Movies starring Eric Bana
1998's Saving Private Ryan introduced a new era of war movies. Gone are the bloodless tales of gallantry which portrayed the battlefield as a place where the fruits of bravery are victory. Replacing them are stories steeped in the gritty reality ...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-01-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, ...
Labor Day weekend is arguably the worst time of the year for a U.S. movie release. Films set to open at the end of August/beginning of September are given up for dead by their distributor. This is typically for one of two reasons: the production is...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-08-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: John Crowley
Cast: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Ciaran Hinds, ...
The most disappointing aspect of Deadfall is its conventionality. For a thriller, it's light on surprises. After a thunderbolt of an opening sequence, the storyline unfolds in a predictable manner and the ending, despite providing a sense of closur...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-12-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, ...
Like 2015’s Everest and In the Heart of the Sea, The Finest Hours offers a man vs. nature survival story; in this case, however, the storyline is more upbeat. Directed by Craig Gillsepie, the film is a fast-paced thriller guaranteed to get the ...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-01-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disaster Movie Images)
Genre: Adventure
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Graham McTavish, ...
It's written and directed by Judd Apatow and stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan, so it must be funny, right? The problem with expectations is that they can lead to disappointment. That's not to say Funny People is devoid of humor - in fact, there ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Frequent Profanity, Sexual Situations, Brief Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Judd Apatow
Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogan, Leslie Mann, ...
Dark, visceral, and brimming with suspense, Hanna is not the follow-up to Pride & Prejudice and Atonement one might expect from director Joe Wright. Nevertheless, here it is: an intriguing, original thriller that owes as much of a debt to the like...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-04-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/ACTION
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, ...
Hulk represents the most involving superhero motion picture since >Superman soared skywards in 1978. By taking its time to develop characters and situations, Hulk does what so many action/adventure movies fail to do - allow us to really feel for t...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-06-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, ...
The most important name associated with this new telling of the tale of King Arthur is “Guy Ritchie.” More than most working directors, Ritchie comes to projects with his own specific take on them – one that inevitably rubs some viewers ...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-05-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, ...
In the mountains of Afghanistan, one man, injured and bleeding, struggles against impossible odds to stay alive. It's at this point that the focus of Peter Berg's Lone Survivor shifts from that of a war movie to that of a tale of survival. In retro...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-01-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disturbing Images, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, ...
Like most movies concerned to one degree or another with the subject of gambling, Lucky You addresses the themes of obsession and redemption. The film loosely follows the trajectory of an "addiction movie," although it's less grim than pictures of...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-05-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, ...