Christopher Walken
Actor
- Anderson Tapes, The (1971)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam…
- An inventive, if over–ambitious thriller in which a master–thief (Connery) recently released from prison plans a difficult heist, without…
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene…
- Cozy, semi–autographical coming–of–age from New York native Paul Mazursky, recounting with fondness the formative years of an…
- Roseland (1977)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Geraldine Chaplin…
- Three separate but interlocking stories set in New York's famed dance palace, about people trying to essentially, 'find the right dance partner'.…
- Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep
- A grimly realistic portrait of how the atrocities of the Vietnam war have an effect on a group of friends. Robert De Niro heads a virtuoso cast in…
- Heaven's Gate (1980)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt…
- One of Hollywood's biggest financial disasters contributed to the demise of United Artists studios. Despite its flaws, this full–length version…
- Dogs of War, The (1980)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Christopher Walken, Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger
- Frederick Forsyth's best–seller gets reasonably good treatment here, Christopher Walken playing a hard bastard mercenary hired by Big Business…
- Pennies from Heaven (1981)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken…
- Dennis Potter’s provocative, 1930s–set melding of drama and musical is spot–on in this US version of the BBC TV–series, which…
- Dead Zone, The (1983)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Brooke Adams…
- A dynamite thriller based on one of Stephen King's best stories. Christopher Walken plays a clairvoyant, who after helping police with homicide…
- Brainstorm (1983)
- Dir. Douglas Trumball
Feat. Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher…
- A ‘Hard Sci–fi’ fable about the development of a sensory experience device – ‘virtual reality’ in today’s…
- At Close Range (1985)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Sean Penn, Christopher Walken
- Sean Penn plays a wayward youth who reunites with his gangland father (Christopher Walken) with violent consequences. Sordid yet solid drama.
- View to a Kill, A (1986)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts…
- Roger Moore's final outing as agent 007. Evil billionaire industrialist Max Zorin (Walken) and his lethal associate May Day (Jones) plan to take over…
- Biloxi Blues (1988)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken
- Famed scriptwriter Neil Simon (THE GOODBYE GIRL) here gives a semi–autobiographical account of his experiences in boot–camp during WW2,…
- Communion (1989)
- Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse
- Based on the ‘experiences’ of novelist Whitley Strieber, who claimed multiple abductions by aliens, this has Christopher Walken whisked away for…
- King of New York (1990)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes…
- A ruthless drug lord (Walken) is determined to resume his throne as the king of New York's underworld after five years behind bars. A vicious crime…
- Comfort of Strangers, The (1991)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Christopher Walken…
- Genuinely unsettling, if not ultimately coherent, tale of an English couple (Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson) in Venice who become the…
- Sarah, Plain and Tall (Winter's End; Skylark) (1991-1999)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Glenn Close, Christopher Walken
- A beloved made–for–TV adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's famous children's novel. A widowed farmer places an ad for a wife, with a…
- Mistress (1992)
- Dir. Barry Primus
Feat. Martin Landau, Robert De Niro, Danny Aiello…
- A movie movie about a struggling Hollywood writer whose ethics are violated on the hellish road to production by hack producers Martin Landau, Robert…
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- The lone Bat returns to defend Gotham City from Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) and The Penguin (Danny De Vito). Everything you loved or loathed about…
- Business Affair, A (1993)
- Dir. Charlotte Brandstom
Feat. Carole Bouquet, Christopher Walken, Jonathan Pryce…
- Would–be writer Carole Bouquet is caught between her husband (another struggling scribe) and publisher Christopher Walken. European…
- True Romance (1993)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman…
- Precocious, ultra–violent black comedy from the pen of Tarantino in which comic–book–nerd Christian Slater transforms into…
- Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- Dir. Stephen Surjik
Feat. Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken…
- Party time for Mike Myers and Dana Carvey again in this not–quite–so–excellent sequel.
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman…
- With just his second film, Quentin Tarantino not only became a household name but a massive cultural phenomenon.
He miraculously surpasses…
- Four Rules, The (Search and Destroy) (1995)
- Dir. David Salle
Feat. Griffin Dunne, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken…
- Smalltime shark Griffin Dunne's obsession with self–help philosophy leads him into some tense encounters with Dennis Hopper and Christopher…
- Wild Side (1995)
- Dir. Donald Cammell
Feat. Anne Heche, Christopher Walken, Joan Chen…
- Bank exec Anne Heche moonlights as a hooker to service a debt and initiates a twisted game of role–playing with miscreants Christopher Walken…
- Nick of Time (1995)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken
- Johnny Depp strives for action–hero big time with this cliff–hanger played out in real time.
