Joaquin Phoenix — Actor (42)
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Return to Paradise (1998)
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Joseph Ruben actor: Vince Vaughn / Anne Heche …
other title: Il tempo di decidere / For venskabs skyld …
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
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It's All About Love (2003)
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Thomas Vinterberg actor: Joaquin Phoenix / Claire Danes …
other title: Le forze del destino / Todo es por amor …
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of everything happening around them, their love is worth fighting for. It's All About Love is a fresh take on modern love and future life as two lovers struggle in a conspiracy of epic proportions.
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The Yards (2000)
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James Gray actor: Mark Wahlberg / Joaquin Phoenix …
other title: Nas Teias da Corrupção / The Yards - Im Hinterhof der Macht …
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
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My Darling Vivian (2020)
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Matt Riddlehoover actor: Johnny Cash / Reese Witherspoon …
other title: Vivian et Johnny, la légende de Nashville
The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash, as well as footage featuring Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, John C. Reilly and many more.
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Clay Pigeons (1998)
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David Dobkin actor: Joaquin Phoenix / Vince Vaughn …
other title: Il sapore del sangue / Clay Pigeons - Lebende Ziele …
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."
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SpaceCamp (1986)
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Harry Winer actor: Kate Capshaw / Lea Thompson …
other title: Space Camp - Gravità zero / Space Camp …
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home.
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Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
Inventing the Abbotts
Pat O'Connor actor: Joaquin Phoenix / 丽芙·泰勒 …
other title: Innocenza infranta / Die Abbotts - Wenn Haß die Liebe tötet …
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
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Quills (2000)
Quills
Philip Kaufman actor: Geoffrey Rush / Kate Winslet …
other title: Quills - La penna dello scandalo / Quills - As Penas do Desejo …
In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’ unyielding imagination, the reformist ideals of the Abbé in charge, and the repressive measures of a doctor sent to silence him. Desire, power, and censorship collide in a battle over freedom of expression.
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Lynch/Oz (2023)
Lynch/Oz
Alexandre O. Philippe actor: Amy Nicholson / Rodney Ascher …
other title: Lynch & Oz / 林奇/奥兹 …
Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work.
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Mary Magdalene (2018)
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Garth Davis actor: Rooney Mara / Joaquin Phoenix …
other title: Maria Maddalena / Maria Madalena …
In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus.
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U Turn (1997)
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Oliver Stone actor: Sean Penn / Nick Nolte …
other title: U Turn - Inversione di marcia / Sem Retorno …
When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.
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To Die For (1995)
To Die For
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Gus Van Sant actor: Nicole Kidman / Matt Dillon …
other title: Da morire / Disposta a Tudo …
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.
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The Sisters Brothers (2018)
The Sisters Brothers
Jacques Audiard actor: John C. Reilly / Joaquin Phoenix …
other title: I fratelli Sisters / Os Irmãos Sisters …
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
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The Immigrant (2013)
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James Gray actor: Marion Cotillard / Joaquin Phoenix …
other title: C'era una volta a New York / A Emigrante …
1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
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I'm Still Here (2010)
I'm Still Here
Casey Affleck actor: Joaquin Phoenix / Antony Langdon …
other title: Joaquin Phoenix - Io sono qui! / I'm still here …
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.