Bill Paxton

Director, Actor

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Streets of Fire (1984): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Michael Pare, Rick Moranis…; Surprise hit is an unusual blending of motorcycles, 50s rock'n'roll melodrama and tough, futuristic street action. Lane plays a pop diva who is…
Weird Science (1986): Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly Le Brock, Bill Paxton…; Two computer nerds generate their fantasy woman in the form of Kelly Le Brock. Innocuous teen fun.
Aliens (1986): Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn…; Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from the first grisly encounter with the slimy she–creature, here joining a team of…
Near Dark (1987): Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henrikson, Jenny Wright…; The blueprint vampire–in–contemporary–clothing movie about a pack of young hedonists on the urban fringes afflicted with…
Brain Dead (1989): Dir. Adam Simon
Feat. Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort; Long unreleased in New Zealand (which possibly explains why Peter Jackson also claimed the title), this arrives a bit of a lost gem from the halcyon…
Next of Kin (1989): Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt…; Patrick Swayze is at his two–fisted best as a tough Chicago cop who teams with his hillbilly kinfolk when a young brother is brutally murdered…
Predator 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…
One False Move (1990): Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton; Naive county sheriff Bill Paxton gets a chance at the big–time when two vicious criminals sweep through his sleepy town. Things lighten up…
Navy Seals (1990): Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton…; Explosive action flick starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn as Commandos in America's most elite Navy squad, who are on a mission to rescue…
Dark Backward, The (1991): Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton…; Weird black comedy about a hopeless stand–up comic (Judd Nelson) who finds that the third arm growing from his back is his ticket to the…
Trespass (1992): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ice-T, Ice-Cube, Bill Paxton…; Two firemen set off to claim a 50–year buried stolen fortune, but their dreams turn sour when they encounter an unhospitable street gang headed…
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…
Twister (1996): Dir. Jan De Bont
Feat. Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Philip Seymour Hoffman…; Big kids and little kids will be enthralled by the special effects on offer here, though let it be said the script suffers under its obligation to…
Evening Star, The (1996): Dir. Robert Harling
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Juliette Lewis, Bill Paxton…; Long touted 'sequel' to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, continues the smalltown odyssey of feisty, eccentric Aurora Greenway (Shirley Maclaine), now bedevilled…
Traveller (1997): Dir. Jack N. Green
Feat. Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Margulies…; 'One–last–score' movie in which a young man, desperate to be accepted by a clan of Irish grifters teams up with a veteran con who wants…
A Simple Plan (1998): Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda; A simple premise – three smalltown guys stumble across $4,000,000 in an undiscovered plane–crash and decide to keep it – out of…
Mighty Joe Young (1999): Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton; Good natured eco–action movie, a remake of the 1949 film of the same name (KING KONG lite, if you will), follows the re–habitation of an…
U-571 (2000): Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Bill Paxton…; World War 2: Matthew McConaughey and his submarine crew snatch a vital German spy machine, then find themselves trapped on a U–boat where all…
Vertical Limit (2000): Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney…; With Queenstown convincingly CGI–ed into the Himalayas, Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton and Robin Tunney less solid as the mountaineers, this…
Frailty (2002): Dir. Bill Paxton
Feat. Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe; After a spiritual visitation, Bill Paxton and his two young sons take an axe to unsuspecting “evil–doers” in the late 1970s, while…
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003): Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Bill Paxton; Armed with IMAX cameras, dir. James Cameron dives deep to the mid–Atlantic wreck of the 'Titanic' to take a leisurely float through the…
Thunderbirds (2004): Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley, Barry Corbet…; A live–action replay of the classic 60s sci–fi series which bears more relation to generic teen adventure than the spirit of the…
Greatest Game Ever Played, The (2005): Dir. Bill Paxton
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane; Inspiring Disney drama based on the true story of an ambitious amateur golfer determined to defeat his idols at the 1913 US Open. Shia LaBeouf…
Big Love (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn…; Another class act series from the always edgy HBO network, centred around a practicing polygamist, his three wives and seven children in the mormon…
Good Life, The (2007): Dir. Stephen Berra
Feat. Bill Paxton, Chris Klein, Zooey Deschanel…; Professional skateboarder Stephen Berra directs this gloomy indie drama centering on a young outsider who finds solace in old movies while living in…
Haywire (2011): Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Channing Tatum…; Steven Soderbergh directs this classy action vehicle for mixed martial arts star Gina Carano, here playing a black ops spy who is double crossed on…
Hatfields & McCoys (TV Mini-Series) (2013): Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Tom Berenger…; Epic western mini–series recreates the legendary family feud between two Confederate soldiers returning to their land in the aftermath of the…
2 Guns (Two Guns) (2013): Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton…; A slick, serviceable buddy cop romp with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg playing begrudging partners in a high stakes drug deal – neither…
Edge of Tomorrow (2014): Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson…; Tom Cruise plays a reluctant futuristic solider who gets caught in a time loop and is forced to repeat his death on the battlefield until victory…
Million Dollar Arm (2014): Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Jon Hamm, Lake Bell, Bill Paxton…; Amiable Disney sports fare about an agent (Hamm) who travels to India in the hope of discovering a baseball star amongst the country's…

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