Movies starring Mark Wahlberg
The Departed is a perfect example of why remakes shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. Director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter William Monahan have taken the B-grade Hong Kong crime flick Infernal Affairs and re-imagined it as an American epic tra...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-10-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, ...
There was a time during the long history of the adult entertainment industry that porn films showed signs of artistic ambition. During the late '70s, a small cadre of directors believed that they could combine the raunch of real sex with an in...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-10-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Situations, Profanity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Melora Walters, Alfred Molina, ...
After seeing two previews for David O. Russell's I Heart Huckabees, I had no idea what it was about. Now, having seen the movie, I still feel like I'm on the outside looking in. I certainly realize why the preview is so obtuse. There's no way that tw...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-10-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts, ...
For some reason, there has been a move by a few critics to politicize their reviews of Mile 22, Peter Berg’s tightly-constructed espionage thriller. I guess one side-effect of living in a hyper-partisan era is that some films aren’t allowe...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-08-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, ...
We live in a world in which conspiracy theories abound, so it comes as no surprise that many thrillers incorporate governmental backstabbing, double-dealing, and cover-ups into the fabric of their story. In a time when paranoia and distrust of the...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-03-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover, ...
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, ...
Remaking movies is always a risky endeavor, and remaking a classic can border on the foolhardy. Taken on its own terms, however, Jonathan Demme's The Truth About Charlie, a '00s re-interpretation of the 1963 thriller Charade, is a decent – and e...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-10-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Thandie Newton, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Robbins, ...
Will Ferrell's recent resume isn't anything to get excited about: Land of the Lost, Step Brothers, Semi-Pro, Blades of Glory. There's a sameness to all of them, not only in that the Ferrell characters are difficult to differentiate from one anothe...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-08-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/COMEDY
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, ...
Courage Under Fire was the first American movie about the Gulf War. Since then, there haven't been many others. David O. Russell's Three Kings becomes one of only a few mainstream efforts to venture into this underpopulated cinematic territory. ...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-10-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY/ADVENTURE
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, ...
From Rocky to Raging Bull, boxing movies with a variety of themes and intentions have been staples at Oscar time. On the one hand, there are the crowd-pleasing stories: tales of woebegone underdogs given a chance at redemption by going 15 rounds in...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-12-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, ...