Movies by Xander Berkeley
As part of the cast:
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Seeking Justice (2011)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce …
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
When his wife (January Jones) is savagely attacked, a humble English teacher (Nicolas Cage) is forced to make a tough choice: Should he leave the investigation up to the police, or should he…
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Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)
Cast: Carla Gugino, Zachary Quinto, Josh Hartnett …
Directed by: Sebastian Gutierrez
An all-star cast shines in this indie comedy about a typical night in 10 bars across Los Angeles, where former cop Francine becomes entangled with a group of oddballs, including a murderous…
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Nikita: Season 2 (2011)
Cast: Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca …
Nikita is out to destroy the secret agency that made her a perfect killer, and this explosive second season unites her with an old foe. Together they face Nikita's traitorous protégé,…
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Kick-Ass (2010)
Cast: Adrian Martinez, Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage …
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Inspired by his love of comic books, high school student Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides to transform himself into a masked crime fighter -- a decision that eventually thrusts the…
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Day One: Season 1 (2010)
Cast: Adam Campbell, Catherine Dent, Julie Gonzalo …
Directed by: Alex Graves
When the Earth's infrastructure is destroyed in the wake of an apocryphal event, a band of survivors from a Van Nuys, Calif., apartment building tries to figure out 1) what's…
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Nikita: Season 1 (2010)
Cast: Maggie Q, Aaron Stanford, Ashton Holmes …
Killer-for-hire Nikita (Maggie Q) owes her life to a secret U.S. government agency called Division, but her gratitude turns to lethal bitterness when she realizes that her employers have…
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Below the Beltway (2010)
Cast: Tate Donovan, Sarah Clarke, Kip Pardue …
Directed by: Dave Fraunces
In this political drama spotlighting the brazen intrigues of lobbyists as they pursue their clients' interests in the nation's capital, a former political aide learns that power…
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Cook County (2009)
Cast: Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho …
Directed by: David Pomes
When Sonny (Xander Berkeley) returns home after serving time in prison, he tries to reestablish a relationship with his downtrodden son, Abe (Ryan Donowho), who is overcoming a…
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Bedrooms (2009)
Cast: Moon Bloodgood, Julie Benz, Sarah Clarke …
Directed by: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos, Victor Teran …
Four stories about relationships explore the walls people erect between themselves and the ones they love, as well as the renewed emotional connections that can occur when we make ourselves…
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Repo Chick (2009)
Cast: Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, Chloe Webb …
Directed by: Alex Cox
Although it's not a sequel to Alex Cox's cult classic Repo Man, this highly stylized satire from the iconoclastic director features his trademark quirky humor. After bratty heiress…
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Taken (2008)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser …
Directed by: Pierre Morel
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the…
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The Toe Tactic (2008)
Cast: Lily Rabe, Xander Berkeley, Kevin Corrigan …
Directed by: Emily Hubley
While coping with her father's death, Mona (Lily Rabe) tries to visit her childhood home before her mother (Mary Kay Place) sells it. Along the way Mona loses her wallet, scours New York…
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Fracture (2007)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn …
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Anthony Hopkins stars in this legal thriller as Ted Crawford, a man who allegedly attempted to murder his wife and is now locked in a battle of wits with a young assistant district attorney,…
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Seraphim Falls (2007)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Angie Harmon …
Directed by: David Von Ancken
Five years after the end of the Civil War, Morsman Carver -- a former Confederate colonel seeking revenge for a wartime atrocity -- leads a posse into the snowy mountains of the American West…
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Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)
Cast: Xander Berkeley, Amy Jo Johnson, David O'Donnell …
Directed by: Ian Gilmour
A scientist tries to warn the world of an impending natural disaster that could wipe out mankind, but he's met with skepticism in this action-packed sci-fi disaster film. When Peter…
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The Garage (2006)
Cast: Martin Donovan, Xander Berkeley, Tania Raymonde …
Directed by: Carl Thibault
Director Carl Thibault's coming-of-age story follows small-town mechanic Matt (Gabriel Marantz), who longs to leave home and pursue his dreams. Torn between his own desires and his…
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Deepwater (2005)
