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Best Paul Bettany movies

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TOP 25: Blood

Paul Bettany as: Joe Fairburn
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2012
Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.


TOP 24: The Tourist

Paul Bettany as: Inspector John Acheson
Genre: Action, Thriller, Romance
Release: 2010
American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elsie on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", written and directed by Jérôme Salle.

TOP 23: Inkheart

Paul Bettany as: Dustfinger
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Release: 2008
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.


TOP 22: Journey's End

Paul Bettany as: Osborne
Genre: Drama, War
Release: 2017
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.


TOP 21: The Reckoning

Paul Bettany as: Nicholas
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2003
In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they Arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman bing sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover a mystery.

TOP 20: Creation

Paul Bettany as: Charles Darwin
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2009
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.


TOP 19: Gangster No. 1

Paul Bettany as: Younger Gangster
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2000
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk, who joined Freddie Mays' gang, a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.


TOP 18: Solo: A Star Wars Story

Paul Bettany as: Dryden Vos
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2018
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

TOP 17: The Da Vinci Code

Paul Bettany as: Silas
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2006
A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.


TOP 16: Margin Call

Paul Bettany as: Will Emerson
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Release: 2011
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.


TOP 15: Iron Man 2

Paul Bettany as: J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2010
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.

TOP 14: A Knight's Tale

Paul Bettany as: Geoffrey Chaucer
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Release: 2001
William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein.


TOP 13: Legend

Paul Bettany as: Charlie Richardson
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 2015
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.


TOP 12: Iron Man 3

Paul Bettany as: J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2013
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.


TOP 11: Bent

Paul Bettany as: Captain
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Release: 1997
Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.

TOP 10: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Paul Bettany as: Dr. Stephen Maturin
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Release: 2003
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.


TOP 9: The Young Victoria

Paul Bettany as: Lord Melbourne
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Release: 2009
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.


TOP 8: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Paul Bettany as: J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice) / Vision
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2015
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.


TOP 7: Captain America: Civil War

Paul Bettany as: Vision
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2016
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.


TOP 6: The Secret Life of Bees

Paul Bettany as: T. Ray Owens
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Release: 2008
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.

TOP 5: Iron Man

Paul Bettany as: J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2008
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.


TOP 4: The Avengers

Paul Bettany as: J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2012
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!


TOP 3: Dogville

Paul Bettany as: Tom Edison
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2003
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.


TOP 2: A Beautiful Mind

Paul Bettany as: Charles Herman
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2001
John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.


TOP 1: Avengers: Infinity War

Paul Bettany as: Vision
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2018
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

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