Gene Hackman

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Hawaii (1966): Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris…; Lush epic of colonial expansion with Harris as an uptight missionary on a crusade to convert the natives of Hawaii, and Andrews his long suffering…
Bonnie and Clyde (1967): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman…; One of the seminal films of the late 1960s, an artful depiction of the exploits of Depression–era bank–robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde…
Banning (1967): Dir. Ron Winston
Feat. Robert Wagner, Anjanette Comer, Jill St. John…; Biting critique of the country club set with Robert Wagner as a jaded ex–golfer who hustling his way into Los Angeles' high society.
Marooned (Space Travelers) (1969): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Gene Hackman, Richard Crenna, Gregory Peck…; An excellent outer space thriller which proffers an APOLLO 13–like situation of NASA astronauts being stuck in orbit, while the Earthbound…
Downhill Racer (1969): Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv; A pre–HOOSIERS Gene Hackman dons the coach's whistle in this Winter Olympics drama, with Robert Redford providing the film’s clash of…
I Never Sang For My Father (1970): Dir. Gilbert Cates
Feat. Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney…; Gene Hackman plays a widowed college professor in New York wanting to get out from under the thumb of his aging father yet guilty about his plans to…
French Connection, The (1971): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider…; An influential crime picture based on the largest narcotics seizure of all time. Won the Oscar for Best Picture for its realistic portrait of New…
Hunting Party, The (1971): Dir. Don Medford
Feat. Oliver Reed, Candice Bergen, Gene Hackman; WILD BUNCH–wannabe with Gene Hackman hunting ruffian Oliver Reed and kidnapped wife Candice Bergan to the ends of the earth. A ridiculously…
Poseidon Adventure, The (1972): Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Gene Hackman, Shelley Winters…; One of the better 70s disaster movies has an ocean–liner 'turned turtle' and the survivors trying to find a way out. Often unintentionally…
Prime Cut (1972): Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek…; Gritty underworld thriller set in the fields and meat–packhouses of Kansas, where mob enforcer Marvin is sent to collect money from local…
Scarecrow (1973): Dir. Jerry Schatzberg
Feat. Gene Hackman, Al Pacino; Modest drama charts the therapeutic relationship between two drifters who seek redemption. Sombre moral tale about ordinary people is the kind rarely…
Young Frankenstein (1974): Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr…; One of Mel Brooks' best is this on–target parody of Mary Shelley's gothic legend and especially James Whale's classic 1930s film versions.…
Conversation, The (1974): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield…; Absorbing account of a bugging–device expert who develops a conscience and slowly uncovers a political scandal in a seemingly normal…
French Connection 2, The (1975): Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson…; Hackman reprises his role as Lt. Doyle, where unfinished business leads him to perilous encounters on French soil.
Bite the Bullet (1975): Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Gene Hackman, James Coburn; Gene Hackman and James Coburn are adversaries who contest a gruelling 700–mile horse race.
Night Moves (1975): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith; Underrated private–eye yarn with Gene Hackman tracking down a then very young Melanie Griffith. Intelligent fare that leads to a stunning…
Lucky Lady (1975): Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds…; Shapeless caper with three rum–runners set during the prohibition whose lives are complicated by the personal relationships. A notorious…
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…
Domino Principle, The (1977): Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark…; A thoroughly minor entry in the 1970s cycle of 'conspiracy thrillers', with Hackman playing an ex–Army marksman who is, sprung from prison by…
Superman (1978): Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman; Christopher Reeve is the Man of Steel in the first and best adventure – from his humble inception through to…
Superman 2 (Superman II) (1980): Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman; Laudable continuation of the super–hero franchise, that adds more action and comic sparks to the familiar characters –The Man of Steel…
Eureka (1981): Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Nicolas Roeg…; Irishman Gene Hackman strikes it rich in Alaska, and retires to his own Carribean island for family fights with flaky son–in–law Rutger…
All Night Long (1981): Dir. Jean-Claude Tramont
Feat. Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Dennis Quaid…; Gene Hackman escapes the druggery of family life by shacking up with nutty Barbra Streisand in this uneven screwball comedy. Totally erratic,…
Under Fire (1983): Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman…; A sterling drama concerning journalistic ethics in the mire of the Nicaraguan civil war. Nick Nolte is a photographer who is tempted into taking…
Uncommon Valor (1983): Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown…; Gene Hackman plays an American marine who believes his son is still being held in Laos in the aftermath of The Vietnam War. From the director of the…
Hoosiers (1986): Dir. David Anspaugh
Feat. Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey; Superior sports drama, with Hackman coaching a high–school basketball team out of their slump. Feelgood message is combined with a bit of…
No Way Out (1987): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young; Hollywood success for expat Kiwi Donaldson. Well–executed conspiracy thriller stars Kevin Costner.
