Paul Guilfoyle films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 26 films on Boxlist

Known for Spotlight, L.A. Confidential and Quiz Show.

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Starring Paul Guilfoyle

Spotlight
2015 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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L.A. Confidential
1997 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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Quiz Show
1994 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.
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Wall Street
1987 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
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Don't Look Up
2021 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
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Mrs. Doubtfire
1993 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an...
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Arthur the King
2024 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance in the race...
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Session 9
2001 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
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Ransom
1996 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
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Primary Colors
1998 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the...
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Air Force One
1997 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to...
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The Good House
2022 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts to unravel as she rekindles an old romance and becomes dangerously entwined in one...
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Over Your Dead Body
2026 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to "reconnect", but each has secret intentions to kill the other.
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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3 Men and a Baby
1987 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld...
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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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Extreme Measures
1996 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the...
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Hoffa
1992 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
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Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Axel heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and...
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Final Analysis
1992 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.
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Pandemic
2016 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
After a virus of epic proportions overwhelms the planet—with more infected than uninfected—humanity is losing its grip on survival and its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren, a doctor, arrives in Los...
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Random Hearts
1999 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and realize that the two were having an affair and they must figure out all...
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Striptease
1996 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to...
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Howard the Duck
1986 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him...
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The Man from Rome
2022 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
A computer hacker penetrates Vatican security and sends an urgent anonymous plea to the pope. Handsome Father Quart, of the church's Institute of External Affairs, an arm of the Vatican intelligence, is dispatched to investigate. The...
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