John Turturro
Director, Actor
Sicilian, The (1987)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland…
- Still reeling from the box office catastrophe of HEAVEN'S GATE, Michael Cimino turned his attention to this Mario Puzo–scripted saga about an…
Five Corners (1987)
- Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff…
- Ambitious, although ultimately chaotic, drama set in the Bronx in 1964, where a young Jodie Foster is stalked by her former boyfriend (Turturro), who…
Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis…
- Spike Lee's tour–de–force of racial friction and personal politics, forged his status as the most important black director in history.…
Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro
- Crossings and double–crossings punctuate this complex yet rewarding mobster flick loaded with heart–pounding violence and black humour.
Men of Respect (1991)
- Dir. William Reilly
Feat. John Turturro
- MacBeth is courageously transposed here into the American gangster milieu, with the dependably good Turturro as the power–hungry tyrant whose…
Barton Fink (1991)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis
- The Coen Bros' striking if enigmatic account of a brilliant scribe hampered with writer's block and a strange hotel companion in mid 1940s Hollywood.…
Being Human (1994)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Robin Williams, Robert Carlyle, John Turturro…
- An episodic comic–drama in which Robin Williams plays five men named Hector, who each search for their place in their own historical period…
Fearless (1994)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini…
- Jeff Bridges plays an air–crash survivor whose new–lease on life leads him to believe he is invulnerable to death. Multi–layered,…
Mac (1994)
- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. John Turturro
- Actor John Turturro also wrote and directed this labour of love dedicated to and based on his father, a fiercely principled Italian immigrant…
Quiz Show (1994)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro
- Robert Redford's stylish account of the 'Twenty One' game show scandal of the 1950s.
Ralph Fiennes is superb as Charles Van Doren, the handsome…
Clockers (1995)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo…
- Spike Lee lights up another joint from Richard Price's fiery urban crime best–seller. In the wake of a drugland murder, detective Harvey Keitel…
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
- Dir. Diane Keaton
Feat. Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards…
- Andie MacDowell falls victim to leukaemia while her son runs off to live with his eccentric, delusional uncles. Domestic dysfunction drama is…
Sugartime (1995)
- Dir. John N. Smith
Feat. John Turturro, Mary-Louise Parker, Elias Koteas…
- Charts the infamous, real–life romance between Chicago mobster Sam Giancana (John Turturro) and whitebread songstress Phyllis McGuire…
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…
Box of Moonlight (1996)
- Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. John Turturro, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney
- The ungainly John Turturro contorts through another whacked–out odyssey of crisis, mid–life in this instance, as an anally retentive…
Truce, The (1997)
- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija
- The aftermath of WWII locates Auschwitz survivor John Turturro on a difficult, redemptive journey back to his home town.
Based on Primo Levi's…
Rounders (1998)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Malkovich…
- Once–bitten card sharp Matt Damon is lured into another hand by reckless pal Edward Norton, setting them back on a road paved with suckers,…
Illuminata (1998)
- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Sarandon, Rufus Sewell…
- A backstage drama set in New York in the early 1900s, with Turturro as a playwright struggling to get his latest effort on stage. With a dozen…
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
- Dir. Tim Robbins
Feat. John Cusack, Bill Murray, John Turturro…
- Caught between government paranoia and unionist principles in depression–era New York, a theatre troupe voice their dissent by attempting to…
Source, The (1999)
- Dir. Chuck Workman
Feat. Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper
- Superb chronicle of the ‘Beat’ movement and the work of its founding fathers – Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs – and their…
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson…
- The Coen Brothers' return to their best form with what they neatly describe as the Rolls–Royce of 'hayseed' movies (by which they mean a…
Luzhin Defence, The (2000)
- Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. John Turturro, Emily Watson
- Combining the intricacies of the chessboard with manoeuvres of the heart, this Nabakov adaptation opens its game at a chess tournament in 1920s…
Man Who Cried, The (2001)
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro…
- Typically eclectic affair from the dir. of ORLANDO and THE TANGO LESSON, composing a sweeping historical romance of early 20th century Europe with…
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
- Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Alan Arkin, John Turturro…
- Not just chit–chat, but drama with its philosophical head screwed on, the various lives of middle–class Bostonians (a hot–shot…
Mr. Deeds (2002)
- Dir. Steven Brill
Feat. Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro
- Spoofy remake of Frank Capra’s MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN with Adam Sandler playing a smalltime pizza–man who inherits $40 billion and sets…
Anger Management (2003)
- Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei…
- Well–managed ‘therapy’ comedy in which a mild mannered Adam Sandler is delivered by court–order into the hands of lunatic…
Fear X (2003)
- Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. John Turturro, Deborah Kara Unger, James Remar
- The Danish dir. of BLEEDER makes his American debut with a darkly inventive pscyhodrama which follows the obsession of a Wisconsin…
Secret Window (2004)
- Dir. David Koepp
Feat. Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Timothy Hutton…
- Coming off the back of a messy divorce, novelist Depp moves to an isolated lakeside house where he must contend with accusations of plagarism by an…
She Hate Me (2004)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin…
- Another well–packed 'joint' from Spike Lee, has a corporate whistle–blower (Mackie) fired from his job and recruited to impregnate…
2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)
- Dir. Randel Cole
Feat. Adam Trese, John Turturro, Andrew McCarthy…
- Sporting a setting and story that's unusual enough to be worthwhile, this semi–goofy comedy concerns a mismatched pair of New Yorkers (Trese…