Movies by Nick Cassavetes
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Panic (2000)
Cast: William H. Macy, John Ritter, Neve Campbell …
Directed by: Henry Bromell
Alex seems like a normal guy, with a family and a job selling mail-order trinkets. But Alex also has a secret: He's a contract killer suffering a midlife crisis. When he visits a…
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The Independent (2000)
Cast: Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich …
Directed by: Stephen Kessler
Morty Fineman is an independent schlock film producer with a problem: He's broke and can't finance his new film about a singing serial killer. So he tries to rekindle interest in…
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Life (1999)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé …
Directed by: Ted Demme
In 1932, Ray is a small-time hustler, and Claude Banks is a bank teller with a taste for gambling. When Ray picks Claude's pocket to pay off a debt, the two men are framed and land in…
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The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Joe Morton …
Directed by: Rand Ravich
Johnny Depp is NASA astronaut Spencer Armacost, and Charlize Theron is his beautiful, schoolteacher wife Jillian -- a seemingly perfect couple. When Depp heroically returns from a space…
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Face/Off (1997)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen …
Directed by: John Woo
An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look…
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Omega Doom / Blind Fury: Double Feature (1996)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Shannon Whirry, Norbert Weisser …
Directed by: Albert Pyun, Phillip Noyce
Rutger Hauer stars in this action-packed double feature. In the post-apocalyptic film Omega Doom, machines reign supreme. Cyborg Omega Doom (Hauer) is programmed to kill any human who…
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
Jennifer Jason Leigh portrays writer Dorothy Parker -- one of the Prohibition era's wittiest and most tragic intellects -- through her triumphs and trials as a fixture of…
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Delta Force 3 (1991)
Cast: Nick Cassavetes, Eric Douglas, Mike Norris …
Directed by: Sam Firstenberg
An elite team of Russian and American commandos must stop terrorists from destroying a U.S. metropolis in this action-packed thriller starring Eric Douglas, Mike Norris, Matthew Penn and Nick…
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Backstreet Dreams (1990)
Cast: Brooke Shields, Jason O'Malley, Anthony Fanciosa …
Directed by: Rupert Hitzig, Jason O'Malley
When two-bit criminal Dean (Jason O'Malley) and his unfaithful wife Lucy (Sherilyn Fenn) split up, he unexpectedly draws closer to smart psychologist Stevie (Brooke Shields), who helps…
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Blind Fury (1989)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Brandon Call …
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
This action-packed comedy stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind martial artist and swordsman who is on a mission to aid the young son of a fellow Vietnam vet, Frank Devereaux (Terry…
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Black Moon Rising (1986)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel …
Directed by: Harley Cokeliss
Hired by the FBI to pilfer top-secret data from a company, expert burglar Sam follows through on his latest assignment -- but leaves the data behind in an experimental supercar. When the…
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The Wraith (1986)
Cast: David Sherrill, Matthew Barry, Sherilyn Fenn …
Directed by: Mike Marvin
After being murdered by a gang of drag racers, Jake returns from the grave looking for revenge in a souped-up supernatural car. With the cops on his tail, the ghostly driver terrorizes the…
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Quiet Cool (1986)
Cast: Jared Martin, Nick Cassavetes, Chris Mulkey …
Directed by: Clay Borris
After receiving a desperate call from a former girlfriend (Daphne Ashbrook), New York City cop Joe Dylanne (James Remar) becomes enveloped in a plot to avenge the deaths of her brother and…
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Mask: Director's Cut (1985)
Cast: Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
This extraordinary film is based on the real-life story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a teenager disfigured by craniodiaphyseal dysplasia. With the help of his mother Rusty's (Cher)…
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My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Jason Patric …
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
A former defense attorney (Cameron Diaz) finds herself back in the courtroom when she and her husband (Jason Patric) are sued for medical emancipation by their 11-year-old daughter, Anna…
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Alpha Dog (2006)
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin …
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Nick Cassavetes helms this gritty, ensemble drama with a cast that includes Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone and Bruce Willis, based on the true story of Jesse James Hollywood -- one of the…
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The Notebook (2004)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner …
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Two young lovers (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) are torn apart by war and class differences in the 1940s in this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's best-selling novel. Their story is…
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John Q (2002)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, Anne Heche …
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
In director Nick Cassavetes's gripping social drama, blue-collar worker John Q. (Denzel Washington) finds that his meager insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant, so…
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She's So Lovely (1997)
Cast: Sean Penn, Robin Wright, John Travolta …
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Eddie (Sean Penn) and Maureen (Robin Wright Penn) are crazy about each other. When a neighbor attacks Maureen, Eddie snaps -- a move that ends up costing him 10 years of his life. When he…
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Unhook the Stars (1996)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gérard Depardieu …
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Middle-aged widow Mildred Hawks (Gena Rowlands) is having problems relating to her rebellious daughter, so she begins a friendship with abused mom Monica (Marisa Tomei) and, in particular,…