James Cosmo films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 29 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Trainspotting, Braveheart and Wonder Woman.

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Starring James Cosmo

Trainspotting
1996 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from...
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Braveheart
1995 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up...
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Wonder Woman
2017 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
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Troy
2004 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his...
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by...
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T2 Trainspotting
2017 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
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Highlander
1986 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
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Outlaw King
2018 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
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Emma
1996 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her...
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Battle of Britain
1969 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
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Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.
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Nightsleeper
2024 · TV
6.7/10 · TMDB
Set on a sleeper train traveling from Glasgow to London, a government agency desperately tries to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard. Can two people who've never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save the...
Salvable
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When a battered boxer past his prime finds his dreams and his relationships on the ropes, he falls back in with a dangerous crowd and has to take the biggest swing of his life to reclaim his hope and his family.
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The Four Feathers
2002 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
The story, set in 1885, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers...
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The Kindred
2021 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
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Jagame Thandhiram
2021 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.
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The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
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Half Light
2006 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a...
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Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A heart-warming tale about friendship, honour & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.
The Beast Within
2024 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Ten-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of an ancient forest. After witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret that...
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Ben-Hur
2016 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
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Skylines
2020 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
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The Last Legion
2007 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
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The Hole in the Ground
2019 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into...
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Babe: Pig in the City
1998 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
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The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
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The Three Musketeers
2023 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
France is in turmoil and a new, naive King finds himself manipulated by the evil Cardinal Richelieu. With a corrupt commander of the royal guard by his side the Cardinal employs the expertise of the devious and wicked Milady de Winter in a...
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Malevolent
2018 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
A brother-sister team who fake paranormal encounters for cash get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted estate turns very, very real.
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Hammer of the Gods
2013 · Film
4.4/10 · TMDB
Action epic sees a passionate young man transform into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving landscape in search of his long lost brother Hakan The Ferrocious, whose people are relying on him to restore order to their kingdom.
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Dark Signal
2016 · Film
3.7/10 · TMDB
The spirit of a murdered girl returns with a message. Now a stranded woman must team up with the staff of a local station to solve the mystery of her death.
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