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Alex Garland has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including 28 Days Later.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026 · Movie · Writer
Top 4%Netflix · Included

Ex Machina
2015 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 5%Netflix · Included

28 Years Later
2025 · Movie · Writer
Top 13%Netflix · Included

Warfare
2025 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 26%Max · Included

Annihilation
2018 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 38%MGM+ · Included

Civil War
2024 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 42%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
Dir. Danny Boyle · With Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson

Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
Dir. Nia DaCosta · With Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
Dir. Alex Garland · With Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
Dir. Danny Boyle · With Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans

Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
Dir. Danny Boyle · With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.
Dir. Pete Travis · With Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey

A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
Dir. Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland · With D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Dir. Alex Garland · With Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez

In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
Dir. Alex Garland · With Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
Dir. Alex Garland · With Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu

As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
Dir. Mark Romanek · With Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield
Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.
Dir. Alex Garland · With Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha
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