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Danny Glover

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Scared Straight!Scared Straight! (1978) Recommended
Dir. Alan Shapiro
Feat. Peter Falk, Danny Glover
A famous, Oscar–winning documentary in which a group of 17 budding teenage crims are shown the harsh realities of prison life, chiefly being…
Escape from AlcatrazEscape from Alcatraz (1979)
Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom
Clint Eastwood uses a pair of nail–clippers to stage his bid for freedom, in this memorable, understated thriller based on the only successful…
Places in the HeartPlaces in the Heart (1984)
Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malkovich
Moving period drama with Sally Field's Oscar–winning performance as a widowed cotton–farmer in Depression era Texas.
IcemanIceman (1984)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer
Arctic explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive in this enjoyable piece of sci–fi hokum, with John Lone giving a…
Color Purple, TheColor Purple, The (The Colour Purple) (1985)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover
Striking interpretation of Alice Walker's novel about a black girl's life and hard times in the South, spanning forty years. Whoopi Goldberg's screen…
Lethal WeaponLethal Weapon (1987) Recommended
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Bat 21Bat 21 (1988)
Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed
Gene Hackman is shot down over enemy lines deep in war–torn Vietnam; Danny Glover is the Air Force pilot charged with saving his skin. Expect…
Lethal Weapon 2Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Riggs and Murtaugh are back in a slicker, crasser, bigger–budget sequel, the hallmarks of Bond–style franchise fare. With Mel Gibson,…
Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series)Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993) Recommended
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover
A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
Predator 2Predator 2 (1990)
Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades
No Arnie this time, but the evil alien is back (he was cheaper) for another bout of human carnage. This time downtown Detroit gets the brunt of its…
To Sleep With AngerTo Sleep With Anger (1990) Recommended
Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Danny Glover, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly
Accomplished style–piece about African–American life in a Los Angeles suburb, where family calm is disturbed by the arrival of a…
Rage in Harlem, ARage in Harlem, A (1991)
Dir. Bill Duke
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens
A sassy comic thriller, set in 50s Harlem. An entertaining cocktail of violence and buffoonery.
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo
More Mel Gibson and Danny Glover – it's another action–packed, fast–paced and amusing ensemble of good–guy/bad–guy…
Bopha!Bopha! (1993)
Dir. Morgan Freeman
Feat. Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard
Danny Glover plays a loyal police sergeant in 1980 South Africa who comes under fire from his militant son. Examines the less visible conflicts that…
Saint of Fort Washington (1994)
Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Matt Dillon, Danny Glover
Matt Dillon and Danny Glover are two of New York's homeless whose unlikely friendship bonds through the battle that each day brings. The finale will…
Operation Dumbo DropOperation Dumbo Drop (1996)
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Danny Glover, Ray Liotta
A comedy based on a real–life military assignment – to deliver a full–size live elephant to a remote jungle village by any means…
Get On the BusGet On the Bus (1996) Recommended
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Glover, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes
A highly combustible mixed–bag of black men journey by bus to the Million Man March in Washington DC, a march of affirmation for a troubled…
Lethal Weapon 4Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Mel and Danny couldn't refuse the pay–cheque for this fourth and biggest–grossing outing yet, which at least has Hong Kong's Jet Li to…
Beloved (1998)
Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Oprah Winfrey, Thandiwe Newton, Danny Glover
Risk–taking adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel of rural Southern Gothic, former–slave Ophrey Winfrey (her first role since THE COLOUR…
Royal Tenenbaums, TheRoyal Tenenbaums, The (2001) Aro Favourite
Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow
Spinning another pathologically eccentric comedy, the dir. of BOTTLE ROCKET and RUSHMORE will either have you declining to be amused or else…
Good Fences (2003)
Dir. Ernest Dickerson
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique
Instructive race–relations telemovie about the stresses of prejudice on an upwardly mobile black family in the white, affluent suburb of…
SawSaw (2004) Recommended
Dir. James Wan
Feat. Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover
Acclaimed by many for its inventive serial–killer premise and sadistic delivery, this opens with Elwes and Whannell chained in a locked…
