Movies by Lou Diamond Phillips
As part of the cast:
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Filly Brown (2012)
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Chrissie Fit, Lou Diamond Phillips …
Directed by: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos
Offered a chance to be a star, a young rapper must decide whether to go for the gold or remain true to herself and the friends who've helped her. Meanwhile, her family struggles, with…
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Metal Tornado (2011)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Nicole de Boer, Stephen Macdonald …
Directed by: Gordon Yang
After a research project goes awry, a scientist and his team race to stop the monstrous magnetic tornadoes their experiment spawned. But fueled by infinite energy and shredding everything in…
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Takedown (2010)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Estella Warren, Deborah Kara Unger …
Directed by: Raul Inglis
After he discovers a kidnapped Serbian girl in a truck, a security guard -- still reeling from the slaying of his own daughter -- dedicates his life to saving the young woman and toppling the…
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Angel and the Badman (2009)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Deborah Kara Unger, Luke Perry …
Directed by: Terry Ingram
Lou Diamond Phillips steps into some mighty big boots in this remake of the 1947 John Wayne classic, but he fills them nicely and makes the role his own in his portrayal of a wounded…
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The Invited (2009)
Cast: Megan Ward, Victor Browne, Lou Diamond Phillips …
Directed by: Ryan McKinney
Expecting their first child, Michelle (Megan Ward) and Jack (Victor Browne) move into a beautiful old home that may have a cursed past. When Michelle finds an old Ouija board in the attic,…
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Carny (2009)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Simone-Elise Girard, Dominic Cuzzocrea …
Directed by: Sheldon Wilson
Arriving in rural Nebraska, a traveling carnival attracts the locals with a caged monster known as the Jersey Devil. But fascination soon turns to fear when the beast escapes and goes on a…
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Stargate Universe (2009)
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith …
Sent from Earth to intercept a starship launched centuries earlier by a civilization of Ancients, a team of astronauts led by Dr. Nicholas Rush (Robert Carlyle) and Col. Everett Young (Justin…
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Lone Rider (2008)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Angela Alvarado, Robert Baker …
Directed by: David S. Cass Sr.
Upon returning to his Nevada hometown after a 20-year stint in the cavalry, Bobby Hattaway (Lou Diamond Phillips) learns that his childhood friend Stu Croker (Vincent Spano) has turned into a…
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Love Takes Wing (2008)
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Lou Diamond Phillips, Haylie Duff …
Directed by: Lou Diamond Phillips
Recently widowed Dr. Belinda Simpson (Sarah Jones) takes a job as town physician in the frontier outpost of Sikeston, Mo.,where many citizens have fallen prey to a mysterious illness but…
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Death Toll (2007)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, DMX, Keshia Knight Pulliam …
Directed by: Phenomenon
In post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, a brutal drug lord known as "the Dog" (DMX) rules the crime-ridden streets. The police seem powerless. That is, until crusading Mayor Padial (Lou…
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Never Forget (2007)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristen Holden-Ried, Jonathan Whittaker …
Directed by: Leo Scherman
After awakening in the woods drenched in blood and suffering from amnesia, Frank Hill (Lou Diamond Phillips) finds himself accused of a vicious killing. But as Frank slowly regains his memory…
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Termination Point (2007)
Cast: Jason Priestley, Lou Diamond Phillips, Garwin Sanford …
Directed by: Jason Bourque
When government scientist Daniel Winter (Lou Diamond Phillips) steals the design for a hush-hush military time-travel project, lawman Caleb Smith (Jason Priestley) leads a manhunt to prevent…
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Striking Range (2006)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Glenn Morshower, Yancy Butler …
Directed by: Daniel Millican
When millionaire businessman Ted Billings (Glenn Morshower) double-crosses his partners in a weapons deal, he decides it's time to hire some protection. Enter mercenary Eugene "Vash"…
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El Cortez (2006)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Weitz, Glenn Plummer …
Directed by: Stephen Purvis
Just out of prison for the criminally insane, Manny (Lou Diamond Phillips) returns to Reno where he takes a job as a clerk at the Hotel El Cortez. There, he finds trouble fast when he gets…
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Fingerprints (2006)
Cast: Leah Pipes, Kristin Cavallari, Josh Henderson …
Directed by: Harry Basil
A small town lies in limbo 50 years after a horrific accident that saw a train plow into a school bus filled with children. Can a troubled teenager fresh out of rehab unlock the truth about…
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Murder at the Presidio (2005)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Victoria Pratt, Martin Cummins …
Directed by: John Fasano
This fact-based crime drama stars Lou Diamond Phillips as an Army detective who must reconstruct the events leading to the murder of a soldier's wife to determine who's responsible…
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The Trail to Hope Rose (2004)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Majors …
Directed by: David S. Cass Sr.
