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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American Dream 1981 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Mel Damski
Cast: Stephen Macht, Karen Carlson, Michael Hershewe, Hans Conried, John McIntire, Scott Brady, Murray Hamilton, John Malkovich, J.D. Cannon, Harold Gould
A Chicago family moves from an affluent suburb to the integrated inner city in this good drama that received several Emmy nominations.
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Art School Confidential 2006  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Cast: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Anjelica Huston, Joel Moore, Ethan Suplee, Steve Buscemi, Adam Scott, Jack Ong, Michael Lerner
Aspiring artist Jerome Platz (Max Minghella) leaves his Long Island high school and enters Strathmore Institution's prestigious art school where he encounters bullies but falls in love with Audrey (Sophia Myles). To impress Audrey, Jerome passes off as his own the work of alcoholic artist Jimmy (Jim Broadbent), but then reality hits in the form of a mysterious strangler who is a serial killer looking for victim #6.
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Being John Malkovich 1999 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich, Charlie Sheen, Byrne Piven, Ned Bellamy, K.K. Dodds, Carlos Jacott, W. Earl Brown
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an unsuccessful puppeteer who discovers a door in his office that allows those passing through to spend 15 minutes each inside the mind of John Horatio Malkovich (John Malkovich). You must see this one for yourself! Oscar nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener).
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 Beowulf 2007  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn, Chris Coppola, Sebastian Roche, Dominic Keating, Leslie Zemeckis
Through the use of motion-capture technology, the real actors in this film are transformed into digitally animated visions capable of performing powerful action sequences. The story is based on the Old English poem, which is set in sixth-century Denmark where King Hrothgar (voice of Anthony Hopkins) is in trouble when the monster Grendel (voice of Crispin Glover) declares war on his kingdom. Beowulf (voice of Ray Winstone) arrives on the scene and eventually does slay Grendel but then finds himself tempted, seduced, and corrupted by a water demon who is Grendel's Mother (voice of Angelina Jolie). Beowulf fathers a son with Grendel's Mother, and now, years later, he is destined to fight to the death his dragon son.
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Beyond the Clouds 1995 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders
Cast: John Malkovich, Kim Rossi Stuart, Ines Sastre, Sophie Marceau, Chiara Caselli, Peter Weller, Fanny Ardant, Irene Jacob, Vincent Perez, Jean Reno
Four short stories linked with an underlying theme of "the true image of that absolute and mysterious reality that nobody will ever see" make up this complex effort. Unfortunately, the beautiful cinematography is marred by the film's unbelievable tales.
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Burn After Reading 2008 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, David Rasche, J.K. Simmons, Olek Krupa, Michael Countryman, Kevin Sussman, J.R. Home, Hamilton Clancy, Armand Schultz, Jeffrey DeMunn
Ex-CIA analyst Osborne Cox's (John Malkovich) wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) has turned over to her lawyer the CD on which Osborne had listed his finances and his memoirs of days as a government spook. Katie is in love with Harry (George Clooney) and wants the CD to be used as evidence when she divorces Osborne. But, the lawyer loses the CD, and it turns up in the hands of health club workers Chad Feldheimer and Linda Litzke (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) who decide to enter the game of blackmail and turn the CD into cash.
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The Changeling 2008 140, R min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Michael Kelly, Colm Feore, Jason Butler Harner, Amy Ryan, Geoffrey Pierson, Denis O'Hare, Frank Wood, Peter Gerety, Reed Birney, Gattlin Griffith, Devon Conti, Michelle Martin
In 1928, single-mom Christine's (Angelina Jolie) nine-year-old son Walter (Gattlin Griffith) goes missing, and the LAPD steps in to solve the mystery. Months later, the LAPD claims to have solved the case and delivers a young boy, who says he is Walter, to Christine. Although Christine knows the boy is not her son, she takes him into her home. Finding an ally in activist radio preacher Reverend Briegleb (John Malkovich), Christine then presses police Captain Jones (Jeffrey Donovan) to keep looking for Walter. But, in the 1920s, women do not take on the police, and Christine is slandered and depicted as being an unfit mother. The film received three Academy Award nominations including a Best Actress nomination forAngelina Jolie.
