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Willem Dafoe Movies

2010
Genres: Animation    Adventure    Fantasy   

Starring: Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yûko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, ...


I am a fan of both Ursula K. Le Guin's books, and Studio Ghibli's
animation. I've read all of the Earthsea books, and I've seen most of
Miyazaki's work, some of the movies dozens of times. I was putting off
watching this adaptation, having read Le Guin's review of it, but I
finally saw it and I am sorely disappointed. First of all, why are all
2010
Genres: Animation    Adventure    Fantasy   

Starring: Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yûko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, ...


I am a fan of both Ursula K. Le Guin's books, and Studio Ghibli's
animation. I've read all of the Earthsea books, and I've seen most of
Miyazaki's work, some of the movies dozens of times. I was putting off
watching this adaptation, having read Le Guin's review of it, but I
finally saw it and I am sorely disappointed. First of all, why are all
2010
Genres: Drama   

Starring: Hiam Abbass, Asma Al Shiukhy, Neemeh Khalil, Jamil Khoury, Basel Husseini, ...

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2009
Genres: Drama    Fantasy   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm, Storm Acheche Sahlstr, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm, ...

This movie drained me...Without a doubt the most unpleasant and despairing movie I've ever
watched. It's not just the graphic imagery that got to me, but the
overall tone of the movie was incredibly dreadful and you could almost
feel a presence of some sort of "evil".This is a hard movie to review. It crosses all barriers when it comes
to movie making...ALL. It makes you ...
2009
Genres: Animation    Adventure    Comedy    Family   

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky, ...

In recent years, Disney's Pixar division, with their monopoly over
animation, has churned out some of the biggest, funniest, most
emotional material to hit theaters in the last ten years. By this
point, the public knows their aggressive marketing campaign and knows
it well. Adult humor and themes geared not only toward the kids, but
the parent's as well. The mass appe...
2009
Genres: Action    Drama    Horror    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Harriet Minto-Day, Jay Laga'aia, Damien Garvey, Sahaj Dumpleton, Allan Todd, ...

I attended the World Premiere of "Daybreakers" at the 2009 Toronto
International Film Festival. Like many genre films being screened here,
it's another fascinating hybrid -- let's call this one vampire sci-fi
action adventure.This Australian horror film (is it something in the water?) was written
and directed by brothers Michael and Peter Spierig, the very same
filmma...
2009
Genres: Drama   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Michael Shannon, Chloë Sevigny, Brad Dourif, Michael Peña, ...

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2009
Genres: Animation    Adventure    Comedy    Family   

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky, ...

In recent years, Disney's Pixar division, with their monopoly over
animation, has churned out some of the biggest, funniest, most
emotional material to hit theaters in the last ten years. By this
point, the public knows their aggressive marketing campaign and knows
it well. Adult humor and themes geared not only toward the kids, but
the parent's as well. The mass appe...
2008
Genres: Drama   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Bruno Ganz, Michel Piccoli, Irène Jacob, Christiane Paul, ...

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2008
Genres: Drama    War   

Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, Ayelet Zurer, Hana Laszlo, ...

This is the best movie I have seen in a very long time. A completely
intriguing script, with some really good acting. Jeff Golblum is
playing a Jewish man and lands a powerful and extraordinary
performance. Although he has faults at the beginning with the accent,
he clearly improves during the movie. This is not a gruesome war movie.
In fact, I didn't see one person murder...
2008
Genres: Drama   

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Julia Roberts, ...

I was lucky enough to see an early screening of "Fireflies in the
Garden" and it was great. While there were several stand out
performances--Julia Roberts, Cayden Boyd, Hayden Panettiere...I have to
say Ryan Reynolds is the one that really got me. First of all this is
not one of his usual roles. Secondly, while his incredible comedic
timing added lightness at appropriate moment...
2007
Genres: Comedy    Drama   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Modine, Asia Argento, Riccardo Scamarcio, ...

