Movies by Mike Figgis
As part of the cast:
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The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007)
Cast: John A. Alonzo, Sally Field, Michael Crichton …
Directed by: Axel Schill
Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s. Director Axel Schill's…
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Liebestraum (1991)
Cast: Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
When architecture professor Nick Kaminsky (Kevin Anderson) returns to Elderstown, Ill., to be with his dying mother, he runs into an old friend (Bill Pullman) whose company is demolishing an…
As a director:
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William Forsythe: From a Classical Position / Just Dancing Around (2007)
Cast: William Forsythe, Dana Caspersen
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Two documentaries focus on the work of choreographer William Forsythe. From a Classical Position captures Forsythe on the job as he transforms classical dance into modern form, while Just…
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Hotel (2003)
Cast: Valeria Golino, Nicola Farron, Christopher Fulford …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Like the movie Time Code, this experimental ensemble piece splits the screen into four simultaneous story lines: the filming of a "period movie," a documentary about the making of that movie,…
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Cold Creek Manor (2003)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Location, location, location. A loving couple (Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone), along with their son and daughter, relocate from the city to the country, where they put the down payment on…
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Timecode (2000)
Cast: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Salma Hayek, Saffron Burrows …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Salma Hayek, Holly Hunter and a huge ensemble cast star in Mike Figgis's harrowing chronicle of fear and loathing in Los Angeles. Shot on digital video in real time, Time Code tells four…
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The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
Cast: Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Director Mike Figgis throws standard film storytelling out the window with this montage of dramatic episodes. Loosely connected by the life of a filmmaker named Nic (Julian Sands), the…
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Miss Julie (1999)
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
One Midsummer's Eve, a noblewoman (Saffron Burrows) finds herself caught up in the revels of her servants -- but more scandalously, she finds herself drawn to her father's footman,…
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One Night Stand (1997)
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
While visiting his AIDS-afflicted friend in New York, a married director from Los Angeles shares a passionate night with a younger woman -- an act that will profoundly change his life in ways…
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Oscar winner Nicolas Cage stars in this incisive portrait as an alcoholic Hollywood executive who moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death and meets a prostitute (Elisabeth Shue) who…
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The Browning Version (1994)
Cast: Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Based on a play by Terence Rattigan, this drama follows Andrew Crocker-Harris (Albert Finney), a once-brilliant, now cold and distant classical literature teacher with a philandering wife…
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Mr. Jones (1993)
Cast: Richard Gere, Lena Olin
Directed by: Mike Figgis
The manic-depressive Mr. Jones (Richard Gere) exhibits irrational behavior, ranging from seducing strangers on the street to spontaneously joining a symphony concert -- and then there are the…
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Liebestraum (1991)
Cast: Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
When architecture professor Nick Kaminsky (Kevin Anderson) returns to Elderstown, Ill., to be with his dying mother, he runs into an old friend (Bill Pullman) whose company is demolishing an…
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Women & Men 2 (1991)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Kyra Sedgwick, Ray Liotta …
Directed by: Walter Bernstein, Mike Figgis, Kristi Zea …
Stories by acclaimed writers Irwin Shaw, Carson McCullers and Henry Miller form this trilogy of shorts exploring male-female relations. In "Return to Kansas City," a struggling boxer (Matt…
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Internal Affairs (1990)
Cast: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Laurie Metcalf …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
When a newly minted Internal Affairs investigator trains his crosshairs on a manipulative, corrupt cop who's been involved in police brutality for years, the pursuit of justice turns…
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Stormy Monday (1988)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Writer-director Mike Figgis's understated first feature follows Brendan (Sean Bean), a young man who becomes involved in the seedy underworld politics of Newcastle, England. Brendan…