Lou Diamond Phillips stars as Keenan Deerfield, a recently paroled outlaw trying to go straight in a hardscrabble mining town run by a corrupt businessman (Warren Stevens). Deerfield risks…
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Gone But Not Forgotten (2004)
Cast: Brooke Shields, Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn …
Directed by: Armand Mastroianni
When an Oregon woman disappears without a trace, the only clue is a withering black rose with a note that reads "gone but not forgotten." Now, it's up to a tough attorney (Brooke…
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Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Isaiah Washington …
Directed by: Ron Shelton
In writer-director Ron Shelton's action-comedy, two cops with ambitions beyond police work get sucked into the case of a lifetime. Det. Joe Gavilian (Harrison Ford) makes extra money in…
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Absolon (2003)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kelly Brook …
Directed by: David Barto
This thriller begins centuries into the future, when the world is staring disaster in the face. Salvation lies in the form of the earnest Norman Scott, who's out to hunt down the truth…
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Red Water (2003)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Swanson, Coolio …
Directed by: Charles Robert Carner
While looking for a new energy source on the shores of a Louisiana river, a divorced couple put their differences aside. But their efforts are disrupted by a pair of thieves trying to…
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Kids Ten Commandments: Life and Seth Situation (2003)
Cast: Peter Strauss, Paul Winfield, Jodi Benson …
Come along with 11-year-old Seth and a cast of Bible characters as they learn the meaning of two of the Ten Commandments. Seth and his best friend, Ephraim, fight off dangerous bandits and…
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Lone Hero (2002)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Patrick Flanery, Robert Forster …
Directed by: Ken Sanzel
A small desert town is turned upside down when two bikers rob a store and threaten to harm the family of anyone who turns them in. Undeterred, one of the townspeople (Sean Patrick Flanery)…
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Malevolent (2002)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Edoardo Ballerini, Kari Wuhrer …
Directed by: John Terlesky
When troubled cop Jack Lucas finds himself implicated in a series of murders, he races to clear his name and find the real killer -- but even his buddies on the force believe he's the culprit.
