Movies starring Sean Penn
21 Grams is a stunning kaleidoscope of a motion picture - a mosaic of images that gradually resolves itself into a powerful tale of tragedy and redemption. Not only is this one of the year's most compelling motion pictures, but, in terms of struct...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-11-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, ...
With remakes the likes of Poseidon, The Pink Panther, and The Wicker Man already dotting 2006's cinematic landscape, why not provide a new take on the 1949 political thriller, All the King's Men? In actuality, writer/director Steven Zaillian claims...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-09-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, ...
With remakes the likes of Poseidon, The Pink Panther, and The Wicker Man already dotting 2006's cinematic landscape, why not provide a new take on the 1949 political thriller, All the King's Men? In actuality, writer/director Steven Zaillian claims...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-09-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, ...
Calling The Angry Birds Movie an “animated film” is giving it airs. It’s a cartoon. Deal with it. Family-friendly motion pictures, whether live action or computer-drawn (the hand-drawn versions are no longer being made), fall into one of sev...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-05-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, ...
Not since Krzysztof Kieslowski's A Short Film About Killing has a motion picture about capital punishment been so disturbing and compelling. Dead Man Walking has appropriated a controversial subject by giving pain and personality to both sides of t...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-01-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Tim Robbins
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Raymond J. Barry, ...
Because Fast Times at Ridgemont High arrived in movie theaters during the height of the '80s "teenspoitation" era, it has often been unfairly lumped together with Porky's and its successors and copycats. In reality, Fast Times is smarter and more per...
U.S. Release Date: 1982-08-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, ...
Alfred Hitchcock used the term "refrigerator movie" to describe certain films. According to the great director, refrigerator movies are well-paced thrillers that work effectively while being watched, but fall apart upon later examination (whil...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-09-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, ...
There seems to be little doubt that Ruben Fleischer, the director behind the well-received Zombieland and the less well-received 30 Minutes or Less, is a Brian De Palma fan. How else to explain the kinship that exists between Fleischer's latest, Ga...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-01-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Cast: Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone, ...
If I was in the mood for an over-the-hill action hero, I think I'd go with Schwarzenegger. Or maybe Stallone. Or even Liam Neeson. I definitely wouldn't pick Sean Penn. Granted, the two-time Oscar winner has an impressive resume, but he's...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-03-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Pierre Morel
Cast: Mark Rylance, Ray Winstone, Sean Penn, ...
Robert Downey, Sr. is an original American independent film maker. He has been at his craft for more than 30 years now -- his debut, Chafed Elbows, came out in 1965. His best known work, the trilogy of Putney Swope, Pound, and Greaser's Palace, w...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Malcolm McDowell, ...