48 Hrs. 1982  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Brion James, Sonny Landham, Jonathan Banks, Kerry Sherman, James Keane, Tara King, Greta Blackburn, Marot Rose, Denise Crosby
Convict Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) is granted a two-day furlough in which he is told to aid a San Francisco police detective Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) in the search for cop killers. This unlikely couple works well together as they intersperse comedy with violence, and the result is a top-notch Comedy/Action film. This is Eddie Murphy's screen debut.
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Affliction 1997 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt, Jim True-Frost, Marian Seldes, Holmes Osborne, Brigid Tierney, Sean McCann, Tim Post, Christopher Heyerdahl, Janine Theriault, Wayne Robson, Sheena Larkin
Based on Russell Banks' novel, this film adaptation features Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse, a small-town sheriff in New England who delves into an "accidental" hunting accident to redeem his bleak life–both professionally and personally. He reexamines his life and the relationship he has with his abusive father Glen (James Coburn). Meanwhile, his ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) hates him, and his relationship with his daughter Jill (Brigid Tierney) is badly in need of repair. Wade is dating Margie (Sissy Spacek) who is the only one he seems capable of relating to. After his mother dies, Wade's brother Rolfe (Willem Dafoe) comes home to pay his respects, and now Wade suspects Rolfe of being involved in the criminal world. James Coburn won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Nick Nolte was nominated for Best Actor.
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Afterglow 1997  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Jay Underwood, Domini Blythe, Yves Corbeil, Alan Fawcett, France Castel, Claudia Besso
Two couples–Phyllis (Julie Christie) and Lucky (Nick Nolte) and Marianne (Lara Flynn Boyle) and Jeffrey (Jonny Lee Miller)–are suffering because of unhappy marriages. When repair contractor Lucky arrives at Marianne and Jeffrey's apartment, Marianne becomes the object serviced. Meanwhile, Jeffrey finds comfort in Lucky's wife Phyllis who is only too happy to take on the mother role for Jeffrey. Julie Christie received a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
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Another 48 Hours 1990  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Kevin Tighe, David Anthony Marshall, Ed O'Ross, Bernie Casey, Andrew Divoff
Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy are back as the cop and the con in this sequel to "48 Hours". This time, Nolte is charged with manslaughter and put on suspension from the department. He gets Murphy out of prison to apprehend the elusive Iceman, the head of a drug syndicate. Not as fun as the first film but lots of action.
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The Beautiful Country 2004 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Damien Nguyen, Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, Bai Ling, Temuera Morrison, Chapman To, Mai Thi Hoa, Dins Xuan Phuc, Thu An Nguyen, Van Hai Nguyen
Binh (Damien Nguyen) is the son of American soldier Steve (Nick Nolte) and his Vietnamese mother, Ling (Bai Ling). With his half brother in tow, Binh leaves his foster family in their remote village determined to find his birth parents.
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Blue Chips 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Bob Cousy, Shaquille O'Neal, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Wuhl
When his team fails to live up to his expectations for it, a basketball coach (Nick Nolte) resorts to recruitment of blue chip candidates.
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Breakfast of Champions 1999  R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly, Lukas Haas, Omar Epps, Buck Henry, Vicki Lewis, Ken Hudson Campbell
In this film, based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1973 satire on consumerism in small-town America, Bruce Willis plays the Pontiac car dealer, Dwayne Hoover, who, despite his wealth, continually contemplates suicide.
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The California Kid 1974 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips, Stuart Margolin, Nick Nolte, Joe Estevez, Janit Baldwin, Gary Morgan, Frederic Downs, Don Mantooth, Britt Leach, Norman Bartold
A sadistic sheriff (Vic Morrow) doesn't like speeders, and so he runs them off curving mountainous roads. Then along comes the hot-rodding brother (Martin Sheen) of one of the victims (Sheen's real-life brother Joe Estevez), and he is out for revenge.
