Movies by Kevin Spacey
As part of the cast:
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House of Cards (2012)
Cast: Kevin Spacey
Directed by: David Fincher
Political intrigue and manipulation are at the center of this dramatic series, directed by David Fincher, that stars Kevin Spacey and is based on Michael Dobbs's book and the British…
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Horrible Bosses (2011)
Cast: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis …
Directed by: Seth Gordon
Disgruntled buddies Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) can't leave their miserable jobs, so they cook up a creative strategy for eliminating each…
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Margin Call (2011)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons …
Directed by: J.C. Chandor
An all-star cast shines in this engrossing drama about a critical 24-hour period at a high-profile investment bank in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis, when young analyst Peter…
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Shakespeare High (2011)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Val Kilmer, Mare Winningham …
Directed by: Alex Rotaru
Featuring input from actor Kevin Spacey and other program alumni, this documentary follows a diverse group of underprivileged California youth as they escape the violence of their…
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Inseparable (2011)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Daniel Wu, Beibi Gong …
Directed by: Dayyan Eng
Chuck, who has problems at home and work, befriends his odd neighbor, Li, who turns out to be an undercover FBI agent based in Shanghai. Soon, the two go on crime-fighting adventures -- and…
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Casino Jack (2010)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston …
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Kevin Spacey stars in this drama as disgraced political lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who defrauded Native American tribes out of tens of millions of dollars in his efforts to peddle influence in…
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Father of Invention (2010)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Camilla Belle, Heather Graham …
Directed by: Trent Cooper
Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey) is a humble, if eccentric, genius whose flair for invention catapults him to fame, fortune and insufferable egomania, until a terrible incident involving one of his…
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Shrink (2009)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Keke Palmer, Jack Huston …
Directed by: Jonas Pate
In the wake of a personal tragedy, Hollywood's psychiatrist to the stars (Kevin Spacey) devolves into a slovenly pothead and worries he's become incapable of helping his patients in…
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Moon (2009)
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott …
Directed by: Duncan Jones
As he nears the end of a lonely three-year stint on the moon base Sarang, astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) begins to hear and see strange things. It's not long before Sam suspects that…
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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Cast: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor …
Directed by: Grant Heslov
Journalist Bob Wilton latches onto an unbelievable story in Iraq when he meets Lyn Cassady, a man of mysterious origins who reveals he was a "warrior monk" trained by the U.S. Army to develop…
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: The 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Johnny Depp …
This retrospective chronicles Hollywood's tradition of song-and-dance-filled cinema as it reinvented itself during a largely fallow period in the 1980s and '90s to come roaring back…
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21 (2008)
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth …
Directed by: Robert Luketic
Struggling to come up with medical school tuition, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) turns to one of his professors (Kevin Spacey), who trains Ben and five other students to become card-counting…
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Recount (2008)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Denis Leary …
Directed by: Jay Roach
This Emmy-winning made-for-TV movie chronicles the extraordinary behind-the-scenes drama that unfolded in the weeks following the highly controversial 2000 election -- a presidential race…
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Telstar (2008)
Cast: Con O'Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris …
Directed by: Nick Moran
Flamboyantly gay, addicted to amphetamines and with a hair-trigger temper that more than once led to him pulling a gun on musicians, 1960s British pop producer Joe Meek makes Phil Spector…
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Fred Claus (2007)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: David Dobkin
The joy and happiness of the holiday season is ruined for the saintly Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti) when his cranky older brother, Fred (Vince Vaughn) -- a repo man with a sizable rap sheet --…
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Superman Returns (2006)
Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Marlon Brando …
Directed by: Bryan Singer
After spending years away from Metropolis, Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to find a city that's managed to survive without him. And much to his chagrin, Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has…
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Edison Force (2005)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Justin Timberlake …
Directed by: David J. Burke
Justin Timberlake, in his feature-film debut, stars as a reporter fresh from journalism school who uncovers a hot story of lies and deception within the Edison police department, and does…
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Beyond the Sea (2004)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman …
Directed by: Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey directs and stars in this biopic of Bobby Darin, a hipster in the Frank Sinatra tradition and singer of pop hits such as "Splish Splash." Darin moved on to performing jazz…