Missing In AmericaMissing In America (2005)
Dir. Gabrielle Savage Dockterman
Feat. Danny Glover, David Strathairn, Ron Perlman
Set around a "bush vet", a reclusive Vietnam veteran (Glover) who lives in the lonely pine forests of Washington State, this solid drama takes an…
ManderlayManderlay (2005)
Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe
Part two of Lars von Trier’s ‘USA’ trilogy reemploys DOGVILLE’s Brechtian framework of stage outlines and minimal props in the odyssey of…
Exonerated, The Exonerated, The (2005)
Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo
Jarring prison drama focusing on six death row inmates that are exonerated just before their executions due to new evidence becoming available.…
Shaggy Dog, TheShaggy Dog, The (2006)
Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jnr., Kristin Davis
Dishevelled and inane comedy, sees family man Tim Allen accidentally bitten by a 300–year old pooch (smuggled by commandos out of Tibet) and…
BarnyardBarnyard (2006)
Dir. Steve Oedekerk
Feat. Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott
Pleasingly madcap musical set on an animated farm where the animals get up to all varieties of fun when the farmer's back is turned, chiefly singing…
DreamgirlsDreamgirls (2006) Recommended
Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy
Dazzling musical numbers and sassy performances jive in this acclaimed Motown musical charting the rise of fictional girl group, 'The Dreamettes', in…
ShooterShooter (2007)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover
Mark Wahlberg plays a military sniper recruited to prevent an presidential assassination in this political thriller for a generation of George…
Poor Boy's GamePoor Boy's Game (2007)
Dir. Clement Virgo
Feat. Rossif Sutherland, Danny Glover, Flex Alexander
Quietly powerful boxing drama follows a paroled pugilist as he struggles with life on the outside. At times dir. Virgo's customary visual panache…
HoneydripperHoneydripper (2007)
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Danny Glover, Keb Mo, Mable John
Musical drama featuring a number of blues musicians in acting roles, from director John Sayles (LONESTAR). Set in rural Alabama in the 50's, where a…
Be Kind RewindBe Kind Rewind (2008) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover
Master of invention and crazy (in a good way) Frenchman Michel Gondry concocts another wacky original, this time centred around a subject close to…
Gospel HillGospel Hill (2008)
Dir. Giancarlo Esposito
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Glover, Julia Stiles
Well–meaning, but congested melodrama set in the Deep South where a corporation selling out the underclass to white developers reignites racial…
BlindnessBlindness (2008)
Dir. Fernando Meirelles
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Danny Glover
Psychological thriller set in a big city where a sudden epidemic of 'white blindness' strikes half the population, and those affected set up their…
20122012 (2009)
Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandiwe Newton
Oh the humanity! Doomsday specialist Roland Emmerich renders the disaster movie redundant with this senseless, all–or–nothing…
Death at a FuneralDeath at a Funeral (2010)
Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Chris Rock, James Marsden, Luke Wilson
Once again taking a plot, pretty funny in it's original form, the Americans have redone, and overdone, the humour right out of it. In this case it's…
Alpha and OmegaAlpha and Omega (2010)
Dir. Anthony Bell, Ben Gluck
Feat. Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper
Good–natured comedy with two lost wolves forced to put aside their mutual animosity and learn to rely on each other as they attempt to find…
Dirty GrandpaDirty Grandpa (2016)
Dir. Dan Mazer
Feat. Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch
Robert De Niro sullies himself in this crass comedy as the dirty Grandpa of the title traveling cross–country with his uptight grandson.
Monster TrucksMonster Trucks (2016)
Dir. Chris Wedge
Feat. Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Amy Ryan
A truck–obsessed teen builds a monstrous vehicle out of spare parts in an attempt to escape his troubled small town existence.
Old Man & the Gun, TheOld Man & the Gun, The (The Old Man and the Gun) (2018) Recommended
Dir. David Lowery
Feat. Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover
Likely to be Redford's final role, playing the career criminal and prison escape artist Forrest Tucker, who escaped from San Quentin at the age of…
Dead Don't Die, TheDead Don't Die, The (2019) Recommended
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton
Zom–com from indie favourite Jim Jarmusch, assembling a stunning ensemble cast and following the police force of a small town as they struggle…
Last Black Man in San Francisco, TheLast Black Man in San Francisco, The (2019) Recommended
Dir. Joe Talbot
Feat. Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Tichina Arnold
An impressionistic drama exploring the current American housing crisis from the perspective of a young black man attempting to reclaim his childhood…

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