Movies by David Cronenberg
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
Cast: William S. Burroughs, Peter Weller, David Cronenberg …
Directed by: Yony Leyser
Filmmaker Yony Leyser offers this fascinating portrait of Beat-era writer William S. Burroughs, a man whose sexuality, enthusiasm for guns and public struggle with opiate addiction made him a…
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Directors: David Cronenberg (2000)
Cast: David Cronenberg, Willem Dafoe, Marilyn Chambers …
The American Film Institute series "The Directors" provides one-hour glimpses into the careers of directors whose films have significantly influenced world cinema. Director David…
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The American Nightmare (2000)
Cast: John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tom Savini …
Directed by: Adam Simon
In this documentary, horror film masterminds such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper and George Romero provide commentary on how the creation of their films in the 1960s and '70s…
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Resurrection (1999)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Leland Orser, Robert Joy …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
On the trail of an incessantly precise serial killer, Chicago detectives John Prudhomme and Andrew Hollinsworth learn that the murderer intends to use spare parts from his innocent victims to…
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Last Night (1998)
Cast: Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Roberta Maxwell …
Directed by: Don McKellar
What do you do when you have six hours to live? Last Night chronicles a small group of people whose lives intersect as a nameless apocalypse descends on them, which director Don McKellar…
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The Stupids (1996)
Cast: Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall …
Directed by: John Landis
Obsessed with who's "stealing" his garbage each week, Stanley, the patriarch of the Stupids, inadvertently bumbles onto a covert military plan involving arms shipments to terrorists, and…
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Blood and Donuts (1995)
Cast: Gordon Currie, Justin Louis, Louis Ferreira …
Directed by: Holly Dale
Both witty and gory, this unusual tale finds vampire Boya (Gordon Currie) awakening from a 25-year nap in Toronto. Boya, who savages vermin rather than humans, befriends lovelorn cabdriver…
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Henry and Verlin (1994)
Cast: Gary Farmer, Keegan MacIntosh, Nancy Beatty …
Directed by: Gary Ledbetter
Keegan MacIntosh stars as Verlin, a mute boy whose world begins to open up when he's befriended by his mentally challenged Uncle Henry (Gary Farmer). But when Henry is sent to an…
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Nightbreed (1990)
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg …
Directed by: Clive Barker
Aaron (Craig Sheffer) is haunted by nightmares of Midian, a mythical underground world of monsters. But his therapy involves a serial-killing psychiatrist (David Cronenberg) who pins his own…
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The Fly (1986)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
While testing his teleportation device, scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) accidentally merges his cells with those of a housefly. As his reporter girlfriend (Geena Davis) bears witness,…
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Into the Night (1985)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Farnsworth …
Directed by: John Landis
&NFb;&NFb_;For Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum), life is miserable day after day. He's headed nowhere with his job as an aerospace engineer, and his wife is cheating on him. But his prospects…
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Cosmopolis (2012)
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Paul Giamatti …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Wall Street whiz Eric Packer is caught in Manhattan's gridlock as he helplessly watches his empire fall with the rise of the Chinese yuan. Activity erupts in the streets, and paranoia…
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A Dangerous Method (2011)
Cast: Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
In this David Cronenberg-helmed biopic, Viggo Mortensen stars as Sigmund Freud, whose relationship with fellow psychology luminary Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) is tested when Sabina…
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Eastern Promises (2007)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Notorious Russian gangster Nikolai Luzhin finds his normally steely resolve compromised when he learns that a midwife named Anna has discovered incriminating evidence against his "family" in…
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A History of Violence (2005)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
As operators of a small-town diner, Tom Stall and his wife are the picture of normality. But when Tom foils a robbery and becomes a hero in the media, he attracts the wrong kind of attention…
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The Bridge Short Film & Video Collection (2004)
Directed by: Miranda July, Jorge Beck, Tom Palazzolo …
A never-before-released short film by horror director David Cronenberg headlines this collection of independent shorts. Cronenberg's 8-minute film, "Camera," was originally created for…
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Spider (2002)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
A man tries to piece his life back together after being prematurely released from a mental institution. Writing in a journal, he tries to uncover the truth about his past and his…
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eXistenZ (1999)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Leading virtual-reality game designer Allegra Geller is testing a new prototype when an assassin wielding a daunting organic weapon attacks her. She survives the assault but must "portal"…
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Crash (1996)
Cast: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
After a near-fatal collision, television director James Ballard finds his soul mate in fellow crash victim Helen Remington in this provocative drama. Together, the pair probes the eroticism…
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M. Butterfly (1993)
Cast: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Jeremy Irons stars as French civil service officer René Gallimard, a man who falls in love with an enigmatic Chinese opera singer (John Lone), in director David Cronenberg's…
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Naked Lunch (1991)
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Director David Cronenberg brings William S. Burroughs' hallucinatory, "unfilmable" novel to the screen. Part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Peter Weller) plunges…
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Dead Ringers (1988)
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi Von Palleske …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Jeremy Irons gives a deftly brilliant performance as twin gynecologists -- yes, that's right -- Elliot and Beverly Mantl, who can't help spiraling into madness and addiction when…
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The Fly (1986)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
While testing his teleportation device, scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) accidentally merges his cells with those of a housefly. As his reporter girlfriend (Geena Davis) bears witness,…
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Videodrome (1983)
Cast: James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Sleazy TV executive Max Renn (James Woods) is looking for cheap, exciting programming for his fly-by-night channel when he fortuitously stumbles across a fuzzy satellite feed showing torture,…
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The Dead Zone (1983)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Christopher Walken gives an eerie, memorable performance as Johnny Smith, a man who awakens from a five-year coma blessed with second sight: the ability to see a person's past, present…
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Scanners (1980)
Cast: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Shunned for their unparalleled psychic powers (and ability to make people's heads explode), a faction of rogue "scanners" schemes to take over the world. The only thing standing in their…
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The Brood (1979)
Cast: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
After seeking help at an experimental psychiatric clinic, a woman gives "birth" to a brood of murderous mutant children who represent her darkest inner impulses -- and fulfill her gruesome…
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Fast Company (1979)
Cast: William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Horrormeister David Cronenberg deviates from his usual genre with this searing portrait of the competitive race-car circuit. Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson (William Smith) is aware that his…
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Rabid (1977)
Cast: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
After a horrific motorcycle crash, an injured woman (Marilyn Chambers) receives experimental surgery that saves her life, but side effects leave her thirsty for blood -- and give her a…
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Shivers (1975)
Cast: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Director David Cronenberg's film debut revels in his pet theme: deep-rooted fears of our bodies and sexuality. A scientist's neighbors fall to primal urges after he unleashes a…