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Cannery Row 1982 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae, M. Emmet Walsh, Sunshine Parker, Santos Morales, John Huston, Tom Mahoney, Art LaFleur, John Malloy, James Keane, Sharon Ernster, Ellen Blake, Mary Margaret Amato
John Steinbeck's novel, set in Monterey, California, is brought to the screen with Nick Nolte as the marine biologist, Doc, who falls for local floozy Suzy (Debra Winger) after he meets her at the Bear Flag Restaurant. Romance blooms between the two but quickly turns sour. Meanwhile, Cannery Row inhabitants–including Mac (M. Emmet Walsh)–hope that Doc and Suzy will get back together because their love is the one thing in Doc and Suzy's lives that really counts.
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Cape Fear 1991 R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Balsam, Illeana Douglas, Fred Dalton Thompson, Antoni Corone, Zully Montero, Joel Kolker, Tamara Jones, Will Knickerbocker
After serving a 14-year prison sentence for sexual assault, psychopath Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is released from prison and sets out to get revenge against the lawyer, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), who was responsible for him being found guilty. Cady arrives in town and terrorizes the Bowden family–Sam, his wife Leigh (Jessica Lange), and teenage daughter Danielle (Juliette Lewis). Cady's acts of vengeance, including poisoning the family dog and sexually harassing Danielle, terrorize the family, and force the Bowden family into the inevitable final showdown. De Niro was nominated for Best Actor Oscar and Lewis received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Clean 2004 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Beatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar, Don McKellar, Martha Henry, James Johnston, James Dennis, Remi Martin, Laetitia Spigarelli, Mary Moulds, Jodi Crawford
After years of addiction and then recovery, Emily Wang (Maggie Cheung) tries to get her life back on the right track so that she can properly care for her son who is now in the legal custody of her father-in-law Albrecht (Nick Nolte) and his dying wife, Rosemary (Martha Henry).
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Death Sentence 1974 TV, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Murder One
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Laurence Luckinbill, Nick Nolte, Alan Oppenheimer, William Schallert, Yvonne Wilder, Herb Voland, Hope Summers, Peter Hobbs, Doreen Lang
When Susan Davies (Cloris Leachman) is selected for the jury in a murder case, she begins to believe the defendant is innocent, and the real killer goes after her–and he's a very close friend.
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The Deep 1977 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller / Horror / Mystery
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Louis Gossett Jr., Eli Wallach, Dick Anthony Williams, Bob Minor, Robert Tessier, Earl Maynard, Teddy Tucker, Lee McClain, Peter Benchley, Peter Wallach, Colin Shaw
In this Peter Benchley story, David Sanders and Gail Berke (Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset) are enjoying a vacation in Bermuda. While scuba diving, they discover a wrecked World War II freighter and find a glass ampoule in the wreckage. When treasure hunter Romer Treece (Robert Shaw) explains that the ampoule contains morphine, they try to keep their "treasure" a secret, but Haitian drug lord Henri Cloche (Louis Gossett Jr.) has his own plans for the morphine.
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1986 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, Nick Nolte, Little Richard, Tracy Nelson, Elizabeth Pena, Paul Mazursky, Evan Richards, Valerie Curtin, Barry Primus
What happens when a couple (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) save a bum (Nick Nolte) from drowning himself in their massive swimming pool behind their opulent B.H. mansion? You've got the plot of this film. Of course, Midler is the over-dieted, over-analyzed, over-pampered wife who ends up in bed with the bum and Dreyfuss is the coat hanger manufacturer.
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Everybody Wins 1990 R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey, Jack Warden, Kathleen Wilhoite, Frank Converse, Frank Military, Mary Louise Wilson, Peter Appel
This screenplay by Arthur Miller is about a prostitute (Debra Winger) who talks a private detective (Nick Nolte) into investigating the murder of a prominent doctor in a small Connecticut town.