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Color Me Kubrick 2005 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story
Director: Brian W. Cook
Cast: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Luke Mably, Marc Warren, Terence Rigby, James Dreyfus, Peter Bowles, Ayesha Dharker, Robert Powell, Henry Goodman, Maynard Eziashi, Leslie Phillips, Honor Blackman
This film is an amusing story of how con-artist Alan Conway (John Malkovich) passed himself off for years as filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. Working out of London during the 1990s, Conway swindled numerous unsuspecting people who were captivated with the thought of being close to the famous film director and failed to check out his true identity.
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Con Air 1997 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Ticotin, Colm Meaney, M.C. Gainey, Monica Potter, Nick Chinlund, Dave Chappelle, Mykelti Williamson, Steve Eastin, Renoly Santiago
On a flight transporting convicts to a maximum-security prison, the convicts murder their guards, take over the plane, and head for South America. Also on board is Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) who is on his way home to begin his parole–after being unfairly imprisoned for eight years. Now, Poe is trapped on the hijacked plane, and, as the good hero, he cannot walk away from this fight.
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 The Dancer Upstairs 2002 R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Malkovich
Cast: Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Minguez, Alexandra Lencastre, Oliver Cotton, Luis Miguel Cintra, Javier Manrique, Abel Folk, Marie-Anne Verganza
Latin American policeman Rejas (Javier Bardem) tracks down a revolutionary guerilla leader while he balances his private world as a loving father, his liaison with his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher (Laura Morante), and the world of corruption in which he operates.
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Dangerous Liaisons 1988 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred Natwick, Uma Thurman, Peter Capaldi, Joe Sheridan, Valerie Gogan, Laura Benson, Joanna Pavlis
Upper-class 18th-century France with its social caste system and its attendant autocratic snobbery is depicted in this film. The Marquis de Mertereil (Glenn Close) and the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich) are ex-lovers who plot and scheme against their victims. The film won three Oscars (Best Writing, Art Direction, and Costume Design) and was nominated for Best Picture, Actress (Close), and Supporting Actress (Michelle Pfeiffer).
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Death of a Salesman 1985 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning, Louis Zorich, Jon Polito, Tom Signorelli
Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich were both winners of Emmys for their performances in Arthur Miller's classic drama about the traveling salesman who spends his life on the road and, only when it is too late, realizes that he has sacrificed his family for his profession.
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Eleni 1985 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickup, Rosalie Crutchley, Glenne Headly, Dimitra Arliss, Steve Plytas, Peter Woodthorpe
Based on Nicholas Gage's book, this is the story of Nick's (John Malkovich) investigation into the Greek Communists' execution of his mother in the late 1940s.
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 Empire of the Sun 1987 PG, 152 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips, Burt Kwouk, Ben Stiller, Robert Stephens, Masato Ibu, Emily Richard, Rupert Frazer, Peter Gale, Takatoro Kataoka, David Neidorf
During the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1941, Jamie Graham (Christian Bale) was 11-years-old when he was separated from his upper-class parents, captured, and placed in a Japanese confinement camp. While in prison, Jamie overcomes illness and food shortages. He learns how to survive and shares his spirit with others in the camp.
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 Eragon 2006  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
Cast: Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, Alun Armstrong, Christopher Egan, Gary Lewis, Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Weisz, Richard Rifkin, Tamsin Egerton
Farm boy Eragon (Edward Speleers) becomes a Dragon Rider after finding a dragon egg and getting instructions from Brom (Jeremy Irons) to aid him in becoming one of the few humans able to tame a dragon (voice of Rachel Weisz). Now, Eragon sets off to save the world from the forces of evil King Galbatorix (John Malkovich).
