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Danny Glover

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Scared Straight!Scared Straight! (1978) Recommended
Dir. Alan Shapiro
Feat. Peter Falk, Danny Glover
A famous, Oscar–winning documentary in which a group of 17 budding teenage crims are shown the harsh realities of prison life, chiefly being…
Escape from AlcatrazEscape from Alcatraz (1979)
Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom
Clint Eastwood uses a pair of nail–clippers to stage his bid for freedom, in this memorable, understated thriller based on the only successful…
Places in the HeartPlaces in the Heart (1984)
Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malkovich
Moving period drama with Sally Field's Oscar–winning performance as a widowed cotton–farmer in Depression era Texas.
IcemanIceman (1984)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer
Arctic explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive in this enjoyable piece of sci–fi hokum, with John Lone giving a…
Color Purple, TheColor Purple, The (The Colour Purple) (1985)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover
Striking interpretation of Alice Walker's novel about a black girl's life and hard times in the South, spanning forty years. Whoopi Goldberg's screen…
Lethal WeaponLethal Weapon (1987) Recommended
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Bat 21Bat 21 (1988)
Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed
Gene Hackman is shot down over enemy lines deep in war–torn Vietnam; Danny Glover is the Air Force pilot charged with saving his skin. Expect…
Lethal Weapon 2Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Riggs and Murtaugh are back in a slicker, crasser, bigger–budget sequel, the hallmarks of Bond–style franchise fare. With Mel Gibson,…
Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series)Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993) Recommended
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover
A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
Predator 2Predator 2 (1990)
Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades
No Arnie this time, but the evil alien is back (he was cheaper) for another bout of human carnage. This time downtown Detroit gets the brunt of its…
To Sleep With AngerTo Sleep With Anger (1990) Recommended
Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Danny Glover, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly
Accomplished style–piece about African–American life in a Los Angeles suburb, where family calm is disturbed by the arrival of a…
Rage in Harlem, ARage in Harlem, A (1991)
Dir. Bill Duke
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens
A sassy comic thriller, set in 50s Harlem. An entertaining cocktail of violence and buffoonery.
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo
More Mel Gibson and Danny Glover – it's another action–packed, fast–paced and amusing ensemble of good–guy/bad–guy…
Bopha!Bopha! (1993)
Dir. Morgan Freeman
Feat. Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard
Danny Glover plays a loyal police sergeant in 1980 South Africa who comes under fire from his militant son. Examines the less visible conflicts that…
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…
Operation Dumbo DropOperation Dumbo Drop (1996)
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Danny Glover, Ray Liotta
A comedy based on a real–life military assignment – to deliver a full–size live elephant to a remote jungle village by any means…
Get On the BusGet On the Bus (1996) Recommended
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Glover, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes
A highly combustible mixed–bag of black men journey by bus to the Million Man March in Washington DC, a march of affirmation for a troubled…
Lethal Weapon 4Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Mel and Danny couldn't refuse the pay–cheque for this fourth and biggest–grossing outing yet, which at least has Hong Kong's Jet Li to…
Beloved (1998)
Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Oprah Winfrey, Thandiwe Newton, Danny Glover
Risk–taking adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel of rural Southern Gothic, former–slave Ophrey Winfrey (her first role since THE COLOUR…
Royal Tenenbaums, TheRoyal Tenenbaums, The (2001) Aro Favourite
Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow
Spinning another pathologically eccentric comedy, the dir. of BOTTLE ROCKET and RUSHMORE will either have you declining to be amused or else…
Good Fences (2003)
Dir. Ernest Dickerson
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique
Instructive race–relations telemovie about the stresses of prejudice on an upwardly mobile black family in the white, affluent suburb of…
SawSaw (2004) Recommended
Dir. James Wan
Feat. Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover
Acclaimed by many for its inventive serial–killer premise and sadistic delivery, this opens with Elwes and Whannell chained in a locked…
Missing In AmericaMissing In America (2005)
Dir. Gabrielle Savage Dockterman
Feat. Danny Glover, David Strathairn, Ron Perlman
Set around a "bush vet", a reclusive Vietnam veteran (Glover) who lives in the lonely pine forests of Washington State, this solid drama takes an…
ManderlayManderlay (2005)
Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe
Part two of Lars von Trier’s ‘USA’ trilogy reemploys DOGVILLE’s Brechtian framework of stage outlines and minimal props in the odyssey of…
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.…
Shaggy Dog, TheShaggy Dog, The (2006)
Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jnr., Kristin Davis
Dishevelled and inane comedy, sees family man Tim Allen accidentally bitten by a 300–year old pooch (smuggled by commandos out of Tibet) and…
BarnyardBarnyard (2006)
Dir. Steve Oedekerk
Feat. Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott
Pleasingly madcap musical set on an animated farm where the animals get up to all varieties of fun when the farmer's back is turned, chiefly singing…
DreamgirlsDreamgirls (2006) Recommended
Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy
Dazzling musical numbers and sassy performances jive in this acclaimed Motown musical charting the rise of fictional girl group, 'The Dreamettes', in…
ShooterShooter (2007)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover
Mark Wahlberg plays a military sniper recruited to prevent an presidential assassination in this political thriller for a generation of George…
Poor Boy's GamePoor Boy's Game (2007)
Dir. Clement Virgo
Feat. Rossif Sutherland, Danny Glover, Flex Alexander
Quietly powerful boxing drama follows a paroled pugilist as he struggles with life on the outside. At times dir. Virgo's customary visual panache…

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