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A Few Days in September 2006 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Santiago Amigorena
Cast: Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Sara Forestier, Tom Riley, Nick Nolte, Mathieu Demy, Said Amadis, Magne Brekke, Joel Lefrancois, Alexis Galmot, Jean-Luc Lucas, Roberto Moro
On September 1, 2001, French intelligence agent Irene Montano (Juliette Binoche) gets a call from her former colleague, American spy Elliot (Nick Nolte), asking her to arrange a visit between him and his daughter Orlando (Sara Forestier). Irene picks up Orlando and takes her to Paris where they team up with Elliot's stepson David (Tom Riley). Now, while Irene tries to set up meetings between Elliot and his children, she also manages to keep one step ahead of deranged CIA assassin William Pound (John Turturro) who–along with Elliot–has information about a planned attack on the United States.
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The Golden Bowl 2000 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston, James Fox, Madeleine Potter, Nicholas Day, Peter Eyre, Nickolas Grace, Robin Hart, Mattia Sbragia, Francesco Giuffrida, Marta Paola Richeldi, Rossano Rubicondi
This film is based on Henry James' novel about impossible marriages in the midst of upper-crust British society. When U.S. billionaire Adam Verver (Nick Nolte) and his daughter Maggie (Kate Beckinsale) meet socialite Mrs. Assingham (Anjelica Huston) in Europe, she introduces Maggie to penniless Prince Amerigo (Jeremy Northam), and they make plans to marry. Mrs. Assingham also encourages Adam to marry Charlotte (Uma Thurman). All does not end happily because it turns out that Charlotte and Amerigo were once lovers, and now they enter an adulterous relationship.
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The Good Thief 2002 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Nick Nolte, Tcheky Karyo, Said Taghmaoui, Nino Kukhianidze, Gerard Darmon, Marc Lavoine, Emir Kusturica, Ouassini Embarek, James Quattrochi, Patricia Kell, Mark Polish, Michael Polish
In an effort to change his luck, American expatriate gambler Bob Montagnet (Nick Nolte) plans to steal the art works from a Monte Carlo casino. But, is his luck really about to change?
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Heart Beat 1980 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Byrum
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard, Ray Sharkey, Ann Dusenberry, Margaret Fairchild, Tony Bill, John Larroquette, Steve Allen
This story is loosely based on the story of Jack Kurouac (John Heard) whose friend Neal Cassady (Nick Nolte) keeps leaving his wife, Carolyn (Sissy Spacek), for travels and the company of Jack.
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 Hotel Rwanda 2004  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terry George
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Desmond Dube, David O'Hara, Cara Seymour, Fana Mokoena, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Tony Kgoroge, Mosa Kaiser, Mathabo Pieterson
This story, based on fact, revolves around hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) and his experiences when he came to the aid of Tutsis refugees in Rwanda during the 1990s. Three Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actor (Don Cheadle) and Supporting Actress (Sophie Okonedo).
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The Hulk 2003 PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, Nick Nolte, Paul Kersey, Cara Buono, Todd Tesen, Kevin Rankin, Celia Watson, Lou Ferrigno, Mike Erwin, Stan Lee, Craig Damon, Regi Davis
Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) is heading up a group of scientists working on a genetic experiment when something goes terribly wrong with the "gammasphere," and he mutates into a powerful green giant, "The Hulk." Bruce's father, Dr. David Banner (Nick Nolte), starts to secretly use the ray and mutates dogs that he sends after Bruce's ex-girlfriend Betty Ross (Jennifer Connelly). In the form of the Hulk, Bruce saves Betty, and Betty's father Gen. "Thunderball" Ross (Sam Elliott) takes him to a base that the Army has abandoned. At the base lab, Glen Talbot (Josh Lucas) takes over the Hulk and plots to use him for his own profit. Now, the Hulk escapes and lunges across the desert with the Army in hot pursuit. A good comic-book rendition but too intense for young children.
