Jeff Bridges
Actor
Last Picture Show, The (1971)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid…
- Much admired film about the problems of adolescence in a roadside town in '50s Texas. Launched the careers of Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris…
Fat City (1971)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell
- One of dir. Huston's later accomplishments, this gritty, yet warmly toned drama inhabits a neighbourhood of boxing gyms, lowrent bars and amiable…
Bad Company (1972)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, John Savage
- A crafted, deliberately unromantic western which follows a young Jeff Bridges’ flight to escape from army recruiters into an 1863 West…
American Film Theatre - Iceman Cometh, The (1973)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Fredric March…
- Masterly filmic adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's late stageplay set among the various seedy denizens of an early 20th century barroom, awaiting the…
Last American Hero, The (1973)
- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald…
- Jeff Bridges' mix of redneck roughness and choirboy sweetness is just right for this 1973 true story of a country kid running moonshine and making…
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges
- Eastwood employs high–powered artillery to blast bank vaults, but complications arise when he teams with carefree Jeff Bridges to retrieve loot…
Rancho Deluxe (1974)
- Dir. Frank Perry
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Harry Dean Stanton
- An admired oddball comedy with a young Jeff Bridges as one of a pair of drifters whose disdain for the establishment leads them to trouble with an…
Stay Hungry (1976)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bridges, Sally Field…
- This boasts the first dramatic role for Arnold Schwarzenegger but it serves as more than a curiosity, it's an intriguing portrait of a social…
King Kong (1976)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges
- Much–maligned remake of the 1933 classic, is typical De Laurentis fantasy fare – high in concept, broad in character, cardboard in…
Winter Kills (1979)
- Dir. William Richert
Feat. Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins…
- Low–key but satisfying 'redux' of the Kennedy assassination posits a parallel scenario where the half–brother of an assassinated…
Cutter's Way (1981)
- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. John Heard, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Eichhorn
- Low–key mystery set in the hazy South Californian boondocks, that gets under your skin in its own moody, mordant way. Story concerns lippy…
Tron (1982)
- Dir. Steve Lisberger
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner…
- Jeff Bridges becomes trapped in an alternative computer universe where he is forced to combat evil pac–men and corporate corruption. Made at…
Last Unicorn, The (1982)
- Dir. Arthur Rankin Jnr, Jules Bass
Feat. Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Mia Farrow…
- Underrated (and under–known) animated gem, concerns the quest of the world’s last unicorn to find the rest of the unicorn herd. Strongly…
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985)
- Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr…
- Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
Starman (1984)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith…
- Jeff Bridges plays an alien trying to recover his spaceship on Earth with the help of young widow Karen Allen. Entertaining fantasy–drama.
Against All Odds (1984)
- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods
- Modern film noir experiment is a loose remake of Out of the Past.
Jagged Edge (1985)
- Dir. Richard Marquand
Feat. Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote…
- Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges star in this compelling courtroom thriller about a defence attorney who romances her client who is on trial for a brutal…
Morning After, The (1986)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia
- Jane Fonda is implicated for murder after waking up next to a dead man. With Jeff Bridges.
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Bridges
- Late–career crime–thriller from dir. Ashby, lending his skills to the woozily–atmospheric tale of Florida cocaine deals gone wrong.…
Tucker: a Man and His Dream (1988)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau…
- Jeff Bridges portrays Preston Tucker, who dreamed of building the car of the future, but was crushed by the big three auto–makers in the 1940s.
Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989)
- Dir. Steve Cloves
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges…
- The fabulous Bridges brothers play two sibling cocktail musicians who employ sexy vocalist Michelle Pfeiffer to spice up their routine act.
Texasville (1990)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts…
- The director reassembles the youthful cast from his THE LAST PICTURE SHOW to illustrate the effect that thirty years has had on a group of school…
Fisher King, The (1991)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams
- Jeff Bridges plays a self–obssesed DJ who regains his compassion when his life is saved by an endearing lunatic hobo (Robin Williams) –…
American Heart (1992)
- Dir. Mertin Bell
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong
- Fate deals a rough hand to ex–con Jeff Bridges, who attempts to rebuild his life and relationship with estranged son Edward Furlong.…
Vanishing, The (1993)
- Dir. George Sluzier
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis…
- The director remakes his classic Dutch thriller for subtitle–phobes. Keifer Sutherland anguishes while Jeff Bridges hams it up as the eccentric…
Blown Away (1994)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Bridges
- A psychotic terrorist is determined to test the skills of a bomb disposal expert to the limit. Action presides over logic but it's an exciting entry…
Speed (1994)
- Dir. Jan De Bont
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock…
- A jaw–dropping, state–of–the–art spectacle in which new slim–line action hero Reeves battles wits with a…
Fearless (1994)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini…
- Jeff Bridges plays an air–crash survivor whose new–lease on life leads him to believe he is invulnerable to death. Multi–layered,…
Wild Bill (1995)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt…
- Evocatively intercuts the remorseful twilight of gunfighter Wild Bill Hicock's life, with a series of tangy, sepia–toned flashbacks.
White Squall (1995)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Jeff Bridges
- Salty skipper Jeff Bridges recruits wayward lads for some discipline and adventure aboard a brigantine ship. After much jostling of testosterone,…