Movies by Matthew McConaughey
As part of the cast:
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Magic Mike (2012)
Cast: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew Bomer …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Inspired by the experiences of one of its stars -- Channing Tatum -- this Steven Soderberg-helmed comedy focuses on the world of male strippers. Tatum plays a veteran stripper introducing a…
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The Paperboy (2012)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo …
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Convinced by a death row inmate's female pen pal that the convict is innocent, a reporter and his brother investigate and discover a case marred by deceit, seduction and betrayal.…
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Mud (2012)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan …
Directed by: Jeff Nichols
Two Mississippi teens, Ellis and Neckbone, meet a mysterious drifter named Mud hiding on a deserted river island and get caught up in his tangled web of tall tales about bounty hunters,…
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe …
Directed by: Brad Furman
Tasked with defending rich lothario Louis Roulet, who's been charged with assault, lawyer Mick Haller finds himself and his family in danger when he deduces the truth behind this and…
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Bernie (2011)
Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey …
Directed by: Richard Linklater
In this black comedy inspired by real-life events, affable Texas mortician Bernie befriends the small town's wealthiest widow and then kills her. But despite the suspicious nature of her…
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Killer Joe (2011)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple …
Directed by: William Friedkin
Dimwitted drug dealer Chris hires Killer Joe to ice his mother for her insurance. But Chris is broke, so Joe demands his sister Dottie as collateral. Dottie's not about to be treated as…
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Emma Stone …
Directed by: Mark Waters
At his brother's wedding, playboy Connor is troubled to find that the ghosts of his many girlfriends have come to give him a piece of their mind. But they also teach him about true love…
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Fool's Gold (2008)
Cast: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Malcolm-Jamal Warner …
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Charming but luckless treasure hunter Ben Finnegan has sacrificed his relationship with his wife to search for the Queen's Dowry, a legendary treasure lost at sea. But a new clue…
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Tropic Thunder (2008)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. …
Directed by: Ben Stiller
In the spirit of Apocalypse Now and Platoon, this combat film send-up from director-star Ben Stiller tracks a group of actors who are forced to become real-life soldiers when they're…
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Surfer, Dude (2008)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Scott Glenn …
Directed by: S.R. Bindler
Laid-back Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey) lives his dream life as he tours the globe, catching the best waves in every hemisphere. But when he returns to Malibu, things change: The good…
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Failure to Launch (2006)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel …
Directed by: Tom Dey
In a desperate attempt to push their thirtysomething son Tripp out of the nest, a frustrated mother and father hire a beautiful "relationship consultant" with a patented plan to move him out…
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We Are Marshall (2006)
Cast: Matthew Fox, Matthew McConaughey, David Strathairn …
Directed by: McG
After a plane crash takes the lives of most of Marshall University's football team, new coach Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey) must rally the surviving players and a grieving community…
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Sahara (2005)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz …
Directed by: Breck Eisner
While investigating a deadly water-borne epidemic along the Nile River, adventurer Dirk Pitt uncovers a secret dating back to the U.S. Civil War and battles an evil industrialist bent on…
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Two for the Money (2005)
Cast: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo …
Directed by: D.J. Caruso
Former collegiate football star Brandon Lang spins his uncanny prognostication skills into a lucrative new vocation with renowned "sports consultant" Walter Abrams. But as Lang's star…
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Cast: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn …
Directed by: Donald Petrie
To help land a big ad account, notorious player Ben (Matthew McConaughey) makes a wager with his co-workers that he can get a woman to fall in love with him in just 10 days. But he bets on…
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Tiptoes (2003)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Peter Dinklage, Kate Beckinsale …
Directed by: Matthew Bright
A young pregnant woman (Kate Beckinsale) is at odds with her boyfriend (Matthew McConaughey), the father of her child. He's adamantly against having the baby, for reasons that are a…
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Frailty (2002)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Matt O'Leary …
Directed by: Bill Paxton
Fenton Meiks approaches FBI agent Wesley Doyle to confess his disturbed family's role in a series of notorious Texas murders in this gripping thriller, which is actor Bill Paxton's…
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Reign of Fire (2002)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco …
Directed by: Rob Bowman
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer (Matthew McConaughey) and a British survivor (Christian Bale) team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to…
