Top 10 Best Movies of Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield has created a reputation for himself in Hollywood over the last decade by playing characters ranging from the fictitious web-slinger Spider-Man ... read more...in The Amazing Spider-Man flicks to real-life televangelist Jim Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Let's find out the Top 10 Best Movies of Andrew Garfield below!
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Spider-Man: No Way Home is a 2021 American superhero film co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios and released by Sony Pictures Releasing, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It is the 27th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) (MCU). Following the public revelation of his identity as Spider-Man at the end of Far From Home, Parker asks Dr. Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch) to utilize magic to keep his identity as Spider-Man a secret once more. The multiverse is split open when the magic goes wrong, allowing visitors from other worlds to enter Parker's universe.
Critics complimented the plot, directing, action sequences, and the cast's performances and chemistry, and the film received positive reviews. No Way Home has made more than $1.8 billion worldwide, surpassing its predecessor as Sony Pictures' highest-grossing film. It broke multiple box office records, including those for films released during the COVID-19 pandemic, and became the highest-grossing film of 2021, the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time, and the highest-grossing Spider-Man film.
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Directed by: Jon Watts
Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon
Release dates: December 13, 2021 (Fox Village Theatre)/December 17, 2021 (United States)
Running time: 148 minutes -
Based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector, Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 historical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan. The film follows Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who refused to carry or use any weapon or firearm during World War II because he was a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. During the Battle of Okinawa, Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor for service above and beyond the call of duty.
Hacksaw Ridge was well-received by critics, with Gibson's directing and Garfield's acting receiving special mention. It was largely regarded as a comeback for Gibson, whose career had been in the fall as a result of many issues surrounding the filmmaker. At the 89th Academy Awards, the picture got six nominations. It was also got Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.
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Directed by: Mel Gibson
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer
Release dates: September 4, 2016 (Venice)/November 3, 2016 (Australia)/November 4, 2016 (United States)
Running time: 139 minutes -
The Social Network is a biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin that was released in 2010. It portrays the establishment of the social networking website Facebook and the ensuing litigation, based on Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires. As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg develops the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the Zuckerberg twins, who say he stole their concept, and by a co-founder who was eventually forced out of the company.
Since its first release, The Social Network has maintained a solid reputation among reviewers, and it is frequently ranked as one of the best films of its decade and century. Sorkin's screenplay was named the third-best of the twenty-first century by the Writers Guild of America. While there has been no official sequel announcement, Sorkin has publicly expressed interest in writing a script for one if Fincher returns to direct.
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Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer
Release dates: September 24, 2010 (NYFF)/October 1, 2010 (United States)
Running time: 120 minutes -
Boy A is a 2007 British drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Mark O'Rowe, based on Jonathan Trigell's 2004 novel of the same name. After several years in jail, a young man is freed and given a new identity in a new community. He gets a job and friends with the help of a supervisor who becomes like a father to him, and he cautiously begins a relationship with a sympathetic girl. However, the secret of the heinous crime he did as a child weighs heavily on him, and he finds that escaping your past is not so simple.
On September 8, 2007, Boy A had its world premiere at the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival. On November 26, 2007, it aired as a television film in the United Kingdom on Channel 4, and on July 23, 2008, it was distributed theatrically in the United States by The Weinstein Company. The film received mostly excellent reviews from reviewers, and Garfield's performance earned him a British Academy Television Award.
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Directed by: John Crowley
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan
Release dates: 8 September 2007 (TIFF)/26 November 2007 (United Kingdom)/23 July 2008 (United States)
Running time: 106 minutes -
Tick, Tick... Boom! (also stylized as tick, tick... BOOM!) is a 2021 American biographical musical drama film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It was written by Steven Levenson and is based on Jonathan Larson's stage musical of the same name, which is a semi-autobiographical drama of Larson's attempt to break into the business by composing a musical. Jon (Andrew Garfield) is a young theatrical composer who works as a waiter in a New York City café in 1990 while writing what he believes would be the next great American musical. Days before a crucial performance, Jon is under pressure from all sides. With the clock ticking away, Jon finds himself at a crossroads and must consider the question that everyone must face: What are we supposed to do with the time we have?
