James Caan

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Lady in a Cage (1964): Dir. Walter Grauman
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Ann Sothern…; A wealthy, though incapacitated de Havilland gets stuck in her own private lift and is terrorised by a group of menacing youths, led by Caan. This…
El Dorado (1966): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Edward Asner, James Caan…; A poignant portrait of cowboys past their prime has boozy sherriff Robert Mitchum and aging gunman John Wayne team up to rid their town of cattle…
Countdown (1968): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore…; An early and unusual space–travel drama from dir. Altman, in which American astronaut Caan must undergo tough training with instructor Duvall…
Journey to Shiloh (1968): Dir. William Hale
Feat. James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Harrison Ford…; Diverting counterculture western with seven fresh–faced young men embarking on a cross–country journey to join the confederate army.…
Rain People, The (1969): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan; A woman hits the road to escape her suffocating marriage, but finds her new circumstances no more satisfactory. A thought–provoker from…
Brian's Song (1970): Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. James Caan; Football player James Caan is diagnosed with cancer, deeply affecting the entire team. Multi–award winner was considered a milestone for…
Rabbit Run (1970): Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. James Caan, Carrie Snodgrass, Anjanette Comer…; James Caan stars in this adaptation of John Updike's acclaimed 1960 novel about a has–been basketball star who impulsively abandones his life…
T.R. Baskin (1971): Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Candice Bergen, Peter Boyle, James Caan; Candice Bergen plays a naive but enthusiastic young woman who runs away to Chicago in the hopes of finding a fulfilling romantic life and career, but…
Godfather, The (1972): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro…; Adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel is a vivid and immaculately staged chronicle of a Sicilian family's ascension to NY gangland dominance. Seamlessly…
Freebie and the Bean (1974): Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. James Caan, Alan Arkin, Valerie Harper…; A genre–twisting cop film from the dir. of THE STUNT MAN, that has cops Caan and Arkin in pursuit of a gangster and leaving an immense trail of…
Gambler, The (1974): Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton…; A typically gritty 70s crime drama, adapted from a story by Dostoevsky, that boasts a fine performance by James Caan as a well–respected…
Killer Elite, The (1975): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Robert Duvall, James Caan; Minor Peckinpah shoot–em–up with mercenary Duvall double–crossing partner Caan. Gripping finale, though.
Rollerball (1975): Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams…; The title refers to a violent sport in a corrupt, totalitarian future society where all forms of violence have been outlawed. Influenced by A…
Bridge Too Far, A (1977): Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Robert Redford, Sean Connery…; Perhaps a battle–scene too far for some, but for afficiandos this epic account of an abortive Allied invasion of Holland is sure to provide…
Comes A Horseman (1978): Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Jane Fonda, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth…; An unusual attempt to transfer the grand mythos of the Western to a latterday setting, with Fonda playing a ranch boss, who mixes it up with a cousin…
Chapter Two (1979): Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. James Caan, Marsha Mason, Valerie Harper; Neil SImon's hit play is competently adapted for the big screen. James Caan in a rare romantic role plays a man recently widowed who falls for a…
Les Uns et Les Autres (Bolero) (1981): Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. James Caan, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Hossein…; Sprawling extravaganza of questionable taste is not without its devotees. It charts the impact that music has made on the lives of four…
Thief (1981): Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. James Caan, Tuesday Weld; Exhilarating, distinctive portrait of a criminal professional, here a safecracker played with wired conviction by James Caan. A scorching…
Gardens of Stone (1987): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones…; Downbeat story of a frustrated soldier appointed to guard the US military cemetery during the Vietnam war.
