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Colin Firth has 54 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including 1917.
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Something New
2006
Romance · Comedy

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
2009
Drama · Comedy

Adventureland
2009
Comedy · Drama

Shopgirl
2005
Comedy · Drama

Love & Basketball
2000
Comedy · Drama

In Her Shoes
2005
Comedy · Drama

Smart People
2008
Comedy · Drama

Suburban Girl
2007
Comedy · Drama

1917
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Max · Included

Pride and Prejudice
1995 · Mini · Actor
Top 11%Hulu · Included

Conspiracy
2001 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Max · Included

The English Patient
1996 · Movie · Actor
Top 26%Paramount+ · Included

Bridget Jones's Diary
2001 · Movie · Actor
Top 27%Paramount+ · Included

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
Dir. Sam Mendes · With George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong

The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Dir. Matthew Vaughn · With Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
Dir. Tom Hooper · With Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Dir. Matthew Vaughn · With Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Dir. Richard Curtis · With Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson

Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
Dir. Andrew Davies · With Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Susannah Harker

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.
Dir. Ol Parker · With Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Pierce Brosnan

A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.
Dir. Phyllida Lloyd · With Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.
Dir. Frank Pierson · With Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.
Dir. Tom Ford · With Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult

as William Shakespeare
What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of human history.
Dir. Paul Weiland · With Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Dir. Anthony Minghella · With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. Her charming boss takes an interest in her, and she cannot stop running into a rather disagreeable acquaintance whom Bridget cannot help finding quietly attractive.
Dir. Sharon Maguire · With Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Dir. Oliver Parker · With Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Dir. John Madden · With Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush
Fourteen years after the events of the original film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.
Dir. Richard Curtis, Mat Whitecross · With Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth

Sam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have. As the trip progresses, however, their ideas for the future clash, secrets come out, and their love for each other is tested as never before. Ultimately, they must confront the question of what it means to love one another in the face of Tusker’s illness.
Dir. Harry Macqueen · With Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Peter MacQueen

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
Dir. Kirk Jones · With Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald

A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Dir. Rowan Joffé · With Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong

Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Hamish Linklater

A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.
Dir. David Evans · With Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Mark Strong

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw

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

A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky · With Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.
Dir. Miloš Forman · With Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son's science teacher.
Dir. Michael Morris · With Renée Zellweger, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall

Bridget Jones is still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. However, while on assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver, claiming to be reformed, Bridget questions if she has everything she's ever dreamed of having.
Dir. Beeban Kidron · With Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant

This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Dir. Peter Webber · With Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
Dir. Sam Mendes · With Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones
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