Movies by Brion James
As part of the cast:
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Swimming with Dolphins (2005)
Cast: Mariette Hartley, Brion James
Long suspected of possessing an intelligence that rivals a human's, the dolphin has proved especially apt at making strides with autistic children and soothing cancer patients throughout…
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The Hunter's Moon (2001)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Keith Carradine, Hayley DuMond …
Directed by: Richard C. Weinman
Burt Reynolds stars as Clayton Samuels, the tyrannical patriarch of a backwoods family of Georgia moonshiners. The arrival of troubled World War I veteran Turner (Keith Carradine) threatens…
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The King is Alive (2001)
Cast: Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, David Bradley …
Directed by: Kristian Levring
The desolate African countryside is the backdrop for this tense drama. Stranded when their bus gets lost and runs out of gas, 11 tourists take shelter in an abandoned town. As the chance of…
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Snide and Prejudice (2001)
Cast: Rene Auberjonois, Angus Macfadyen, Brian McDermott …
Directed by: Philippe Mora
This highly unorthodox black comedy from director Philippe Mora spins around a doctor attempting to cure the dementia of his patient (Angus Macfadyen) -- by forcing him to dress up as Adolf…
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The Operator (2000)
Cast: Michael Laurence, Jacqueline Kim, Brion James …
Directed by: Jon Dichter
Gary Wheelan is a successful attorney working on the trial of his life. He has it all; a beautiful and loving wife, a nice house and fancy car. But everything suddenly changes when he vents…
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Diplomatic Siege (1999)
Cast: Peter Weller, Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger …
Directed by: Gustavo Graef-Marino
Computer expert Steve Parker (Peter Weller) travels to the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, to complete a top-secret mission -- to disarm a nuclear weapon left over from the Cold War. But…
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In God's Hands (1998)
Cast: Patrick Shane Dorian, Matt George, Matty Liu …
Directed by: Zalman King
Three professional surfers (Patrick Shane Dorian, cowriter Matt George and Matty Liu) travel the world in search of the ever-elusive perfect wave. Cinematographer John Aronson and surf…
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Brown's Requiem (1998)
Cast: Michael Rooker, Selma Blair, Will Sasso …
Directed by: Jason Freeland
A grimy golf caddy (Will Sasso) hires a former Los Angeles cop (Michael Rooker) to protect the man's 17-year-old sister (Selma Blair), who's romantically linked to Solly (Harold…
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Strip n Run (1998)
Cast: Michael Madsen, Charles Napier, Brion James …
Directed by: L.P. Brown III, John Sjogren
The name of the game is power when a man known only as The Sheik pits gangsters against one another in an effort to take control of the mob in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley. But one…
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Heist (1998)
Cast: Robert Pastorelli, Glenn Plummer, James Russo …
Directed by: Peter Rossi
Robert Pastorelli, James Russo, Glenn Plummer and Daniel Benzali star in this police drama that tries to separate fact from fiction from a dubious source -- a poet and dealer named Dipper…
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Joseph's Gift (1998)
Cast: Freddy Rodriguez, Brion James, Robert Townsend …
Directed by: Philippe Mora
Joseph Keller (Freddy Rodríguez) has nothing but respect for his father, Jacob (John Saxon), who built their family's garment business based in Los Angeles from scratch. No wonder…
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Final Reckoning (1998)
Cast: Michael Madsen, Charles Napier, Brion James …
Directed by: L.P. Brown III
Thanks to a meddling mob boss known as "The Sheik," the various gangs of Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley are at each other's throats, and gangster Jimmy D. (Michael Madsen) may be…
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The Fifth Element (1997)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Luc Besson
New York City in the 23rd century is a madhouse of flying taxis, street gangs and media overload in director Luc Besson's science-fiction-inspired vision of a tomorrow that seems to have…
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The Setting Son (1997)
Cast: Dave Oliver, Brion James, Jason James Richter …
Directed by: Lisa C. Satriano
A young boy named Cal (Will Schaub) is America's next best hope to win a sailing gold medal in the Olympics. But one day, Cal gets a desperate phone call: His brother (Jason James…
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Bombshell (1996)
Cast: Henry Thomas, Mädchen Amick, Frank Whaley …
Directed by: Paul Wynne
Set in a brightly colored near future, this sci-fi thriller shows how far a company will go to keep an employee from telling the truth when scientist Buck Hogan (Henry Thomas) has his kidney…