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The Great Buck Howard 2009 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sean McGinly
Cast: John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks, Ricky Jay, Debra Monk, Griffin Dunne, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, John Stewart, Martha Stewart, Tom Arnold, George Takei, Adam Scott
Buck Howard (John Malkovich) is an illusionist whose show business career is on the down slope. He is hoping for a comeback when he hires law school dropout Troy Gable (Colin Hanks) as his road manager. Troy's father (Tom Hanks, Colin's real life father) disapproves of Troy's choice of careers, but Troy sees his job as a new beginning. Troy tries to deal with Buck's large ego and manages to hold his own when Buck exhibits tantrums. Buck has also hired Valerie Brennan (Emily Blunt) as his new publicist with hopes that she will stage his comeback, and Valerie does not hesitate to tell Buck exactly what she is thinking. Meanwhile, Valerie exhibits a sexual interest in Troy. Despite Buck's downsides, he does teach Tony lessons about life and the importance of being true to yourself.
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 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Garth Jennings
Cast: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Nighy, John Malkovich, Warwick Davis, Anna Chancellor, Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Stephen Fry, Thomas Lennon
Just before aliens act on their plans to destroy Earth, Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is whisked off on an adventure-filled ride around the Galaxy.
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Hotel 2001 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Max Beesley, Saffron Burrows, Rhys Ifans, Salma Hayek, David Schwimmer, Lucy Liu, Burt Reynolds, John Malkovich, Heathcote Williams, Valeria Golino, Julian Sands, Chiara Mastroianni
As filmmakers converge on the Hungaria Hotel in Venice to make a movie, Charlee Boux (Salma Hayek) films her documentary of behind-the-scenes filming action. Other activities at the hotel include those of hotel workers who kidnap guests at night to serve their own cannibal tastes...and on and on it goes.
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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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I'm Going Home 2001 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Jean Koeltgen, Jean-Michel Arnold, Adrien de Van, Sylvie Testud, Ricardo Trepa
After an aging Parisian actor, Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli), learns that his daughter and son-in-law have died in a car accident, he takes over the support of his six-year-old grandson, Serge (Jean Koeltgen). Life goes on for Gilbert–until he is cast in an American film version of "Ulysses," and he realizes while making the difficult movie that it is time to go home.
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Jennifer Eight 1992 R, 125 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Jennifer 8
Director: Bruce Robinson
Cast: Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman, Graham Beckel, Kathy Baker, John Malkovich, Kevin Conway, Perry Lang, Nicholas Love, Michael O'Neill
John, a burned out and newly divorced L.A. cop, heads north to Eureka and a quieter police force. But, he gets an early indoctrination in his new job when a serial killer is on the loose. The killer seems to only be after blind people, and when John meets blind Helena during his investigation, he gets the lead he needs. He falls in love, and now must protect Helena as he hunts for the killer.
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Johnny English 2003 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure
Director: Peter Howitt
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich, Tim Pigott-Smith, Oliver Ford Davies, Kevin McNally, Douglas McFerran, Greg Wise, Steve Nicolson, Tasha de Vasconcelos, Terence Harvey
In this spoof on spy stories, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) takes on the unlikely assignment of protecting the crown jewels, which go on display during a party hosted by Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich). Wouldn't you know it? The jewels are stolen, and now Johnny and his partner, Bough (Ben Miller), try to retrieve the gems.
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The Killing Fields 1984 R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, Craig T. Nelson, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Spalding Gray, Bill Paterson, Ira Wheeler, Graham Kennedy, Patrick Malahide
The tragedies of Cambodia are artfully depicted in this film, which provides a look at man's inhumanity to man. This excellent presentation was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Ngor won for Best Supporting Actor.
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Knockaround Guys 2001  R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Cast: Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Seth Green, Andrew Davoli, Dennis Hopper, John Malkovich, Arthur J. Nascarella, Tom Noonan, Shawn Doyle, Nicholas Pasco
Four sons (Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Seth Green, and Andrew Davoli) of mobsters join forces in Montana to retrieve stolen loot before their fathers learn of the ineptness that landed them in the situation in the first place.
