Angie 1994  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Geena Davis, James Gandolfini, Stephen Rea, Aida Turturro, Philip Bosco, Jenny O'Hara, Michael Rispoli, Betty Miller, Susan Jaffe, Jeremy Collins
An engaged couple (Geena Davis and James Gandolfini) learns that they are unexpectedly "expecting." In a twist that makes this film work, the bride-to-be begins a new relationship with a very interesting stranger.
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Bloom 2003 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Walsh
Cast: Stephen Rea, Angeline Ball, Hugh O'Conor, Patrick Bergin, Alan Devlin, Phelim Drew, Maria Lennon, Eoin McCarthy, Alvaro Lucchesi, Neili Conroy, Mark Huberman, Des Braiden
Set in Dublin on June 16, 1904, this screen adaptation of James Joyce's "Ulysses" features Angeline Ball as the adulterous Molly Bloom; Stephen Rea as Molly's introspective husband, Leopold; and Hugh O'Conor as the struggling poet, Stephen Dedalus. The story unfolds through a stream of consciousness as the viewer glimpses the inner thoughts of Molly, Leopold, and Stephen.
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Breakfast on Pluto 2005 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Gavin Friday, Ruth McCabe, Ian Hart, Eva Birthistle, Steven Waddington
Patrick "Kitten" Braden's (Cillian Murphy) father is the town priest (Liam Neeson), and his mother abandoned him at birth. Now, it is the 1960s, and young adult Patrick leaves Ireland and travels to London where he becomes a transvestite cabaret singer, works as a prostitute, and is mistaken for an IRA terrorist.
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The Butcher Boy 1997  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Andrew Fullerton, Aisling O'Sullivan, Pat McCabe, Sinead O'Connor, Ian Hart, Milo O'Shea, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, John Kavanagh, Rosaleen Linehan, Anita Reeves
Based on Patrick McCabe's award-winning novel, this is a wrenching tale showing a vision of the world through the eyes of a mentally disturbed boy who lives in Ireland. Francie (Eamonn Owens) grows up in a dysfunctional family–a suicidal mother (Aisling O'Sullivan) and an alcoholic father Stephen Rea). Following the death of both parents and alone in the world, Francie brutally murders a nasty neighbor, finally ends up in a mental institution, and is confronted by the Virgin Mary (Sinead O'Connor).
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Control 2004  R, 98 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jonathan Baker, Tim Hunter
Cast: Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Rea, Kathleen Robertson, Nick Brimble, Polly Walker, Mac McDonald, Mark Letheren, Ivan Kaye
Sociopath Lee Ray Oliver (Ray Liotta) is about to pay the ultimate price for the brutal murders he committed. But rather than receive a lethal injection, he received a strong sedative that put him into a deep sleep. After being pronounced dead, he awakens later to find that he is getting a second chance IF he participates in an experimental mood-changing experiment to cure a person of criminal instincts. He is given a new name and sent to a small town to start a new life. But old habits are hard to break, despite the medications.
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Crime of the Century 1996 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Stephen Rea, Isabella Rossellini, David Paymer, Barry Primus, Bert Remsen, J.T. Walsh, Michael Moriarty, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Mickey Knox, Allen Garfield
In 1932 famed aviator Charles Lindberg's 14-month-old son was kidnapped and killed. The subsequent police investigation is the focus of this film, which shows the pressure placed on investigators to find the kidnapper.
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 The Crying Game 1992  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Brown, Adrian Dunbar, Breffni McKenna, Jack(2) Carr, Joe Savino, Birdy Sweeney, Andree Bernard, Tony Slattery
Irish Republican Army volunteer Fergus (Stephen Rea) is assigned to guard kidnapped British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker). As time passes, the two become friends, and after a British attack, Fergus runs to London where the plot twists and turns. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor, Director, Supporting Actor (Jaye Davidson), and Film Editing. An Oscar was won for Best Writing. Outstanding acting by all.