I am losing my faith in director Abel Ferrara.He made a lot of
excellent movies (for example:Bad Lieutenant or Ms.45) with very little
resources.But,he's not having luck with his most recent works.New Rose
Hotel and R Xmas were let downs on his career but ,in spite of being
failed experiments, they were interesting. But,more recently,Mary
and,now,Go Go Tales resulted to be ...
2007
Genres: Comedy    Family   

Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Steve Pemberton, Lily Atkinson, Preston Nyman, Sharlit Deyzac, ...

Here's the deal: Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE has panned Mr. Bean's
Holiday for being unfunny, a cow milked dry, same old same old, blah
blah blah. Either these people just don't have a sense of humour, if I
may be that harsh, or they didn't even see the flick and just reviewed
it based on the weak trailer and their own false assumptions. I on the
other hand ha...
2007
Genres: Thriller    Crime    Horror   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Don Harvey, James Rebhorn, Peter Stormare, ...

I would give this movie about a 6.5 out of 10. It is entertaining, the
central plot is somewhat original, and I was a fan of the
cinematography. It's rather visually appealing.That being said, it was definitely not all that I'd hoped for. One of
the other reviewers said the filmmakers thought they were making a
smarter movie than they actually were, and I have to say I agre...
2007
Genres: Crime    Drama    Mystery   

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Ned Beatty, Moritz Bleibtreu, ...

"Whoever has looked deeply into the world might well guess what wisdom
lies in the superficiality of men," is a quotation attributed to
Nietzsche. The first half of The Walker could be said to demonstrate
such a principle, particularly the mien of its chief protagonist,
Carter Page III (flawlessly played by Woody Harrelson). Yet the second
half would give that observation an al...
2006
Genres: Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, ...

Note: I stay away from describing the plot in any detail because it
would be very hard to do so without spoiling elements of it. "Inside
Man" starts out as a no holds barred, high octane action-thriller, and
by its midpoint fully transforms into a breezy, tongue-in-cheek heist
movie, reminiscent of The Sting. I felt it to be a little over-plotted,
but that comes with the genre ...
2006
Genres: Comedy    Music   

Starring: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein, ...

Perhaps this film has gotten mixed reviews because it breaks an
unwritten code about how far a movie can go in satirizing America's
myths. When before have we seen the President of the United States on
happy pills and robotic-ally pro- gram-med by his Rovelike handlers ?
Who would suggest that an Al-Quaeda training camp could be funny and
that someone in it has up scale all...
2005
Genres: Drama   

Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Michaël Abiteboul, ...

Manderlay 9/10 Introducing this 'Part 2' of the von Trier American
Trilogy, actor Danny Glover said, ...
2005
Genres: Romance    Thriller    Drama    Crime   

Starring: Barry Pepper, Jacinda Barrett, Tom Wilkinson, Willem Dafoe, Alan Cumming, ...

Filmed back in 2004, but left on the shelf for 3 years, 'Ripley Under
Ground' aka 'White On White' has been released on DVD in Europe.Barry Pepper plays Ripley as something of a low-key rock-star - long
hair, a close shave and charisma to burn – and the tone of the thing is
far lighter than any of the previous incarnations - 'Purple Noon' ,'The
Amer...
2005
Genres: Drama    Romance   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Giada Colagrande, Seymour Cassel, Isaach De Bankolé, Emily McDonnell, ...

I own 2 home entertainment stores and I've seen a lot of bad movies in
my time but this one was so bad it compelled me to register here and
comment on it. How bad was it? Let's just say that Sofia Coppola
deserved an Oscar for her performance in Godfather III when compared to
Giada Colagrande's in this movie.It was robotic and uninspired. Her lover has just died one mon...
2005
Genres: Action    Crime    Adventure    Thriller   

Starring: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, ...

A film that should be retitled xXx2: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You.Opening with an impressive first 7-8 minutes, this film moves into
cookie cutter territory at a frightening speed and continues to derail
any opportunity for the audience to engage in the ridiculous plot or
heavily computer generated action sequences.Ice Cube will never be thanking the academy (he at times look like he
2004
Genres: Action    Fantasy    Sci-Fi    Thriller    Crime    Romance   

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, ...

