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John Travolta

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Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series)Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series) (1975)
Feat. Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta
This classic American sitcom still holds up in its rowdy but progressive view of high school delinquency and remedial education. A young John…
CarrieCarrie (1976) Aro Favourite
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Sissy Spacek, John Travolta
One of the best screen adaptations of any Stephen King novel, and also one of dir. De Palma's best, this is the frightening story of a persecuted…
Boy in the Plastic Bubble, TheBoy in the Plastic Bubble, The (1976)
Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed
A cult telemovie starring John Travolta as an immune–deficient youngster with potentially fatal allergies, who has to exist in a sealed…
GreaseGrease (1977) Aro Favourite
Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
Musical sensation set in a 1950s high–school was a box–office phenomenon, now an enduring classic. John Travolta, Olivia…
Saturday Night FeverSaturday Night Fever (1977) Recommended
Dir. John Badham
Feat. John Travolta
John Travolta's instant star–quality invests this chronicle of the disco era with an infectious bravado. Great soundtrack, classic dance moves…
Urban CowboyUrban Cowboy (1980)
Dir. James Bridges
Feat. John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn
An early role for John Travolta, as an oil–worker trying to 'make it' riding mechanical bulls in the roadhouses of Houston. The grimy, downbeat…
Blow OutBlow Out (1981) Recommended
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
A seemingly ordinary car–crash is found by sound–recordist John Travolta to have sinister overtones when he rewinds his chance taping of…
Staying AliveStaying Alive (1983)
Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes
Engagingly tacky sequel to SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, fashioned by dir. Sylvester Stallone as a ROCKY–style vehicle for John Travolta, who juggles…
Two of a KindTwo of a Kind (1983)
Dir. John Herzfeld
Feat. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning
God (voiced by Gene Hackman) is so disappointed with mankind he prepares a second Flood, but is persuaded by angels to bet on the reformation of two…
That's Dancing!That's Dancing! (1985)
Dir. Jack Haley, Jr.
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, James Cagney
A compilation of splendid dance sequences from dozens of Hollywood films. Includes over fifty top dancers, with the best of the crop generally dating…
PerfectPerfect (1985) Recommended
Dir. James Bridges
Feat. John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis
John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis get physical in this under–rated slice of 80s sizzle: he plays a Rolling Stone journalist investigating the…
Look Who's TalkingLook Who's Talking (1989)
Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis
Amiable comedy featuring 'Mickey', the infant that thinks aloud, courtesy of Bruce Willis. He's more than handful for Mom Kirstie Alley and boyfriend…
Pulp FictionPulp Fiction (1994) Aro Favourite
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman
With just his second film, Quentin Tarantino not only became a household name but a massive cultural phenomenon. He miraculously surpasses…
White Man's BurdenWhite Man's Burden (1995)
Dir. Desmond Nakano
Feat. John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch
In an alternative America, blacks are members of social elite, and whites inhabit the urban ghettos. John Travolta plays a humble white factory…
Get ShortyGet Shorty (1995)
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. John Travolta, Danny De Vito, Gene Hackman
Riding the wave of PULP FICTION, this is the most successful stab at translating Elmore Leonard for the screen. John Travolta is an amiable mobster…
Broken ArrowBroken Arrow (1996)
Dir. John Woo
Feat. John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis
When John Travolta nicks off with a couple of nuclear warheads, its enough to transform his (former) air–force buddy (Christian Slater) into…
PhenomenonPhenomenon (1996)
Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker
John Travolta is aptly cast a genial mechanic who, after being struck by lightening, acquires super–intelligence that gradually ostracises him…
MichaelMichael (1996)
Dir. Nora Ephron
Feat. John Travolta, William Hurt, Andie MacDowell
Not even the star presence of John Travolta, William Hurt, and Andie MacDowell can revive this abysmal comic–fantasy about a cynical tabloid…
Face OffFace Off (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Woo
Feat. John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
Dir. John Woo melds modern action technology with old–fashioned Mission Impossible–style intrigue. Good guy John Travolta and bad guy…
She's So LovelyShe's So Lovely (1997)
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Robin Wright, Sean Penn, John Travolta
As a low–life couple whose romantic intensity borders on madness, married double–act Robin Wright and Sean Penn off–handedly…
Primary ColorsPrimary Colors (1998) Recommended
Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton
In charting the rise of a controversial Southern Governor through the US Democratic primary campaign, John Travolta rises admirably to his most…
Mad CityMad City (1998)
Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda
Straight–faced media satire involving ambitious reporter Dustin Hoffman, sidelined on smalltown assignment. However he soon whips up a news…
Civil Action, ACivil Action, A (1999) Recommended
Dir. Steven Zaillian
Feat. John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy
Fact–based account of a protracted courtroom duel between two corporations and small–town folk, whose children have been affected by…
General's Daughter, TheGeneral's Daughter, The (1999)
Dir. Simon West
Feat. John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Woods
Gathering suspense from the 'closed–world' ethics of the US military, this thriller from the writer of A FEW GOOD MEN concerns a gruesome,…
Battlefield EarthBattlefield Earth (2000)
Dir. Roger Christian
Feat. John Travolta, Forest Whitaker
Ludicrous though fun space–opera adapted from guru L. Ron Hubbard's book and a long–cherished project for Scientologist John Travolta.…
Lucky NumbersLucky Numbers (2000)
Dir. Nora Ephron
Feat. John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth
Down–on–his–luck local smoothie John Travolta conceives a lottery–scam with the help of girlfriend Lisa Kudrow and pal Tim…
SwordfishSwordfish (2001)
Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. John Travolta, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman
Slick and stupid action–thriller in the post–Bruckheimer mould, teaming Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and John Travolta for a bank job (with…
Domestic DisturbanceDomestic Disturbance (2001)
Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo
John Travolta’s heart races as a Dad who realises his 11–year old son’s stepfather (Vince Vaughn) is one scary (though wealthy)…
BasicBasic (2003)
Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen
Slick jungle thriller kept interesting by a far from basic storyline involving US troops on a training mission in Panama. When the squad runs into…
Punisher, ThePunisher, The (2004)
Dir. Jonathan Hensleigh
Feat. Tom Jane, John Travolta, Laura Elena Harring
A violent, straight–faced adaptation of the Marvel Comics hero (without superpowers), a traumatised cop who seeks to inflict grave punishment…

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