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Cillian Murphy

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SunburnSunburn (1999)
Dir. Nelson Hume
Feat. Paloma Baeza, Cillian Murphy, Barry Ward
Minor–key indie with Paloma Baeza as an Irish drifter who takes the easy path of a summer’s slacking in Long Island, USA. Music by The High…
Trench, TheTrench, The (1999)
Dir. William Boyd
Feat. Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, Danny Dyer
WWI film set in the 48 hours leading up to the Battle of the Somme, in which the British Army lost the greatest number of soldiers in a single day of…
Disco PigsDisco Pigs (2000)
Dir. Kirsten Sheridan
Feat. Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy
Bleak, edgy rites–of–passage portrait of an intense friendship between two 17 year–olds who share a twisted appetite for…
Bitter HarvestBitter Harvest (How Harry Became a Tree) (2001)
Dir. Goran Paskaljevic
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Adrian Dunbar, Colm Meaney
Set in 1920s rural Ireland, this raw fable concerns a troubled widower (Meaney) who tries to make a comeback in life by launching a personal vendetta…
The Way We Live NowThe Way We Live Now (2001)
Dir. David Yates
Feat. David Suchet, Matthew MacFadyen, Shirley Henderson
The rise and fall of a Jewish financer is laid bare by the masterful pen of Anthony Trollope. David Suchet broadly, if unlikeably encompasses the…
On the EdgeOn the Edge (2002)
Dir. John Carney
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Stephen Rea
Fairly risky and consistently bleak drama set around three teenage mental patients and their doctor. Thin treatment of the subject matter is redeemed…
28 Days Later28 Days Later (2003) Recommended
Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson
Effective 'end of the world' thriller, where a scientifically–engineered contagion escapes the lab, turning most of Britain's populace into…
Girl with a Pearl EarringGirl with a Pearl Earring (2003) Recommended
Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson
A superior dramatic conceit that speculates on the background to Johannes Vermeer's enigmatic 17th century portrait of the title. Johannson plays…
IntermissionIntermission (2003)
Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney, Cillian Murphy
Irish crime drama teeming with 'interconnected' plotlines and profane lowlife, dreaming various criminal and romantic endeavours into…
Red EyeRed Eye (2005) Recommended
Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox
Dir. Wes Craven whittles a lean, claustrophobic thriller around the plight of a woman (McAdams), menaced onboard of short–haul plane flight by…
Breakfast on PlutoBreakfast on Pluto (2005)
Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson
Cillian Murphy glitters in this whimsical drama as an Irish transgender escort during the social and political upheaval of the 70s. Despite the…
Wind That Shakes the Barley, TheWind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006) Recommended
Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney
Thoroughly gripping Cannes winner from "kitchen sink" exponent Ken Loach, retelling with parochial force Ireland's tumultuous twenties, where the…
SunshineSunshine (2007)
Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh
Proverbial space peril from the creators of 28 DAYS LATER; a crew of astronauts, and mankind’s last hope, set about delivering a nuclear payload to…
Watching the DetectivesWatching the Detectives (2007)
Dir. Paul Soter
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu
Screwball comedy sees geeky noir–loving video store clerk (Cillian Murphy) taking a walk on the wild side after an ebullient femme fatale (Lucy…
Edge of Love, TheEdge of Love, The (2008)
Dir. John Maybury
Feat. Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy
Atmospheric wartime romance based on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Rhys) and his love for two free–spirited women who become firm…
PeacockPeacock (2009)
Dir. Michael Lander
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon
A freak accident in a small American town threatens to disclose a bank teller's secret life – that of a split personality – in this…
Perrier's BountyPerrier's Bounty (2009)
Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne
Jovial Irish caper in the vein of Sexy Beast, with Murphy as a petty crim in hock to a local gangster. A talented cast clearly enjoying themselves…
InceptionInception (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Hitmaker Christopher Nolan (THE DARK KNIGHT) conjures up yet another thrilling, immaculately shot blockbuster, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the…
In TimeIn Time (2011) Recommended
Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy
More high–concept futurism from ex–pat Kiwi Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, S1M0NE) finds Justin Timberlake on the lam in a world where units of…
RetreatRetreat (2011)
Dir. Carl Tibbets
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Thandiwe Newton, Jamie Bell
Unnerving thriller with a couple recovering from tragedy on a secluded island who have their mourning interrupted by a bloodied soldier claiming a…
Red LightsRed Lights (2012)
Dir. Rodrigo Cortes
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro
A pair of investigators famous for exposing fraudulent psychics meet their match when they take on a legendary blind mystic (played by Robert De…
BrokenBroken (2012)
Dir. Rufus Norris
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth, Eloise Laurence
In Rufus Norris’s artfully constructed drama... there’s a lot to like, not least a striking central performance from newcomer Eloise Laurence.…
Peaky Blinders (TV Series)Peaky Blinders (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory
A gangster epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy…
TranscendenceTranscendence (2014)
Dir. Wally Pfister
Feat. Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany
Johnny Depp plays an innovator in the field of artificial intelligence whose consciousness is absorbed into a computer mainframe. The directorial…
In the Heart of the SeaIn the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson
Ron Howard directs this effects–heavy recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, the inspiration for the…
Free FireFree Fire (2017)
Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor
Gleeful and hilariously nihilistic parody of the insanity of gun violence by acclaimed director Ben Wheatley (HIGH RISE). Set in 1970's Boston, an…
DunkirkDunkirk (2017) Recommended
Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan
Christopher Nolan's grandiose staging of the famous evacuation of the French port of Dunkirk in May 1940 is a departure from the fantasy pictures the…
Party, TheParty, The (2017)
Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones
A bitingly sharp social satire from the usually more experimental director Sally Potter (ORLANDO) with an experienced ensemble cast lead by Patricia…
Anna Anna (2019)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans
A beautiful Russian woman goes undercover for the KGB in this slick spy thriller that ticks all the boxes for Luc Besson fans.
A Quiet Place Part IIA Quiet Place Part II (A Quiet Place 2) (2021) Recommended
Dir. John Krasinski
Feat. Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds
Highly anticipated sequel to the inventive horror movie A QUIET PLACE, about parents (played by director John Krasinksi and real–life spouse…
OppenheimerOppenheimer (2023) Recommended
Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
Christopher Nolan's grand biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the American Physicist credited with being the "father of the atomic…

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