Movies by Rutger Hauer
As part of the cast:
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Bride Flight (2011)
Cast: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap …
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Set in the 1950s, this lush epic centers on Ada, Marjorie and Esther, Dutch brides-to-be flying to New Zealand to take up married life. On the trip, they form a bond and meet a dashing cowboy…
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The Rite (2011)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga …
Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Despite his conviction that demonic possession is just so much supersitious mumbo jumbo, Catholic priest-in-training Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) journeys to Rome to attend a special…
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Rob Wells …
Directed by: Jason Eisener
This gleefully over-the-top revenge fantasy involves a bum who rolls into town hoping to start over, only to find his adopted city saturated in violence and ruled by a crime lord. The…
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The Mill & The Cross (2011)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling, Michael York …
Directed by: Lech Majewski
Flemish master Pieter Bruegel's 1564 painting &NFi;The Procession to Calvary&NFi_; is transformed through amazing special effects into a big-screen epic starring Rutger Hauer as Bruegel,…
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Black Butterflies (2011)
Cast: Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: Paula van der Oest
This passionate biopic profiles South African poet Ingrid Jonker, whose exuberant nature is destroyed by her repeated betrayals of her supportive lover and her complex relationship with her…
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The Cardboard Village (2011)
Cast: John Geroson, Rutger Hauer, Massimo De Francovich …
Directed by: Ermanno Olmi
The deconsecration of an old Italian church creates social distress for its priest and the surrounding community in this ethically inspired drama. When the priest stays on, a new congregation…
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Happiness Runs (2010)
Cast: Adam Sherman, Hanna R. Hall, Mark L. Young …
Having been raised in a polygamous commune -- where the clan guru, Insley (Rutger Hauer), uses his powers of persuasion to woo women into his bed -- Victor (Mark L. Young) is finally old…
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Sword of War (2009)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Raz Degan, F. Murray Abraham …
Directed by: Renzo Martinelli
During the 12th century, German Emperor Federico Barbarossa (Rutger Hauer) triumphs over enemy lands to revitalize a once-great empire. But he must contend with Italian Alberto da Giussana…
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Mozart's Magic Flute Diaries (2008)
Cast: Warren Christie, Mireille Asselin, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: Kevin Sullivan
A talented young opera singer (Warren Christie) unwittingly becomes a player in a strange supernatural plot when he falls in love with his beautiful but mysterious co-star (Mireille Asselin)…
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Dazzle (2008)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Georgina Verbaan
Directed by: Cyrus Frisch
Attempting to reconnect with a woman he met in Cuba several years prior, a middle-aged man (Rutger Hauer) makes a fateful phone call that leads to a enigmatic relationship between himself and…
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Moving McAllister (2007)
Cast: Mila Kunis, Ben Gourley, Jon Heder …
Directed by: Andrew Black
Four days before the bar exam, ambitious legal intern Rick Robinson (Ben Gourley) makes a promise to his boss, McAllister (Rutger Hauer), and finds himself on a cross-country road trip from…
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Dead Tone (2007)
Cast: Brian Hooks, Jud Tylor, Cherie Johnson …
Directed by: Brian Hooks, Deon Taylor
A seemingly innocuous pastime involving fun-loving collegians and prank phone calls turns into a lethal cat-and-mouse game in this blood-drenched fright fest starring Rutger Hauer and Brian…
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Mentor (2006)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Matthew Davis, Dagmara Dominczyk …
Directed by: David Langlitz
Rutger Hauer stars as a novelist and professor who holds remarkable sway over his students in this independent drama from first-time feature director David Langlitz that premiered at the…
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Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Stephen Billington, Diane Neal …
Directed by: Patrick Lussier
Shot on location in Romania, executive producer Wes Craven's sequel to Dracula II: Ascension begins as Father Uffizi (Jason Scott Lee) and Luke (Jason London) head to civil war-plagued…
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Sin City (2005)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba …
Directed by: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
In this series of interwoven stories adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, an ex-con avenges a hooker's death, a detective gets mixed up with dangerous vixens, and a rogue cop…
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Batman Begins (2005)
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Following his parents' brutal murder, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) trains with a skilled ninja (Ken Watanabe) and returns to Gotham City, only to find it overrun with crime and…
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The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Cast: Adam Baldwin, Steve Guttenberg, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: John Putch
After a terrorist's bomb capsizes a luxury liner, a group of disparate survivors -- including a philandering husband (Steve Guttenberg), a European pop star, a Homeland Security agent…
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The Hunt for Eagle One (2005)
Cast: Mark Dacascos, Theresa Randle, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: Michael Henry Carter
While leading an assault force to capture Al-Qaeda terrorists who're hiding out with Philippine rebels, Lt. Matt Daniels (Mark Dacascos) is rerouted to rescue his colleague, Capt. Amy…
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Minotaur (2005)
