47 Noah Taylor Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Inspired by writer-director Cameron Crowe's boyhood experiences, the film records the coming of age story of 15-year-old rock music enthusiast William Miller, who receives an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to write about up-and-coming band Stillwater. Despite his mother's concerns about drug usage and raunchy language, he joins the band on an enlightening tour that changes his life.

Adapted from a Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s Japanese novel, All You Need Is Kill, the movie has Major William Cage, with no fighting experience, joining a landing operation when aliens attack earth. He is killed quickly; however, caught in a time loop, he returns every time to face the same combat. With every battle, he begins to improve his skill and strives to defeat the enemies.  

Shine is a 1996 biographical drama film, which tells the story of pianist David Helfgott, who has to struggle a lot throughout his childhood due to the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father. Due to this, he suffers a mental breakdown years later, but manages to return as a legend. 

Based on Robert A. Heinlein 1959 short story All You Zombies, the movie follows the life of a temporal agent who travels back and forth in time to prevent crimes. But there is one criminal who has evaded apprehension. Now on his final task, the agent must capture the Fizzle Bomber and save numerous lives. However, it is not as simple as it seems.

Red Dog is an award-winning biographical comedy drama film which is based on the true story of a dog, who iss on a search for his long lost master. During his journey, he meets several people and becomes a beloved friend to many.

The Proposition is a Western drama film, which tells the story of a notorious outlaw, who after being apprehended by a lawman, receives a proposition. He has to kill his older brother within nine days, or his younger brother will be executed. 

While filming a documentary, oceanographer Steve Zissou loses his friend, apparently to a jaguar shark. Furious and aggrieved, he decides to kill the shark and film the process as his next documentary. Accompanying him in his expedition is his estranged wife, a German who looks up to him as his father and Ned who actually believes him to be his father.

Inspired by a true-life story and set in 1931’s Prohibition era, this movie revolves around three Bondurant brothers who run a bootlegging business in Virginia. When the brothers refuse to pay bribe to the crooked new Special Deputy, Charles Rakes, he ruthlessly chases them in search of their distillery, triggering a brutal war between the locals and the corrupt authorities. 

Based on the novel of the same name by Joe Dunthrone, the coming-of-age movie follows teenager Oliver Tate navigating his way through life while trying to have a relationship with his classmate Jordana. He is also worried about his depressed father, Lloyd, and his mother, Jill, having an affair with new-age guru, Graham. 

Flirting is a romantic drama film which tells the story of Danny, a young man who is sent to a boarding school, filled with an atmosphere of bullying and sadistic teachers. He soon meets and develops a relationship with Thandiwe, an African girl, studying at a nearby girl’s school. However, racial prejudice soon seem to threaten their relationship.

A rich playboy David meets and falls in love with Sofia. His ex-lover Julie is jealous and ends up killing herself and severely disfiguring David’s face in a car accident. Medical help and Sofia’s love appear to heal David but there are strange incidences happening which David cannot understand. Difference between reality and dream becomes difficult to discern.

Set up against a historical backdrop, the film focuses on the passionate native princess, Pocahontas. In love with John Smith, an ambitious English soldier taken prisoner by the natives, she helps him in many ways before being banished by her father. Although Smith reciprocates her love, his career is equally important to him. So, he leaves for England while Pocahontas is told that he has died. 

Eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka hides five golden tickets in random chocolate bars that will grant five children a special tour of his amazing chocolate factory. Amidst massive rush, a poor boy named Charlie manages to win the fifth ticket and is accompanied by his grandfather in this once-in-a-lifetime adventure that will change his life forever.

Max is a war drama film, based on fictional events, which revolves around a Jewish art dealer Max Rothman who develops a friendship with a young Adolf Hitler, due to both of them being war veterans and sharing an interest in art. Although he is aware of Hitler’s anti-Semitism, he feels sorry for Hitler, as he had lost everything after the war. He agrees to take some of Hitler’s paintings on a contractual basis.

The Sleeping Dictionary is a romantic drama film which tells the story of a young British officer named John Truscott who is sent to a remote village in colonial Malaysia in a mission to educate and westernize the local population. He is introduced to Selima, a native woman who is assigned to sleep with him, and acquaint him with the native language and customs. Things get complicated when the two fall for each other, but both the colonialists and the natives object to their plants to get married.

A shy and timid clerk, Simon, working in a government agency, finds his life taking an unusual turn, when a confident and charming lookalike, James, takes up a job in his workplace.  

A detective, who can enter people’s memories to investigate, takes on the case of a brilliant but troubled teen girl in order to determine if she is a murderous sociopath or a victim of trauma.  He soon finds himself drawn to her, but at the same time is suspicious of her motives.

A black-market arms deal goes outrageously wrong, and it turns into a shootout between two gangs. Justine finds herself caught in the crossfire, and is forced to navigate her way through a warehouse. 

After Will Sawyer, a security analyst, is accused of causing a fire in the safest skyscraper in the world, he must not only prove that he is innocent, but also save his family from the blazing building. 

The live-action adaptation is based on one of the most successful interactive video games featuring the titular character Lara Croft. Lara must retrieve the mysterious artifact, the Triangle of Light from the Illuminati and their agent Manfred Powell. She has to destroy it before they can use its power. 

The sequel to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider follows badass archeologist Lara Croft on her quest to find Pandora’s box which contains deadly organisms capable of killing millions. She is in a race against time to stop criminals Jonathan Reiss and Chen Lo from finding and using the box for evil. 

The New Daughter is a horror thriller film which tells the story of a single father who moves to a rural place in South Carolina, along with his two children. He is soon puzzled by his daughter's weird behavior, which becomes even more confusing over time.

In order to buy the perfect present for his aunt for her 100th birthday, Paddington takes up a job. However, unfortunately the gift ends up being stolen.