Cast: Lucas Black, Peter Coyote, Mía Maestro …
Directed by: David S. Marfield
Drifter Nat Banyon (Lucas Black) arrives in Deepwater, Wyo., and meets motel owner Herman Finch (Peter Coyote) and his much younger wife, Iris (Mía Maestro), who he develops an intense…
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Drop Dead Sexy (2005)
Cast: Jason Lee, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Crispin Glover …
Directed by: Michael Philip
Frank (Jason Lee) and Eddie (Crispin Glover), two dim-witted petty crooks in a small-time Texas town, jump at the chance when local gangster Spider (Pruitt Taylor Vince) offers them fast cash…
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China: The Panda Adventure: IMAX (2001)
Cast: Maria Bello, Yu Xia, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Robert M. Young
It's 1936, and Ruth Harkness (Maria Bello) has arrived in China to settle the estate of her late husband. Her husband believed the giant panda (which he was observing) to be a peaceful…
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The Man From Elysian Fields (2001)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies …
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
After failing to get his latest book published, a Los Angeles novelist (Andy Garcia) finds it difficult to pay the bills and support his wife (Julianna Margulies) and son. He's compelled…
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Justice League: Justice on Trial (2001)
Cast: Phil LaMarr, Kevin Conroy, Maria Canals-Barrera …
Directed by: Butch Lukic, Dan Riba
This collection includes two two-part episodes from the animated superhero series Justice League. In "Blackest Night," Green Lantern is on trial for destroying a planet, but the Justice…
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Quicksand (2001)
Cast: Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godreche …
Directed by: John Mackenzie
New York banker Martin flies to France for some much-needed insight on a feature film that his bank is funding. On the set, he meets a woman who is the bank's main liaison (but who seems…
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24 (2001)
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard …
Each season of this Emmy-winning action thriller follows 24 hours in the life of Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), a special agent who works for the government thwarting terrorist attacks,…
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The Cherry Orchard (2000)
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge …
Directed by: Michael Cacoyannis, Mihalis Kakogiannis
This screen adaptation of Anton Chekhov's timeless play stars Charlotte Rampling as Lyubov, a Russian woman who returns from France to her family's estate in 1900 and discovers that…
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NetForce (1999)
Cast: Scott Bakula, Paul Hewitt, Sam Anderson …
Directed by: Robert Lieberman
Federal agents Alex Michaels and Steve Day -- members of the FBI's newly created NetForce -- are tasked with tracking down an evil software guru who's assumed control of the entire…
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Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Mic Rodgers
Retired from his career as a Universal Soldier, Luc Deveraux works as a technical adviser on a hush-hush government project to design a smarter cyborg warrior. But he soon discovers that the…
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Phoenix (1998)
Cast: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Anjelica Huston …
Directed by: Danny Cannon
Ray Liotta stars as a bad cop hooked on gambling. Caught between a brutal bookie, a lethal loan shark and a heist gone wrong, Liotta has his hands full. Sunbaked and stylish, Phoenix features…
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Driven (1998)
Cast: Tony Todd, Whip Hubley, Daniel Roebuck …
Directed by: Michael Shoob
Three idealistic Los Angeles cab drivers, fed up with their hollow existences, are on the verge of hitting a dramatic turning point in their lives. They latch onto newcomer Legrand (Chad…
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Winchell (1998)
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Glenne Headly, Christopher Plummer …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
In the 1950s, gossip columnist and radio show personality Walter Winchell (Stanley Tucci) forged a career digging up celebrity dirt. Enticed by the private lives of public figures, the nation…
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The Truth About Juliet (1998)
Cast: Spencer Garrett, Michael Marich, Samantha Smith …
Directed by: Sean McGinley
Struggling writer Chaloots (Karl Wiedergott) becomes involved in the tangled romantic lives of his childhood friend, arrogant agent Dominic (Spencer Garrett), and fellow scribe John (Michael…
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Air Force One (1997)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close …
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack Air Force One with the president and his family on board, forcing the commander-in-chief into an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and…
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Gattaca (1997)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law …
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
With one eye on his lifelong dream of working in outer space, a genetically flawed but determined "In-Valid" (Ethan Hawke) hires a DNA broker (Tony Shalhoub) to help him obtain more desirable…
