Movies with music written by Jerry Goldsmith
The original The Haunting, a low-budget 1963 haunted house film from director Robert Wise, is a chilling little movie that offers a primer in scaring audiences without graphic bloodshed. It's a lesson that has largely been ignored by filmmakers ov...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-07-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Lili Taylor, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta Jones, ...
The original The Haunting, a low-budget 1963 haunted house film from director Robert Wise, is a chilling little movie that offers a primer in scaring audiences without graphic bloodshed. It's a lesson that has largely been ignored by filmmakers ov...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-07-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Lili Taylor, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta Jones, ...
It is my fondest dream that some day filmmakers will realize that great visual effects do not by themselves equate to a worthwhile motion picture experience. However, until that state of cinematic utopia arrives, audiences will be forced to endure...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-08-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, ...
Many will claim that Hoosiers is the best sports movie ever made. For me, it's in third place, trailing only The Natural and Rocky. Some will argue that Hoosiers deserves "extra credit" because it is based on a true story - how the small-town Mil...
U.S. Release Date: 1986-11-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: DRAMA
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, ...
Crooked cops. The mystery and allure of Hollywood in the '50s. Death, double-crossing, and secret alliances. Paparazzi waiting to get that one breakthrough picture. These are just some of the elements that make Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confiden...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-09-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, ...
My concept of a "family film" is a movie that can be enjoyed by viewers of all ages: undiscriminating young children, teenagers with short attention spans, and adults with somewhat more refined standards. Unfortunately, too often Hollywood eq...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-06-19
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Cast: (voices) Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, B.D. Wong, ...
The Mummy is pretty silly stuff. But that's okay when you consider that, beneath all the action/adventure and horror trappings, it's actually a comedy. Think of a big-budget, high profile effort in the vein of Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness wit...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-05-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, Rachel Weisz, ...
"Through the travail of ages Midst the pomp and toils of war, Have I fought and strove and perished Countless times upon a star. As if through a glass, and darkly, The age-old strife I see, For I fought in many guises, many names, But a...
U.S. Release Date: 1970-04-02
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/WAR
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, ...
Planet of the Apes was arguably the first American science fiction franchise of the post-serial film era. In many ways, the Planet of the Apes series developed the blueprint used by many subsequent multi-segment science fiction endeavors (such as ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G" (Profanity, Brief Nudity, Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, ...
As thrillers go, The River Wild is a cut below a "white-knuckler," but it still has its share of spills and chills. Crafted by Curtis Hanson with considerably more style and substance than his previous effort, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The R...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, ...