Alive 1993  R, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Marshall
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay, John Haymes Newton, David Kriegel, Illeana Douglas, John Malkovich, Kevin Breznahan, Jack Noseworthy
Cannibalism is practiced by the Uruguayan rugby team when they fight for survival in the Andes Mountains following their airplane crash.
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 Assault on Precinct 13 2005  R, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jean-Francois Richet
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello, Ja Rule, Drea de Matteo, Matt Craven, John Leguizamo, Brian Dennehy, Gabriel Byrne, Aisha Hinds, Fulvio Cecere, Kim Coates, Currie Graham, Peter Bryant, Hugh Dillon
In the midst of a blizzard, four prisoners–Beck (John Leguizamo), Smiley (Ja Rule), Anna (Aisha Hinds), and crime lord Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne)–are delivered to Precinct 13 in Detroit on New Year's Eve. A SWAT team is concerned that Bishop will testify against their chief Marcus Duvall (Gabriel Byrne), and the team arrives at the isolated police station plotting to destroy Duvall. Landlines are cut, and cell-phone channels are cut off. Inside the station, in an effort to survive, Sergeant Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke) and his staff–Jasper O'Shea (Brian Dennehy) and Iris Ferry (Drea de Matteo)–are forced into becoming allies with the prisoners to fight off the assault.
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 Before Sunrise 1995 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Erni Mangold, Dominik Castell, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Poschl, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Tex Rubinowitz, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Harold Waiglein
After meeting on a train, American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and a French university student, Celene (Julie Delpy), spend a night walking around Vienna.
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Before Sunset 2004 R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres, Rodolphe Pauly, Mariane Plasteig, Diabolo, Albert Delpy, Marie Pillet, Denis Evrard
In this sequel to Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" (1995), nine years have passed since Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) separated at a Vienna train station after spending one memorable evening together. Now, Jesse is in Paris promoting his new novel that happens to be written about that special evening with Celine. They experience a chance meeting at the bookstore, slip off for one hour, and the feelings come rushing back. A Best Writing Academy Award nomination was received.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Brian F. O'Byrne, Blaine Horton, Arija Bareikis, Leonardo Cimino, Lee Wilkof, Damon Gupton, Adrian Martinez
Although both work for a Manhattan real-estate firm, brothers Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke) desperately need money. Their solution: rob their parents' (Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris) jewelry store. They can take the jewels and sell them, and their parents can collect on the insurance. Thus, nobody loses. But as the story continues, flashbacks reveal a multitude of family problems–including Hank sleeping with Andy's wife (Marisa Tomei)–and the planned robbery is destined to trigger the family's final collision course.
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Chelsea Walls 2001  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ethan Hawke
Cast: Rosario Dawson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Sean Leonard, Natasha Richardson, Uma Thurman, Mark Webber, Steve Zahn, Tuesday Weld, Kevin Corrigan
During one single day in NYC at the Chelsea Hotel, 30-some residents–would-be artists, musicians, and writers–play out their own stories as part of the big picture behind the hotel that has housed the likes of Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt, and Bob Dylan.
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 Dead Poets Society 1989 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith, James Waterston, Carla Belver, Leon Pownall, George Martin, Joe Aufiery
An interesting, unconventional literature teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams), in "the best prep school in America" challenges his students to question conventional views. A great performance by Williams, who was nominated for an Oscar. The film also received nominations for Best Picture and Director, and won for Best Writing.
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Explorers 1985 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Dick Miller, James Cromwell, Dana Ivey, Bobby Fite, Meshach Taylor, Danny Nucci, Bradley Gregg, Georg Olden, Chance Schwass, Taliesin Jaffe, Brooke Bundy
In this sci-fi family-oriented tale about aliens in outer space, Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke), Wolfgang Muller (River Phoenix), and Darren Woods (Jason Presson) are given the chance of a lifetime: young boys blasting off on their own starship to encounter unknown beings.
