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James Nesbitt

Actor · 33 credits · 19 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Frequent collaborators: Bronagh Gallagher, Conor MacNeill

Best James Nesbitt movies by genre

Movies (33 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    2012 · ★ 7.4 (19,966 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy, Action

    1

  2. Match Point

    2005 · ★ 7.4 (4,434 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Thriller

    2

  3. The Way

    2010 · ★ 7.1 (661 votes)

    Adventure, Drama

    3

  4. Bloody Sunday

    2002 · ★ 7.2 (363 votes)

    Drama, History

    4

  5. Waking Ned

    1998 · ★ 7.1 (351 votes)

    Comedy

    5

  6. Five Minutes of Heaven

    2009 · ★ 6.1 (229 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    6

  7. Millions

    2005 · ★ 6.4 (414 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    7

  8. Jude

    1996 · ★ 6.3 (149 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. Big Dippers

    2005

    Comedy, Drama

    9

  10. Virtuoso

    1989

    Drama, TV Movie

    10

  11. Welcome to Sarajevo

    1997 · ★ 6.5 (124 votes)

    War, Drama, History

    11

  12. Occupation

    2009 · ★ 7.8 (10 votes)

    Drama, War

    12

  13. Wild About Harry

    2000 · ★ 6.0 (17 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, Drama

    13

  14. The James Gang

    1997 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Comedy

    14

  15. Go Now

    1995 · ★ 6.6 (16 votes)

    Romance, Drama, TV Movie

    15

  16. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell

    1999 · ★ 5.8 (22 votes)

    Action, Adventure, War

    16

  17. Lost Lives

    2019 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. The Most Fertile Man in Ireland

    2000 · ★ 5.7 (9 votes)

    Comedy

    18

  19. Gold

    2014 · ★ 6.3 (31 votes)

    Family, Comedy, Drama

    19

  20. Lucky Break

    2001 · ★ 6.2 (38 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    20

  21. Cherrybomb

    2009 · ★ 5.5 (123 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Thriller

    21

  22. Women Talking Dirty

    2001 · ★ 5.3 (25 votes)

    Comedy

    22

  23. Love Lies Bleeding

    1993

    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

    23

  24. The Heist Before Christmas

    2023 · ★ 5.0 (16 votes)

    Family, Adventure, Fantasy

    24

  25. Alex Higgins: The People's Champion

    2010 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Blessed

    2008 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

    2013 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Quite Ugly One Morning

    2004 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    28

  29. Outcast

    2010 · ★ 5.2 (46 votes)

    Fantasy, Horror

    29

  30. James Nesbit: A Game of Two Halves

    2020

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.