Matt Dillon
Director, Actor
- Over the Edge (1979)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Matt Dillon, Harry Northrup
- One of the best portraits of delinquency yet committed to the screen, Matt Dillon, in his acting debut, is just one of the aimless youths who erupt…
- My Bodyguard (1980)
- Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon…
- A newcomer to a Chicago high school hires the biggest fellow student to be his 'bodyguard', especially to protect him from a lunch–money…
- Tex (1982)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly…
- Arguably the best adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s teen fictions (THE OUTSIDERS etc.), with Matt Dillon giving an early, heartbreaking performance as a…
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper…
- Coppola's cult fave is a highly stylised treatment of a teen delinquency drama may not be entirely appropriate, but it sure looks impressive. Equally…
- Outsiders, The (1983)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio…
- Based on the gritty novel by S. E. Hinton (THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW), this ‘realistic’ depiction of teenage outsiders in 50s America is…
- Flamingo Kid, The (1984)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Matt Dillon
- Amiable teen vehicle for Matt Dillon set at a 1950s holiday resort.
- Kansas (1988)
- Dir. David Stevens
Feat. Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope…
- Thriller sees Andrew McCarthy play a drifter who inadvertently gets mixed up in the plans of Matt Dillon's psychopath. Paint–by–numbers…
- Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham…
- A stylised yet vivid journey into the lives of a group of sympathetic, drug–addicted youths in the early '70s.
A high point in the career…
- Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
- Dir. Howard Brookner
Feat. Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty…
- An American Playhouse adaptation of four Damon Runyon tales which intersect on New Year's Eve 1928 in a milieu of jazz–age hedonism. A good…
- Kiss Before Dying, A (1991)
- Dir. James Dearden
Feat. Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow…
- Handsome remake of the 1956 thriller stars Matt Dillon as an ambitious young sicko who charms and murders his way into a powerful family. Sean Young…
- Singles (1992)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott…
- Despite the grungy soundtrack and the Seattle setting, this ain't a gritty depiction of long–hairs trying to put their anarchic stamp on the…
- Fishing with John (TV Series) (1992)
- Dir. John Lurie
Feat. Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Hopper…
- Neo–beatnik musician John Lurie hosts his own candid, off–beat TV show in which he takes a hipster celebrity pal on an exotic fishing…
- Mr. Wonderful (1993)
- Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, William Hurt…
- The writer/director of TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY directs for the American market, and though a sweet enough romantic confection it lacks the genuine…
- Golden Gate (1993)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby
- Rookie FBI agent Matt Dillon is assigned to expose subversives in McCarthy–era San Fransisco, but years later becomes embroiled with the…
- Saint of Fort Washington (1994)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Matt Dillon, Danny Glover
- Matt Dillon and Danny Glover are two of New York's homeless whose unlikely friendship bonds through the battle that each day brings. The finale will…
- Frankie Starlight (1996)
- Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud, Matt Dillon…
- Extensive flashbacks illustrate the unusual memoirs of a dwarf. This not–so–tall tale has a special blend of Irish whimsy, with native…
- Beautiful Girls (1996)
- Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Uma Thurman…
- Not about beautiful girls but in fact about almost–thirtysomething blokes who think from between their legs. Lots of beautiful movie stars seem…
- To Die For (1996)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix
- A deft satire about ambition and the media is fashioned from the sensational true story of a woman who coaxed an impressionable schoolboy into…
- Albino Alligator (1996)
- Dir. Kevin Spacey
Feat. Matt Dillon, Viggo Mortensen, Faye Dunaway…
- Directing debut for Kevin Spacey, reupholsters a classic crime plot, with all the mordant, cold–blooded wit of his acting. Matt Dillon and his…
- Grace of My Heart (1996)
- Dir. Allison Anders
Feat. John Turturro, Eric Stoltz, Matt Dillon…
- Inspired by the career path of Carole King, this episodic tale charts the mixed fortunes of a female singer/songwriter in the thick of the…
- Pitch (1997)
- Dir. Spencer Rice, Kenny Hotz
Feat. Al Pacino, Roger Ebert, Matt Dillon…
- A pair of unknowns – the film–makers – pitch their movie scripts at the Toronto Film Festival and in Hollywood.
Their unique,…
- In and Out (1998)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck…
- Bow–tied teacher Kevin Kline is 'out'–ed by an ex–student during his Oscar acceptance speech, casting suspicion on his impending…
- Wild Things (1998)
- Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Matt Dillon…
- Rattle–brained thriller sets highschool minxes Neve Campbell and Denise Richards into action, putting honest–Joe sailing instructor Matt…
- There's Something About Mary (1998)
- Dir. Pete Farrelly, Bob Farrelly
Feat. Matt Dillon, Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller
- After the cult classics DUMB AND DUMBER and KINGPIN, the Brothers Farrelly hit the box–office jack–pot by spiking a time–honoured…
- One Night at McCool's (2001)
- Dir. Harald Zwart
Feat. Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman…
- A rambunctious mix of sex comedy and film noir, Liv Tyler pouts marvellously as an unscrupulous bombshell that sends the male cast into a hormonal,…
- City of Ghosts (2002)
- Dir. Matt Dillon
Feat. Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone…
- A moody debut for dir. Dillon, unfolding a familiar thriller of dueling lowlifes in the exotic–chaotic scenery of presentday…
- Employee of the Month (2004)
- Dir. Mitch Rouse
Feat. Christina Applegate, Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn
- Matt Dillon is dumped by his girlfriend (Applegate) and fired from his job in the same day. Thank goodness Steve Zhan is around to pull him out of…
- Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
- Dir. Angela Robinson
Feat. Lindsay Lohan, Matt Dillon, Michael Keaton
- A refit of the 1970s classic about a Volkswagon 'beetle' with a mind of its own, with Lohan playing a the teenage daughter of a race–driver…
- Crash (2005)
- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon…
- A thoughtful dramatic meditation on race and fate in modern–day America, in which a group of urbanites in Los Angeles find their lives…
- Loverboy (2005)
- Dir. Kevin Bacon
Feat. Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon…
- An earnest, if rather thin portrayal of obsessive motherhood, in which a neglected daughter (Sedgwick) grows up wanting only one thing in life…