Mike Nichols
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor
- High powered melodrama with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in peak form as a married couple whose dinner party turns into a violent debacle.…
- Graduate, The (1967)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross
- An endearing Dustin Hoffman in his first leading role, is seduced by a middle–aged woman and then falls in love with her daughter. A brilliant…
- Catch 22 (1970)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Orson Welles
- An acerbic anti–war statement based on the much–hailed novel about a WW2 fighter pilot's reluctance to fight, in order to preserve his…
- Carnal Knowledge (1971)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret…
- Classic from the early 70s 'zeitgeist', this funny yet sobering film chronicles the sex lives of two disparate men from high–school to…
- Silkwood (1983)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Russell
- Fact–based account of a Southern nuclear factory–worker who died mysteriously before exposing unsound trade secrets. Meryl Streep is on a…
- Heartburn (1986)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson
- Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson undergo some engaging marital strife.
- Working Girl (1988)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver…
- Expertly–made, snappy comedy of ambitious secretary Melanie Griffith's rise to the top.
- Biloxi Blues (1988)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken
- Famed scriptwriter Neil Simon (THE GOODBYE GIRL) here gives a semi–autobiographical account of his experiences in boot–camp during WW2,…
- Postcards from the Edge (1990)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Shirley Maclaine
- Loose adaptation of Carrie Fisher's autobiography with Meryl Streep as the high–strung actress coping with the pitfalls of show–biz.…
- Regarding Henry (1991)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Harrison Ford, Annette Bening
- The tables turn for ruthless lawyer Harrison Ford when his mentality is reverted to that of a 10–year–old – the result of a shotgun…
- Wolf (1994)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
- Jack Nicholson moons through this as a timid book editor–turned–lycanthrope. This is an 'adult' reworking of familiar material that can't…
- 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…
- Primary Colors (1998)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton…
- In charting the rise of a controversial Southern Governor through the US Democratic primary campaign, John Travolta rises admirably to his most…
- What Planet Are You From? (2000)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear…
- Polarizing sci–fi sex comedy starring Garry Shandling as a human–looking alien from an emotionless all–male society is sent to…
- Wit (2003)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Christopher Lloyd…
- The dramatic and comedic talents of Emma Thompson flourish in a brave, heartfelt performance as a terminally ill literary professor with a…
- Angels in America (TV Mini Series) (2004)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson…
- An ambitious, multi–leveled portrait of the fractures, politics and metaphysical crises of 1980s America based on the stageplay by Tony…
- Closer (2004)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen…
- A bracingly frank and compulsive adult drama, Patrick Marber adapts his provocative, award–winning stageplay for the screen with its integrity…
- Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Tom Hanks spearheads this crisp, ever–timely political sideswipe, about a real–life Texas congressman who, together with the financial…