Sam Rockwell
Actor
Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Choke and Moon, as well as for his supporting roles in The Green Mile, Iron Man 2, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Frost/Nixon, Galaxy Quest, Matchstick Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Conviction. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Rockwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Trolls World Tour (2020)
As: (voice)
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.
Directed by: Walt Dohrn
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Anna Kendrick | Justin Timberlake | Chance the Rapper | Anthony Ramos
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
As: Captain Klenzendorf
Jojo Rabbit is about a young boy living during World War II. His only escapism is through his imaginary friend, an ethnically inaccurate version of Adolf Hitler, who pushes the young boy's naive patriotic beliefs. However, this all changes when a young girl challenges those views and causes Jojo to face his own issues.
Directed by: Taika Waititi
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Taika Waititi | Scarlett Johansson | Thomasin McKenzie | Roman Griffin Davis
The Best of Enemies (2019)
As: Claiborne Paul Ellis
The story of the real-life unlikely relationship between an outspoken civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader in 1971 North Carolina.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Robin Bissell
Stars: Taraji P. Henson | Sam Rockwell | Anne Heche | Bruce McGill | Wes Bentley
Vice (2018)
As: George W. Bush
Biopic of Dick Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the US, under President Bush, and during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. Widely regarded as one of the most powerful and influential VPs in history, he is known for promoting an expansion of powers of the presidency, through which he held strong political influence towards conservative orthodoxy and coordination of the War on Terrorism.
Directed by: Adam McKay
Stars: Don McManus | Christian Bale | Sam Rockwell | Amy Adams | Steve Carell
Blue Iguana (2018)
As: Eddie
He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their anger and hostility makes them serious criminals. Love happens in the strangest of places.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Hadi Hajaig
Stars: Ben Schwartz | Sam Rockwell | Simon Callow | Amanda Donohoe | Al Weaver
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
As: Silas Groves
A headstrong New York painter embarks on a dangerous journey to meet Sitting Bull, but must face off with an Army officer intent war with the Native Americans.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Susanna White
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Ciarán Hinds | Jessica Chastain | Chaske Spencer | Michael Greyeyes
Blaze (2018)
A re-imagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Ethan Hawke
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Alia Shawkat | Josh Hamilton | Charlie Sexton | Ben Dickey
Mute (2017)
As: Sam Bell
A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Duncan Jones
Stars: Justin Theroux | Alexander Skarsgård | Paul Rudd | Robert Sheehan | Seyneb Saleh
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
As: Jason Dixon
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Stars: John Hawkes | Peter Dinklage | Sam Rockwell | Woody Harrelson | Frances McDormand
Mr. Right (2016)
As: Mr. Right
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Paco Cabezas
Stars: Tim Roth | Sam Rockwell | Anna Kendrick | James Ransone | Anson Mount
Digging for Fire (2015)
As: Ray
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun in the yard. Tim is excited by the idea of a mystery, but Lee doesn't want him to dig any further, preferring that he focus on the family taxes, which he promised to do weeks ago. This disagreement sends them on separate and unexpected ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Joe Swanberg
Stars: Orlando Bloom | Sam Rockwell | Brie Larson | Rosemarie DeWitt | Jake Johnson
Poltergeist (2015)
As: Eric Bowen
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Gil Kenan
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Saxon Sharbino | Rosemarie DeWitt | Kyle Catlett | Kennedi Clements
Don Verdean (2015)
As: Don Verdean
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jared Hess
Stars: Will Forte | Sam Rockwell | Jemaine Clement | Amy Ryan | Danny McBride
Laggies (2014)
As: Craig Hunter
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Lynn Shelton
Stars: Keira Knightley | Sam Rockwell | Ellie Kemper | Chloë Grace Moretz | Kaitlyn Dever
Loitering with Intent (2014)
As: Wayne
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Adam Rapp
Stars: Ivan Martin | Brian Geraghty | Sam Rockwell | Marisa Tomei | Michael Godere
Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
As: Douglas Varney
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Geoff Moore | David Posamentier
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Ray Liotta | Michelle Monaghan | Olivia Wilde | Jane Fonda
Showing Up (2014)
As: Himself
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell and Eli Wallach.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: James Morrison | Riad Galayini
Stars: Zoe Kazan | Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Kristin Chenoweth | Nathan Lane | John Slattery
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
As: Justin Hammer
A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
Runtime: 14 min.
