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Batman (1989)
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The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.... more |
Tim Burton |
Bob Kane, Sam Hamm |
Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough, Jack Palance, Tracey Walter, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Robert Wuhl |
Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller |
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Chinatown (1974)
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Roman Polanski |
Robert Towne |
Jack Nicholson, John Huston, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski, Diane Ladd, Bruce Glover |
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
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Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a n... more |
Milos Forman |
Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben |
Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Louise Fletcher, Scatman Crothers, Ken Kesey, Alonzo Brown, Peter Brocco, Josip Elic |
Drama |
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The Shining (1980)
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A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees hor... more |
Stanley Kubrick |
Stephen King |
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Barry Nelson |
Horror, Thriller |
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A Few Good Men (1992)
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In this dramatic courtroom thriller, Lt. Daniel Kaffee, a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines who have... more |
Rob Reiner |
Aaron Sorkin |
Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland |
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
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The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.... more |
Bob Rafelson |
James M. Cain |
Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston, Jessica Lange, Michael Lerner, John Colicos |
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
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Prizzi's Honor (1985)
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Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. Without Charley's knowledge, Prizzis h... more |
John Huston |
Richard Condon |
Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia |
Crime, Drama, Romance |
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Blood and Wine (1996)
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A wealthy wine dealer who has distanced himself from his wife with his philandering and from his son with his negligence. After he steals a diamond necklac... more |
Bob Rafelson |
Nick Villiers |
Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez, Stephen Dorff, Judy Davis |
Thriller, Crime, Drama |
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Broadcast News (1987)
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James L. Brooks |
James L. Brooks |
Jack Nicholson, Joan Cusack, William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
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Mike Nichols |
Jules Feiffer |
Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel |
Drama, Comedy |
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Easy Rider (1969)
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Dennis Hopper |
Peter Fonda |
Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda |
Adventure, Drama, Action, Crime |
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The Departed (2006)
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Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when disco... more |
Martin Scorsese |
William Monahan |
Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Kemp, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, John Farrer, Kristen Dalton |
Crime, Drama, Thriller |
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13.
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The Last Tycoon (1976)
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Elia Kazan |
Harold Pinter, F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell |
Drama, Romance |
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The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
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Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.... more |
George Miller |
John Updike |
Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, Richard Jenkins, Cher, Veronica Cartwright |
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller |
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Wolf (1994)
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Inside every man there are two people-one good, one beast. Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger... more |
Mike Nichols |
Wesley Strick, Jim Harrison |
Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Plummer, David Hyde Pierce, Kate Nelligan, Eileen Atkins, Om Puri, Stewart J. Zully |
Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller |
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Goin' South (1978)
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Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law ... more |
Jack Nicholson |
Al Ramrus, John Herman Shaner |
Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Bradford |
Comedy, Western |
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Psych-Out (1968)
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Richard Rush |
Betty Tusher |
Jack Nicholson, Susan Strasberg |
Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller |
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Something's Gotta Give (2003)
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A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.... more |
Nancy Meyers |
Nancy Meyers |
Jack Nicholson, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand, Nichole Hiltz, Alexandra Neil |
Comedy, Romance, Drama |
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The Crossing Guard (1995)
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After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of r... more |
Sean Penn |
Sean Penn |
Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright, David Morse, John Savage, Kari Wuhrer, Priscilla Barnes |
Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller |
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The Missouri Breaks (1976)
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Arthur Penn |
Thomas McGuane |
Jack Nicholson, Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid, Marlon Brando, Kathleen Lloyd |
Western |
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As Good as It Gets (1997)
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A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship.... more |
James L. Brooks |
Mark Andrus |
Jack Nicholson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Greg Kinnear, Helen Hunt, Kaitlin Hopkins |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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Heartburn (1986)
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Mike Nichols |
Nora Ephron |
Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Meryl Streep, Catherine O'Hara, Stockard Channing, Milos Forman |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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Terms of Endearment (1983)
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James L. Brooks |
Larry McMurtry |
Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow, Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger |
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance |
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The Bucket List (2007)
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Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a ho... more |
Rob Reiner |
Justin Zackham |
Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow, Rowena King |
Adventure, Comedy, Drama |
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The Two Jakes (1990)
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Jack Nicholson |
Robert Towne |
Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Stowe, James Hong, Meg Tilly |
Crime, Drama, Mystery |
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How Do You Know (2010)
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Feeling a bit past her prime at 27, former athlete Lisa Jorgenson finds herself in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes wit... more |
James L. Brooks |
James L. Brooks |
Jack Nicholson, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon, Kathryn Hahn, Andrew Wilson, Molly Price |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
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A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.... more |
Alex Stapleton |
Gregory Locklear, Alex Stapleton |
Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Quentin Tarantino, David Carradine, Pam Grier, William Shatner, Brett Ratner, Paul W.S. Anderson, Eli Roth, Eric Balfour, Traci Lords, Bruce Dern |
Documentary |
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Five Easy Pieces (1970)
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Bob Rafelson |
Carole Eastman |
Jack Nicholson, Lois Smith, Karen Black, Sally Struthers |
Drama, Music |
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Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)
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Richard Rush |
R. Wright Campbell |
Jack Nicholson, Sabrina Scharf, Adam Roarke, Jana Taylor |
Drama |
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Ironweed (1987)
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Hector Babenco |
William Kennedy |
Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep |
Drama |
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Reds (1981)
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Warren Beatty |
Trevor Griffiths |
Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino, Warren Beatty |
Biography, Drama, History, Romance |
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The Pledge (2001)
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A retiring police chief pledges to catch the killer of a young child.... more |
Sean Penn |
Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
Jack Nicholson, Mickey Rourke, Benicio Del Toro, Harry Dean Stanton, Robin Wright, Aaron Eckhart, Vanessa Redgrave, Patricia Clarkson, Dale Dickey |
Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
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The Raven (1963)
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Roger Corman |
Richard Matheson |
Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre |
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror |
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The Terror (1963)
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Roger Corman |
Leo Gordon |
Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff, Sandra Knight |
Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
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Tommy (1975)
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Ken Russell |
Ken Russell, Pete Townshend |
Jack Nicholson, Oliver Reed, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Elton John |
Drama, Musical |
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36.
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About Schmidt (2002)
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Alexander Payne |
Louis Begley |
Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Dermot Mulroney, Phil Reeves |
Comedy, Drama |
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The Evening Star (1996)
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Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one gra... more |
Robert Harling |
Larry McMurtry |
Jack Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, Bill Paxton, Shirley MacLaine |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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