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I Love Trouble 1994 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, Robert Loggia, Olympia Dukakis, James Rebhorn, Marsha Mason, Eugene Levy, Charles Martin Smith, Jane Adams
Experienced and famous columnist Peter Brackett (Nick Nolte) runs into more than he is ready for when he competes with cub reporter Sabrina (Julia Roberts). Both fight for the story about the real causes of a train wreck and, in the process, fall in love. Entertaining, with a touch of humor, action, suspense, and romance.
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I'll Do Anything 1994  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James L. Brooks
Cast: Nick Nolte, Whittni Wright, Albert Brooks, Julie Kavner, Tracey Ullman, Joely Richardson, Ian McKellen, Woody Harrelson, Robert Joy, Rosie O'Donnell
A not-so-very successful actor (Nick Nolte) suddenly is given custody of his daughter (Whittni Wright), a six-year-old who has never known her father. He gets a job as a chauffeur for a movie studio exec and finds time to fall in love with his daughter.
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Jefferson in Paris 1995 PG-13, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, James Earl Jones, Thandie Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Callow, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michael Lonsdale, Nancy Marchand, Seth Gilliam
This film chronicles the period of Thomas Jefferson's life (1784-89) when he was U.S. Ambassador to France and a member of the Court of Versailles during the romantic and politically charged pre-Revolutionary era. It also addresses Jefferson's persona, including a love for a black slave and a black man who claimed to be Jefferson's son.
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Lorenzo's Oil 1992 PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Miller
Cast: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite, Gerry Bamman, Margo Martindale, James Rebhorn, Ann Hearn, Maduka Steady, Mary Wakio, LaTanya Richardson
This is the true story of Lorenzo (Zack O'Malley Greenburg) who was dying from a rare disease, ALD, a degeneration of the brain. His parents (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon) refused to accept the diagnosis without searching for a cure. Susan Sarandon received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
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Mother Night 1996 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keith Gordon
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kirsten Dunst, Arye Gross, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Henry Gibson, Bernard Behrens
Based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel, this is the story of Howard W. Campbell Jr. (Nick Nolte) who is recruited as a spy for the US during World War II. Following the war, he comes to NYC where 15 years later a neo-Nazi newspaper airs his address, and Campbell must come to terms with his true feelings about Nazism.
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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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New York Stories 1989 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen
Cast: Heather McComb, Talia Shire, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Mae Questel, Marvin Chatinover, Jesse Borrego, Ira Wheeler, Jessie Keosian, Larry David, Talia Shire
This film looks at life in New York City from three different perspectives. In "Life Lessons," director Martin Scorsese examines the facets of a great painter's personality, while director Francis Ford Coppola presents one day in the life of a very creative young girl in "Life Without Zoe," and Woody Allen offers "Oedipus Wrecks" about the stereotypical Jewish mother.
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Nightwatch 1998  R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ole Bornedal
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette, Alix Koromzay, Lauren Graham, John C. Reilly, Brad Dourif, Lonny Chapman, Charles Fleischer
Ewan McGregor stars as a law school student, Martin Bells, who takes on a job as night watchman at a local morgue. He soon learns from Inspector Thomas Cray (Nick Nolte) that it is possible one of Martin's friends is setting him up as the prime suspect in a murder mystery.
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North Dallas Forty 1979 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon, Steve Forrest, Bo Svenson, G.D. Spradlin, Dabney Coleman, Savannah Smith, Marshall Colt
This film provides a glimpse into the inner workings of professional football. It features an aging star player, Phillip Elliott, who finds that he is just a number when he fails to produce for the financial benefit of the team owner.
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 Northfork 2003 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: James Woods, Mark Polish, Nick Nolte, Duel Farnes, Daryl Hannah, Claire Forlani, Robin Sachs, Anthony Edwards, Ben Foster, Graham Beckel, Peter Coyote, Josh Barker
The year is 1955, and engineers have constructed a new dam near the small town of Northfork, Montana. Now–48 hours before flooding is scheduled for their community–the few remaining residents must face the fact that time is running out.
