Jack Nicholson

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Little Shop of Horrors (1960): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Mel Welles, Jack Nicholson; Hammy black comedy about that ferocious, carnivorous plant named Audrey. A Corman quickie, shot in two days, still remains one of his best, plus it…
Raven, The (1963): Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff…; A great cast inhabits this low budget fantasy–comedy version of Edgar Allan Poe's tale – one of Corman's best.
Back Door to Hell (1964): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jimmie Rodgers, Jack Nicholson, John Hackett; Rousing tale of a three–man commando team as they try to knock out a Japanese communication center. Strong performances, ribald banter, and…
Shooting, The (1965): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates, Millie Perkins; Avant–garde cowboy tale co–written by and featuring a typically crazed performance from Jack Nicholson, plus a memorable and unexpected…
Ride In the Whirlwind (1965): Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Cameron Mitchell; A low–budget western shot back–to–back with THE SHOOTING and although the lesser of the two, has a few gritty moments. The VHS tape…
Rebel Rousers (1967): Dir. Martin B Cohen
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Harry Dean Stanton…; An utterly shameless fistful of 60s exploitation, this has a biker gang tearing up a quiet little town and having races for winner's 'trophy' Diane…
Hell's Angels On Wheels (1967): Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Adam Rourke; Rebel with little cause Jack Nicholson straddles up with the Hells Angels for skirmishes and pot–and–painting parties but remains a firm…
Psych-Out (1968): Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Dean Stockwell, Susan Strasberg…; Quintessential '60s acid movie about a deaf runaway who encounters the psychedelic rebel culture of hippies' Jack Nicolson and Dean Stockwell while…
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…
Five Easy Pieces (1970): Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Karen Black; A fascinating, complex character study of a talented drifter (Jack Nicholson) who returns to his affluent but dysfunctional family. Karen Black is…
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970): Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart…; Hi–gloss screen version of the Broadway musical with Barbra Streisand as a kooky chain–smoker who is told by psychiatrist Yves Montand…
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…
King of Marvin Gardens (1972): Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn; Bleak, talky tale of two misguided siblings with big ideas is a strong acting showcase for Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn. Ambitious…
Last Detail, The (1973): Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Jack Nicholson; Cleverly observed male–bonding yarn in which Jack Nicholson helps transport a fellow sailor to prison for a petty crime. He has three days to…
Chinatown (1974): Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, John Huston…; Classic detective thriller in the Hammett–Chandler tradition, with Jack Nicholson as P.I. Jake Gittes, whose simple case leads to murder and…
Tommy (1975): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Eric Clapton…; The Who's ground–breaking rock opera about the deaf, dumb and blind kid who plays a mean pin–ball. It's a bad taste extravaganza that…
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975): Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif…; Jack Nicholson gives a star–making performance in this courageous tragi–comedy about a misfit's influence on a group of oppressed asylum…
Passenger, The (1975): Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider; Jack Nicholson stars in this slow but absorbing parable about a dissatisfied TV journalist on location in Africa, who exchanges his identity with a…
Missouri Breaks, The (1976): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Harry Dean Stanton…; Startling 70s Western, pairs regulator Marlon Brando and horse rustler Jack Nicholson for a brutal, yet often comic game of…
Last Tycoon, The (1976): Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Tony Curtis…; Star–studded attempt to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished last novel, itself based on the life of early Hollywood mogul Irving Thalberg.…
Goin' South (1978): Dir. Jack Nicholson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd…; The ‘Western’ done as farce, with troublesome outlaw Jack Nicholson rescued from the gallows by Mary Steenbergen, in a marriage of…
Shining, The (1980): Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall; Man, wife and child are assigned to caretaking a remote hotel for the winter. Formidable unease is created before Jack Nicholson completely loses his…
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1981): Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange; Highly–charged remake of the steamy film–noir classic based on the 1934 novel by James M. Cain. Written by David Mamet (in his…
Reds (1981): Dir. Warren Beatty
Feat. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson; A provocative political saga about an American journalist's involvement with communism, the Russian revolution and the love of a like–minded…
Border, The (1981): Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine…; Rather underrated drama set along the Texas–Mexico borderlands, where a soiled but still–idealistic cop (Nicholson) becomes embroiled…
Terms of Endearment (1983): Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger…; Classic family saga of loss and reconciliation with Shirley Maclaine and Jack Nicholson, who both won Oscars, as did the film.