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The Doctor and the Devils 1985 R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands, Stephen Rea, Phyllis Logan, Beryl Reid, Patrick Stewart, Sian Phillips
In this Mel Brooks production, Doctor Thomas Rock (Timothy Dalton) enlists the aid of grave robbers to obtain cadavers for his scientific experiments.
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The End of the Affair 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart, Sam Bould, Jason Isaacs, James Bolam, Deborah Findlay, Simon Turner, Heather Jay Jones
After a chance meeting with his ex-lover's (Julianne Moore) husband (Stephen Rea), Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) tracks her down, and their affair starts anew. Julianne Moore received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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 Evelyn 2002 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, John Lynch, Sophie Vavasseur, Alan Bates, Niall Beagan, Hugh McDonagh, Mairead Devlin
Pierce Brosnan takes on the role of unemployed Desmond whose wife leaves him the day after Christmas, 1953, putting Desmond in charge of their three children. But when the Irish courts system determines the children would be better off in a Catholic orphanage, Desmond sues to get his children back in his custody. A landmark legal case that reached the Irish Supreme Court.
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 FearDotCom 2002  R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Malone
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea, Udo Kier, Amelia Shankley, Jeffrey Combs, Nigel Terry, Gesine Cukrowski, Michael Sarrazin, Anna Thalbach
Sex and violence reek throughout this horror flick about a Web Site that knows what scares people. Those who log on end up being killed within 48 hours–by whatever each fears most. Sick, sick, sick.
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Guinevere 1999 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Audrey Wells
Cast: Stephen Rea, Sarah Polley, Jean Smart, Gina Gershon, Paul Dooley, Carrie Preston, Tracy Letts, Francis Guinan, Gedde Watanabe, Jasmine Guy
Harper Sloane (Sarah Polley) rebels against her affluent family and enjoys a romantic fling with Connie Fitzpatrick (Stephen Rea)–a photographer who is old enough to be Sloane's father. This older-man/younger-woman affair fills the needs of both and enriches their lives.
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Hacks 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Sink or Swim
Director: Gary Rosen
Cast: Stephen Rea, Illeana Douglas, John Ritter, Dave Foley, Richard Kind, Dusty Kay, Tom Arnold, Robert Patrick, Ryan O'Neal, Ricky Jay
TV script-writer Brian (Stephen Rea) is given the task of coming up with a new TV series–but he's out of ideas. Then, while at his routine poker game with his buds, Brian sees a couple on a balcony and gets an idea for the series. He meets the balcony-girl, offers to buy her life story, and then disappears with her. Well-known cast, but the film didn't hit it big.
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In Dreams 1998 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Robert Downey Jr., Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Kathleen Langlois, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jennifer Berry, Emma J. Brown, Ken Cheeseman
Claire (Annette Bening) is having nightmares when she turns to a psychologist, Dr. Stephens (Dennis Boutsikaris). As the plot develops, it turns out that a psychopathic child-killer (Robert Downey Jr.) has channeled his thoughts through Claire's mind. This psycho-thriller is out there–wavering on the edge. You decide!
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 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 1994  R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, Stephen Rea, Thandie Newton, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Lyla Hay Owen, Monte Monague, Nathalie Bloch-Laine, Helen McCrory, George Kelly, Rory Edwards, Marcel Iures
Based on Anna Rice's "Vampire" stories, this movie begins with reporter Daniel Malloy (Christian Slater) interviewing the vampire, Louis (Brad Pitt), who relates how Lestat (Tom Cruise) enlisted him and Claudia (Kirsten Dunst) into the world of vampires. Louis and Lestat become the loves of each other's lives. Later, Louis and Claudia join up with the Theatre des Vampires whose leader, Armand (Antonio Banderas), participates in some weird sacrificial orgies with them.
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The Life Before This 1999 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Leslie Hope, David Hewlett, Joel S. Keller, Jacob Tierney, Fab Filippo, Alberta Watson
"The Life Before This" begins when two robbers, with the police in hot pursuit, dart into a coffee shop and kill some of the patrons. Then the story switches to flashbacks revealing stories of how the victims ended up being in that wrong place at the wrong time.
