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Ben Barnes has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
The Road Within
2014
Comedy · Drama

Marvel's The Punisher
2017 · Series · Actor
Top 18%Disney+ · Included

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 39%Disney+ · Included

The Institute
2025 · Series · Actor
Top 43%MGM+ · Included

Easy Virtue
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 46%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 54%Disney+ · Included

The Words
2012 · Movie · Actor
Top 58%Paramount+ · Included

A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
Dir. Steve Lightfoot · With Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes, Amber Rose Revah

One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.
Dir. Andrew Adamson · With William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes

When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.
Dir. Benjamin Cavell · With Ben Barnes, Joe Freeman, Simone Miller

A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Dir. Stephan Elliott · With Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas

This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Dir. Michael Apted · With Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes

The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Dir. Nick Hamm · With Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Pete Postlethwaite

The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
Dir. Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal · With Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldaña, Jeremy Irons

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.
Dir. Anand Tucker · With Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.
Dir. Oliver Parker · With Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall

To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative Catholic biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.
Dir. Justin Zackham · With Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Ben Barnes

A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each other's lives forever.
Dir. Ami Canaan Mann · With Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes, Clea DuVall

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?
Dir. Sergei Bodrov · With Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes