Without the acclaimed "Oppenheimer". Top 7 movies starring Cillian Murphy

7. "Broken" 

• 2012
• Great Britain
• Melodrama, drama
• Director: Rufus Norris
• Starring: Elouise Lawrence, Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Zana Marjanović, Bill Milner, Robert Emms
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

A teenage girl, Skunk (Elouise Lawrence), is diagnosed with diabetes. Taking care of her is her father and widower Archie (Tim Roth). They live a modest and quiet life with housekeeper Kasia (Zana Marjanović) and her boyfriend Mike (Cillian Murphy). The girl's cozy world is shattered when one of the neighbor's daughters accuses her developmentally disabled acquaintance Rick (Robert Emms) of rape.

The film won the Golden Eye Award for Best Foreign Film at the Zurich Film Festival and the British Independent Film Awards for Best British Independent Film.

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6. "Sunshine" 

• 2007
• UK, USA
• Fantastic, thriller
• Director: Danny Boyle
• Starring: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, Chris Evans
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

2057, the Sun is dying, which means life on Earth will disappear with it. The last hope of saving humanity becomes the crew of the spaceship Icarus II, among whom is physicist Robert Capa (Cillian Murphy). The team needs to go to the Sun to launch a powerful bomb into it and thus revive the star. Somewhere near Mercury, the spacecraft is reached by signals from the Icarus 1, which disappeared several years ago. This changes the crew's plans.

In preparation for the project, Cillian Murphy spent a lot of time with scientist Brian Cox to learn the latest advances in physics, as well as observe the habits and movements of the scientist himself. Cox subsequently praised the actor's work.

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5. "Breakfast on Pluto" 

• 2005
• Ireland, Great Britain
• Comedy, drama
• Director: Neil Jordan
• Starring: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Ruth Negga
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

Transgender Patrick (Cillian Murphy) has spent his entire life desperately trying to find his mom. Raised by a priest, he is as far away from church rules and religious norms as possible. On the contrary, Patrick goes against the rules, choosing a difficult path in search of his own identity. His life becomes even more bizarre when the hero gets a job in an illusionist show.

The role of the main character in "Breakfast on Pluto" brought Cillian Murphy a nomination for the prestigious Golden Globe Award. Then movie critics dubbed the 2000s the peak of the Irishman's career.

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4. "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"

• 2006
• Ireland, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium
• War, drama
• Director: Ken Loach
• Starring: Cillian Murphy, Patrick Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Frank Bourke
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

Ireland, the eve of the Civil War and the height of the unrest of the early 20th century. The inhabitants of the country are ready to fight for independence with all their might. Successful doctor Damien (Cillian Murphy) leaves his prestigious job to take part in the revolution that will lead to freedom. His own brother Teddy (Patrick Delaney) does the same. However, after a while they find themselves on opposite sides of the barricades.

The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and became one of the major projects of 2006.

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3. "28 Days Later"

• 2002
• Great Britain, USA
• Horror, fantasy, thriller, drama
• Directory: Danny Boyle
• Starring: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, Naomie Harris, Megan Burns
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

The world is struck by an epidemic of a deadly virus that is transmitted through blood in seconds and instantly turns humans into bloodthirsty monsters. Twenty-eight days after the zombie apocalypse began, Jim (Cillian Murphy) enters from a coma. The hospital is deserted, the streets empty and devastated. It's up to him to figure out how to survive and not fall victim to the infected.

The movie grossed $82 million at the box office with a relatively modest budget of $8 million. Hollywood producers were delighted with Murphy's acting skills, after which the actor received new offers.

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2. "Dunkirk" 

• 2017
• UK, Netherlands, France, USA
• War, drama, history
• Director: Christopher Nolan
• Starring: Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles
• IMDb Rating: 7.8

France, 1940. 400,000 British, French and Belgian soldiers are stranded in the town of Dunkirk, one of whom is played by Cillian Murphy (the character has no name). The British Admiralty and Churchill's cabinet decided to evacuate the encircled units through the strait. Under constant enemy fire, military and civilians begin to recover the soldiers from the trap.

Nolan's movie received eight Academy Award nominations and won three of them.

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1. "Batman Begins" 

• 2005
• USA, UK
• Action, fantasy, adventure, drama
• Director: Christopher Nolan
• Starring: Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, Tom Wilkinson
• IMDb Rating: 8.2

After witnessing the murder of his parents, young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is determined to rid his native Gotham City of criminals. To do this, Bruce begins to lead a double life: by day he is a frivolous playboy, and at night — a mysterious vigilante named Batman. Among his many enemies he has to fight the corrupt psychiatrist Jonathan Crane (Cillian Murphy). As a weapon, the villain uses hallucinogenic gas, under the influence of which opponents see what they fear most.

Cillian Murphy has appeared in all three films of the Batman trilogy, appearing episodically in the last two.

"One of Nolan's best and most atmospheric movies for me. Cillian Murphy was just a revelation", — id440426744.

"Very cool movie and the other two parts. Nolan I bow at my feet and shake my crab for such a masterpiece", — Fragranceattack.

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