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Aidan Quinn

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Desperately Seeking SusanDesperately Seeking Susan (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn
Rosanna Arquette and Madonna shine in this spunky and spirited New York comedy/murder mystery – up there with the best of John Hughes' popular…
StakeoutStakeout (1987)
Dir. John Badham
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe
Cops Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez run into some well–scripted comic entanglements on surveillance detail.
AvalonAvalon (1990)
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn
The director's semi–autobiography is a gorgeously lensed account of a Polish immigrant family facing the trials and tribulations of growing up…
At Play in the Fields of the LordAt Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah
Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Darryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates and Tom Waits endured the two–year location shoot of Peter Matthiessen's…
Benny and JoonBenny and Joon (1992)
Dir. Jeremiah Chechik
Feat. Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn
Another quirky outing in American suburbia with Depp a Chaplin–esque loner who befriends Masterson, the 'mental' sister of an…
Playboys, ThePlayboys, The (1992)
Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Robin Wright, Aidan Quinn, Albert Finney
Robin Wright and travelling player Aidan Quinn attempt to consummate their passions in the face of religion, geography and Albert Finney's drunkard…
Legends of the FallLegends of the Fall (1994)
Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, Henry Thomas
American folk melodrama spans the decade around World War I in which the three sons of righteous patriarch Anthony Hopkins become divided over the…
Mary Shelley's FrankensteinMary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter
Branagh swamps the gothic classic with theatricality and allows himself far too much screen time, impressing on us that his ego that is the real…
BlinkBlink (1994)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar
A blind woman (Madeleine Stowe) becomes a sole yet unreliable murder witness after successful eye surgery gives her troubling side–effects.…
Stars Fell On HenriettaStars Fell On Henrietta (1995)
Dir. James Keach
Feat. Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Frances Fisher
Robert Duvall is a vagrant claiming to be a former oil man who persuades a down–on–their–luck couple that their fields contain oil…
HauntedHaunted (1995)
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, John Gielgud
Sceptical investigator Aidan Quinn becomes steadily embroiled in the paranormal and the ambiguous inhabitants of a British country mansion.…
Looking for RichardLooking for Richard (1996) Recommended
Dir. Al Pacino
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder
Al Pacino's pet project, and his directing debut, explores the American actor's paradoxical obsessions with Shakespeare, debunking some of the…
Assignment, TheAssignment, The (1998)
Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley
International espionage flick that revels in the skillful, old–fashioned flourishes of an elaborate terrorist caper. Tourist Aidan Quinn gets…
This Is My FatherThis Is My Father (1998)
Dir. Paul Quinn
Feat. James Caan, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea
The discovery of an old family photo triggers a trip to Ireland and into the past for Irish–American James Caan and his nephew. Inevitably…
Two of UsTwo of Us (2000)
Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Jared Harris
TV–movie centred around the intriguing prospect of a mid–70s meeting in New York between John Lennon (Quinn) and Paul McCartney (Harris).…
SongcatcherSongcatcher (2000) Recommended
Dir. Maggie Greenwald
Feat. Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Taj Mahal
In the dappled, secluded backwoods of 1900s Appalachia, music scholar Janet McTeer makes the exciting discovery of a set of unknown Scots–Irish…
Prince and the Pauper, ThePrince and the Pauper, The (2000)
Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Alan Bates
Admirable, entertaining adaptation of Mark Twain's classic story of lookalikes who get caught up in imperial intrigue when a young Prince and a…
Stolen SummerStolen Summer (2002)
Dir. Pete Jones
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin Pollak
The resultant product of a film–making competition in which a novice screenwriter won a chance to direct his own script, this is a respectable…
EvelynEvelyn (2002)
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Margulies, Stephen Rea
A labour–of–love for Irishman Pierce Brosnan as actor and producer, this is a heartfelt family drama about a working class father who…
Song for a Raggy BoySong for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Dir. Aisling Walsh
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen
Vivid, if overly simplistic account of abuses at an Irish Boys Reformatory in the late 1930s. Quinn plays an idealistic teacher who blows the whistle…
Unexpected Journey, TheUnexpected Journey, The (Miracle Run) (2004)
Dir. Gregg Champion
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Aidan Quinn, Zac Efron
Tele–movie with Mary–Louise Parker as a determined solo mother raising two autistic boys. Warm–hearted and soft–headed in…
Empire Falls (TV Mini-series)Empire Falls (TV Mini-series) (2005)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Ed Harris, Paul Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Conventional and well–handled drama series set in the once–booming factory town of Empire Falls, Maine, and mostly getting down in among…
Nine LivesNine Lives (2005)
Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Robin Wright, Holly Hunter, Sissy Spacek
Soulful ensemble drama delving into the lives of nine women, portrayed by nine top–notch actresses gifted a single vignette each to portray the…
Exonerated, The Exonerated, The (2005)
Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo
Jarring prison drama focusing on six death row inmates that are exonerated just before their executions due to new evidence becoming available.…
Dark MatterDark Matter (2007)
Dir. Shi-Zheng Chen
Feat. Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Liu Ye
Inspired by real events, this dramatisation of a brilliant Chinese science student's psychological downfall at an Iowan university is a mostly…
Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeBury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, Anna Paquin
Distinguished HBO western based on the 1970 book of the same name by Dee Brown. A historical drama set in the 1860's and 1870's, the plot…
Wild ChildWild Child (2008)
Dir. Nick Moore
Feat. Emma Roberts, Aidan Quinn, Natasha Richardson
Fluffy teen comedy focused on a pampered American highschooler shipped off to an English boarding school after maxing out daddy's credit card one too…
Shine of Rainbows, AShine of Rainbows, A (2009)
Dir. Vic Sarin
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Connie Nielsen, John Bell
Genial family drama about a young boy living on an isolated island with his adoptive parents and his friendship with an abandoned seal. A…
Eclipse, TheEclipse, The (2009)
Dir. Conor McPherson
Feat. Ciaran Hinds, Iben Hjejle, Aidan Quinn
Ciaran Hinds mourns the death of his soulmate while chauffeuring literary stars around his overcast hometown in this hushed Irish drama with a…
Jonah HexJonah Hex (2010)
Dir. Jimmy Hayward
Feat. Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox
Josh Brolin revives DC Comics' anti–hero gunslinger in this acidic western, centred on the titular character's rage–fueled quest to…

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