John Turturro

Director, Actor

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Sicilian, The (1987): Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland…; Still reeling from the box office catastrophe of HEAVEN'S GATE, Michael Cimino turned his attention to this Mario Puzo–scripted saga about an…
Five Corners (1987): Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff…; Ambitious, although ultimately chaotic, drama set in the Bronx in 1964, where a young Jodie Foster is stalked by her former boyfriend (Turturro), who…
Do the Right Thing (1989): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis…; Spike Lee's tour–de–force of racial friction and personal politics, forged his status as the most important black director in history.…
Miller's Crossing (1990): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro; Crossings and double–crossings punctuate this complex yet rewarding mobster flick loaded with heart–pounding violence and black humour.
Men of Respect (1991): Dir. William Reilly
Feat. John Turturro; MacBeth is courageously transposed here into the American gangster milieu, with the dependably good Turturro as the power–hungry tyrant whose…
Barton Fink (1991): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis; The Coen Bros' striking if enigmatic account of a brilliant scribe hampered with writer's block and a strange hotel companion in mid 1940s Hollywood.…
Being Human (1994): Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Robin Williams, Robert Carlyle, John Turturro…; An episodic comic–drama in which Robin Williams plays five men named Hector, who each search for their place in their own historical period…
Fearless (1994): Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini…; Jeff Bridges plays an air–crash survivor whose new–lease on life leads him to believe he is invulnerable to death. Multi–layered,…
Mac (1994): Dir. John Turturro
Feat. John Turturro; Actor John Turturro also wrote and directed this labour of love dedicated to and based on his father, a fiercely principled Italian immigrant…
Quiz Show (1994): Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro; Robert Redford's stylish account of the 'Twenty One' game show scandal of the 1950s. Ralph Fiennes is superb as Charles Van Doren, the handsome…
Clockers (1995): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo…; Spike Lee lights up another joint from Richard Price's fiery urban crime best–seller. In the wake of a drugland murder, detective Harvey Keitel…
Unstrung Heroes (1995): Dir. Diane Keaton
Feat. Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards…; Andie MacDowell falls victim to leukaemia while her son runs off to live with his eccentric, delusional uncles. Domestic dysfunction drama is…
Sugartime (1995): Dir. John N. Smith
Feat. John Turturro, Mary-Louise Parker, Elias Koteas…; Charts the infamous, real–life romance between Chicago mobster Sam Giancana (John Turturro) and whitebread songstress Phyllis McGuire…
Grace of My Heart (1996): Dir. Allison Anders
Feat. John Turturro, Eric Stoltz, Matt Dillon…; Inspired by the career path of Carole King, this episodic tale charts the mixed fortunes of a female singer/songwriter in the thick of the…
Box of Moonlight (1996): Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. John Turturro, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney; The ungainly John Turturro contorts through another whacked–out odyssey of crisis, mid–life in this instance, as an anally retentive…
Truce, The (1997): Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija; The aftermath of WWII locates Auschwitz survivor John Turturro on a difficult, redemptive journey back to his home town. Based on Primo Levi's…
Rounders (1998): Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Malkovich…; Once–bitten card sharp Matt Damon is lured into another hand by reckless pal Edward Norton, setting them back on a road paved with suckers,…
Illuminata (1998): Dir. John Turturro
Feat. Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Sarandon, Rufus Sewell…; A backstage drama set in New York in the early 1900s, with Turturro as a playwright struggling to get his latest effort on stage. With a dozen…
Cradle Will Rock (1999): Dir. Tim Robbins
Feat. John Cusack, Bill Murray, John Turturro…; Caught between government paranoia and unionist principles in depression–era New York, a theatre troupe voice their dissent by attempting to…
Source, The (1999): Dir. Chuck Workman
Feat. Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper; Superb chronicle of the ‘Beat’ movement and the work of its founding fathers – Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs – and their…
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson…; The Coen Brothers' return to their best form with what they neatly describe as the Rolls–Royce of 'hayseed' movies (by which they mean a…
Luzhin Defence, The (2000): Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. John Turturro, Emily Watson; Combining the intricacies of the chessboard with manoeuvres of the heart, this Nabakov adaptation opens its game at a chess tournament in 1920s…
Man Who Cried, The (2001): Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro…; Typically eclectic affair from the dir. of ORLANDO and THE TANGO LESSON, composing a sweeping historical romance of early 20th century Europe with…
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001): Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Alan Arkin, John Turturro…; Not just chit–chat, but drama with its philosophical head screwed on, the various lives of middle–class Bostonians (a hot–shot…
Mr. Deeds (2002): Dir. Steven Brill
Feat. Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro; Spoofy remake of Frank Capra’s MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN with Adam Sandler playing a smalltime pizza–man who inherits $40 billion and sets…
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…
Fear X (2003): Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. John Turturro, Deborah Kara Unger, James Remar; The Danish dir. of BLEEDER makes his American debut with a darkly inventive pscyhodrama which follows the obsession of a Wisconsin…
