Joaquin Phoenix
Actor
- Space Camp (1986)
- Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott…
- Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
- Russkies (1987)
- Dir. Rick Rosenthal
Feat. Whip Hubley, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley
- Cold–War adventure story in which Danny (JOAQUIN PHOENIX in one of his earliest roles) and his friends discover a Russian sailor hiding in some…
- Parenthood (1989)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest…
- An effervescent and poignant comedy about the trials and tribulations of family life. An impressive ensemble cast headed by Steve Martin provide…
- To Die For (1996)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix
- A deft satire about ambition and the media is fashioned from the sensational true story of a woman who coaxed an impressionable schoolboy into…
- Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
- Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly
- Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix and Jennifer Connelly can't revive this '50s coming–of–age yawn in which two hard–done–by brothers…
- Return to Paradise (1998)
- Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix, Anne Heche
- The Third World fears of America are played out in this knotty variation on MIDNIGHT EXPRESS. Vince Vaughn has to decide whether to save his buddy…
- Clay Pigeons (1998)
- Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix, Janeane Garofalo
- Vince Vaughn's crazy cowpoke killer slices up the Montana natives and finds a fall guy in gullible yokel Joaquin Phoenix (who turns in a mercifully…
- 8mm (1998)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini…
- First Hollywood effort at generating thrills from the dubious (and probably mythical) subculture of 'snuff movies', where actors are deliberately…
- Gladiator (2000)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris…
- As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
- Quills (2000)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix…
- A sophisticated ‘bodice–ripper’ that details the twilight years of the Marquis De Sade in suitably heightened style, with Geoffrey…
- Yards, The (2001)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron…
- Shot through with epic ambitions, this crime–drama, set amid the corruption of a New York subway–repair yards, boasts a compelling lead…
- Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
- Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris…
- Broadly subversive drama set among the bored US Army Corp guarding West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Chiefly tracks…
- Signs (2002)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, M. Night Shyamalan…
- Trading on a promise to explore the mysterious crop–circle phenomenon, the third supernatural blockbuster from M. Night Shyamalan instead…
- It's All About Love (2003)
- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn…
- A wacky, overambitious, though not unendearing flop for dir. Vinterberg (FESTEN), in which young couple Danes and Phoenix attempt to resolve the…
- 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…
- Ladder 49 (2004)
- Dir. Jay Russell
Feat. John Travolta, Joaquin Phoenix, Jay Hernandez…
- Without working up much heat, this firefighting drama is a melodramatic look at the life crises of those manning the hoses and ladders, with Phoenix…
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Dir. Terry George
Feat. Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo…
- A deeply affecting expose of the Rwandan conflict of the early 1990s that matches its political conscience with vivid staging and terrific…
- Walk the Line (2005)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick
- Better–than–expected biopic of iconic American country singer Johnny Cash (Phoenix), especially focusing on his intense relationship with…
- We Own the Night (2007)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes…
- Accomplished crime saga concerns a nightclub manager (Phoenix) on the fringe of New York's Russian Mafia, whose lifestyle is jeopardized when family…
- Reservation Road (2007)
- Dir. Terry George
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly…
- Emotionally charged thriller from the director of HOTEL RWANDA set around two families whose lives will forever be intertwined after a hasty father…
- Two Lovers (2008)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw…
- Joaquin Phoenix (in reputedly his final film) re–teams with dir. James Gray for this acutely observed ‘anti–romance’, about a bipolar…
- I'm Still Here (2010)
- Dir. Casey Affleck
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix
- Excruciating, morbidly humourous account of Joaquin Phoenix’s shock ‘retirement’ from acting to pursue a music career in rap, and the attention…
- Master, The (2012)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams…
- Paul Thomas Anderson directs this mercurial period drama of a disaffected war veteran who falls under the spell of the charismatic leader of a…
- Her (2013)
- Dir. Spike Jonze
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara…
- Joaquin Phoenix plays a lonely divorcee who finds himself falling in love with 'Samantha', the artificial intelligence behind a new computer…
- Immigrant, The (2013)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner
- Marion Cotillard plays a polish immigrant separated from her sister and left to walk the streets of 1920's New York. She meets a troubled pimp…
- Inherent Vice (2014)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson…
- Dir. PT Anderson brings Thomas Pynchon faithfully to the big screen in this dope–addled, shaggy–dog comedy in which Joaquin Phoenix stars…
- Irrational Man (2015)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey…
- Existential drama for the more ardent Woody Allen fan, with Joaquin Phoenix as a tormented philosophy professor who considers murdering a corrupt…
- You Were Never Really Here (2017)
- Dir. Lynne Ramsay
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette
- Another impressionistic masterpiece from director Lynne Ramsay, with a brilliantly volatile performance from Joaquin Phoenix as a deeply traumatised…
- Mary Magdalene (2018)
- Dir. Garth Davis
Feat. Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor…
- The director of LION delivers this sombre biopic of the Saint and disciple of Jesus of Nazareth, who caused conflict with Jesus's other disciples in…
- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara…
- Gus Van Sant wrote and directed this drama based on the memoir of John Callahan, a gifted cartoonist from Portland who struggled with alcoholism and…
- Sisters Brothers, The (2018)
- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal…
- John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix play a couple of fraternal assassins who hunt down a gold prospector in 1850s Oregon in this richly satisfying and…
- Joker (2019)
- Dir. Todd Phillips
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz…
- Brilliantly dark psychological thriller introducing Batman's arch nemesis as a traumatised loner who finds his voice in acts of violence. An achingly…
- C'Mon C'Mon (2021)
- Dir. Mike Mills
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Scoot McNairy…
- Joaquin Phoenix offers his best self as a journalist saddled with his sister's precocious 10–year–old while on assignment gathering…