Adam Curtis: movies and TV shows
Adam Curtis has 110 credits in the archive: 54 films and 56 TV series, from 1950 to 2025. Highest rated: Modern Times (9.0/10).
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Career timeline
1950 – 2025 · busiest year: 1984 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shifty | TV | 7.3 | 70 | |
| 2025 | Shifty | TV | 7.3 | 70 | |
| 2025 | Shifty | TV | 7.3 | 70 | |
| 2024 | The Way | TV | 6.0 | 69 | |
| 2024 | The Way | TV | 6.0 | 69 | |
| 2024 | The Way | TV | 6.0 | 69 | |
| 2023 | God Turn Me Into A Flower | Film | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2023 | God Turn Me Into A Flower | Film | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2022 | Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone | TV | 8.6 | 67 | |
| 2022 | Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone | TV | 8.6 | 67 | |
| 2022 | Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone | TV | 8.6 | 67 | |
| 2022 | Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone | TV | 8.6 | 67 | |
| 2021 | Can't Get You Out of My Head | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2021 | Can't Get You Out of My Head | TV | 7.8 | 66 | |
| 2021 | Can't Get You Out of My Head | TV | 7.8 | 66 | |
| 2021 | Can't Get You Out of My Head | TV | 7.8 | 66 | |
| 2020 | MK Ultra | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 2020 | MK Ultra | Film | 10.0 | 65 | |
| 2016 | HyperNormalisation | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2016 | HyperNormalisation | Film | 7.5 | 61 | |
| 2016 | HyperNormalisation | Film | 7.5 | 61 | |
| 2016 | Living in an Unreal World | Film | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 2016 | Living in an Unreal World | Film | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Bitter Lake | Narrator | Film | 7.6 | 60 |
| 2015 | Bitter Lake | Film | 7.6 | 60 | |
| 2015 | Bitter Lake | Film | 7.6 | 60 | |
| 2015 | Bitter Lake | Film | 7.6 | 60 | |
| 2014 | "Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2014 | "Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War | Film | 7.2 | 59 | |
| 2014 | "Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War | Film | 7.2 | 59 | |
| 2011 | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 56 |
| 2011 | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | TV | 8.3 | 56 | |
| 2011 | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | TV | 8.3 | 56 | |
| 2011 | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | TV | 8.3 | 56 | |
| 2011 | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | TV | 8.3 | 56 | |
| 2011 | Every Day Is Like Sunday | Narrator | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 2011 | Every Day Is Like Sunday | Film | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 2011 | Every Day Is Like Sunday | Film | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Paranoia | Director | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | Paranoia | Film | 6.0 | 55 | |
| 2010 | Paranoia | Film | 6.0 | 55 | |
| 2010 | Murdoch's Revolution | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2009 | Newswipe with Charlie Brooker | TV | 7.7 | 54 | |
| 2009 | It Felt Like a Kiss | Film | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 2009 | It Felt Like a Kiss | Film | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 2009 | It Felt Like a Kiss | Film | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 2009 | It Felt Like a Kiss | Film | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 2009 | The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 2009 | The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 2007 | The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2007 | The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom | TV | 8.0 | 52 | |
| 2007 | The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom | TV | 8.0 | 52 | |
| 2007 | Adam Curtis: Shorts | TV | — | 52 | |
| 2007 | Adam Curtis: Shorts | TV | — | 52 | |
| 2007 | The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist | Film | 6.3 | 52 | |
| 2007 | The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist | Film | 6.3 | 52 | |
| 2004 | The Power of Nightmares | Narrator | TV | 8.1 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Power of Nightmares | self | TV | 8.1 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Power of Nightmares | TV | 8.1 | 49 | |
| 2004 | The Power of Nightmares | TV | 8.1 | 49 | |
| 2004 | The Power of Nightmares | TV | 8.1 | 49 | |
| 2002 | The Century of the Self | Narrator | TV | 8.4 | 47 |
| 2002 | The Century of the Self | TV | 8.4 | 47 | |
| 2002 | The Century of the Self | TV | 8.4 | 47 | |
| 2002 | The Century of the Self | TV | 8.4 | 47 | |
| 2002 | The Century of the Self | TV | 8.4 | 47 | |
| 1999 | The Mayfair Set | TV | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1999 | The Mayfair Set | TV | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1998 | Fishtank | Film | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1997 | Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1997 | Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh | Film | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1997 | Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh | Film | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1996 | £830,000,000 - Nick Leeson and the Fall of the House of Barings | Film | 7.7 | 41 | |
| 1995 | Modern Times | TV | 9.0 | 40 | |
| 1995 | The Living Dead | Narrator | TV | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1995 | The Living Dead | TV | 7.1 | 40 | |
| 1995 | The Living Dead | TV | 7.1 | 40 | |
| 1995 | Tattoo | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1992 | Pandora's Box | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1992 | Pandora's Box | TV | 7.4 | 37 | |
| 1992 | Pandora's Box | TV | 7.4 | 37 | |
| 1992 | Pandora's Box | TV | 7.4 | 37 | |
| 1992 | Pandora's Box | TV | 7.4 | 37 | |
| 1989 | The Road to Terror | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1989 | The Kingdom of Fun | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1989 | The Kingdom of Fun | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1988 | An Ocean Apart | TV | 6.7 | 33 | |
| 1988 | An Ocean Apart | TV | 6.7 | 33 | |
| 1988 | An Ocean Apart | TV | 6.7 | 33 | |
| 1987 | Bombay Hotel | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1984 | The Mayor of Montemilone | Film | 5.0 | 29 | |
| 1984 | The Mayor of Montemilone | Film | 5.0 | 29 | |
| 1984 | Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster | Film | 6.6 | 29 | |
| 1984 | Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster | Film | 6.6 | 29 | |
| 1984 | The Cost of Treachery | Film | 1.0 | 29 | |
| 1984 | The Cost of Treachery | Film | 1.0 | 29 | |
| 1984 | The Cost of Treachery | Film | 1.0 | 29 | |
| 1984 | Italians | TV | — | 29 | |
| 1983 | Just Another Day | TV | — | 28 | |
| 1983 | Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1983 | The Seaside | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1983 | Selfridges | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1983 | Selfridges | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1982 | Wedding Day - Not only Charles and Diana... | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1981 | 40 Minutes | TV | 6.4 | 26 | |
| 1977 | Out of Court | TV | — | 22 | |
| 1974 | Inside Story | TV | 4.0 | 19 | |
| 1974 | Inside Story | TV | 4.0 | 19 | |
| 1950 | The Trap | TV | 7.0 | 4 |