Movies by Bill Paxton
As part of the cast:
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Haywire (2011)
Cast: Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
A last-minute mission in Dublin turns deadly for stunning secret operative Mallory Kane when she realizes she's been betrayed -- and that her own life is no longer safe. Now, to outwit…
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Tornado Alley (2011)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Sean C. Casey
Directed by: Sean C. Casey
This riveting documentary follows Sean Casey, star of the hit Discovery Channel show "Storm Chasers," and his team of researchers as they pile into their tank-like Tornado Intercept Vehicles…
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His Highness Hollywood (2008)
Cast: Janice Dickinson, Dan Di Julio, Melanie Gideon …
Directed by: Ian Halperin
Ian Halperin poses as a gay wannabe actor and member of the Israeli royal family to get an inside look at the Hollywood industry in this companion film to his well-received book, Hollywood…
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The Good Life (2007)
Cast: Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Harry Dean Stanton …
Directed by: Stephen Berra
In this coming-of-age drama -- a 2007 Sundance selection -- a young movie theater employee (Mark Webber) has trouble adjusting to life in a small football-crazed Nebraska town. He finds a…
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Club Dread (2004)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Elena Lyons, Dan Montgomery Jr. …
Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
At Club Dread (an island retreat for swinging singles), imbibing alcohol and just about every other narcotic is heartily encouraged. But festivities come to an abrupt halt when a mad killer…
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Thunderbirds (2004)
Cast: Brady Corbet, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley …
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes
Dangerous missions are the bread and butter of the Thunderbirds, a high-tech secret force employed by the government. Based on the '60s British TV series, the Thunderbirds are led by…
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Haven (2004)
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Agnes Bruckner, Joy Bryant …
Directed by: Frank E. Flowers
With the feds hot on their heels, shady businessmen Ridley (Bill Paxton) and Allen (Stephen Dillane) flee to the Cayman Islands, where their actions ultimately lead a local man (Orlando…
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Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Tava Smiley, James Cameron …
Directed by: James Cameron
Academy Award-winning director James Cameron returns to the site of his greatest inspiration: the legendary wreck of the Titanic. Accompanied by a crew of historical experts, filmmakers and…
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Cast: Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas …
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
In the continuing adventures of two spy siblings, Carmen gets caught in a virtual reality game designed by the kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker, and it's up to Juni to save her by…
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Resistance (2003)
Cast: Julia Ormond, Bill Paxton, Antoine Van Lierde …
Directed by: Todd Komarnicki
In the middle of World War II, an American pilot (Bill Paxton) embarks on a dangerous reconnaissance mission over Belgium. After his plane is destroyed, he must scramble to find safe refuge…
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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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War Letters: American Experience (2002)
Cast: Joan Allen, Eric Stoltz, Kevin Spacey …
Directed by: Robert Kenner
Featuring eyewitness accounts of battles from the American Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, this compelling documentary tells the stories of America's fighting men and women through…
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega …
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
In this sequel to the hit sci-fi family adventure, spy kids Carmen and and Juni Cortez team up with two other pint-sized secret agents, Gary and Gerti Giggles. The foursome travels to a…
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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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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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Vertical Limit (2000)
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney …
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie radios to base camp for help. Her brother Peter assembles a team to save her and her group, but the rescuers…
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A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan, Vivian Wu …
Directed by: Terry George
This Home Box Office original movie is seen from the viewpoint of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann (Bill Paxton), a military adviser dispatched to Vietnam in the war's early days. Before long,…
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A Simple Plan (1998)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton …
Directed by: Sam Raimi
When brothers Hank and Jacob discover a dead body and millions of dollars in cash in a downed plane, they plot to hide the loot and split it later. It's a simple plan -- until things go…
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Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija …
Directed by: Ron Underwood
In a remake of the 1949 classic, director Ron Underwood's Oscar-nominated adventure follows Gregg O'Hara's quest to capture a two-ton African gorilla and transport him to a…
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Titanic (1997)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane …
Directed by: James Cameron
In this cinematic spectacle -- winner of 11 Academy Awards -- society girl Rose and penniless artist Jack struggle to survive both a tragically sinking ship and the wrath of Rose's…
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Traveller (1997)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies …
Directed by: Jack N. Green
As members of a gypsy-like clan of Irish descent, Bokky and Pat swindle their way through the rural South. But when Bokky falls for a target, single mom Jean, the boys are forced to make some…
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Titanic (1997)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane …
Directed by: James Cameron
This cinematic spectacle -- winner of 11 Oscars -- follows society girl Rose and penniless artist Jack as they fall in love just as tragedy strikes. Rereleased for the 100th anniversary of…
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Twister (1996)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes …
Directed by: Jan De Bont
In this dizzying, effects-driven drama, two scientists (Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton) chase tornadoes in their quest to record and study them. Taking a backseat to the wild and visually…
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The Evening Star (1996)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis …
Directed by: Robert Harling
Thirteen years after losing her only child to cancer, Aurora Greenway struggles to keep her late daughter's splintering family together. With one grandson in jail and the other nearly…
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon …
Directed by: Ron Howard
Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew in director Ron Howard's chronicle of this true-life story, which…
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Frank & Jesse (1995)
Cast: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis …
Directed by: Robert Boris
Soon after the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank return home to the defeated South. When their younger brother is murdered, the men join forces with other local ruffians and mete…
