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Rupert Friend has 24 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Recurring themes

Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023
Drama · Thriller

They Call Me Jeeg
2016
Science Fiction · Action

Memories of the Sword
2015
Drama · History

5 Is the Perfect Number
2019
Drama · Thriller

The Equalizer 3
2023
Action · Thriller

2048: Nowhere to Run
2017
Science Fiction · Thriller

Wrath of Man
2021
Thriller · Crime

Kaabil
2017
Action · Thriller

The Death of Stalin
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Hulu · Included

The Swan
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 29%Netflix · Included

Starred Up
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Infinite
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 32%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Rat Catcher
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 37%Netflix · Included

At Eternity's Gate
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 38%Tubi · Free w/ ads

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Dir. Mark Herman · With Asa Butterfield, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.
Dir. Drew Hancock · With Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage

When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
Dir. Armando Iannucci · With Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor

Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.
Dir. Paul Feig · With Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.
Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée · With Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany

Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
Dir. Wes Anderson · With Rupert Friend, Ralph Fiennes, Asa Jennings

19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.
Dir. David Mackenzie · With Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend

Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue, revealing that his memories are real.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson

In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a ratcatcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey.
Dir. Wes Anderson · With Richard Ayoade, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Friend

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.
Dir. Julian Schnabel · With Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.
Dir. Gareth Edwards · With Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey

Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want.
Dir. Pierre Morel · With Kate Beckinsale, Rupert Friend, Saffron Burrows
A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.
Dir. William Brent Bell · With Brian Cox, Rupert Friend, Madeline Brewer

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
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.
Dir. Dan Ireland · With Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend

An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Dir. Aleksander Bach · With Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Hannah Ware

A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate the murder of an eccentric TV star's wife.
Dir. Tim Kirkby · With Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson, Morena Baccarin

Sophie's privileged life as the wife of powerful politician James unravels when scandalous secrets surface — and he stands accused of a shocking crime.
Dir. David E. Kelley, Melissa James Gibson · With Sienna Miller, Rupert Friend, Michelle Dockery

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
Dir. Stephen Frears · With Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend

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

A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
Dir. Nick Love · With Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Rupert Friend

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry
An American journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first Russian airstrikes against Georgia. Rescuing Tatia, a young Georgian schoolteacher separated from her family during the attack, the two reporters agree to help reunite her with her family in exchange for serving as their interpreter. As the three attempt to escape to safety, they witness--and document--the devastation from the full-scale crossfire and cold-blooded murder of innocent civilians.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Richard Coyle

A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people’s lives easier.
Dir. Kobi Libii · With Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan
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