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Danny Boyle

English filmmaker

5.26body-of-work score · ranked #196 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
October 20, 1956 · Radcliffe
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, television producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Danny Boyle
Montclair Film · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Slumdog MillionaireMust-See #214

    2008 · United Kingdom · romance, drama, crime

    Oscar Best Picture winner 2008 · BAFTA Best Film winner 2009 · TIFF People's Choice winner 2008

    2.656 citations
  2. 2
    Trainspotting

    1996 · United Kingdom · crime, drama

    BFI Top 100 British films #10 · Empire 500 (2008) #316 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.055 citations
  3. 3
    28 Days Later

    2002 · United Kingdom · horror, sci-fi, action

    Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #53 · Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #35 · Empire 500 (2008) #456

    0.623 citations
  4. 4
    127 Hours

    2010 · United States · drama, documentary, biography

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2010

    0.451 citation
  5. 5
    Sunshine

    2007 · United Kingdom / United States · sci-fi, adventure, thriller

    Empire 500 (2008) #355

    0.181 citation
  6. 6
    Shallow Grave

    1994 · United Kingdom · crime, thriller, comedy

    Criterion Collection spine #616

    0.161 citation
  7. 7
    Millions

    2004 · United Kingdom · crime, comedy, drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 2005 #10

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.