Tim Blake Nelson
Actor
- 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…
- Cherish (2002)
- Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. Robin Tunney, Tim Blake Nelson, Jason Priestley…
- A self–consciously offbeat ‘indie’ about a retro–pop obsessed misfit (Robin Tunney in a winning, flaky performance) who finds…
- Good Girl, The (2002)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly…
- Quirky, downbeat comedy about people stuck with dead end lives in small–town America adds a string to the bow of acting challenges for starlet…
- Holes (2003)
- Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson…
- Surprisingly cunning comedy, where a teenager is unjustly sent to an isolated reformatory, and set to work digging holes in the desert for no…
- Wonderland (2003)
- Dir. James Cox
Feat. Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow…
- Dreamy, yet scuzzily unkempt biopic of 70s porn superstar John Holmes (Val Kilmer doing the honours) and his role in the 1981 'Wonderland' drug…
- A Foreign Affair (2 Brothers and a Bride) (2003)
- Dir. Helmut Schleppi
Feat. David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Emily Mortimer
- An underrated dramatic satire in which two American farmboys enrol in a 'romance tour' of Russia when their mother dies.
As they tour the clubs…
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Scooby Doo 2) (2004)
- Dir. Raja Gosnell
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jnr., Matthew Lillard…
- More shenanigans from the Scoob and his human pals – Fred, Shaggy, Velma and Daphne – this time defending the city of Coolsville from an…
- Meet the Fockers (2004)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman…
- A catalogue of embarrassments and misunderstandings proves a winning formula again in this sequel to MEET THE PARENTS, with…
- Last Shot, The (2004)
- Dir. Jeff Nathanson
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Toni Collette…
- Zany comedy a nifty premise, has Broderick play a wannabe director who gets the 'greenlight' without realising he is part of an elaborate FBI…
- Warm Springs (2005)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer…
- Typically smooth and competent HBO biopic, which dramatises Franklin D. Roosevelt's (Branagh) pre–presidency years, especially the period from…
- Moguls, The (The Amateurs) (2005)
- Dir. Michael Traeger
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson…
- Attempting a feel–good spin the subject of 'amateur porn', this saggy comedy has a ruffled and incompetent small–town denizen (Jeff…
- Big White, The (2005)
- Dir. Mark Mylod
Feat. Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi…
- Black farce set in snowy Alaska around travel–agent Robin Williams who is struggling to help his ailing wife and seizes a dubious opportunity…
- Hoot (2006)
- Dir. Will Shriner
Feat. Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson…
- An altogether successful and rewarding family movie, turning three wide–eyed teenagers into staunch environmentalists as they fight housing…
- Astronaut Farmer, The (2007)
- Dir. Michael Polish
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern…
- Billy Bob Thornton plays a little guy with a big dream – an ex–NASA employee who builds his own space–rocket – in this warm…
- American Violet (2008)
- Dir. Tim Disney
Feat. Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Alfre Woodard…
- Docudrama based on a true story follows a single mother, Dee (Beharie), wrongly arrested for drug dealing and her fight for justice.
Despite a…
- Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
- Dir. Hue Rhodes
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman…
- Steve Buscemi is in his element as an ex–gambler and inveterate loser sent to Las Vegas to investigate a mysterious auto accident. Oddball…
- Leaves of Grass (2009)
- Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss…
- Stoner comedy for the philosophically inclined with Edward Norton pulling double duty as an Ivy League professor lured back to his Oklahoma hometown,…
- Flypaper (2011)
- Dir. Rob Minkoff
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Tim Blake Nelson…
- Passable time–waster with Dempsey as a manic math whiz who has the misfortune to find himself as a hostage in simultaneous bank heists.
- Detachment (2011)
- Dir. Tony Kaye
Feat. Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan…
- The magnetic Adrien Brody plays gifted but disillusioned substitute teacher who connects with troubled students, teachers and a young prostitute in…
- Lincoln (2012)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn…
- Daniel Day–Lewis portrays the famed U.S. President between 1861 and 1865 as he dealt with personal demons and politics during the Civil War in…
- As I Lay Dying (2013)
- Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green…
- James Franco tackles William Faulkner's famed stream–of–consciousness novel as both actor and director in this story of a grieving…
- Blue Caprice (2013)
- Dir. Alexandre Moors
Feat. Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Tim Blake Nelson…
- A 17–year–old boy is taken under the wing of a paternal figure with a vindictive streak in this chilling and perceptive account of the…
- Child Of God (2013)
- Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze
- James Franco continues to bite off more than he can chew with this ambitious, if flawed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's dark novel about a…
- Klondike (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
- Dir. Simon Cellan Jones
Feat. Richard Madden, Abbie Cornish, Marton Csokas…
- The Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s is richly evoked in this frontier western, which is largely faithful to the history, conditions, and…
- Homesman, The (2014)
- Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer…
- Tommy Lee Jones helms this pleasurably off–beat western in which three women living on the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer…
- Sound and the Fury, The (2014)
- Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Joey King, Seth Rogen…
- James Franco continues his literary dalliances with this vainglorious attempt to adapt William Faulkner's iconic novel that follows the decline of an…
- Confirmation, The (2016)
- Dir. Bob Nelson
Feat. Clive Owen, Maria Bello, Patton Oswalt…
- A divorced father and his eight–year–old son, spend a rather predictable weekend together, but when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the…
- Colossal (2017)
- Dir. Nacho Vigalondo
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens…
- Ambitious high–concept sci–fi drama–comedy hybrid starring a plucky Anne Hathaway as an unemployed, down–at–heel city…
- Institute, The (2017)
- Dir. James Franco, Pamela Romanowsky
Feat. Allie Gallerani, James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson…
- Curiously bungled indie horror set in Victorian–era Maryland, where a grief–stricken woman is institutionalised and subject to disturbing…
- Angel Has Fallen (2019)
- Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith…
- Third installment in the "Fallen" franchise which follows an assassination attempt on the U.S. President (Morgan Freeman), and attempts by Secret…
- Just Mercy (2019)
- Dir. Destin Cretton
Feat. Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson…
- Powerful legal drama from director Destin Daniel Cretton (SHORT TERM 12), telling the true story of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), the…