Kurt Russell
Actor
- It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Yvonne Craig, Gary Lockwood…
- The King plays a pilot–for–hire who hitchhikes to the World's Fair in Seattle to earn some cash after his plane is seized by the local…
- One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, The (1968)
- Dir. Michael O'Herlihy
Feat. Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren…
- A rambunctious Disney musical in which the large Bower family band sets off to the 1888 Democrat Party convention in St. Louis to support Grover…
- Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The (1969)
- Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn…
- One of Kurt Russell's early, family–friendly appearances in a straightforward Disney comedy. He plays a student who is injected with a…
- Elvis (1979)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell…
- Made just two years after Elvis's death, the king of rock 'n' roll's life is traced from dirt poor beginnings to becoming the most loved entertainer…
- Used Cars (1980)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Jack Warden, Kurt Russell
- Two sibling used car dealers (both played by Jack Warden) take their rivalry and sales gimmicks to a bad–taste extreme. Good script elevates…
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine…
- 1997 New York is a huge maximum–security prison where the President's plane just happens to crash! Futuristic actioner notable for its sardonic…
- Thing, The (1982)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart…
- Kurt Russell headlines this remake of the 1951 film about an Antarctic outpost terrorized by an alien organism. Dir. John Carpenter cranks up the…
- Silkwood (1983)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Russell
- Fact–based account of a Southern nuclear factory–worker who died mysteriously before exposing unsound trade secrets. Meryl Streep is on a…
- Mean Season, The (1985)
- Dir. Phillip Borsos
Feat. Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan…
- Hack reporter Kurt Russell's propensity for a story edges him dangerously close to crazed psycho Richard Jordan.
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell
- High–tech, tongue–in–cheek adventure in which Kurt Russell kicks butt in Chinatown.
- Best of Times, The (1986)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed…
- Robin Williams and Kurt Russell star as two friends attempting to relive a high school football game in this comedy–drama written by…
- Overboard (1987)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Roddy McDowall
- Cute and fluffy antics, with a snooty Goldie Hawn suffering amnesia and, being taken–in by ship–repairer Kurt Russell and his chaotic…
- Tequila Sunrise (1988)
- Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- Wandering yet amiable thriller replicates the trashy romanticism of Old Hollywood, with drug–dealer Mel Gibson trying to go straight under the…
- Tango and Cash (1989)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell
- Enjoyable buddy–cop caper with Stallone and Russell as rugged, competitive partners with a sense of humour.
- Backdraft (1990)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro, William Baldwin…
- Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro and others are no match for the sizzling special effects that predominate this tale of fire–fighting brothers who…
- Unlawful Entry (1991)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe
- Ray Liotta makes a perfect cop from hell, abusing his civil privileges to manifest obsessions with the wife of the man he is hired to protect. A…
- Tombstone (1993)
- Dir. George P. Cosmatos
Feat. Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer
- Not–so–young guns Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer as Earp and Holliday don't quite make it past being big boys in dress–up. There's…
- Stargate (1994)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson
- Kurt Russell and James Spader headline this big–budget spectacle. Promising start evokes the epic adventure intrigue of a LAWRENCE OF ARABIA,…
- Executive Decision (1996)
- Dir. Stuart Baird
Feat. Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal
- Middle Eastern terrorists hi–jack a Jumbo and bring aboard a lethal nerve–gas capable of wiping out small nations. For a sure recipe for…
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell
- Carpenter's belated follow–up sequel to his cult smash ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK revives Kurt Russell as a straight–faced, world–saving…
- Breakdown (1997)
- Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J.T. Walsh
- With Kurt Russell driving and Kathleen Quinlan in the passenger seat, buckle up for a tight, lean car–trip thriller that heads out across…
- Soldier (1998)
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Kurt Russell, Gary Busey, Jason Scott Lee
- Military sci–fi adventure wherein Kurt Russell utters terse words as an out–moded fighting machine grasping at a few straws of humanity…
- 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
- Dir. Demian Lichenstein
Feat. Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Christian Slater…
- Kevin Costner snarls as the leader of a gang of bank–robbers whose gimmick is to dress as Elvis impersonators. Long on music–video…
- Vanilla Sky (2001)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jason Lee, Cameron Diaz…
- A straight Hollywood remake of the Spanish sci–fi thriller OPEN YOUR EYES by the director of ALMOST FAMOUS – the result of which plays like…
- Interstate 60 (2001)
- Dir. Bob Gale
Feat. James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Kurt Russell…
- An appealingly quirky teen road movie from the writer of the BACK TO THE FUTURE series, in which Marsden sets out on the mythical American highway,…
- Dark Blue (2002)
- Dir. Ron Shelton
Feat. Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Brendan Gleeson…
- Unexpectedly sharp police drama lifted from a James Ellroy story and placed into Los Angeles on the eve of the 1992 riots.
Expressing the…
- Miracle (2004)
- Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich
- Effectively rousing Disney dramatisation of the true story of Herb Brooks, the player–turned–coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic…
- Sky High (2005)
- Dir. Mike Mitchell
Feat. Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston…
- Likeable family comedy set in a future where superheroes are trained as teenagers at special schools, such as the 'Sky High' of the title, before…
- Dreamer (2005)
- Dir. John Gatins
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell, Kris Kristofferson…
- Good, old–fashioned family fare in which Russell plays an ace horse trainer who rescues an injured filly on behalf of his young daughter…
- Poseidon (2006)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss…
- Pointless, but admittedly lean and racy, this remake of the 1970s disaster epic THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE is set aboard a giant cruise ship which is…