John Carroll Lynch films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 37 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Fargo, Sorry, Baby and Zodiac.

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Shutter Island
2010 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
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Gran Torino
2008 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
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Fargo
1996 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a...
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
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Zodiac
2007 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for three men as their lives and careers are...
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Miracles from Heaven
2016 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a...
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Ballard
2025 · TV
7.3/10 · TMDB
Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard...
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a...
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The Founder
2016 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise...
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Face/Off
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent. Who is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy, a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor...
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Private Life
2018 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.
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She Rides Shotgun
2025 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. With scant resources and no one to trust, Nate and Polly forge a bond under fire as he...
Hesher
2010 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
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Sorry, Baby
2025 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Agnes feels stuck. Unlike her best friend, Lydie, who’s moved to New York and is now expecting a baby, Agnes still lives in the New England house they once shared as graduate students, now working as a professor at her alma mater. A ‘bad...
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Camp X-Ray
2014 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists...
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Paul
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing...
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The Highwaymen
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who...
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Grumpy Old Men
1993 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and...
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The Invitation
2015 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host...
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Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible...
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Jackie
2016 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
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Ted 2
2015 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
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Confidence
2003 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any...
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The Pretty One
2014 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself.
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Mercury Rising
1998 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
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The Good Girl
2002 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
Gothika
2003 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of...
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Anywhere but Here
1999 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League...
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The Fan
1996 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan, Gil Renard. When Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career...
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Love Happens
2009 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until...
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Pushing Tin
1999 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
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Volcano
1997 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service...
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Babes
2024 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.
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Hot Pursuit
2015 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
An uptight by-the-book cop must protect the widow of a drug boss from crooked cops and gunmen.
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Catch That Kid
2004 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Athletic 12-year-old Maddy (Kristen Stewart) shares an enthusiasm for mountain climbing with her father, Tom (Sam Robards). Unfortunately, Tom suffers a spinal injury while scaling Mount Everest, and his family is unable to afford the...
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Feeling Minnesota
1996 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jjaks, Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the...
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Lay the Favorite
2012 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
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