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Matthew Goode has 31 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 The Imitation Game.
2016
Comedy · Drama

Official Secrets
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Netflix · Included

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Netflix · Included

Watchmen
2009 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Max · Included

Match Point
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Prime Video · Included

The King's Man
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 22%Hulu · Included

The Duke
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Hulu · Included

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Dir. Morten Tyldum · With Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Dir. Gavin Hood · With Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Dir. Mike Newell · With Lily James, Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew Goode

In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Malin Åkerman, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup

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

A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over time, they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl. After the kidnappers begin to diminish, one by one, they discover, to their increasing horror, that they are locked inside with no normal little girl.
Dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett · With Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris
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

The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
Dir. Petr Jákl · With Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine

As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Dir. Matthew Vaughn · With Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans

In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
Dir. Roger Michell · With Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
Dir. Anand Tucker · With Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott

Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never before revealed experiences of making the iconic 1972 film The Godfather that Francis Ford Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo.
Dir. Michael Tolkin · With Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, Dan Fogler

A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh's cold cases.
Dir. Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani · With Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.
Dir. Amma Asante · With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid

An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.
Dir. Tarsem Singh · With Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Natalie Martinez

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.
Dir. Kate Brooke · With Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Dir. Scott Frank · With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode

The President's daughter, unable to experience life like a normal 18 year-old, escapes from her entourage of Secret Service agents while traveling in Europe. She falls in love with a handsome British stranger, who also happens to be working undercover for her father.
Dir. Andy Cadiff · With Mandy Moore, Matthew Goode, Stark Sands

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
Dir. Ritesh Batra · With Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter

On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.
Dir. Matt Brown · With Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
Dir. Paloma Baeza, Emma De Swaef, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Marc James Roels · With Mia Goth, Matthew Goode, Claudie Blakley

After India’s father dies suddenly, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. Soon after his arrival, she begins to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. But instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode

In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
Dir. Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais · With Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan

A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer named Anna Holtz. The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.
Dir. Agnieszka Holland · With Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode

Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
Dir. Camille Griffin · With Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis

Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia. However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.
Dir. Julian Jarrold · With Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell

The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news and the fact that the real killer might still be among them.
With Bill Nighy, Anthony Boyle, Anna Chancellor
In April 2015, the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company, an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area, was burgled by 4 elderly men. With the stolen property having a value of up to £200 million, the incident has been called the "largest burglary in English history".
Dir. Ronnie Thompson · With Matthew Goode, Joely Richardson, Larry Lamb
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