{"id":365369,"date":"2026-01-12T01:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/365369\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:32:11","slug":"whats-the-best-danny-boyle-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/365369\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the Best Danny Boyle Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Does anyone remember the\u00a0Cool Britannia\u00a0moment of the mid-nineties? A lot of you reading this may be too young to remember, but there was a time from about 1994\u20131998 when, arguably, American pop culture experienced a second British Invasion. The first, of course, was in the sixties following The Beatles appearing on\u00a0The Ed Sullivan Show, but the second was pretty impactful too, with it led by some of the best Britpop bands of the era, including Oasis and Blur. Yet films also experienced a Cool Britannia era, as young British actors began to dominate screens, and movies from the UK started to catch on in a big way.<\/p>\n

Of all the directors to emerge from that era, none has had the staying power of Danny Boyle<\/a>. When he made his first film,\u00a0Shallow Grave, in 1993, he was already a veteran TV director, having plied his trade for years, only making his film debut as he neared forty.\u00a0Shallow Grave\u00a0also marked Ewan McGregor\u2019s major film debut, and throughout the decade the two seemed destined to be one of the great filmmaker\/actor duos, with\u00a0Trainspotting\u00a0among the most iconic films of that generation (although their follow-up,\u00a0A Life Less Ordinary, was a disaster). Yet things didn\u2019t work out that way, as the relationship frayed when Boyle cast Leonardo DiCaprio instead of McGregor in his film adaptation of Alex Garland\u2019s\u00a0The Beach<\/a>. The movie was not a critical success and only did mediocre business, and many thought Boyle\u2019s time as a star director was over.<\/p>\n

Yet he bounced back with\u00a028 Days Later, which kicked off a new wave of zombie media that\u2019s still going to this day, and would focus on making highly unique movies over the next twenty years, which would run the gamut from science fiction (the underrated\u00a0Sunshine), to comedy (Yesterday), to prestige fare (Steve Jobs), with even a family movie (Millions) thrown in for good measure. He would eventually nab a Best Director Oscar for\u00a0Slumdog Millionaire, and would even finally reunite with Ewan McGregor for a\u00a0Trainspotting\u00a0sequel.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Boyle\u2019s been focused on an epic follow-up to\u00a028 Days Later, his sequel trilogy\u00a028 Years Later. The first of the three movies came out this summer and was a solid hit, while the sequel, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/a> (which he didn\u2019t direct) comes out this week. He\u2019s currently filming a movie about Rupert Murdoch called\u00a0Ink, but is poised to direct the final\u00a028 Years Later\u00a0movie sometime this year. Looking back at his filmography, we want to know which of his movies you think is the best. Take the poll below and let us know!<\/p>\n

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