I went to the midnight show last night and was completely blown away !!
I am 30 years old and had begun reading the Amazing Spider-Man back
when I was 11 and leaving the theater last night, I felt like I was a
kid again- I was amazed, I was in awe, I really felt... satisfied.Every scene crackled. There was an energy, there was an effort put into
every moment of the movie. No scene ...
2004
Genres: Action    Fantasy    Sci-Fi    Thriller    Crime    Romance   

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, ...

I went to the midnight show last night and was completely blown away !!
I am 30 years old and had begun reading the Amazing Spider-Man back
when I was 11 and leaving the theater last night, I felt like I was a
kid again- I was amazed, I was in awe, I really felt... satisfied.Every scene crackled. There was an energy, there was an effort put into
every moment of the movie. No scene ...
2004
Genres: Adventure    Comedy    Drama   

Starring: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, ...

Although one person I was with at the pre-screen hated it, I absolutely
loved it. I think it will just be one of those kinds of films (but hey,
I also loved "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" which this reminded
me of). Pure crazy fantastical stuff and I was completely taken with
it.It's a visually beautiful film with loads of odd little CG touches and
subtle visual gags. The...
2004
Genres: Drama    Thriller    Mystery   

Starring: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Matt Craven, ...

Wayne and Eileen Hayes appear to be the ideal couple. They have a
successful business, live in a wealthy Pittsburgh suburb, and have two
well-adjusted grown children. But when Wayne is kidnapped at gunpoint
and held for ransom by a former employee, cracks in their armor begin
to show. Based on the kidnapping of a Dutch industrialist, Pieter Jan
Brugge's The Clearing shows two d...
2003
Genres: Animation    Adventure    Comedy    Family   

Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, ...

I'll be totally honest and confirm to you that everything what they say
about this movie is true. It's a brilliantly animated masterpiece with lots
of humor that actually works and a plot that really brings tears to your
eyes from time to time. The modern artists of Pixar never cease to amaze the
audience in expanding their horizons. Finding Nemo is visually stunning and
you ca...
2003
Genres: Drama    Mystery   

Starring: Paul Bettany, Marián Aguilera, Trevor Steedman, Simon McBurney, Tom Hardy, ...

This film was a total surprise for me. I went to see it without any pre
conceived ideas; I had no clue what to expect. I based my decision on the
the strength of the cast here assembled. It proved me right, as this is a
movie that is very satisfying without being pretentious, or preachy.It is, without a doubt, a major achievement for its director, Paul McGuigan.
It probably would b...
2003
Genres: Animation    Adventure    Comedy    Family   

Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, ...

I'll be totally honest and confirm to you that everything what they say
about this movie is true. It's a brilliantly animated masterpiece with lots
of humor that actually works and a plot that really brings tears to your
eyes from time to time. The modern artists of Pixar never cease to amaze the
audience in expanding their horizons. Finding Nemo is visually stunning and
you ca...
2003
Genres: Action    Drama    Thriller    Western    Comedy    Crime   

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, ...

I really enjoyed this film, and while many people say its not got as
strong
a plotline as El Mariachi and Desperado, I wholeheartedly disagree.Both El Mariachi & Desperado had rather thin plots with interesting
characters and set pieces. While Once upon... hasnt got the same indepth
characters as the first 2, it does have a couple of interesting ones. But
the actual plot is the...
2003
Genres: Documentary   

Starring: Jeffrey Baxter, Emmanuelle Béart, Chris Brinker, Jake Busey, Gordon Clark, ...

You know when you get yourself into one of those uncomfortable situations
where several people are yelling at each other and you're stuck in the
middle feeling awkward? That is what watching this documentary felt
like.This is a documentary seven years in the making that focuses on an arrogant,
naive and very stupid bartender named Troy Duffy. Back in 1997, he literally
"overnig...
2002
Genres: Action    Adventure    Fantasy   

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, ...

Having seen the trailers for this film I have to say that I didn't walk
into
the cinema with high hopes. The computer effects looked badly integrated,
the Green Goblin's costume looked awful and comic book adaptations usually
have such painful scripting and plotting. Thankfully I was wrong on most
counts (The Goblin still looks rubbish).As it turns out, this is probably the bes...
2002
Genres: Action    Adventure    Fantasy   

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, ...