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Fast Food Nation 2006 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama, Patricia Arquette, Luis Guzman, Ashley Johnson, Bobby Cannavale, Ana Claudia Talancon, Bruce Willis, Kris Kristofferson, Ethan Hawke, Lou Taylor Pucci, Paul Dano, Avril Lavigne
Inspired by Eric Schlosser's best seller that exposed problems with America's fast food industry, this is a fictionalized account that involves characters and situations depicting the concerns expressed in Schlosser's muckraking book. The story begins with fast food ("Mickey's") executive Don Anderson (Greg Kinnear) journeying into Colorado to examine where his burgers really come from. On his trip, he touches the lives of those who have jobs in the meat packing plants–Raul (Wilmer Valderrama), Sylvia (Catalina Sandino Moreno), and Coco (Ana Claudia Talancon)–as well as restaurant workers–Amber (Ashley Johnson) and Mike (Bobby Cannavale)–and gains insights concerning health risks involved in the fast food industry.
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Floundering 1994 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter McCarthy
Cast: James LeGros, John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Maritza Rivera, Ebbe Roe Smith, Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton, Nelson Lyon, Jo Harvey Allen, Viggo Mortensen
John (James LeGros) is in his thirties, unemployed, and still trying to decide what to do with his life. Various characters come in and out of this life–set in post Rodney King-induced riots in L.A.–representing people from that era. He falls even farther down in the mire when he joins a group of reactionaries. This politically left-leaning non-story has its roots in the attitudes of the poor people of L.A. and shows right-wingers as people to hate.
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 Gattaca 1997 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Gore Vidal, Xander Berkeley, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Elias Koteas, Jayne Brook, Tony Shalhoub, Blair Underwood, Maya Rudolph, Una Damon, Elizabeth Dennehy
This science fiction fable contemplates a world in which genetic engineering is used to achieve human perfection. Vincent (Ethan Hawke) was born with a heart defect but will sacrifice almost anything to be employed at the Gattaca Corp. where he could achieve his dream: flying to the edge of the solar system. To get his foot in the door, Vincent assumes the identity of an athlete, Jerome (Jude Law). All goes well–until the head of Gattaca is murdered, and fingerprints are requested from all employees.
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 Great Expectations 1998 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Josh Mostel, Kim Dickens, Nell Campbell, Gabriel Mann, Jeremy James Kissner, Raquel Beaudene, Stephen Spinella, Marla Sucharetza, Isabelle Anderson
Charles Dickens' classic is modernized in this story of Finnegan Bell's (Ethan Hawke and Jeremy James Kissner as young Finnegan) love for Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow and Raquel Beaudene as young Estella). He has loved Estella since childhood despite the differences in their upbringings and expectations. Now, Pip learns that a mysterious benefactor Lustig (Robert De Niro) has provided him with wealth, and Pip takes on the role of "gentleman" in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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 Hamlet 2000 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard, Diane Venora, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Karl Geary, Paula Malcomson, Steve Zahn, Dechen Thurman, Rome Neal, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Bartel, Casey Affleck
This Shakespeare classic is updated. The year is 2000 and set in hi-tech corporate America at the multinational conglomerate Denwick Corporation in Manhattan. Hamlet (Ethan Hawke) is struggling as a young filmmaker in New York City trying to gain control in his deceased father's company while also dealing with his mother Gertrude's (Diane Venora) marriage to her brother-in-law Claudius (Kyle MacLachlan). His father's Ghost (Sam Shepard) appears and wants Hamlet to be kind to Gertrude but to get revenge against Claudius who killed him. Once again, Shakespeare's drama proves timeless.
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The Jimmy Show 2001  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Whaley
Cast: Frank Whaley, Carla Gugino, Lynn Cohen, Ethan Hawke, Rachel Stern, Robert Whaley, Mitchell Greenberg, Jillian Stacom, Heather Bucha, John Elsen, Spelman M. Beaubrun
When nothing else in his life seems to be on track, Jimmy O'Brien (Frank Whaley) opts for a career as a standup comic through which he can vent his frustrations. But the result of his efforts is more heckles than laughter, and his life continues its downward spiral.
