Paul Newman

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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956): Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Paul Newman; Paul Newman laces on the gloves in this round of boxing biography, playing NYC heavyweight Rocky Graziano with true Method–acting guts.…
Until They Sail (1957): Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman…; 1950s Christchurch is the novelty star of this MGM prestige picture set entirely in Canterbury, New Zealand, with landmarks such as the Christchurch…
Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958): Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman; Compelling melodrama based on Tennessee Williams' play of greed, lust and impotence in a wealthly Southern family. Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor…
Long Hot Summer, The (1958): Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Orson Welles, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman; The steam rises in this William Faulkner adaptation about sex and sin in the small–town South. With a tyrannical Orson Welles, and Joanne…
Left Handed Gun, The (1958): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Paul Newman; Influential version of the Billy the Kid story, with Paul Newman portraying the Kid in an ambiguous light, unstable and homosexually repressed. Has…
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958): Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins…; None too funny surburban satire is kept afloat by Woodward and Newman – despite the latter's lack of comedic flair. The two stars play husband…
Young Philadelphians, The (1959): Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Paul Newman, Barbara Rush; Engaging drama with Paul Newman as an attorney of dubious background who defends an affluent friend in a murder trial while hussling his way into the…
Exodus (1960): Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo; Paul Newman stars in this epic adaptation of Leon Uris' novel about the founding of modern Israel and the plight of the Palestinians. Ernest Gold won…
From the Terrace (1960): Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy…; Adapted from the novel by John O’Hara, this slick drama tracks war veteran Paul Newman’s rise to the top. Ironic touches help the story, as do…
Hustler, The (1961): Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott…; Classic Paul Newman, playing a pool–shark with potential who gets into a match with the legendary Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). George C…
Paris Blues (1961): Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward…; Undernourished romantic drama has Newman and Poitier as Jazz musicians on holiday in Paris forced to decide whether to stay or return to the U.S. for…
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962): Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight…; The South at its over–ripest, Tennessee Williams providing a repressive, smalltown setting for gigolo Paul Newman and faded movie–star…
Hud (1963): Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, Melvyn Douglas…; Handsome idler Paul Newman sows the seeds of trouble in this excellent modern–day Texas western, with his piercing eyes and calculated slouch…
Prize, The (1963): Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer; Paul Newman plays an alcoholic writer in Stockholm to collect his Nobel Prize who drunkenly stumbles upon an overly complicated spy plot.
A New Kind of Love (1963): Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter…; Husband–and–wife team Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward star in this Paris–set rom–com about a womanizing reporter and a…
What a Way to Go! (1964): Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum…; Stacked, big–budget comedy has fun at the expense of a cursed Shirley MacLaine: she plays a wealthy widow whose $200 million fortune has been…
Hombre (1966): Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone…; Paul Newman portrays the sombre hombre, a white man brought up by the Apache, who helps the red–neck passengers of an ambushed stagecoach.…
Torn Curtain (1966): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Paul Newman, Julie Andrews; Atom–bomb boffin Paul Newman defects across the Iron Curtain of the title to East Germany, testing the boundaries of trust for true–blue…
Harper (1966): Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris…; Paul Newman is laconic as a P.I. in the Bogart tradition, investigating the disappearance of Lauren Bacall’s husband. Sleek, witty entertainment…
Cool Hand Luke (1967): Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Paul Newman, George Kennedy; Sure–footed, entertaining chain–gang yarn with a famously repulsive egg–eating contest.
Secret War of Harry Frigg, The (1967): Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Paul Newman, Tom Bosley; WWII comedy following the sorry exploits of several high ranking allied generals who are captured in Italy but refuse to take orders from each other…
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969): Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Paul Newman, Robert Redford; This light and tasty yarn enjoyed huge popularity, partly due to the abounding charisma of Paul Newman and Robert Redford who together have lots of…
Winning (1969): Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner…; Paul Newman challenges for Joanne Woodward on and off the track in this high–speed racing melodrama, shot spectacularly amongst the competitive…
Sometimes a Great Notion (1970): Dir. Paul Newman
Feat. Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick…; Sweaty account of a family of fiercely–independent Oregon loggers struggling to keep the family business alive amidst changing times. Based on…
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner…; Huston's surreal Western stars Paul Newman as Roy Bean, the eccentric hanging 'judge' of American folklore.
