X: First Class (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 235 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $146.41M

Lead Role: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, | Director: Matthew Vaughn,

In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start World War III.

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 233 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 96 | Earnings: $56.67M

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, | Director: Steve McQueen,

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Prometheus (2012)

Aggregate Rating: 175 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $126.46M

Lead Role: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, | Director: Ridley Scott,

Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.

Steve Jobs (2015)

Aggregate Rating: 172 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 82 | Earnings: $17.75M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, | Director: Danny Boyle,

Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Aggregate Rating: 171 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $74.26M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, | Director: Ridley Scott,

The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.

Shame (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 170 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 72 | Earnings: $4.00M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters, | Director: Steve McQueen,

A man's carefully cultivated private life is disrupted when his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 166 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 52 | Earnings: $155.33M

Lead Role: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, | Director: Bryan Singer,

After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

Jane Eyre (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 161 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $11.23M

Lead Role: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Su Elliot, | Director: Cary Fukunaga,

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Fish Tank (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 159 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $0.37M

Lead Role: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths, | Director: Andrea Arnold,

Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.

A Dangerous Method (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 155 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $5.70M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, | Director: David Cronenberg,

A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.

Frank (2014)

Aggregate Rating: 151 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 75 | Earnings: $0.64M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Moira Brooker, | Director: Lenny Abrahamson,

Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.

Slow West (2015)

Aggregate Rating: 146 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 72 | Earnings: $0.23M

Lead Role: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Aorere Paki, | Director: John Maclean,

A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.

Macbeth (2015)

Aggregate Rating: 144 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 71 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jack Madigan, Frank Madigan, | Director: Justin Kurzel,

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

The Light Between Oceans (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 137 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 60 | Earnings: $12.53M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery, | Director: Derek Cianfrance,

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.

Haywire (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 137 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 67 | Earnings: $18.93M

Lead Role: Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Angarano, | Director: Steven Soderbergh,

A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.

Centurion (2010)

Aggregate Rating: 130 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 62 | Earnings: $0.12M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Andreas Wisniewski, | Director: Neil Marshall,

A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

Aggregate Rating: 119 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 43 | Earnings: $65.85M

Lead Role: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, | Director: Simon Kinberg,

Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.

Song to Song (2017)

Aggregate Rating: 115 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 54 | Earnings: $0.44M

Lead Role: Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, | Director: Terrence Malick,

Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.

Assassin's Creed (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 115 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 36 | Earnings: $54.65M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, | Director: Justin Kurzel,

Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.

The Counselor (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 111 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 48 | Earnings: $16.97M

Lead Role: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, | Director: Ridley Scott,

A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.