Directed by: Drew Pearce
Stars: Scoot McNairy | Lester Speight | Sam Rockwell | Ben Kingsley | Matt Gerald
A Case of You (2013)
As: Gary
Young writer Sam has a crush on Birdie, the cute and quirky barista at his local coffee shop. When his conventional attempts to woo her crash and burn, he takes his efforts online, creating an Internet profile embellished with all of the details that would make him Birdie’s dream guy. When the harebrained scheme is a surprise success and Birdie falls for his exaggerated alter ego, Sam must keep ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Kat Coiro
Stars: Keir O'Donnell | Evan Rachel Wood | Justin Long | Sienna Miller | Busy Philipps
Schooled: The Price of College Sports (2013)
As: Narrator (voice)
Schooled: The Price of College Sports is a comprehensive look at the business, history and culture of big-time college football and basketball in America. It is an adaptation of “The Cartel” by Pulitzer Prize Winning civil rights scholar Taylor Branch, and his October 2011 article in The Atlantic, “The Shame of College Sports.” Schooled presents a hard-hitting examination of the ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Paley | Ross Finkel | Trevor Martin
Stars: Sam Rockwell
The Way Way Back (2013)
As: Owen
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Nat Faxon | Jim Rash
Stars: Sam Rockwell | AnnaSophia Robb | Liam James | Toni Collette | Steve Carell
Trust Me (2013)
As: Aldo
Trust Me follows flailing Hollywood agent Howard, who seemingly strikes gold after signing the next big child star. What results is an unexpected ride through the nasty inner workings of Hollywood, as Howard desperately tries to make it in an industry that has no interest in recognizing his bumbling but ultimately genuine nature.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Clark Gregg
Stars: William H. Macy | Sam Rockwell | Amanda Peet | Saxon Sharbino | Clark Gregg
A Single Shot (2013)
As: John Moon
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: David M. Rosenthal
Stars: William H. Macy | Kelly Reilly | Sam Rockwell | Ted Levine | Jeffrey Wright
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
As: Billy Bickle
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Stars: Colin Farrell | Sam Rockwell | Tom Waits | Woody Harrelson | Christopher Walken
The Sitter (2011)
As: Karl
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as ...
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Stars: Jonah Hill | Max Records | Ari Graynor | Kevin Hernandez | Landry Bender
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
As: Doc
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Stars: Harrison Ford | Sam Rockwell | Walton Goggins | Olivia Wilde | Daniel Craig
Conviction (2010)
As: Kenny Waters
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Hilary Swank | Bailee Madison | Minnie Driver | Loren Dean
Iron Man 2 (2010)
As: Justin Hammer
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Mickey Rourke | Don Cheadle | Robert Downey Jr. | Scarlett Johansson
Everybody's Fine (2009)
As: Robert
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Kirk Jones
Stars: Robert De Niro | Sam Rockwell | Melissa Leo | Drew Barrymore | Kate Beckinsale
Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
As: Bronco / Brutus
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Jared Hess
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Jemaine Clement | Jennifer Coolidge | Clive Revill | Michael Angarano
G-Force (2009)
As: Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop. Can they escape to defeat the villain and save the world?
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Hoyt Yeatman
Stars: Steve Buscemi | Sam Rockwell | Penélope Cruz | Tracy Morgan | Jon Favreau
Moon (2009)
As: Sam Bell
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Duncan Jones
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Sam Rockwell | Dominique McElligott | Rosie Shaw | Adrienne Shaw
The Winning Season (2009)
As: Bill
A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Jim Strouse
Stars: Emily Rios | Emma Roberts | Shareeka Epps | Sam Rockwell | Rooney Mara
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
As: Himself
John Cazale was in only five films - The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather, Part Two, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter - each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.
Runtime: 39 min.
Directed by: Richard Shepard
Stars: Robert De Niro | Olympia Dukakis | Meryl Streep | Al Pacino | John Cazale
Frost/Nixon (2008)
As: James Reston Jr.
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman ...
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Matthew Macfadyen | Kevin Bacon | Michael Sheen | Frank Langella
Choke (2008)
As: Victor Mancini
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Clark Gregg
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Brad William Henke | Anjelica Huston | Clark Gregg | Kelly Macdonald
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw (2008)
As: Himself
Explores the true story of the notorious Jesse James, how the myth developed during his lifetime, and how the legends have persisted over 100 years after his death at the hands of his former friend, Robert Ford.
