Bill Paxton — Actor (44)
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The Dark Backward (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Dark Backward
director: Adam Rifkin actor: Judd Nelson / Bill Paxton …
other title: Destino trasversale / Marty, el chepa …
A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how great he is, he actually stinks. When the "comedian" grows a third arm out of his back, the friend uses this twist to get him signed up with a sleazy talent agent, and it begins to look like his career is on the move, even though his girlfriend has left him.
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Next of Kin (1989) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Next of Kin
director: John Irvin actor: Patrick Swayze / Liam Neeson …
other title: Vendetta trasversale / Marcados Pelo Ódio …
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
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The Last of the Finest (1990) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Last of the Finest
director: John Mackenzie actor: Brian Dennehy / Joe Pantoliano …
other title: Punto d'impatto / Blue Heat - Einsame Zeit für Helden …
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
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The Evening Star (1996) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Evening Star
director: Robert Harling actor: Shirley MacLaine / Bill Paxton …
other title: Conflitti del cuore / Jahre der Zärtlichkeit …
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.
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Vertical Limit (2000) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Vertical Limit
director: Martin Campbell actor: Chris O'Donnell / Robin Tunney …
other title: Limite Vertical / Límite vertical
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
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One False Move (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
One False Move
director: Carl Franklin actor: Bill Paxton / Cynda Williams …
other title: Qualcuno sta per morire / Un Faux mouvement …
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.
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The Good Life (2007) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Good Life
director: Stephen Berra actor: Mark Webber / Zooey Deschanel …
A movie about the travails of Jason (Mark Webber), a young gas station attendant and movie projectionist living in Nebraska. His encounters with various social difficulties and with Frances (Zooey Deschanel), a beautiful and enigmatic young woman leads to dramatic changes and decisions in his life.
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Slipstream (1989) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Skybridge TMDB
Slipstream
director: Steven Lisberger actor: Mark Hamill / Kitty Aldridge …
other title: Slipstream (La furia del viento) / Slipstream : Le Souffle du futur
In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.
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Trespass (1992) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Trespass
director: Walter Hill actor: Bill Paxton / Ice-T …
other title: I trasgressori / Predadores …
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is on the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers.
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Club Dread (2004) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Club Dread
director: Jay Chandrasekhar actor: Kevin Heffernan / Jay Chandrasekhar …
other title: Vacanze di sangue / Clube Dread - Morre a Rir, Meu …
When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!
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Haven (2004) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Haven
director: Frank E. Flowers actor: Orlando Bloom / Anthony Mackie …
other title: Haven - Inseguendo il Paradiso / Ligações Ilegais …
During a weekend, two shady businessmen flee to the Cayman Islands to avoid federal prosecution. But their escape ignites a chain reaction that leads a British native to commit a crime that changes the nation.
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Impulse (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Impulse
director: Graham Baker actor: Tim Matheson / Meg Tilly …
other title: Impulse - Stadt der Gewalt / Impulso infernal …
After a small earthquake in a tiny, quiet town, local citizens start to exhibit bizarre, violent and self-destructive behaviour.
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Navy Seals (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
Navy Seals
director: Lewis Teague actor: Charlie Sheen / Michael Biehn …
other title: Navy Seals - Pagati per morire / Elitesoldaterne …
During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discovers that a terrorist group has access to deadly, US-built Stinger missiles and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
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Taking Tiger Mountain (1982) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Taking Tiger Mountain
director: Tom Huckabee / Kent Smith actor: Bill Paxton / Barry Wooller …
Militant feminist scientists brainwash research subject to assassinate the Welsh Minister of Prostitution. Meanwhile World War III is being fought and the USA has been invaded.
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Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB Skybridge
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
director: William Asher actor: Jimmy McNichol / Susan Tyrrell …
other title: Night Warning / À la limite du cauchemar …
Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.
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Stripes (1981) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban Skybridge
Stripes
director: Ivan Reitman actor: William James Murray / Timothy Busfield …
other title: Stripes - Un plotone di svitati / Røven af 4. division …
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines.