Robert Carlyle films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 14 films and 5 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Trainspotting, Once Upon a Time and 28 Weeks Later.

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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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The Full Monty
2023 · TV
7.6/10 · TMDB
The Full Monty gang is back after 25 years, swapping their stage costumes for dognapping, racing pigeons, and one very unconventional hostage situation. Gaz might be older, but he's no wiser. And his best friend, Dave, refuses to get...
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Angela's Ashes
1999 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The...
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Once Upon a Time
2011 · TV
7.2/10 · TMDB
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell. Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds...
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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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The Full Monty
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
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Toxic Town
2025 · TV
6.9/10 · TMDB
When dozens of babies in Corby are born with disabilities, their mothers embark on a battle to hold those responsible to account.
The War of the Worlds
2019 · TV
6.8/10 · TMDB
In Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy society and start a life together as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.
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Yesterday
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. After a freak bus accident during a mysterious...
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The Hack
2025 · TV
6.7/10 · TMDB
Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the uncovering of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.
28 Weeks Later
2007 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
The inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the isles, convinced the...
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Joe Bell
2021 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
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The Beach
2000 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
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The World Is Not Enough
1999 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine...
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The 51st State
2001 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
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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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The Tournament
2009 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which...
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Flood
2007 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the...
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Eragon
2006 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
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