Cast: Tom Hardy, Tony Todd, Lex Shrapnel …
Directed by: Jonathan English
This teen horror fantasy, shot on digital video, is a loose retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Lionhearted youth Theo (Tom Hardy) is heartbroken over the death of his lover,…
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Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005)
Cast: Alexander Efimov, Ksenia Alferova, Valeri Nikolayev …
Directed by: Vasili Chiginsky
Under orders from a sinister terrorist, a Russian fighter pilot steals a top secret jet from a Moscow air show, planning to use the powerful plane to shoot down Air Force One and kill the…
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Sin City: Recut (2005)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba …
Directed by: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Fans can revel in this unrated, recut, extended release of the graphic novel-based film noir that tells the interlacing stories of an ex-con avenging a murder, a detective caught up with…
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Salem's Lot (2004)
Cast: Rob Lowe, Dan Byrd, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
In this horror film based on Stephen King's novel, best-selling author Ben Mears (Rob Lowe) returns to his Maine hometown and finds it overrun by vampires. The prime suspect, at first,…
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Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Craig Sheffer …
Directed by: Patrick Lussier
Medical students (Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Brande Roderick) discover the body of the infamous Count (killed in Wes Craven's prequel, Dracula 2000) and find themselves in the middle…
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Hemoglobin (2003)
Cast: Jackie Burroughs, Roy Dupuis, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: Peter Svatek
John Strauss (Roy Dupuis), suffering from a life-threatening genetic disorder, plumbs his family tree to find the root of his illness. His search leads him and his wife (Kristin Lehman) to a…
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney …
Directed by: George Clooney
Chuck Barris has it all -- the hit TV series "The Gong Show" and the love of a good woman. But he also has a big, dark secret: He's a CIA assassin who kills while purportedly escorting…
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Scorcher (2002)
Cast: Mark Dacascos, Blair Hickey, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: James Seale
A nuclear accident has caused the earth's tectonic plates to shift, creating earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Southern California and pushing the Pacific plate to its breaking…
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Crusade of Vengance (2002)
Cast: Joanna Pacula, Arnold Vosloo, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: Byron W. Thompson
Bold warrior Elizabeth of Cooke (Joanna Pacula) returns from the Crusades, only to find that despotic erstwhile nobleman Grekkor (Rutger Hauer) has taken her son (Sander Kolosov) captive.…
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Killer Buzz (2001)
Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, Rutger Hauer, Craig Sheffer …
Directed by: Jeff Hare
Journalist Ann Baurer (Gabrielle Anwar) accidentally discovers an evil doctor's (David Naughton) moneymaking scheme involving genetically mutated bees that possess mysterious…
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Partners in Crime (2000)
Cast: Paulina Porizkova, Rutger Hauer, Andrew Dolan …
Directed by: Jennifer Warren
After a string of professional setbacks and failed marriages, Gene Reardon (Rutger Hauer) gets back on track working as a detective and living with his daughter in a small town. After a…
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Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal - Special Edition (2000)
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Joe Mantegna …
Directed by: Jorge Montesi
Death metal superstar Slade Craven's (John Mann) plan to rock his fans at 30,000 feet with a one-of-a-kind concert aboard a 747 in mid-flight goes horribly awry when a psychotic…
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Wilder (2000)
Cast: Pam Grier, Rutger Hauer, Romano Orzari …
Directed by: Rodney Gibbons
Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) and her partner Harland Lee (Romano Orzari) are tough cops, despite Wilder's penchant for bending the rules. When they're assigned a strangulation…
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Lying in Wait (2000)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Virginia Madsen, Thomas Newton …
Directed by: D. Shone Kirkpatrick
Babee (Thomas Newton), the son of a Hollywood big shot, comes home and takes up residence at his family's run-down mansion so he can spend his time painting. He also reacquaints himself…
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Tactical Assault (1999)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser …
Directed by: Mark Griffiths
During the Gulf War, two American fighter pilots make a routine reconnaissance sortie in the no-fly zone over Iraq. But when one of the men inexplicably attacks an Iraqi passenger jet full of…
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New World Disorder (1999)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Andrew McCarthy, Tara Fitzgerald …
Directed by: Richard Spence
High-tech crime meets low-tech sleuthing in this action thriller as enterprising software pirate Kurt Bishop (Andrew McCarthy) tries to filch a valuable encryption program, and grizzled…
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Merlin: Special Edition (1998)
Cast: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Steve Barron
That perspicacious wizard, Merlin (Sam Neill), takes center stage in this made-for-TV retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his court. As the king's right-hand man, Merlin tries to…
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Bone Daddy (1998)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Barbara Williams, R.H. Thomson …
Directed by: Mario Azzopardi
Former chief medical examiner for the city of Chicago, Dr. William Palmer (Rutger Hauer) is now a best-selling writer. Bone Daddy, his latest thriller, is based on a series of grisly murders…
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Redline (1997)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Mark Dacascos, Yvonne Sciò …
