Movies by Tom Skerritt
As part of the cast:
-
Your Love Never Fails (2011)
Cast: Elisa Donovan, Brad Rowe, Kirstin Dorn …
Directed by: Michael Feifer
New York investment banker Laura Conners (Elisa Donovan) is torn between her high-powered career and her desire to spend more time with her nine-year-old daughter, Kelsey (Kirstin Dorn), and…
-
Redemption Road (2010)
Cast: Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson, Kiele Sanchez …
Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
When a compulsive fear of performing threatens to derail his career, white bluesman Jefferson Bailey sets off on a life-changing drive from Austin, Texas, to Huntsville, Ala., accompanied by…
-
Whiteout (2009)
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Alex O'Loughlin …
Directed by: Dominic Sena
The lone U.S. marshal at a research station in Antarctica, Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) stumbles upon the continent's first murder victim. With only three days left until the sun sets…
-
The Parent Trap / The Parent Trap II (2009)
Cast: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith …
Directed by: Ronald F. Maxwell, David Swift
Hayley Mills takes on four starring roles in this double feature about mistaken identity. In The Parent Trap, a teenage Mills plays identical twins separated at birth trying to reunite their…
-
For Sale by Owner (2009)
Cast: Scott Cooper, Rachel Nichols, Skeet Ulrich …
Directed by: Robert J. Wilson
Will Custis (Scott Cooper) makes his living as an architect, preserving and restoring America's historic buildings, but his latest project threatens to become an obsession, even as it…
-
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (2009)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Bates, Florence "Pancho" Barnes …
Directed by: Amanda Pope
Vivacious and brilliant, Florence "Pancho" Barnes was an aviation legend whose daring stunt flying set the bar for both male and female pilots. This documentary narrated by Tom Skerritt…
-
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008)
Cast: Dougray Scott, Krista Bridges, Danette Mackay …
Directed by: Paolo Barzman
While researching a rare and mystical Amazonian flower, Dr. Henry Jekyll (Dougray Scott) accidentally releases his dark alter ego -- the homicidal Mr. Hyde (also portrayed by Scott) -- in…
-
Beer for My Horses (2008)
Cast: Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, Ted Nugent …
Directed by: Michael Salomon
When a drug lord abducts the girlfriend (Claire Forlani) of Deputy Sheriff "Rack" Racklin (Toby Keith), he ignores his boss's orders and hits the road to rescue her. A fellow lawman…
-
The Trojan Horse (2008)
Cast: Paul Gross, Tom Skerritt, Greta Scacchi …
Directed by: Charles Biname
After Canada becomes part of the United States, former Prime Minister Tom McLaughlin (Paul Gross) hatches a plan to run for president. Backed by several European nations, Tom teams up with…
-
The Velveteen Rabbit (2007)
Cast: Jane Seymour, Tom Skerritt, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Michael Landon Jr.
Sent to the house of his stern grandmother for the holiday season, young Toby finds an instant cure to his loneliness when he discovers an attic containing three special toys -- including a…
-
Stephen King's Desperation (2006)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish …
Directed by: Mick Garris
When a group of strangers cross paths in the small town of Desperation, Nev., they find themselves at the mercy of psychotic Sheriff Collie Entragian (Ron Perlman), who's possessed by…
-
Mammoth (2006)
Cast: Vincent Ventresca, Constantin Draganescu, Summer Glau …
Directed by: Tim Cox
A defrosted 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth goes on a rampage after a meteor smashes into a town museum and revives the prehistoric creature. Federal agents must team up with museum curator…
-
Bonneville (2006)
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen …
Directed by: Christopher N. Rowley
Jessica Lange, Joan Allen and Kathy Bates star in this road trip yarn, which follows three friends on a journey across the West after one of them is widowed. Along the way, they learn a thing…
-
Fallen (2006)
Cast: Paul Wesley, Tom Skerritt, Bryan Cranston …
Directed by: Mikael Salomon, Kevin Kerslake
For high school wrestler Aaron Corbett (Paul Wesley), turning 18 means becoming not just a man but a nephilim, too -- half human, half angel, with supernatural abilities and a host of…
-
Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
Cast: Gina Gershon, Randy Quaid, Shannen Doherty …
Directed by: Dick Lowry
In this gripping follow-up to the made-for-television movie Category 6: Day of Destruction, Gina Gershon stars as beleaguered FEMA director Judith Carr, whose worst nightmares play out when…