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13 Conversations About One Thing (2002)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, Clea DuVall …
Directed by: Jill Sprecher
The "one thing" that prompts 13 different conversations is happiness, and in this drama from writer-director Jill Sprecher, a superb cast (including John Turturro, Amy Irving, Matthew…
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Festival Pass with Chris Gore (2002)
Cast: Chris Gore, Maria Bello, Dustin Hoffman …
Directed by: Mary Jo Intorcio
Festival Pass takes cineastes all over the map in search of the newest and the best movies screened at various film festivals. Movie guru Chris Gore, who also edits Film Threat Magazine,…
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The Wedding Planner (2001)
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras …
Directed by: Adam Shankman
San Francisco's premier wedding planner, Mary Fiore, is saved from an accident by the man of her dreams -- only to discover that he happens to be her latest client's fiancé in…
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U-571 (2000)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel …
Directed by: Jonathan Mostow
It's 1942 and the Nazis are winning the war at sea, thanks to the Enigma encoding device that makes the German ciphering system unbreakable. A group of American submariners undertakes a…
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EDtv (1999)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Jenna Elfman …
Directed by: Ron Howard
From his dead-end job to dealing with his deadbeat brother (Woody Harrelson), the things that comprise Ed's (Matthew McConaughey) life don't amount to much. But when a television…
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The Newton Boys (1998)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke …
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Four Texan brothers (Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey and Skeet Ulrich) ignite a crime spree in the 1920s, robbing more than 200 banks across the nation -- without…
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Contact (1997)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
When Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) hears a signal being broadcast from outer space, the race is on to interpret humanity's first contact with alien intelligence in this adaptation of…
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Amistad (1997)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
An African-born slave leads a mutiny against his brutal captors, but because the ship is in American waters, a U.S. court must decide the slaves' fates. In an eloquent courtroom speech,…
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A Time to Kill (1996)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
When two white men brutally rape a young black girl in a small Mississippi town, the child's vengeful father (Samuel L. Jackson) fears their acquittal and takes the law into his own…
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Lone Star (1996)
Cast: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Matthew McConaughey …
Directed by: John Sayles
When two men discover a human skull and an encrusted badge buried near a small Texas border town, lawman Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) launches an investigation that reveals a 40-year-old murder…
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Larger Than Life (1996)
Cast: Bill Murray, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew McConaughey …
Directed by: Howard Franklin
When hard-bitten motivational speaker Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) learns the father he never knew has passed away, Jack inherits a gargantuan legacy: an enormous debt and an elephant named…
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Scorpion Spring (1996)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Alfred Molina, Kevin Tighe …
Directed by: Brian Cox
When unsuspecting friends Denis Brabant (Alfred Molina) and Zac Cross (Patrick McGaw) offer a ride to a hitchhiker (Esai Morales) with a beautiful companion, they never predict their road…
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Boys on the Side (1995)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Looking to jump-start her career, lesbian night-club singer Jane (Whoopi Goldberg) answers an ad placed by a woman named Robin (Mary-Louise Parker), an AIDS sufferer who wants a companion to…
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Glory Daze (1995)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Megan Ward …
Directed by: Rich Wilkes
It's punk rock meets Animal House in this campus comedy that stars Ben Affleck as Jack, a soon-to-be graduate who finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life…
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks …
Directed by: Kim Henkel
Everyone's favorite chainsaw-wielding psychopath, Leatherface (Robert Jacks), is back for more prom-night gore, and this time he's joined by his bloodthirsty family. Four stranded…
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Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Cast: Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza …
Directed by: William Dear
A foster child has two wishes: to be reunited with his dad and to see the California Angels win the pennant -- and the former depends on the latter. His prayers are answered when angels start…
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My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Cast: Andrew Lowery, Traci Lind, Edward Herrmann …
Directed by: Bob Balaban
Missy (Traci Lind) is the most beautiful girl in school, and Johnny (Andrew Lowery) has been in love with her for years. One night, Johnny's killed trying to win her over, but he soon…
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Cast: Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins …
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Director Richard Linklater's coming-of-age comedy follows a group of teenagers on their last day of school in 1976, centering on Randall "Pink" Floyd, who moves easily among stoners,…