Joaquin Phoenix — Actor (40)
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Earthlings (2005)
Earthlings
★ 9.6 5 ratings
Shaun Monson actor: Joaquin Phoenix
other title: Terráqueos
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
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You Were Never Really Here (2017)
You Were Never Really Here
★ 7.6 8 ratings
Lynne Ramsay actor: Joaquin Phoenix / Judith Roberts …
other title: A Beautiful Day - You Were Never Really Here / Nunca Estiveste Aqui …
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares begin to overtake him, and a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
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Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Joker: Folie à Deux
★ 5.2 42 ratings
Todd Phillips actor: Joaquin Phoenix / Lady Gaga …
other title: Joker: Loucura a Dois / Coringa: Delírio a Dois
While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.
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Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Beau Is Afraid
★ 7.4 21 ratings
Ari Aster actor: Joaquin Phoenix / Patti LuPone …
other title: Beau ha paura / Beau Tem Medo …
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
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8MM (1999)
8MM
★ 5.3 9 ratings
Joel Schumacher actor: Nicolas Cage / Joaquin Phoenix …
other title: 8mm - Delitto a luci rosse / 8MM: Otte millimeter …
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
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Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Hotel Rwanda
★ 8.0 9 ratings
Terry George actor: Don Cheadle / Sophie Okonedo …
other title: Hotel Ruanda / Hôtel Rwanda
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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Unity (2015)
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Shaun Monson actor: Aaron Paul / Adam Levine …
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on — none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
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Her (2013)
Her
★ 8.2 61 ratings
Spike Jonze actor: Joaquin Phoenix / Scarlett Johansson …
other title: Lei / Hende …
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
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Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator
★ 7.8 40 ratings
Ridley Scott actor: Russell Crowe / Joaquin Phoenix …
other title: Il gladiatore / Gladiador
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.