Brian De Palma — Director (25)
Home Movies (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Home Movies
director: Brian De Palma actor: Nancy Allen / Mary Davenport
other title: Home Movies - Vizietti familiari / Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir
A cult guru urges a shy disciple to make life a movie and be its star.
Dionysus in '69 (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dionysus in '69
director: Brian De Palma / Robert Fiore actor: William Finley / Joan MacIntosh
other title: Dionisio nel '69 / Dionysus in 69
Filmed stageplay based on the ancient greek play The Bacchae written by Euripides. This play is performed by members of The Performance Group, an NYC experimental theater group who has made their own personal adaptation of this ancient text.
The Responsive Eye (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Responsive Eye
director: Brian De Palma actor: William Seitz / Rudolf Arnheim
A documentary short directed by Brian De Palma, The Responsive Eye documents the 1965 exhibition of optical art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Curated by William C. Seitz, the exhibition was the first major museum show dedicated to Op Art. The film captures both the artworks and the reactions of attendees, offering a snapshot of a pivotal moment in the relationship between contemporary art and public perception.
Raising Cain (1992) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Raising Cain
director: Brian De Palma actor: John Lithgow / Lolita Davidovich
other title: Doppia personalità / Det skjulte ansigt
Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.
Hi, Mom! (1970) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hi, Mom!
director: Brian De Palma actor: Robert De Niro / Jennifer Salt
other title: Olá, mamãe! / Hola, mamá
Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism.
Murder à la Mod (1968) [Movie] TMDB
Murder à la Mod
director: Brian De Palma actor: Andra Akers / William Finley
other title: Meurtre à la mode
Naive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife. Meanwhile, jolly psycho-prankster Otto stalks the building where Christopher is shooting a low-grade adult movie in order to keep himself afloat.
Redacted (2007) [Movie] TMDB
Redacted
director: Brian De Palma actor: Izzy Diaz / Rob Devaney
other title: Guerra Sem Cortes
A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) [Movie] TMDB
The Bonfire of the Vanities
director: Brian De Palma actor: Tom Hanks / Bruce Willis
other title: Il falò delle vanità / Forfængelighedens bål
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
Woton's Wake (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Woton's Wake
director: Brian De Palma actor: William Finley / Robin Brooks
Woton Wretchichevsky has a disfigured face, dresses in a cloak and mask, and stalks couples to burn them with a blowtorch. He is also a sculptor of steel and garbage installations. One day, one of his creations comes to life in the form of a young woman. She flees from him when he tries to express his love by pointing his blowtorch at her.
The Black Dahlia (2006) [Movie] TMDB
The Black Dahlia
other title: Black Dahlia / Dália Negra
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
Femme Fatale (2002) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
Femme Fatale
director: Brian De Palma actor: Rebecca Romijn / Antonio Banderas
other title: Mulher Fatal / Femme fatale
A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.
Snake Eyes (1998) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB
Snake Eyes
director: Brian De Palma actor: Nicolas Cage / Gary Sinise
other title: Omicidio in diretta / Os Olhos da Serpente
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.
Passion (2013) [Movie] TMDB
Passion
director: Brian De Palma actor: Rachel McAdams / Noomi Rapace
other title: Paixão
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
Body Double (1984) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Body Double
director: Brian De Palma actor: Craig Wasson / Melanie Griffith
other title: Omicidio a luci rosse / Stand-in for mord
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
Sisters (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Sisters
director: Brian De Palma actor: Margot Kidder / Jennifer Salt
other title: Le due sorelle / Irmãs
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.
The Fury (1978) [Movie] TMDB Douban
The Fury
other title: Fury / Den hemmelige kraft
When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress, who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian, a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin.
Carrie (1976) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb
Carrie
7.0 (21 ratings) director: Brian De Palma actor: Sissy Spacek / Piper Laurie
other title: Carrie - Lo sguardo di Satana / Carrie - Des Satans jüngste Tochter
Withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers.