Dennis Hopper
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Journey to the Seventh Planet / Planet of Blood (1962-1966)
- Dir. Sidney Pink, Curtis Harrington
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Dennis Hopper, John Saxon…
- Two inventive low–budget science fiction films from the 1960s that influenced later films.
JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET (1962) –…
- Trip, The (1967)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Susan Strasberg…
- One of several collaborations between director Roger Corman and Jack Nicholson, who wrote the screenplay. A director of TV commercials gradually…
- Easy Rider (1969)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
- The definitive rebel movie sees Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper motorcycle across the southwest in search of the 'Real America'. Jack Nicholson's…
- True Grit (1969)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate…
- John Wayne subtly sends–up his hardcase persona, playing an over–the–hill marshall who drags himself out of semi–retirement…
- Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
- Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Dennis Hopper, David Gulpilil, Jack Thompson…
- Graphic, mostly entertaining account of the exploits of bushranger Daniel Morgan, who terrorised the Australian goldfields in the 19th…
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall…
- A harrowing account of a soldier's hazardous river journey, his mission to assasinate a renegade colonel who has gone mad in the depths of the…
- Apocalypse Now Redux (1979)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall…
- Twenty years after its release, dir. Coppola’s expressionist epic of the Vietnam War, is ‘healed’ (redux in Latin) by the re–inclusion of…
- Out of the Blue (1980)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Sharon Farrell…
- Dennis Hopper transposes the themes from his EASY RIDER into a punk aesthetic in this downbeat yet compelling dissertation on teenage rebellion and…
- Osterman Weekend, The (1983)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Dennis Hopper
- An adaption of Robert Ludlum's well–known novel about cold–war espionage and paranoia.
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper…
- Coppola's cult fave is a highly stylised treatment of a teen delinquency drama may not be entirely appropriate, but it sure looks impressive. Equally…
- Black Widow (1986)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey…
- Husband–murdering Theresa Russell, is cautiously snooped by Debra Winger.
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern…
- David Lynch's ground–breaking, brilliantly controlled work tells the story of a pure teenager (Kyle Maclachlan) whose curiosity embroils him in…
- River's Edge (1986)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye…
- Terrifying drama about a group of school friends who discover that one of them has murdered a classmate. Major cult film from the '80s with its lurid…
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The (1986)
- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Dennis Hopper
- A belated, somewhat desperate, return to TCM county by the director of the original, who 'cannibalizes' his authentic horror classic with some…
- 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…
- American Way, The (Riders of the Storm) (1986)
- Dir. Maurice Phillips
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Pollard, James Aubrey
- Varied political satire following a group of Vietnam vets on a quest to reveal the shady nature of a new electoral candidate by taking over TV…
- Straight to Hell (1987)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Joe Strummer, Sy Richardson, Dennis Hopper…
- Spaghetti western parody, featuring the Pogues, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello and other rock star types.
- Rolling Stone - 20 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
- Feat. Dennis Hopper
- Dennis Hopper hosts this informative showcase of American rock history from the psychedelic era onwards, via clips and interviews with the performers…
- Pick-Up Artist, The (Pickup Artist) (1987)
- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper…
- Serial womanizer Downey gets more than he bargained for when he falls for mobster's daughter Ringwald. Teen sex comedy is more thorny than horny with…
- Colors (1988)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Sean Penn, Robert Duvall
- A grim portrait of law enforcement. Mismatched police partners are assigned to the rife gang–related problems in South–Central L.A.
- Flashback (1990)
- Dir. Franco Amurri
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane…
- Dennis Hopper parodies himself in this enjoyable, wacky film as an achetypal hippie who leads yup–tight FBI agent Kiefer Sutherland down the…
- Chattahoochee (1990)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand
- Gary Oldman plays a Korean war veteran admitted to an asylum where he discovers gross malpractise and corruption.
- Catchfire (1990)
- Dir. Alan Smithee
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster
- An engaging oddity directed by Dennis Hopper under a pseudonym, after producers cut the film from its original 3hr length. Hopper himself plays a…
- Hot Spot, The (1990)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly…
- Don Johnson drifts into nowheresville, where things are more than a little strange and everybody chainsmokes. Steamy modern noir with a sultry blues…
- Indian Runner, The (1991)
- Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Dennis Hopper…
- Sean Penn's interesting directing debut is a sly throwback to '70s road movies, even using a Springsteen ditty as the basis for its plot.
- Paris Trout (1991)
- Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey
- In 1949, crazed hick Dennis Hopper manifests his full–blooded rascism when he murders the young sister of a negro who has renegged on his car…
- Superstar - The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1991)
- Dir. Chuck Workman
Feat. Andy Warhol, Dennis Hopper
- Told through the words of friends and admirers like Dennis Hopper, David Hockney, Tom Wolfe and Sylvia Miles, the life behind the enigmatic visage of…
- Nails (1992)
- Dir. John Flynn
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Anne Archer, Tomas Milan…
- Dennis Hopper kicks butt as Harry Niles, a veteran cop 'as hard as nails'. After his partner is taken out by Cuban assassins, Harry uncovers a…
- Fishing with John (TV Series) (1992)
- Dir. John Lurie
Feat. Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Hopper…
- Neo–beatnik musician John Lurie hosts his own candid, off–beat TV show in which he takes a hipster celebrity pal on an exotic fishing…
- Boiling Point (1993)
- Dir. James B. Harris
Feat. Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Viggo Mortensen
- Cop thriller rises above its familiar plot through the likeable heavyweight cast.
- Super Mario Brothers (1993)
- Dir. Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel
Feat. Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis…
- Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo are incarnated as the vid–game characters – plumbers who slip in saving the world between odd jobs. Will…
- Red Rock West (1993)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle
- Throw a hapless hero, a femme fatale and a greedy bastard into a desert town seething with infidelity, guns, stolen loot, and set it to a bluesy…
- True Romance (1993)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman…
- Precocious, ultra–violent black comedy from the pen of Tarantino in which comic–book–nerd Christian Slater transforms into…
- Speed (1994)
- Dir. Jan De Bont
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock…
- A jaw–dropping, state–of–the–art spectacle in which new slim–line action hero Reeves battles wits with a…
- Waterworld (1995)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn…
- Most famous as a production fiasco, Kevin Costner made a painful public bellyflop with this MAD MAX on water.
His film has many things to…
- Witch Hunt (1995)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Dennis Hopper
- Dennis Hopper plays P.I. Philip Lovecraft and becomes embroiled in the murder of a Hollywood producer with supernatural side–effects. Pleasing…
- Four Rules, The (Search and Destroy) (1995)
- Dir. David Salle
Feat. Griffin Dunne, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken…
- Smalltime shark Griffin Dunne's obsession with self–help philosophy leads him into some tense encounters with Dennis Hopper and Christopher…
- Carried Away (1995)
- Dir. Bruno Barreto
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Amy Irving, Amy Locane…
- Rustic, brooding melodrama in which a middle–aged school–teacher (Dennis Hopper) crosses the line with his 17–year old student, and…
- Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
- Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen
- Dim–bulb mobster Frankie (Dennis Hopper) tires of his sadistic boss Sal (Michael Madsen) and decides to branch out into the LA porn–movie…
- Space Truckers (1996)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar…
- A non–villainous Dennis Hopper plays a long–haul truckie of the future, toting a lucrative sealed cargo across the galaxy. Stephen Dorff…
- Basquiat (1996)
- Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Gary Oldman…
- The director sends a post–mortem loveletter to his friend and contemporary, Jean–Michel Basquiat, a celebrated but fragile New York black…
- Jesus' Son (1999)
- Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Jack Black…
- Flashback to the scungy perimeter of 70s America in the company of various rootless druggies, mainly on–again–off–again couple…
- Source, The (1999)
- Dir. Chuck Workman
Feat. Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper
- Superb chronicle of the ‘Beat’ movement and the work of its founding fathers – Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs – and their…
- Knockaround Guys (2001)
- Dir. Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper…
- SOPRANOS–influenced crime drama, which follows aspiring NYC wiseguy Barry Pepper, son of a famous mafioso, but stuck in a menial role.…
- 1 Giant Leap (2002)
- Dir. Duncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Brian Eno
- A unique audiovisual collaboration between writers, musicians, scientists and actors – celebrating the diversity of the globalised world.…
- Leo (2002)
- Dir. Mehdi Norowzian
Feat. Elisabeth Shue, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Hopper…
- A murderer freshly released from prison attempts to get his life back to an orderly state while assisting a friend to deal with an alcohol dependent…
- Night We Called it a Day, The (2003)
- Dir. Paul Goldman
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Joel Edgerton…
- Middling though unusual comedy, set around a 'scandalous' incident when Frank Sinatra attempted to tour Australia in the early 1970s.
Accosted by…
- Land of the Dead (2005)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Robert Joy…
- Fourth installment for dir. Romero's famed DEAD series, set around a future world overrun by shuffling, half–rotten 'zombies' who menace a…
- Swing Vote (2008)
- Dir. Joshua Michael Stern
Feat. Kevin Costner, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper…
- Undemanding political comedy based around the idea of a dropkick father whose polling booth blunder means he holds the 'swing vote' that will decide…
- An American Carol (2008)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Trace Adkins, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper…
- Latest comedy from hit–and–miss dir. Zucker spoofs on A CHRISTMAS CAROL with his story of an anti–American, Michael Moorish…
- Elegy (2008)
- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper…
- Following THE HUMAN STAIN comes another effort to translate revered American writer Phillip Roth to the screen. This time it's his novel "The Dying…
- Sleepwalking (2008)
- Dir. Bill Maher
Feat. Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron…
- This drama of the trials and tribulations of a twelve year old coming to terms with her mother's abandonment is, at times, depressingly downbeat,…
- Palermo Shooting (2008)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Campino , Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Dennis Hopper
- A wild–living, world renowned German photographer travels to Sicily seeking a break from his past and encounters a beautiful woman and Dennis…
- 13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (2009)
- Dir. Andy Warhol
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Nico , Lou Reed…
- This exquisite selection of silent film portraits is the first authorized collection of Andy Warhol's films. The selection of 13 was narrowed down…
- Alpha 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…