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Joe the King 1999 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Whaley
Cast: Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Austin Pendleton, Max Ligosh, James Costa, Raymond DeFelitta, Camryn Manheim
Joe Henry (Noah Fleiss) is only 14-years old and is already into a life of petty crime, which he sees as the solution for dealing with his miserable existence. He uses stolen money to pay off family debts and buy food as he struggles to survive in the reality of his circumstances.
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A Midnight Clear 1991 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keith Gordon
Cast: Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, John C. McGinley, Larry Joshua, Curt Lowens, Rachel Griffin, David Jensen
An American intelligence group is on reconnaissance in the Ardennes Forest during World War II. They come upon a group of German soldiers who would rather have snowball fights and exchange Christmas gifts than wage war. But tragedy strikes in this good film that demonstrates the futility of war.
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Mystery Date 1991 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Wacks
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara, Fisher Stevens, B.D. Wong, Tony Rosato, Don S. Davis, James Hong, Victor Wong, Ping Wu, Duncan Fraser, Jerry Wasserman
Tom (Ethan Hawke), a shy teen, does not have the courage to ask next door neighbor Geena (Teri Polo) out on a date. But his handsome, successful older brother, Craig (Brian McNamara), does a make-over on Tom; Craig even calls Geena on Tom's behalf and provides his sports car for their evening pleasure. Events turn weird when people react to the couple, thinking that Tom is Craig, which is followed by finding a corpse in the trunk of Craig's car.
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New York, I Love You 2009 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Christina Ricci, Andy Garcia, Cloris Leachman, Julie Christie, Eddie D'vir, Bradley Cooper, Blake Lively, Orlando Bloom, Robin Wright Penn, Drea de Matteo, Ethan Hawke, John Hurt, James Caan
In this tribute to New York City, vignettes are presented with an all-star cast. Different characters are shown in stories about looking for connections and love in a variety of neighborhoods. The result is a good collaboration of respected directors and actors whose stories unfold in and around New York City.
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The Newton Boys 1998 PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Western
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Gail Cronauer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Julianna Margulies, Jena Karam, Dwight Yoakam, Casey McAuliffe, Charles Gunning
The Newton brothers–Willis, Joe, Jess, and Dock (Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, and Vincent D'Onofrio)–were bank robbers in the 1920s. This is the story of their "achievement" in executing the greatest train robbery in American history.
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Reality Bites 1994 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn, Swoosie Kurtz, Joe Don Baker, John Mahoney, Keith David, Anne Meara, Renee Zellweger, Barry Del Sherman, Andy Dick, Harry O'Reilly, Susan Norfleet
Lelaina (Winona Ryder) was valedictorian of her college class and is working at a Houston television station–a glamorous job, but the pay is low. She and her friends represent the 1990s generation of graduates who really thought that hard work and good grades were all they needed to find good jobs. They do not pound pavement nor do they sit and wait for anyone else to open doors to their futures.
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Search and Destroy 1995 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Salle
Cast: Griffin Dunne, Illeana Douglas, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Robert Knepper, Martin Scorsese, Rosanna Arquette, Tahnee Welch, Ethan Hawke
An enterprising (albeit inept) businessman (Griffin Dunne) plans to make money by turning an evangelist's (Dennis Hopper) book into a movie, but nothing seems to go right.
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Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Richard Jenkins, Youki Kudoh, James Rebhorn, Max von Sydow, Sam Shepard, Rick Yune, Zeljko Ivanek, Jan Rubes
Flashbacks abound in this adaptation of David Guterson's novel about a 1950s courtroom drama in which a Japanese American, Kazuo Miyamoto (Rick Yune) is on trial for murder. A reporter, Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke), begins his own investigation and comes up with facts that neither the defense attorney (Max von Sydow) nor the prosecutor (James Rebhorn) are bringing out. But, Chambers' own World War II prejudices also stand in the way of the truth.