Having seen the trailers for this film I have to say that I didn't walk
into
the cinema with high hopes. The computer effects looked badly integrated,
the Green Goblin's costume looked awful and comic book adaptations usually
have such painful scripting and plotting. Thankfully I was wrong on most
counts (The Goblin still looks rubbish).As it turns out, this is probably the bes...
2002
Genres: Biography    Crime    Drama   

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, ...

I believe that this was the most severely underrated film of 2002, and it
was also my personal favorite for a great year in film. Now, I sincerely
doubt that many moviegoers would consider this one of the year's best, or
even a great film, so this comes with a tentative recommendation. I
wouldn't
recommend this movie to just anybody, but I feel that fans of the prior
work
2000
Genres: Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny, ...

Having just finished American Psycho, I came to IMDB to get some
clarification on the ending. And it seems I'm not the only one left
vaguely
adrift by the ambiguous ending.I've browsed some of your comments, not all 400+ to be sure. But some of
them. A good sampling I think, and this movie has three distinct cheering
sections.Those who consider it a masterpiece, those who consi...
2000
Genres: Drama    Horror   

Starring: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, ...

F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" has always been one of my favorite horror movies,
mainly because it's one of the few that really seems to take itself
seriously. Often, even the best horror films, classics like "Psycho" and
"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", include moments of leavening humor. Even
"The Exorcist" had Father Karras' film discussions with Detective
Kinderman.
Not "Nos...
2000
Genres: Action    Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, ...

This film had the sad history of being blackballed in the United States
due
to the incident at Columbine...which is a real shame, because it is a
treasure...written and directed by Troy Duffy, Boondocks is set in
Boston...it is the story of fraternal twin Irish boys (Connor and Murphy
McManus) who work in a meat packing plant...when their friend, Doc, is
being
stiff arm...
1999
Genres: Adventure    Horror    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe, Don McKellar, ...

I feel compelled to speak up for this film against the spoilt ravings of the
it-said-it-was-like-the-Matrix-but-I-didn't-see-any-cool-computer-graphics-a
nywhere crowd that have dominated these pages.There seem to be two schools of thought on the use of special effects in
movies. The prevalent theory - depressingly common among film goers and
film-makers alike - seems to be that a...
1999
Genres: Action    Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, ...

This film had the sad history of being blackballed in the United States
due
to the incident at Columbine...which is a real shame, because it is a
treasure...written and directed by Troy Duffy, Boondocks is set in
Boston...it is the story of fraternal twin Irish boys (Connor and Murphy
McManus) who work in a meat packing plant...when their friend, Doc, is
being
stiff arm...
1998
Genres: Drama    Mystery    Sci-Fi   

Starring: Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra, John Lurie, ...

It's hard to believe that a movie directed by Abel Ferrara based on a
story
by William Gibson and starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe and Asia
Argento would be anything less than great, but this movie is just OK. It
has
a lot of moody atmosphere. Asia A., the lovely Eurobabe who is supposedly
ogre-ish horror-meister Dario Argento's daughter (I, for one, won't
beli...
1997
Genres: Action    Romance    Thriller   

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Brian McCardie, ...

Now I liked Sandra Bullock in the original Speed. I even liked her in that
film where she went into a beauty pageant. But in this monstrosity, I just
wanted to slap her repeatedly and say "What are you doing!?"She is just dire. Not in acting (well... any more than usual, anyway) but
just in the way her character made you want to shake her until she regained
some sense. Whoever was ...
1996
Genres: Romance    Drama    War   

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, ...

'The English Patient' is a love story set in Europe as World War II
ends... It is a wartime romance mystery epic, like 'Hiroshima, Mon
Amour,' 'The Sweet Hereafter,' and 'After Life.' Anthony Minghella
weaves extravagant beauty around a central character whose condition is
grotesque, and puts emotional barriers between the characters and the
audience...This adult love story is ...
1994
Genres: Action    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny, ...

