9 Movies Starring Nicholas Hoult

About a Boy

About a Boy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-05-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA, France, Germany

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (136354 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Nick Hornby (novel)

Peter Hedges (screenplay)

Chris Weitz (screenplay)

Paul Weitz (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Twelve year old Marcus Brewer lives with his chronically depressed single mother, Fiona Brewer. Both Fiona and Marcus beat to their own respective drummers. Marcus will do whatever he can to make his depressed mother happy, even if it causes himself grief. As such, he realizes that he is perceived as different than most kids, as even the self-professed weird kids don't want to hang out with him as he is the target of bullying. Part of the taunts against him are the fact that he sings and speaks to himself without even realizing that he is doing it. Meanwhile, thirty-eight year old Will Freeman is a slacker who has lived comfortably off the royalties of a song written by his deceased father, and as such has never had to work a day in his life. He is a solitary man who places himself as the first and only priority in life. He comes across the idea that dating single moms meets his selfish carnal needs. It is in this capacity that Will meets Marcus, as one of Will's single mother conquests, Suzie, is friends with the Brewers. Trying to escape his life but wanting Will to date Fiona, Marcus infiltrates Will's life, much to Will's chagrin. Will slowly begins to realize that Marcus is more than just a nuisance, but rather someone who needs some guidance navigating through the trials of adolescence and the trials of dealing with a suicidal mother, and perhaps he can be a small part of providing that direction. Conversely, Marcus may be able to show Will the path to becoming a real adult.

Wah-Wah

Wah-Wah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-06-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France, South Africa

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2631 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Set at the end of the '60s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from Great Britain, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14. It is written and directed by Richard E Grant, and based on true events from Richard E Grant's childhood.

Coming Down the Mountain

Coming Down the Mountain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-09-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

80 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (419 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

An original drama by novelist Mark Haddon about two teenage brothers: angst-ridden David and Ben, who has Downs Syndrome.

A Single Man

A Single Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-02-05

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (77553 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Ford

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Isherwood (novel)

Tom Ford (written for the screen by)

David Scearce (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class.

Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-03-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (97301 Reviews)

Director:

Bryan Singer

Cast:

Writer:

Darren Lemke (screenplay)

Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay)

Dan Studney (screenplay)

Darren Lemke (story)

David Dobkin (story)

Fullplot:

Sent to the market by his uncle to sell their horse and buy thatch for their roof, Jack meets the beautiful Princess Isabelle whom he rescues her from ruffians. He returns home only with a handful of beans given to him by a monk who claimed they were sacred but that does little to impress his uncle who tosses them away. In the night the Princess arrives having run off to keep from marrying Roderick who is clearly only interested in becoming king. Soon the beans take root with a giant stalk carrying away the princess and Jack's house. He soon sets off on an adventure with the king's guards to rescue the princess only to find that a mythical land filled with giants really exists.

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-05-15

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

Australia, USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (314071 Reviews)

Director:

George Miller

Cast:

Writer:

George Miller

Brendan McCarthy

Nick Lathouris

Fullplot:

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (170737 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Levine

Cast:

Writer:

Jonathan Levine (screenplay)

Isaac Marion (novel)

Fullplot:

With much of the world's population now an undead horde, R is a young and oddly introspective zombie. While fighting with and feeding on a human scavenger party, R meets Julie and feels an urge to protect her. What happens next is the beginning of a strangely warm relationship that allows R to begin regaining his humanity. As this change spreads through the local undead population like a virus, Julie and R eventually have to face a larger issue when the very nature of their friendship is challenged. Caught between the paranoid human forces and the ferocious "Bonies", zombies who are a mutual threat, R and Julie must find a way to bridge the differences of each side to fight for a better world no one thought possible.

Young Ones

Young Ones

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

South Africa, Ireland, USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (5612 Reviews)

Director:

Jake Paltrow

Fullplot:

Set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, one that dictates everything from the macro of political policy to the detailed micro of interpersonal family and romantic relationships. The land has withered into something wretched. The dust has settled on a lonely, barren planet. The hardened survivors of the loss of Earth's precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm Michael Shannon lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome Kodi Smit-McPhee and Mary Elle Fanning. He defends his farm from bandits, works the supply routes, and hopes to rejuvenate the soil. But Mary's boyfriend, Flem Lever (Nicholas Hoult), has grander designs. He wants Ernest's land for himself, and will go to any length to get it. From writer/director Jake Paltrow comes a futuristic western, told in three chapters, which inventively layers Greek tragedy over an ethereal narrative that's steeped deeply in the values of the American West.

Equals

Equals

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-12-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (182 Reviews)

Director:

Drake Doremus

Genres:

DramaSci-Fi

Fullplot:

A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.

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