 CQ 2001  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roman Coppola
Cast: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Elodie Bouchez, Gerard Depardieu, Massimo Ghini, Giancarlo Giannini, John Phillip Law, Jason Schwartzman, Dean Stockwell, Billy Zane
A French director (Gerard Depardieu) is making a sci-fi film but cannot seem to find an ending for his story. The solution: A young American, Paul (Jeremy Davies), who is already in Paris documenting his own life on film. The problem: Paul begins to intertwine his own life story with that of the sci-fi movie.
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Dogville 2003  R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lars von Trier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Harriet Andersson, Patricia Clarkson, Lauren Bacall, Chloe Sevigny, Jean-Marc Barr, James Caan, Blair Brown, Jeremy Davies, Ben Gazzara, Stellan Skarsgard
When a fugitive (Nicole Kidman) arrives in the village of Dogville in the Rocky Mountains, the mayor (Paul Bettany) convinces the citizens to hide her. It works for awhile–until police and gangsters arrive looking for her–and then the villagers turn on her. The symbolism of Americans accepting newcomers at first but exploiting them later prevails throughout this tale.
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The Florentine 1999  R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Nick Stagliano
Cast: Jeremy Davies, Virginia Madsen, Luke Perry, Mary Stuart Masterson, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Hal Holbrook, Tom Sizemore, James Belushi, Lillo Brancato, Maeve Quinlan, Robert Downs, Burt Young, Chris Barnes, Jill Hennessy
Whitey (Michael Madsen) owns a Pennsylvania bar where losers–Robbie (Chris Penn), Truby (Jeremy Davies), Smitty (Hal Holbrook), and Frankie (Luke Perry)–come together and brood over their sad lots in life. Whitey is deeply in debt to loan shark Joe McCullough (Burt Young) who is being distracted by Whitey's friend Robbie, but there are more problems as well. His pal Frankie has lost the cash Whitey had planned to use for his sister Molly's (Virginia Madsen) wedding, and now her ex-boyfriend (Tom Sizemore) has returned, and more problems rise to the fore. But, Smitty just may prove to be the unlikely hero in this sad state of affairs, and Smitty just might save the day.
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Going All the Way 1997 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mark Pellington
Cast: Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Amy Locane, Rachel Weisz, Lesley Ann Warren, Rose McGowan, Jill Clayburgh, John Lordan, Bob Swan, Richard Gaeckle, Teri Beitel, Jerry Panatieri, Nick Offerman, Everett Greene, Jeff Buelterman
Set in Indianapolis, this story is based on Dan Wakefield's novel about Korean War veterans trying to adapt to life at home. Sonny Burns (Jeremy Davies) and Gunner Casselman (Ben Affleck) are returning veterans who form a friendship. Sonny has a girlfriend, Buddy (Amy Locane), and his mother Alma (Jill Clayburgh) encourages the romance, but Sonny is not so sure that marriage to Buddy is what he wants because sexy Gail (Rose McGowan) is more to his tastes. Meanwhile, Gunner loves Marty (Rachel Weisz), but his mother Nina (Lesley Ann Warren) disapproves of his choice. As more and more problems develop, Sonny and Gunner begin to think that coming home to Indianapolis was not the best idea.
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Guncrazy 1992 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tamra Davis
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Robert Greenberg, Rodney Harvey, Jeremy Davies, Dan Eisenstein, Joe Dallesandro, Willow Tipton, James LeGros, Ione Skye, James Oseland, Thomas E. Weyer, Billy Drago
After having sex with her mother's boyfriend (Joe Dallesandro), Anita (Drew Barrymore) shoots and kills him. Her next step: get her imprisoned pen pal (James LeGros) out of jail and corrupt him even further into her world of sex and violence.
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Helter Skelter 2004 TV, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Gray
Cast: Jeremy Davies, Clea DuVall, Bruno Kirby, Allison Smith, Marguerite Morgan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Eric Dane, Hal Ozsan, Rick Gomez, Michael Weston, Robert Joy, Robert Costanzo
In this second made-for-TV movie about the Manson "family" murders, Jeremy Davies stars as convicted killer Charles Manson who led his followers in a pair of gruesome murders. Scenes were cut to tone down the violence for the TV audience.
