22 Movies Starring Daniel Craig

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France, Japan, USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2362 Reviews)

Director:

John Maybury

Fullplot:

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, 30 years Bacon's junior, accepts. Bacon finds Dyer's amorality and innocence attractive, introducing him to his Soho pals. In their sex life, Dyer dominates, Bacon is the masochist. Dyer's bouts with depression, his drinking and pill popping, and his satanic nightmares strain the relationship, as does his pain with Bacon's casual infidelities. Bacon paints, talks with wit, and, as Dyer spins out of control, begins to find him tiresome. Could Bacon care less?

The Trench

The Trench

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-09-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

France, UK

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1759 Reviews)

Director:

William Boyd

Genres:

DramaWar

Fullplot:

A story about a group of soldiers' last days before the battle of the Somme in 1916, showing the conditions in the trenches during World War 1 and taking you into the minds of the soldiers.

The Trench

The Trench

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-09-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

France, UK

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1764 Reviews)

Director:

William Boyd

Genres:

DramaWar

Fullplot:

A story about a group of soldiers' last days before the battle of the Somme in 1916, showing the conditions in the trenches during World War 1 and taking you into the minds of the soldiers.

Some Voices

Some Voices

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-08-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (759 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

The film's central character, Ray (Daniel Craig), has schizophrenia. The story begins with Ray's discharge from psychiatric hospital. Ray's devoted brother Pete (David Morrissey) picks him up and drives Ray to his new abode, the spare room in Pete's West London flat. Pete is a chef who works long hours in the cafè (a traditional 'greasy spoon' during the day and a trendy eatery in the evening) that he inherited from his father. He now has to find the time to take care of Ray and monitor the medication that controls the voices in his head. Ray is an intelligent, out-going young man. He soon falls for Laura (Kelly Macdonald), a Glaswegian girl in the midst of breaking up with her abusive boyfriend (Peter McDonald). Laura becomes attracted to Ray because of his spontaneity and his childlike sense of fun. Around this time, Pete also becomes involved in a relationship with Mandy (Julie Graham). As Ray's relationship blossoms, he begins to resent taking his pills, preferring to trust in the soothing properties of love. Over time, this decision has disastrous effects on all three relationships: the relationship between the brothers, Ray and Laura, and Pete and Mandy. Ray may cause disruption, concern and distress to those close to him but that is only a fraction of the distress his condition causes him. In the end, it is the relationship between the brothers that is central to the film. Pete is long-suffering but, despite all his frustration and resentment, his loving commitment keeps his brother from serious harm.

The Mother

The Mother

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-06-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (3427 Reviews)

Director:

Roger Michell

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Toots and May's marriage is one of Toots being dependent on his wife. Shortly after Toots and May arrive in London to visit with their grown children Bobby and Paula and their respective children, Toots falls ill and dies. Toots' death brings to the surface the underlying strain that has always existed between May and both of her two children, and the unhappy lives they have all led. Now specifically with Paula, May is disapproving of her relationship with a construction worker named Darren. Not only does May think his occupation makes him beneath Paula, he's also a married man. Darren is in an unsatisfying marriage but doesn't want to leave it if only because of his son. Even after May gets to know and like Darren, she still encourages Paula to break up with him. The issue is is that May herself has fallen in love with Darren, the two who begin a sexual relationship. What will ultimately happen between May and Darren also depends on Darren, who is floundering in his own life and doesn't really know what he wants or even if he did how to get it. What will happen may also depend on Paula if she finds out what's going on.

Sylvia

Sylvia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-10-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (8572 Reviews)

Director:

Christine Jeffs

Cast:

Writer:

John Brownlow (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1956, aspiring American poet Sylvia Plath meets fellow poet Edward Ted Hughes at Cambridge, where she is studying. Enthralled with the genius of his writing, Sylvia falls in love with him even before meeting him, and he quickly falls in love with her. They eventually marry. Sylvia quickly learns that others are also enthralled with her husband, for a combination of his good looks, charisma, fame and success. Sylvia lives in her husband's professional shadow as she tries to eke out her own writing career, which doesn't come as naturally to her as it does to Ted. She also suspects him of chronic infidelity. Both issues affect Sylvia's already fragile emotional state, she who once tried to commit suicide earlier in her life. Through her pain and her anger, she does gain minor success as a writer, with a completed semi-autobiographical novel and a few well received collection of poems. Following, she tries to regain some happiness in her life with Ted, but has an alternate plan if that does not work out as she wants.