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Stark Raving Mad (2002)
Cast: Seann William Scott, Timm Sharp, Patrick Breen …
Directed by: Drew Daywalt, David Schneider
Two-bit hustler Ben McGewan hatches a scheme to pay off his dead brother's debt by stealing a priceless Chinese statue stored in a bank vault. To get to the artifact, Ben and his hapless…
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Naked Movie (2002)
Cast: Tori Spelling, David Carradine, Cheryl Dent …
Directed by: Sam Henry Kass
A slew of Hollywood stars -- including Carmen Electra, Lou Diamond Phillips and David Carradine -- play themselves in this mockumentary about what it takes to get a movie made in Hollywood.…
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Route 666 (2001)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Steven Williams, Lori Petty …
Directed by: William Wesley
After escaping the government's witness protection program, a mob informer named Smith is hiding out in the Arizona desert. As a pair of federal agents (Lou Diamond Phillips and Lori…
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Knight Club (2001)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Lochlyn Munro, Glenn Plummer …
Directed by: Russell Gannon
The tough bouncers who play gatekeepers at some of Los Angeles's biggest and best clubs realize that they've also been inducted into a sexy, sometimes dangerous, but intoxicating…
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Wolf Lake (2001)
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paul Wesley, Carmen Moore …
In this chilling TV series, Seattle cop John Kanin (Lou Diamond Phillips) is searching for his missing fiancée. It's a mission that takes him to her hometown of Wolf Lake where…
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24 (2001)
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard …
Each season of this Emmy-winning action thriller follows 24 hours in the life of Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), a special agent who works for the government thwarting terrorist attacks,…
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Supernova (2000)
Cast: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forester …
Directed by: Walter Hill, James Thomas Lee Knight
When a deep-space rescue ship answers a distress call from a mining planet, the crew leaps light-years to find a lone survivor. When the man joins them, crew members start disappearing thanks…
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Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Cheech Marin, Fran Drescher …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Woody Allen plays a kosher butcher (wearing cowboy boots and a Stetson, no less) who slices and dices his philandering wife (Sharon Stone) but loses track of her hand -- which becomes…
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A Better Way to Die (2000)
Cast: Andre Braugher, Scott Wiper, Lou Diamond Phillips …
Directed by: Scott Wiper
Boomer (writer-director Scott Wiper), an idealistic Chicago cop, is disillusioned by the violence and apathy he sees around him. So, he hits the road in search of a simpler life, only to find…
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Hangman (2000)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dan Lauria, Mädchen Amick …
Directed by: Ken Girotti
Hangman This titillating thriller has it all: crazed killers, sexual tension and plot twists galore. Detective Nick Roos (Lou Diamond Phillips) is investigating a lunatic serial killer who…
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Bats (1999)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton …
Directed by: Louis Morneau
A government experiment goes awry, spawning a new generation of bats that are vicious, ravenous … and intelligent! Sheriff Emmett Kimsey (Lou Diamond Phillips) and ace researcher Sheila…
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Brokedown Palace (1999)
Cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman …
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Best friends Alice (Claire Danes) and Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) journey to Thailand to celebrate their high school graduation. But after falling in with a charming con artist (Daniel…
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In a Class of His Own (1999)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Joan Chen, Candice McClure …
Directed by: Robert Munic
Thanks to an edict by the school board, high school custodian Rich Donato (Lou Diamond Phillips) may lose his job unless he passes an equivalency test within 30 days. In an amazing gesture of…
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The Big Hit (1998)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate …
Directed by: Kirk Wong
Four enterprising young hit men abduct a wealthy executive's daughter, but they're unaware of two crucial details: She's their boss's goddaughter, and her father just went…
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Courage Under Fire (1996)
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan …
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Lt. Col. Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) heads an investigation of the wartime activities of chopper pilot Capt. Karen Walden (Meg Ryan) to verify that she's posthumously worthy of…
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Sioux City (1994)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Melinda Dillon …
Directed by: Lou Diamond Phillips
Raised in Beverly Hills by adoptive parents, young Jesse (Lou Diamond Phillips) knows nothing of his ancestors or their customs until an amulet sent by his biological mother compels him to…
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Boulevard (1994)
Cast: Rae Dawn Chong, Kari Wuhrer, Lou Diamond Phillips …
Directed by: Penelope Buitenhuis
After reluctantly putting her newborn up for adoption and fleeing from an abusive boyfriend, Jennefer (Kari Wuhrer) ends up in Toronto's red-light district, where she meets a tough…
