William Hurt
Actor
Actor
William Hurt is an American stage, film and television actor, trained at the Juilliard School, Manhattan, New York, USA. For his leading role in the feature film "Kiss of the Spider Woman", he received an Academy Award in 1986, followed by 3 more nominations for roles in the movies "Children of a Lesser God", "Broadcast News", and "A History of Violence".
As: Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Directed by: Cate Shortland
Stars: Rachel Weisz | Scarlett Johansson | David Harbour | O.T. Fagbenle | Florence Pugh
As: Self (archive footage)
A blend of two nationalities, a master of the moving image, Hector was in life a little of everything - from a tomb salesman to spaghetti western extra, from a photographer of steakhouses to an Oscar nominated movie director. Polemical, controversial, demanding and genial, he won in Locarno, competed in Cannes, shone in Hollywood and directed titans like Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson and Willem Dafoe. . The ...
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Bárbara Paz
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Hector Babenco | Bárbara Paz | Ana Simonsen | Pedro Simonsen
As: Tulley
34-years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nations highest military honor for his actions on the battlefield. One of the great untold stories of the Vietnam era.
Directed by: Todd Robinson
Stars: Ed Harris | Samuel L. Jackson | William Hurt | Christopher Plummer | Sebastian Stan
As: Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Joe Russo | Anthony Russo
Stars: Chris Evans | Mark Ruffalo | Chris Hemsworth | Robert Downey Jr. | Scarlett Johansson
As: Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up ...
Runtime: 149 min.
Directed by: Joe Russo | Anthony Russo
Stars: Chris Evans | Benedict Cumberbatch | Chris Hemsworth | Robert Downey Jr. | Scarlett Johansson
As: Ernie Found
After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Sean McNamara
Stars: Helen Hunt | William Hurt | Erin Moriarty | Danika Yarosh | Nesta Cooper
As: Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Anthony Russo | Joe Russo
Stars: Anthony Mackie | Chris Evans | Robert Downey Jr. | Scarlett Johansson | Sebastian Stan
As: Jeremiah Mahoney
Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy. Starring Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice Van Houten and William Hurt - Race is an enthralling ...
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Stars: Amanda Crew | Carice van Houten | Jason Sudeikis | Jeremy Irons | Stephan James
As: Pere La Chaise
King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
Directed by: Sean McNamara
Stars: Pierce Brosnan | William Hurt | Kaya Scodelario | Benjamin Walker | Fan Bingbing
A group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite, Illinois defy all odds and go on to win the 1940 state championship in basketball.
Directed by: Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
Stars: William Hurt | David Henrie | Aidan Gillen | Kevin Dunn | Shirley MacLaine
As: Herb
Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", set in rural New England.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Christian Camargo
Stars: Jean Reno | William Hurt | Katie Holmes | Ben Whishaw | Allison Janney
As: Julian Rigby
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Ned Benson
Stars: Bill Hader | Isabelle Huppert | James McAvoy | Jessica Chastain | Viola Davis
As: Isaac Penn
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Akiva Goldsman
Stars: Russell Crowe | Colin Farrell | William Hurt | Jennifer Connelly | Jessica Brown Findlay
As: Richard Feynman
Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 explosion.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: James Hawes
Stars: Bruce Greenwood | Brian Dennehy | William Hurt | Joanne Whalley | Kevin McNally
As: Julian Rigby
Told from the female perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Ned Benson
Stars: William Hurt | Isabelle Huppert | James McAvoy | Jessica Chastain | Viola Davis
As: Himself
An intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice", FIRE IN THE BLOOD tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of the global south in the years after 1996 - causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths - and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back. Shot on four ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Dylan Mohan Gray
Stars: William Hurt | Desmond Tutu | Bill Clinton | Zackie Achmat | Peter Mugyenyl
As: Jeb Stryder
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Jake Abel | William Hurt | Saoirse Ronan | Max Irons | Diane Kruger
As: Jacques
After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Sandrine Bonnaire
Stars: William Hurt | Augustin Legrand | Alexandra Lamy | Jalil Mehenni | Matteo Trevisan
As: Warren Mills
A western businessman, his Thai wife and son experience a horrible accident while visiting Bangkok. In the aftermath, they find there is a shadow world between life and death where endless darkness lies.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: John Penney
Stars: Cary Elwes | William Hurt | Liz Burnette | Ploy Jindachote
As: Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (archive footage)
Agent Coulson informs Agent Sitwell that the World Security Council wishes Emil Blonsky to be released from prison to join the Avengers Initiative. As Nick Fury doesn't want to release Blonsky, the two agents decide to send a patsy to sabotage the meeting...