-
Homeland Security (2004)
Cast: Scott Glenn, Tom Skerritt, Grant Show …
Directed by: Daniel Sackheim
Members of the FBI, CIA, military and law enforcement struggle to ensure the nation's safety in this TV drama. Although the clues are there, because of incongruence between departments,…
-
Swing (2004)
Cast: Constance Brenneman, Innis Casey, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Martin Guigui
Besieged by a goal-oriented fiancée and an overbearing father, a struggling young musician tries to keep his dream alive. Noting that one problem with his life may be a bona fide lack of…
-
Tears of the Sun (2003)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser …
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Bruce Willis stars as Lt. A.K. Waters, a Navy SEAL sent to the jungles of embattled Africa to rescue a doctor (Monica Bellucci), arriving only to realize he must also save the refugees in the…
-
Greenmail (2002)
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Tom Skerritt, Kelly Rowan …
Directed by: Jonathan Heap
Scott Anderson (Stephen Baldwin), the head of a radical environmentalist group, is arrested when a chemical plant mysteriously explodes. But the bombings continue while Scott is in jail, and…
-
Path to War (2002)
Cast: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Bruce McGill …
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Director John Frankenheimer's searing and insightful film tells the inside story of how "the best and the brightest" advisors in the Lyndon Johnson (Michael Gambon) administration…
-
The Alien Saga (2002)
Cast: John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Brent Zacky
John Hurt narrates this documentary charting the success of Ridley Scott's film franchise that began with the 1979 hit Alien. Melding science fiction and horror film brilliance, Alien…
-
Changing Hearts (2002)
Cast: Lauren Holly, Faye Dunaway, Ian Somerhalder …
Directed by: Martin Guigui
Two women become fast friends with an unshakable bond when they're both diagnosed with breast cancer. In addition to their shared malady, the two companions -- to keep their spirits up…
-
Texas Rangers (2001)
Cast: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ashton Kutcher …
Directed by: Steve Miner
In a land without justice, where chaos reigns, one legendary man is chosen to lead a group of unlikely heroes. These young men, out-manned and out-gunned, must battle an army of renegade…
-
Trial by Media (2001)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Christine Lahti, Jay Thomas …
Directed by: Sheldon Larry
She is a respected doctor and pioneer of woman's rights. She decides on a political career. The media gets hold of a small indiscretion in her past. It causes a political frenzy. She is…
-
Directors: Robert Zemeckis (2000)
Cast: Robert Zemeckis, Jodie Foster, Tom Hanks …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
The American Film Institute series "The Directors" provides one-hour glimpses into the careers of directors whose films have significantly influenced world cinema. This episode focuses on…
-
Zig Zag / Flash Fire (1999)
Cast: Anastasia Martino, Tom Skerritt, Guy Doleman …
Directed by: Anatoly Niman, Quentin Masters
Intrigue is the name of the game in this double feature of classic thrillers. In Zig Zag (1999), Anastasia Martino stars as the wife of an American attorney working in Moscow, where she teams…
-
The Other Sister (1999)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Juliette Lewis, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Carla Tate (Juliette Lewis) has an independent streak a mile wide. Trouble is, she's mentally handicapped, and her overprotective parents (Diane Keaton and Tom Skerritt) have misgivings…
-
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Cast: Kevin Anderson, Tom Skerritt, Naomi Watts …
Directed by: William A. Graham
Ira Einhorn (Kevin Anderson) is an activist who embarks on a turbulent romance with Holly Madux (Naomi Watts), a beautiful and accomplished young woman. When she realizes that her new love…
-
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sharon Lawrence, Charles S. Dutton …
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
When a devastating earthquake strikes New York City and kills millions, a disparate group of survivors -- led by fire chief Thomas Ahearn -- struggles to help others who are less fortunate in…
-
Contact (1997)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
When Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) hears a signal being broadcast from outer space, the race is on to interpret humanity's first contact with alien intelligence in this adaptation of…
-
