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Best Kyle Chandler movies

We present our ranking of the best Kyle Chandler 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 Kyle Chandler.

TOP 17: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Kyle Chandler as: John Driscoll
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 2008
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.


TOP 16: Broken City

Kyle Chandler as: Paul Andrews
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Release: 2013
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.

TOP 15: Mulholland Falls

Kyle Chandler as: Captain
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Release: 1996
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.


TOP 14: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Kyle Chandler as: Mark Russell
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Release: 2019
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species - thought to be mere myths - rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.


TOP 13: The Spectacular Now

Kyle Chandler as: Tommy Keely
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2013
Sutter, a popular party animal unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

TOP 12: The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Kyle Chandler as: The Searcher
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Release: 2017
Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.


TOP 11: The Kingdom

Kyle Chandler as: Francis Manner
Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama
Release: 2007
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.


TOP 10: Super 8

Kyle Chandler as: Jackson Lamb
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 2011
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.

TOP 9: King Kong

Kyle Chandler as: Bruce Baxter
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Release: 2005
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.


TOP 8: Zero Dark Thirty

Kyle Chandler as: Joseph Bradley
Genre: Thriller, Drama, History
Release: 2012
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.


TOP 7: Game Night

Kyle Chandler as: Brooks Davis
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Release: 2018
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.

TOP 6: First Man

Kyle Chandler as: Deke Slayton
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2018
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.


TOP 5: Argo

Kyle Chandler as: Hamilton Jordan
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 2012
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.


TOP 4: Carol

Kyle Chandler as: Harge Aird
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2015
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.


TOP 3: Manchester by the Sea

Kyle Chandler as: Joe Chandler
Genre: Drama
Release: 2016
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

TOP 2: Pure Country

Kyle Chandler as: Buddy Jackson
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Release: 1992
Dusty Chandler (Strait) is a super star in the country music world, but his shows have the style of a '70s rock concert. One day he takes a walk - out of his overdone concerts to find his real country roots. He's helped and hindered by friends and staff, but pushes on in his search for a real music style as well as a real romance.


TOP 1: The Wolf of Wall Street

Kyle Chandler as: Agent Patrick Denham
Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy
Release: 2013
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.


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