Movies starring Joaquin Phoenix
Following the disastrous Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (my selection for the worst film of 1994), it's a safe bet that Gus Van Sant's next move had to be a proverbial "step in the right direction." In fact, with the biting satire To Die For, the dir...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-09-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, ...
With Two Lovers, director James Gray has remained geographically within his comfort zone (New York City), but has moved textually away from the crime and corruption-laced stories that have marked his previous efforts. This is strictly a character-...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-02-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/ROMANCE
Director: James Gray
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, ...
When I spoke to Roger Ebert shortly before first seeing Walk the Line, he remarked that he knew almost all of Johnny Cash's songs by heart. I cannot make the same claim. I'm familiar with a few of them - mostly those that got radio play - but many ...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-11-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, ...
Loyalty. Betrayal. Violence. Family. Those are the crucial staples to be found in any crime drama worth viewing, and writer/director James Gray shoehorns them into his high wattage effort, We Own the Night. Despite a plot that occasionally creaks...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: James Gray
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, ...