1Shallow Grave (1994)

The Film: Danny Boyle's audacious debut is a kinetic, darkly comic delight. Three flatmates interview a new renter, then discover that he's a foul-mouthed thug who promplty gets offed, leaving a pile of cash behind. Cue jealousy, treachery and loft-hiding madness with great work from Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston and…

The Role: …Mr Ewan McGregor, making his leading man debut after a tiny role in Being Human. He makes you believe that he can turn from quippy, likeable lad to cash-nicking con-artist in no time.

Tackle Out? Nope, though he'd broken his cockular cherry the year before in miniseries The Scarlet And The Black.