Runtime: 4 min.
Directed by: Leythum
Stars: William Hurt | Clark Gregg | Robert Downey Jr. | Maximiliano Hernández
As: Adam
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs handrails about the house.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Julie Gavras
Stars: Kate Ashfield | William Hurt | Isabella Rossellini | Aidan McArdle | Doreen Mantle
As: Henry Paulson
Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Stars: Paul Giamatti | Topher Grace | William Hurt | James Woods | Billy Crudup
As: William Marshal
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Russell Crowe | Max von Sydow | William Hurt | Mark Strong
As: Narrator
Was there really a Robin Hood? Did he steal from the rich and give to the poor? This History Channel program revisits the popular legend of the valiant folk hero, revealing Robin's true origins as a composite of multiple figures from the distant past, reviewing their amazing exploits, and seeking insights from historians as well as cast members of the 2010 adventure film ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: M. David Melvin
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Russell Crowe | Ridley Scott | Dominic Kinnaird | Lockhart Ogilvie
As: H2O
A young man abandons his family for a solitary life of fly-fishing. His goal was to find his own way in the fishing world and thereby find himself and love.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Matthew Leutwyler
Stars: William Hurt | Zach Gilford | Amber Heard | Dallas Roberts | Gattlin Griffith
As: Mayor Schneer
A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Henry Bean
Stars: Tim Robbins | Bridget Moynahan | William Hurt | Margarita Levieva | Gabrielle Brennan
As: György Thurzó
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Julie Delpy
Stars: Anamaria Marinca | William Hurt | Daniel Brühl | Sebastian Blomberg | Julie Delpy
As: Professor Will Esterhuyse
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Pete Travis
Stars: Derek Jacobi | William Hurt | Mark Strong | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Amelia Bullmore
As: Brett Hanson
A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Stars: William Hurt | Maria Bello | Kristen Stewart | Eddie Redmayne | Veronica Russell
As: Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Stars: Edward Norton | Liv Tyler | Tim Roth | William Hurt | Tim Blake Nelson
As: President Ashton
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Pete Travis
Stars: Forest Whitaker | William Hurt | Sigourney Weaver | Dennis Quaid | Matthew Fox
As: Walt McCandless
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Runtime: 148 min.
Directed by: Sean Penn
Stars: William Hurt | Marcia Gay Harden | Emile Hirsch | Jena Malone | Brian H. Dierker
As: Marshall
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Bruce A. Evans
Stars: William Hurt | Kevin Costner | Demi Moore | Marg Helgenberger | Dane Cook
The Davis Family - John, Khristy and Maggie - move in to a secluded log cabin in the mountains above Seattle. They soon discover a family of Bigfoot hiding nearby. When the Bigfoot and Ranger Steve ask the Davis family for help the adventure of a lifetime begins.
Runtime: 74 min.
Directed by: Thomas Callicoat
Stars: John Rhys-Davies | Joe Alaskey | William Hurt | Blaire Restaneo | Jewel Restaneo
As: Philip Allen
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
Runtime: 167 min.
Directed by: Robert De Niro
Stars: Matt Damon | Tammy Blanchard | Angelina Jolie | Alec Baldwin | Billy Crudup
As: Simon Messerman
An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Chad Lowe
Stars: William Hurt | David Call | Brett Davern | Michelle Trachtenberg | Rita Wilson
As: himself
A day in a life tour diary with David Cronenberg, as he brings his film "A History of Violence" to the Cannes Film Festival (2005) for its first public screening.
Runtime: 9 min.
Directed by: Carolyn Zeifman
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | William Hurt | Maria Bello | David Cronenberg | Josh Olson
As: Stan
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an ...