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Steel Frontier (1995)
Cast: Joe Lara, Bo Svenson, Stacie Foster …
Directed by: Jacobsen Hart, Paul G. Volk
The world as we know it has been destroyed, and a colony of survivors is forging a new life from the ashes, creating a community called New Hope and turning despair into opportunity. But…
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Cyberjack (1995)
Cast: Michael Dudikoff, Brion James, Craig Bruhnanski …
Directed by: Robert Lee
In this thriller, former policeman and alcoholic Nick James (Michael Dudikoff) is still trying to shake off the senseless killing of his partner at the hands of the despicable Nassim (Brion…
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The Soft Kill (1995)
Cast: Brion James, Carrie-Anne Moss, Corbin Bernsen …
Directed by: Eli Cohen
Los Angeles detective Jack Ramsey (Michael Harris) is being framed for murder. When Jack's lover, Kim, the wife of ambitious politician Martin Lewis (Corbin Bernsen), is brutally…
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Nature of the Beast (1995)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Lance Henriksen, Brion James …
Directed by: Victor Salva
In this suspenseful thriller, two men harbor some deadly secrets that must not be allowed to surface, leading to a face-off between the pair in the desert. One of them is a disturbed killer…
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Radioland Murders (1994)
Cast: Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson, Ned Beatty …
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
It's 1939, and Chicago radio station WBN celebrates its debut broadcast in this zany farce from producer George Lucas. While staff writer Roger Henderson (Brian Benben) tries to…
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Cabin Boy (1994)
Cast: Chris Elliott, Adam Resnick, Ritch Brinkley …
Produced by Tim Burton, this slapstick sea voyage stars Chris Elliott as Nathaniel Mayweather, a pampered rich kid who, due to a mix-up, ends up on rusty old bucket instead of the luxury…
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Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1994)
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Aron Eisenberg, Barry Humphries …
Directed by: Philippe Mora
Beverly D'Angelo stars as an overly Botoxed, super-exercised lady who lunches and, more importantly, endlessly shops. But she undergoes a curious change when her archaeologist husband…
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Savage Land (1994)
Cast: Charles Napier, Martin Kove, Corbin Bernsen …
Directed by: Dean Hamilton
After outlaws disguised as Indians ambush a cross-country stagecoach, siblings Luke and Hannah Morgan (Corey Carrier and Mercedes McNab), gunslinger Clara (Vivian Schilling) and singer Mandy…
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Striking Distance (1993)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina …
Directed by: Rowdy Herrington
The new generation in a family of cops, homicide detective Tom Hardy (Bruce Willis) is demoted when he makes public his suspicions that a serial killer is a fellow officer. But the murders…
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Rio Diablo (1993)
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, Naomi Judd …
Directed by: Rod Hardy
When the Walker brothers' gang kidnaps his bride (Laura Harring), Benjamin (Travis Tritt) forms an uneasy alliance with bounty hunter Quentin (Kenny Rogers) to track them down. Fraught…
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Future Shock (1993)
Cast: Martin Kove, Bill Paxton, Vivian Schilling …
Using a virtual reality device, psychiatrist Dr. Langdon (Martin Kove) explores the minds of three of his patients, which include a paranoid wife (Vivian Schilling) whose husband is often…
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Time Runner (1993)
Cast: Mark Hamill, Rae Dawn Chong, Brion James …
Directed by: Michael Mazo
When Earth is overrun by an advanced alien army in 2022, the planet's last hope is Michael Raynor (Mark Hamill), who flies through a rift in time to the year 1992. Pursued by government…
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Nemesis (1992)
Cast: Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa …
Directed by: Albert Pyun
In post-World War III Los Angeles, circa 2027, humans and cyborgs are at war and information terrorists threaten what's left of life in an industry-choked world. Alex (Olivier Gruner), a…
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The Player (1992)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Director Robert Altman's wickedly funny masterpiece about a slick Hollywood studio executive named Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) -- a hotshot whose life is falling apart -- is packed with…
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Mom (1991)
Cast: Maray Ayres, Jeanne Bates, Julie Bryant …
Directed by: Patrick Rand
Proving that flesh-eating monsters don't practice age discrimination, this black comedy tells the tale of elderly Emily Dwyer (Jeanne Bates), who takes a suspicious lodger into her Los…