Tick, Tick... Boom! made its world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 10, 2021, followed by a limited theatrical release two days later and a Netflix release on November 19. Garfield's acting and Miranda's directing both earned positive reviews for the film. Garfield won multiple prizes for his performance, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
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Directed by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Vanessa Hudgens, Robin de Jesús
Release dates: November 10, 2021 (AFI Fest)/November 12, 2021 (United States)
Running time: 121 minutes -
Silence is a 2016 epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shsaku End, with a screenplay by Jay Cocks and Scorsese. The story follows two Jesuit priests in the seventeenth century who journey from Portugal to Edo-era Japan through Macau in order to find their missing master and spread Catholicism. The novel is set during a period when Japanese believers in the church were forced to flee persecution as a result of the suppression of Christianity in Japan during the Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) against the Tokugawa shogunate.
Silence was selected as one of the best ten films of the year by both the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and it was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Following The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Kundun (2001), Silence is the third of Scorsese's three films about religious people coping with spiritual issues (1997).
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Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds
Release dates: November 29, 2016 (Pontifical Oriental Institute)/ December 23, 2016 (United States)/ January 1, 2017 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 161 minutes -
Breathe is a 2017 biographical drama film written by William Nicholson and directed by Andy Serkis on his directorial debut. At the age of twenty-eight, Robin (Andrew Garfield) suffers polio and is confined to a hospital bed with just a few months to live. Robin and Diana dare to leave the hospital ward with the help of Diana's (Claire Foy) twin brothers (Tom Hollander) and inventor Teddy Hall's (Hugh Bonneville) groundbreaking ideas in order to live a full and passionate life together, raising their young son, planning to travel, and dedicating their lives to helping other polio patients.
On September 11, 2017, the film made its world premiere at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival. Bleecker Street released it in the United States on October 13, 2017, while STXinternational released it in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2017. The film earned mixed reviews at its initial release. Serkis' direction and Garfield and Foy's performances were acclaimed by critics, although others thought the film was smoothed over with romance rather than focusing on Cavendish's condition and his family's existence.
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Directed by: Andy Serkis
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, Hugh Bonneville
Release dates: 11 September 2017 (TIFF)/13 October 2017 (US)/27 October 2017 (UK)
Running time: 117 minutes -
Never Let Me Go is a British dystopian romantic tragedy film released in 2010. It is based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name. Mark Romanek directed the film, which was based on a script by Alex Garland. Ruth, Kathy, and Tommy spent their childhoods in what seems to be an ideal English boarding school. As they mature into young adults, they must come to terms with the depth of their love for one another while also preparing for the terrifying truth that awaits them.
In September 2010, Never Let Me Go had its world premiere at the 37th annual Telluride Film Festival, where the film's message was well received. The film premiered at the 54th London Film Festival and was also screened at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Never Let Me Go grossed a total of $9.5 million at the box office, with an extra $1.89 million in DVD sales. Never Let Me Go received mostly good reviews from critics, with most applauding the film's portrayals.
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Directed by: Mark Romanek
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield
Release dates: 3 September 2010 (Telluride Film Festival)/15 September 2010 (United States)/11 February 2011 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 103 minutes -
99 Homes is a 2014 American drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani and written by Bahrani and Amir Naderi. In the film, Andrew Garfield plays a destitute construction worker who unwillingly accepts a job with the nasty real-estate broker (Michael Shannon) who evicted him and his family from their house.
At the 71st Venice International Film Festival, the film competed for the Golden Lion. At the 2015 Deauville American Film Festival, it took home the Grand Prix. It was also shown in the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival's Special Presentations section. Broad Green Pictures released the film in a limited release on September 25, 2015.
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Directed by: Ramin Bahrani
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Tim Guinee, Laura Dern
Release dates: August 29, 2014 (VIFF)/October 9, 2015 (United States)
Running time: 112 minutes -
The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and named after the character's longest-running comic book series. It is the fourth theatrical Spider-Man film produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, and the first of two The Amazing Spider-Man films. It is a reboot of the franchise following Sam Raimi's 2002–2007 Spider-Man trilogy. The plot follows Parker obtains extraordinary spider-like abilities after being bitten by a genetically enhanced spider, and sets out to defend the city from the machinations of a mystery reptilian antagonist.
The film was a box office hit, grossing $758 million worldwide and ranking as the sixth highest-grossing film of the year. On May 2, 2014, a sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, was published. In the MCU film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Garfield and Ifans reprised their roles, which dealt with the concept of the multiverse and linked the film to the Raimi and Webb series.
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Directed by: Marc Webb
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary
Release dates: June 13, 2012 (Tokyo)/July 3, 2012 (United States)
Running time: 136 minutes