James McAvoy
Filth
(2013)
Jon S. Baird, Irvine Welsh (novel)
9 wins & 12 nominations.
A corrupt, junkie cop with Borderline Personality Disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own borderline-fueled inner demons.
Split
(2016)
M. Night Shyamalan
9 wins & 22 nominations.
When three girls are kidnapped by a man with 23 different personalities, they have to work out which of those personalities will help them escape and which of those personalities will try to stop them.
Trance
(2013)
Joe Ahearne (screenplay), John Hodge (screenplay), Joe Ahearne (story)
3 wins & 3 nominations.
A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.
Wanted
(2008)
Michael Brandt (screenplay), Derek Haas (screenplay), Chris Morgan (screenplay), Michael Brandt (story), Derek Haas (story), Mark Millar (comic book series), J.G. Jones (comic book series)
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 19 nominations.
A young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. When his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan to follow in his dad's footsteps.
Welcome to the Punch
(2013)
Eran Creevy
1 win.
When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.