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Barb Wire (1996)
Cast: Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Jack Noseworthy …
Directed by: David Hogan
It's 2017, and a second civil war has left America under the control of a military junta. The last refuge of freedom is Steel Harbor, where bustier-clad biker Barb Wire (Pamela Anderson)…
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If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Cast: Demi Moore, Sissy Spacek, Cher …
Directed by: Nancy Savoca
A house holds the stories of three women -- and a glimpse at the evolution of American abortion rights. A 1950s widow (Demi Moore) seeks an illegal abortion after a one-night stand. A 1970s…
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Persons Unknown (1996)
Cast: Xander Berkeley, Jon Favreau, Kelly Lynch …
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Director George Hickenlooper (Dogtown) helms this edgy thriller about an ex-cop (Joe Mantegna) who's working as a security expert when he's duped by a pair of sisters (Kelly Lynch…
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Apollo 13 (1995)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon …
Directed by: Ron Howard
Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) and his crew in director Ron Howard's chronicle of this true-life…
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Poison Ivy 2 (1995)
Cast: Alyssa Milano, Johnathon Schaech, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Anne Goursaud
Anne Goursaud directs this sexy thriller, a sequel to the Drew Barrymore vehicle Poison Ivy. After moving to Los Angeles to attend art school, the shy and sheltered Lily (Alyssa Milano)…
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Safe (1995)
Cast: Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore gives an astonishing performance as Carol White, a suburban housewife whose affluent environment suddenly turns against her. All seems well until the day Carol claims everyday…
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Candyman (1992)
Cast: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Bernard Rose
While researching urban myths, grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) learns about the Candyman (Tony Todd), a hook-handed creature who's said to haunt a Chicago housing project. In…
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A Few Good Men (1992)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore), are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could…
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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Alfre Woodard …
Directed by: Allan Moyle
Betty Lou Perkins (Penelope Ann Miller) is a mousy, small-town librarian who confesses to a murder she didn't commit just to get attention (her own detective husband has been ignoring…
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A Private Matter (1992)
Cast: Aidan Quinn, Sissy Spacek, Estelle Parsons …
Directed by: Joan Micklin Silver
In this fact-based drama, children's TV show host Sherri Finkbine (Sissy Spacek) sparks a national controversy when she decides to abort her fetus, which is severely damaged from the…
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Billy Bathgate (1991)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean …
Directed by: Robert Benton
Dustin Hoffman, Bruce Willis and Golden Globe nominee Nicole Kidman star in this action-packed gangster epic detailing the rise and fall of notorious mobster Dutch Schultz (Hoffman) as seen…
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick …
Directed by: James Cameron
In this sequel, director James Cameron delivers scene after scene of action-packed thrills. A bigger, better Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is gunning for a shape-shifting T-1000…
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The Grifters (1990)
Cast: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Roy Dillon's (John Cusack) life is turned upside down when a con job goes bad. His estranged mother, Lilly (Anjelica Huston), who happens to be on the lam, reunites with her son to…
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The Guardian (1990)
Cast: Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell …
Directed by: William Friedkin
New York couple Phil and Kate welcome their son's live-in nanny, Camilla, into their loving home, only to discover that Camilla plans to use the child as a sacrifice in a supernatural…
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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…
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The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Steve Kloves
Sibling jazz musicians Frank (Beau Bridges) and Jack Baker (Jeff Bridges) decide they need a chanteuse to spice up their piano act and take them beyond seedy nightclubs. They choose beautiful…
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Walker (1987)
Cast: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Assa …
Directed by: Alex Cox
Nineteenth-century American adventurer William Walker (Ed Harris) finds his true calling as a mercenary and eventual dictator of Nicaragua in this convention-busting biopic from director Alex…
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Sid & Nancy (1986)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman …
Directed by: Alex Cox, Roger Deakins
This gritty biopic portrays the relationship and downward spiral of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) and his junkie girlfriend, Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb), from their first…