Movies by Ed Harris
As part of the cast:
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Man on a Ledge (2012)
Cast: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell …
Directed by: Asger Leth
When fugitive ex-cop Nick Cassidy steps onto a window ledge high above a busy Manhattan street, police psychologist Lydia Anderson tries to talk him down. But soon Anderson suspects that…
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Game Change (2012)
Cast: Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson …
Directed by: Jay Roach
Based on the best-selling nonfiction book, this political drama follows the historic 2008 presidential race with a focus on the sometimes contentious relationship between Republican nominee…
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Salvation Boulevard (2011)
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Jennifer Connelly …
Directed by: George Ratliff
Combining wicked satire with an engrossing mystery, this black comedy follows charismatic pastor Dan Day, whose megachurch is endangered when he becomes entangled in an unsavory incident…
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That's What I Am (2011)
Cast: Ed Harris, Molly Parker, Randy Orton …
Directed by: Michael Pavone
A 12-year-old boy is convinced he's been pushed toward social suicide when his teacher pairs him up for a project with the school's biggest reject. But the boys form an unexpected…
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The Way Back (2010)
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell …
Directed by: Peter Weir
After narrowly escaping from a wretched World War II Siberian labor camp, a small band of multinational soldiers desperately undertakes a harrowing journey to traverse Siberia, the Gobi…
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What's Wrong With Virginia (2010)
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Emma Roberts, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Dustin Lance Black
As he campaigns for state senator, Dick Tipton's (Ed Harris) career and personal life begin to careen out of control when his daughter (Emma Roberts) starts dating the son of Virginia…
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Once Fallen (2010)
Cast: Brian Presley, Taraji P. Henson, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Ash Adams
After getting out of prison, Chance (Brian Presley) wants nothing other than to lead a law-abiding life. But living links to his criminal past -- including his still-imprisoned father, Liam…
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Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper Story (2009)
Cast: Leon Cooper, Ed Harris
Directed by: Leon Cooper, Steven C. Barber
Some 65 years after leaving the Pacific, former Navy Ens. Leon Cooper returns to the site of the bloody battle at Tarawa to investigate a disturbing rumor: that trash and debris now decorate…
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Touching Home (2008)
Cast: Ed Harris, Brad Dourif, Ishiah Benben …
Directed by: Logan Miller, Noah Miller
Based on the lives of Miller twins Logan and Noah, this indie drama weaves knotty family relationships and crushed dreams into a tapestry of human emotion. After the Colorado Rockies cut Lane…
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Appaloosa (2008)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Ed Harris
When a malicious, land-hungry rancher (Jeremy Irons) has the marshal and deputy of Appaloosa killed, two gunmen (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) blow into town to restore law and order. But…
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Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Cast: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman …
Directed by: Ben Affleck
When a 4-year-old girl goes missing in a rough neighborhood, two private investigators reluctantly agree to take the case. But the investigation proves more complex than they could have imagined.
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Cleaner (2007)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes …
Directed by: Renny Harlin
After years as a detective, Tom Carver (Samuel L. Jackson) runs a business specializing in cleaning up crime scenes. But when he realizes his latest gig at a ritzy suburban house might have…
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Copying Beethoven (2006)
Cast: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode …
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Serving as a copyist to Ludwig van Beethoven gives young conservatory student Anna Holtz unprecedented access to the volatile composer's musical genius -- but also subjects her to his…
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Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
Cast: John C. McGinley, Ed Harris, Vanna White …
Directed by: D.B. Sweeney
A trio of washouts -- clinging to dreams of the past and facing midlife crises -- hit the road to attend a college championship football game and to escape their troubles in this zany comedy…
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A History of Violence (2005)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
As operators of a small-town diner, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife (Maria Bello) are the picture of normalcy. But when Tom prevents a robbery and enjoys hero status in the local…
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Winter Passing (2005)
Cast: Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell …
Directed by: Adam Rapp
Upon learning that a New York City publishing agent (Amy Madigan) will pay dearly for the love letters her novelist father (Ed Harris) wrote to her late mother, a desperate Reese Holden…
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Masked & Anonymous (2003)
Cast: Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jessica Lange …
Directed by: Larry Charles
Amid a decaying society in the future, troubadour Jack Fate (Bob Dylan) is busted out of prison by his former manager (John Goodman) so he can perform one last concert that may rekindle his…
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The Human Stain (2003)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Robert Benton
Dr. Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins) is a respected university classics professor who becomes involved in a passionate sexual relationship with a poor cleaning woman (Nicole Kidman) who's…
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Radio (2003)
Cast: Ed Harris, Cuba Gooding Jr., Riley Smith …
Directed by: Michael Tollin
A small-town high school football coach (Ed Harris) befriends a developmentally disabled man (Cuba Gooding Jr.) nicknamed "Radio," who has always been the target of jokes and teasing, in this…
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Volcanoes of the Deep Sea: IMAX (2003)
Cast: Ed Harris
Directed by: Stephen Low
