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The Best David Tennant Movies
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List of the best David Tennant movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. David Tennant's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top David Tennant movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated David Tennant movies will be at the top of the list. David Tennant has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest David Tennant movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining David Tennant films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best David Tennant role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest David Tennant performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
List films include Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger, L.A. Without a Map and many additional films as well.
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1Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Mike Newell
The fourth movie in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returning for his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with his friends, Ron (Rupert Grint)Â ...more
2Kelly Macdonald, David Tennant, Alice Eve- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Sheree Folkson
A local woman (Kelly Macdonald) is hired to draw paparazzi away from a Hollywood actress (Alice Eve) who has come to Scotland to get married.- 3David Tennant, Claire Goose, Kate Ashfield
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Christopher Menaul
Secret Smile is a British drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005. It is set in Acton, London and is based on the Nicci French book of the same name, directed by Christopher Menaul ...more - 4Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Christopher Sanders, Dean DeBlois
Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is a Norse teenager from the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. His progressive views and weird sense of humor make him a misfit, despite the fact that his ...more - 5Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Craig Gillespie
Charley (Anton Yelchin) is a high-school senior who's in with the "in" crowd and dating Amy (Imogen Poots), the most sought-after gal on campus. But trouble enters his world in the form of Jerry ...more - 6David Tennant, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Philip Martin
Einstein and Eddington is a British single drama produced by Company Pictures and the BBC, in association with HBO. It featured David Tennant as British scientist Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, and ...more ![The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!]()
7Salma Hayek, David Tennant, Hugh Grant- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Pirates! is a 2012 animation, adventure and family film written by Gideon Defoe and directed by Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt.![Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger]()
8David Tennant, Joanna Page, Jessica Hynes- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Debbie Isitt
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger is a British film written and directed by Debbie Isitt, an improvised Christmas comedy and sequel to the 2009 film Nativity! The film stars David Tennant playing the ...more![Learners]()
9David Tennant, Jessica Hynes, Shaun Dingwall- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Francesca Joseph
Learners is a British comedy drama television film starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes. The film was announced by the BBC on 3 April 2007 and was broadcast on 11 November 2007. The DVD was ...more![L.A. Without a Map]()
10Johnny Depp, David Tennant, Lisa Edelstein- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Mika Kaurismäki
L.A. Without a Map is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mika Kaurismäki and written by Mika Kaurismäki and Richard Rayner, based on his novel. The film stars David Tennant, Vinessa Shaw, ...more![St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold]()
11Gemma Arterton, David Tennant, Colin Firth- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold is a 2009 comedy film directed by Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson.![Postman Pat: The Movie]()
12David Tennant, Rupert Grint, Jim Broadbent- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Mike Disa
Postman Pat: The Movie also known as Postman Pat: The Movie - You Know You're The One is a 2014 British-American-French-Indian 3D computer animated children's comedy film animated by Rubicon Group ...more![Bright Young Things]()
13Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, James McAvoy- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Stephen Fry
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes (Stephen ...more![Glorious 39]()
14Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff
A mystery surrounds a British family on the eve of World War II.![The Last September]()
15David Tennant, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Deborah Warner
The Last September is a 1999 drama film directed by Deborah Warner and written by John Banville and Elizabeth Bowen.- 16David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Rik Mayall
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Sarah Cox
The Itch of the Golden Nit is a 2011 computer animated short adventure film directed by Sarah Cox and written by Dave Ingham. ![Free Jimmy]()
17David Tennant, Woody Harrelson, Simon Pegg- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Christopher Nielsen
Free Jimmy is a 2008 Norwegian/British computer adult animated comedy film first released in Norwegian in 2006, and later in English in 2008. The film was written and directed by acclaimed Norwegian ...more![How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]()
18Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Dean DeBlois
When the sudden appearance of a female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. ...more