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 Taking Lives 2004 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez, Tcheky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Paul Dano, Justin Chatwin, Andre Lacoste, Billy Two Rivers, Richard Lemire
FBI agent Illeana (Angelina Jolie) is summoned to Canada to help Montreal police officers solve a murder. During the investigation, Illeana determines that the person they are looking for is really a serial killer who has been assuming the identities of his latest victims.
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 Tape 2001 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman
Vince (Ethan Hawke) and Johnny (Robert Sean Leonard) reunite in Michigan and philosophize about John's alleged date rape of Amy (Uma Thurman) during their high-school days 10 years before. Later that evening they are joined by Amy who has her own selective memories of what happened.
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 Training Day 2001 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray, Eva Mendes, Charlotte Ayanna, Harris Yulin, Raymond J. Barry
Training day holds more than a few tense moments for rookie LAPD cop Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) as he struggles his first day on the job. Heading up Hoyt's training is department head Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) who has his own share of demons with which to contend. Intense. Denzel Washington won an Oscar for Best Actor, and Ethan Hawke received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Velocity of Gary 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dan Ireland
Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Thomas Jane, Salma Hayek, Olivia d'Abo, Chad Lindberg, Lucky Luciano, Shawn Michael Howard, Ethan Hawke, Tzi Ma, Jason Cutler
Valentino (Vincent D'Onofrio) is a well-known porn actor and member of a bisexual triangle. When Valentino discovers that he has contracted AIDS, his lovers–Mary Carmen (Salma Hayek) and Gary (Thomas Jane)–must look at their own lives and make decisions for the future.
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Waking Life 2001 R, 99 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Wiley Wiggins, Trevor Jack Brooks, Robert C. Solomon, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Charles Gunning, David Sosa, Alex Jones, Nicky Katt, Carol Dawson, Bill Wise, Caveh Zahedi
Superb computer-animation (filmed as live action then digitally transferred to computers) is used to project philosophical musings of the film's young hero (Wiley Wiggins) who can't seem to figure out if he is awake, dreaming, or even dead. Fascinating.
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Waterland 1992 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Lena Headey, Grant Warnock, Ethan Hawke, John Heard, Pete Postlethwaite, Cara Buono
Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) is an Englishman who suffers a nervous breakdown while teaching history in Pittsburgh. Failing to reach his disinterested students, he sends them the wrong message, but, at the same time, uncovers his wife Mary's (Sinead Cusack) secret past experiences.
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White Fang 1991 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ethan Hawke, Seymour Cassel, James Remar, Susan Hogan, Bill Moseley, Clint Youngreen, Pius Savage, Aaron Hotch, Charles Jimmie Sr., Clifford Fossman, Irvin Sogge, Tom Fallon, Dick Mackey, Suzanne Kent
This Disney production, based on Jack London's classic story, is set in Alaska and is the tale of young Jack Conroy's (Ethan Hawke) adventures while searching for his father's lost gold mine. Along the way, Jack rescues a mixed dogwolf, White Fang, that, by story's end, saves Jack and the gold.
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| 1. Alive (1993)
2. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
3. Before Sunrise (1995)
4. Before Sunset (2004)
5. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
6. Chelsea Walls (2001)
7. Dad (1989)
8. Dead Poets Society (1989)
9. Explorers (1985)
10. Fast Food Nation (2006)
11. Floundering (1994)
12. Gattaca (1997)
13. Great Expectations (1998)
14. Hamlet (2000)
15. The Jimmy Show (2001)
16. Joe the King (1999)
17. A Midnight Clear (1991)
18. Mystery Date (1991)
19. New York, I Love You (2009)
20. The Newton Boys (1998)
21. Reality Bites (1994)
22. Rich in Love (1993)
23. Search and Destroy (1995)
24. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
25. Taking Lives (2004)
26. Tape (2001)
27. Training Day (2001)
28. The Velocity of Gary (1998)
29. Waking Life (2001)
30. Waterland (1992)
31. White Fang (1991)
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