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Matthew Modine, James Earl Jones …
Directed by: John Kent Harrison, John Ken Harrison
Young Sammy Ayers's mother is abducted from a bus and murdered, so he decides to pretend that he's deaf and mute when the Greyhound arrives in a small Georgia town. His deceit…
-
Shadow Casting: The Making of A River Runs Through It (1994)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Robert Redford, Emily Lloyd …
In this hourlong documentary, behind-the-scenes drama unfolds on the set of A River Runs Through It, actor-director Robert Redford's acclaimed adaptation of Norman Maclean's novella…
-
Poison Ivy (1992)
Cast: Sara Gilbert, Drew Barrymore, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Katt Shea Ruben
As the streetwise new girl at a posh private school, Ivy (Drew Barrymore) will do anything to fit in. When shy but wealthy Sylvie Cooper (Sara Gilbert) invites Ivy into her privileged world,…
-
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Robert Redford …
Directed by: Robert Redford
Two fly-fishing brothers, straitlaced scholar Norman (Craig Sheffer) and trouble-finding gambler Paul (Brad Pitt), struggle to mollify their Presbyterian preacher father's (Tom Skerritt)…
-
Singles (1992)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott …
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Generation X neighbors share their bittersweet, intertwined stories of the single life in director Cameron Crowe's quirky relationship comedy set against the backdrop of Seattle's…
-
Knight Moves (1992)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Carl Schenkel
Peter Sanderson (Christopher Lambert), a tormented but brilliant chess player, comes out of retirement to compete in a tournament. But when a beautiful woman he meets through a one-night…
-
Wild Orchid 2 (1992)
Cast: Joe Dallesandro, Robert Davi, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Zalman King
It's 1958, and Blue (Nina Siemaszko), just 17 years old, lives on the road with her drug-addicted father (Tom Skerritt). After her dad dies, a brokenhearted Blue finds herself on her own…
-
Hearts on Fire (1991)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Lesley Ann Warren, Marg Helgenberger …
Directed by: Jeff Bleckner
Jarrett Mattison (Tom Skerrit) loves his wife (Lesley Ann Warren), but she suffers from multiple sclerosis, and the debilitating disease is taking its toll on their marriage. Desperate for…
-
The Rookie (1990)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky…
-
The China Lake Murders (1990)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Bill McKinney, Lauren Tewes …
Directed by: Alan Metzger
When the small desert community of China Lake is rocked by a series of seemingly random murders, Sheriff Sam Brodie (Tom Skerritt) turns to Officer Donnelly (Michael Parks) -- a big-city cop…
-
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Cast: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Featuring a star-studded cast, this bittersweet drama follows the abiding friendship among five tight-knit women who congregate at a beauty parlor in a small Louisiana town to laugh, cry and…
-
The Heist (1989)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Tom Skerritt, Wendy Hughes …
Directed by: Stuart Orme
San Diego racetrack security consultant Neil Skinner (Pierce Brosnan), wrongly convicted for a crime he didn't commit, gets sprung from jail after a four-year stint -- and has nothing…
-
Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988)
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Tom Skerritt, Constance McCashin …
Directed by: Tim Burstall
In this thriller, three middle-aged women (Joanna Cassidy, Lindsay Wagner, Constance McCashin) and a teenage girl embark on a weekend horse-riding expedition and stumble on the mountain…
-
Nightmare at Bitter Creek (1988)
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Tom Skerritt, Constance McCashin …
Directed by: Tim Burstall
Originally airing on television, this thriller follows four female friends as they journey through the Sierra Mountains with their alcoholic nature guide on what was supposed to be a…
-
Moving Target (1988)
Cast: Jason Bateman, Jack Wagner, Chynna Phillips …
Directed by: Chris Thomson
A musically obsessed teenager, Toby Kellogg (Jason Bateman), returns home one night to find his family inexplicably missing. Soon, Toby's being hotly pursued by both vicious killers and…
-
Poltergeist III (1988)
Cast: Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Lara Flynn Boyle …
Directed by: Gary Sherman
12-year-old Carol Anne Freeling is now living with her aunt and uncle in Chicago, where a school shrink probing the girl's psyche inadvertently resurrects the malevolent Reverend Kane.