Pocket Money (1972): Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin…; Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher. Amiable comedy written by a pre–fame…
Sting, The (1973): Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw…; Classic vehicle for Robert Redford and Paul Newman playing two Depression–era conmen. Winner of seven Oscars including Best Picture. Music by…
Mackintosh Man, The (1973): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason; Old–fashioned cold war thriller with Paul Newman playing a British intelligence agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a spy organisation. A…
Towering Inferno, The (1974): Dir. Irwin Allen, John Guillermin
Feat. Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway…; Sensational adventure epic that spawned numerous films about man's futility against Mother Nature. McQueen takes the hose ahead of a cream of famous…
Absence of Malice (1975): Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Sally Field, Paul Newman; Reporter Sally Feild smears innocent Paul Newman in this solid examination of ethics, power and corruption in the US media.
Drowning Pool, The (1976): Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward; Paul Newman returns as P.I Harper to help client Joanne Woodard out of a tight spot before unveiling corruption among the well–to–do in…
Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Harvey Keitel, Burt Lancaster…; Off–key satire on 'official' American history, with Paul Newman as the charismatic fraud Bill Hickock, whose Wild West Show toured America in…
Slap Shot (1977): Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean…; Violent ice–hockey scenes jostle with profane humour in this ironic sports–flick based around a failing minor–league team, coached…
Quintet (1979): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson; Curious, if not entirely realized sci–fi excursion for Robert Altman, following 3 WOMEN’s dream existentialism with a post–apocalyptic…
Fort Apache: The Bronx (1982): Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Paul Newman, Danny Aiello; Taut urban policier finds Bronx cop Paul Newman in a moral quandary over fellow officer Danny Aiello (who's just thrown a Puerto Rican teenager off a…
Verdict, The (1982): Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason…; Sombre dramatic death–march, with Paul Newman playing a convincingly booze–soaked lawyer, whose last chance in the courtroom sees him…
Harry and Son (1984): Dir. Paul Newman
Feat. Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin…; Earnest drama concerning cantankerous working stiff Newman and his struggling author son. Those allergic to overt symbolism may want to give this one…
Color of Money, The (1986): Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio…; 25 years on from the THE HUSTLER, Paul Newman is the tainted ex–pool shark who passes his baton on to rookie Tom Cruise. Unremarkable Scorsese,…
Blaze (1989): Dir. Ron Shelton
Feat. Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Richard Jenkins; Paul Newman plays flamboyant Southern governor Earl Long, who was scandalized over a love affair with an exotic dancer (Lolita Davidovich, in a…
Shadow Makers (Fat Man and Little Boy) (1989): Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia…; An informative (if only really adequate) dramatisation of the Manhattan Project, which produced the A–Bomb in the New Mexico desert during WW2.…
Days of Thunder (1990): Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Paul Newman; TOP GUN on wheels with Tom Cruise as a star rookie race–driver whose attention behind the wheel veers to Dr. Nicole Kidman's behind.
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990): Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward; A Merchant–Ivory production with real–life partners Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward as a straight–laced couple who devote their…
Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh; In a blissfully art–directed industrial '50s, an 'entry–level' innocent (Tim Robbins) is unwittingly catapulted to corporate supremacy.…
Nobody's Fool (1994): Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy…; An unassuming American ballad that falls between arthouse independent and Hollywood sentiment. Paul Newman ages gracefully as a stubborn old salt…
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…
Where the Money Is (2000): Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney; A still–charismatic Paul Newman is an aged bank–robber esconsed in a nursing home after suffering a stroke, though his nurse Linda…
Road To Perdition (2002): Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law…; Handsomely–mounted Chicago gangland flick that casts Tom Hanks against type as a mob hitman who becomes an ‘angel of vengeance’ after he is…
Empire Falls (TV Mini-series) (2005): Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Ed Harris, Paul Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman…; Conventional and well–handled drama series set in the once–booming factory town of Empire Falls, Maine, and mostly getting down in among…
Cars (2006): Dir. John Lasseter
Feat. Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt…; Another superb Pixar animation, set in a world of talking automobiles, in which a cocky race car ('Lightning McQueen') gets stranded in a small town…

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