Movies by Steven Spielberg
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Fog City Mavericks (2008)
Cast: Steven Spielberg, Anthony Minghella, Michael Douglas …
This documentary zooms in on the work of talented San Francisco filmmakers such as George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Clint Eastwood, whose respective contributions to the cinematic canon…
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Biography: Tom Hanks: The Luckiest Man in the World (2007)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Peter Scolari …
From "Bosom Buddies" to back-to-back Oscars, Tom Hanks effortlessly made the transition from small screen to large and has even found success as a director. This documentary follows the…
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The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
Cast: Peter Jackson, Ray Harryhausen, Leonard Maltin …
Directed by: Paul Davids
This direct-to-video documentary takes an intriguing trip down memory lane, celebrating sci-fi cinema's trailblazers, including special-effects maven Ray Harryhausen and scribe Ray…
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Double Dare (2005)
Cast: Jeannie Epper, Zoe Bell, Lynda Carter …
Directed by: Amanda Micheli
With being thrown off buildings an occupational hazard, professional stuntwomen Jeannie Epper and Zoe Bell (the stunt doubles of Wonder Woman and Xena, respectively) would seem well-equipped…
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Boffo!: Tinseltown's Bombs & Blockbusters (2005)
Cast: Peter Bart, Steven Spielberg, Charlize Theron …
Directed by: Bill Couturié
With a zillion things that can go wrong (and often do), the line separating blockbusters from bombs in Hollywood is thin indeed. A bevy of industry heavies sheds light on the elements that…
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Steven Spielberg, Sidney Lumet …
Directed by: Daniel Anker
Filmmaker Daniel Anker examines Hollywood's depiction of the Holocaust and its incomprehensible atrocities in this award-winning documentary narrated by Gene Hackman and featuring…
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Cast: Woody Allen, Alex Cox, Peter Ustinov …
Directed by: Jan Harlan
Stanley Kubrick's frequent collaborator and brother-in-law, Jan Harlan, offers a fascinating inside look at the genius behind such films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange,…
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Directors: Steven Spielberg (2000)
Cast: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg reveals the magic behind his movies, including his personal favorite and one that was never made. Actors such as Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson share their…
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Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact (2000)
Cast: Steven Spielberg, Will Smith, Sigourney Weaver …
This new documentary on the current state of UFO investigation features 250 amateur video clips, the latest revelations about the Roswell Incident and footage of an "alien implant removal" as…
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Chuck Jones: Extremes and in Betweens, a Life in Animation (2000)
Cast: Chuck Jones, Robin Williams, Steven Spielberg …
Directed by: Margaret Selby
This "Great Performances" biography examines the life works of one of Hollywood's most celebrated animators, Chuck Jones -- best known for the Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Bugs…
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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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Batteries Not Included (1987)
Cast: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Elizabeth Peña …
Directed by: Matthew Robbins
After their apartment building is bought by an unscrupulous developer, Frank and Faye Riley (real-life couple Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy) face eviction. But the poor retirees and their…
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Room 666 (1982)
Cast: Chantal Akerman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Maroun Bagdadi …
Directed by: Wim Wenders
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, director Wim Wenders took advantage of the assembled pool of directorial talent to get some of the world's greatest auteurs to talk about their…
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown …
Directed by: John Landis
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd lay waste to Chicago as the title characters, a pair of two-bit crooks on a quest to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised by reuniting their former…
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Directed by John Ford (1971)
Cast: Orson Welles, James Stewart, Henry Fonda …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
The life of distinguished American filmmaker John Ford is brought to the screen through a series of interviews with the legendary director himself, clips from some of his most well-known…
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Cast: Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Blockbuster filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson team up for this 3-D motion capture adaptation of Georges Remi's classic comic strip, centered around the adventures of fearless…
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War Horse (2011)
Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Adapted from a novel by Michael Morpurgo, this majestic World War I drama centers on Devon lad Albert and his steadfast horse, Joey, whose faithful bond cannot be shaken -- even when Joey is…
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Nearly 20 years after last donning his famous fedora to save the world from imminent peril, Hollywood icon Harrison Ford returns to one of his best-known roles -- that of snake-wary…
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War of the Worlds (2005)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
In this loose adaptation of H.G. Wells's novel about alien invasion, Tom Cruise stars as Ray, a divorced dockworker whose children (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin) are staying with…
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Munich (2005)
Cast: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Hanns Zischler …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
In this thriller based on actual events, Palestinian terrorists hold hostage and ultimately kill a group of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, prompting a Mossad…
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The Terminal (2004)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy…