Narrated by Ed Harris, this scientific journey takes advantage of a cutting-edge lighting technology that allows viewers to travel 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface into an exciting…
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Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)
Cast: Edward Edwards, Ed Harris, Shirley Knight …
Directed by: Tom Peosay
Ten years in the making, this feature-length documentary was filmed during nine remarkable journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal, chronicling the dark secrets of Tibet's recent past…
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The Hours (2002)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
This gripping drama follows the parallel lives of three 20th-century women: incomparable writer Virginia Woolf, an unsatisfied 1950s housewife and a modern-day book editor who's losing…
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Just a Dream (2002)
Cast: Carl Lumbly, Robby Benson, Ally Sheedy …
Directed by: Danny Glover
Set in the 1960s, this touching directorial turn from Danny Glover follows a young boy's not-so-run-of-the-mill summer. While at his summer job, 12-year-old Henry (Jeremy Sumpter) meets…
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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Cast: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz …
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Set during the infamous World War II siege of Stalingrad, this potent thriller follows a battle of wits and wills between renowned Russian sharpshooter Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) and top…
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Ron Howard
John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe) was a brilliant economist -- when his mind was clear. But life changed forever with the revelation that he was schizophrenic, although his brilliance…
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Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Sgt. Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix), a clerk in a U.S. Army battalion stationed in West Germany, spices up his humdrum existence by running a black market that supplies drug dealers with…
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Directors: Clint Eastwood (2000)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Laura Dern …
Part of the series profiling some of Hollywood's most powerful helmsmen, this documentary chronicles star turned director Clint Eastwood. During his impressive career, Eastwood has…
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Pollock (2000)
Cast: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower …
Directed by: Ed Harris
This riveting biopic follows abstract painter Jackson Pollock -- who's alternately neurotic, misogynistic and brilliant -- from the start of his career through his marriage to fellow…
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The Prime Gig (2000)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Christina Cabot, Julia Ormond …
Directed by: Gregory Mosher
Pendleton Wise (Vince Vaughn) is a gifted telemarketer of bogus products for fly-by-night companies. But when he hooks into a scheme hatched by legendary flim-flam man Kelly Grant (Ed…
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Waking the Dead (1999)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Janet McTeer …
Directed by: Keith Gordon
The "mystic chords of memory" stretch a long way for aspiring politico Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup). Wracked with guilt at expedient choices he made years before, Pierce (in the middle of a…
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The Third Miracle (1999)
Cast: Ed Harris, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Anne Heche …
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Deeply devout Helen O'Regan (Barbara Sukowa) is nominated for sainthood when her death causes a statue of the Virgin Mary to weep blood and cure a terminally ill girl. A skeptical priest…
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Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island (1999)
Cast: Neil Pearson, Jackson Pollock, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Teresa Griffiths
Not to be confused with the 1999 Ed Harris biopic, this British documentary profiles the artist Jackson Pollock. Through interviews and archival footage, the filmmakers explore Pollock's…
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The Truman Show (1998)
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Peter Weir
Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is the star of "The Truman Show," a 24-hour-a-day cultural TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge.…
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Stepmom (1998)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Divorcée Jackie Harrison opposes the presence of her ex-husband's new girlfriend -- career-woman Isabel Kelly -- in the lives of her two children. But the chasm between the two…
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Absolute Power (1997)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cat burglar Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) finds himself in the president's doghouse when he spies the chief executive (Gene Hackman) trysting with a trophy wife. When their rough…
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The Rock (1996)
Cast: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Michael Bay
When a disgruntled ex-Marine seizes Alcatraz prison -- taking hostages and threatening to blanket San Francisco with nerve gas -- the feds send in a strike team led by a chemical-weapons whiz…
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Eye for an Eye (1996)
Cast: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann (Sally Field) takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob (Kiefer…
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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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Just Cause (1995)
Cast: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw …
Directed by: Arnold Glimcher, Arne Glimcher
When a death row inmate (Blair Underwood) calls on Harvard law professor Paul Armstrong (Sean Connery) to prove his innocence eight years after a crime, the evidence doesn't interest the…
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Nixon (1995)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
The Watergate scandal toppled the world's most powerful man: United States president Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins). Director Oliver Stone re-creates the turbulent days of the early…
