Movies by David Mamet
As a director:
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Redbelt (2008)
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Max Martini …
Directed by: David Mamet
In this riveting character study, a jujitsu master in a financial bind considers entering the arena to compete for cash -- which goes against his values and his integrity. When a gun mishap…
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Spartan (2004)
Cast: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy …
Directed by: David Mamet
Secret agent Bobby Scott is assigned to rescue a high-ranking government official's daughter who has been kidnapped by sex traffickers. As Scott delves deeper into the girl's…
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Heist (2001)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo …
Directed by: David Mamet
Duplicity and double crosses are the order of the day in this serpentine thrill ride from venerable writer-director David Mamet. After being caught on security cameras during a robbery at a…
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State and Main (2000)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Patti LuPone …
Directed by: David Mamet
When frenzied filmmakers descend on the town of Waterford, Vt., they shoot first and ask questions later in writer-director David Mamet's scathing satire of moviemaking, acting and the…
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The Winslow Boy (1999)
Cast: Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam, Nigel Hawthorne …
Directed by: David Mamet
When his 14-year-old son is expelled from the Royal Naval College for stealing, bank manager Arthur Winslow launches a long and costly effort to clear the boy's name. But in the process,…
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The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
Cast: Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon …
Directed by: David Mamet
When a naïve inventor (Campbell Scott) develops "The Process," a top-secret program guaranteed to make billions for his company, the wolves come out to fleece him in this cunning mystery…
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Oleanna (1994)
Cast: William H. Macy, Debra Eisenstadt
Directed by: David Mamet
In this gripping drama, two people's lives hang on differing interpretations of the truth when a failing student goes to her college professor for help with her studies and later lodges…
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Homicide (1991)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Vincent Guastaferro …
Directed by: David Mamet
Pulled from a drug case to find an elderly Jewish woman's killer, Det. Bobby Gold scoffs at the family's claim that the murder was a hate crime -- until he uncovers evidence of a…
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Things Change (1988)
Cast: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky …
Directed by: David Mamet
In David Mamet's acclaimed comedy, Jerry (Joe Mantegna), a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino (Don Ameche), a shoe repairman fingered by the…
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House of Games (1987)
Cast: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum …
Directed by: David Mamet
When psychiatrist Margaret Ford tries to intervene on behalf of a patient -- a compulsive gambler in hock to a smooth-talking con artist -- she soon finds herself in over her head as she gets…