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Off the Black 2006 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ponsoldt
Cast: Trevor Morgan, Nick Nolte, Sonia Feigelson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Timothy Hutton, Sally Kirkland, Noah Fleiss, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Michael Higgins, James Ponsoldt, Marlyne Afflack, John Tuell
Alcoholic, baseball umpire Ray Cook (Nick Nolte) catches kids vandalizing his yard after a controversial call. One of the vandals is high-school pitcher Dave Tibbel (Trevor Morgan) whose pitch is the one in question. Ray offers Dave redemption if he cleans up the mess, and the two warm up to each other when they realize they are both lonely souls. Dave's father (Timothy Hutton) is emotionally detached from his family, and Ray asks Dave to pose as his son for his 40th high-school reunion.
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 Over the Hedge 2006  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
Cast: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner, Allison Janney, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Omid Djalili, Shane Baumel
Raccoon RJ (voice of Bruce Willis) makes the mistake of pilfering food from a hibernating bear that wakes up. RJ will be spared IF he replaces all that he had stolen. He heads out to find a human settlement and, as he approaches a new subdivision, he comes across a group of assorted animals (with familiar voices). To help him in getting food, he tells them that if they go "over the hedge" and into the humans' town, there will be unlimited food. But there are some humans (also with familiar voices) who want no part of the four-legged critters. Fun for all. 1 User Review
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Peaceful Warrior 2006 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Salva
Cast: Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart, Tim DeKay, Paul Wesley, Ashton Holmes, B.J. Britt, Agnes Bruckner, Beatrice Rosen, Ray Wise, Scott Caudill, Matthew Prater
UCLA gymnast Dan Millman (Scott Mechlowicz), who dreams of competing in the Olympics, shatters his leg in a motorcycle accident. Dan finds new strength and understanding through the help of Socrates (Nick Nolte) and the beautiful Joy (Amy Smart) who help him find the wisdom in human spirit that transforms Dan into a peaceful warrior.
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 The Player 1992 R, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts, Rod Steiger, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Ray Walston, Bruce Willis
Film studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) accidentally kills a screenwriter, and a police detective (Whoopi Goldberg) investigates while stars–playing themselves–react in this satire on the Hollywood scene. Three Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Director.
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 The Prince of Tides 1991 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Barbra Streisand
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbe, Melinda Dillon, Jason Gould, George Carlin, Brad Sullivan, Bob Hannah, Maggie Collier, Lindsay Wray, Brandlyn Whitaker, Milton Clark Jr., Bonnie Johnson
While going through a mid-life crisis, a Southern, unemployed football coach Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), goes to New York where his sister Savannah (Melinda Dillon) has tried to commit suicide. Savannah's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), wants Tom to reveal memories about his childhood and their domineering mother Lila (Kate Nelligan). At first, Tom is reluctant but then learns that the answer for all of them is telling the truth about their past lives. The film received seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Nolte), and Supporting Actress (Nelligan).
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Q&A 1990 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal, Lee Richardson, Luis Guzman, Charles S. Dutton, Leonardo Cimino, Paul Calderon, Dominic Chianese
NYC cop Mike Brennan (Nick Nolte) kills a drug dealer and claims self-defense. It seems to be an open-and-shut case until a young district attorney, Al Reilly (Timothy Hutton), is assigned to investigate.
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Return to Macon County 1975  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Compton
Cast: Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Robin Mattson, Robert Viharo, Eugene Daniels, Matt Greene, Devon Ericson, Ron Prather, Philip Crews, Laura Sayer, Walt Guthrie, Mary Ann Hearn
Bo Hollinger (Nick Nolte) and Harley McKay (Don Johnson) pick up a psychotic young woman, Junell (Robin Mattson), and as they proceed on their highway travels, Bo becomes obsessed with Junell.
