Brian De Palma
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Greetings (1968)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Robert De Niro, Gerrit Graham, Allen Garfield
- Anarchic early De Palma is an episodic look at three friends caught up in the heady times of 60's America. Features an early comedic turn from De…
- Wedding Party, The (1969)
- Dir. Cynthia Monroe, Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Robert De Niro
- Brian De Palma collaborated with others to make this while still at college in 1963. Improvised film details the sparring between a couple before…
- Hi Mom! (1970)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Robert De Niro, Charles Durning, Allen Garfield…
- One of dir. De Palma's underrated early satires is loosely a sequel to 'Greetings', with Robert De Niro returning from the Vietnam War to try and…
- Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Astin, Tom Smothers, Allen Garfield…
- Quirky Brian de Palma comedy about an exec who wants to become a tapdancing magician.
- Sisters (1973)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Margot Kidder
- This early De Palma film is a gripping account of a woman (Margot Kidder) who discovers her twin sister is a homicidal maniac. Features an…
- Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper…
- A genuine oddity, this musical/horror spans both dir. De Palma’s satirical and horror periods, with the story of the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA updated…
- Obsession (1975)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow
- The director imitates Hitchcock once again, but does it well. This time it's VERTIGO, with an obsessed Cliff Robertson in the Jimmy Stewart role.…
- Carrie (1976)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Sissy Spacek, John Travolta
- One of the best screen adaptations of any Stephen King novel, and also one of dir. De Palma's best, this is the frightening story of a persecuted…
- Fury, The (1978)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes
- Despite a barmy sci–fi plot concerning telekinetic teenagers being used for military experiments, this Brian de Palma–directed thriller…
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Angie Dickinson, Michael Caine, Nancy Allen
- A slick video nasty involving a murderer, a prostitute, a psychiatrist, a bored housewife and her resourceful son. In reworking PSYCHO, De Palma…
- Blow Out (1981)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
- A seemingly ordinary car–crash is found by sound–recordist John Travolta to have sinister overtones when he rewinds his chance taping of…
- Scarface (1983)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Al Pacino
- Sweat–breakingly violent portrait of a contemporary mobster with Pacino in top gear as the ruthless megalomaniac. Stunning, if you can hack…
- Body Double (1984)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
- A sleazy but thoroughly fascinating tale of how one man's voyeurism leads him to witness a murder. In an attempt to track down the psychopath, he…
- Wise Guys (1986)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Danny De Vito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel…
- Mob comedy in which Danny De Vito and Joe Piscopo play errand boys who run off to Atlantic City after losing $250,000 and are set up to kill each…
- Untouchables, The (1987)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro
- Well–cast and generally classy update of the adventures of Elliot Ness, the earnest law enforcer who took on Al Capone during the prohibition…
- Casualties of War (1989)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox, John Leguizamo…
- A squad of soldiers become caught in the moral dilemma of wartime Vietnam. Platoon leader Sean Penn goes beyond the call of duty while Michael J.…
- Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith…
- Hanks, Willis and Griffith stumble through Tom Wolfe's novel about a hot–shot stockbroker who is scandalised through misdemeanor. A famous…
- Raising Cain (1992)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer…
- De Palma's tongue–in–cheek return to the psycho–thriller contains many flashy set pieces including an elaborate ten–minute…
- Carlito's Way (1993)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Viggo Mortensen
- De Palma contains his usual showy excess and proves he can be a consummate storyteller with this captivating, multi–layered crime yarn.
Al…
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Tom Cruise
- Hollywood refit of the '60s cult TV show with classic stylings and theme–tune thankfully intact. Precisely executed action sequences redeem a…
- Snake Eyes (1998)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise
- Morally dubious cops Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise investigate an assassination during a pro–boxing match. Esteemed hack Brian De Palma…
- Mission to Mars (2000)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle
- A loop–ily solemn mission to the red planet in the year 2020 with Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins and Don Cheadle, that threatens at times to overcome…
- Femme Fatale (2002)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
- Best viewed as a campy homage to the film noir genre, this snaky thriller revels in the multiple plot twists of its tale of diamond thieves and…
- Black Dahlia, The (2006)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank…
- Seething with atmosphere, this noir crime–drama (based on James Ellroy's novel) presents a complicated case of the unsolved Hollywood murder of…
- Redacted (2007)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Patrick Carroll
- In typically melodramatic, unorthodox and ironic fashion, Brian De Palma returns with this wartime drama based on the true story of a group of…
- Passion (2012)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth…
- Dir. Brian De Palma remakes Alain Corneau's LOVE CRIME with lashings of Hitchcock to deliver another heady erotic thriller, with Rachel McAdams and…
- De Palma (2015)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow
Feat. Brian De Palma
- A comprehensive overview of the career of prolific and sometimes controversial film–maker Brian De Palma, an avid disciple of Alfred Hitchcock…