Ben Affleck
Director, Actor
- School Ties (1992)
- Dir. Robert Mandel
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell…
- A working–class teen hides that he is Jewish when he is awarded a scholarship to an exclusive prep school.
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Matthew McConaughey…
- Set on campus in 1976, this is a marvellous youth–movie/nostalgia–trip which treats the hopelessly insignificant as a source of constant…
- Chasing Amy (1997)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee…
- Can a lesbian learn to love someone from the opposite sex? – is but one of the sticky questions proffered in this bittersweet arthouse hit.…
- Good Will Hunting (1997)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams
- Toasted as the stars ascendant of New Hollywood, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck flaunt their writing/acting prowess in this affecting parable of how…
- Going All the Way (1997)
- Dir. Mark Pellington
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Amy Locane…
- Jeremy Davies (SPANKING THE MONKEY) again endures the pains of youth, this time growing up sexually, socially and domestically frustrated in sodapop…
- Phantoms (1998)
- Dir. Joe Chappelle
Feat. Joanna Going, Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck…
- Dropping in on a remote town with no apparent inhabitants, babe sisters Joanna Going and Rose McGowan find themselves on the sinister skids.
Ben…
- Armageddon (1998)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton…
- After the tragedy of DEEP IMPACT, we get to witness the end of the world again, this time Jerry Bruckheimer–style (CON AIR, THE ROCK). That…
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench…
- Shakespeare's art imitates life according to this gloriously fanciful, Oscar–winning tragicomedy, as the Bard himself (Joseph Fiennes), stuck…
- 200 Cigarettes (1998)
- Dir. Risa Bramon Garcia
Feat. Ben Affleck, Martha Plimpton, Jay Mohr…
- An all–youth ensemble sample some Big Apple nightlife in the last remaining hours of 1981 before mingling at a precarious loft party.…
- Forces of Nature (1999)
- Dir. Bronwen Hughes
Feat. Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock
- Cutesy–pie screwball romance with wedding–bound hunk Ben Affleck enduring savage weather and travel catastrophes while saddled with kooky…
- Dogma (1999)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Kevin Smith, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck…
- Eccentric meditation on Roman Catholicism in a modern–day context from writer/director Kevin Smith (CHASING AMY), that's just as bizarre as it…
- Daddy and Them (1999)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Laura Dern, Kelly Preston…
- Low–key, quirky and casually paced, dir. Thornton's tribute to his roots unfolds as an Arkansas clan draw together to support their imprisoned…
- Boiler Room (2000)
- Dir. Ben Younger
Feat. Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Affleck, Vin Diesel…
- Bullish morality–tale set in the stockmarket boom–world of 1990s America, where the hi–tech stock–bubble was hyped by…
- Reindeer Games (2000)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron…
- Parolee Ben Affleck may wish he was back in his cell after impersonating his dead cellmate and landing in various spots of leftover bother, namely…
- Bounce (2001)
- Dir. Don Roos
Feat. Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tony Goldwyn…
- Slick ad–exec Ben Affleck bounces spontaneously into the embraces of Gwyneth Paltrow due to a twist of circumstance. No better–no worse…
- Pearl Harbour (2001)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett…
- Overblown, but technically impressive rendition of the 1941 Japanese surprise–attack on Pearl Harbour in which a sizable proportion of the US…
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Will Ferrell…
- The profane, less–than–dynamic duo that appeared in all of dir. Kevin Smith’s previous films get their own feature – a road…
- Changing Lanes (2002)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette…
- After a rush hour fender–bender between lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance agent Samuel L Jackson, a tit for tat game of ‘get even’ for high…
- Sum of All Fears, The (2002)
- Dir. Phillip Alden Anderson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
- A nightmarish post–9/11 thriller from Tom Clancy, with Ben Affleck taking the place of Harrison Ford as CIA–man Jack Ryan, here hunting…
- Daredevil (2003)
- Dir. Mark Steven Johnson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell…
- The darkest tinged Marvel Comics adaptation yet, with Ben Affleck doing a sterling job of playing the titular superhero, a blind lawyer turned…
- Paycheck (2003)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman…
- Action–orientated version of a typically complex Phillip K Dick sci–fi story, in which hero Affleck must contend with wiped memories,…
- Gigli (2003)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Al Pacino…
- Famously derided as one of the worst films ever made, this cinematic failure finally proved to Hollywood that audiences don't care about $75 million…
- Jersey Girl (2004)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Jason Biggs…
- Surprising schmaltz from the dir. of CLERKS and CHASING AMY, who supresses (almost) the dick and movie jokes that are his stock–in–trade…
- Surviving Christmas (2004)
- Dir. Mike Mitchell
Feat. Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate…
- In a moment of lonely Christmas nostalgia, an obnoxious young millionaire (Affleck) journeys to his childhood home and bribes the resident family to…
- Clerks 2 (2006)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson…
- Troublesome sequel to Kevin Smith's vulgar low–budget classic again injects bawdy humour and repressed angst into the lives of two listless,…
- Man About Town (2006)
- Dir. Mike Binder
Feat. Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, John Cleese…
- Ben Affleck plays a Hollywood talent agent whose existence is thrown into turmoil when his journal is swiped, containing intimate thoughts on his…
- Hollywoodland (2006)
- Dir. Allen Coulter
Feat. Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck…
- The intriguing, mysterious circumstances surrounding George ‘Superman’ Reeves’ suicide are exhumed by a private eye (Adrien Brody) in this…
- Smokin' Aces (2007)
- Dir. Joe Carnahan
Feat. Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys…
- A high–strung crime caper of competing assassins from the dir. of NARC, dispatching with boyish glee a bevy of visual and narrative bullet…
- Gone Baby Gone (2007)
- Dir. Ben Affleck
Feat. Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman…
- Surprisingly gutsy and sure–footed urban crime drama from actor Ben Affleck, who stays behind the camera to direct his brother, Casey, as a…
- He's Just Not That Into You (2008)
- Dir. Ken Kwapis
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore…
- Convoluted ensemble piece based on a self–help book focusing on a group of 20–somethings trying to navigate their way through love's…