Films starring Idris Elba

Three Thousand Years of Longing

By Catherine Bray

Mad Max director George Miller returns to the big screen with an adaptation of modern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.

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Beast

By Esther Rosenfield

Idris Elba is a father menaced by a killer lion in this capable but slight thriller.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2

By David Jenkins

Dashed-off sequel to the 2020 hit which makes the Chipmunks films look like Tarkovsky by comparison.

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The Harder They Fall

By Cheyenne Bunsie

Jeymes Samuel’s supremely violent revenge thriller is a bold and bloody reinvention of the movie western.

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The Suicide Squad

By Lillian Crawford

James Gunn doubles down on his crass brand of humour in this charmless, unfunny and facile franchise redo.

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Cats

By Hannah Strong

Taylor Swift, TS Eliot and Digital Fur Technology combine to disastrous effect in this feline musical folly.

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Molly’s Game

By Manuela Lazic

Jessica Chastain plays real-life high roller Molly Bloom in this goofy gambling drama from Aaron Sorkin.

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The Mountain Between Us

By Elena Lazic

Love blossoms in the wake of a plane crash in this fun romantic disaster movie with Idris Elba and Kate Winslet.

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The Dark Tower

By Elena Lazic

Idris Elba plays a cosmic gunslinger in this tame adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy saga.

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Finding Dory

By Anton Bitel

Pixar’s latest transoceanic odyssey is a pixel-perfect comedy about learning to overcome adversity and disability.

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Bastille Day

By David Jenkins

Idris Elba gets his action man on in this solid if unspectacular Parisian genre work-out.

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The Jungle Book

By Adam Woodward

Jon Favreau brings Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale crashing into the 21st century. The result is astonishing.

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Zootropolis

By Alexia Stam

Belly laughs, a cute cast and a strong social conscience – Disney’s latest animated feature has it all.

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Second Coming

By Ashley Clark

An extremely intriguing and morally ambiguous south London psychodrama from Debbie Tucker Green.

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Pacific Rim

By David Jenkins

Guillermo del Toro’s epic homage to classic-era monster movies is a triumph of consummate design and old school romanticism.

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