-
Maid to Order (1987)
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean …
Directed by: Amy Holden Jones
Rich, arrogant Jessie Montgomery (Ally Sheedy) thinks she's above it all -- until she's arrested and her dad gives her the boot. Homeless, hungry and broke, Jessie meets her fairy…
-
The Big Town (1987)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Ben Bolt
In this drama set in 1957 Chicago, J.C. Cullen (Matt Dillon) is a small-town gambler who heads to the Windy City to hit it big. Far from making the fortune he set out to find, he instead…
-
Top Gun (1986)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer …
Directed by: Tony Scott
Tom Cruise stars as a hotshot flyboy who struggles to control himself, responsibility and a steamy love affair while competing at the U.S. Navy's fighter-weapons school, better known as…
-
SpaceCamp (1986)
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Tom Skerritt, Tate Donovan …
Directed by: Harry Winer
A group of bright but incorrigible high school students (including Lea Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix and Kelly Preston) go to the NASA SpaceCamp intending to take the first steps in becoming…
-
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sharon Stone, Barbara Bosson …
Directed by: William A. Graham
Millionaire Richard Trainor's (Robert Culp) new pinup calendar is selling like hotcakes thanks to the gorgeous 12 women who posed nude for the photo shoot. But now, someone's…
-
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…
-
Fighting Back (1982)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone, Michael Sarrazin …
Directed by: Lewis Teague
This violent revenge tale stars Tom Skerritt as John D'Angelo, a mad-as-hell Philadelphia shopkeeper who organizes a neighborhood patrol after a brutal crime wave turns the once-peaceful…
-
Alien: Collector's Edition (1979)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic stars Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, a tough-as-nails warrant officer who stares down one of the most terrifying movie monsters of all time: a…
-
Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin …
Directed by: Lou Adler
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong make their debut in this tale of two stoners in search of the perfect stash of hash who end up cruising around in a van made of potent pot with bumbling narcotics…
-
Ice Castles (1978)
Cast: Robby Benson, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Colleen Dewhurst …
Directed by: Donald Wrye
Considered too old for a professional ice-skating career, 16-year-old Alexis (Lynn-Holly Johnson) nonetheless triumphs to become a champion. Tragically, she falls and suffers a brain injury…
-
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Steve Forrest, G.D. Spradlin …
Directed by: Timothy Galfas
When a troubled animal trainer recklessly sets his Bengal tigers free near a small California community, unsuspecting residents become prey for the carnivorous predators. Now, the hunt is on…
-
The Turning Point (1977)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Shirley MacLaine stars as DeeDee, a former classical ballerina who cut short her rise to fame when she decided to settle down and raise children. When her daughter shows promise as a…
-
The Devil's Rain (1975)
Cast: John Travolta, Tom Skerritt, William Shatner …
Directed by: Robert Feust
Centuries ago, Jonathan Corbis (Ernest Borgnine) was the leader of a devil-worshipping cult -- but he was betrayed. Members stole the sacred book that held the names of those who had given…
-
Big Bad Mama (1974)
Cast: William Shatner, Angie Dickinson, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Steve Carver
Wilma (Angie Dickinson) is the big, bad mama who must survive on her own after the death of her lover, as she takes her daughters (Susan Sennett and Robbie Lee) with her on the run with her…
-
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Cast: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck …
Directed by: Robert Altman
A trio of criminals (Keith Carradine, Bert Remsen and John Schuck) go on a bank-robbing spree through the Depression-era Deep South, terrorizing the population and managing to stay just one…
-
Fuzz (1972)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Richard A. Colla
Boston cops (Burt Reynolds and Jack Weston) team up to catch Deaf Man (Yul Brynner), a deranged bomber bent on killing politicians and extorting money from the city. Meanwhile, a female badge…
-
Harold and Maude (1971)
Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Death-obsessed teen Harold Chasen (Bud Cort) is being hassled by his domineering mother (Vivian Pickles) to play the dating game, but he'd much rather attend funerals, which is where he…
-
Wild Rovers (1971)
Cast: William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
From writer-director Blake Edwards comes this star-studded Western about a pair of cowhands (William Holden and Ryan O'Neal) who impulsively choose a new profession -- bank robbery --…
-
MASH (1970)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Director Robert Altman's thinly veiled Vietnam War satire is indicative of when the spirit of the 1970s went mainstream, with Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland and Tom Skerritt as Army…
-
Those Calloways (1965)
Cast: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon de Wilde …
Directed by: Norman Tokar
Nature-loving New Englander Cam Calloway (Brian Keith) has always envisioned creating a home for migrating geese by a pristine lake near where he lives. But developers have their eye on this…
-
War Hunt (1962)
Cast: John Saxon, Robert Redford, Charles Aidman …
Directed by: Denis Sanders
No one is a better soldier than Pvt. Endore (John Saxon) -- at least in his own mind. Stationed in Korea at the end of the war, Endore brings back vital information from his nightly patrols,…