Martin Compston films and TV shows, ranked by your taste
Actor · 9 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist
Known for Line of Duty, Vigil and The Damned United.
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Line of Duty
2012 · TV
8.3/10 · TMDBA drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
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Vigil
2021 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDBThe mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation...
The Damned United
2009 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBTaking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous...
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Filth
2013 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBA bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
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The Rig
2023 · TV
6.8/10 · TMDBWhen the crew of the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast, is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the outside...
Mary Queen of Scots
2018 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBIn 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals...
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed
2009 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBA rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
The Aftermath
2019 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBIn the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.
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The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBBarney 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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Doomsday
2008 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBThe lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a major city. An elite...
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The Hunter's Prayer
2017 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDBAn assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.
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When the Lights Went Out
2012 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDBYorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. It's a dream that quickly descends into a panic stricken nightmare as the family discovers a horrifying truth, a truth that will make the history books. The house is already...
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