Airborne 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Julian Grant
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Kim Coates, Torri Higginson, Colm Feore, Sean Bean, Philip Akin, David Fraser, Philip DeWilde, Sara Sahr, John Jay Hebert
The crack Mach One team is brought in to recover a stolen canister containing a lethal virus. The mission is accomplished, but that's not the end of it. It appears that the government may be behind what's going on, and our hero (Steve Guttenberg) puts his life on the line to save the world.
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Anna Karenina 1997  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner, James Fox, Fiona Shaw, Danny Huston, Phyllida Law, David Schofield, Saskia Wickham
This version of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel was filmed entirely in Russia and stars Sophie Marceau as the beautiful woman who leaves her passionless marriage to be near Count Vronsky (Sean Bean) and finds that happiness is elusive.
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The Big Empty 2003 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Anderson
Cast: Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, Bud Cort, Daryl Hannah, Jon Gries, Adam Beach, Gary Farmer, Rachael Leigh Cook, Brent Briscoe, Melora Walters, Kelsey Grammer, Sean Bean
When struggling actor John Person (Jon Favreau) is offered $27,000 to deliver a suitcase to Cowboy (Sean Bean) in the middle of a desert, he eagerly takes on the task. Unfortunately, John misses his connection with Cowboy, and problems multiply leaving John to deal with a number of strange characters and events.
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 Black Beauty 1994  G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Caroline Thompson
Cast: Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Jim Carter, Peter Davison, Alun Armstrong, John McEnery, Eleanor Bron, Peter Cook, Alan Cumming, Lyndon Davies, Rosalind Ayres, Adrian Ross Magenty, Georgina Armstrong, Anthony Walters, Gemma Patemoster
This adaptation of Anna Sewell's classic tale is narrated by no other than Black Beauty (voice of Alan Cumming); so, the audience is treated to the story from a horse's point of view. Black Beauty's life is told through the hardships suffered from cruel owners to the friendliness of his true family. A good film and suitable for children.
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 Don't Say a Word 2001 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Fleder
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Famke Janssen, Jennifer Esposito, Oliver Platt, Guy Torry, Shawn Doyle, Victor Argo, Conrad Goode, Paul Schulze, Lance Reddick, Aidan Devine, Alex Campbell
When psychiatrist Nathan Conrad's (Michael Douglas) daughter, Jessie (Skye McCole Bartusiak), is kidnapped, he must race against the clock to treat his patient Elisabeth Burrows (Brittany Murphy) who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and holds the key to Jessie's survival.
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 Equilibrium 2002  R, 106 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Kurt Wimmer
Cast: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus Macfadyen, Sean Bean, William Fichtner, Matthew Harbour, Dominic Purcell, Maria Pia Calzone, Emily Siewert, Kurt Wimmer, Christian Kahrmann, John Keogh, Sean Pertwee, Dirk Martens
In a futuristic world where citizens are forced to take a drug that eliminates emotions, a top government official, Clerick John Preston (Christian Bale), skips his dose of Prozium. He has been enforcing laws that forbid books, music, and art but now begins to experience feelings. This leads to Preston joining an underground force and becoming emotionally involved with Mary (Emily Watson). Now, Preston works to overthrow the government that is led by the repressive Dupont (Angus Macfadyen).
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The Field 1990 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Sheridan
Cast: Richard Harris, Sean Bean, Tom Berenger, Frances Tomelty, Brenda Fricker, John Hurt, Ruth McCabe, Joan Sheehy, Jer O'Leary, Noel O'Donovan
"Bull" McCabe's (Richard Harris) family has farmed a plot in a small Irish community for generations. When the owner decides to auction it off, Bull decides to buy it, and no one in the area would have it otherwise. However, a rich American, Peter (Tom Berenger), arrives in town to buy it for development. When Bull and his son (Sean Bean) decide to talk Peter out of competing for the land, the results are tragic. Harris received an Academy Award nomination.
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Flightplan 2005 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan, Michael Irby, Assaf Cohen, Erika Christensen, Shane Edelman, Mary Gallagher, Marlene Lawston, Forrest Landis, Brent Sexton
Grieving over the unexpected death of her husband, Kyle (Jodie Foster) and her six-year-old daughter, Julia (Marlene Lawston), are escorting his body home on a double-decker jumbo jet flying from Berlin to New York. Shortly after boarding, Kyle takes a nap, and when she awakens Julia has disappeared. Passengers and crew help Kyle look for Julia, but when she is not found they have problems believing that Julia was on the plane, and Kyle is beginning to have doubts herself.