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The Laramie Project 2002 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Moises Kaufman
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Jeremy Davies, Clea DuVall, Dylan Baker, Peter Fonda, Janeane Garofalo, Christina Ricci, Laura Linney, Summer Phoenix, Joshua Jackson, Amy Madigan, Nestor Carbonell
Laramie, Wyoming, hit the national newswires in 1998 when a gay college student was beaten, tied to a fence, and finally died. Moises Kaufman put together an ensemble cast that went to Laramie, interviewed people, and created a play incorporating their answers. This film is an adaptation of that play.
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The Locusts 1997 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Patrick Kelley
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Ashley Judd, Paul Rudd, Jessica Capshaw, Daniel Meyer, Jessie Robertson, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Jerry Haynes
Delilah Potts (Kate Capshaw) is an alcoholic widow (her husband committed suicide eight-years ago). Her life consists of being a rather dysfunctional mother to son Flyboy (Jeremy Davies) and sleeping around regularly. Also featured is Clay (Vince Vaughn) who drifts into town and into the arms of Kitty (Ashley Judd). The characters in this film are all like locusts; they engage regularly in sex and accept whatever is their fate.
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 Manderlay 2005 N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lars von Trier
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankole, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Michael Abiteboul, Lauren Bacall, Jeremy Davies, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Geoffrey Bateman, Rik Launspach
In 1933, while traveling through Alabama with her father (Willem Dafoe) and his gangster cohorts, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) discovers the remains of the Manderlay plantation and finds a group of Black people who appear to be living as slaves from the past with White masters ruling them. The White matriarch (Lauren Bacall) dies, and, after arguing with her father, Grace stays behind to help with the transition from slavery to freedom.
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The Million Dollar Hotel 2000 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits, Peter Stormare, Amanda Plummer, Gloria Stuart, Tom Bower, Donal Logue, Bud Cort
While investigating the possible murder of a billionaire's son, FBI agent Skinner (Mel Gibson) moves in on a group of misfits living in a decrepit hotel in L.A. and becomes so emotionally involved with the tenants that it threatens his investigation.
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Nell 1994 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, Nick Searcy, Robin Mullins, Jeremy Davies, O'Neal Compton, Heather M. Bomba, Marianne E. Bomba
When found in the Tennessee mountains, Nell (Jodie Foster) seemed only to utter unintelligible phrases. A doctor (Liam Neeson) and a psychiatrist (Natasha Richardson) become interested in the case and try to protect Nell from the harsh world she has now entered. In the process, the two are changed by the wisdom of Nell. Jodie Foster was nominated for an Oscar.
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 Ravenous 1999 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Antonia Bird
Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, David Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough, Bill Brochtrup, Sheila Tousey
This story begins when a nearly dead man, Col. Ives/F.W. Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle) staggers into a U.S. Army camp during the Mexican-American War. He tells the story of cannibalism that he just encountered when his party of settlers began to eat each other while stranded in the snow. Convinced they should look for other survivors, the "rescuers" are not prepared for what they find.
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Rescue Dawn 2006 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Pat Healy, Toby Huss, Evan Jones, Teerawat Mulvilai, Marshall Bell, Francois Chau, Craig Gellis, Zach Grenier, Bonnie Z. Hutchinson, Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul, Tony B. King, Richard Manning
This film is based on the true story of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler's (Christian Bale) first mission over North Vietnam in 1966. When he is shot down and captured by Laotian troops, Dieter admits that he is an American, is tortured, and taken to a POW camp where he meets veterans of the camp–Americans Lt. Duane Martin (Steve Zahn) and Eugene DeBruin (Jeremy Davies)–who have been prisoners for two years. Now, Dieter plans a death defying escape in which he will lead fellow POWs through the jungles of Laos in a race to freedom.
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 Saving Private Ryan 1998  R, 170 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Matt Damon, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina, Max Martini, Dylan Bruno, Joerg Stadler
Steven Spielberg directed this great film depicting war for what it really is. The story involves a World War II drama in which three brothers are killed in action, and the remaining brother is trapped (it is not known whether he is dead or alive) behind enemy lines. Eight comrades, led by Capt. John H. Miller (Tom Hanks), set off on the dangerous mission of finding that fourth brother, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), and sending him home and out of harm's way. Spielberg won his second Director Oscar, and nominations included Best Picture and Actor (Tom Hanks). In all, the film won five Oscars and was nominated for six others.
