Director with personality, very interesting shots and a style that set standards in the 90s and has been copied ad nauseam: Today we talk about Danny Boyle.
The British director and producer has 3 Oscar nominationsone of which became a statuette in 2008 as best director for Slump Millionaire, and his filmography includes some really interesting films that you have to see at least once in your life.
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In total There are 13 Danny Boyle films —already has some projects for future years— and what better than to review his filmography by ordering his works from worst to best, according to critics, so that you can go from less to more or focus only on their best works.
Whatever your decision, here you have it All Danny Boyle movies to enjoy its curious and interesting style.
A different story
- Year: 1997
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo
Synopsis: Extravagant love story between a rich girl and her clumsy kidnapper: 2 beings destined not to understand each other, but who have to share the most absurd situations.
What have the critics said?: Despite its flaws, a handful of scenes hit the mark with their combination of twisted humor and originality (…) — Empire
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 41%-59% / IMDb: 6.3
The beach
- Year: 2000
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon
Synopsis: Driven by a desire to live exciting experiences and emotions, Richard searches for a paradise island that has never been desecrated by tourists.
What have the critics said?: It’s a confusing movie that has moments where it’s about to be better, but never quite manages to do so (…) — Roger Ebert
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 20%-57% / IMDb: 6.6
Yesterday
- Year: 2019
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell Patarakijjanon
Synopsis: A frustrated musician wakes up one morning being the only person who remembers the legendary English rock band The Beatles and sets about bringing their works to the world as if they were his own, achieving worldwide fame.
What have the critics said?: A summer comedy that leaves a good taste in the mouth while leaving the viewer humming some of their favorite Beatles songs. As always, Danny Boyle shows mastery. Hobby Consoles
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 64%-89% / IMDb: 6.8
Millions
- Year: 2004
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Alex Etel, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Lewis McGibbon
Synopsis: After the death of his mother, Anthony, a nine-year-old boy, remains ever pragmatic, while his younger brother Damian, two years younger than him, resorts to imagination, fantasy and faith to make sense of his confusing world. A bag full of money, fallen from the sky, ends up at Damian’s feet. Thanks to it, the children will live an adventure that will remain indelibly engraved in their memories, because it will make them understand that the true value of things has nothing to do with money.
What have the critics said?: An almost miraculous work from Danny Boyle (…) a film that is joyously funny and hugely inventive — The Wall Street Journal
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 88%-78% / IMDb: 6.9
Trance
- Year: 2013
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani
Synopsis: Simon, an employee at an auction house, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a valuable work of art. But after receiving a blow to the head during the robbery, he wakes up and discovers that he can’t remember where he hid the painting.
What have the critics said?: As stimulating as it is indecisive, Danny Boyle’s commitment to intrigue produces a strange sensation: hypnotic, it keeps the viewer in suspense, but in the end, the message is quite different from what it seemed to be. Hobby Consoles
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 68%-62% / IMDb: 6.9
T2: Trainspotting
- Year: 2017
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle
Synopsis: It’s been 20 years since Mark Renton left Scotland, and heroin. Now Renton returns to his native Edinburgh with the aim of rebuilding his life and reuniting with his lifelong friends.
What have the critics said?: Danny Boyle has done a good job of bringing back the legendary characters of Trainspotting by reimagining them in a maturity that they have yet to achieve, and he has done so while being very aware that it was impossible to make the sequel fly as high as the original film, but also treating the viewer with respect. Hobby Consoles
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 81%-78% / IMDb: 7.2
Steve Jobs
- Year: 2015
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels
Synopsis: Biopic of the legendary businessman and computer programmer Steve Jobs (1955-2011), focusing on the period in which he launched Apple’s three iconic products.
What have the critics said?: Interesting exercise in dismantling the public figure Steve Jobs to delve into his personal motivations or his conflictive family relationships by the hand of Danny Boyle. — Hobby Consolas
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 85%-73% / IMDb: 7.2
Sunshine
- Year: 2007
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis
Synopsis: In five years, the Sun will go out, and with it the human race will become extinct. Mankind’s last hope is the Icarus II, a spaceship manned by six men and two women, whose mission is to carry a gigantic explosive charge that would breathe new life into the star and allow it to shine again, thus saving the population of the Earth. The problem is that the Icarus ship had already carried out the same mission seven years earlier and had failed.
What have the critics said?: It has such extraordinary and radiant computer-generated images that you almost feel like you might burn yourself watching the film — The Guardian
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 76%-73% / IMDb: 7.2
Open grave
- Year: 1994
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott
Synopsis: Three roommates find a suitcase full of money in the room of a mysterious new tenant, who has just died of an overdose. Instead of calling the police, they decide to keep the money, a decision that involves not only getting rid of the corpse, but also each of them trusting the other two.
What have the critics said?: So good it’s scary (…) A small and tense thriller, full of surprising twists, which quickly establishes an artistic contract with the public — SFGATE
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 70%-83% / IMDb: 7.3
28 days later
- Year: 2002
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer
Synopsis: Following the spread of a virus that wiped out most of the population, terrifying creatures invaded the country. The virus spread after a group of animal rights activists raided a laboratory. Transmitted through blood, the virus has devastating effects. Within 28 days, the epidemic spread across the country and only a handful of survivors remain…
What have the critics said?: The best British horror/sci-fi film of the past decade. And the first major apocalyptic film of the millennium (…) — Empire
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 87%-85% / IMDb: 7.5
127 hours
- Year: 2010
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott
Synopsis: Based on the true story of Aron Ralston, a fearless American mountaineer and climber who became famous when, in May 2003, he fell while climbing through the uncrowded canyons of Utah and became trapped in a deep crevasse. After several days immobilized and unable to find an alternative solution, he had to make a dramatic decision.
What have the critics said?: It is an extraordinary work in which an excellent actor and a cinematically innovative director join forces to keep you speechless throughout the entire journey — The New York Observer
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 93%-85% / IMDb: 7.6
Slumdog Millionaire
- Year: 2008
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Synopsis: Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is a poor teenager from the slums of Bombay who participates in the Indian version of the popular show Who wants to be a millionaire?. On the verge of winning 20 million rupees, the top prize of the contest, the young man is questioned by the police, who suspect him of cheating. But for each of the questions, Jamal has an answer.
What have the critics said?: A thrilling, moving and thought-provoking story that leaves you breathless (…) One of those miraculous entertainments that achieves its most immediate purposes and continues to climb to higher peaks (…) — Roger Ebert
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 91%-90% / IMDb: 8.0
Trainspotting
- Year: 2008
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Distribution: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Synopsis: The film, directed by Danny Boyle, tells the story of a group of young heroin addicts who have no aspirations in life and only think about drugs and getting dirty money. Addicted to their self-destructive cycle, Mark Renton seems to be the only one who could escape this spiral of vice and addiction.
What have the critics said?: A successful adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel about a group of young people in depressed Edinburgh in the late 1980s. Tough, incisive, acidic… “Choose life, choose a job, choose a career, choose a family, choose a fucking big TV…” One of the best films of the 1990s. Hobby Consoles
What do users think? Rotten Tomatoes: 91%-93% / IMDb: 8.2
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