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Life Is Sweet 1991 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Moya Brady, David Neilson, Harriet Thorpe, Paul Trussel, Jack Thorpe-Baker
Set in the lower-middle-class home of a London family, this film provides an insightful character study of four different family members and how they interact with one another. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) live with their teenage daughters–tomboy Natalie (Claire Skinner) and anorexic Nicola (Jane Horrocks). The girls deal differently with their optimistic mother and good natured father who runs a business from a mobile snack bar. When problems rise to the fore, Wendy strives to keep the family together.
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 Michael Collins 1996 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Ian Hart, Brendan Gleeson, Charles Dance, John Kenny, Richard Ingram
Set during Ireland's fight for freedom from British control in 1921, Michael Collins (Liam Neeson) was a hero in what would later become the Irish Republican Army. This is the story of the battle for his cause: the liberation of part of Ireland.
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 The Musketeer 2001  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth, Justin Chambers, Bill Treacher, Daniel Mesguich, David Schofield, Nick Moran, Steve Spiers, Jan Gregor Kremp, Jeremy Clyde, Michael Byrne, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Tsilla Chelton
Yet another adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel comes to the screen in the story about D'Artagnan (Justin Chambers) striving to become a Musketeer like his father. As a child, D'Artagnan had witnessed the evil Febre (Tim Roth) killing his parents, and he arrives in Paris seeking to avenge his parents' deaths. D'Artagnan learns that the Musketeers have been disbanded by Cardinal Richelieu (Stephen Rea), and he searches for Musketeers Aramis (Nick Moran), Athos (Jan Gregor Kremp) and Porthos (Steve Spiers). During his search, D'Artagnan joins forces with Francesca (Mena Suvari), whose mother had served the Queen (Catherine Deneuve), and Francesca has remained close to her. By story's end, D'Artagnan prevents a war and falls in love with Francesca.
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Pret-a-Porter 1994  R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Ready to Wear
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Kim Basinger, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Sally Kellerman, Linda Hunt, Tracey Ullman, Stephen Rea, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Danny Aiello
The week-long unveiling of Paris designs is an "event" captured by this film. If you like fashion excess and shallow (but good-looking) people hopping into bed, this is the film for you. Actually, when subplots are deleted, this film is, in itself, one big satire on the fashion industry.
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Princess Caraboo 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Austin
Cast: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Stephen Rea, Peter Eyre, Jacqueline Pearce, Roger Lloyd-Pack, John Sessions, John Wells, John Lynch, Kate Ashfield, Arkie Whiteley, Ewan Bailey
Supposedly based on a true story, this is the tale of a young woman (Phoebe Cates) who shows up in an English village during the early 1800s speaking a strange language. She is taken in by the Worralls (Jim Broadbent and Wendy Hughes) whose butler, Frexos (Kevin Kline) convinces them to have her tried for vagrancy. During the trial, she uses pantomime to convince the magistrate that her name is "Caraboo" and that she is a princess who was kidnapped by pirates but managed to escape by swimming ashore. The Worralls take her back to their home, but a reporter, Gutch (Stephen Rea), still thinks she is a fraud and investigates to find out whether or not Caraboo is telling the truth. Fun, with a good cast and story.
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Proud 2004 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Proudly We Served
Director: Mary Pat Kelly
Cast: Erik LaRay Harvey, Ossie Davis, Albert Jones, Jeffrey Nash, Stephen Rea, Rashad Haughton, Kiesha Whitaker, Aidan Quinn, Darnell Williams, Vernel Bagneris, Denise Nicholas, Edward O'Blenis Jr.
Veteran Lorenzo DuFau (Ossie Davis) tells grandson Larry (Albert Jones) the story of his military service during World War II with the predominantly Black crew that manned the Navy war ship, U.S.S. Mason. Flashbacks are used to illustrate many points of the story.