Secret Window (2004): Dir. David Koepp
Feat. Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Timothy Hutton…; Coming off the back of a messy divorce, novelist Depp moves to an isolated lakeside house where he must contend with accusations of plagarism by an…
She Hate Me (2004): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin…; Another well–packed 'joint' from Spike Lee, has a corporate whistle–blower (Mackie) fired from his job and recruited to impregnate…
2 B Perfectly Honest (2004): Dir. Randel Cole
Feat. Adam Trese, John Turturro, Andrew McCarthy…; Sporting a setting and story that's unusual enough to be worthwhile, this semi–goofy comedy concerns a mismatched pair of New Yorkers (Trese…
Romance and Cigarettes (2005): Dir. John Turturro
Feat. James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet…; Actor John Turturro wrote, directed and self–released this bawdy and often brilliant 60's–pop–anthem–fuelled comedy musical,…
Good Shepherd, The (2006): Dir. Robert De Niro
Feat. Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro…; Robert De Niro directs this dramatization of the CIA’s clandestine origins, with Matt Damon in the central role of a colourless career…
Few Days in September, A (Quelques jours en septembre) (2006): Dir. Santiago Amigorena
Feat. Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Nick Nolte…; Pre–September 11 spy–thriller dramatising events leading up to the fatal terrorist attack, with former spy (Binoche) being stalked…
Transformers (2007): Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight…; Industrial–strength live–action adaptation of the cult 80s cartoon, about two waring robot factions with the ability to 'transform' into…
Slipstream (Slipstream Dream) (2007): Dir. Anthony Hopkins
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Christian Slater, Camryn Manheim…; Anthony Hopkins cartwheels into the director's chair and attempts to channel David Lynch for this befuddling ensemble fantasy in which a screenwriter…
You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008): Dir. Dennis Dugan
Feat. Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Rob Schneider; Banned by censors in Egypt, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, this trademark silly Adam Sandler vehicle stars him as a former Israeli army agent…
What Just Happened (2008): Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Catherine Keener, Bruce Willis…; Robert De Niro is in late–career–best form in this amiable showbiz satire that captures two weeks in the life of a frustrated film…
Miracle at St. Anna (2008): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Derek Luke, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt…; A messily formed, though nonetheless vital piece of corrective history, with Spike Lee directing this recreation of the feats of the…
Transformers - Revenge Of The Fallen (Transformers 2) (2009): Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel…; Blockbuster buffoon Michael Bay reignites the conflict between warring robot tribes the Autobots and the Decepticons, with weedy hero Sam (LaBeouf)…
Nutcracker, The (2010): Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Elle Fanning, Nathan Lane, John Turturro…; A clunky, though nonetheless eye–popping new rendering of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, with Elle Fanning as the young girl who discovers a world of…
Passione (John Turturro's Passione) (2010): Dir. John Turturro
Feat. John Turturro, Max Casella, Lina Sastri; Exuberant celebration of the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.
Transformers - Dark of the Moon (Transformers 3) (2011): Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro…; The brashest of blockbuster franchises rolls on seemingly eternally, but this one's at least an improvement of the execrable REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.…
Cars 2 (2011): Dir. John Lasseter, Brad Lewis
Feat. Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine…; Solid sequel has the roaring return of Lightning McQueen and friends as they head overseas to compete in a World Grand Prix and find themselves…
Fading Gigolo (2013): Dir. John Turturro
Feat. John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sofia Vergara…; John Turturro is a struggling Brooklyn bookstore owner who contrives with his best friend (played by Woody Allen) to set up a male prostitution…
God's Pocket (2014): Dir. John Slattery
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro…; Philip Seymour Hoffman's penultimate film finds the actor playing a blue collar everyman whose debts and strained marriage come under greater…
Exodus - Gods and Kings (2014): Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro…; Ridley Scott directs this biblical epic in which a defiant Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses and sets 600,000 slaves on a monumental…
My Mother (Mia Madre) (2015): Dir. Nanni Moretti
Feat. Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Nanni Moretti…; Affecting character study of a director in the middle of an film–making crisis who has to deal with the inevitable yet still unacceptable loss…
Night Of, The (TV Mini-Series) (2016): Feat. Riz Ahmed, John Turturro, Michael Kenneth Williams…; Much–acclaimed crime drama from the pen of Richard Price (THE WIRE, CLOCKERS) featuring a revelatory performance from Riz Ahmed as a man…
Name Of The Rose, The (TV Mini-series) (2019): Dir. Giacomo Battiato
Feat. John Turturro, Rupert Everett; TV adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel 'The Name of the Rose', a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the 14th century.
Gloria Bell (2019): Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Caren Pistorius…; Another winner from Chilean director Sebastian Lelio, who remakes his superb Spanish–language mid–life romance with absolute assurance…
Batman, The (2022): Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell…; Robert Pattinson is Bruce Wayne in this impressively dark and epic reboot of DC comics' iconic knight in shining latex.

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