Movies by Peter Berg
As part of the cast:
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The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
Cast: Morgan Spurlock, Ben Silverman, Brett Ratner …
Directed by: Morgan Spurlock
Intrepid filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) directs this bitingly ironic documentary, which scrutinizes the pervasive marketing, advertising and product placement practices that have…
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30 for 30: Kings Ransom (2009)
Cast: Peter Berg, Wayne Gretzky
Directed by: Peter Berg
The sports world was rocked in the summer of 1988 when the Edmonton Oilers dealt Wayne Gretzky, regarded as the greatest hockey player ever, to the Los Angeles Kings in a transaction so…
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Lions for Lambs (2007)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford …
Directed by: Robert Redford
While a Washington bigwig (Tom Cruise) goes toe-to-toe with a reporter (Meryl Streep) on the issue of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, an idealistic professor (Robert Redford) tries to keep his…
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Smokin' Aces (2006)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys …
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
After a sleazy Las Vegas magician (Jeremy Piven) agrees to testify against the mob, he embarks on one last hurrah in Lake Tahoe before entering protective custody. But can just one FBI agent…
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Collateral (2004)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith …
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cab driver Max picks up Vincent, a man who offers him $600 to drive him around Los Angeles. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes Vincent is an assassin. It's now up to…
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Corky Romano (2001)
Cast: Chris Kattan, Peter Falk, Peter Berg …
Directed by: Rob Pritts
Veterinarian's assistant Corky is plucked from his seemingly normal life when his dysfunctional mob family convinces him to go undercover as an FBI agent to destroy evidence against his…
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Cop Land (1997)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta …
Directed by: James Mangold
Following a controversial shooting involving a police officer, a small-town sheriff teams up with a New York City internal affairs investigator and uncovers a possible connection to the mob.
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The Great White Hype (1996)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg …
Directed by: Reginald Hudlin
As if! The sleazy, "fixed" world of professional boxing is the target of this on-the-mark satire about a powerful black boxing promoter (Samuel Jackson, channeling the ever-loquacious Don…
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Across the Moon (1995)
Cast: Christina Applegate, Elizabeth Peña, James Remar …
Directed by: Lisa Gottlieb
Looking to start life anew, two disparate women -- Carmen (Elizabeth Peña) and Kathy (Christina Applegate) -- leave Los Angeles behind to be near their boyfriends (Peter Berg and Tony…
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The Last Seduction (1994)
Cast: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman …
Directed by: John Dahl
In a twisted plot, femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino), a sexy, savvy hustler, swindles her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), out of $700,000 in drug money and then runs off to find a…
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Aspen Extreme (1993)
Cast: Peter Berg, Paul Gross, Finola Hughes …
Directed by: Patrick Hasburgh
T.J. and Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit and head off to Aspen to become ski instructors by day and extreme skiers in their spare time. What they didn't count on was T.J.'s…
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Fire in the Sky (1993)
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer …
Directed by: Robert Lieberman
While driving through the countryside with his friends, Travis Walton is struck by a bolt of energy beaming from the sky and then disappears for days. When he returns, he claims he was…
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A Midnight Clear (1992)
Cast: Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross …
Directed by: Keith Gordon
In 1944 France, an American intelligence squad locates a German platoon that prefers to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from…
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Crooked Hearts (1991)
Cast: Peter Berg, Vincent D'Onofrio, Noah Wyle …
Directed by: Michael Bortman
Director Michael Bortman also penned the screenplay for this potent drama based on Robert Boswell's novel. Sparked by a troubled relationship between family patriarch Edward (Peter…
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Late for Dinner (1991)
Cast: Brian Wimmer, Peter Berg, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: W.D. Richter
On the lam in 1962 for a crime he thinks he committed, family guy Willie Husband (Brian Wimmer) flees his picture-perfect Santa Fe wife, Joy (Marcia Gay Harden), and child, lands in a…
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Shocker (1989)
Cast: Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi …
Directed by: Wes Craven
Frightmeister Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) creates a new boogieman in Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi). All the electric chair does to Horace is turn him into a high-voltage phantom…
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Tale of Two Sisters (1989)
Cast: Claudia Christian, Valerie Brieman, Peter Berg …
Directed by: Adam Rifkin
Narrated by Charlie Sheen, Tale of Two Sisters is a dreamlike, seductive vision based on Sheen's poetry. Reach into the hearts and minds of two sisters, explore their relationship with…
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Going Overboard (1989)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Peter Berg, Terry Moore …
Directed by: Valerie Breiman
It's big laughs on the high seas as Adam Sandler plays a cruise ship waiter with his eye on becoming the ship's comedian. Unlucky with the ladies, Shecky Moskowitz (Sandler) is…
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Heart of Dixie (1989)
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates …
Directed by: Martin Davidson
Pampered Southern belle Maggie (Ally Sheedy) and her sorority sisters are living the cosseted good life, free from the worry and strife affecting the rest of the South during the Civil Rights…
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Never on Tuesday (1988)
Cast: Claudia Christian, Andrew Lauer, Peter Berg …
Directed by: Adam Rifkin
Leaving their humdrum Midwest hometown behind, best pals Matt and Eddie head for California in search of beaches and bikini babes, but find themselves stuck in the desert when they collide…
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Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story (1988)
Cast: Pam Dawber, Michael Nouri, Bess Meyer …
Directed by: Roy Campanella II
This is the true story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer. At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the American dream; a winning team, a happy…
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Battleship (2012)
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna …
Directed by: Peter Berg
The classic Battleship board game moves to the big screen in this at-sea adventure about defending planet Earth from a mysterious enemy fleet. At the center of the action is a pair of naval…
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Virtuality (2009)
Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sienna Guillory …
Directed by: Peter Berg
Astronauts aboard Earth's first starship enjoy a virtual reality program that entertains them during their decade-long voyage. That is, until a computer virus attacks the program at a…
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30 for 30: Kings Ransom (2009)
Cast: Peter Berg, Wayne Gretzky
Directed by: Peter Berg
The sports world was rocked in the summer of 1988 when the Edmonton Oilers dealt Wayne Gretzky, regarded as the greatest hockey player ever, to the Los Angeles Kings in a transaction so…
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Hancock (2008)
Cast: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron …
Directed by: Peter Berg
Will Smith stars as Hancock, a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert (Jason Bateman) to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's…
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The Kingdom (2007)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner …
Directed by: Peter Berg
An FBI squad travels to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to probe a deadly al-Qaida terrorist bombing targeting Americans, but local government bureaucracy and the possibility of another attack threaten…
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Friday Night Lights (2004)
Cast: Derek Luke, Billy Bob Thornton, Tim McGraw …
Directed by: Peter Berg
Peter Berg directs this gritty but heartwarming tale, based on a book by H.G. Bissinger, that chronicles the efforts of Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton), the coach of a local football team in…
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The Rundown (2003)
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson …
Directed by: Peter Berg
Looking to retire and open a restaurant, a bounty hunter named Beck gets roped into one final assignment: fetching his employer's errant son from the Amazon jungle. Along the way, Beck…
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Very Bad Things (1998)
Cast: Jon Favreau, Leland Orser, Cameron Diaz …
Directed by: Peter Berg
Director Peter Berg's dark comedy chronicles a bachelor party gone horribly wrong. Kyle (Jon Favreau) and his pals are off to Vegas to celebrate Kyle's upcoming marriage to Laura…