Runtime: 32 min.
Stars: Brad Pitt | Mary-Louise Parker | Ted Levine | Casey Affleck | Andrew Dominik
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
As: Charley Ford
Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
Runtime: 160 min.
Directed by: Andrew Dominik
Stars: Brad Pitt | Mary-Louise Parker | Casey Affleck | Paul Schneider | Sam Shepard
Joshua (2007)
As: Brad Cairn
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: George Ratliff
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Celia Weston | Dallas Roberts | Vera Farmiga | Jacob Kogan
Snow Angels (2007)
As: Glenn Marchand
Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter go missing, the whole town searches for her, as he ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Amy Sedaris | Olivia Thirlby | Kate Beckinsale | Michael Angarano
Robin's Big Date (2005)
Robin tries to go on a date without The Bat-Man tagging along and ruining the evening... it doesn't work...
Runtime: 7 min.
Directed by: James Duffy
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Justin Long
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
As: Zaphod Beeblebrox
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Garth Jennings
Stars: Sam Rockwell | John Malkovich | Zooey Deschanel | Martin Freeman | Yasiin Bey
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
As: Jim Crocker
Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: John McKay
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Tom Wilkinson | Frances O'Connor | Brenda Blethyn | Tobias Menzies
Matchstick Men (2003)
As: Frank Mercer
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Bruce Altman | Sam Rockwell | Bruce McGill | Alison Lohman
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
As: Chuck Barris
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: George Clooney
Stars: Brad Pitt | Sam Rockwell | Julia Roberts | Drew Barrymore | Rutger Hauer
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
As: Pero
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Joe Russo | Anthony Russo
Stars: William H. Macy | Sam Rockwell | Michael Jeter | Isaiah Washington | Luis Guzmán
13 Moons (2002)
As: Rick
Can you solve the mystery of the 13 moons?
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Alexandre Rockwell
Stars: Peter Dinklage | Steve Buscemi | Jennifer Beals | Elizabeth Bracco | Daryl Mitchell
Heist (2001)
As: Jimmy Silk
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane and their utility man, Pinky Pincus find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Rebecca Pidgeon | Danny DeVito | Delroy Lindo | Gene Hackman
BigLove (2001)
As: Nate
When Samson and Delilah pack up for school like dutiful children, Mom and Dad employ their own adolescent diversions to try to keep them at home. A whimsical role-reversal story with enough love to go around.
Runtime: 10 min.
Directed by: Leif Tilden
Stars: Emma Roberts | Sam Rockwell | Mary McCormack | Kane Ritchotte
Charlie's Angels (2000)
As: Eric Knox
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: McG
Stars: Lucy Liu | Bill Murray | Cameron Diaz | Drew Barrymore | John Forsythe
Galaxy Quest (1999)
As: Guy Fleegman
The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show - now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions - are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast's heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of aliens turn to the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the oppressive regime in their solar system.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Dean Parisot
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Tim Allen | Sigourney Weaver | Tony Shalhoub | Alan Rickman
The Green Mile (1999)
As: 'Wild Bill' Wharton
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Runtime: 189 min.
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Stars: David Morse | Tom Hanks | Michael Clarke Duncan | James Cromwell | Bonnie Hunt
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
As: Francis Flute
Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck. It is completely in the language of the Bard, with Pfeiffer as the Fairy Queen and Kline as the one turned into her evening's lover with donkey ears.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Michael Hoffman
Stars: Stanley Tucci | Kevin Kline | Michelle Pfeiffer | Calista Flockhart | Rupert Everett
Jerry and Tom (1998)
As: Jerry
Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Saul Rubinek
Stars: Ted Danson | Sam Rockwell | Joe Mantegna | Maury Chaykin | Charles Durning
Celebrity (1998)
As: Darrow Entourage
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Joe Mantegna | Charlize Theron | Kenneth Branagh | Judy Davis
Safe Men (1998)
As: Sam
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: John Hamburg
Stars: Paul Giamatti | Sam Rockwell | Josh Pais | Mark Ruffalo | Steve Zahn
Lawn Dogs (1997)
As: Trent
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: John Duigan
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Christopher McDonald | Kathleen Quinlan | Mischa Barton | Miles Meehan
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997)
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish ...
