William Hurt
Actor
Films to Rent
- Village, The (2004)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody…
- A further investigation in atmospherics from the maker of SIGNS and THE SIXTH SENSE, this time sent in the foreboding microcosm of an 18th century…
- Blue Butterfly, The (2004)
- Dir. Lea Pool
Feat. William Hurt, Pascale Bussieres
- With the help of lepidopterist William Hurt, a young cancer patient sets out in their wheelchair on a quest to find the elusive Blue Morpho butterfly…
- Syriana (2005)
- Dir. Stephen Gaghan
Feat. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright…
- Fierce and dense exploration of the machinations and consequences of the global oil industry in the form of a multiple–storyline drama (from…
- 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…
- King, The (2005)
- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, William Hurt, Laura Elena Harring
- A brooding, accomplished slice of southern discomfort with Gael Garcia Bernal (in his first US film) playing recently dischargee from the Navy named…
- Neverwas (2005)
- Dir. Joshua Michael Stern
Feat. Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy…
- Emotive, 'realist' fairytale concerns a psychiatrist (Eckhart) who discovers the magical world his deceased father (Nolte) wrote about in a Lewis…
- Nightmares and Dreamscapes (TV Series) (From the Stories of Stephen King) (2006)
- Feat. William Hurt, William H. Macy, Ron Livingston…
- High–end anthology of Stephen King short stories boasts name guest stars an abundance of great ideas in what can be considered a return to form…
- Legend of Sasquatch, The (2006)
- Dir. Thomas Callicoat
Feat. William Hurt, John Rhys-Davies
- Warrm–hearted, ecologically sound kids film has a family on holiday in the mountains of Seattle stumble upon a clan of Bigfoot, who's lives are…
- Into the Wild (2007)
- Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt…
- With his trademark earnestness, Sean Penn adapts Jon Krakauer's nonfiction book about a 22–year–old who dropped out of society in the…
- Mr. Brooks (2007)
- Dir. Bruce A. Evans
Feat. Demi Moore, Kevin Costner, Dane Cook…
- Cool, conceptual psycho–drama in which Costner and Hurt play two sides of the same character: an on–the–wagon serial killer from…
- Noise (2007)
- Dir. Henry Bean
Feat. Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynahan, William Hurt…
- Irreverent black comedy stars Tim Robbins as an outraged citizen impelled to take a stand against the daily irritation of New York noise…
- Vantage Point (2008)
- Dir. Peter Travis
Feat. Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Dennis Quaid…
- Tipsy, time–swapping political thriller cribs liberally from RASHOMON and TV–terrorist heart–stopper 24 in congealing multiple…
- Incredible Hulk, The (2008)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt…
- The Green Machine gets another going–over in this serviceable update of the Marvel comic, tracking itinerant scientist Edward Norton as he…
- Yellow Handkerchief, The (2008)
- Dir. Udayan Prasad
Feat. William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart…
- Set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this delicately shaded road movie has two itinerant teens forming an unlikely bond with a man fresh out of…
- Endgame (2009)
- Dir. Peter Travis
Feat. William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller…
- South Africa's fraught history is tackled in this solid, involving account of President P.W. Botha’s segregationist regime, and his secretive talks…
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow…
- Reuniting GLADIATOR director Ridley Scott with star Russell Crowe, this brawnier, grittier update of the Sherwood forest legend surveys the origins…
- Moby Dick (2010)
- Dir. Mike Barker
Feat. Ethan Hawke, William Hurt, Charlie Cox…
- Herman Melville's classic adventure gets another worthy adaptation this with William Hurt as the self–destructive Captain Ahab. Solid made for…
- Too Big to Fail (2011)
- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt…
- HBO throw the kitchen sink at the 2008 financial crisis with this heavy–hitting reenactment of events leading up to the TARP bailout.
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- Late Bloomers (2011)
- Dir. Julie Gavras
Feat. William Hurt, Isabella Rossellini, Joanna Lumley…
- A breezy depiction of the late–life crisis, with old married couple William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini scrambling in opposite directions when…
- Bonnie and Clyde (TV Mini-Series) (2013)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, Sarah Hyland…
- The legend of depression era outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker is given the full treatment in this evocative History Channel drama.
- Winter's Tale (2014)
- Dir. Akiva Goldsman
Feat. Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe…
- This mythic New York romance centres on an Irish burglar (Farrell) who falls for an aristocrat's dying daughter, and seeks a miracle to save her life.
- Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, The (2014)
- Dir. Ned Benson
Feat. James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis…
- An ambitious and elegant New York love story from first time director Benson follows a couple as they try to reclaim the life and love they once…
- Humans (TV Series) (2015-2018)
- Feat. William Hurt, Rebecca Front, Gemma Chan…
- Sci–fi series set in a parallel present where the latest must–have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' – a…
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jnr., Scarlett Johansson…
- Action spectacular as superheroes turn on each other after political interference causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.
- Race (2016)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons…
- Earnest biopic of the great Olympian Jesse Owens whose efforts at the 1936 Berlin Olympics flew in the face of Adolph Hitler's vision for Aryan…
- Black Widow (2021)
- Dir. Cate Shortland
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour…
- Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow gets deserved time in the spotlight in this belated, but very much welcomed, Marvel movie.
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