Peter Sarsgaard — Actor (42)
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Desert Blue (1999) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Desert Blue
director: Morgan J. Freeman actor: Kate Hudson / Brendan Sexton III …
An academic obsessed with roadside attractions and his tv-star daughter stop at a small desert town to see the world's largest ice cream cone, where, because of an accident that spilled an unknown substance all over the highway, they are forced to spend a few days with the towns eccentric residents.
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Shattered Glass (2003) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Shattered Glass
director: Billy Ray actor: Hayden Christensen / Peter Sarsgaard …
other title: L'inventore di favole / Lüge und Wahrheit - Shattered Glass …
Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington, but a bizarre chain of events - chronicled in Buzz Bissinger's September 1998 Vanity Fair article - suddenly stopped his career in its tracks.
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The Salton Sea (2002) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Salton Sea
director: D.J. Caruso actor: Val Kilmer / Vincent D'Onofrio …
other title: Salton Sea - Incubi e menzogne / A Sombra de um Homem …
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
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The Center of the World (2001) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Center of the World
director: Wayne Wang actor: Molly Parker / Peter Sarsgaard …
other title: O Preço da Fantasia / Macht der Begierde …
A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap dancer at a club. He's depressed, withdrawing from work, missing meetings with investors. He wants a connection, so he offers her $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas, and she accepts with conditions. Is mutual attraction stirring?
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Neuromancer (2027) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Neuromancer
director: Graham Roland / J.D. Dillard actor: Callum Turner / Briana Middleton …
other title: Neuromancien / Neuromante
A hacker and an assassin are thrust into a web of high-stakes crime as they take aim at a corporate dynasty.
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Memory (2023)
Memory
director: Michel Franco actor: Jessica Chastain / Peter Sarsgaard …
other title: 记忆 / 回忆的漩涡(港) …
Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.
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The Looming Tower (2018) IMDb TMDB
The Looming Tower
director: Dan Futterman / Lawrence Wright … actor: Jeff Daniels / Tahar Rahim …
While Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda become a global threat, the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently sets the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the Iraq War.
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Elegy (2008)
Elegy
director: Isabel Coixet actor: Penélope Cruz / Ben Kingsley …
other title: Lezioni d'amore / Fatal …
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life — which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" — thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
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Garden State (2004)
Garden State
director: Zach Braff actor: Zach Braff / Natalie Portman …
other title: La mia vita a Garden State / Hora de Voltar …
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
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In the Electric Mist (2009) IMDb TMDB
In the Electric Mist
director: Bertrand Tavernier actor: Tommy Lee Jones / John Goodman …
other title: L'occhio del ciclone - In the Electric Mist / Às Margens de um Crime …
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
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Black Mass (2015) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Black Mass
director: Scott Cooper actor: Johnny Depp / Joel Edgerton …
other title: Black Mass - L'ultimo gangster / Black Mass - Jogo Sujo …
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
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Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Another Day in Paradise
director: Larry Clark actor: Melanie Griffith / James Woods …
other title: Un altro giorno in paradiso / Ein neuer Tag im Paradies …
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.
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September 5 (2024)
September 5
director: Tim Fehlbaum actor: John Magaro / Leonie Benesch …
other title: September 5 - La diretta che cambiò la storia / O Atentado de 5 de Setembro …
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
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Robot & Frank (2012)
Robot & Frank
director: Jake Schreier actor: Frank Langella / Livy …
other title: Robô e Frank / Un amigo para Frank …
Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown children are concerned about their father’s well-being and buy him a caretaker robot. Initially resistant to the idea, Frank soon appreciates the benefits of robotic support – like nutritious meals and a clean house – and eventually begins to treat his robot like a true companion. With his robot’s assistance, Frank’s passion for his old, unlawful profession is reignited, for better or worse.