Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Bill Nighy

1. Doctor Who (2005– )

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.

Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Smith

Votes: 240,890

2. Love Actually (2003)

R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney

Votes: 516,174 | Gross: $59.70M

3. Arthur Christmas (2011)

PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Santa's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas Day.

Directors: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook | Stars: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Hugh Laurie

Votes: 65,353 | Gross: $46.46M

4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy

Votes: 585,788 | Gross: $295.98M

5. About Time (I) (2013)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson

Votes: 376,948 | Gross: $15.32M

6. Hot Fuzz (2007)

R | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery

A skilled London police officer, after irritating superiors with his embarrassing effectiveness, is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, as a string of grisly murders strikes the town.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy

Votes: 528,087 | Gross: $23.64M

7. Castlevania (2017–2021)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly creatures controlled by Dracula.

Stars: Richard Armitage, James Callis, Alejandra Reynoso, Theo James

Votes: 77,486

8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport

Votes: 754,699 | Gross: $423.32M

9. Shaun of the Dead (2004)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror

The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis

Votes: 584,835 | Gross: $13.54M

10. Role Play (II) (2023)

R | 100 min | Action, Thriller

Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey. She also has a secret life as an assassin for hire, a secret that her husband Dave discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play.

Director: Thomas Vincent | Stars: Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo, Bill Nighy, Connie Nielsen

Votes: 43

11. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

PG-13 | 169 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush

Votes: 682,210 | Gross: $309.42M

12. Red Nose Day Actually (2017 TV Short)

TV-PG | 15 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

After 13 years, the cast of "Love, Actually" reunites to catch up on where they are now.

Directors: Richard Curtis, Mat Whitecross | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Alexis Lynne Baumert, Marcus Brigstocke, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Votes: 6,684

13. Underworld (2003)

R | 121 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller

Selene, a vampire warrior, is entrenched in a conflict between vampires and werewolves, while falling in love with Michael, a human who is sought by werewolves for unknown reasons.

Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen

Votes: 281,817 | Gross: $51.97M

14. The Man Who Fell to Earth (2021–2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An alien arrives on earth with a mission: to learn to become human and find the one woman who can help save his species. Together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours.

Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Annelle Olaleye, Clarke Peters

Votes: 10,014

15. Living (2022)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama

In 1950s London, a humorless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.

Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Adrian Rawlins

Votes: 29,878

16. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Director: Garth Jennings | Stars: Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel

Votes: 206,134 | Gross: $51.09M

17. Emma. (2020)

PG | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Director: Autumn de Wilde | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Josh O'Connor

Votes: 60,669

18. Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.

Director: Rob Letterman | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy

Votes: 179,329 | Gross: $144.11M

19. Valkyrie (2008)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 256,171 | Gross: $83.08M

20. Made in Italy (2020)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from their late wife/mother.

Director: James D'Arcy | Stars: Yolanda Kettle, Micheál Neeson, Souad Faress, Liam Neeson

Votes: 9,816

21. Notes on a Scandal (2006)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson

Votes: 83,291 | Gross: $17.51M

22. Bergerac (1981–1991)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.

Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White

Votes: 2,164

23. The World's End (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike

Votes: 294,981 | Gross: $26.00M

24. Rango (2011)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin

Votes: 287,797 | Gross: $123.48M

25. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy

Votes: 145,415 | Gross: $65.19M

26. Total Recall (I) (2012)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.

Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale

Votes: 263,777 | Gross: $58.88M

27. The Boat That Rocked (2009)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Michael Hadley

Votes: 115,008 | Gross: $7.99M

28. Flushed Away (2006)

PG | 85 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The story of an uptown rat that gets flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new and different way of life.

Directors: David Bowers, Sam Fell | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno

Votes: 136,258 | Gross: $64.67M

29. Chalet Girl (2011)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

Former skateboard champion Kim wants to make more money after her mother's tragic death. She joins the elite posh servicing company, which sends her off to Austria.

Director: Phil Traill | Stars: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields

Votes: 26,618 | Gross: $0.00M

30. Page Eight (2011 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Johnny works for MI5. His neighbor Nancy approaches him. When his best friend and boss suddenly dies, Johnny's left to sort out things about the PM, MI5 and US.

Director: David Hare | Stars: Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Tom Hughes, Michael Gambon

Votes: 18,926

31. Minder (1979–1994)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?

Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster

Votes: 2,736

32. The First Omen (2024)

Horror | Completed

A young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

Director: Arkasha Stevenson | Stars: Bill Nighy, Ralph Ineson, Nell Tiger Free, Sonia Braga

33. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers.

Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Lesley Vickerage, Paul Hickey

Votes: 5,584

34. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever-growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. Follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.

Stars: Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy, Kevin Whately

Votes: 3,893

35. Eye of the Needle (1981)

R | 112 min | Romance, Thriller, War

A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.

Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown

Votes: 11,577 | Gross: $17.58M

36. Wrath of the Titans (2012)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike, Ralph Fiennes

Votes: 194,099 | Gross: $83.67M

37. Ordeal by Innocence (2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.

Stars: Morven Christie, Anthony Boyle, Christian Cooke, Bill Nighy

Votes: 11,055

38. I, Frankenstein (2014)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Frankenstein's creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries-old war between two immortal clans.

Director: Stuart Beattie | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Virginie Le Brun

Votes: 83,281 | Gross: $19.08M

39. Underworld: Evolution (2006)

R | 106 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller

Picking up directly from the previous movie, vampire warrior Selene and the half werewolf Michael hunt for clues to reveal the history of their races and the war between them.

Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy, Tony Curran

Votes: 207,391 | Gross: $62.32M

40. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 98,575 | Gross: $46.41M

41. The Constant Gardener (2005)

R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.

Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Hubert Koundé

Votes: 147,328 | Gross: $33.58M

42. G-Force (2009)

PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.

Director: Hoyt Yeatman | Stars: Will Arnett, Penélope Cruz, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Nighy

Votes: 49,238 | Gross: $119.44M

43. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

R | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller

A prequel centered on the origins of the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their former slaves, the Lycans.

Director: Patrick Tatopoulos | Stars: Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 166,286 | Gross: $45.80M

44. Pride (I) (2014)

R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.

Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine

Votes: 60,768

45. Astro Boy (2009)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When an android replica of a boy is rejected by his aggrieved creator, he goes off to find his own identity in an adventure that would make him the greatest hero of his time.

Director: David Bowers | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Charlize Theron

Votes: 39,256 | Gross: $19.55M

46. Wild Target (2010)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A hitman tries to retire, but a beautiful thief may change his plans.

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Rupert Everett

Votes: 39,977 | Gross: $0.12M

47. Minamata (2020)

R | 115 min | Drama

War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.

Director: Andrew Levitas | Stars: Akiko Iwase, Kogarashi Wakasugi, Johnny Depp, Katherine Jenkins

Votes: 22,448

48. The Bookshop (2017)

PG | 113 min | Drama

England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Hunter Tremayne, Honor Kneafsey

Votes: 17,108 | Gross: $1.33M

49. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

PG | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy, posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals, Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel) pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel

Votes: 35,470 | Gross: $33.08M

50. I Capture the Castle (2003)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Sophie Stuckey

Votes: 7,896 | Gross: $1.17M