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  • Boyle's Slumdog wins Toronto prize - 16 September 2008
    The latest movie from Danny Boyle has won the People's Choice Award - the main prize at the Toronto Film Festival.-Slumdog Millionaire – which stars Dev Patel – is now being tipped for success at the next year's Oscars following the win.-It tells the story


  • Danny Boyle's latest to close film festival - 4 September 2008
    Danny Boyle's new movie Slumdog Millionaire has been chosen to close this year's London Film Festival.-The film – which features an all-Indian cast - focuses on an orphan who finds himself one question away from winning 20 million rupees on India's version of Wh


  • Danny Boyle: Best of British - 2 April 2007
    sh cinema doesn't manage very often. - -An impish, unpretentious Mancunian who always exudes boundless energy and curiosity, Danny Boyle had told me about the project when I interviewed him about Shallow Grave the year before, and I had gone out and read the Irvin

Danny Boyle - what members say


  • The Beach
  • The Beach review by Daniel Johnson from london, uk
    Rated - 3 stars trouble in paradise 29 June 2004
    ...nd. This is pure fantasy and you are whisked off into a wonderful journey which Danny Boyle takes us on smoothly. The reason we watch films is from escapism, and this f...  
  • Shallow Grave
  • Shallow Grave review by lloyd glater from Watford, England
    Rated - 5 stars A classic 6 April 2006
    ... own but put them together in a film with a great story and a great director in Danny Boyle and you can't go wrong. No complaints at all, highly recommended. ...  
  • 28 Days Later
  • 28 Days Later review by AndyMoore from Isle of Wight
    Rated - 2 stars A Good Zombie Film 14 October 2003
    ...turbing, violent and depressing the film is kept on course by good direction of Danny Boyle. Its definitely not a slow film. The films makes one think about ‘what if’ ...  

Danny Boyle - filmography


  • Sunshine on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Rose Byrne,  Cliff Curtis,  Chris Evans
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: 15
    It is the year 2057, the Sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth’s last hope lies with the Icarus II, a spacecraft with a crew of eight men and women led by Captain Kaneda. Their mission: to deliver a nuclear device designed to reignite our fading sun. Deep into their voyage, out of radio ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 58% from 40,312 members
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  • 28 Days Later on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Cillian Murphy,  Megan Burns,  Noah Huntley
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: 18
    TRAINSPOTTING director Danny Boyle returns to edgy form and reinvents the science-fiction/horror genre with this apocalyptic tale of viral infection and Darwinian survival. A fatal virus is unleashed on the British public following the liberation of infected chimps from a research laboratory by ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 73% from 11,830 members
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  • Trainspotting (2 discs) (1995)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Jonny Lee Miller,  Kevin McKidd
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: 18
    A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton (Ewan McGregor), a brash twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Tommy (Kevin ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 78% from 13,047 members
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  • Shallow Grave on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Ewan McGregor,  Kerry Fox
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: 18
    After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into ..read more »
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Danny Boyle facts

5 most recent films


Slumdog Millionaire - 4.5 stars
Sunshine - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Sunshine - 3.0 stars
Millions - 3.0 stars
28 Days Later - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


Trainspotting - 4.0 stars
Inspector Morse: Second Time Around - 3.5 stars
Inspector Morse: Masonic Mysteries - 3.5 stars
Inspector Morse: Cherubim And Seraphim - 3.5 stars
28 Days Later - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Slumdog Millionaire - 4.5 stars
Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise - 2.5 stars
Millions - 3.0 stars
Vacuuming Completely Nude - 3.0 stars
Strumpet - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Cillian Murphy - 4 times - show films
Christopher Eccleston - 4 times - show films
John Thaw - 3 times - show films
Kevin Whately - 3 times - show films
Ewan McGregor - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Adrian Shergold - 2 times - show films