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Julie Dash | Bob Balaban | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Lucas Platt | Craig McKay | Alison Maclean | Abel Ferrara | Ted Demme | Jonathan Demme | Patricia Benoit
Stars: Kevin Corrigan | Sarita Choudhury | Denis Leary | Bill Irwin | Christine Lahti
Drunks (1997)
As: Tony
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Peter Cohn
Stars: Faye Dunaway | Parker Posey | Amanda Plummer | Spalding Gray | Richard Lewis
Box of Moonlight (1996)
As: The Kid
Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering takes him into the life of Kid, a free-spirited young man who helps Al escape from the routine of everyday life and find freedom to enjoy himself.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
Stars: John Turturro | Catherine Keener | Sam Rockwell | Dermot Mulroney | Lisa Blount
Basquiat (1996)
As: Thug
Director Julian Schnabel illustrates the portrait of his friend, the first African-American pop artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who unfortunately died at a young age and just as he was beginning to make a name for himself in the art world. Alongside the biography of Basquiat are the artists and the art scene from early 1980’s New York.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Julian Schnabel
Stars: Gary Oldman | David Bowie | Dennis Hopper | Jeffrey Wright | Benicio del Toro
Mercy (1995)
As: Matty
A couple of people steal the daughter of a famous lawyer. Now they want money to give her back, but it's not just the money they want. They want revenge.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Richard Shepard
Stars: Sam Rockwell | John Rubinstein | Maura Tierney | Amber Kain
Glory Daze (1995)
As: Rob
It's punk rock meets Animal House in this campus comedy that stars Ben Affleck as Jack, a soon-to-be graduate who finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life -- and decides maybe he doesn't have to. Also questioning whether there's life after college are Jack's roommates: Rob, who fears domestication; comic-strip artist Mickey, who's shy around girls; intellectual party animal ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Rich Wilkes
Stars: Alyssa Milano | Sam Rockwell | Ben Affleck | Megan Ward | French Stewart
Somebody to Love (1994)
As: Polish Guy
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Alexandre Rockwell
Stars: Steve Buscemi | Rosie Perez | Harvey Keitel | Anthony Quinn | Michael DeLorenzo
In the Soup (1992)
As: Pauli
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Alexandre Rockwell
Stars: Will Patton | Steve Buscemi | Seymour Cassel | Jennifer Beals | Pat Moya
Light Sleeper (1992)
As: Jealous
A drug dealer with upscale clientele is having moral problems going about his daily deliveries. A reformed addict, he has never gotten over the wife that left him, and the couple that use him for deliveries worry about his mental well-being and his effectiveness at his job. Meanwhile someone is killing women in apparently drug-related incidents.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Dana Delany | Susan Sarandon | David Clennon | Mary Beth Hurt
Happy Hell Night (1992)
As: Young Henry Collins
25 years ago at Winfield College, psycho-priest Zachary Malius murdered seven frat boys and was put away in the local asylum. Now, however, the same fraternity stages a prank from which Malius is inadvertently set free and returns to the house to repeat his crime...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Brian Owens
Stars: Charles Cragin | Darren McGavin | Laura Carney | Nick Gregory | Frank John Hughes
Strictly Business (1991)
As: Gary
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as ...
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Samuel L. Jackson | Tommy Davidson | Halle Berry | Anne-Marie Johnson
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
As: Head Thug
A quartet of mutated humanoid turtles clash with an uprising criminal gang of ninjas
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Steve Barron
Stars: Brian Tochi | Elias Koteas | Josh Pais | Corey Feldman | Judith Hoag
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
As: Al
A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Uli Edel
Stars: Peter Dobson | Stephen Lang | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Burt Young | Jerry Orbach
Clownhouse (1989)
As: Randy Collins
Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Victor Salva
Stars: Michael Jerome West | Nathan Forrest Winters | Brian McHugh | Byron Weible | David C. Reinecker
The Adventures of Drunky ()
As: Drunky
Drunky is a barfly who finds himself in the middle of a cosmic bet between God and the Devil over the fate of the Earth. With his life destroyed, Drunky must travel through Heaven and Hell to rescue the girl he loves and save the world.
Directed by: Aaron Augenblick
Stars: Steve Coogan | Jeffrey Tambor | Sam Rockwell
The One and Only Ivan ()
As: Ivan (voice)
A gorilla named Ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named Stella as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
Directed by: Thea Sharrock
Stars: Bryan Cranston | Sam Rockwell | Angelina Jolie | Ariana Greenblatt | Brooklynn Prince