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Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James …
Directed by: Walter Hill
At the end of a seven-year stint in prison, Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) gets a visit from his old pal Jack Cates (Nick Nolte). The crusty cop faces a trumped-up manslaughter charge, and he…
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Red Scorpion (1989)
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White …
Directed by: Joseph Zito
On a mission to assassinate a rebel leader in Africa, Soviet KGB agent Lt. Nikolai instead finds himself beginning to sympathize with the locals. He soon turns against his superiors and takes…
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The Horror Show (1989)
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart …
Directed by: James Isaac
In the midst of being electrocuted to death, mass murderer Max (Brion James) transforms from flesh and blood into a free-floating supernatural essence. Now completely unstoppable, Max sets…
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Nightmare at Noon (1988)
Cast: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, George Kennedy …
Directed by: Nico Mastorakis
A mute albino (Brion James) and his henchman contaminate the water supply in a small town and turn its inhabitants into bloodthirsty zombies. When a traveling couple (Wings Hauser and…
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Cherry 2000 (1988)
Cast: David Andrews, Jennifer Balgobin, Marshall Bell …
Directed by: Steve De Jarnatt
In this futuristic '80s flick, successful businessman Sam Treadwell (David Andrews), accompanied by sexy gun-for-hire E. Johnson (Melanie Griffith), travels to a post-apocalyptic…
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D.O.A. (1988)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling …
Directed by: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Sleepwalking through the academia, an alcoholic college professor spends more time drinking than grading papers or writing new novels. But he gets a wake-up call (from hell) when he discovers…
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The Wrong Guys (1988)
Cast: Louie Anderson, John Goodman, Richard Lewis …
Directed by: Danny Bilson
Five former Cub Scouts reunite for a camping trip in the woods 25 years after their scouting days. What they don't realize is that a dangerous escaped convict is on the loose and…
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Steel Dawn (1987)
Cast: Brion James, Patrick Swayze, Christopher Neame …
Directed by: Lance Hool
After World War III, water becomes a precious commodity in the desert community of Meridian. So much so, in fact, that when a controlling mob, led by the evil Damnil (Anthony Zerbe), takes…
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Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Cast: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Mark Lester directs this slapstick comedy about two down-and-out men, ex-cop Frank Dooley (John Candy) and disbarred lawyer Norman Kane (Eugene Levy), who try their bungling hands at private…
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Crimewave (1986)
Cast: Louise Lasser, Paul L. Smith, Brion James …
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead) directs this unconventional comedy penned by Oscar-winning siblings Joel and Ethan Coen, a film told mostly in flashback that blends elements of cartoons and…
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Enemy Mine (1985)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James …
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Earthling Davidge (Dennis Quaid) is one of many space warriors facing a brutal battle against the reptilian Draconians, among them the soldier Jeriba (Louis Gossett Jr.). But when the…
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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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48 Hrs. (1983)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Annette O'Toole …
Directed by: Walter Hill
Detective Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) is forced to do the unbearable in order to catch a pair of escaped cop killers: He temporarily paroles wisecracking hustler Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy)…
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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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Southern Comfort (1981)
Cast: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward …
Directed by: Walter Hill
A weekend training camp turns into a fight for survival for nine National Guardsmen in this action drama by Walter Hill. Deep in the Louisiana bayou, a troop of soldiers (played by Keith…
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Nickelodeon (1976)
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Director Peter Bogdanovich pays tribute to the early days of filmmaking with this comedy about a young attorney -- Leo Harrigan (Ryan O'Neal) -- who stumbles into the movie business…