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Peter Mullan has 31 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 Trainspotting.
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Baghead
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 21%AMC+ · Included

Tyrannosaur
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 25%Tubi · Free w/ ads

My Name Is Joe
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 27%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Boy A
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 28%Prime Video · Included

Riff-Raff
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 37%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Hostiles
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 40%Starz · Included

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Dir. Danny Boyle · With Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Dir. Alfonso Cuarón · With Clive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.
Dir. Kirk Jones · With Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Peter Mullan

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Dir. Peter Mullan · With Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy

Following the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little does she know, when the deed is signed she will become inextricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the pub’s basement – Baghead – a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead.
Dir. Alberto Corredor · With Freya Allan, Jeremy Irvine, Ruby Barker

The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both of their lives.
Dir. Paddy Considine · With Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
Dir. Ken Loach · With Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.
Dir. John Crowley · With Andrew Garfield, Katie Lyons, Peter Mullan

When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrodes their friendship.
Dir. Danny Boyle · With Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.
Dir. Ken Loach · With Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, George Moss

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Dir. Scott Cooper · With Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
Dir. Charles Sturridge · With Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann

A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Dir. Andy Serkis · With Rohan Chand, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett

Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new associate, but needs money to help out his ill father. The situation becomes more complicated when Rodrigo falls for Gaddis' sister, Valerie, drawing another player into the game.
Dir. Gregory Jacobs · With John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal

NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, altar boy to glue sniffer. When he attempts to change back again, his new reality and recent past make conformity near impossible and violent self determination near inevitable.
Dir. Peter Mullan · With Conor McCarron, Mhairi Anderson, Martin Bell

Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determined to bring him down once and for all.
Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan · With Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Colin Farrell

Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs and relationships. Sunshine on Leith is based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers.
Dir. Dexter Fletcher · With George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Dir. Terence Davies · With Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie

When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Dir. Eran Creevy · With James McAvoy, Mark Strong, David Morrissey

When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it takes him on a 24-hour journey into a nightmarish world of murder, sex trafficking and revenge, in the company of aging hit man Roy.
Dir. Craig Viveiros · With Tim Roth, Jack O'Connell, Talulah Riley

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.
Dir. Kristoffer Nyholm · With Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Connor Swindells

London, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises a plot to blow up Parliament and kill the King.
Dir. Ronan Bennett, Daniel West · With Kit Harington, Mark Gatiss, Edward Holcroft

A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · With Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
Dir. Brett Ratner · With Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Dir. Doug Lefler · With Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The story of Mac Conway, a Marine who returns home to Memphis from Vietnam in 1972 and finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. As he struggles to cope with his experiences at war, Conway is drawn into a network of killing and corruption that spans the length of the Mississippi River.
Dir. Michael D. Fuller, Graham Gordy · With Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, Peter Mullan

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
Dir. David Mackenzie · With Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan

In this fresh take on the Arthurian legend, teenager Nimue joins forces with mercenary Arthur on a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword.
Dir. Frank Miller, Tom Wheeler · With Katherine Langford, Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgård
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