Movies by Cillian Murphy
As part of the cast:
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Red Lights (2012)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Rodrigo Cortés
Professor Margaret Matheson and her assistant, Tom Buckley, set out to debunk claims of paranormal activity. During their investigation, a legendary psychic comes out of retirement, and…
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Broken (2012)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth, Eloise Laurence …
Directed by: Rufus Norris
In this poignant coming-of-age tale, Skunk, a precocious and diabetic 11-year-old, lives happily with her brother and widower father in a suburban English neighborhood until an act of…
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In Time (2011)
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Cillian Murphy …
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
In a near future where aging stops at 25, time is the new currency and the wealthy can live forever. When Will Salas inherits decades of life from a wealthy murdered man, he's pegged as…
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Retreat (2011)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Thandie Newton …
Directed by: Carl Tibbetts
When a young couple visiting a remote Scottish island finds an injured man at their door claiming that a lethal virus has spread through Europe, they must decide whether to believe the…
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Peacock (2010)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Michael Lander
When a train crashes into John's backyard in small-town Peacock, Neb., his neighbors discover a confused woman milling about. They rush to aid the woman and assume she is John's…
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Inception (2010)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Oscar-nominated for Best Picture, this unnerving sci-fi thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, who earns a tidy sum infiltrating the dreams of corporate titans to steal their most…
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Perrier's Bounty (2009)
Cast: Anne-Marie Duff, James McAvoy, Cillian Murphy …
Directed by: Ian Fitzgibbon
When a gangster orders his henchmen to collect a debt from small-time crook Michael McCrea, his unstable gal pal accidentally shoots one of the goons during the shakedown and the couple must…
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Hippie Hippie Shake (2009)
Cast: Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Chris O'Dowd …
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Cillian Murphy stars as Richard Neville, the counterculture hero and cheeky Australian magazine publisher whose London edition of his subversive rag Oz landed him in the dock on charges of…
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The Edge of Love (2008)
Cast: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys …
Directed by: John Maybury
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is torn between his free-spirited childhood sweetheart, Vera, and his fiery wife, Caitlin, in this lush, fact-based period drama. Despite their rivalry over Dylan,…
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Waveriders (2008)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Richard Fitzgerald, Gabe Davies …
Directed by: Joel Conroy
Documentarian Joel Conroy traces the Irish origins of surfing, focusing largely on George Freeth, an Irishman of Hawaiian descent who is credited with popularizing the sport in the early 20th century.
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Sunshine (2007)
Cast: Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Cillian Murphy …
Directed by: Danny Boyle
The sun is dying and Earth's days are numbered in this sci-fi thriller helmed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). With permanent darkness looming, scientists devise a plan…
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Watching the Detectives (2007)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu, Jason Sudeikis …
Directed by: Paul Soter
Movie geek Neil leads a dull life, preferring to get his thrills from his favorite noir films. But when foxy femme fatale Violet walks into his rental shop, Neil finds that screen intrigue…
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham, William Ruane …
Directed by: Ken Loach
As political tensions brew in early 1920s Ireland, brothers Damien and Teddy (Cillian Murphy and Padraic Delaney) abandon their civilian lives and take up arms to liberate their country from…
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Batman Begins (2005)
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Following the brutal murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne trains with a shadowy organization and returns to a corrupt Gotham City to deliver justice. Armed with his new skills and endless…
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Red Eye (2005)
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox …
Directed by: Wes Craven
On a red-eye flight bound for Miami, Lisa learns that a fellow passenger has plans to murder the deputy secretary of Homeland Security -- and that he wants to use her as part of the plot.
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Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Born the love child of a priest (Liam Neeson) in a conservative Irish hamlet, transvestite Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy) leaves small-town life behind and heads to swinging 1970s London to…
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Intermission (2004)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald …
Directed by: Jon Crowley
This collection of 11 comic stories set in Dublin stems from one single circumstance: how the breakup of one couple's relationship can have unexpected repercussions on the lives of the…
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Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson …
Directed by: Peter Webber
In this cinematic adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's best-selling historical fiction novel, Scarlett Johansson stars as Griet, the young housemaid with a hidden appreciation for art who…
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Cold Mountain (2003)
Cast: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger …
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
This epic tale of love and loss follows a wounded Civil War soldier making a long, treacherous journey home. All the while, his faraway love fights for her own sanity and survival on her…
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On the Edge (2002)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson …
Directed by: John Carney
Directed by Irishman John Carney and featuring Stephen Rea, On the Edge delivers an emotional drama about suicidal patients and their road to recovery. Cillian Murphy stars as Jonathan, a…
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28 Days Later (2002)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris …
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors (including Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson) are caught…
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Disco Pigs (2001)
Cast: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Geraldine O'Rawe …
Directed by: Kirsten Sheridan
Pig and Runt were born just minutes apart in the same Dublin hospital -- an auspicious beginning that seals them in an almost twin-like relationship. They isolate themselves, encourage each…
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Bitter Harvest (2001)
Cast: Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar, Cillian Murphy …
Directed by: Goran Paskaljevic
Based on a Chinese short story, this dark comedy set in 1920s Ireland centers on Harry Maloney (Colm Meaney), a bitter man in search of a purpose after the death of his wife and son. So…