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Daniel Wroughton Craig began his acting career on stage before making his film debut in 1992 with ‘The Power of One.’ While his breakthrough role came on television with the 1996 serial ‘Our Friends in the North,’ it is his time as James Bond that began in 2006 with ‘Casino Royale’ that propelled him to international stardom. Daniel reprises the role in four subsequent sequels of the franchise, concluding with ‘No Time To Die‘ in 2021. His popularity has been aided by other films such as ‘Cowboys & Aliens,’ ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,’ and ‘Logan Lucky’ under his belt, as well as by leading the ‘Knives Out‘ movie series as detective Benoit Blanc. If you are looking forward to exploring his work on Netflix, the following list is tailored for you.
3. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Directed by Jon Favreau and adapted from Scott Mitchell Rosenberg’s eponymous graphic novel, ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ is set in the wild, wild West of the late nineteenth century. Daniel Craig stars as gunslinger Jake Lonergan, with no memory, who wakes up in the middle of nowhere with a mysterious metal bracelet attached to his wrist. He walks into a remote town and is identified as an outlaw, leading to his being locked up and set for transfer to a big city. However, things take a turn for the worse as alien spaceships descend on the town, and the metal bracelet demonstrates capabilities beyond anything anyone has ever imagined. He teams up with Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) to fight the extraterrestrials. You can watch the space Western action film right here.
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Directed by David Fincher, ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ is a signature Fincher-style psychological crime thriller. Adapted from Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s eponymous novel, the film revolves around two characters: investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), whose reputation hits rock bottom after a report against a wealthy businessman, Hans-Erik Wennerström (Ulf Friberg), results in a defamation case, and Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), a punk computer hacker with an idiosyncratic lifestyle. These two come face to face after industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) hires Blomkvist to look into the case of Vanger’s niece, who mysteriously disappeared 40 years ago and was, in all probability, murdered. Blomkvist hires Salander as his assistant, and the two soon develop feelings for each other while unearthing bizarre secrets of the Vanger family, which can potentially allow Blomkvist to take his revenge on Wennerström. Winner of an Academy Award, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and a National Board of Review Award, among many others, ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is a must-watch murder mystery. You can watch it here.
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1. The Knives Out Mystery Movies (2019- )
Helmed by Rian Johnson, the ‘Knives Out’ movies feature Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc. In the first movie, ‘Knives Out,’ we are introduced to the character and follow him as he investigates the death of a bestselling author while the latter’s family members bicker about the author’s will, as per which, all his fortune has gone to his nurse, Marta Cabrera. The second movie, titled ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,’ follows Blanc on a private Greek island of tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton), where the latter has invited a misfit group of friends for their annual reunion. Miles has planned an elaborate game for them to play over the vacation, in which they must solve his fictional murder. However, things turn serious when a person actually ends up dead. The third movie, titled ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ has Blanc look into the mysterious murder of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks and the deaths that follow. You can stream the movies, which are known for their gripping plots and stylized atmosphere, right here.
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