Ed Harris
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Knightriders (1981)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Ed Harris, Tom Savini
- One–of–a–kind event follows the bizarre exploits of a travelling motor–cycle show who engage in medieval–style combat…
- Right Stuff, The (1983)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Fred Ward
- A richly detailed, down–to–earth account of the lives of the first Americans to travel into space. Top ensemble cast.
- Under Fire (1983)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman…
- A sterling drama concerning journalistic ethics in the mire of the Nicaraguan civil war.
Nick Nolte is a photographer who is tempted into taking…
- Alamo Bay (1985)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Amy Madigan, Ed Harris
- Gulf–coast fisherman clash with Vietnamese boat–people. Ry Cooder soundtrack.
- Sweet Dreams (1985)
- Dir. Carol Rice
Feat. Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth…
- Sterling biopic of country singer Patsy Cline.
- Walker (1988)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Ed Harris, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Boyle…
- Harris is William Walker in an unwieldy, idiosyncratic account of the American adventurer's takeover of Nicaragua in 1855.
- Abyss, The (1989)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn
- Ed Harris leads a civilian diving team who encounter an alien aquatic species while searching for a lost nuclear submarine.
Director James…
- State of Grace (1990)
- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris
- Penn returns to his Irish mob roots in New York's Hell's Kitchen to find tenuous–at–best relations with the neighbouring Mafia. Oldman…
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris…
- Gripping transposition of David Mamet's savage stageplay about ruthless real estate salesmen who reel under a do–or–die sales ultimatum.…
- Needful Things (1993)
- Dir. Fraser C. Heston
Feat. Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Amanda Plummer
- This Faustian tale has Max Von Sydow (ironically) cast as the devil who trades special goods for diabolic favours. Stephen King's rambling novel…
- China Moon (1994)
- Dir. John Bailey
Feat. Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe
- Contemporary film noir, replete with lust–struck fall–guy (Ed Harris), shadowy femme fatale (Madeleine Stowe), a murdered husband, and…
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon…
- An All–American true story in which Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon are astronauts aboard the ill–fated mission to the moon, while…
- Just Cause (1995)
- Dir. Arne Glimcher
Feat. Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris…
- Power–attorney Sean Connery defends a death row prisoner despite the evidence against him, and butts heads with Larry Fishburne, the cop…
- Nixon (1995)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Ed Harris…
- With almost Shakespearian gravitas, Anthony Hopkins portrays a flawed but fully–rounded Richard Nixon. Instead of the anticipated whitewash,…
- Rock, The (1996)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris
- Amateur commando Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery square–up against a granite–faced Ed Harris, holding San Francisco to ransom with…
- Eye for an Eye (1996)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris
- Grief and anger manifest in retribution for Sally Field as the mother of a murdered child who sees the killer released on a technicality. Weighty…
- Absolute Power (1996)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Judy Davis…
- Cat–burglar Clint Eastwood witnesses the US President murder his friend's wife after a bout of infidelity, and is hunted down by a deadly…
- Truman Show, The (1998)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Natascha McElhone…
- A brilliantly conceived script by expat–Kiwi whizz–kid Andrew Niccol (GATTACA) finds consummate direction in the hands of esteemed…
- Stepmom (1998)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Julia Roberts, Ed Harris, Susan Sarandon
- Career–distracted fashion photographer Julia Roberts grapples with husband Ed Harris and his family 'baggage': kids and severely judgemental…
- Third Miracle, The (1999)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl…
- It's religious scepticism that's tested in this thoughtful drama, whereby a grizzled Ed Harris must judge the apparent healing touch of a dying…
- Pollock (2000)
- Dir. Ed Harris
Feat. Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Amy Madigan…
- The life of ‘Abstract Expressionist’ painter Jackson Pollock, is rendered with bold, heartfelt strokes by dir. Harris in his debut effort (also…
- Enemy at the Gates (2001)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz…
- A big–budget recreation of the crucial WWII battle of Stalingrad, in which Germans and Russians fought it out till there was a toll of over 1…
- Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris
- This ‘true story’ of mental illness in academia is the kind of earnest gloss that’s tailor made for the ‘Academy’, but its Oscar glory for…
- Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
- Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris…
- Broadly subversive drama set among the bored US Army Corp guarding West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Chiefly tracks…
- Prime Gig, The (2001)
- Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond…
- A soberly played drama–thriller, in which Vince Vaughn is drawn into a shady telemarketing scam operated by philosophising villain Ed…
- Hours, The (2002)
- Dir. Stephen Daldry
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore…
- Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer–prize winning novel is brought to the screen with excellent performances, and though simplified and not for all…
- Human Stain, The (2003)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Gary Sinise…
- An astute adaptation of a modern American classic, with a distinguished Anthony Hopkins and a blazing Nicole Kidman striking a surprising…
- Masked and Anonymous (2003)
- Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan…
- In a near–apocalyptic future America, a popular singer (Bob Dylan) sets out on a nationwide tour to revive his career before heading into a…
- Radio (2003)
- Dir. Michael Tollin
Feat. Ed Harris, Cuba Jr. Gooding, Alfre Woodard…
- A semi–biographical sports drama based on the true story of a high–school football coach and a mentally challenged young man, James…
- A History of Violence (2005)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris…
- An incisive take on the noir thriller from celebrated horror auteur David Cronenberg (EXISTENZ et al), in which a smalltown family man (Mortensen) is…