Prizzi's Honor (1985): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston; Jack Nicholson plays a Mafia hitman, embroiled in some ripely comic and sexy intrigues.
Heartburn (1986): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson; Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson undergo some engaging marital strife.
Witches of Eastwick (1987): Dir. George Miller
Feat. Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer…; Lively comic fantasy about three bored spinsters whose dreams of Mr. Right unwittingly conjure up a diabolical Jack Nicholson.
Broadcast News (1987): Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks…; Superb TV newsroom dramedy in which vacuous newsreader Hurt and neurotic reporter Brooks compete for the attentions of Holly Hunter.
Ironweed (1987): Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep; Rich, downbeat story of a guilt–ridden alcoholic hobo and his companion, with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in finest method.
Batman (1989): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger; The box–office sensation that almost survived its own hype. Jack Nicholson's Joker and the incredible set designs will ensure it to be…
Two Jakes, The (1990): Dir. Jack Nicholson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel; Long–awaited sequel to CHINATOWN, with Jack Nicholson reprising his role as the laconic P.I. whose petty burrowing upturns homicide and…
A Few Good Men (1992): Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore; Tom Cruise portrays another upstart lawyer brat who is called to defend the alleged murderers of a fellow army cadet. Blame soon veers to the very…
Hoffa (1992): Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Jack Nicholson; An earnest attempt to redress the life of the controversial union leader who vanished without a trace in 1975. Jack Nicholson is near unrecognizable…
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…
Crossing Guard, The (1995): Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston; As writer/director, Sean Penn admirably mines similar ambiguous terrain of his acting turn in DEAD MAN WALKING. A compassionate interrogation of…
Mars Attacks! (1996): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening…; Tim Burton once again turns tacky into an art form, but this time with a monster budget to match the alien carnage. This gleefully (though…
Evening Star, The (1996): Dir. Robert Harling
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Juliette Lewis, Bill Paxton…; Long touted 'sequel' to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, continues the smalltown odyssey of feisty, eccentric Aurora Greenway (Shirley Maclaine), now bedevilled…
Blood and Wine (1997): Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez…; Jack Nicholson dusts off his cynical, scowling persona of the 70s, as a desperate, philandering Florida wine merchant who enlists Michael Caine for a…
As Good As It Gets (1997): Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear; Obsessive–compulsive Jack Nicholson has his fear and loathing neutered by the straight–shooting solo–Mum waitress, Helen Hunt, in…
Pledge, The (2000): Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Helen Mirren…; Sean Penn as director's pledge to the stuff of raw drama pays off with a thriller/parable centred round a powerhouse turn from Jack Nicholson. As…
Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures (2001): Dir. Jan Harlan
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Woody Allen, Jack Nicholson…; Authorised by his family, a 'biography' of the great, reclusive, obsessive film–maker, whose genius is attested by the likes of…
About Schmidt (2002): Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney…; Age becomes Jack Nicholson in a beautifully modulated comedy of late life lament that doubles as an affectionate satire of middle…
Anger Management (2003): Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei…; Well–managed ‘therapy’ comedy in which a mild mannered Adam Sandler is delivered by court–order into the hands of lunatic…
Something's Gotta Give (2003): Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves…; Smoothly fashioned comic drama in which aging music–industry womaniser Nicholson suffers a heart attack and falls for grey–haired…
Departed, The (2006): Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson…; A rip–roaring remake of Hong Kong actioner INFERNAL AFFAIRS, Martin Scorsese returns to the mean streets in this high–performance game of…
Bucket List, The (2007): Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes; Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star in this endearing aging–buddy flick about two terminally ill elderly gentlemen who throw caution to the…
How Do You Know (2010): Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson…; A softball star (Witherspoon) past her prime contemplates the future while flittering romantically between a major league baseballer (Wilson) and a…

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