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The Last Supper (1995)
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish …
Directed by: Stacy Title
To purge the world of extremists on the other side of the political aisle, five liberal graduate students invite one over for dinner every Sunday -- and then kill the unsuspecting hatemonger.…
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True Lies (1994)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold …
Directed by: James Cameron
Special agent Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a top spy in the ultra-secret Omega Sector -- but his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) thinks he's just a boring computer salesman. When…
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Boxing Helena (1993)
Cast: Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton …
Directed by: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Gifted surgeon Nick Cavanaugh (Julian Sands) seems to have it all -- except his heart's fondest desire: coldhearted temptress Helena (Sherilyn Fenn), who unceremoniously dumps him after…
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Tombstone (1993)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton …
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp joins his brothers to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. Earp and his notorious pal Doc Holliday are called into action…
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Indian Summer (1993)
Cast: Alan Arkin, Matt Craven, Diane Lane …
Directed by: Mike Binder
Settle in for a heartwarming slice-of-life comedy, as eight friends reunite at their beloved summer camp after 20 years. Overshadowing the reunion, however, is the knowledge that the…
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Future Shock (1993)
Cast: Martin Kove, Bill Paxton, Vivian Schilling …
Using a virtual reality device, psychiatrist Dr. Langdon (Martin Kove) explores the minds of three of his patients, which include a paranoid wife (Vivian Schilling) whose husband is often…
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Trespass (1992)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Ice-T, William Sadler …
Directed by: Walter Hill
Two firefighters (Bill Paxton and William Sadler) are pointed in the direction of stolen goods at an abandoned warehouse and set out to cash in -- but instead witness the vicious murder of a…
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One False Move (1991)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton …
Directed by: Carl Franklin
On a quest for cocaine and cash, two ex-cons and their lady cohort commit a series of killings in Los Angeles. They end up hiding out in Arkansas, unaware that awaiting them are two Los…
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The Dark Backward (1991)
Cast: Judd Nelson, Harold Sokol, Bill Paxton …
Directed by: Adam Rifkin
Aspiring stand-up comic Marty Malt can get a laugh only out of his fellow trash man, Gus, who accompanies Marty's deadly routines on the accordion. But things change for the duo when…
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Navy Seals (1990)
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley …
Directed by: Lewis Teague
This action-packed adventure finds Lt. Curran (Michael Biehn) leading a Navy SEAL unit on a mission to Beirut, Lebanon, to rescue a group of American hostages. But the SEALs face an even…
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Brain Dead (1990)
Cast: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Nicholas Pryor …
Directed by: Adam Simon
Persuaded by a devious corporate henchman to operate on a schizophrenic mathematician, a brain surgeon begins experiencing firsthand his patient's paranoid confusion. Despite his best…
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Predator 2 (1990)
Cast: Kevin Peter Hall, Danny Glover, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Ten years after a band of mercenaries first battled a vicious alien, the invisible creature from another world has returned to Earth -- and this time, it's drawn to the gang-ruled and…
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Next of Kin (1989)
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin …
Directed by: John Irvin
When a vicious mobster bumps off a transplanted Kentuckian living in the Windy City, his cop brother, Truman (Patrick Swayze), seeks legal retribution. But Truman's older brother, Briar…
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Slipstream (1989)
Cast: Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge …
Directed by: Steven Lisberger
A cop and his sidekick capture a wanted bounty hunter. Unfortunately for the duo, the fugitive is kidnapped from them by a maverick explorer out to collect the reward. The officers are…
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Near Dark (1987)
Cast: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen …
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
In the dusty heart of the American southwest, innocent country boy Caleb (Adrian Pasdar) is handily seduced by a beautiful girl (Jenny Wright) into joining a pack of vicious drifters, which…
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Aliens: Collector's Edition (1986)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser …
Directed by: James Cameron
In this acclaimed sequel, the only survivor from the first film, Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), finds her horrific account of her crew's fate is met with skepticism -- until the…
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Weird Science (1985)
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith …
Directed by: John Hughes
When teen geeks Gary and Wyatt use a computer to create Lisa, a gorgeous woman with a genius IQ, they enlist her help to boost their seemingly pathetic social status. But she thinks the boys…
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An Early Frost (1985)
Cast: Terry O'Quinn, Aidan Quinn, Gena Rowlands …
Directed by: John Erman
Aidan Quinn stars as a gay lawyer diagnosed with AIDS in this pioneering made-for-television drama, which stirred up controversy in 1985 as the first major film to deal with the newly…
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Streets of Fire (1984)
Cast: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis …
Directed by: Walter Hill
Tough ex-soldier Tom Cody (Michael Paré) springs into action when a depraved motorcycle gang kidnaps his former girlfriend, Ellen (Diane Lane), who's now a famous singer. Besides…
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The Terminator (1984)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton …
Directed by: James Cameron
In the post-apocalyptic future, tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin back to 1984 to snuff Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead the human insurgents. Meanwhile,…
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Impulse (1984)
Cast: Meg Tilly, Tim Matheson, Hume Cronyn …
Directed by: Graham Baker
Meg Tilly, Hume Cronyn and Tim Matheson star in this dramatic thriller about the mysterious goings-on in the little town of Sutcliffe. When a strange force takes over the farming…
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The Lords of Discipline (1983)
Cast: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin …
Directed by: Franc Roddam
At Carolina Military Institute, senior Will McLean is tasked with safeguarding Pearce -- the school's first black cadet. When it appears that Pearce has been marked for death, McLean…
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The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Cast: Tyler Brody Stein, Shia LaBeouf, Elias Koteas …
Directed by: Bill Paxton
With a pint-sized caddie (Josh Flitter) at his side, amateur golfer Francis Ouimet (Shia LaBeouf) shocked the world at the 1913 U.S. Open when he outplayed defending British champ Harry…
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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…