Movies by Peter Mullan
As part of the cast:
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Tyrannosaur (2011)
Cast: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan …
Directed by: Paddy Considine
Unemployed and frustrated, Joseph is in a downward spiral when he meets Hannah, a kind Christian woman who's drawn to try to help him. As their bond develops, however, it becomes…
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War Horse (2011)
Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Adapted from a novel by Michael Morpurgo, this majestic World War I drama centers on Devon lad Albert and his steadfast horse, Joey, whose faithful bond cannot be shaken -- even when Joey is…
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Neds (2010)
Cast: Conor McCarron, Peter Mullan, Gregg Forrest …
Directed by: Peter Mullan
In 1972 Glasgow, Joe enters middle school and is ostracized for his intellect and brother Benny's fierce reputation. Joe follows in Benny's footsteps and becomes a NED -- a…
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Red Riding Trilogy: '74 / '80 / '83 (2009)
Cast: Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey, John Henshaw …
Directed by: Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker …
Through a series of delicately interconnected story lines that span several years, this sweeping trilogy traces the agonizingly protracted search for the mysterious Yorkshire Ripper and the…
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Stone of Destiny (2008)
Cast: Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Stephen McCole …
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Based on true events of 1950, this comic adventure follows Scottish nationalist Ian Hamilton (Charlie Cox) and three other young men as they make a daring raid on Westminster Abbey in an…
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The Last Legion (2007)
Cast: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai …
Directed by: Doug Lefler
With his empire crumbling and his parents dead, 12-year-old Roman Emperor Romulus is exiled to Capri with his mystical tutor. While there, he discovers a magical sword once owned by Caesar…
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Boy A (2007)
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Siobhan Finneran …
Directed by: John Crowley
After spending most of his life in prison for a murder he committed as a child, a young man (Andrew Garfield) is returned to society, where a dedicated caseworker (Peter Mullan) helps him…
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Cargo (2006)
Cast: Peter Mullan, Daniel Brühl, Samuli Edelmann …
Directed by: Clive Gordon
Stranded in Africa, backpacker Chris (Daniel Bruhl) tries to get back to Europe by sneaking aboard a battered cargo ship. But a strange captain (Peter Mullan) controls the every move of the…
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Children of Men (2006)
Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
In this futuristic tale, humans have lost the ability to reproduce and face extinction. Things change when a single woman mysteriously becomes pregnant, prompting a conflicted government…
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True North (2006)
Cast: Peter Mullan, Martin Compston, Gary Lewis …
Directed by: Steve Hudson
The skipper of a Scottish trawler has worked decades to buy his fishing vessel, but is about to lose his ship to the bank. To help his father earn the needed money, the skipper's son…
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On a Clear Day (2005)
Cast: Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Sean McGinley …
Directed by: Gaby Dellal
When Frank (Peter Mullan) loses his job at the docks, he quickly realizes that, at age 55, he's too old to start a new career but too young to simply stop working. So he decides to take…
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Young Adam (2004)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan …
Directed by: David Mackenzie
A young drifter named Joe (Ewan McGregor) finds work on a barge that travels between Glasgow and Edinburgh. But when the corpse of a young woman is found floating in the river, is Joe really…
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Criminal (2004)
Cast: John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Gregory Jacobs
Con man Richard Gaddis (John C. Reilly) teams up with newbie Rodrigo (Diego Luna) for a heist that's a little bigger than his usual projects: They'll filch an antique currency note…
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Session 9 (2001)
Cast: Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon …
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Desperate for cash, asbestos remover Gordon claims he can clean up an abandoned psychiatric hospital in a week. But by the time Gordon discovers the truth about the asylum's gruesome…
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The Claim (2000)
Cast: Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley, Wes Bentley …
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
British director Michael Winterbottom transforms Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel &NFi;The Mayor of Casterbridge&NFi_; into a meditative, snowbound Western in the spirit of director Robert…
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Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan …
Directed by: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
This engrossing crime thriller follows charismatic Irish thief Michael Lynch, the leader of a Dublin gang who takes delight in plotting heists with the kind of élan that makes him a…
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Miss Julie (1999)
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
One Midsummer's Eve, a noblewoman (Saffron Burrows) finds herself caught up in the revels of her servants -- but more scandalously, she finds herself drawn to her father's footman,…
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My Name Is Joe (1998)
Cast: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay …
Directed by: Ken Loach
After living the past two decades of his life as an alcoholic, Scotsman Joe Kavanagh (Peter Mullan) is pursuing sobriety and giving back to his Glasgow neighborhood by playing soccer.…
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Trainspotting (1996)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller …
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle's explosive 1996 film tracks the misadventures of young men (played by a cast that includes Ewan MacGregor, Robert Carlyle and Jon Lee Miller) trying to find their way out of…
As a director:
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Neds (2010)
Cast: Conor McCarron, Peter Mullan, Gregg Forrest …
Directed by: Peter Mullan
In 1972 Glasgow, Joe enters middle school and is ostracized for his intellect and brother Benny's fierce reputation. Joe follows in Benny's footsteps and becomes a NED -- a…
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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone …
Directed by: Peter Mullan
While women's liberation sweeps the globe, in 1960s Ireland four "fallen" women are stripped of their liberty and dignity and condemned to indefinite servitude in the Magdalene…
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Orphans (1998)
Cast: Douglas Henshall, Rosemarie Stevenson, Gary Lewis …
Directed by: Peter Mullan
Four Scottish siblings come together to bury their mother. Against the backdrop of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, they define dysfunction. Thomas (Gary Lewis) keeps vigil , Sheila…