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The Libertine 2004 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Cast: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Rosamund Pike, Johnny Vegas, Tom Hollander, Tom Burke, Rupert Friend, Jack Davenport, Trudi Jackson, Stanley Townsend, Francesca Annis
The second Earl of Rochester, playwright John Wilmot (Johnny Depp), lived life to the fullest in 17th-century England–until his scandalous ways led him to an early grave–with critical acclaim arriving only posthumously.
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Making Mr. Right 1987 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Ben Masters, Laurie Metcalf, Polly Bergen, Hart Bochner, Polly Draper, Harsh Nayyar, Susan Berman
A woman is promoting an android when she becomes romantically interested in him. Although the plot is rather weak, the acting makes up for the lack of depth.
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 The Man in the Iron Mask 1998 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Randall Wallace
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud, Judith Godreche, Edward Atterton, Peter Sarsgaard, Hugh Laurie, David Lowe, Brigitte Boucher
In this rendition of Alexandre Dumas' story, Aramis (Jeremy Irons), Athos (John Malkovich), and Porthos (Gerard Depardieu) plot to save France by putting the imprisoned Philippe on the throne of France–Philippe is the unknown twin brother of King Louis (Leonardo DiCaprio plays both Louis and Philippe). But to succeed in their mission, they must outwit D'Artagnan (Gabriel Byrne) who will protect his king at all cost.
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 Mary Reilly 1996 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, Glenn Close, George Cole, Michael Gambon, Kathy Staff, Bronagh Gallagher, Ciaran Hinds, Michael Sheen, Linda Bassett
Mary (Julia Roberts) is the chambermaid of Dr. Jekyll (John Malkovich), and this version of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is told through Mary's perspective. As a young woman who has endured cruel treatment from a drunken father, Mary loves the kind Dr. Jekyll in her present circumstances, while Mr. Hyde represents her past life with her father.
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Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 1999 R, 148 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Pascal Greggory, Vincent Cassel, Tcheky Karyo, Richard Ridings, Desmond Harrington, Timothy West
The inspired teenage heroine, Joan of Arc (Milla Jovovich) leads the French forces against the English to free her country from foreign domination. This film features realistic 15th-century combat scenes–flaming arrows, catapults, etc.
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Miles from Home 1988  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Sinise
Cast: Richard Gere, Kevin Anderson, John Malkovich, Brian Dennehy, Penelope Ann Miller, Helen Hunt, Judith Ivey, Laurie Metcalf, Terry Kinney, Randall Arney
When two brothers (Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson) lose their farm because it is not productive, they take the unusual tack of burning the farm and setting off on a series of questionable adventures. Some may like, mainly because of cast.
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Mulholland Falls 1996 R, 107 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Jennifer Connelly, John Malkovich, Treat Williams, Bruce Dern, Daniel Baldwin
Set in the 1950s, this is the true story about an elite LAPD unit: the Hat Squad. They were so-named because of their stylish suits and wide-brimmed hats. The crime fighters consisted of Max Hoover (Nick Nolte), Ellery Coolidge (Chazz Palminteri), Eddie Hall (Michael Madsen), and Arthur Relyea (Chris Penn). When a prostitute, Allison Pond (Jennifer Connelly), is found murdered, her list of men she was involved with turns up including Max Hoover whose wife, Katherine (Melanie Griffith), has no inkling of her husband's infidelity.
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The Object of Beauty 1991 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich, Rudi Davies, Joss Ackland, Bill Paterson, Ricci Harnett, Peter Riegert, Jack Shepherd, Rosemary Martin
Jake (John Malkovich) and Tina (Andie MacDowell), who live way beyond their means, are currently residing in a London hotel. When Tina's valuable Henry Moore sculpture is stolen, the couple creates even more problems for themselves as greed and infidelity take center stage.
