List of the best Daniel Day-Lewis movies: There Will Be Blood(2007), In the Name of the Father(1993), My Left Foot(1989), The Last of the Mohicans(1992), Phantom Thread(2017), Lincoln(2012), The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988), The Age of Innocence(1993), My Beautiful Laundrette(1985), The Crucible(1996), The Ballad of Jack and Rose(2005), Nine(2009) ... ...
Drama
USA
2007
158 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Paul Dano Kevin J. O'Connor Ciarán Hinds Dillon Freasier Sydney McCallister David Willis David Warshofsky Colton Woodward Russell Harvard
businessperson landlord son preacher god twin dark gritty small town california mansion farm oil field greed family religion oil business alcoholism rise fall
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Drama
Ireland|UK
1993
132 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Pete Postlethwaite Emma Thompson John Lynch Corin Redgrave Beatie Edney Daniel Massey Alison Crosbie
thief father barrister judge friend police detective disturbing powerful inspiring ireland courtroom prison pub injustice imprisonment false accusations father/son relationship terrorism patriotism wretched excess
A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.
Biography
Ireland|UK
1989
103 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Ray McAnally Brenda Fricker Ruth McCabe Fiona Shaw Eanna Macliam Alison Whelan Declan Croghan Hugh O'Conor Cyril Cusack
bricklayer housewife doctor sibling writer inspiring touching dublin household pub banquet hall street christy brown cerebral palsy illness debauchery rise underdog love transformation
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, History, War
USA
1992
114 Minutes
Hawkeye, Nathaniel Poe
Daniel Day-Lewis Madeleine Stowe Russell Means Eric Schweig Jodhi May Steven Waddington Wes Studi Maurice Roeves Patrice Chéreau
sister frontiersman colonel native american traitor brother thrilling powerful melodramatic new york state fort wilderness waterfall indian village adirondack mountains brotherhood changing times loyalty cross-cultural romance abduction
Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Romance, Drama
USA|UK
2017
130 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Vicky Krieps Lesley Manville Camilla Rutherford Gina McKee Brian Gleeson Harriet Sansom Harris Lujza Richter Julia Davis Jane Perry
fashion designer sister bachelor muse model heiress creative intense confident emotional passionate tense united kingdom london restaurant coast studio mansion fashion art
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|India
2012
149 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Sally Field David Strathairn Joseph Gordon-Levitt James Spader Hal Holbrook Tommy Lee Jones Lee Pace Michael Stuhlbarg David Costabile Jackie Earle Haley
president first lady son vice president military officer activist somber inspiring intense tense white house washington, d.c. battlefield government building big city abraham lincoln slavery historical events american civil war fight for justice
As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Drama
Sweden|USA
1988
171 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Juliette Binoche Lena Olin Derek de Lint Erland Josephson Pavel Landovský Donald Moffat Daniel Olbrychski Stellan Skarsgård
surgeon photographer artist professor unrestrained sultry tense prague geneva countryside polyamory prague spring warsaw pact love triangle invasion discovery escape temptation 1960s
In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
Drama
USA
1993
138 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Michelle Pfeiffer Winona Ryder Richard E. Grant Alec McCowen Geraldine Chaplin Mary Beth Hurt Miriam Margolyes Sian Phillips Michael Gough Alexis Smith
lawyer socialite countess mother passionate sultry tense new york city forbidden love scandal love triangle love social standing temptation love sacrifice 1870s
A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1985
97 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Gordon Warnecke Saeed Jaffrey Roshan Seth Derrick Branche Shirley Anne Field Rita Wolf Souad Faress
journalist entrepreneur punk drug dealer uneasy engaging laundromat london household immigration homosexuality small business drug trafficking rise love 1980s
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Drama
USA
1996
123 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Winona Ryder Paul Scofield Joan Allen Bruce Davison Rob Campbell Jeffrey Jones Peter Vaughan Karron Graves Charlayne Woodard Frances Conroy
husband wife lover young woman judge friend emotional intense courtroom salem, mass. woods deception adultery witchcraft witch hunt trial honor revenge forbidden love 17th century
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Drama
USA
2005
111 Minutes
Jack
Daniel Day-Lewis Catherine Keener Camilla Belle Beau Bridges Jason Lee Jena Malone Paul Dano Ryan McDonald Susanna Thompson Anna Mae Clinton
environmentalist daughter girlfriend son brother somber offbeat uneasy emotional island family home father/daughter relationship environmentalism family dysfunction illness incest outsider quest forbidden love 2000s
A father and daughter isolated on an island off the East Coast and living on a once-thriving commune grapple with the limits of family and sexuality.
Musical, Romance
UK|USA
2009
118 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Marion Cotillard Penélope Cruz Judi Dench Fergie Kate Hudson Nicole Kidman Sophia Loren Ricky Tognazzi Giuseppe Cederna Valerio Mastandrea
director wife mistress prostitute actress journalist creative passionate spirited venice, italy beach bar stage movie set hotel filmmaking infidelity women failure personal revelation
Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
Romance
Argentina|UK
1989
97 Minutes
Dr. Fergus O'Connell
Daniel Day-Lewis Mirjana Jokovic Gabriela Acher Julio De Grazia Ignacio Quiros Miguel Ligero
Traveling dentist O'Connell traverses South America on his motorcycle for the 'Eversmile' foundation of New Jersey, in a fight not only against caries, but also against fear, ignorance, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1988
94 Minutes
Henderson Dores
Daniel Day-Lewis Harry Dean Stanton Martha Plimpton Matthew Cowles Joan Cusack Maury Chaykin Deirdre O'Connell Will Patton Steven Wright Keith David Laurie Metcalf
A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.
Drama, History
USA|Italy
2002
168 Minutes
Bill "The Butcher" Cutting
Leonardo DiCaprio Daniel Day-Lewis Cameron Diaz Liam Neeson Jim Broadbent John C. Reilly Henry Thomas Brendan Gleeson Gary Lewis Stephen Graham Eddie Marsan
butcher immigrant pickpocket gang member sheriff love interest dark gritty tense bleak frightening new york city tunnel ship cemetery theater street violence armed conflict prostitution
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
Drama
UK
1986
115 Minutes
Cecil Vyse
Helena Bonham Carter Maggie Smith Julian Sands Denholm Elliott Daniel Day-Lewis Simon Callow Judi Dench Rosemary Leach Rupert Graves Patrick Godfrey Fabia Drake
pretty woman suitor tourist wealthy man cousin emotional passionate italy england florence small town hotel love love triangle romance travel high society love discovery 1900s
Lucy meets George in a Florence pensione and the two share a brief romance before Lucy returns home, where she becomes engaged to Cecil. However, it isn't long before George unexpectedly enters her life again.
Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|New Zealand
1984
132 Minutes
John Fryer
Mel Gibson Anthony Hopkins Laurence Olivier Edward Fox Daniel Day-Lewis Bernard Hill Liam Neeson Simon Adams
capt. william bligh fletcher christian sailor governor commander native spirited thrilling hms bounty tahiti ocean ship mutiny infatuation daunting task sailing redemption failure revenge sacrifice
Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.