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Joel Edgerton has 37 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Warrior.
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Warrior
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Prime Video · Included

Thirteen Lives
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Prime Video · Included

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · Movie · Actor
Top 18%Disney+ · Included

The Gift
2015 · Movie · Actor · Director · Writer
Top 19%Prime Video · Included

Train Dreams
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Netflix · Included

The King
2019 · Movie · Actor · Writer
Top 25%Netflix · Included

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
Dir. Gavin O'Connor · With Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow · With Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
Dir. Baz Luhrmann · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan

A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Dir. Peter Hedges · With Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams

Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
Dir. Joel Edgerton · With Joel Edgerton, Rebecca Hall, Jason Bateman

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
Dir. Clint Bentley · With Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Nathaniel Arcand

England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.
Dir. David Michôd · With Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris

The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world by competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Dir. George Clooney · With Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner, Peter Guinness

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
Dir. Francis Lawrence · With Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
Dir. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. · With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
Dir. Stewart Hendler · With Blake Woodruff, Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies

Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.
Dir. Julian Jarrold · With Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
Dir. Joel Edgerton · With Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.
Dir. David Lowery · With Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton

Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.
Dir. David Michôd · With Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce

Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his true family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
Dir. Blake Crouch · With Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. However, neither is who they appear to be, each carry secrets that threaten to ruin them — and in the background, one of the nation's largest police operations is closing in.
Dir. Thomas M. Wright · With Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Jada Alberts

In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.
Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.
Dir. Gregor Jordan · With Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush
A young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.
Dir. Nash Edgerton · With Nash Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes, Chum Ehelepola

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Michael Shannon, Jaeden Martell, Joel Edgerton

Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
Dir. Barry Jenkins · With Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton

In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Dir. David Ayer · With Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Lucy Fry

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Dir. Scott Cooper · With Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Julianne Nicholson

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.
Dir. Nash Edgerton · With David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton

This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classic roles. Director Deborah Chow leads the cast and crew as they create new heroes and villains that live alongside new incarnations of beloved Star Wars characters, and an epic story that dramatically bridges the saga films.
Dir. David Gelb · With Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Deborah Chow

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When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten, Hugo Weaving
Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only possession. When a gang steals it, Eric comes across the injured Rey, left behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.
Dir. David Michôd · With Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy
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