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 GoldenEye 1995  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Joe Don Baker, Tcheky Karyo, Famke Janssen, Samantha Bond, Desmond Llewelyn, Gottfried John, Alan Cumming, Michael Kitchen, Serena Gordon, Simon Kunz
It has been six years since the last James Bond film entry. GoldenEye is named after Ian Fleming's Jamaican estate, and Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan in his debut as James Bond) is back in business with lots of gadgets, beautiful ladies, and location filming in Monte Carlo, the Caribbean, and St. Petersburg. In this film, 1990s' Russia is chaotic and filled with scheming military officers and an underworld syndicate. Great scene alert: Bond rolling a tank over St. Petersburg's cars.
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 The Hitcher 2007  R, 83 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Dave Meyers
Cast: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis, Skip O'Brien, Travis Schuldt, Danny Bolero, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Yara Martinez, Lauren Cobb, Michael J. Fisher
On a stormy New Mexico night, carefree college students Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) and Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton) head off in their car on the way to Spring Break. Along the way, they pick up hitchhiker John "The Hitcher" Ryder (Sean Bean). But their gift of benevolence was not a good decision as "The Hitcher" is a serial killer, and now he uses Grace and Jim by planting evidence as he leaves a trail of corpses that implicates them as the killers.
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 The Island 2005 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ethan Phillips, Brian Stepanek, Noa Tishby, Siobhan Flynn
In the year 2019 an installation houses clones whose body parts are destined to go to the rich and famous who count on them as insurance against physical incapacities. The clones, however, have no clue of their situation and live for the nightly lottery drawing when the winner is promised a new beginning on a fabled "island." One clone, Lincoln (Ewan McGregor), becomes suspicious and escapes with a friend (Scarlett Johansson). When the installation manager (Sean Bean) discovers them missing, he sends a commando (Djimon Hounsou) to track them down, and the perilous chase is on.
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Jacob 1994 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sean Bean, Joss Ackland, Giancarlo Giannini, Irene Papas, Juliet Aubrey, Cecilia Dazzi, Christoph M. Ohrt, Yvonne Scio, Philip Locke, Daniel Newman
The love story of the Bible's Jacob and Rachel (Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle) is told in this made-for-TV film. After fleeing his home to avoid his older brother's wrath and finding Rachel, he must become a servant to Rachel's father (Giancarlo Giannini) in order to gain Rachel's hand in marriage. But there are many hardships to overcome to realize life's dreams.
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Lady Chatterley 1992  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Joely Richardson, Sean Bean, James Wilby, Shirley Anne Field, Amanda Murray, Ken Russell, Ben Aris, Judith Paris, David Sterne, Soo Drouet, Brian Blessed
Based on three related D.H. Lawrence novels, this is the story of Lady Chatterley (Joely Richardson) who is married to the sickly, old Sir Clifford Chatterley (James Wilby). Bored with her life, she starts an affair with hired hand Mellors (Sean Bean). Originally a British TV miniseries, the film was cut for theatrical release.
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 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001  PG-13, 178 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Hugo Weaving
Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) is the Hobbit who has been given the long-missing Ancient Ring of the Dark Lord of Sauron. Now that Frodo has the Ring in his possession, he has no choice but to find the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy the Ring and end the reign of the Dark Lords. This film received the most Academy Award nominations for 2001 (13), and won four Oscars (Best Cinematography, Visual Effects, Original Score, and Makeup). Nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Ian McKellen).
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 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 PG-13, 201 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Bernard Hill, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Sean Bean
In the conclusion to J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, Gollum (Andy Serkis) continues to lead the gentle Hobbits–Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin)–on the trek to Mount Doom in their quest to destroy the One Ring. Meanwhile, the deposed King Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) strives to unite the people of Middle Earth in preparation for battle in the forthcoming massive attack by the Dark Lord Saurons' minions. Winner of 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, and Original Score and Song.
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 National Treasure 2004 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Plummer, David Dayan Fisher, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Oleg Taktarov, Stephen A. Pope, Annie Parisse, Jody Halse
Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) is sure that the clue to finding a lost, Revolutionary War chest will be found on the back of the Declaration of Independence. But, he is not the only one looking for the chest, and the FBI is also more than a little interested in all the treasure hunters.
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 North Country 2005 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Niki Caro
Cast: Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek, James Cada, Rusty Schwimmer, Linda Emond
Very loosely based on a 1980s' legal case, this is the story of Josey Ames (Charlize Theron) who had left her husband, moved in with her parents (Richard Jenkins and Sissy Spacek), and found work in the Minnesota Iron Range. But hazing, pornographic violence, and sexual threats appear to be the order of the day for the women who are outnumbered by the men in the mines. Josie endures abuse until she hires a lawyer (Sean Bean) to sue for sexual harassment, which marked the first successful case of its kind in the United States. Charlize Theron received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, and Frances McDormand was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Patriot Games 1992 R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Sean Bean, Thora Birch, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, Polly Walker, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, J.E. Freeman, Alex Norton, David Threlfall, Alun Armstrong, Hugh Fraser
Former CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) and his family–wife Cathy (Anne Archer) and daughter Sally (Thora Birch)–are on a vacation in England. While they are preparing to tour Buckingham Palace, an assassination attempt is foiled when Jack saves Lord Holmes (James Fox) from a terrorist attack. Later, the Ryans return to the family home in Maryland but do not resume their normal routines because now they are the targets of those same terrorists, and Jack must come to the rescue.