Directed by: Tibor Takács
John Anderson Wade (Rutger Hauer) is a technology smuggler selling fantasy chips to cyberjunkies on the black market. Wade's partner (Mark Dacascos) has a bad temper, which flares during…
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Hostile Waters (1997)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max von Sydow …
Directed by: David Drury
Smack-dab in the middle of the Cold War, two submarines collide beneath the ocean's surface near Bermuda. One is Soviet and the other is American, and each boat's captain must put…
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Bleeders (1997)
Cast: Jackie Burroughs, Rutger Hauer, Roy Dupuis …
Directed by: Peter Svatek, Dan O'Bannon
The victim of a mysterious disease that has the doctors stumped, John Strauss (Roy Dupuis) flies to an island where his relatives are rumored to live, in search of a genetic explanation. But…
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Crossworlds (1996)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Stuart Wilson …
Directed by: Krishna Rao
Unbeknownst to average college boy Joe Talbot (Josh Charles), he holds the secret to dimensional travel in the form of a crystal pendant left by his father. But when beautiful resistance…
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Omega Doom / Blind Fury: Double Feature (1996)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Shannon Whirry, Norbert Weisser …
Directed by: Albert Pyun, Phillip Noyce
Rutger Hauer stars in this action-packed double feature. In the post-apocalyptic film Omega Doom, machines reign supreme. Cyborg Omega Doom (Hauer) is programmed to kill any human who…
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Surviving the Game (1994)
Cast: Charles Dutton, Ice-T, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Mason (Ice-T) is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really…
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Fatherland (1994)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan …
Directed by: Christopher Menaul
In this alternate-history thriller set 20 years after Germany won World War II, an SS officer teams up with an American journalist to investigate the murders of powerful officials and…
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Blind Side (1993)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Rebecca De Mornay, Ron Silver …
Directed by: Geoff Murphy
Lynn and Doug Kaines (Rebecca De Mornay and Ron Silver) are on their way home from a business trip in Mexico when they accidentally kill a police officer. Unsure what they should do, the…
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Arctic Blue (1993)
Cast: Dylan Walsh, Rutger Hauer, Rya Kihlstedt …
Directed by: Peter Masterson
A walk in the wilderness is taken to the extreme when four wily trappers in Devil's Cauldron, Alas., help Ben Corbett (Rutger Hauer) outrun the law after he's murdered a man. The…
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John Cage: The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
Cast: Noam Chomsky, Frank Zappa, John Cage …
Directed by: Henning Lohner
Blending interviews and archival footage into a moving portrait based on music principles, this "composed film" from director Henning Lohner chronicles the life and career of influential…
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Movie (1992)
Cast: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Luke Perry …
Directed by: Randall Batinkoff, Fran Rubel Kuzui
Airheaded cheerleader Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is the "chosen one" of her generation -- earmarked to kill vampires infesting our streets and towns. Donald Sutherland plays her mentor, and…
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Split Second (1992)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan …
Directed by: Tony Maylam
In the year 2008, a massive beast slogs through a flooded London, slaughtering all who stand in its way. But it'll have to get past Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer), a cop who lost his…
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Past Midnight (1992)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Natasha Richardson, Clancy Brown …
Directed by: Jan Eliasberg
After serving 15 years in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit -- murdering his pregnant wife -- Ben Jordan (Rutger Hauer) is paroled. Trying to get his life back on track, Ben…
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Wedlock (1991)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Lewis Teague
In a futuristic prison where pairs of inmates are literally bound together by an electronic device that prevents them from getting more than 100 yards apart from each other, Frank Warren and…
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The Blood of Heroes (1990)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Delroy Lindo, Joan Chen …
Directed by: David Webb Peoples
In this postapocalyptic saga that takes a page from Mad Max and Rollerblade, Rutger Hauer plays a former star of "jugging" -- a futuristic type of rugby -- who's preparing a crew of…
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Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Cast: Josef Sommer, Madonna, Tony Azito …
Directed by: Howard Brookner
A 1928 New Year's Eve bash is the setting for this film where the lives of an intriguing cast of characters intertwine. Among them are Harriet (Julie Hagerty), the socialite host;…
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Blind Fury (1989)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Brandon Call …
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
This action-packed comedy stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind martial artist and swordsman who is on a mission to aid the young son of a fellow Vietnam vet, Frank Devereaux (Terry…
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Escape from Sobibor (1987)
Cast: Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: Jack Gold
A Nazi death camp sets the stage for this miniseries based on a true story about imprisoned Jews who plan to escape. Taking on the role of leader, Leon relies on the military know-how of…
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Wanted Dead or Alive / Death Before Dishonor (1987)
Cast: Sasha Mitchell, Robert Guillaume, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: Gary Sherman, Terry Leonard
