Colin Farrell movies in order

In 1995, actor Colin Farrell appeared in an uncredited role in the romantic drama, Frankie Starlight. He then followed this up with another uncredited role in the 1996 drama, The Disappearance of Finbar.

After a couple of small parts, Farrell’s screen presence began to increase. It was slow at first, but as the 1990s turned into the 2000s, films such as Joel Schumacher’s Tigerland came along, as well as Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, which elevated his status.

Further high-profile movies followed and soon Farrell became a household name. Along the way he starred in some big titles, and picked up his first Academy Award nomination.

But how familiar are you with Colin Farrell’s movies? Well, if you’d like to get to know his movie portfolio a little better, this post is for you.

Below you will find details about all his movies. Moving through the decades, this post looks as his films, big and small.

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1990s and 2000s

As noted above, Colin Farrell kick-started his movie career with a couple of small, uncredited roles in the mid 1990s. From here he started to pick up a little momentum for the remainder of the decade, before moving to bigger pictures in the 2000s.

One of his first notable pictures was Tigerland for Joel Schumacher. Farrell impressed the director so much he soon cast him again in the 2002 thriller, Phone Booth.

In between these two films, Farrell starred as Jesse James in American Outlaws, before appearing alongside Bruce Willis in Hart’s War, and Tom Cruise in Minority Report. From here he would go on to play the role of Bullseye in Marvel’s Daredevil opposite Ben Affleck, before featuring in films such as Alexander, Miami Vice, and the excellent In Bruges with Brendan Gleeson.

Colin Farrell’s movies in the 1990s and 2000s included: 

• Frankie Starlight (1995)*
• The Disappearance of Finbar (1996)*
• Drinking Crude (1997)
• The War Zone (1999)
• Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
• Tigerland (2000)
• American Outlaws (2001)
• Hart’s War (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Phone Booth (2002)
• The Recruit (2003)
• Daredevil (2003)
• Veronica Guerin (2003)
• S.W.A.T. (2003)
• Intermission (2003)
• A Home at the End of the World (2004)
• Alexander (2004)
• The New World (2005)
• Ask the Dust (2006)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• Cassandra’s Dream (2007)
• In Bruges (2008)
• Pride and Glory (2008)
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
• Shell Shock (2009)
• Ondine (2009)
• Crazy Heart (2009)

*Uncredited role 

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2010s

Moving into the 2010s and Colin Farrell started the decade with The Way Back, before appearing in London Boulevard, followed by Horrible Bosses. A couple of remakes followed with Fright Night and Total Recall, before he featured in Seven Psychopaths.

Other notable films in this decade included Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and The Gentlemen. He also appeared in Tim Burton’s remake of Dumbo.

Colin Farrell’s movies in the 2010s included:

• The Way Back (2010)
• London Boulevard (2010)
• Horrible Bosses (2011)
• Fright Night (2011)
• Total Recall (2012)
• Seven Psychopaths (2012)
• Dead Man Down (2013)
• Epic (2013)**
• Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
• A New York Winter’s Tale (2014)
• Miss Julie (2014)
• The Lobster (2015)
• Solace (2015)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
• The Beguiled (2017)
• Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
• Widows (2018)
• Dumbo (2019)
• The Gentlemen (2019)

**Voice role 

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2020s

And finally, moving into the 2020s and Farrell began the decade with the family adventure movie, Artemis Fowl, before appearing in films such as Ava, and Voyagers. Then in 2022 he took on the role of the Penguin for Matt Reeves’ comic book movie, The Batman.

In 2022 Farrell re-teamed with Brendan Gleeson for The Banshees of Inisherin, which bagged him an Oscar nomination, and then in 2025 he starred alongside Margot Robbie in A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.

Colin Farrell’s movies in the 2020’s included:

• Artemis Fowl (2020)
• Ava (2020)
• Voyagers (2021)
• After Yang (2021)
• The Batman (2022)
• Thirteen Lives (2022)
• The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
• Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)

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So, those are the movies of Colin Farrell, but which are his best? Is In Bruges your top title or is Phone Booth your no. 1 choice? How about The Batman or S.W.A.T.? What about Seven Psychopaths? Or even Daredevil?

Which movie do you believe is the best of the best when it comes to Colin Farrell? And which movie would you recommend to a Colin Farrell newbie? Make your opinions known.

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Editor/Writer/Movie Watcher

Alex Wiggan

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