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Lena Headey has 35 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Game of Thrones.
Recurring themes

Haywire
2011
Action · Thriller

Animal World
2018
Drama · Action

Shaft
2000
Action · Adventure

Paranoia
2013
Drama · Thriller

The Business
2005
Drama · Action

The Thinning
2016
Thriller · Drama

Thick as Thieves
2009
Action · Thriller

Fulltime Killer
2001
Action · Crime

Game of Thrones
2011 · Series · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
2020 · Series · Voice
Top 30%Netflix · Included

The Red Baron
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 32%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 51%AMC+ · Included

Gunpowder Milkshake
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 52%Netflix · Included

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 54%Max · Included

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
Dir. David Benioff, D. B. Weiss · With Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
A story very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.
Dir. Ol Parker · With Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode
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

Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.
Dir. Stephen Merchant · With Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost

Merlin’s apprentice joins Arcadia’s heroes on a time-bending adventure in Camelot, where conflict is brewing between the human, troll and magical worlds.
Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Lena Headey, Alfred Molina, Colin O'Donoghue

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Kate, a nurse, opens his eyes to the brutality of war.
Dir. Nikolai Müllerschön · With Matthias Schweighöfer, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.
Dir. Harald Zwart · With Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan

To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its army of henchmen.
Dir. Navot Papushado · With Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Chloe Coleman

Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Dir. James DeMonaco · With Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder

For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” chronicling the creation of the show’s most ambitious and complicated season. Debuting one week after the series 8 finale, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH delves deep into the mud and blood to reveal the tears and triumphs involved in the challenge of bringing the fantasy world of Westeros to life in the very real studios, fields and car-parks of Northern Ireland. Made with unprecedented access, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH is an up-close and personal portrait from the trenches of production, following the crew and the cast as they contend with extreme weather, punishing deadlines and an ever-excited fandom hungry for spoilers. Much more than a “making of” documentary, this is a funny, heartbreaking story, told with wit and intimacy, about the bittersweet pleasures of what it means to create a world – and then have to say goodbye to it.
Dir. Jeanie Finlay · With Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington

Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?
Dir. Liliana Cavani · With John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone

Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god, Xerxes and Artemesia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
Dir. Noam Murro · With Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey

The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Dir. Josh Friedman · With Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless painting and use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the red.
Dir. Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson · With Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett, Gemma Arterton

A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.
Dir. Burr Steers · With Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston

A virtuous and passionate girl falls in love with a cynical but a dashing aristocrat.
Dir. Martha Fiennes · With Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens

Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.
Dir. Stephen Sommers · With Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey

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Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artefact that grants limitless wealth—but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box.
Dir. Jonathan Newman · With Aneurin Barnard, Michael Sheen, Lena Headey

Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his life, family, and career.
Dir. Mora Stephens · With Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Richard Dreyfuss
Former CIA Operative James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.
Dir. Josef Rusnak · With Wesley Snipes, Eliza Bennett, Lena Headey

For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.
Dir. Davis Guggenheim · With James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus

A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Dir. John Duigan · With Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Ben Miller

Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
Dir. Neil LaBute · With Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam
The life of a successful radiologist spirals out of control when she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London street. While attempting to uncover who the imposter could be, she stumbles into a terrifying mystery that her family and closest friends are somehow involved in, leaving her with no one to trust.
Dir. Sean Ellis · With Lena Headey, Ulrich Thomsen, Melvil Poupaud
A Dickens classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday.
Dir. Martin Owen · With Raff Law, Michael Caine, Lena Headey

Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey
A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.
Dir. Robert Hall · With Bobbi Sue Luther, Kevin Gage, Lena Headey
A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents’ murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her longtime ex, she makes a desperate attempt to get the boy to safety.
Dir. Gigi Gaston · With Lena Headey, Dean Scott Vazquez, Sam Worthington

After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While exploring deeper into the underwater caves, a rockslide blocks their exit, and they soon discover a larger carnivorous creature has added them to its food chain.
Dir. Bruce Hunt · With Cole Hauser, Lena Headey, Morris Chestnut