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Best Eddie Redmayne movies

We present our ranking of the best Eddie Redmayne 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 Eddie Redmayne.

TOP 19: Jupiter Ascending

Eddie Redmayne as: Balem Abrasax
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release: 2015
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…


TOP 18: Savage Grace

Eddie Redmayne as: Tony Baekeland
Genre: Drama
Release: 2007
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.

TOP 17: Hick

Eddie Redmayne as: Eddie Kreezer
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2011
A pistol-packing teen meets an unstable rebel and a cocaine-snorting drifter as she hitchhikes her way out West.


TOP 16: Glorious 39

Eddie Redmayne as: Ralph Keyes
Genre: War, Drama, History, Thriller
Release: 2009
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an unexpected pawn. Her accidental discovery of secret recordings creates a rift in the family.


TOP 15: Black Death

Eddie Redmayne as: Osmund
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2010
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.

TOP 14: Early Man

Eddie Redmayne as: Dug (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Release: 2018
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.


TOP 13: Powder Blue

Eddie Redmayne as: Qwerty Doolittle
Genre: Drama
Release: 2009
On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.


TOP 12: The Yellow Handkerchief

Eddie Redmayne as: Gordy
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2009
A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.

TOP 11: The Good Shepherd

Eddie Redmayne as: Edward Wilson Jr.
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Release: 2006
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.


TOP 10: Like Minds

Eddie Redmayne as: Alex Forbes
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2006
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.


TOP 9: The Other Boleyn Girl

Eddie Redmayne as: William Stafford
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2008
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.

TOP 8: My Week with Marilyn

Eddie Redmayne as: Colin Clark
Genre: Drama
Release: 2011
Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier is struggling to meet her many demands and acting ineptness, and Colin is intrigued by her. Colin's intrigue is met when Marilyn invites him into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty and her desire to be a great actress.


TOP 7: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Eddie Redmayne as: Anthony Babington
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Release: 2007
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard to the lives of her people.


TOP 6: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Eddie Redmayne as: Newt Scamander
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Release: 2018
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.


TOP 5: The Aeronauts

Eddie Redmayne as: James Glaisher
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Release: 2019
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.

TOP 4: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Eddie Redmayne as: Newt Scamander
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Release: 2016
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.


TOP 3: Les Misérables

Eddie Redmayne as: Marius Pontmercy
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2012
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.


TOP 2: The Danish Girl

Eddie Redmayne as: Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe
Genre: Drama
Release: 2015
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.


TOP 1: The Theory of Everything

Eddie Redmayne as: Stephen Hawking
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2014
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.


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