This double dose of nail-biting action stars Gene Simmons, William Russ, Robert Guillaume, Fred Dryer, Joanna Pacula and Brian Keith. In Wanted Dead or Alive, Rutger Hauer stars as a CIA…
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The Hitcher (1986)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh …
Directed by: Robert Harmon
Never pick up strangers: That's a lesson Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) will wish he'd learned. While driving from Chicago to San Diego, he picks up hitchhiker John Ryder (Rutger…
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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)
Cast: Robert Guillaume, Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons …
Directed by: Gary Sherman
Bounty hunter Nick gets caught up in a cat-and-mouse game in this high-octane thriller. Former CIA agent Randall butts heads with an international terrorist who's turning Los Angeles…
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Ladyhawke (1985)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick …
Directed by: Richard Donner
On the run from a villainous bishop (John Wood), Philippe Gaston (Matthew Broderick), a medieval thief also known as the Mouse, befriends the gallant Captain Navarre (Rutger Hauer),…
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Flesh + Blood (1985)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson …
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
After being tricked out of the spoils of war by a duplicitous feudal lord, a ruthless mercenary and his gang of ruffians retaliate by kidnapping the young beauty betrothed to the…
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A Breed Apart (1984)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe, Kathleen Turner …
Directed by: Philippe Mora
Vietnam vet Jim Malden (Rutger Hauer) shares a remote island with numerous rare bird species, whose survival he zealously protects. When climber Mike (Powers Boothe) pays the recluse a visit,…
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Eureka (1983)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Theresa Russell …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) is a former gold prospector who discovered a rich deposit in the Canadian wilderness. But McCann's wealth led to depression and paranoia, and he withdrew from…
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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
An investigative reporter for a TV news show throws a big soiree every year to which he invites his closest friends. But the C.I.A. dumps a wet blanket on the festivities when they tell him…
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Blade Runner: Theatrical Cut (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor…
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah, Brion James …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
In a smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of escaped "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor…
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Blade Runner: Workprint (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
In the dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of escaped "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor on…
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Blade Runner: Theatrical and Director's Cut (1982)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
In a smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of escaped "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor…
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Nighthawks (1981)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner …
Directed by: Bruce Malmuth
&NFb;&NFb_;Two New York City street cops (Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams) may be out of their depth when they get embroiled in a fight against international terrorists led by the…
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Spetters (1980)
Cast: Hans van Tongeren, Renée Soutendijk, Toon Agterberg …
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Rien, Eef and Hans, three young, working-class guys stuck in an industrial town on the outskirts of Rotterdam, have little in common save for one thing: their shared passion for motorcycle…
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Mysteries (1978)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Sylvia Kristel, Rita Tushingham …
Directed by: Paul de Lussanet
A stranger creates upheaval upon his arrival in a small town on the Isle of Man in this adaptation of Knut Hamsun's existential novel. Set in 1891, the tale chronicles the stay of…
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Soldier of Orange (1977)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Edward Fox …
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Paul Verhoeven directs this absorbing drama -- which is based on true events -- about six young college students each affected differently by World War II. After Adolph Hitler invades…
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The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson …
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Inspired by writer Peter Driscoll's novel about apartheid in South Africa, The Wilby Conspiracy follows the attempts of two men, British engineer Jim Koegh (Michael Caine) and activist…
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Katie Tippel (1975)
Cast: Monique Van De Ven, Peter Faber, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
When her impoverished family moves to Amsterdam, Katie (Monique Van De Ven) must take any work she can find. After a series of exploitive and demeaning jobs, she eventually becomes a…
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Turkish Delight (1973)
Cast: Monique Van De Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman …
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Director Paul Verhoeven's shockingly erotic drama -- told via flashback -- stars Rutger Hauer as bohemian Dutch sculptor Eric Vonk, who meets his sexual match in an uninhibited young…
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Cold Blood (1975)
Cast: Günter Vaessen, Vera Tschechowa, Horst Frank …
Directed by: Rutger Hauer, Ralf Gregan
Rutger Hauer stars as Blondi, a German pilot hired by drug dealers to smuggle a hoard of cash out of the country who instead double-crosses them, keeps the money and flees with the beautiful…