Best Robert Carlyle movies
We present our ranking of the best Robert Carlyle movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Robert Carlyle.
TOP 25:
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Robert Carlyle as: Frank Keane
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2005
Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Adam Arkin movies?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2005
Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Adam Arkin movies?
TOP 24:
Dead Fish
Robert Carlyle as: Danny Devine
Genre: Thriller, Adventure, Action, Comedy
Release: 2005
Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. With an all-star cast including Terence Stamp, Elena Anaya, Robert Carlyle and Billy Zane, Dead Fish is a chaotic tale of criminals looking for love, money and revenge that will have you falling out of your chair laughing!
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Elena Anaya movies?
Genre: Thriller, Adventure, Action, Comedy
Release: 2005
Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. With an all-star cast including Terence Stamp, Elena Anaya, Robert Carlyle and Billy Zane, Dead Fish is a chaotic tale of criminals looking for love, money and revenge that will have you falling out of your chair laughing!
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Elena Anaya movies?
TOP 23:
Plunkett & MacLeane
Robert Carlyle as: Will Plunkett
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Release: 1999
Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jonny Lee Miller movies?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Release: 1999
Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jonny Lee Miller movies?
TOP 22:
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Robert Carlyle as: Jimmy
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Release: 2002
Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek loves Shirley so much that he proposes to her on national television.
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Release: 2002
Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek loves Shirley so much that he proposes to her on national television.
TOP 21:
The Tournament
Robert Carlyle as: Father Joseph MacAvoy
Genre: Horror, Action, Thriller
Release: 2009
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Lou de Laâge movies?
Genre: Horror, Action, Thriller
Release: 2009
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Lou de Laâge movies?
TOP 20:
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Robert Carlyle as: Barney
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2015
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ashley Jensen movies?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2015
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ashley Jensen movies?
TOP 19:
The 51st State
Robert Carlyle as: Felix DeSouza
Genre: Thriller, Action, Comedy, Crime
Release: 2001
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jake Abraham movies?
Genre: Thriller, Action, Comedy, Crime
Release: 2001
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jake Abraham movies?
TOP 18:
The World Is Not Enough
Robert Carlyle as: Renard
Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller
Release: 1999
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Samantha Bond movies?
Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller
Release: 1999
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Samantha Bond movies?
TOP 17:
Face
Robert Carlyle as: Ray
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1997
Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Roseanne Barr movies?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1997
Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Roseanne Barr movies?
TOP 16:
To End All Wars
Robert Carlyle as: Major Ian Campbell
Genre: Drama, War, Action
Release: 2001
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best James Cosmo movies?
Genre: Drama, War, Action
Release: 2001
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best James Cosmo movies?
TOP 15:
The Beach
Robert Carlyle as: Daffy
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Release: 2000
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Daran Norris movies?
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Release: 2000
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Daran Norris movies?
TOP 14:
Stone of Destiny
Robert Carlyle as: John MacCormick
Genre: Drama, Crime, Comedy
Release: 2008
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Brenda Fricker movies?
Genre: Drama, Crime, Comedy
Release: 2008
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Brenda Fricker movies?
TOP 13:
28 Weeks Later
Robert Carlyle as: Don
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Release: 2007
The inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Harold Perrineau movies?
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Release: 2007
The inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Harold Perrineau movies?
TOP 12:
Priest
Robert Carlyle as: Graham
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1995
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best David Suchet movies?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1995
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best David Suchet movies?
TOP 11:
Riff-Raff
Robert Carlyle as: Stevie
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1991
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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1991
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.
TOP 10:
Yesterday
Robert Carlyle as: John Lennon (uncredited)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Release: 2019
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.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Release: 2019
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.
TOP 9:
Ravenous
Robert Carlyle as: Ives / Colqhoun
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Western
Release: 1999
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Western
Release: 1999
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.
TOP 8:
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Robert Carlyle as: Eric Wirral
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2000
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2000
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
TOP 7:
Carla's Song
Robert Carlyle as: George Lennox
Genre: War, Drama, Romance
Release: 1996
A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.
Genre: War, Drama, Romance
Release: 1996
A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.
TOP 6:
The Unloved
Robert Carlyle as: Lucy's Father
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Release: 2009
Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched over and protected by the holy spirit.
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Release: 2009
Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched over and protected by the holy spirit.
TOP 5:
T2 Trainspotting
Robert Carlyle as: Francis "Franco" Begbie
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Release: 2017
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Release: 2017
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
TOP 4:
The Full Monty
Robert Carlyle as: Gary "Gaz" Schofield
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1997
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1997
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
TOP 3:
24: Redemption
Robert Carlyle as: Carl Benton
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Release: 2008
Former federal agent Jack Bauer confronts African dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Release: 2008
Former federal agent Jack Bauer confronts African dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
TOP 2:
Angela's Ashes
Robert Carlyle as: Malachy McCourt
Genre: Drama
Release: 1999
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.
Genre: Drama
Release: 1999
Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.
TOP 1:
Trainspotting
Robert Carlyle as: Francis "Franco" Begbie
Genre: Drama, Crime
Release: 1996
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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Genre: Drama, Crime
Release: 1996
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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
If you like the best Robert Carlyle movies, then you will also like the best James Cosmo movies, where many of their films coincide.
