Bill Paxton
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Streets of Fire (1984)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Michael Pare, Rick Moranis…
- Surprise hit is an unusual blending of motorcycles, 50s rock'n'roll melodrama and tough, futuristic street action. Lane plays a pop diva who is…
- Weird Science (1986)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly Le Brock, Bill Paxton…
- Two computer nerds generate their fantasy woman in the form of Kelly Le Brock. Innocuous teen fun.
- Aliens (1986)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn…
- Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from the first grisly encounter with the slimy she–creature, here joining a team of…
- Near Dark (1987)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henrikson, Jenny Wright…
- The blueprint vampire–in–contemporary–clothing movie about a pack of young hedonists on the urban fringes afflicted with…
- Brain Dead (1989)
- Dir. Adam Simon
Feat. Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort
- Long unreleased in New Zealand (which possibly explains why Peter Jackson also claimed the title), this arrives a bit of a lost gem from the halcyon…
- Next of Kin (1989)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt…
- Patrick Swayze is at his two–fisted best as a tough Chicago cop who teams with his hillbilly kinfolk when a young brother is brutally murdered…
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades…
- No Arnie this time, but the evil alien is back (he was cheaper) for another bout of human carnage. This time downtown Detroit gets the brunt of its…
- One False Move (1990)
- Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton
- Naive county sheriff Bill Paxton gets a chance at the big–time when two vicious criminals sweep through his sleepy town. Things lighten up…
- Navy Seals (1990)
- Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton…
- Explosive action flick starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn as Commandos in America's most elite Navy squad, who are on a mission to rescue…
- Dark Backward, The (1991)
- Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton…
- Weird black comedy about a hopeless stand–up comic (Judd Nelson) who finds that the third arm growing from his back is his ticket to the…
- Trespass (1992)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ice-T, Ice-Cube, Bill Paxton…
- Two firemen set off to claim a 50–year buried stolen fortune, but their dreams turn sour when they encounter an unhospitable street gang headed…
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon…
- An All–American true story in which Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon are astronauts aboard the ill–fated mission to the moon, while…
- Twister (1996)
- Dir. Jan De Bont
Feat. Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Big kids and little kids will be enthralled by the special effects on offer here, though let it be said the script suffers under its obligation to…
- 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…
- Traveller (1997)
- Dir. Jack N. Green
Feat. Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Margulies…
- 'One–last–score' movie in which a young man, desperate to be accepted by a clan of Irish grifters teams up with a veteran con who wants…
- A Simple Plan (1998)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda
- A simple premise – three smalltown guys stumble across $4,000,000 in an undiscovered plane–crash and decide to keep it – out of…
- Mighty Joe Young (1999)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton
- Good natured eco–action movie, a remake of the 1949 film of the same name (KING KONG lite, if you will), follows the re–habitation of an…
- U-571 (2000)
- Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Bill Paxton…
- World War 2: Matthew McConaughey and his submarine crew snatch a vital German spy machine, then find themselves trapped on a U–boat where all…
- Vertical Limit (2000)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney…
- With Queenstown convincingly CGI–ed into the Himalayas, Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton and Robin Tunney less solid as the mountaineers, this…
- Frailty (2002)
- Dir. Bill Paxton
Feat. Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
- After a spiritual visitation, Bill Paxton and his two young sons take an axe to unsuspecting “evil–doers” in the late 1970s, while…
- Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Bill Paxton
- Armed with IMAX cameras, dir. James Cameron dives deep to the mid–Atlantic wreck of the 'Titanic' to take a leisurely float through the…
- Thunderbirds (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley, Barry Corbet…
- A live–action replay of the classic 60s sci–fi series which bears more relation to generic teen adventure than the spirit of the…
- Greatest Game Ever Played, The (2005)
- Dir. Bill Paxton
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane
- Inspiring Disney drama based on the true story of an ambitious amateur golfer determined to defeat his idols at the 1913 US Open. Shia LaBeouf…
- Big Love (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn…
- Another class act series from the always edgy HBO network, centred around a practicing polygamist, his three wives and seven children in the mormon…
- Good Life, The (2007)
- Dir. Stephen Berra
Feat. Bill Paxton, Chris Klein, Zooey Deschanel…
- Professional skateboarder Stephen Berra directs this gloomy indie drama centering on a young outsider who finds solace in old movies while living in…
- Haywire (2011)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Channing Tatum…
- Steven Soderbergh directs this classy action vehicle for mixed martial arts star Gina Carano, here playing a black ops spy who is double crossed on…
- Hatfields & McCoys (TV Mini-Series) (2013)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Tom Berenger…
- Epic western mini–series recreates the legendary family feud between two Confederate soldiers returning to their land in the aftermath of the…
- 2 Guns (Two Guns) (2013)
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton…
- A slick, serviceable buddy cop romp with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg playing begrudging partners in a high stakes drug deal – neither…
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson…
- Tom Cruise plays a reluctant futuristic solider who gets caught in a time loop and is forced to repeat his death on the battlefield until victory…
- Million Dollar Arm (2014)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Jon Hamm, Lake Bell, Bill Paxton…
- Amiable Disney sports fare about an agent (Hamm) who travels to India in the hope of discovering a baseball star amongst the country's…
- Nightcrawler (2014)
- Dir. Dan Gilroy
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton…
- A nervy and quite brilliant satire with Jake Gyllenhaal unforgettable as a petty thief who muscles into the world of crime journalism, shooting…
- Circle, The (2017)
- Dir. James Ponsoldt
Feat. Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega…
- Dave Egger's 2013 novel is adapted into this gripping modern thriller with Emma Watson rising in the ranks of the world's largest and most powerful…