Movies by Bob Rafelson
As part of the cast:
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Always (1985)
Cast: Patrice Townsend, Henry Jaglom, Alan Rachins …
Directed by: Henry Jaglom
A woman on the verge of signing her divorce papers returns to her husband's house on a Fourth of July weekend and stays to rehash and partially rekindle her marriage. Two other couples…
As a director:
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No Good Deed (2002)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
In this film based on a Dashiell Hammett story, Samuel L. Jackson is Jack, a cop who, while chasing down a runaway, stumbles upon a mob robbing a bank and is abducted by the criminals. They…
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Blood & Wine (1996)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lopez, Stephen Dorff …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
A desperate man risks everything to save his flagging business in director Bob Rafelson's noir thriller. Deeply in debt and at odds with his wife (Judy Davis) and stepson, Alex Gates…
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Man Trouble (1992)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Ellen Barkin, Harry Dean Stanton …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Harry Bliss (Jack Nicholson) is a dog trainer stuck in a miserable marriage. When creditors start hounding him for money he doesn't have, he's sure his life is falling apart. That…
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Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Victorian explorers Richard Francis Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Hanning Speke (Iain Glen) set off for Africa in 1854 to find the Nile River's source. The men face intense hardships…
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Black Widow (1987)
Cast: Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Director Bob Rafelson's superbly crafted thriller stars Debra Winger as Alexandra Barnes, an inquiring federal investigator who becomes intrigued -- then fixated -- when she stumbles…
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
This remake of John Garfield's classic film noir goes where 1940s Hollywood feared to tread: into the realm of explicit sex. Jack Nicholson is a drifter who falls hard for Cora Papadakis…
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Stay Hungry (1976)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Rich boy Craig Blake (Jeff Bridges) has set his sights on a piece of prime real estate and tries to wangle it away from its owner. To ice the deal, Craig poses as a member of a bodybuilder…
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The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Uptight deejay David Staebler (Jack Nicholson) travels to Atlantic City, N.J., to learn more about an outlandish, get-rich-quick scheme cooked up by his manic brother, Jason (Bruce Dern).…
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Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
In director Bob Rafelson's penetrating character study, a promising concert pianist (Jack Nicholson) chucks it all to work on a California oil rig but returns home to confront the…
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Head: The Monkees (1968)
Cast: Davy Jones, Davey Jones, Micky Dolenz …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Released after their TV show's cancellation, The Monkees' one and only feature film is a surrealist exercise in late-1960s pop art. It's all about the adventures of Peter Tork,…