Every Danny Boyle Movie Ranked from Infected to Healthy
From '28 Days Later' to 'Yesterday,' Moviefone counts down the best films of director Danny Boyle's award winning career.
Director Danny Boyle for Columbia Pictures' '28 Years Later'. Photo: Anthony Ghnassia.
Director Danny Boyle is one of the most accomplished and acclaimed filmmakers of his generation.
His breakthrough film was 1996's 'Trainspotting', and he followed it up with such successful and popular movies as '28 Days Later', 'Sunshine', '127 Hours', 'Steve Jobs', 'Yesterday', and 'Slumdog Millionaire', which earned him an Oscar for Best Director.
His latest movie, '28 Years Later', which is a follow up to his 2003 Zombie classic, opens in theaters on June 20th.
In honor of the new film, Moviefone is ranking every movie Danny Boyle has ever directed, from infected to healthy.
Let's begin!
14. 'Millions' (2004)
Alex Etel in 'Millions'. Photo: Pathé Distribution.
Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?
Millions
13. 'The Beach' (2000)
Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Beach'. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
Twenty-something Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumors state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
The Beach
12. 'A Life Less Ordinary' (1997)
(L to R) Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz in 'A Life Less Ordinary'. Photo: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.
A couple of angels, O'Reilly (Holly Hunter) and Jackson (Delroy Lindo), are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine (Cameron Diaz), a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert (Ewan McGregor). Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.
A Life Less Ordinary
11. 'Shallow Grave' (1995)
(L to R) Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox and Ewan McGregor in 'Shallow Grave'. Photo: Rank Film Distributors.
When David (Christopher Eccleston), Juliet (Kerry Fox), and Alex (Ewan McGregor) find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrodes their friendship.
Shallow Grave
10. 'T2 Trainspotting' (2017)
(L to R) Ewan McGregor and Jonny Lee Miller in 'T2 Trainspotting'. Photo: TriStar Pictures.
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Spud (Ewan Bremner) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle).
T2 Trainspotting
9. '127 Hours' (2011)
James Franco in '127 Hours'. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures.
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
127 Hours
8. 'Yesterday' (2019)
Himesh Patel in 'Yesterday'. Photo: Universal Pictures.
A struggling musician (Himesh Patel) realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.
Yesterday
7. 'Trance' (2013)
(L to R) Vincent Cassel, James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson in 'Trance'. Photo:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Trance
6. '28 Years Later' (2025)
(L to R) Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son Spike (Alfie Williams) being chased on the causeway in Columbia Pictures' '28 Years Later'. Photo: Sony Pictures. © 2024 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
28 Years Later
5. 'Sunshine' (2007)
Chris Evans in 'Sunshine'. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
Sunshine
4. 'Slumdog Millionaire' (2008)
(L to R) Dev Patel and Anil Kapoor in 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Photo: Pathé Distribution.
A teenager (Dev Patel) reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'.
Slumdog Millionaire
3. 'Steve Jobs' (2015)
Michael Fassbender in 'Steve Jobs'. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Steve Jobs
2. '28 Days Later' (2003)
Cillian Murphy in 2002's '28 Days Later.' Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
28 Days Later
1. 'Trainspotting' (1996)
Ewan McGregor in 'Trainspotting'. Photo: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston) had three children (Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Luke Wilson) and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
Trainspotting