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The Life of David Gale (2003)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney …
Directed by: Alan Parker
When Texas professor David Gale (Kevin Spacey), an advocate for the elimination of the death penalty, is falsely accused and convicted of the rape and murder of another activist (Laura…
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The United States of Leland (2003)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein …
Directed by: Matthew Ryan Hoge
Teenager Leland Fitzgerald appears to have everything going for him, including a famous writer father. So, what drove him to kill? It's up to a teacher who works with inmates to unearth…
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Roast of Denis Leary: Uncensored (2003)
Cast: Jeff Garlin, Denis Leary, Michael J. Fox …
Directed by: John Fortenberry
Trenchant funnyman Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor, emceed by Jeff Garlin of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." This uncensored…
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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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K-Pax (2001)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack …
Directed by: Iain Softley
Kevin Spacey stars as Prot, an extraterrestrial from the planet K-PAX (or so he'd have us believe), in this science-fiction drama that casts Jeff Bridges as a psychiatrist who doubts…
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The Shipping News (2001)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Distraught after the disappearance of his estranged wife, Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) and his daughter move into their ancestral home with his long-lost aunt (Judi Dench) in Newfoundland, where…
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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure: IMAX (2001)
Cast: Kevin Spacey
Directed by: George Butler
One of the greatest survival stories of all time comes to life in this extraordinary true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-16 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic…
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Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (2001)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Dave Matthews, Moby …
Broadcast live on October 2, 2002, from Radio City Music Hall, this spectacular tribute to the music of John Lennon was a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit the relief…
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (2000)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers …
Live! From New York! It's a star-studded celebration of 25 years of "Saturday Night Live!." A comedy institution, "SNL" has launched the careers of comic greats like Bill Murray, Eddie…
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Pay It Forward (2000)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment …
Directed by: Mimi Leder
In this gentle drama from director Mimi Leder, young Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) responds to a school assignment with a plan to help three people who will, in turn, help three more,…
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Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan …
Directed by: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Charismatic thief Michael is the leader of a Dublin gang who takes delight in plotting heists with the kind of élan that makes him a popular figure in the very city he plunders. The character…
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American Beauty (1999)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch …
Directed by: Sam Mendes
While struggling to endure his perfection-obsessed wife (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling job and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch), suburbanite Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) falls deep…
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The Big Kahuna (1999)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli …
Directed by: John Swanbeck
Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito are veteran salesmen in a world where cash is king and the deal is scripture. When a born-again employee arrives to help them nab a hot prospect (the big…
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AFI's 100 Years, 100 Stars (1999)
Cast: Shirley Temple, James Caan, Clint Eastwood …
Fifty of today's hottest stars honor 50 of Tinseltown's greatest screen icons in this primetime TV special hosted by Shirley Temple. The American Film Institute presents its list of…
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Forever Hollywood (1999)
Cast: Warren Beatty, John Waters, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Todd McCarthy, Arnold Glassman
In this documentary about the California town where stars are made, 23 prominent celebrities -- including Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges -- tell their personal stories about…
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The Negotiator (1998)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse …
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson), who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate…
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Hurlyburly (1998)
Cast: Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright …
Directed by: Anthony Drazan
Ambition, sex, money and drugs are part of an average couple of days for 1980s Hollywood players Eddie (Sean Penn) and Mickie (Kevin Spacey) -- who maintain that things wouldn't be so…
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A Bug's Life (1998)
Cast: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus …
Directed by: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the…
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce …
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
In 1950s Los Angeles, three wildly different cops (Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe and Kevin Spacey) form an uneasy alliance to ferret out deep-seated police corruption. But some people will do…
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Cast: John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Alison Eastwood …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
