Richard Linklater — Playwright (18)
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Bernie (2012) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bernie
director: Richard Linklater actor: Jack Black / Shirley MacLaine …
other title: Morre... e Deixa-me em Paz / Bernie - Leichen pflastern seinen Weg …
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
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Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (2022) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
director: Richard Linklater actor: 米洛·考伊 / 杰克·布莱克 …
other title: 阿波罗10½号：太空时代的童年 / 阿波罗10½号：太空时代的冒险 …
A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.
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Last Flag Flying (2017) TMDB
Last Flag Flying
director: Richard Linklater actor: Steve Carell / Bryan Cranston …
other title: Derradeira Viagem / La última bandera
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard, reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing the burial, the trio take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire - along the way, reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused
★ 7.6 (9 ratings) director: Richard Linklater actor: Jason London / Matthew McConaughey …
other title: La vita è un sogno / Den sidste vilde nat med Kliken …
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
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Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project (2025) IMDb Douban NeoDB
Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project
director: Richard Linklater actor: 小罗伯特·唐尼
Dr. John Brinkley is a charlatan who scams his way to fame using fake medicine, populism, and radio. Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, begins a quest to take him down as Brinkley becomes more famous.
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Waking Life (2001)
Waking Life
★ 6.9 (7 ratings) director: Richard Linklater actor: Ethan Hawke / Julie Delpy …
other title: Acordar Para a Vida / Despertando a la vida
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
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Boyhood (2014)
Boyhood
★ 8.2 (18 ratings) director: Richard Linklater actor: Ellar Coltrane / Patricia Arquette …
other title: Boyhood: Momentos de Uma Vida / Boyhood (Momentos de una vida) …
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
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Slacker (1991)
Slacker
director: Richard Linklater actor: Richard Linklater / Rudy Basquez …
other title: Rumtreiber
Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.
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Merrily We Roll Along (2024) Douban NeoDB
Merrily We Roll Along
director: 理查德·林克莱特 actor: 本·普拉特 / 比妮·费尔德斯坦 …
other title: 欢乐岁月
理查德·林克莱特导演新作确定将改编史蒂芬·桑德海姆的音乐剧名作《欢乐岁月》。本·普拉特([完美音调])、比妮·费尔德斯坦([伯德小姐])、布莱克·詹纳([各有少年时])确认主演，林克莱特老搭档金格·史赖吉与杰森·布伦担任制片人。该剧剧情发生在20年的时间里，有消息称林克莱特计划坚持按照这个时间表拍摄，也就是将拍摄20年！原舞台剧围绕前百老汇作曲家、现任电影制片人富兰克林·谢泼德及他的两位挚友女作家玛丽·弗林、剧作家查理·昆格斯的窜起与陨落。
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Before Sunset (2004)
Before Sunset
★ 8.4 (30 ratings) director: Richard Linklater actor: Ethan Hawke / Julie Delpy …
other title: Before Sunset - Prima del tramonto / Antes do Anoitecer …
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
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Before Midnight (2013)
Before Midnight
★ 8.2 (22 ratings) director: Richard Linklater actor: Ethan Hawke / Julie Delpy …
other title: Antes da Meia-Noite / Antes del anochecer …
It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.