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Stephen Gaghan
Stars: Matt Damon | George Clooney | Amanda Peet | Chris Cooper | Jeffrey Wright
As: Richie Cusack
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | William Hurt | Maria Bello | Ashton Holmes | Heidi Hayes
As: Dr. Peter Reed
Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood'. What he doesnt reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), spent many years of his life.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Joshua Michael Stern
Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Ian McKellen | Nick Nolte | Brittany Murphy | Jessica Lange
As: General Mortimer
The heroic struggle of Canadian Louise Arbour, Chief War Crimes Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as she battles world politics and fierce opposition to indict Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Charles Binamé
Stars: Heino Ferch | William Hurt | Stipe Erceg | Leslie Hope | Wendy Crewson
As: David
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian community church. Pastor Dave tells Elvis to stay away and, without telling his family that Elvis is his son from a pre-conversion liaison, tells them to have nothing to do with him. But Elvis has already connected with Malerie, the pastor's 16-year old daughter. ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: James Marsh
Stars: Paul Dano | Gael García Bernal | William Hurt | Pell James | Laura Harring
As: Edward Walker
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix | Adrien Brody | William Hurt | Bryce Dallas Howard | Sigourney Weaver
As: Alan Osborne
Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the mythic and elusive Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them on a trip to the jungle to search for the butterfly, leading to an adventure that will transform their lives
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Léa Pool
Stars: Marc Donato | Raoul Max Trujillo | William Hurt | Steve Adams | Pascale Bussières
As: Matt
People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Tonie Marshall
Stars: Hélène Fillières | Catherine Deneuve | William Hurt | Gilbert Melki | Bernard Le Coq
As: Robert P. Hanssen
True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and said mole
Runtime: 200 min.
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker | William Hurt | David Strathairn | Hilit Pace
As: Angus Tuck
Natalie Babbitt's award winning book for children comes to the screen in a lavish adaptation from Walt Disney Pictures. Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is a girl in her early teens growing up in the small rural town of Winesap in 1914. Winnie's parents (Victor Garber and Amy Irving) are loving but overprotective, and Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jay Russell
Stars: William Hurt | Alexis Bledel | Jonathan Jackson | Sissy Spacek | Scott Bairstow
As: Doyle's Sponsor
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Roger Michell
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson | Ben Affleck | Toni Collette | Kim Staunton | Sydney Pollack
As: Edward
The Simian Line is an American improvisational film, released in 2001. When Katharine (Lynn Redgrave) throws a party on Halloween, a psychic called Arnita (Tyne Daly) predicts that one of the three couples present at the party will break up by the end of the year. The guests don't take her seriously. Arnita doesn't tell them that she can see a fourth couple at the party, the long dead Mae (Samantha Mathis) ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Linda Yellen
Stars: William Hurt | Harry Connick Jr. | Monica Keena | Tyne Daly | Cindy Crawford
As: Dave
A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Sturla Gunnarsson
Stars: Molly Parker | William Hurt | Andy Jones | Greg Malone | Vicky Hynes
As: Prof. Hobby
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final acceptance by humans or machines, David embarks on a journey to discover where he truly belongs, uncovering a world in which the line between robot and machine is ...
Runtime: 146 min.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Haley Joel Osment | Jake Thomas | Jude Law | Frances O'Connor | Sam Robards
As: Varian Fry
Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Lionel Chetwynd
Stars: Matt Craven | William Hurt | Alan Arkin | Maury Chaykin | Julia Ormond
As: Turner Knight
When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turner Knight, the owner of the funeral home. As Lee's many promotional ideas become more and more outrageous, he continues to enrage Knight until one of the promotions backfires with grave consequences.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Martha Coolidge
Stars: William Hurt | Brian Benben | Elizabeth McGovern | John Gallagher Jr. | Olivia Oguma
As: Jairus
A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Derek W. Hayes | Stanislav M. Sokolov
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | James Frain | Julie Christie | Michael Bryant | Rebecca Callard
As: David R. Whitman
In this science fiction thriller, David Whitman (William Hurt) is a chemist who lost his wife and child in a freak accident and is trying to rebuild his life on his own. While doing research, Whitman discovers a series of mysterious deaths that seem to follow in the path of Joseph Mueller (Peter Weller), a seemingly ordinary man who works as a security guard. Unknown to Mueller, his ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Anthony Hickox
Stars: Peter Weller | William Hurt | Natascha McElhone | Désirée Nosbusch | Katja Woywood
As: Walter Richmond
Combining a family vacation with business, Walter Richmond (William Hurt) takes his wife (Jennifer Tilly) and their 10-year-old, mute daughter, Melissa (Francesca Brown), to the Netherlands -- where Melissa inadvertently witnesses a murder. Unable to tell anyone what she's seen, the frightened girl vanishes in an attempt to elude the killers. Meanwhile, her parents try desperately to piece together the ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Dick Maas
Stars: Jennifer Tilly | William Hurt | Michael Chiklis | Denis Leary | Francesca Brown
As: Andor Knorr
The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up ...
