The Blue Iguana 1988  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Lafia
Cast: Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, James Russo, Pamela Gidley, Tovah Feldshuh, Dean Stockwell, Yano Anaya, Flea, Michele Seipp, Katia Schkolnik, John Durbin, Don Pedro Colley, Pedro Altamirano
This spoof on private-eye movies involves the blackmail of bounty hunter Vince Holloway (Dylan McDermott) by I.R.S. agents (Tovah Feldshuh and Dean Stockwell). Under pressure, Holloway agrees to travel to the Latin American town of El Diablo to stop the illegal transfer of $20 million between crooked banker Cora (Jessica Harper) and gangster Reno (James Russo). Double crosses reign in a very tough environment.
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 The Cowboy Way 1994 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Gregg Champion
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, Ernie Hudson, Cara Buono, Marg Helgenberger, Tomas Milian, Luis Guzman, Angel Caban, Joaquin Martinez
Two rodeo buddies (Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland) head to NYC in search of a friend who went there to smuggle his daughter in from Cuba. The two find her in a sweatshop and now must deal with the underworld characters in order to free her–using the only way they know: the "Cowboy Way."
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Destiny Turns on the Radio 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Baran
Cast: James LeGros, Dylan McDermott, Quentin Tarantino, Nancy Travis, James Belushi, Janet Carroll, David Cross, Richard Edson, Bob Goldthwait, Lisa Jane Persky
This film's main character, Johnny Destiny (Quentin Tarantino), mirrors gaudy Las Vegas as he interacts with those around him while trying to get to his place of origin. Not very good; in fact, it's bad.
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Edison 2005  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Edison Force
Director: David J. Burke
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J, Dylan McDermott, John Heard, Cary Elwes, Roselyn Sanchez, Damien Wayans, Andrew Jackson, Piper Perabo, Garfield Wilson
An intrepid cub reporter, Joshua Pollack (Justin Timberlake), uncovers a scandal involving elite super-cops, investigates, writes his story, and is promptly fired by his editor, Ashford (Morgan Freeman).
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Hamburger Hill 1987  R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Michael Dolan, Daniel O'Shea, Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance, Dylan McDermott, Tim Quill, Steven Weber, Don James, Michael A. Nickles, Harry O'Reilly, Tommy Swerdlow, Tegan West, Kieu Chinh
In 1969, between May 11th and May 20th, the 101st Airborne Division fought the Vietcong in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. The battle was later dubbed Hamburger Hill because of the heavy artillery fire that turned the troops into hamburger meat. This film documents the 11 assaults it took to gain the hill amidst the stark reality of the horrors of war.
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Hardware 1990 R, 93 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Stanley
Cast: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, William Hootkins, Iggy Pop, Mark Northover, Paul McKenzie, Lemmy, Mac McDonald, Carl McCoy, Chris McHallem, Barbara Yu Ling, Oscar James, Arnold Lee, Susie Savage
Set in a post-apocalyptic world covered by contaminated debris fields, people live in cramped dwellings eating synthetic food. The birthrate of mutants is also increasing, resulting in the use of a Cyborg force to control population. One man, Moses Baxter (Dylan McDermott), dares to venture out in the wasteland, where he picks up debris that he might be able to sell. He comes across some android parts, which he takes to his girlfriend, Jill (Stacey Travis), who welds metal art objects. But the new find is part of a Cyborg, and it rebuilds itself from the parts Jill has on hand and then begins a killing rampage.
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Home for the Holidays 1995 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jodie Foster
Cast: Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Dylan McDermott, Charles Durning, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson, Claire Danes, Austin Pendleton, Emily Ann Lloyd, Amy Yasbeck, Zack Duhame, David Strathairn, James Lecesne
Single-mom Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) comes home to Baltimore for the Thanksgiving weekend at her parents' (Charles Durning and Anne Bancroft) home. Her dysfunctional family banters their way through a neurotic nightmare of a family reunion that is not to be believed. Nevertheless, it is an enjoyable film about a larger-than-life family who survives the holiday in its own unique manner.