When magazine writer John Kelso (John Cusack) travels to Savannah, Ga., to cover a chichi party thrown by urbane antiques dealer Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey), he is pulled into his…
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A Time to Kill (1996)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, Sandra Bullock …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
When two white men brutally rape a young black girl in a small Mississippi town, the child's vengeful father (Samuel L. Jackson) fears their acquittal and takes the law into his own…
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Outbreak (1995)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman …
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
As Army virologist Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman) strives to thwart a global biological meltdown in the form of a killer virus that has infested a California community, he must also battle…
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Seven (1995)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow …
Directed by: David Fincher
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the…
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin …
Directed by: Bryan Singer
When five unacquainted crooks are hauled into a police station to appear in a criminal lineup, they decide to pull off a heist together. The plan gets complicated, however, when they intermix…
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Swimming with Sharks (1994)
Cast: Frank Whaley, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Forbes …
Directed by: George Huang
Naive Guy lands a job as assistant to Buddy Ackerman, a repulsive studio exec who turns Guy's daily routine into a pride-swallowing siege. Guy is eager to climb the ladder of success,…
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Iron Will (1994)
Cast: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers …
Directed by: Charles Haid
After his dad perishes in a tragic dogsledding accident, it's up to young Will Stoneman to pay off the mortgage. Will wants to enter a 500-mile dogsled race with a $10,000 prize, but…
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The Ref (1994)
Cast: Denis Leary, Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Ted Demme
Gus (Denis Leary), a burglar, is about to score on Christmas Eve by breaking into a posh home in the suburbs. But his plans change when he trips up the alarm and takes the occupants hostage.…
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Doomsday Gun (1994)
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Frank Langella, Alan Arkin …
Directed by: Robert Young, Robert Young
This docudrama tells the interesting story of Dr. Gerald Bull (Frank Langella), a brilliant weapons manufacturer who was assassinated before he could deliver the ultimate missile -- a…
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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin …
Directed by: James Foley
Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin chew the words of David Mamet's script (based on his own stage play) as a group of Chicago real estate salesmen vying for the best…
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Consenting Adults (1992)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Richard and Priscilla Parker (Kevin Kline and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors,…
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Henry & June (1990)
Cast: Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros, Uma Thurman …
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
A sensual masterwork based on real events, this rich evocation of wild expatriate nights in 1930s Paris begins when writer Anaïs Nin (Maria de Medeiros) embarks on a professional…
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A Show of Force (1990)
Cast: Amy Irving, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips …
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
A journalist puts her life in danger to investigate a potential FBI cover-up in this taut thriller. Set in 1978 Puerto Rico, the film centers on reporter Kate Melendez (Amy Irving), who sets…
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Dad (1989)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis …
Directed by: Gary David Goldberg
Family bonds are revived after a father is diagnosed with cancer in this bittersweet drama. Dutiful son John (Ted Danson) cares for his aging father, Jake (Jack Lemmon), but not without…
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance …
Directed by: Arthur Hill, Arthur Hiller
In Arthur Hiller's lighthearted comedy, Wally (Richard Pryor) is blind, and Dave (Gene Wilder) is deaf. But when a man is murdered outside the newsstand where they work, the police…
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Working Girl (1988)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Industrious secretary Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and may be on her way after landing a job with Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver), a top…
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Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Levi Rockwell's (Burt Lancaster) family has gathered at his home to celebrate his upcoming 77th birthday, and his children and their spouses are an anxious and egocentric bunch set on…
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Heartburn (1986)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
New York writer Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep) falls in love with political columnist Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson), and the two marry despite her reservations. The wedded bliss comes to an end…
As a director:
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Beyond the Sea (2004)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman …
Directed by: Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey directs and stars in this biopic of Bobby Darin, a hipster in the Frank Sinatra tradition and singer of pop hits such as "Splish Splash." Darin moved on to performing jazz…
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Albino Alligator (1996)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise …
Directed by: Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey made his directing debut with this edgy crime drama about a trio of small-time hoods (Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise and William Fichtner) fleeing after a bungled robbery in New…