Runtime: 181 min.
Directed by: István Szabó
Stars: Deborah Kara Unger | Ralph Fiennes | Rosemary Harris | Jennifer Ehle | Rachel Weisz
As: Greg Harrison
A young woman moves into a new apartment that she inherited from her grandmother, who had died there in a bizarre accident. She is immediately confronted by totally bizarre neighbors and someone is obviously out to get her as rats and flies engulf her apartment. But with the array of weirdos around her, who might it be? Everyone warns her to stay away from her upstairs neighbor, but he is the ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Josh Klausner
Stars: William Hurt | Tobin Bell | Juliette Lewis | Sabrina Grdevich | Shelley Duvall
As: William Blake Pellarin
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Stars: Miranda Richardson | Irène Jacob | William Hurt | Nigel Hawthorne | Ewan Stewart
As: George Gulden
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Carl Franklin
Stars: Renée Zellweger | William Hurt | Lauren Graham | Meryl Streep | Tom Everett Scott
As: Prof. John Robinson
The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Stars: Gary Oldman | Mimi Rogers | William Hurt | Heather Graham | Matt LeBlanc
As: Arthur Barret
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
Stars: William Hurt | Kenneth Branagh | Madeleine Stowe | Robert Loggia | Bronia Wheeler
As: Inspector Frank Bumstead
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland | William Hurt | Rufus Sewell | Jennifer Connelly | Richard O'Brien
As: Himself (also archive footage)
Host John Larroquette takes viewers on a nostalgic trip through the 1965-1968 sci-fi comedy series. The disc's rare footage include Guy Williams's screen test, extended clips from the 1965 pilot, bloopers and the original clips CBS network sales presentation. Viewers also get to go behind the scenes of the 1998 big-screen version. To top it off, Billy Mumy (Will), Jonathan Harris (Dr. ...
Directed by: Kevin Burns
Stars: William Hurt | John Larroquette | Mark Goddard | Jonathan Harris | Angela Cartwright
As: Self
John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately they struck up a friendship. Shortly afterwards they made two films together, the first of which was Point Blank, during which Boorman found that he learnt a lot about screen acting and how to direct from the contributions and support from Marvin. Later they worked together on Hell in the Pacific. ...
Runtime: 55 min.
Directed by: John Boorman
Stars: William Hurt | Lee Marvin | Jim Jarmusch | John Boorman | Pamela Marvin
As: K.D. Dietrickson
After a husband is accused of droving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wronged her, is subpoenaed to testify on his abusive behavior during their marriage.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Erin Dignam
Stars: Richard Schiff | Robin Wright | William Hurt | Jennifer Rubin | Anthony Lucero
As: Frank Quinlan
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Nora Ephron
Stars: Bob Hoskins | William Hurt | Andie MacDowell | John Travolta | Robert Pastorelli
As: Narrator (voice)
Elie Wiesel returns home for the first time since the liberation in this documentary by Judit Elik.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Judit Elek
Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade | William Hurt | Elie Wiesel | Tamás Fodor
As: The stranger
In Russia, in 1907, a rich lenient husband of a loose unfaithful woman is brutally murdered. She and her two lovers are suspects, but what about the stranger she met just before the murder? With no friends left, she and the stranger bond.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Georges Bardawil
Stars: William Hurt | Sandrine Bonnaire | Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy | Jerzy Radziwiłowicz | Denis Sinyavskiy
As: Rochester
Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to be come a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside the school. Her advertisement is answered by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Stars: Anna Paquin | William Hurt | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Nic Knight | Joan Plowright
As: Henry Harriston
Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Both don't know each other and both find themselves deeply involved into the social settings of the other, because the decision to change their flats is made overnight. Could be the perfect amusement, but suddenly Henry finds ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Chantal Akerman
Stars: Richard Jenkins | William Hurt | Stephanie Buttle | Paul Guilfoyle | Juliette Binoche
As: Paul Benjamin
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Paul Auster | Wayne Wang
Stars: Giancarlo Esposito | William Hurt | Harvey Keitel | Stephen Gevedon | José Zúñiga
As: Graham Holt
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Chris Menges
Stars: William Hurt | Alan Cumming | Jane Horrocks | Keith Allen | Nathan Yapp
As: Tommy Vesey
Valerie is a juror in the trail of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Heywood Gould
Stars: Armand Assante | William Hurt | Kathleen Quinlan | Joanne Whalley | Gabriel Byrne
As: Tom
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfill a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker | William Hurt | Matt Dillon | Vincent D'Onofrio | Annabella Sciorra
As: Doctor Bernard Rieux
In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the military close the city an idealistic doctor decides to stay and help the sick. In the ever changing circumstances he puts up a brave fight, being helped by others but also involving them without being able to control the situation.