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 Of Mice and Men 1992  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Sinise
Cast: John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko, Sherilyn Fenn, John Terry, Richard Riehle, Joe Morton, Noble Willingham, Alexis Arquette, Joe D'Angerio, Tuck Milligan, Mark Boone Junior, David Steen, Moira Harris
This remake of John Steinbeck's novel about California migrant workers during the Great Depression is well worth watching. John Malkovich plays feeble-minded Lennie who is in need of support and protection by his friend George (Gary Sinise). They find work at a ranch in the San Joaquin Valley, but the foreman, Curley (Casey Siemaszko), torments Lennie, and Curley's wife (Sherilyn Fenn) flirts with Lennie–all of which leads to a tragic end.
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The Ogre 1996 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: John Malkovich, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Marianne Sagebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser, Agnes Soral, Sasha Hanau, Vernon Dobtcheff
An introverted, almost-childlike Abel Tiffauges (John Malkovich) was a French soldier captured during World War II and sent to a POW camp. From there he serves in a Nazi training camp where his "vocation" is kidnapping young boys for training in the camp.
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Places in the Heart 1984 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Sally Field, Ed Harris, John Malkovich, Lindsay Crouse, Amy Madigan, Danny Glover, Bert Remsen, Yankton Hatten, Gennie James, Lane Smith
Edna Spalding (Sally Field), newly widowed with two children to raise, is pressured to sell her property but decides to stick it out. In the process she discovers the value of friends who help her survive on her land. As a result of her fine performance, Sally Field won an Academy Award for Best Actress. An Oscar also was awarded for Writing, and there were nominations for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (John Malkovich), Supporting Actress (Lindsay Crouse), and Director.
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Portrait of a Lady 1996 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Campion
Cast: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters, Richard E. Grant, Shelley Duvall, John Gielgud, Christian Bale
This film is based on Henry James' classic novel about Isabel Archer's (Nicole Kidman) 19th-century journey to Europe where she encounters a myriad of both good and evil characters.
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Queens Logic 1991 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, John Malkovich, Joe Mantegna, Ken Olin, Tony Spiridakis, Tom Waits, Chloe Webb, Jamie Lee Curtis, Helen Hunt
Old friends reunite for a wedding in their hometown, the borough of Queens–an event that provides the impetus for self-discoveries. 1 User Review
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Ripley's Game 2002 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Liliana Cavani
Cast: John Malkovich, Ray Winstone, Uwe Mansshardt, Hanns Zischler, Paolo Paoloni, Maurizio Luca, Dougray Scott, Evelina Meghangi, Chiara Caselli, Lena Headey, Sam Blitz, Emidio La Vella
In this third of Patricia Highsmith's five Ripley novels, now middle-aged Tom Ripley (John Malkovich) and his pianist wife, Louisa (Chiara Caselli), have just finished renovating their country mansion when Tom overhears picture framer Jonathan (Dougray Scott) make sarcastic remarks concerning the Ripley's decorating taste. The moment for retaliation arrives when Tom is approached to kill a Russian gangster and convinces Jonathan to be the hit man instead. Multiple murders and mayhem ensue.
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RKO 281 1999 R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Benjamin Ross
Cast: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet, Fiona Shaw, Anastasia Hille
Project 281 was RKO's name for the production of "Citizen Kane," which would become largely regarded as the greatest film ever made. Liev Schreiber plays Orson Welles, director of the film, and James Cromwell is William Randolph Hearst, upon whom the film is based. This is the story of that production and the attempts of Hearst to stop the release of the film, which shows him in a poor light. Some good performances in this HBO-produced film.
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 Rounders 1998 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Dahl
Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, John Turturro, Martin Landau, Famke Janssen, Michael Rispoli, Josh Mostel, Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) is a student at law school who uses his expertise as a poker player to help his friend, "Worm" (Edward Norton), pay off a $15,000 debt to a loan shark. This leads Mike into the world of cutthroat poker players of underground New York and Atlantic City.
