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Sam Riley - what members say


  • Control
  • Control review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 3.0 stars Control 6 October 2007
    ...s lead role. Resisting casting a known actor Corbijn has settled on 27-year-old Sam Riley whose only previous acting had been on TV and in a small part as Mark E Smith i...   Read customer review
  • Franklyn
  • Franklyn review by raptor1217 from Wednesbury
    Rated - 1.0 stars Franklyn: Frankly Rubbish 13 September 2009
    ..., and the other three in London a suicidal moaning Eva Green, some jilted bloke(Sam Riley) and a religious father(Bernard Hill) looking for his soldier son missing since...   Read customer review
  • Brighton Rock
  • Brighton Rock review by Samoza from
    Rated - 2.5 stars Brighton Crocked 29 September 2011
    ...of ‘Brighton Rock’ alone? Perhaps this 2010 version will be different? Starring Sam Riley, Helen Mirren and the fast rising Andrea Riseborough, it certainly as the actin...   Read customer review

Sam Riley - filmography


  • Brighton Rock on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sam Riley,  Andrea Riseborough,  Helen Mirren
    Director: Rowan Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 11,637 members
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  • Brighton Rock - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Sam Riley,  Andrea Riseborough,  Helen Mirren
    Director: Rowan Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,718 members
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  • Control on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Sam Riley,  Samantha Morton,  Craig Parkinson
    Director: Anton Corbijn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A profile of Ian Curtis (Riley), the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 31,334 members
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Sam Riley facts

5 most recent films

Brighton Rock - 3.0 stars
Brighton Rock - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Franklyn - 2.5 stars
Franklyn - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Shadow Play - The Making of Anton Corbijn - 0.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Control - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Control - 3.5 stars
Brighton Rock - 3.0 stars
Brighton Rock - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Franklyn - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Shadow Play - The Making of Anton Corbijn - 0.5 stars
Franklyn - 2.5 stars
Franklyn - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Brighton Rock - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Brighton Rock - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Samantha Morton - 3 times - show films
Craig Parkinson - 3 times - show films
Chris Wilson - 2 times - show films
Steven Robertson - 2 times - show films
Bernard Hill - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Anton Corbijn - 3 times - show films
Rowan Joffe - 2 times - show films
Gerald McMorrow - 2 times - show films
Josh Whiteman - 1 times - show films