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Danny Boyle
Director 69 years old

Danny Boyle

Manchester, England, UK

Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, and Steve Jobs. In 2009, Slumdog Millionaire won Boyle the Academy Award for Best... Read full bio →

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15 titles
28 Years Later

28 Years Later

Danny Boyle 2025 1h 55m 5.8

A group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.

Yesterday

Yesterday

Danny Boyle 2019 1h 56m 5.6

Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. After a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.

T2 Trainspotting

T2 Trainspotting

Danny Boyle 2017 1h 57m 7.1

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Danny Boyle 2015 2h 2m 6.9

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

Trance

Trance

Danny Boyle 2013 1h 41m 6.7

Trance follows an art heist that goes wrong when the heist’s leader receives a blow to the head during one operation, and begins to suffer from amnesia – the location of a painting they’ve nicked is a mystery.

127 Hours

127 Hours

Danny Boyle 2010 1h 34m 7.6

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle 2008 2h 1m 8.1

The story of the life of an impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik, who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?", wins, and is then suspected of cheating.

Sunshine

Sunshine

Danny Boyle 2007 1h 48m 7.8

50 years from now the sun is dying and life on earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. Mankind puts together all its resources and sends a spaceship towards the sun. Its payload - a huge bomb. The spaceship is the second of its kind. The first one was lost on its way to the sun ...

Millions

Millions

Danny Boyle 2004 1h 38m 6.4

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

28 Days Later...

28 Days Later...

Danny Boyle 2002 1h 53m 8.0

28 Days Later is a suspense horror film about a extremely deadly virus that kills most people in the UK leaving just a group of people to fight for their lives as the people infected by the virus trie to kill them. Will anybody survive the rage?

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

Danny Boyle 2001 1h 16m

Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to their eyes in debt. Even Tommy admits his 'soul's in holes'.

The Beach

The Beach

Danny Boyle 2000 1h 59m 6.8

British director Danny Boyle, known for the cult movie Trainspotting, makes a movie out of the bestseller and debut novel The Beach by Alex Garland. The movie is set in Thailand and reminds a Lord-of-the-Flies-Story.

A Life Less Ordinary

A Life Less Ordinary

Danny Boyle 1997 1h 43m 6.9

Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss's daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two "angels" who are in charge of human relationships on earth, offer some unsolicited help to bring this unlikely couple together.

Trainspotting

Trainspotting

Danny Boyle 1996 1h 34m 8.6

"Choose life." Trainspotting is a Scottish cult film from the 1990’s about a group of junkies and their perspective on life. The film was the most commercially successful British film of the 20th century.

Shallow Grave

Shallow Grave

Danny Boyle 1994 1h 33m 7.7

Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.

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