Jack Nicholson
Director, Actor
- Ironweed (1987)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep
- Rich, downbeat story of a guilt–ridden alcoholic hobo and his companion, with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in finest method.
- Batman (1989)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger
- The box–office sensation that almost survived its own hype. Jack Nicholson's Joker and the incredible set designs will ensure it to be…
- Two Jakes, The (1990)
- Dir. Jack Nicholson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel
- Long–awaited sequel to CHINATOWN, with Jack Nicholson reprising his role as the laconic P.I. whose petty burrowing upturns homicide and…
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
- Tom Cruise portrays another upstart lawyer brat who is called to defend the alleged murderers of a fellow army cadet. Blame soon veers to the very…
- Hoffa (1992)
- Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Jack Nicholson
- An earnest attempt to redress the life of the controversial union leader who vanished without a trace in 1975. Jack Nicholson is near unrecognizable…
- Wolf (1994)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
- Jack Nicholson moons through this as a timid book editor–turned–lycanthrope. This is an 'adult' reworking of familiar material that can't…
- Crossing Guard, The (1995)
- Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston
- As writer/director, Sean Penn admirably mines similar ambiguous terrain of his acting turn in DEAD MAN WALKING. A compassionate interrogation of…
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening…
- Tim Burton once again turns tacky into an art form, but this time with a monster budget to match the alien carnage.
This gleefully (though…
- 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…
- Blood and Wine (1997)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez…
- Jack Nicholson dusts off his cynical, scowling persona of the 70s, as a desperate, philandering Florida wine merchant who enlists Michael Caine for a…
- As Good As It Gets (1997)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
- Obsessive–compulsive Jack Nicholson has his fear and loathing neutered by the straight–shooting solo–Mum waitress, Helen Hunt, in…
- Pledge, The (2000)
- Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Helen Mirren…
- Sean Penn as director's pledge to the stuff of raw drama pays off with a thriller/parable centred round a powerhouse turn from Jack Nicholson.
As…
- Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures (2001)
- Dir. Jan Harlan
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Woody Allen, Jack Nicholson…
- Authorised by his family, a 'biography' of the great, reclusive, obsessive film–maker, whose genius is attested by the likes of…
- About Schmidt (2002)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney…
- Age becomes Jack Nicholson in a beautifully modulated comedy of late life lament that doubles as an affectionate satire of middle…
- 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…
- Something's Gotta Give (2003)
- Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves…
- Smoothly fashioned comic drama in which aging music–industry womaniser Nicholson suffers a heart attack and falls for grey–haired…
- Departed, The (2006)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson…
- A rip–roaring remake of Hong Kong actioner INFERNAL AFFAIRS, Martin Scorsese returns to the mean streets in this high–performance game of…
- Bucket List, The (2007)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes
- Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star in this endearing aging–buddy flick about two terminally ill elderly gentlemen who throw caution to the…
- How Do You Know (2010)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson…
- A softball star (Witherspoon) past her prime contemplates the future while flittering romantically between a major league baseballer (Wilson) and a…