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Shadow of the Vampire 2000 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: E. Elias Merhige
Cast: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard, Aden Gillett, Ronan Vibert, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Nicholas Elliott
When German filmmaker F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) began production on his 1922 vampire film, "Nosferatu," he hired method actor Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) to play the Dracula role. Schreck just happens to be a vampire, and Murnau has promised him the film's star, Greta Schroeder (Catherine McCormack) when the shoot is finished. Murnau begins to doubt the wisdom of his deal when crew members, one by one, disappear during the interim. Dafoe's great performance resulted in an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor.
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 Shadows and Fog 1992 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin, John Cusack
This Woody Allen comedy/mystery is about a would-be hero, Max Kleinman, who turns out to be inept in his efforts to help fellow villagers capture a serial killer.
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The Sheltering Sky 1990 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: John Malkovich, Debra Winger, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett, Timothy Spall, Eric Vu-An, Amina Annabi, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Sotigui Kouyate, Tom Novembre
Based on a popular novel by Paul Bowles, this is the story of Port and Kit (John Malkovich and Debra Winger) who need to get the spark back in their lives and marriage. They try to find this spark by traveling through Northern Africa, but affairs by each and a hostile environment make the goal hard to reach.
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A Talking Picture 2003 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve, Stefania Sandrelli, Irene Papas, Luis Miguel Cintra, Michel Lubrano di Sbaraglione, Francois Da Silva, Ilias Logothetis, Ricardo Trepa
History professor Rosa Maria (Leonor Silveira) and her eight-year-old daughter, Maria Joana (Filipa de Almeida), are enjoying a Mediterranean cruise on their way to Bombay. Rosa Maria enjoys teaching Maria Joana the history and culture of ports the ship visits, and all goes well–until the ship stops in Yemen, and terrorists are smuggled aboard. This film marks 96-year-old Director Manoel de Oliveira's 72nd year behind the camera.
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Time Regained 1999 N/R, 165 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Marie-France Pisier, Arielle Dombasle, Dominique Labourier, Marcello Mazzarella, Chiara Mastroianni
This film, based on Marcel Proust's autobiographical novel about a dying novelist, revolves around Marcel (Marcello Mazzarella) who associates tastes and smells to remember people and moments of his past. Boredom and arrogance highlight Marcel's trips back to the World War I era where he, once again, encounters the lovers of his past.
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| 1. Alive (1993)
2. American Dream (1981)
3. Art School Confidential (2006)
4. Being John Malkovich (1999)
5. Beowulf (2007)
6. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
7. Burn After Reading (2008)
8. The Changeling (2008)
9. Color Me Kubrick (2005)
aka: Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story
10. Con Air (1997)
11. The Convent (1995)
12. The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
13. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
14. Death of a Salesman (1985)
15. Eleni (1985)
16. Empire of the Sun (1987)
17. Eragon (2006)
18. The Glass Menagerie (1987)
19. The Great Buck Howard (2009)
20. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
21. Hotel (2001)
22. In the Line of Fire (1993)
23. I'm Going Home (2001)
24. Jennifer Eight (1992)
aka: Jennifer 8
25. Johnny English (2003)
26. The Killing Fields (1984)
27. Knockaround Guys (2001)
28. The Libertine (2004)
29. Making Mr. Right (1987)
30. The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
31. Mary Reilly (1996)
32. Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
33. Miles from Home (1988)
34. Mulholland Falls (1996)
35. The Object of Beauty (1991)
36. Of Mice and Men (1992)
37. The Ogre (1996)
38. Places in the Heart (1984)
39. Portrait of a Lady (1996)
40. Queens Logic (1991)
41. Ripley's Game (2002)
42. RKO 281 (1999)
43. Rounders (1998)
44. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
45. Shadows and Fog (1992)
46. The Sheltering Sky (1990)
47. A Talking Picture (2003)
48. Time Regained (1999)
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