With 2002's Sum of All Fears in close 2nd, this one remains the best of all
4: it has Harrison Ford as Ryan, solid sub-plots (the one involving Dafoe as
John Clark [Liv Schreiber in SOAF]being the best!) and moral dimension,
especially in the ambiguous sense toward the end. I've read many of Clancy's
books, and many are very good (well, the early Ryan series are great but
after...
1993
Genres: Romance    Thriller    Drama   

Starring: Madonna, Michael Forest, Joe Mantegna, Charles Hallahan, Mark Rolston, ...

Beautifully filmed, Madonna never looked better. This campy thriller
gave Madonna fans some of her most famous lines--"Men Lie", "Have you
ever seen animals make love", That's what I do, I", and a few others.
Her clothes are incredible and Julianne Moore is very pretty too. Now,
the problem lies not so much within Madonna's acting but timing...the
film was released 3 months aft...
1992
Genres: Drama    Thriller    Crime   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh, ...

Here is another modern-day film-noir, featuring interesting characters
played by a diverse cast. That cast is led by Willem Dafoe, who reminds
me a lot of another noir actor, Dan Duryea.There is the usual corrupt government/military officials angle but the
plot does have a few neat twists and is generally a non-nonsense kind
of story. However, I did find the storyline a bit confusi...
1990
Genres: Crime    Drama    Romance    Thriller   

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman, Crispin Glover, ...

Recipient of the prestigious Palme d'Or award at Cannes, David Lynch's
"Wild at Heart" is an amazingly brilliant spectacle for the senses.
Bold splashes of deep red, curiously staged musical numbers (Nicolas
Cage does his own singing – and he's great!), and the continuous
references to "The Wizard of Oz" help create a surreal and dreamlike
texture to the narrative. The sto...
1988
Genres: Drama   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Paul Greco, Steve Shill, Verna Bloom, ...

Most cinematic depictions of Christ show a perfect being, a one-dimensional
person who is overly self confident and almost egotistical. I can never
relate to those films, so they aren't believable. The Last Temptation of
Christ is totally different. It was banned by intolerant Christians who
didn't even see it because they have conflicting viewpoints, which is one
hell of a par...
1988
Genres: Crime    Drama    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, ...

Where? Where does racism come from? How can one race feel superior to
another? Are we born with it? No. Do we become it on our own? Maybe? Or
is it perhaps that we are taught it? There is a small scene in Mississippi
Burning that is just as powerful as any Gene Hackman speech or any violent
montage to gospel music that is in this film. There is a rally at a park
with t...
1988
Genres: Action    Thriller    War    Drama   

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward, Amanda Pays, Kay Tong Lim, ...

Here's an oblique shot and a direct hit at the Vietnam war, from the
streets
of Saigon. Want to get a gritty feel for the tension and the ambiguities
of
the military politics of Nam from the top brass to the lowest levels of
the
latrine? Follow Dafoe and Hines as CID salt and pepper, good cop-bad cop,
along the labyrynthine story of a serial killer U.S. "officer," with<...
1986
Genres: Action    Drama    War   

Starring: Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, ...

Its hard to know where to start with such a breathtaking film. Oliver
Stone's Platoon is quite simply the best Vietnam war film ever made in my
opinion. Everything about it is as close to perfection as we are likely to
see. Charlie Sheen plays the lead, and Willem Defoe and Tom Berenger play
the two sergeants that form a key part of the plot.Chris Taylor (Sheen) is torn between the...
1985
Genres: Action    Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, ...

One of the very best films of the 1980s this was shamefully neglected and
misunderstood by the critics. The problem is: on the surface it's just like
an ordinary action crime thriller (and thus won't appeal to the arthouse
crowd), except that it makes it difficult to identify yourself with any of
the characters. In other words: it violates its genre rules. But this very
fact...
1984
Genres: Action    Adventure    Music    Romance    Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, ...

Walter Hill, whose fine directorial achievements include "Hard Times",
"The Warriors", "Southern Comfort", "Crossroads", "Johnny Handsome" and
"Extreme Prejudice", scored another creative bullseye with this
self-proclaimed "rock and roll fable". Though it is simplistic in the
extreme, it is an extraordinarily kinetic work with great music,
stunning cinematography, cutting edge ...