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Simpatico 1999 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener, Albert Finney, Shawn Hatosy, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Lloyd Catlett, Liam Waite, Doug Norwood
Years ago, Vinnie (Nick Nolte), Carter (Jeff Bridges), and Rosie (Sharon Stone) cashed in on a scheme that involved switching a horse at the track. Now Vinnie is in trouble and blackmails Carter into flying to California to help him out.
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The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger, Andrew McCarthy, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Jordy Benattar, Tod Fennell, Mariah Inger, Tyler Patrick Jones
After ending her marriage, Helen (Mary-Louise Parker) moves with her children–nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon (both played by Freddie Highmore) and their 13-year-old sister Mallory (Sarah Bolger)–into a creepy country home inherited from her Aunt Lucinda (Joan Plowright) who is now in a mental institution. Jared misses his father and has a hot temper. So, when strange things begin to happen, Jared is suspected. But, Jared joins with his siblings in trying to figure out what is going on, and Jared discovers a dusty book with a note containing instructions to not open it. Of course, Jared opens the book and reads about magical creatures living in the woods near the house. Soon after, the children meet a hobgoblin Hogsqueal (voice of Seth Rogen) and a brownie Thimbletack (voice of Martin Short). Now they learn about an ogre Mulgarath (voice of Nick Nolte) who covets the book because it will give him the secrets necessary to rule the world. Will the children be able to protect themselves, and the world, from the army of goblins gathering on their lawn?
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Teachers 1984 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Arthur Hill
Cast: Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield, Lee Grant, Richard Mulligan, Royal Dano, Zohra Lampert, Morgan Freeman, William Schallert, Art Metrano, Laura Dern, Crispin Glover
Alex (Nick Nolte) is a burned-out high-school teacher who is fed up with wimpy principal Horn (William Schallert) and arrogant vice-principal Roger (Judd Hirsch). Now, a recent graduate sues the school because he remains illiterate, and Alex's efforts to change school policies throw him into a conflict with school superintendent Dr. Burke (Lee Grant). Lots of subplots make up this story–including Alex's love interest: an attractive lawyer, Lisa (JoBeth Williams).
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 The Thin Red Line 1998 R, 170 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Jared Leto, Nick Nolte
Director Terrence Malick came out of retirement after 20 years to make this adaptation of James Jones' 1962 novel about the battle for Guadalcanal during World War II. He focuses on the officers and enlisted men of Charlie Company who are ordered to invade the South Pacific island and then to deal with the horrors of jungle fighting. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Director.
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Three Fugitives 1989 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Nick Nolte, Martin Short, James Earl Jones, Sarah Rowland Doroff, Alan Ruck, Kenneth McMillan, Bruce McGill, Lee Garlington, Sy Richardson, David Arnott
Lucas (Nick Nolte), a master bank robber trying to go straight after getting out of jail, gets involved in a bank robbery right away. This time he is a hostage, being held by an inept gunman (Martin Short). This pretty good comedy goes from there.
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Trixie 2000 R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Brittany Murphy, Lesley Ann Warren, Will Patton, Stephen Lang, Mark Acheson, Vincent Gale
Gum-chewing Trixie Zurbo (Emily Watson) is a security guard who longs to be a full-fledged private eye. Her big break comes when she is hired by a casino to watch for pickpockets; a tangled mess results–not only for Trixie but the film as well.
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Tropic Thunder 2008 R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Brandon Soo Hoo, Reggie Lee, Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey, Trieu Tran, David Pressman
In this satire on Hollywood filmmaking, Oscar-winning actor Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) just doesn't fit in with the other actors–Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), and Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black)–on the set. Bickering fills the air, and after director Kamien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) is threatened with being fired by the film's producer Les Grossman (Tom Cruise), he sends the cast by helicopter to the jungles of Southeast Asia where filming is to be done by hidden cameras. Meanwhile, the film is axed, and the actors find themselves in a real war, lost in the jungle where they are hunted down by a Burmese drug ring, led by twelve-year-old Tran (Brandon Soo Hoo), that believes the actors are soldiers. Now, their acting skills really come into play. Robert Downey Jr. received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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U-Turn 1997 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight, Abraham Benrubi, Julie Hagerty
Bobby Cooper (Sean Penn) becomes involved in murder plots when his car breaks down in front of a house whose residents want each other killed.
