Eric Roberts
Actor
- King of the Gypsies (1978)
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Sterling Hayden…
- A credible and fascinating depiction of Gypsy culture through the smog of modern day America. Eric Roberts makes his screen debut as a New Yorker who…
- Raggedy Man (1981)
- Dir. Jack Fisk
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard…
- Texas–set drama led by Spacek (fresh from her Oscar winning performance in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER) portraying a perturbed divorcee mother who…
- Star 80 (1983)
- Dir. Bob Fosse
Feat. Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson…
- Dir. Bob Fosse's razzle–dazzle cynicism is a perfect match for this loose chronicle of true events that led to the murder of penthouse pet…
- Pope of Greenwich Village, The (1984)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke
- Perennial no–hoper Eric Roberts cons pal Mickey Rourke into a final heist, but stealing from the Mob proves to be a bad idea.…
- Runaway Train (1985)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay
- Voight and Roberts are terrific as two ecsaped convicts who endure a nerve–jangling journey aboard an unstoppable locomotive. Based on a…
- Coca Cola Kid, The (1985)
- Dir. Dusan Makavejev
Feat. Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr…
- Quirky Aussie comedy about a Coca Cola marketing guru (Roberts) who visits a small town in the Australian outback to try and sell his product, only…
- Best of the Best (1989)
- Dir. Robert Radler
Feat. Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland…
- Five young men learn what it takes to compete at the highest level in this late eighties favourite. Think Karate Kid meets Breaking Away.
- Ambulance, The (1990)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Richard Bright…
- Enjoyable though minor genre effort from B–movie maestro Larry Cohen about a New York comic book artist (Eric Roberts) who discovers that their…
- Voyage (1993)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Karen Allen, Eric Roberts
- A great black comedy B–movie with Rutger Hauer and Karen Allen as long–marrieds who share their yacht with old 'friends'. They soon…
- Specialist, The (1994)
- Dir. Luis Llosa
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods…
- Explosives expert Stallone helps out avenging angel Stone in sending bad guys Woods and Roberts to Kingdom Come. Shamelessly implausible stuff is…
- Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Eric Roberts, Teri Hatcher
- Cajun ex–cop Alec Baldwin investigates his wife's death, and encounters old pal turned crime–lord Eric Roberts lurking in the Bayou.…
- It's My Party (1996)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Eric Roberts
- Eric Roberts is bravely cast against as an LA professional dying of AIDS, who decides to host a farewell party before taking his own life. His…
- Doctor Who - The Movie [Paul McGann] (Dr. Who) (1996)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Paul McGann, Eric Roberts
- Paul McGann (WITHNAIL AND I) incarnates the Doctor in this feature–film revival, materialising in San Francisco on the eve of the millennium…
- In Cold Blood (1996)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Sam Neill, Anthony Edwards, Eric Roberts
- Mini–series adaptation of Truman Capote's novel about the real–life murders of a family in a sleepy Kansas town. Solid but not a patch on…
- Odyssey, The (1997)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini…
- Homer's epic gets the televisual treatment as Odysseus makes his long journey home – through many an exotic location – while his wife…
- Strange Frequency (2000)
- Dir. Bryan Spicer, Mary Lambert
Feat. Eric Roberts, John Taylor, Judd Nelson
- This portmanteau of four 'urban myths' set in the contemporary music scene is surprisingly witty and satisfying. Segments 'My Generation' and 'Room…
- Spun (2002)
- Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo…
- A cinematically exhilarating depiction of existence among a group of methamphetamine (P) addicts in Los Angeles, that is sure to divide audiences as…
- Civilization of Maxwell Bright, The (2005)
- Dir. David Beaird
Feat. Patrick Warburton, Simon Callow, Jennifer Tilly…
- Redemptive LA story of one angry, bigoted dude whose life is transformed by his relationship with his subservient, Asian mail–order bride (and…
- Expendables, The (2010)
- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li…
- Sylvester Stallone directs and leads a cast of old school action heroes for a mission impropable to assassinate a Latin American dictator.…
- Lovelace (2013)
- Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone…
- The directors of HOWL turn their attention to the tragi–drama of one–time pornstar Linda Lovelace, whose unexpected stardom for her role…
- Wrong Cops (2013)
- Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Feat. Mark Burnham, Eric Wareheim, Marlyn Manson…
- A series of loosely connected comic vignettes from the director of WRONG and RUBBER, featuring crooked cops, one–eyed techno–hounds, and…
- Inherent Vice (2014)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson…
- Dir. PT Anderson brings Thomas Pynchon faithfully to the big screen in this dope–addled, shaggy–dog comedy in which Joaquin Phoenix stars…