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Colin Farrell

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Henry VIHenry VI (1989)
Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Barry Stanton, Michael Pennington, June Watson
Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of Henry VI – the tragic history of a king who…
King Richard IIKing Richard II (1989)
Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Colin Farrell, Michael Pennington, Michael Cronin
Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of King Richard II – who became England's…
War Zone, TheWar Zone, The (1998) Recommended
Dir. Tim Roth
Feat. Ray Winstone, Tilda Swinton, Lara Belmont
An uncompromising directorial debut for actor Tim Roth, exploring the type of fractured family made familiar by mentors Alan Clarke and Ken Loach,…
TigerlandTigerland (2001)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Clifton Collins Jr., Matthew Davis
The dir. of recent Hollywood gloss forsakes stars for a gritty, admired character piece set in a Vietnam War–bootcamp in Louisiana, 1971.…
Hart's WarHart's War (2001)
Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Bruce Willis
Deserving invigoration of the POW–film, set amongst a troop of American soldiers incarcerated behind Nazi barbed–wire in WWII. When a…
Minority ReportMinority Report (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow
An exhilarating science fiction thriller that lavishly realizes (and embellishes) a Philip K. Dick short story with the corporate muscle and…
Phone BoothPhone Booth (2002)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes
A lean, claustrophobic and entertaining thriller with the cute gimmick of a single location and played out in real time – Colin Farrell plays a…
DaredevilDaredevil (2003)
Dir. Mark Steven Johnson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell
The darkest tinged Marvel Comics adaptation yet, with Ben Affleck doing a sterling job of playing the titular superhero, a blind lawyer turned…
Recruit, TheRecruit, The (2003)
Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Al Pacino, Colin Farrell
CIA–trainer Al Pacino puts computer hacker Colin Farrell through the hoops to prepare him for the world of intelligence gathering and secret…
S.W.A.T.S.W.A.T. (SWAT) (2003)
Dir. Clark Johnson
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez
Competent, but hardly special updating of the 70s cop show (Special Weapons And Tactics), which mixes credible action assignments with personality…
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…
AlexanderAlexander (2004)
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer
A valiant, though flawed attempt by dir. Oliver Stone (PLATOON) to depict the life and times of Grecian military commander Alexander the Great,…
A Home at the End of the WorldA Home at the End of the World (2004)
Dir. Michael Mayer
Feat. Colin Farrell, Robin Wright, Sissy Spacek
A strange dramatic creation from the writer of THE HOURS, concerns an unusual orphan manchild (Farrell) with a desire to make 'everyone happy' who…
New World, TheNew World, The (2006) Recommended
Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer
An epic naturalist meditation on the European settlement of America from dir. Terrence Malick (DAYS OF HEAVEN), which reveals a thoughtful and at…
Miami ViceMiami Vice (2006)
Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li
A brooding reprise of the cult 80s cop TV series with uber–stylist Michael Mann (HEAT) ramping up the serious atmospherics in a prolonged…
Ask the DustAsk the Dust (2006)
Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland
Classically seductive romance set in depression–era LA, based on John Fante’s novel, and directed by CHINATOWN scribe Robert Towne, who…
Cassandra's DreamCassandra's Dream (2007)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson
Woody Allen–directed suspense, rounding out his recent penchant for London–set thrillers, starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as…
In BrugesIn Bruges (2008) Recommended
Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
A smart, jet–black comedy centred on two Irish assassins who are packed off to Bruges, Belgium by their superior after a hit goes horribly…
Pride and GloryPride and Glory (2008)
Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Jon Voight
A withdrawn, honest Irish cop becomes tangled in a web of betrayal when his brother's drug bust goes savagely wrong and he is ordered to investigate…
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, TheImaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Andrew Garfield
Firing on all imaginative cylinders, dir. Terry Gilliam delivers what is possibly his magnum opus – an original, mind–bending fantasy…
Crazy HeartCrazy Heart (2009) Recommended
Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Keane
In an Oscar–winning turn, Jeff Bridges plays faded country music star Bad Blake, who swaggers from one dive to the next until his friendship…
TriageTriage (2009)
Dir. Danis Tanovic
Feat. Colin Farrell, Paz Vega, Christopher Lee
An absorbing Colin Farrell performance carries this pensive, unexpectedly subdued drama from the director of NO MAN'S LAND. Farrell plays a battered…
OndineOndine (2009)
Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Colin Farrell, Alicia Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan
Lyrical modern fairytale with Colin Farrell, a luckless fisherman living with his ailing daughter, catching a beautiful woman in his nets who may or…
Way Back, TheWay Back, The (2010)
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell
A small group of multi–national prisoners escape a Siberian Gulag and make their way across five countries on foot in this survivalist epic…
London BoulevardLondon Boulevard (2010)
Dir. William Monahan
Feat. Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis
An ex–con turned celebrity bodyguard finds himself unwittingly drawn back into London's criminal underworld in this confident directorial debut…
Horrible BossesHorrible Bosses (2011)
Dir. Seth Gordon
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston
Savage workplace comedy about three long–suffering employees (Bateman, Day, Sudeikis) who plot to kill their respective…
Fright NightFright Night (2011)
Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant
Colin Farrell vamps it up in this prosaic remake of the 80's cult horror, with Anton Yelchin the hapless teen convinced his neighbour is a vampire.…
Total RecallTotal Recall (2012)
Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel
A ramped up version of Philip K. Dick's classic sci–fi short, with Colin Farrell replacing Arnie as the unlucky recipient of a 'virtual…
Seven PsychopathsSeven Psychopaths (2012)
Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson
Three Hollywood deadbeats incur the wrath of a violent gangster after kidnapping his beloved shih zhu in this stinging black comedy from IN BRUGES…
Dead Man DownDead Man Down (2013)
Dir. Niels Arden Oplev
Feat. Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard
Dir. Niels Arden Oplev (THE GIRL WITH A DRAGON TATTOO) imports an Eastern European aesthetic into this New York–set gangland revenge thriller,…

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