Superman 4 (Superman IV: The Quest for Peace) (1987): Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper…; Final entry in the Christopher Reeve series, this time clashing with implacable foe Lex Luther (Hackman) who has produced a superpowered ally,…
Another Woman (1988): Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Ian Holm…; Gena Rowlands heads a cast of Woody Allen regulars in this absorbing Bergman–esque portrait of a successful professor who is forced to reflect…
Mississippi Burning (1988): Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe; Three boys mysteriously disappear in Ku Klux Klan country in 1964. This film details the FBI investigation based on true events. A…
Bat 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…
Package, The (1989): Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy…; Sharp geo–political thriller with an anti–nuclear bent. Gene Hackman plays a veteran Army Sgt. assigned to escort a military prisoner…
Class Action (1990): Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio; A lawyer becomes forced to prosecute a case in which his estranged daughter will act for the defence. Courtroom ethics are violated in style by Gene…
Narrow Margin (1990): Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking…; Gene Hackman stars in this remake of the 1952 classic about a protected witness who must testify against a mob killing. All set on a fast moving…
Loose Cannons (1990): Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Gene Hackman, Dom DeLuise…; Clunky buddy cop comedy has Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd teaming up to fight crime, only one of them suffers from split personality disorder.
Company Business (1991): Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov; Cold–war era spy thriller where ex–CIA agent Hackman teams up with Soviet spy Baryshnikov after being double–crossed by their own…
Unforgiven (1992): Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman…; Clint Eastwood delivers the film of his acting and directing career with a smoulderingly dark rendering of a smart script about an aging gunfighter…
Firm, The (1993): Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman…; Tom Cruise ain't bad as a prodigal law graduate offered a six–figure salary with a prestigious but corrupt law firm. A reasonable meal is made…
Geronimo (1994): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Wes Studi, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman…; Intelligent, if unremarkable, big–budget Western that chronicles the U.S. Army's attempt to bring down the great Apache warrior,…
Wyatt Earp (1994): Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman; Lovingly crafted rendition of an oft–told legend is the first major flop in the careers of Costner and the director. Not a bad film, but the…
Quick and the Dead, The (1995): Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe…; A showdown at a gunfighting competition that plays like a cross between a 'Milky Bar' ad and a WWF pro–wrestling rumble. Director Raimi (EVIL…
Crimson Tide (1995): Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Viggo Mortensen; Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington clash ethics as Captain and deputy on a US submarine entering hostile waters of a Russian renegade. Nuclear war…
Get Shorty (1995): Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. John Travolta, Danny De Vito, Gene Hackman…; Riding the wave of PULP FICTION, this is the most successful stab at translating Elmore Leonard for the screen. John Travolta is an amiable mobster…
Birdcage, The (1996): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane…; Robin Williams lets someone else wear the frocks in this faithful remake of the French hit, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. As the live–in–lover left…
Extreme Measures (1996): Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker…; Hugh Grant sniffs out conspiracy in the corridors of medicine. The potential intrigue of scientific ethics is undone by the melodramatic hyperbole…
Chamber, The (1996): Dir. James Foley
Feat. Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway; Pedestrian John Grisham adaptation again has a whitebread lawyer involved in truth, justice and moral conundrums in the heartless Deep…
Absolute Power (1996): Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Judy Davis…; Cat–burglar Clint Eastwood witnesses the US President murder his friend's wife after a bout of infidelity, and is hunted down by a deadly…
Twilight (1997): Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman…; Star wattage brightens this old–fashioned, autumnal mystery–drama, reuniting NOBODY'S FOOL director Benton with Paul Newman as a…
Antz (1998): Dir. Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Feat. Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone…; Fully computer–animated family film takes best advantage of current technology, and successfully implants the voice and persona of Woody Allen…
Enemy of the State (1998): Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Will Smith, Jon Voight, Gene Hackman; Lawyer Will Smith unwittingly receives proof of a high–ranking assassination, and becomes not so much the enemy of the state as of…
Replacements, The (2000): Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Gene Hackman, Keanu Reeves, Jack Warden; Hard–nosed Gene Hackman is hired to find replacement talent for a striking pro–football team, and Keanu Reeves is the ex–player who…
Heartbreakers (2001): Dir. David Mirkin
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta…; Sparky, though a little overlong, this teams Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt as a mother–daughter con–women team. Initially…
Behind Enemy Lines (2001): Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman; Beyond–credibility gungho actioner which has fighter–pilot Owen Wilson shot down over Bosnia because he’s witnessed a Serb…
Heist (2001): Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay, Delroy Lindo…; The heisting of Swiss–Bank bullion by professional thieves Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay and Delroy Lindo is given enjoyably intricate spins by…
Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001): 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…
Runaway Jury (2003): Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman…; It's back to court with John Grisham, in a well–cast, entertaining tale of gun–control issues, jury–manipulation, big business and…

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