex-marine who struggles to provide for his family and a violent drug dealer with an undefeated fighting record are determined to compete in the Donnybrook, a legendary, bare-knuckle brawl with a cash prize of $100,000.
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Hold the Dark
2018 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.
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Into the Ashes
2019 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
With an honest job and a loving wife, Nick Brenner believed he had safely escaped his violent, criminal history. But his old crew hasn't forgotten about him or the money he stole, and when they take what Nick now values the most - his wife...
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The Senior
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
At 59, Mike Flynt may be too old to be on a college football field, but not too old to feel the weight of unfinished business. After nearly four decades, he returns to his alma mater to take the hit that changed everything. Bruised...

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