Runtime: 148 min.
Directed by: Luis Puenzo
Stars: William Hurt | Robert Duvall | Sandrine Bonnaire | Jean-Marc Barr | Raúl Juliá
As: Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee
Until The End of the World is an odyssey for the modern age. As with Homer's Odyssey, the purpose of the journey is to restore sight -- a spiritual reconciliation between an obsessed father and a deserted son. Dr. Farber, in trying to find a cure for his wife's blindness, has created a device that allows the user to send images directly to the brain, enabling the blind to see.
Runtime: 158 min.
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Stars: William Hurt | Eddy Mitchell | Ernie Dingo | Solveig Dommartin | Chick Ortega
As: Dr. Jack MacKee
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Randa Haines
Stars: William Hurt | Adam Arkin | Elizabeth Perkins | Mandy Patinkin | Christine Lahti
As: Doug Tate
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: William Hurt | Joe Mantegna | Blythe Danner | Mia Farrow | Alec Baldwin
As: Harlan James
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington, and has been married to Rosalie for years. Rosalie is horrified to discover that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time. Based on the true story of Frances and Anthony Toto.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: William Hurt | Kevin Kline | Tracey Ullman | Joan Plowright | River Phoenix
As: Macon Leary
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a strange outgoing woman, who seems to bring him back down to earth. After starting a relationship with the outgoing woman, Macon's wife seems to think that their marriage ...
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: Amy Wright | William Hurt | Geena Davis | David Ogden Stiers | Kathleen Turner
As: Martin Larraneta
World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Gregory Nava
Stars: Timothy Hutton | Stockard Channing | Melissa Leo | William Hurt | Megan Follows
As: Tom Grunick
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Stars: William Hurt | Albert Brooks | Robert Prosky | Lois Chiles | Holly Hunter
As: James Leeds
James is a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs. Will her feelings change over time?
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Randa Haines
Stars: William Hurt | Philip Bosco | Marlee Matlin | Piper Laurie | Allison Gompf
As: Luis Molina
Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a homosexual, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. During the time they spend together, the two men come to understand and respect one another.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Hector Babenco
Stars: William Hurt | José Lewgoy | Raúl Juliá | Miriam Pires | Sônia Braga
As: Arkady Renko
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Ian Bannen | Brian Dennehy | William Hurt | Lee Marvin | Joanna Pacula
As: Nick Carlton
Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: Tom Berenger | Jeff Goldblum | William Hurt | Kevin Kline | Glenn Close
As: Jay Follet
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Delbert Mann
Stars: Sally Field | William Hurt | Ned Beatty | Ann Doran | Ellen Corby
As: Ned Racine
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: Ted Danson | William Hurt | Kathleen Turner | Richard Crenna | J.A. Preston
As: Daryll Deever
Daryll Deever is a janitor in an office building in New York, and a big fan of TV news reporter, Tony Sokolow. When a rich man is murdered in Daryll's building, Tony comes to cover the story and Daryll introduces himself to her. Thinking he may know something about the crime, Tony pursues him, and in order to keep seeing her, he pretends that he does. As the two of them play ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Peter Yates
Stars: William Hurt | Christopher Plummer | Sigourney Weaver | James Woods | Irene Worth
As: Professor Eddie Jessup
A research scientist (William Hurt) explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Ken Russell
Stars: William Hurt | Bob Balaban | Charles Haid | Blair Brown | Thaao Penghlis