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 In the Line of Fire 1993  R, 123 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Mahoney, John Heard, Clyde Kusatsu, Jim Curley, Gregory Alan Williams, Sally Hughes, Tobin Bell, Steve Hytner, Steve Railsback
Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) was a favorite of President J.F. Kennedy and now is involved in a suspenseful chase of would-be assassin Mitch Leary (John Malkovich). Horrigan had not been able to forget the assassination of Kennedy, and when Leary threatens to kill the current President (Jim Curley), Harrigan takes the threat seriously and sees this as a chance to redeem himself after his failure to protect Kennedy. A cat-and-mouse game ensues. Malkovich received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Into the Badlands 1991  R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Pillsbury
Cast: Bruce Dern, Mariel Hemingway, Helen Hunt, Dylan McDermott, Lisa Pelikan, Andrew Robinson, Adam Sanchez, Jerry Gardner, Michael J. Metzger, Steven Schwartz-Hartley
This Western/Horror flick is a little strange, to say the least. Barston (Bruce Dern) is a bounty hunter searching for an outlaw. He's tough–to the point of cutting off a frostbitten toe. Other characters enter and leave the scene in this confusing mess. Interesting cast in this made-for-cable TV film.
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 Jersey Girl 1992 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Burton Morris
Cast: Jami Gertz, Dylan McDermott, Sheryl Lee, Aida Turturro, Molly Price, Star Jasper, Joseph Mazzello, Joseph Bologna, Philip Casnoff, Pat Collins, Regina Taylor, Amy Sakasitz
A loud-mouth schoolteacher from New Jersey, Sal (Dylan McDermott), meets and gets Toby's (Jami Gertz) telephone number after causing him to crash his Mercedes. He is the man of her dreams: wealthy, good looking, sophisticated. When Toby doesn't call, Sal tracks him down. Romance blooms but is short-lived for two people from very different worlds.
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 The Messengers 2007 PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, Evan&Theodore Turner, William B. Davis, Brent Briscoe, Dustin Milligan, Jodelle Ferland, Michael Daingerfield, Tatiana Maslany, Shirley McQueen, Anna Hagan, Blaine Hart
The Solomon family has left a troubled lifestyle in Chicago and has hopes of a better life on a secluded farm in North Dakota where father Roy (Dylan McDermott) and mother Denise (Penelope Ann Miller) plan to raise sunflowers. They also hope to straighten out teenage daughter Jess (Kristen Stewart) whose drinking resulted in her three-year-old brother, Ben (Evan and Theodore Turner), being hurt in a car accident that has left him mute. But plans to raise those sunflowers are beset by a big problem: Jess and Ben are seeing ghosts in their farmhouse. To make matters even more complicated, those ghosts are invisible to all but Jess and Ben, and no one believes Jess when she complains that the house is haunted.
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 Miracle on 34th Street 1994 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh, Joss Ackland, James Remar, Mara Wilson, William Windom, Robert Prosky, Simon Jones, Jane Leeves, Katherine Narducci, Mary McCormack, Alvin Greenman, Allison Janney
A Manhattan department store manager, Dorey Walker (Elizabeth Perkins), hires Kris Kringle (Richard Attenborough) to play Santa Claus for the Christmas season. He does a great job and soon claims that he is, in fact, the real Santa. When Kris is framed for an assault and threatened with being placed in an insane asylum, a lawyer Bryan Bedford (Dylan McDermott) comes to his defense. Meanwhile, Dorey's young daughter Susan (Mara Wilson) has her own doubts about Santa, but Kris changes her mind, and she convinces the judge that he also should believe that legally, at least, Santa Claus is real. After winning the case, Bryan asks Dorey to marry him, and Susan gets her Christmas wish and something to believe in.
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Party Monster 2003 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Wilmer Valderrama, Wilson Cruz, Justin Hagan, Diana Scarwid, Dylan McDermott, Marilyn Manson, Mia Kirshner, John Stamos
During the 1980s and 1990s Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin) was a very successful Club Kid party organizer who lived life in the fast lane–until he boasted on a TV talk show that he had killed his drug dealer, Angel Melendez (Wilson Cruz). Later, when Angel's body washed ashore, Alig was arrested, charged with murder, and sentenced to prison. A gruesome, true story.
