Barry Keoghan – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 31, 2026

Barry Keoghan has made a career of being the most unsettling person in every scene, whether a smiling wildcard or an unnervingly calm teenager. Calm with Horses has a rural crime family’s enforcer doubting his violence, ‘71 has a young British soldier stranded in Belfast, and Green Room traps a punk band at a neo-Nazi venue. Eternals, The Batman, American Animals, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Saltburn, Dunkirk and The Banshees of Inisherin round out the list.

Calm with Horses (2019)

TMDB ★ 6.8

An enforcer for a rural crime family starts questioning the violence he is asked to commit.

Directed by Nick Rowland · 1h 40m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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'71 (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A young British soldier gets separated from his unit and has to survive one night alone in hostile Belfast during the Troubles.

Directed by Yann Demange · 1h 39m

Where to watch

Stream: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV channel, Howdy Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Eternals (2021)

TMDB ★ 6.3

A group of ancient immortals reveals itself to stop a threat older than humanity.

Directed by Chloé Zhao · 2h 36m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Green Room (2015)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A punk band is trapped backstage after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi venue.

Directed by Jeremy Saulnier · 1h 35m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Darkroom, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Batman (2022)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A grim, detective-driven Batman story that treats Gotham like an actual crime scene.

Directed by Matt Reeves · 2h 57m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, TNT, TBS, tru TV, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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American Animals (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 88% Metacritic 68

Four college students plan a real heist of rare books and badly botch it.

Directed by Bart Layton · 1h 57m · Rated R

10 wins & 22 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MUBI Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Barry Keoghan plays a teenager who curses a surgeon's family in revenge for his father's death.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos · 2h 01m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Saltburn (2023)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Barry Keoghan stars as a student whose obsession with a rich classmate follows him home for a very strange summer.

Directed by Emerald Fennell · 2h 11m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Dunkirk (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 92% Metacritic 94

The evacuation of Allied soldiers told across three overlapping timelines and vantage points.

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 1h 47m · Rated PG-13

Won 3 Oscars68 wins & 236 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A man is devastated when his lifelong best friend abruptly ends their friendship on a remote Irish island.

Directed by Martin McDonagh · 1h 54m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow · Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

Barry Keoghan – 10 Best Movies

Calm with Horses (2019)

'71 (2014)

Eternals (2021)

Green Room (2015)

The Batman (2022)

American Animals (2018)

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

Saltburn (2023)

Dunkirk (2017)

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

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