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Minority Report (2002)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Tom Cruise plays John Anderton, a top "Precrime" cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another…
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Frank W. Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a cunning con man -- posing as a doctor, lawyer and pilot all before turning 21. He's also a deft forger, and his work attracts the attention…
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
In this dark, contemplative tale, an advanced prototype robot child named David (Haley Joel Osment) is programmed to show unconditional love. When his human family, unprepared for the…
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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger Capt. John Miller and seven of his men are ordered…
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Amistad (1997)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directed this story about the 1839 revolt aboard Spanish slave ship La Amistad and the uprising's tragic aftermath. An African-born slave (Djimon Hounsou) leads a mutiny…
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Arliss Howard …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) by revealing…
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Jurassic Park (1993)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
A multimillionaire (Richard Attenborough) unveils a new theme park where visitors can observe dinosaurs cloned using advanced DNA technology. But when an employee tampers with the security…
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Schindler's List (1993)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Liam Neeson stars as Oskar Schindler, a greedy German factory owner made rich by exploiting cheap Jewish labor. But as World War II unfolds, he becomes an unlikely humanitarian, spending his…
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Hook (1991)
Cast: Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up -- Peter Pan -- did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer (Robin Williams) whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids, in this…
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Always (1989)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Directed by Steven Spielberg, this affecting remake of A Guy Named Joe stars Richard Dreyfuss as brash Pete Sandich, a firefighting pilot who dies in the line of duty but returns as a…
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Fedora and whip at the ready, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) sets off on his third cinematic outing accompanied by none other than his father, Henry (Sean Connery), to explore the cradle of…
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Empire of the Sun (1987)
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directs a young Christian Bale in a stunning feature-film debut as Jim, a British expatriate who's separated from his parents when the Japanese army invades Shanghai at…
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The Color Purple (1985)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Whoopi Goldberg stars as Celie, a Southern woman whose correspondence with her sister in Africa helps her escape an abusive husband (portrayed with a scary edge by Danny Glover) and a life of…
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
The second film in George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones series takes Indy (Harrison Ford), his young sidekick Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan) and spoiled songbird Willie…
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Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers …
Directed by: George Miller, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg …
In this homage to Rod Serling's hit TV series, a bigot (Vic Morrow) experiences prejudice; a man (Scatman Crothers) helps the elderly regain their youth; a woman (Kathleen Quinlan)…
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Cast: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg's 1982 smash hit tells the heartwarming story of the special bond 10-year-old Elliot (Henry Thomas) forges with an alien he names E.T. The adventures they share as…
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary (Original) (1982)
Cast: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
With new scenes and special effects, the 20th anniversary re-release of Steven Spielberg's 1982 smash hit tells the heartwarming story of the special bond 10-year-old Elliot forges with…
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
When Dr. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) -- the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist -- is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the…
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1941 (1979)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
In the days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, panic sets in among California's citizens, who imagine their shores as the next target. Military and civilian defenders of the West…
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
When Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) encounters a UFO, he's left with a sunburned face, a skeptical family and a shaken psyche. In an attempt to make sense of what he saw, Roy starts…
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
The 1977, 1980 and 1998 versions of Steven Spielberg's seminal sci-fi hit are collected in this exhaustive 30th anniversary edition, which also includes a 20-minute interview with the…
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Jaws (1975)
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Director Steven Spielberg virtually invented the summer blockbuster with this white-knuckle adaptation of Peter Benchley's novel about an insatiable great white shark that terrorizes the…
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The Sugarland Express (1974)
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg's debut film stars Goldie Hawn and William Atherton as Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin, a down-on-their-luck couple who lose their child to the state of Texas and decide to…
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Duel (1971)
Cast: Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Gene Dynarski …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
This 1971 TV thriller made studio executives take notice of its young director, Steven Spielberg. Businessman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is in a hurry to get to an appointment, so he…