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Danny Boyle

Daniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting (1996) and its sequel T2 Trainspotting (2017), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), 127 Hours (2010), and Steve Jobs (2015). For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won the Academy Award for Best Director. ... more

Daniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting (1996) and its sequel T2 Trainspotting (2017), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), 127 Hours (2010), and Steve Jobs (2015). For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder, the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was widely praised as a "masterpiece" and "a love letter to Britain".

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Trainspotting
(1996)
Crime, Drama
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 Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his ...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
8.1
91%
83
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Slumdog Millionaire
(2008)
Drama, Romance
Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Danny Boyle, Rajendranath Zutshi
Cast:
Anil Kapoor, Mia Drake Inderbitzin, Dev Patel, Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor
8.0
91%
84
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28 Days Later
(2002)
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to con...
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, Noah Huntley
7.6
87%
73
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127 Hours
(2010)
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Sean Bott, Koleman Stinger
7.6
93%
82
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Sunshine
(2007)
Science Fiction, Thriller
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Cillian Murphy, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Chris Evans
7.2
77%
64
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T2 Trainspotting
(2017)
Crime, Drama
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle
7.2
79%
67
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The Beach
(2000)
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Guillaume Canet, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Staffan Kihlbom
6.7
20%
43
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Trance
(2013)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Matt Cross, Danny Sapani
7.0
68%
61
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Shallow Grave
(1994)
Crime, Thriller
When accountant David, doctor Juliet and journalist Alex are searching for a fourth roommate for their trendy flat, they settle on the aloof Hugo. However, they soon find Hugo dead of a drug overdose, beside a large sum of cash. After some deliberation, the three others decide to keep the money and to dismember and bury Hugo's body. So...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott, Keith Allen
7.3
70%
67
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Millions
(2004)
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Alexander Nathan Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Christopher Fulford
6.9
88%
74
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A Life Less Ordinary
(1997)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for th...
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Dan Hedaya
6.4
41%
35
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London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
(2012)
Documentary
The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9pm on 27 July 2012. Titled 'Isles of Wonder', the Ceremony welcomed the finest athletes from more than 200 nations for the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, marking an historic third time the capital has hosted the world’s biggest and most important sporting event. The...
Runtime:
220 min
8.3
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National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
(2011)
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of ...
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller, Naomie Harris, George Harris, Karl Johnson
9.0
N/A
N/A
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Happy and Glorious
(2012)
A short film by Danny Boyle starring James Bond and Queen Elizabeth II. It originally aired as part of the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Runtime:
6 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Daniel Craig, Queen Elizabeth II
8.1
N/A
N/A
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Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
(2001)
Comedy, Drama
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to their eyes in debt. Even Tommy admits his 'soul's in holes'. He's sure the Golden Vac (the holy g...
Runtime:
76 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Timothy Spall, Michael Begley
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Babylon
(2014)
Drama, TV Movie
Blackly comic satirical swipe at London's Metropolitan Police from Danny Boyle and Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.
Runtime:
90 min
6.3
N/A
N/A
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Strumpet
(2001)
Comedy, Drama, Music
Strayman, a spontaneous poet, is landlord to a pack of stray dogs. Unable to resist another of life's strays, he hooks up with Strumpet, a shy, homeless girl with an extraordinary gift for music. After Strayman's neighbour overhears them singing, the three set off for London - Strayman's dogs in tow - in search of fame, fortune, and To...
Runtime:
72 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Christopher Eccleston, Genna G
6.7
N/A
N/A