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Searching for Paradise 2002 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Myra Paci
Cast: Susan May Pratt, Chris Noth, Jeremy Davies, John Pierson, Michele Placido, Laila Robins, Josef Sommer, Mary Louise Wilson, Jonathan Lisecki
Recent college grad Gilda (Susan May Pratt) is infatuated with actor Michael De Santis (Chris Noth). She continuously watches a tape of him, and, after her father dies, she uses an excuse of visiting her grandfather to meet Michael. After getting an audience with him by posing as a reporter, she (as well as he) gets something other than what was expected.
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 Secretary 2002  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Patrick Bauchau, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Oz Perkins, Jessica Tuck, Amy Locane, Mary Joy, Michael Mantell, Lily Knighr, Sabrina Grdevich, Lacey Kohl, Julene Renee
Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has been released after a short stay at a sanitarium but still practices masochistic behavior, inflicting pain on herself when she encounters her drunken father (Stephen McHattie). Her overprotective mother (Leslie Ann Warren) has encouraged Lee to gain secretarial skills, and now Lee is hired as a secretary in the office of Florida attorney F. Edward Grey (James Spader). Grey often criticizes Lee, and Lee, in turn, thrives on his mental and physical abuse. Even after being fired, Lee plots to get her job–and Grey–back.
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 Solaris 2002 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, Ulrich Tukur, Morgan Rusler, John Cho, Shane Skelton, Donna Kimball, Michael Ensign
A psychologist, Chris Kelvin (George Clooney), is sent to a space station that orbits Solaris, an ocean world. Upon arrival, Chris finds the captain has died, and the only inhabitants left are two researchers–Snow (Jeremy Davies) and Helen (Viola Davis)–and one young boy (Shane Skelton). It appears that Solaris is able to capture dreams and make them a reality. Chris discovers this when he dreams of his late wife, Rheya (Natascha McElhone), and wakes up finding what seems to be Rheya lying next to him. Other strange events follow.
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Spanking the Monkey 1994 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: Jeremy Davies, Alberta Watson, Benjamin Hendrickson, Carla Gallo, Matthew Puckett, Judette Jones, Elizabeth Newett, Zak Orth, Josh Phillip Weinstein, Nancy Fields
College student Ray Aibelli (Jeremy Davies) must give up his summer internship when his mother, Susan (Alberta Watson), becomes incapacitated with a broken leg. Home care takes on new meaning when their relationship becomes incestuous. This is the story of a dysfunctional family and the psychological problems that go along with the situation.
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Teknolust 2002 R, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak, Karen Black, Josh Kornbluth, John O'Keefe, Al Nazemian, Thomas Jay Ryan, Abigail Van Alyn, Paule West, John Pirruccello, Dick Bright
Rosetta (Tilda Swinton) believes that the world would be a better place if artificial life was in the mix. Thus, using her DNA, she creates three clones–Self Replicating Automatons (SRA)–that are part computer and part living organism. But the SRAs require male semen to survive, so one of the SRAs, Ruby, takes care of that need by having sex with men and bringing back the semen for sharing. The men who had the encounters with Ruby break out with a skin rash and a bar code appearing on their foreheads. But, fear not; two investigators (James Urbaniak and Karen Black) are on the case.
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Up at the Villa 2000 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Jeremy Davies, Derek Jacobi, Massimo Ghini, Dudley Sutton, Lorenza Indovina, Clive Merrison, Roger Hammond, Linda Spurrier, Ben Aris, Anne Ridler, Ann Bell
Based on W. Somerset Maugham's romantic thriller set in Italy during the 1930s, this film features Kristin Scott Thomas in the role of the beautiful young widow, Mary Panton, who is currently residing in a villa. Intrigue evolves from Mary's one-night affair with an illegal immigrant, Karl Richter (Jeremy Davies), while she is also being courted by both playboy Rowley Flint (Sean Penn) and the very respectable Sir Edgar Swift (James Fox).
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| 1. CQ (2001)
2. Dogville (2003)
3. The Florentine (1999)
4. Going All the Way (1997)
5. Guncrazy (1992)
6. Helter Skelter (2004)
7. The Laramie Project (2002)
8. The Locusts (1997)
9. Manderlay (2005)
10. The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
11. Nell (1994)
12. Ravenous (1999)
13. Rescue Dawn (2006)
14. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
15. Searching for Paradise (2002)
16. Secretary (2002)
17. Solaris (2002)
18. Spanking the Monkey (1994)
19. Teknolust (2002)
20. Up at the Villa (2000)
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