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Extreme Justice (1993)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Chelsea Field …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
After an impetuous Los Angeles detective is suspended, he's recruited to remove violent repeat offenders from the streets by any means necessary. But he soon learns that the price of…
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Shadow of the Wolf (1993)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Toshirô Mifune, Jennifer Tilly …
Directed by: Jacques Dorfmann, Pierre Magny
Cast out of his Inuit tribe after clashing with his father (Toshirô Mifune) and killing a fur trader, young firebrand Agaguk (Lou Diamond Phillips) flees with his bride (Jennifer…
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The Panama Deception (1992)
Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, Lou Diamond Phillips
Directed by: Barbara Trent
Filmmaker Barbara Trent's Oscar-winning exposé shines a light on the lies surrounding the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama, alleging that Operation Just Cause was motivated by a plan…
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Panama Deception (1992)
Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, Lou Diamond Phillips, Abraham Alvarez …
Directed by: Barbara Trent, David Kasper
Filmmakers Barbara Trent and David Kasper explain the untold truths behind the United States' 1989 invasion of Panama in this hard-hitting documentary that illuminates the complex…
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The Dark Wind (1991)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Ward, Gary Farmer …
Directed by: Errol Morris
After a horribly mutilated Navajo Indian is found on Hopi land, Navajo policeman Jim Chee (Lou Diamond Phillips) is plunged into a mystery filled with drug dealers, FBI agents, witchcraft,…
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Young Guns II (1990)
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips …
Directed by: Geoff Murphy
In this sequel to the hit Western Young Guns, Billy "The Kid" (Emilio Estevez) and his gang of outlaws run wild until two of his companions in crime, "Doc" Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) and…
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The First Power (1990)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober …
Directed by: Robert Resnikoff
Det. Russell Logan breathes a sigh of relief upon the capture and execution of a serial murderer known as the Pentagram Killer. But Logan's work is far from finished when he discovers…
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A Show of Force (1990)
Cast: Amy Irving, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips …
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
A journalist puts her life in danger to investigate a potential FBI cover-up in this taut thriller. Set in 1978 Puerto Rico, the film centers on reporter Kate Melendez (Amy Irving), who sets…
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Disorganized Crime (1989)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Gwynne, Corbin Bernsen …
Directed by: Jim Kouf
In this crime caper, a gang of professional crooks has everything it takes to rob a bank -- except their boss, a car and an actual plan. The only things working in their favor are a cop and…
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Renegades (1989)
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jami Gertz …
Directed by: Jack Sholder
An unconventional -- and very angry -- undercover cop (Kiefer Sutherland) and a Lakota Indian (Lou Diamond Phillips), both renegade outcasts in their own societies, join forces to bust the…
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Stand and Deliver (1988)
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia …
Directed by: Ramon Menendez
Fans of inspirational dramas about the life-changing power of education will be touched by this moving, mostly true story of famed East L.A. math teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos),…
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Young Guns (1988)
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips …
Directed by: Christopher Cain
Rancher John Tunstall hires young gunmen to work on his property while teaching them to read and civilize themselves. When men working for a rival rancher shoot and kill Tunstall, the young…
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Dakota (1988)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Herta Ware, Eli Cummins …
Directed by: Fred Holmes
Lou Diamond Phillips stars as Dakota, a troubled teen who hits the road in search of himself. Running from his tragic past, Dakota just might find his future with the family of the…
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La Bamba (1987)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto …
Directed by: Luis Valdez
The plane crash that killed rocker Buddy Holly also took the life of Ritchie Valens, a 17-year-old Mexican-American who rocketed to fame with the hit "La Bamba." The film paints a vivid…
As a director:
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Love Takes Wing (2008)
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Lou Diamond Phillips, Haylie Duff …
Directed by: Lou Diamond Phillips
Recently widowed Dr. Belinda Simpson (Sarah Jones) takes a job as town physician in the frontier outpost of Sikeston, Mo.,where many citizens have fallen prey to a mysterious illness but…
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Sioux City (1994)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Melinda Dillon …
Directed by: Lou Diamond Phillips
Raised in Beverly Hills by adoptive parents, young Jesse (Lou Diamond Phillips) knows nothing of his ancestors or their customs until an amulet sent by his biological mother compels him to…