Joe Morton — Actor (25)
Y2K (1999) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Y2K
director: Dick Lowry actor: Ken Olin / Joe Morton
other title: Countdown ins Chaos
It's millennium eve. At the stroke of midnight, the Y2K computer bug kicks in, causing widespread chaos in the U.S.
Lawman Without a Gun (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Lawman Without a Gun
director: Jerrold Freedman actor: Louis Gossett Jr. / Clu Gulager
other title: Weißer Haß
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
The Brother from Another Planet (1984) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Brother from Another Planet
director: John Sayles actor: Joe Morton / Rosanna Carter
other title: Fratello di un altro pianeta / Der Typ vom anderen Stern
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022) [TV] IMDb TMDB
The U.S. and the Holocaust
director: Ken Burns / Sarah Botstein actor: Peter Coyote / Daniel Mendelsohn
other title: Die USA und der Holocaust / L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste
Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, this documentary series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American south.
Ali (2001) [Movie] IMDb
Ali
director: Michael Mann actor: Will Smith / Jamie Foxx
other title: Alì / Alí
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Lone Star (1996) [Movie] TMDB
Lone Star
director: John Sayles actor: Chris Cooper / Matthew McConaughey
other title: Stella solitaria / Um Corpo no Deserto
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Executive Decision (1996) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Executive Decision
director: Stuart Baird actor: Kurt Russell / Steven Seagal
other title: Decisione critica / Desperat Valg
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) [Movie] TMDB IMDb KevGa-NeoDB
Speed 2: Cruise Control
director: Jan de Bont actor: Sandra Bullock / Jason Patric
other title: Speed 2 - Senza limiti / Speed 2: Perigo a Bordo
A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation, and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie, to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks awaits them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.
Crossroads (1986) [Movie] TMDB
Crossroads
director: Walter Hill actor: Ralph Macchio / Joe Seneca
other title: Mississippi Adventure / A Encruzilhada
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
...And Justice for All (1979) [Movie] TMDB
...And Justice for All
director: Norman Jewison actor: Al Pacino / Jack Warden
other title: ...e giustizia per tutti / Lige For Loven
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
American Gangster (2007) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
American Gangster
other title: Gangster Americano
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Dragonfly (2002) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Dragonfly
director: Tom Shadyac actor: Kevin Costner / Joe Morton
other title: Il segno della libellula - Dragonfly / O Mistério da Libélula
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
Cleveland Abduction (2015) [Movie] TMDB
Cleveland Abduction
director: Alex Kalymnios actor: Taryn Manning / Raymond Cruz
other title: Il mostro di Cleveland / Forsvundet i Cleveland
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Paycheck (2003) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Paycheck
director: John Woo actor: Ben Affleck / Uma Thurman
other title: Pago para Esquecer / Paycheck - Die Abrechnung
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Speed (1994) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData IMDb
Speed
7.6 (7 ratings) director: Jan de Bont actor: Keanu Reeves / Dennis Hopper
other title: Speed - Perigo a Alta Velocidade / Speed: Máxima potencia
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they corner the bomber, he flees and detonates a bomb vest, seemingly killing himself. Weeks later, Jack witnesses a mass transit city bus explode and nearby a pay phone rings. On the phone is that same bomber looking for vengeance and the money he's owed. He gives a personal challenge to Jack: a bomb is rigged on another city bus - if it slows down below 50 mph, it will explode - bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's just the beginning...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB WikiData
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
8.3 (21 ratings) director: James Cameron actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger / Linda Hamilton
other title: T2 / Terminator 2: Tag der Abrechnung
Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get rid of rebellion leader John Connor, this time targeting the boy himself. However, the rebellion has sent a reprogrammed terminator to protect Connor.