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The Reaping 2007 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Hilary Swank, Idris Elba, David Morrissey, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephen Rea, William Ragsdale, John McConnell, David Jensen, Yvonne Landry, Samuel Garland, Myles Cleveland, Andrea Frankle, Stuart Greer
Once an ordained minister, Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) has given up the church, but her assistant, Ben (Idris Elba) is a dedicated believer who helps Katherine as she travels the world debunking miracles. When Katherine answers the call from school teacher Doug (David Morrissey), she and Ben travel to Doug's Louisiana town where among the weird happenings are a river turning red, a young boy found dead, and dead frogs falling from trees. What is going on?
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Still Crazy 1998 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Gibson
Cast: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Juliet Aubrey, Helena Bergstrom, Bruce Robinson, Hans Matheson, Phil Daniels
This British comedy relates the memories, rehearsals, rivalries, arguments, etc. of a fictional band, Strange Fruit. The rock band reunites at the urging of band member Tony Costello (Stephen Rea) in order to perform at the Wisbech Rock Festival–an outdoor concert where, 20-years earlier, a bolt of lightning short-circuited the band's future.
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Stuck 2008 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Lionel Mark Smith, Wayne Robson, R.D. Reid, Patrick McKenna, Sharlene Royer, John Dartt, John Dunsworth, Mauricio Hoyos, Brian Johnson, Wally MacKinnon
In Providence, Rhode Island, nurse's assistant Brandi Boski (Mena Suvari) celebrates the possibility of a job promotion at a bar with co-worker Tanya (Rukiya Bernard). Brandi drinks too much, and when she drives home, she runs into a homeless man, Tom (Stephen Rea). The impact smashes Tom through Brandi's broken windshield. Knowing that the accident will ruin her promotion possibilities, Brandi drives the car into her garage and plans to let Tom die there. But, Tom doesn't die and now realizes that he, and he alone, must save himself from certain death.
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This Is My Father 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Quinn
Cast: James Caan, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, John Cusack, Moya Farrelly, Jacob Tierney, Colm Meaney, Donal Donnelly, Brendan Gleeson, Pat Shortt
A Chicago teacher, Kieran Johnson (James Caan), travels to Ireland in search of the father he never knew. In the process of discovery, Johnson is transported–through memories–back to the 1934 affair of Kieran O'Dea (Aidan Quinn) and Johnson's mother, Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly).
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Trojan Eddie 1996 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Stephen Rea, Richard Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Sean McGinley, Angeline Ball, Brid Brennan, Stuart Townsend, Aislin McGuckin, Angela O'Driscoll, Jason Gilroy
Trojan Eddie (Stephen Rea) is a fast-talking ex-con who finds his niche in selling every-and-any thing at bargain prices. But Eddie winds up in the middle of an affair between the wife of his boss and her lover, Eddie's assistant. BIG trouble results.
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 V for Vendetta 2006  R, 132 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: James McTeigue
Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinead Cusack, Natasha Wightman, John Standing, Eddie Marsan
Set in the future after World War III resulted in Great Britain becoming a totalitarian state with Adam Sutler (John Hurt) in charge, this story involves the efforts of a masked man, V (Hugo Weaving), to ignite a revolution. With help from Evey (Natalie Portman) who he had rescued from an assault by government forces, V struggles against the oppressive forces of Britain's government.
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| 1. Angie (1994)
2. Bloom (2003)
3. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
4. The Butcher Boy (1997)
5. The Company of Wolves (1984)
6. Control (2004)
7. Crime of the Century (1996)
8. The Crying Game (1992)
9. The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
10. The End of the Affair (1999)
11. Evelyn (2002)
12. FearDotCom (2002)
13. Guinevere (1999)
14. Hacks (1997)
aka: Sink or Swim
15. In Dreams (1998)
16. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
17. The Life Before This (1999)
18. Life Is Sweet (1991)
19. Lumiere and Company (1995)
20. Michael Collins (1996)
21. The Musketeer (2001)
22. Pret-a-Porter (1994)
aka: Ready to Wear
23. Princess Caraboo (1994)
24. Proud (2004)
aka: Proudly We Served
25. The Reaping (2007)
26. Still Crazy (1998)
27. Stuck (2008)
28. This Is My Father (1998)
29. Trojan Eddie (1996)
30. V for Vendetta (2006)
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