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Milk Money (1994)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Michael Patrick Carter …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Three boys pool their money and travel to the big city, hoping to find a woman who'll undress for them. They find a prostitute named V who's willing to fulfill their request -- and…
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China Moon (1994)
Cast: Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Charles Dance …
Directed by: John Bailey
Shortly after small-town detective Kyle Bodine (Ed Harris) begins a passionate affair with a gorgeous local woman, Rachel Monro (Madeleine Stowe), Rachel's wealthy, abusive husband…
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Needful Things (1993)
Cast: Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer …
Directed by: Fraser C. Heston
From Stephen King's No. 1 best-selling novel comes this terrifying thriller starring Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Max von Sydow, J.T. Walsh and Amanda Plummer. A mysterious new antique…
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The Firm (1993)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
When Harvard Law School graduate Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) joins a prestigious firm, he ignores the warning of his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn), who fears the lucrative deal sounds too good to…
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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin …
Directed by: James Foley
Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin chew the words of David Mamet's script (based on his own stage play) as a group of Chicago real estate salesmen vying for the best…
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State of Grace (1990)
Cast: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman …
Directed by: Phil Joanou
Terry Noonan (Sean Penn), an Irish-American undercover cop working the Hell's Kitchen beat, returns to his old neighborhood under the guise of reconnecting with friends Frankie and…
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The Abyss (1989)
Cast: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn …
Directed by: James Cameron
When a nuclear submarine sinks, a team of divers descends the depths to determine the cause in this sci-fi thriller from writer-director James Cameron. But during the investigation, it…
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Jacknife (1989)
Cast: Kathy Baker, Charles S. Dutton, Ed Harris …
Directed by: David Jones
Megs (Robert De Niro) is a traumatized and volatile Vietnam veteran trying to deal with his postwar anxiety, while his Army buddy Dave (Ed Harris) drowns nightmares in a bottle of booze. When…
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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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Running Mates (1986)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Ed Harris, Russ Tamblyn …
Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
In this made-for-television movie, Diane Keaton and Ed Harris star as Aggie Snow and Hugh Hathaway, two former college sweethearts -- one with a past and one with an ambition to be president…
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A Flash of Green (1986)
Cast: Ed Harris, Blair Brown, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Victor Nunez
Jimmy (Ed Harris), a small-town reporter, wrestles with his conscience as he takes a bribe from a corrupt county commissioner (Richard Jordan) intent on developing a local nature preserve and…
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Sweet Dreams (1985)
Cast: Ed Harris, Jessica Lange, Ann Wedgeworth …
Directed by: Karel Reisz
As one of country music's first female stars, Patsy Cline brought sophistication to the Nashville sound. This film chronicles her rise to fame, focusing on her troubled marriage to the…
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Alamo Bay (1985)
Cast: Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Ho Nguyen …
Directed by: Louis Malle
An unflinching look at racism in America, this stirring drama from director Louis Malle stars Ed Harris as a Vietnam vet named Shang who grows increasingly resentful of the Vietnamese…
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Places in the Heart (1984)
Cast: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Robert Benton
Sally Field won her second Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Edna Spalding, a young widow living in Depression-era Waxahachie, Texas, who's determined to eke out a hardscrabble…
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Swing Shift (1984)
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti …
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
During World War II, a young woman (Goldie Hawn) takes a Rosie the Riveter-type job on a home-front factory assembly line while her husband is away defending democracy. Directed by Jonathan…
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Under Fire (1983)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman …
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
On assignment, top photojournalist Russell Price (Nick Nolte) covers the civil war in Nicaragua circa 1979. When the rebel forces have Price take a photo of their leader, Rafael, who is…
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The Right Stuff (1983)
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Director Philip Kaufman and a stellar cast -- including Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn and Ed Harris -- chronicle NASA's early transition from breaking the sound barrier in 1947 to the…
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Creepshow (1982)
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver …
Directed by: George A. Romero
Based on the E.C. comic books of the 1950s, this horror anthology includes radioactive meteorites, a creepy Father's Day party, a monster in a crate and thousands of cockroaches.…
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Knightriders (1981)
Cast: Ed Harris, Patricia Tallman, Tom Savini …
Directed by: George A. Romero
Billy (Ed Harris) leads a group of traveling performers who portray knights on motorcycles -- an act that's quickly falling apart due to personal problems with members of the group,…
As a director:
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Appaloosa (2008)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Ed Harris
When a malicious, land-hungry rancher (Jeremy Irons) has the marshal and deputy of Appaloosa killed, two gunmen (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) blow into town to restore law and order. But…
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Pollock (2000)
Cast: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower …
Directed by: Ed Harris
This riveting biopic follows abstract painter Jackson Pollock -- who's alternately neurotic, misogynistic and brilliant -- from the start of his career through his marriage to fellow…