
Stellan Skarsgård films and TV shows, ranked by your taste
Actor · 41 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist
Known for Chernobyl, Dune: Part Two and Good Will Hunting.
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Chernobyl
2019 · TV
8.5/10 · TMDBThe true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Dune: Part Two
2024 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDBFollow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known...

Star Wars: Andor
2022 · TV
8.2/10 · TMDBIn an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

Good Will Hunting
1997 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDBWill Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his...

Dune
2021 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDBPaul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode...

Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDBSelma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too...

Dogville
2003 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBA barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make...

The Avengers
2012 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDBWhen an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of...

Sentimental Value
2025 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDBSisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he...

Breaking the Waves
1996 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBIn a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

The Hunt for Red October
1990 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDBBased on Tom Clancy's bestseller, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, The Hunt For Red October seethes with high-tech excitement and sweats with the tension of men who hold Doomsday in their...

Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBWhen Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBCaptain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBThis English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced...

The Physician
2013 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBEngland, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to...

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBCaptain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.

Melancholia
2011 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBTwo sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBFive years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBSuccessful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the...
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Mamma Mia!
2008 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBAn independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on a Greek island is about to marry off the spirited young daughter she's raised alone. But, the daughter has secretly invited three of her mother's ex-lovers in the hopes of finding her...

Borg vs McEnroe
2017 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBThe Swedish Björn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

Ronin
1998 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBA briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the...

The Railway Man
2013 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBA victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBToby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to...

Thor
2011 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBAgainst his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to...

Cinderella
2015 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBWhen her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBThe continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

Romeo & Juliet
2013 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBIn 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...

Angels & Demons
2009 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBHarvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati - a secret, underground organization - after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
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Hector and the Search for Happiness
2014 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBHector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not...

Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBThor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his...

Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBAfter his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty...

King Arthur
2004 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBThe story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander...

Arn: The Knight Templar
2007 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBArn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
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Our Kind of Traitor
2016 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBA young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey...

Deep Blue Sea
1999 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBResearchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a...
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The Glass House
2001 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBAfter the parents of Ruby and her younger brother, Rhett, are killed in a car crash, their parents' best friends, Erin and Terry Glass, become their guardians. The children hear promises of a world of opulence and California fun -- all...
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Beowulf & Grendel
2005 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDBThe blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the...

No Good Deed
2002 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDBWhile doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
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Exorcist: The Beginning
2004 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDBHaving lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church...
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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
2005 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDBHaunted by terrible acts the Nazis forced him to participate in, the disenchanted Father Lankester Merrin focuses his energies on helping with an archaeological dig in the northern part of Kenya. There, the crew uncovers a church that...

The Kingdom II
2024 · Film
Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead.
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