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 Ronin 1998 R, 121 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Skipp Sudduth, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jan Triska, Bernard Bloch, Feodor Atkine, Tolsty, Ron Perkins, Amadou, Leopoldine Serre
Irish activist Dierdre (Natascha McElhone) hires a team to track down a mysterious briefcase–contents unknown. They do not know who hired them, but former CIA agent Sam (Robert De Niro), former Euro intelligence agent Vincent (Jean Reno), former KGB agent Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard), British demolitions expert Spence (Sean Bean), and driver Larry (Skipp Sudduth) set out to track down the briefcase. And the chase is on, with a few twists and turns, car chases, and action scenes as they travel from Paris, to Cannes, and then to Nice.
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Scarlett 1994 TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Timothy Dalton, Barbara Barrie, Sean Bean, Annabeth Gish, Julie Harris, Stephen Collins, John Gielgud, Melissa Leo, Jean Smart
This highly advertised TV miniseries is a sequel to "Gone with the Wind." It's now 1873; Scarlett (Joanne Whalley) still wants Rhett (Timothy Dalton), so she heads to Charleston to win his love. After that fails and she has an illegitimate child, she leaves for Ireland and nobility, but her troubles are just beginning. There are better ways to spend six hours.
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Shopping 1994 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, Fraser James, Sean Bean, Marianne Faithfull, Jonathan Pryce, Daniel Newman, Lee Whitlock, Eamonn Walker, Ralph Ineson, Jason Isaacs
Ex-con Billy (Jude Law), with girlfriend Jo (Sadie Frost) along for the ride, gets his kicks out of stealing cars then ramming them into store windows, stealing until the police arrive, then riding off at high speed with the police in pursuit. But the town's drug lord, Tommy (Sean Pertwee), isn't happy with the infringement of his territory, and a deadly car race begins.
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 Silent Hill 2006 R, 127 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige, Jodelle Ferland, Colleen Williams, Eve Crawford
Rose Da Silva's (Radha Mitchell) adopted daughter Sharon (Jodelle Ferland) is suffering from a fatal disease, and Rose flees from her home and husband Christopher (Sean Bean) with Sharon in tow in search of a faith healer. They arrive in the eerily foggy town of Silent Hill, which Sharon seems to remember from her past, and Sharon disappears following a car accident leaving Rose to follow what she believes is Sharon's silhouette. Accompanied by police officer Cybil Bennett ((Laurie Holden), Rose searches the dark town for Sharon while demons and zombies rise from the ground, and Rose soon realizes she is only a pawn in a very dangerous game.
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Stormy Monday 1988 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean, James Cosmo, Heathcote Williams, Prunella Gee, Alison Steadman, Al Matthews, Brian Lewis, Mark Long, Brian Lewis, Andrzej Borkowski, Les Wilde, Benny Graham
Corrupt American businessman Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones) is trying to take over Finney's (Sting) Newcastle, England, nightclub. But, he runs into big time trouble from club workers Kate (Melanie Griffith) and Brendan (Sean Bean) who are determined to stop him.
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 Troy 2004 R, 163 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Romance
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole, Julie Christie, Tyler Mane, Julian Glover, Nathan Jones, Jacob Smith, John Shrapnel, Ken Bones
King Agamemnon (Brian Cox) assembles the Greek armies to lay siege on Troy after Trojan Prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) wooed Spartan King Menelaus' (Brendan Gleeson) beautiful bride Helen (Diane Kruger) and abducted her to Troy. Brad Pitt takes on the role of Greek hero Achilles, while Eric Bana plays the brave Trojan warrior, Hector. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.
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| 1. Airborne (1998)
2. Anna Karenina (1997)
aka: Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
3. The Big Empty (2003)
4. Black Beauty (1994)
5. Don't Say a Word (2001)
6. Equilibrium (2002)
7. The Field (1990)
8. Flightplan (2005)
9. GoldenEye (1995)
10. The Hitcher (2007)
11. The Island (2005)
12. Jacob (1994)
13. Lady Chatterley (1992)
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
16. National Treasure (2004)
17. North Country (2005)
18. Patriot Games (1992)
19. Ronin (1998)
20. Scarlett (1994)
21. Shopping (1994)
22. Silent Hill (2006)
23. Stormy Monday (1988)
24. Troy (2004)
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