Sylvia

Sylvia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-10-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (8581 Reviews)

Director:

Christine Jeffs

Cast:

Writer:

John Brownlow (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1956, aspiring American poet Sylvia Plath meets fellow poet Edward Ted Hughes at Cambridge, where she is studying. Enthralled with the genius of his writing, Sylvia falls in love with him even before meeting him, and he quickly falls in love with her. They eventually marry. Sylvia quickly learns that others are also enthralled with her husband, for a combination of his good looks, charisma, fame and success. Sylvia lives in her husband's professional shadow as she tries to eke out her own writing career, which doesn't come as naturally to her as it does to Ted. She also suspects him of chronic infidelity. Both issues affect Sylvia's already fragile emotional state, she who once tried to commit suicide earlier in her life. Through her pain and her anger, she does gain minor success as a writer, with a completed semi-autobiographical novel and a few well received collection of poems. Following, she tries to regain some happiness in her life with Ted, but has an alternate plan if that does not work out as she wants.

Enduring Love

Enduring Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-11-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (8441 Reviews)

Director:

Roger Michell

Cast:

Writer:

Ian McEwan (novel)

Joe Penhall (screenplay)

Fullplot:

On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. Just as they secure the balloon, the wind rushes into the field, and at once the rescuers are airborne. Joe manages to drop to the ground, as do most of his companions, but one man is lifted skywards. As Joe, Claire and the other rescuers watch this strangely beautiful sight, they see the man fall to his death. Recalling the day's events at dinner with his friends Robin and Rachel, Joe reveals the impact the accident has had on his battered psyche. Ironically the balloon eventually lands safely, the boy unscathed. But fate has far more unpleasant things in store for Joe. Going to retrieve the body of the fallen man with fellow rescuer Jed Parry, for example, turns out to be a very bad move. Jed feels an instant connection with Joe--one that, as the weeks go by, becomes ever more intense.

Layer Cake

Layer Cake

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-06-03

Languages:

English, Romanian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (124790 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

Writer:

J.J. Connolly (screenplay)

J.J. Connolly (novel)

Fullplot:

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-17

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, Czech Republic, USA, Germany, Bahamas

Runtime:

144 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(412016 Reviews)

Director:

Martin Campbell

Cast:

Writer:

Neal Purvis (screenplay)

Robert Wade (screenplay)

Paul Haggis (screenplay)

Ian Fleming (novel)

Fullplot:

James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-12-07

Languages:

English, Icelandic, Russian, French

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (140696 Reviews)

Director:

Chris Weitz

Cast:

Writer:

Chris Weitz (screenplay)

Philip Pullman (novel)

Fullplot:

It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust- discovered in the vast Arctic expanse of the North -was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from clans, 'gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle...

Renaissance

Renaissance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-15

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

France, UK, Luxembourg

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (13911 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Alexandre de La Patellière (original story)

Matthieu Delaporte (original story)

Michael Katims (english dialogue)

Alexandre de La Patellière (adaptation)

Jean-Bernard Pouy (adaptation)

Patrick Raynal (adaptation)

Matthieu Delaporte (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Paris, 2054: a dark motion-captured world of shadows and right angles. Ilona Tasuiev, a brilliant young scientist, is kidnapped, and her employer, Avalon, a major health and beauty corporation, wants her found. Karas, a jaded police captain, is assigned to find her, fast. He seeks help from her sister, Bislane, and they are soon uncovering identify theft, missing files, and hints that something back in 2006 may explain what's going on. Ilona's mentor, Avalon's vice president, a Japanese researcher, an underworld boss, and Bislane's drug connection all figure in the mix. So does an attraction between Karas and Bislane. What's behind the kidnapping? Who's the victim?

Munich

Munich

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-06

Languages:

English, German, French, Hebrew, Arabic, Italian, Greek, Russian

Countries:

France, Canada, USA

Runtime:

164 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (166846 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Tony Kushner (screenplay)

Eric Roth (screenplay)

George Jonas (book)

Fullplot:

After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew?

Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-07-29

Languages:

English, Apache languages

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(160726 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Favreau

Cast:

Writer:

Roberto Orci (screenplay)

Alex Kurtzman (screenplay)

Damon Lindelof (screenplay)

Mark Fergus (screenplay)

Hawk Ostby (screenplay)

Mark Fergus (screen story)

Hawk Ostby (screen story)

Steve Oedekerk (screen story)

Scott Mitchell Rosenberg (Platinum Studios comic book)

Fullplot:

The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. New Mexico Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It's a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents-townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors-all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

The Invasion

The Invasion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-08-17

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (62316 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

David Kajganich (screenplay)

Jack Finney (novel)

Fullplot:

While returning to Earth, the space shuttle explodes and the fragments bring an alien virus that recodes the human DNA. In Washington, the psychiatrist Carol Bennell observes the modification of the behavior of one of her clients first, then in her former husband and finally in the population in general. Together with her friend Dr. Ben Driscoll the researcher Dr. Stephen Galeano, they discover that the extraterrestrial epidemic affects human beings while sleeping and that her son Ollie, who had chickenpox when he was a baby, is immune to the disease and may save mankind from the outbreak.

Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-11-14

Languages:

English, Spanish, Italian, French, Swiss German, German

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (288983 Reviews)

Director:

Marc Forster

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Haggis

Neal Purvis

Robert Wade

Fullplot:

Is there solace in revenge? Bond and "M" sniff a shadowy international network of power and corruption reaping billions. As Bond pursues the agents of an assassination attempt on "M," all roads lead to Dominic Greene, a world-renowned developer of green technology. Greene, a nasty piece of work, is intent on securing a barren area of Bolivia in exchange for assisting a strongman stage a coup there. The CIA looks the other way, and only Bond, with help from a retired spy and from a mysterious beauty, stands in Greene's way. "M" wonders if she can trust Bond, or if vengeance possesses him. Beyond that, can anyone drawn to Bond live to tell the tale?

The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, New Zealand

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (165227 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Moffat (screenplay)

Edgar Wright (screenplay)

Joe Cornish (screenplay)

Hergè (comic book series "The Adventures of Tintin")

Fullplot:

Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin - accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy - to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship's master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine have one each and the villain intends to use the glass-shattering top Cs of operatic soprano the Milanese Nightingale to secure the third. With aid from bumbling Interpol agents the Thompson Twins our boy hero, his dog and the captain must prevent Sakharine from obtaining all three scrolls to fulfil the prophesy that only the last of the Haddocks can discover the treasure's whereabouts.

Defiance

Defiance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-01-16

Languages:

English, German, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (108723 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Zwick

Cast:

Writer:

Clayton Frohman (screenplay)

Edward Zwick (screenplay)

Nechama Tec (book)

Fullplot:

On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet partisans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German occupied Eastern Europe.

Skyfall

Skyfall

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (456725 Reviews)

Director:

Sam Mendes

Cast:

Writer:

Neal Purvis

Robert Wade

John Logan

Fullplot:

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.

Dream House

Dream House

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (42302 Reviews)

Director:

Jim Sheridan

Fullplot:

Some say that all houses have memories. For one man, his home is the place he would kill to forget. A family unknowingly moves into a home where several grisly murders were committed...only to find themselves the killer's next target. Successful publisher Will Atenton (Craig) quit a job in New York City to relocate his wife, Libby (Weisz), and two girls to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother and her children. And the entire city believes it was at the hands of the husband who survived. When Will investigates the tragedy, his only lead comes from Ann Paterson (Watts), a neighbor who was close to the family that died. As Will and Ann piece together the disturbing puzzle, they discover that the story of the last man to leave Will's dream house will be just as horrifying to the one who came next.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Sweden, Norway

Runtime:

158 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (304464 Reviews)

Director:

David Fincher

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Zaillian (screenplay)

Stieg Larsson (novel)

Fullplot:

This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

One Life

One Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (1704 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Gunton

Martha Holmes

Fullplot:

Focuses on the cyclical journey taken by all living creatures, from birth to having youngsters of their own.

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