Paul Schrader — Director (19)
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The Canyons (2013) [Movie] TMDB
The Canyons
director: Paul Schrader actor: Lindsay Lohan / James Deen …
The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.
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American Gigolo (1980) [Movie] TMDB
American Gigolo
director: Paul Schrader actor: Richard Gere / Lauren Hutton …
other title: American Gigolò / Købt af kvinder …
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
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Affliction (1998) [Movie] TMDB
Affliction
director: Paul Schrader actor: Nick Nolte / Sissy Spacek …
other title: Den Jagede / Der Gejagte …
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
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Cat People (1982) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
Cat People
director: Paul Schrader actor: Nastassja Kinski / Malcolm McDowell …
other title: Il bacio della pantera / A Felina …
After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.
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The Card Counter (2021) [Movie] TMDB
The Card Counter
director: Paul Schrader actor: Oscar Isaac / Tiffany Haddish …
other title: Il collezionista di carte / The Card Counter: O Jogador …
William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.
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Master Gardener (2023) [Movie] TMDB
Master Gardener
director: Paul Schrader actor: Joel Edgerton / Sigourney Weaver …
other title: Il maestro giardiniere / El maestro jardinero
Narvel Roth is a meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) [Movie] TMDB
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
director: Júlio Bressane / Antonio Capuano … actor: Bernardo Bertolucci / Haile Gerima …
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
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Hardcore (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Hardcore
director: Paul Schrader actor: George C. Scott / Peter Boyle …
other title: A Rapariga na Zona Quente / Hardcore - Ein Vater sieht rot …
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.
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Dog Eat Dog (2016) [Movie] TMDB
Dog Eat Dog
director: Paul Schrader actor: Nicolas Cage / Willem Dafoe …
other title: Cane mangia cane / Como Cães Selvagens …
Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life.
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Dying of the Light (2014) [Movie] TMDB
Dying of the Light
director: Paul Schrader actor: Nicolas Cage / Anton Yelchin …
other title: Il nemico invisibile / Vingança ao Anoitecer …
Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.
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Light Sleeper (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Light Sleeper
director: Paul Schrader actor: William James Dafoe / Susan Sarandon …
other title: Lo spacciatore / Posibilidad de escape
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
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Forever Mine (1999) [Movie] TMDB
Forever Mine
director: Paul Schrader actor: Joseph Fiennes / Ray Liotta …
other title: Le due verità / Marcas da Vingança …
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
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Blue Collar (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Blue Collar
director: Paul Schrader actor: Richard Pryor / Harvey Keitel …
other title: Tuta blu / Vivendo na Corda Bamba …
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
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Auto Focus (2002) [Movie] TMDB
Auto Focus
director: Paul Schrader actor: Greg Kinnear / Willem Dafoe …
other title: Desenfocado
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.