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Riz Ahmed

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ShiftyShifty (2008) Recommended
Dir. Eran Creevy
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Jason Flemyng
Twitchy character study of of friendship and life on the edge follows reformed bad boy Mays as he accompanies his cocaine dealing mate on his…
Wired (TV Mini-series)Wired (TV Mini-series) (2008)
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Jodie Whittaker, Toby Stephens
Three–part television miniseries from the director of SPOOKS, in which a single mother working as a bank employee gets caught up in the corrupt…
Dead Set (TV Series)Dead Set (TV Series) (2008) Recommended
Dir. Yann Demange
Feat. Jaime Winstone, Riz Ahmed, Warren Brown
A bleak send–up of reality TV culture in which a production studio is attacked by zombies during the filming of a fictional "Big Brother" style…
RageRage (2009)
Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Lily Cole, Steve Buscemi, Jude Law
Another arthouse conceit from dir. Sally Potter (ORLANDO, YES), comprised entirely of monologues from insiders at New York fashion house, who recall…
CenturionCenturion (2010)
Dir. Neil Marshall
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Noel Clarke
Riveting, albeit bloody chase film has a splinter group of Roman soldiers fighting for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is decimated…
Four LionsFour Lions (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Chris Morris
Feat. Kayvan Novak, Riz Ahmed, Nigel Lindsay
Explosive comedy of folly and idiocy that follows four would–be Jihadists as they bicker and blunder towards their intended target. Perhaps…
TrishnaTrishna (2011)
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed
Freida Pinto stars in this rich, authentic India–set modernization of Thomas Hardy's tragidrama, 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'.
Ill ManorsIll Manors (2012)
Dir. Ben Drew
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Natalie Press, Ed Skrein
English rapper Plan B directs this multistory portrait of life in a London housing estate beset by drugs, gangsters, and sexual crime.
Reluctant Fundamentalist, TheReluctant Fundamentalist, The (2012)
Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber
A Pakistani Princeton graduate's life in America is shattered in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in this searing adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's…
NightcrawlerNightcrawler (2014) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dan Gilroy
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton
A nervy and quite brilliant satire with Jake Gyllenhaal unforgettable as a petty thief who muscles into the world of crime journalism, shooting…
Night Of, The (TV Mini-Series)Night Of, The (TV Mini-Series) (2016) Recommended
Feat. Riz Ahmed, John Turturro, Michael Kenneth Williams
Much–acclaimed crime drama from the pen of Richard Price (THE WIRE, CLOCKERS) featuring a revelatory performance from Riz Ahmed as a man…
Jason BourneJason Bourne (2016)
Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander
Breathless fifth entry in the Bourne franchise has Matt Damon returning as the former operative uncovering more secrets from his past.
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryRogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Recommended
Dir. Gareth Edwards
Feat. Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk
The phenomenal mythology of Star Wars expands again with this first of the "standalone" films, a suitably epic adventure that inaugurates a fresh…
UnaUna (2016) Recommended
Dir. Benedict Andrews
Feat. Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed
Compelling adaptation of David Harrower's two–hand play "Blackbird" that maturely navigates the thin and morally sensitive line between…
VenomVenom (2018)
Dir. Ruben Fleischer
Feat. Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed
The Marvel comics character Venom, an alien symbiote usually associated with Spider–Man, is the subject of this superhero movie with Tom Hardy…
Sisters Brothers, TheSisters Brothers, The (2018) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal
John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix play a couple of fraternal assassins who hunt down a gold prospector in 1850s Oregon in this richly satisfying and…
Sound of MetalSound of Metal (2019) Recommended
Dir. Darius Marder
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci
Highly acclaimed, thought–provoking drama featuring a sensational performance by Riz Ahmed as a heavy–metal drummer whose life is thrown…

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