Movies starring Ned Beatty
Not only is Nashville the title of Robert Altman's 1975 cinematic masterpiece and the name of the city in which the action is set, but it is the biggest and most colorful character on a palette crammed with well-developed, interesting individuals. ...
U.S. Release Date: 1975-06-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Ronee Blakley, Henry Gibson, Ned Beatty, ...
It's a curious thing. Whenever this much talent is assembled for a motion picture, the result inevitably seems to be a letdown. And to say that Charlie Wilson's War is topheavy with talent is to understate the matter. The cast features three Osc...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julia Roberts, ...
To date, the 1978 theatrical version of Superman remains the only motion picture based on a comic book to have a lush, epic feel. Developed by Godfather scribe Mario Puzo with reverence for the venerable superhero, Superman pays homage to the lege...
U.S. Release Date: 1978-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Marlon Brando, Phyllis Thaxter, Valerie Perrine, ...
According to the original plan, Superman II was intended to be released six months after the original Superman (in fact, the end credits for Superman contain the following statement: "Coming Next Summer: Superman II"). The idea had been to film t...
U.S. Release Date: 1981-06-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Gene Hackman, E.G. Marshall, Clifton James, ...
Prelude to a Kiss convinced me that Meg Ryan possesses the acting chops to be in more than light romantic fare - a distinction that her best-known movie at the time (When Harry Met Sally) had not claimed. In fact, her performance in this 1992 prod...
U.S. Release Date: 1992-07-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA/ROMANCE
Director: Norman René
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan, Sydney Walker, ...
In motion pictures, there are essentially three types of satire: a fatuous, silly kind that emphasizes jokes to the exclusion of all else; a lightly comic approach that gently pokes fun at issues while developing a plot and characters; and a vicio...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, ...
Seen in standard (non-IMAX) 3-D. Pixar has done it again, extending an amazing streak of successes that stretches all the way back to the original Toy Story, which changed the face of feature length animation when it reached theaters in 1995. N...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-06-18
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Lee Unkrich
Cast: (voices) Tom Hanks, Estelle Harris, Jodi Benson, ...
The first animated film from ILM is also the first memorable motion picture of 2011. Also, in a break from Hollywood's incessant race to surcharge parents to death by releasing anything bearing the "family film" moniker in 3-D, Rango is available i...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-03-04
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: (voices) Johnny Depp, Timothy Olyphant, Harry Dean Stanton, ...
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, ...
It would be fair to characterize writer/director Paul Schrader as someone who's fascinated by the seamier side of human nature. Some of his best known screenplays, including Taxi Driver and Raging Bull for Martin Scorsese, have plumbed the depths ...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, ...