Patrick Swayze
Actor
- Outsiders, The (1983)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio…
- Based on the gritty novel by S. E. Hinton (THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW), this ‘realistic’ depiction of teenage outsiders in 50s America is…
- Uncommon Valor (1983)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown…
- Gene Hackman plays an American marine who believes his son is still being held in Laos in the aftermath of The Vietnam War. From the director of the…
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Harry Dean Stanton…
- Playing out the US fear/fantasy of Commie invasion, this sees a high–school football team (led by Patrick Swayze) make for the hills and wage…
- North and South (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie Alley…
- Heavyweight Civil War tome starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as young men caught up in the winds of American revolution, conflict and…
- Youngblood (1986)
- Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Ed Lauter…
- Brat–packer Rob Lowe stars as a pro–hockey hopeful toughing it out during a stay in a Canadian minor hockey town, while engaging in a…
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach…
- Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze set the woods on fire with their passionate dance–moves in a 1960s American holiday resort. Wildly successful…
- Steel Dawn (1987)
- Dir. Lance Hool
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Anthony Zerbe…
- Cheesy post–apocalyptic western with Mr. Patrick Swayze as Nomad the Warrior – a man wandering the desert with a large sword seeking to…
- Roadhouse (1989)
- Dir. Rowdy Herrington
Feat. Patrick Swayze
- Swayze is hired as a bouncer at a local watering–hole where his fists do a lot of overtime, but his philosophy degree goes to waste. Music by…
- 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…
- Ghost (1990)
- Dir. Jerry Zucker
Feat. Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg
- Technically brilliant amalgam of fantasy, thriller, comedy and love story is entertainment Hollywood wish they could make more often.
- Point Break (1991)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Lori Petty…
- 100% pure adrenalin? You bet! FBI rookie Keanu Reeves goes undercover to lynch an elite gang of surfing bankrobbers. Wild and incredulous, but…
- City of Joy (1992)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Patrick Swayze
- Patrick Swayze sincerely portrays an American surgeon who encounters difficulties in the heart of India's urban slums. A polished adaptation of…
- To Wong Foo...Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1996)
- Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo
- After PRISCILLA blazed the trail, the Yanks jump on the drag–wagon, with surprisingly likeable results. A Hollywood trip is waylaid in…
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Dir. Richard Kelly
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore…
- Admired by critics and an ardent fanbase for its originality and eclecticism, this quirky teen fantasy is arguably a slick patchwork of other movie…
- One Last Dance (2003)
- Dir. Lisa Niemi
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi
- Three former dance–mates regroup after the death of a friend and mentor to revive a challenging piece based around Brazilian musical rhythms.…
- 11:14 (2003)
- Dir. Greg Marcks
Feat. Rachael Leigh Cook, Barbara Hershey, Patrick Swayze…
- A set of seemingly random incidents all coincide in a sleepy suburban town one evening at 11:14pm, throwing together five different characters with…
- George and the Dragon (2004)
- Dir. Tom Reeve
Feat. James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Patrick Swayze…
- Broadly entertaining revision of a medieval legend about the search for a captive princess and dragon in old–world England.
- King Solomon's Mines (TV Mini-series) (2004)
- Feat. Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Roy Marsden…
- Two–part miniseries based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale of Allan Quartermain's quest to find the fabled mines of King Solomon, and the…
- Keeping Mum (2005)
- Dir. Niall Johnson
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith…
- In the best English tradition of addled and yet deadly black comedy, this unravels the goings–on in a cute village, where the vicar (Atkinson)…