Keira Knightley – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 6, 2026

Keira Knightley became a global star through a pirate blockbuster and has spent the years since proving she’s just as strong in corseted literary adaptations as in anything with a bigger budget. In The Imitation Game (2014): Alan Turing’s codebreaking team races to crack Enigma while hiding secrets of their own. Equally memorable is Love Actually (2003): Ten overlapping London love stories converge in the weeks before Christmas.

Never Let Me Go (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Three childhood friends slowly learn the devastating purpose behind their boarding school.

Directed by Mark Romanek · 1h 44m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Colette (2018)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A young writer's novels are published under her husband's name until she finally reclaims them.

Directed by Wash Westmoreland · 1h 52m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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The Duchess (2008)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A charismatic 18th-century duchess is trapped in a loveless, politically arranged marriage.

Directed by Saul Dibb · 1h 50m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, 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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Anna Karenina (2012)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Tolstoy's tragedy staged in a deliberately theatrical, almost literal playhouse setting.

Directed by Joe Wright · 2h 09m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Love Actually (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 65% Metacritic 55

Ten overlapping London love stories converge in the weeks before Christmas.

Directed by Richard Curtis · 2h 15m · Rated R

Won 1 BAFTA Award11 wins & 30 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A British-Indian teenager hides her football ambitions from a family that expects tradition instead.

Directed by Gurinder Chadha · 1h 52m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · 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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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 79% Metacritic 63

A blacksmith and a cursed pirate crew chase down the ship that kidnapped the governor's daughter.

Directed by Gore Verbinski · 2h 23m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 5 Oscars38 wins & 104 nominations

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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The Imitation Game (2014)

TMDB ★ 8.0

Alan Turing's codebreaking team races to crack Enigma while hiding secrets of their own.

Directed by Morten Tyldum · 1h 53m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

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Atonement (2007)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A childhood lie destroys a young couple's future and haunts the girl who told it for decades.

Directed by Joe Wright · 2h 03m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Pride & Prejudice (2005)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A fresh, muddier-boots adaptation of Austen's romance between two proud, stubborn people.

Directed by Joe Wright · 2h 08m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Britbox Apple TV channel · Rent or 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, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.

Keira Knightley – 10 Best Movies

Never Let Me Go (2010)

Colette (2018)

The Duchess (2008)

Anna Karenina (2012)

Love Actually (2003)

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

The Imitation Game (2014)

Atonement (2007)

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

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