Alien Nation (1988): Dir. Graham Baker
Feat. James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp; Extra–terrestrials have now settled in suburban California – some are good, some bad, but all are ugly! A futuristic buddy–cop…
Misery (1990): Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. James Caan, Kathy Bates; You'll have a far from miserable experience watching novelist James Caan nursed back to health by his psychotic number one fan (Kathy Bates in an…
Dark Backward, The (1991): Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton…; Weird black comedy about a hopeless stand–up comic (Judd Nelson) who finds that the third arm growing from his back is his ticket to the…
For the Boys (1991): Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Bette Midler, James Caan; Bette Midler portrays the ebullient Dixie Leonard, a brassy cabaret–style performer who helped raise the spirits of American troups through…
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992): Dir. Andrew Bergman
Feat. Nicolas Cage, James Caan; Likeable loser Nicolas Cage tries to win back the bride–to–be he lost for the weekend to smarmy card–shark James Caan. Dynamic…
Flesh and Bone (1993): Dir. Steve Kloves
Feat. James Caan, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan; Southern gothic mood piece with James Caan and Dennis Quaid as estranged father and son that share a sinister secret involving Meg Ryan. This won't…
North Star (1995): Dir. Nils Gaup
Feat. Christopher Lambert, James Caan; Inuit indian Christopher Lambert tussles with tough prospector–baron James Caan in 19th century Alaska, over a rich lode of gold running…
Eraser (1996): Dir. Charles Russell
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa (singer/actress) Williams…; Arnold Schwarzenegger bankrolls another effects–driven hardware epic, playing an FBI agent who 'erases' the identities of important,…
Bottle Rocket (1996): Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd…; Merciless slacker/heist movie about three no–hopers who struggle at being even small–time hoods. Quirky, charismatic and blessed with a…
This Is My Father (1998): Dir. Paul Quinn
Feat. James Caan, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea…; The discovery of an old family photo triggers a trip to Ireland and into the past for Irish–American James Caan and his nephew. Inevitably…
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999): Dir. Kelly Makin
Feat. Hugh Grant, Jeanne Tripplehorn, James Caan; Amusing satire that culture–clashes a vicious Mafia–clan with English 'twit' Hugh Grant, here at his embarrassed, self–deprecating…
Viva Las Nowhere (Dead Simple) (2000): Dir. Jason Bloom
Feat. Daniel Stern, Patricia Richardson, Lacey Kohl…; Checking into a deserted motel in the “geographical centre of the USA” run by luckless, aspiring country–songwriter Daniel Stern, this darn…
Way of the Gun (2001): Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis…; A kidnap–chase down Mexico way, featuring “live–by–the–gun” crims Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Phillipe and abductee…
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…
Night at the Golden Eagle (2001): Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Vinnie Jones, James Caan, Ann Magnuson…; A grimly satisfying, verbally violent drama set in a fleabag hotel in L.A. where two aging hoods plan their migration to the not–so–mean…
City of Ghosts (2002): Dir. Matt Dillon
Feat. Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone…; A moody debut for dir. Dillon, unfolding a familiar thriller of dueling lowlifes in the exotic–chaotic scenery of presentday…
Dogville (2003): Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall…; This fierce parable of hypocrisy, exploitation and revenge set on a “soundstage” version of 1930s America is a brilliant conception of dir. Lars…
Elf (2003): Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart…; This latterday Christmas favourite has a man (Ferrell) who has been raised as one of Santa's elves leaving the North Pole and heading out in search…
Jericho Mansions (2003): Dir. Alberto Sciamma
Feat. James Caan, Jennifer Tilly, Genevieve Bujold…; An apartment block murder–mystery styled in the tradition of European arthouse fare. As the loner caretaker, James Caan finds himself the chief…
Incredible Mrs Ritchie, The (2003): Dir. Paul Johansson
Feat. Gena Rowlands, James Caan, Kevin Zegers; Gena Rowlands stars as greenfingered Mrs Ritchie, a saintly widow who takes a dysfunctional teen rebel into her home with the hope of curbing his…
Las Vegas (TV Series) (2004): Feat. James Caan, Josh Duhamel; Set in the environs of the fictional "Montecito Resort and Casino" of the Nevada gambling town, this escapist drama revolves chiefly around…
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009): Dir. Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Feat. Bill Hader, James Caan, Anna Faris…; Delicious family fun with an adult streak sees clumsy whizkid Flint Lockwood invent a machine that turns water to food – upon firing into the…
New York, I Love You (2009): Dir. Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen…; Not to be mistaken as a cynical American remake of PARIS, JE'TAIME, this – on the contrary – naturally extends the short–story…
Middle Men (2009): Dir. George Gallo
Feat. Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabriel Macht…; Darkly funny drama looks at the unsavoury mix of characters who kicked off the internet porn revolution in the mid–nineties. Stylishly done in…
Henry's Crime (2010): Dir. Malcolm Venville
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan…; Newly released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex–con decides to target the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
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…
Small Apartments (2012): Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Matt Lucas, Juno Temple, James Caan…; Matt Lucas encounters a myriad of weirdos in his attempt to dispose of his landlord’s corpse in this peculiar black comedy. Jonas Akerlund, better…
That's My Boy (2012): Dir. Sean Anders
Feat. Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester…; A foulmouthed adolescent comedy about a man–child (Sandler, naturally) who squandered his role as a teenage father, only to have his estranged…
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013): Dir. Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Feat. Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan…; Boy inventor Flint Lockwood's wacky contraption wreaks more havoc in this equally inspired sequel, turning food into dangerous animal hybrids that…
Blood Ties (2013): Dir. Guillaume Canet
Feat. Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard…; French dir. Guillaume Canet helms this cagey thriller about a convicted killer (Clive Owen) who returns from prison to live with his younger brother…
Out of Blue (2018): Dir. Carol Morley
Feat. James Caan, Patricia Clarkson, Aaron Tveit; Neo–noir police procedural–cum–supernatural thriller following a homicide detective (Patricia Clarkson) who investigates the death…

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Filmography (All Films)