Paul Giamatti films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 59 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Saving Private Ryan, The Truman Show and 12 Years a Slave.

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Starring Paul Giamatti

Saving Private Ryan
1998 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the...
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The Truman Show
1998 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And...
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12 Years a Slave
2013 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his...
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial strife, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter...
Straight Outta Compton
2015 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all...
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Jungle Cruise
2021 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together, they search for an ancient tree that holds the power to heal – a discovery that will change the future of...
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The Holdovers
2023 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy...
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Billions
2016 · TV
7.6/10 · TMDB
A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using...
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The Little Prince
2015 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her...
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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
2017 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.
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Donnie Brasco
1997 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
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Cinderella Man
2005 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, in the 1920s following his retirement, makes a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
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Saving Mr. Banks
2013 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
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Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated...
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Man on the Moon
1999 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
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American Splendor
2003 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
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Love & Mercy
2015 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, Wilson, under the sway of a controlling therapist, finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
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The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness
2021 · TV
7.2/10 · TMDB
The Son of Sam case grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a satanic cult.
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The Negotiator
1998 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might...
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Too Big to Fail
2011 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
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A Mouthful of Air
2021 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.
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Sideways
2004 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
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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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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Join our hosts JB Smoove and Martin Starr for a celebration of 20 years of Spider-Man™ movies! From the original Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb’s “amazing” movies to the latest trio from Director Jon Watts, we will take viewers through the...
Win Win
2011 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother...
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Mighty Aphrodite
1995 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda...
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Romeo & Juliet
2013 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two...
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The Ides of March
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
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My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
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Private Parts
1997 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
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Love, Marilyn
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend...
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Shoot 'Em Up
2007 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
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Gunpowder Milkshake
2021 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
In her turbulent life as a professional assassin, Sam has no choice but to go rogue to save the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl in the middle of the gang war she has unleashed.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to...
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The Hangover Part II
2011 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect...
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Robots
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
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Singles
1992 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Romantic comedy about six of Seattle's young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city's ever-expanding music scene. The interrelated stories about each character's progress through...
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The Nanny Diaries
2007 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
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John Dies at the End
2012 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
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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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San Andreas
2015 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
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Turbo
2013 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.
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Paycheck
2003 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year...
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Rock of Ages
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
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Ironclad
2011 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter...
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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 Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book series created by Rob Zombie that follows the character of El Superbeasto and his sexy...
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Big Fat Liar
2002 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf steals his class paper and turns it into a smash hit movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall tale! On a...
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I Think We're Alone Now
2018 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
After the human race has been wiped out, Del lives in an empty town, content in his solitude and the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until he meets young Grace, who wants to stay with him.
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Big Momma's House
2000 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
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Duplicity
2009 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Two romantically-engaged corporate spies team up to manipulate a corporate race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and enable them to lead an extravagant lifestyle together.
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Morgan
2016 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
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Ratchet & Clank
2016 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain, a mechanic and his newfound robot ally join an elite squad of combatants to save the universe.
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Duets
2000 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars...
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Planet of the Apes
2001 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla...
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Doctor Dolittle
1998 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now...
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Cosmopolis
2012 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.
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Fred Claus
2007 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and...
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The Ant Bully
2006 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against...
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Lady in the Water
2006 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her...
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The Phenom
2016 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Major-league rookie pitcher Hopper Gibson has lost his focus. After choking on the mound, he’s sent down to the minors and prescribed sessions with an unorthodox sports therapist, who pushes him to uncover the origins of his anxiety.
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