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Under Fire 1983 R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ed Harris, Alma Martinez, Holly Palance, Hamilton Camp, Richard Masur, Enrique Lucero
Journalists (Nick Nolte and Joanna Cassidy) cover the revolution in Nicaragua and end up coming to the aid of the guerilla cause. Good stars do a good job in a better than good film.
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Weeds 1987 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John D. Hancock
Cast: Nick Nolte, Rita Taggart, Lane Smith, William Forsythe, John Toles-Bey, Joe Mantegna, Ernie Hudson, Mark Rolston, J.J. Johnston, Anne Ramsey
This is a good story about a convict (Nick Nolte) who pens a play giving him a chance at the outside world.
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Who'll Stop the Rain? 1978 R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Dog Soldiers
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Mazur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, David Opatoshu, Charles Haid, Joaquin Martinez, Timothy Blake, James Cranna, Jean Howell, Shelby Balik, Jose Carlos Ruiz
Based on Robert Stone's award-winning novel "Dog Soldiers," this story begins with Marine Corps combat veteran John Converse (Michael Moriarty) returning to Vietnam as a journalist and deciding to smuggle heroin into the United States. Merchant Marine sailor Ray Hicks (Nick Nolte) delivers the drugs to John's wife Marge (Tuesday Weld) in California, but then thugs–Smitty and Danskin (Ray Sharkey and Richard Mazur)–steal the drugs. It isn't long before Ray and Marge are on the lam–with crooked narcotics agent Antheil (Anthony Zerbe) close behind.
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Winter Kill 1974 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jud Taylor
Cast: Andy Griffith, John Larch, Tim O'Connor, Sheree North, Nick Nolte, Charles Tyner, Joyce Van Patten, Louise Latham
In this pilot for a TV series, Andy Griffith plays a laid-back sheriff in a ski resort town. A serial killer hits town and leaves a spray-painted message at the scene of each of his crimes. The series didn't make it, but Griffith and crew tried the same formula twice more while trying.
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2. Affliction (1997)
3. Afterglow (1997)
4. Another 48 Hours (1990)
5. The Beautiful Country (2004)
6. Blue Chips (1994)
7. Breakfast of Champions (1999)
8. The California Kid (1974)
9. Cannery Row (1982)
10. Cape Fear (1991)
11. Clean (2004)
12. Death Sentence (1974)
aka: Murder One
13. The Deep (1977)
14. Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
15. Everybody Wins (1990)
16. Extreme Prejudice (1987)
17. Farewell to the King (1989)
18. A Few Days in September (2006)
19. The Golden Bowl (2000)
20. The Good Thief (2002)
21. Grace Quigley (1985)
22. Heart Beat (1980)
23. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
24. The Hulk (2003)
25. I Love Trouble (1994)
26. I'll Do Anything (1994)
27. Jefferson in Paris (1995)
28. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
29. Mother Night (1996)
30. Mulholland Falls (1996)
31. New York Stories (1989)
32. Nightwatch (1998)
33. North Dallas Forty (1979)
34. Northfork (2003)
35. Off the Black (2006)
36. Over the Hedge (2006)
37. Peaceful Warrior (2006)
38. The Player (1992)
39. The Prince of Tides (1991)
40. Q&A (1990)
41. Return to Macon County (1975)
42. The Runaway Barge (1975)
43. Simpatico (1999)
44. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
45. Teachers (1984)
46. The Thin Red Line (1998)
47. Three Fugitives (1989)
48. Trixie (2000)
49. Tropic Thunder (2008)
50. U-Turn (1997)
51. Under Fire (1983)
52. Weeds (1987)
53. Who'll Stop the Rain? (1978)
aka: Dog Soldiers
54. Winter Kill (1974)
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