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 Steel Magnolias 1989   PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor, Sam Shepard, Bill McCutcheon, Ann Wedgeworth, Jonathan Ward, Bibi Besch, Janine Turner
Strong women take care of their weak men in this film about the Southern way of life. Taken from Robert Harling's play, this is a warm-hearted, humorous, and sympathetic look at high and low points of women who see each other regularly at Truvy Jones' (Dolly Parton) beauty salon in a Louisiana town. The story involves M'Lynn (Sally Field), how she deals with her daughter Shelby's (Julia Roberts) failing health, and the relationships among the women–among them are nasty gossip Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine) and recently widowed Clairee (Olympia Dukakis)–she sees regularly at the beauty shop. Julia Roberts received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Tenants 2006 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny(2) Green
Cast: Dylan McDermott, Snoop Dogg, Rose Byrne, Seymour Cassel, Niki J. Crawford, Aldis Hodge, Linda(2) Lawson, Stephen Jared, Laz Alonso, Christopher May, Karimah Westbrook, Lamont Bentley
Harry Lesser (Dylan McDermott) has spent the last ten years writing his novel while living in an abandoned tenement building. Now, Willie Spearmint (Snoop Dogg) moves into the same building with his own plans to write a book. Not only does Harry try to offer unwanted writing advice to Willie, but he also puts moves on Willie's girlfriend, Irene (Rose Byrne). Tensions build, and trouble is inevitable.
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Texas Rangers 2001 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Dylan McDermott, Ashton Kutcher, Usher Raymond, Randy Travis, Tom Skerritt, Vincent Spano, Leonor Varela, Matt Keeslar
The Texas Rangers are recommissioned 10 years after the Civil War; it's mission: clean up the West. The story isn't much, but the scenery in this western is beautiful.
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Three to Tango 1999 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Damon Santostefano
Cast: Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott, Oliver Platt, Cylk Cozart, John C. McGinley, Bob Balaban, Deborah Rush, Kelly Rowan, Rick Gomez
Charles Newmann (Dylan McDermott) is a business tycoon who, while dealing with bids for a new contract, meets one of the bidders, Oscar Novak (Matthew Perry) and mistakenly thinks Oscar is gay. Therefore, Oscar would be the perfect person to chaperone Charles' mistress, Amy (Neve Campbell). Wrong! Guess what happens next!!
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Til There Was You 1997 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Scott Winant
Cast: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Craig Bierko, Nina Foch, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olin, Christine Ebersole, Karen Allen, Kasi Lemmons
Gwen (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and Nick (Dylan McDermott) attended the same elementary school, and their paths have crossed and re-crossed many times over the years, but they have never quite met–until NOW.
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Where Sleeping Dogs Lie 1992 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles Finch
Cast: Dylan McDermott, Charles Finch, Sharon Stone, Tom Sizemore, Ron Karabatsos, Mary Woronov, Joan Chen, Kristen Hocking, Brett Cullen, David Q. Combs
Bruce (Dylan McDermott) fails as a writer and as a real estate agent. When he is evicted from his apartment, he takes up residence in a creepy old mansion that he is to sell and takes in boarders to make ends meet. He discovers that the mansion was the scene of a series of unsolved murders several years previously, which gives him an idea: chronicle the history of the murders in a first-hand account for a book, "Diary of a Murderer." The installments become a sensation, but when one boarder desires to provide input, and the input is very precise on the murders, Bruce becomes suspicious.
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 Wonderland 2003 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: James Cox
Cast: Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott, Josh Lucas, Franky G, Tim Blake Nelson, Carrie Fisher, Eric Bogosian, Ted Levine, M.C. Gainey, Faizon Love
Looking for clues leading to the truth behind a 1981 quadruple homicide at 8763 Wonderland in Laurel Canyon is the focus of this film that is made even more interesting because one of the suspects was porn star John Holmes (Val Kilmer).
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| 1. The Blue Iguana (1988)
2. The Cowboy Way (1994)
3. Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
4. Edison (2005)
aka: Edison Force
5. Hamburger Hill (1987)
6. Hardware (1990)
7. Home for the Holidays (1995)
8. In the Line of Fire (1993)
9. Into the Badlands (1991)
10. Jersey Girl (1992)
11. The Messengers (2007)
12. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
13. Party Monster (2003)
14. Steel Magnolias (1989)
15. The Tenants (2006)
16. Texas Rangers (2001)
17. Three to Tango (1999)
18. Til There Was You (1997)
19. Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1992)
20. Wonderland (2003)
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