Randomly singled out of a crowd, he must…
- Prophecy II & III, The (1995-2000)
- Feat. Christopher Walken
- Two sequels in the 'PROPHECY' Series.
- Prophecy, The (1996)
- Dir. Gregory Widen
Feat. Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Elias Koteas…
- Christopher Walken plays the Archangel Gabriel(!), spreading terror on earth on behalf of a private vendetta in heaven. X–FILES fans should…
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1996)
- Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Gabrielle Anwar…
- Things get messy for 'good guy' Andy Garcia under the sadistic tutelage of crippled crime–boss Christopher Walken.
Cool and confident…
- Last Man Standing (1996)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, Christopher Walken…
- Gunslinger Bruce Willis dishes up violent justice for two factions of bootleggers in an actioner that ropes in western, mob movie, film noir and even…
- Funeral, The (1996)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Christopher Penn, Annabella Sciorra…
- Indie iconoclast Abel Ferrara delves deeper into the troubled psyches of men–on–the–edge with a brooding chamber–piece.…
- Basquiat (1996)
- Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Gary Oldman…
- The director sends a post–mortem loveletter to his friend and contemporary, Jean–Michel Basquiat, a celebrated but fragile New York black…
- Touch (1997)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Skeet Ulrich, Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken
- Auteur of urban paranoia Paul Schrader opts for a lighter touch in this satirical roam through the vagaries of contemporary American religion and its…
- Mouse Hunt (1998)
- Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Christopher Walken
- Larger than life, very entertaining all–ages comedy follows the misfortunes of brothers Nathan Lane and Lee Evans, who inherit the family…
- Antz (1998)
- Dir. Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Feat. Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone…
- Fully computer–animated family film takes best advantage of current technology, and successfully implants the voice and persona of Woody Allen…
- Trance (The Eternal) (1998)
- Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Christopher Walken, Jared Harris, Alison Elliott…
- Revision of Universal's horror classic THE MUMMY as a contemporary Gothic mood–piece set in coastal Ireland, an alcoholic American couple…
- 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…
- Blast from the Past (1999)
- Dir. Hugh Wilson
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek…
- Resurfacing after thirty years in a nuclear bunker, Brendan Fraser enters the outside world of the 1990s a wide–eyed innocent, a contrast…
- Suicide Kings (1999)
- Dir. Peter O'Fallon
Feat. Christopher Walken, Denis Leary
- Post–PULP FICTION black–comedy, that does better than most in juggling a crime setting, a mystery and various comical dialogues, with a…
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken…
- The oft–filmed short story 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is fashioned by illustrious iconoclast Tim Burton as the goriest, most…
- America's Sweethearts (2001)
- Dir. Joe Roth
Feat. John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts…
- Self–satirising amusement wherein Hollywood “golden–couple–who–actually–hate–each–other”, Catherine…
- Affair of the Necklace, The (2001)
- Dir. Charles Shyer
Feat. Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Joely Richardson…
- Hilary Swank (BOYS DON’T CRY) wigs up as a penniless French aristocrat in pre–revolution times who conspires to defraud Cardinal Jonathon…
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken…
- A widely enjoyed but minor caper comedy “inspired by” the career of a teenage con man, who passed himself off as an airline pilot, doctor, and…
- Plots with a View (Undertaking Betty) (2002)
- Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts…
- Lunatic Welsh farce in which an unhappy Brenda Blethyn contrives with a besotted funeral director (Molina) to fake her own death so as to escape a…
- Julius Caesar (2003)
- Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken…
- A television feature which presents the life, reign and demise of Rome's first emperor.
Rising from a family of minor administrators in the…
- Kangaroo Jack (2003)
- Dir. David McNally
Feat. Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren…
- A misadventure comedy ensues when two friends from Brooklyn, NY are forced to deliver mob money to Australia, only to see it 'stolen' by a kangaroo…
- Welcome to the Jungle (The Rundown) (2003)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken…
- Broadly enjoyable action–comedy in which 'retrieval expert' The Rock lands in the Amazon rainforest to rescue his employer's kidnapped…
- Gigli (2003)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Al Pacino…
- Famously derided as one of the worst films ever made, this cinematic failure finally proved to Hollywood that audiences don't care about $75 million…
- Man on Fire (2004)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell…
- A hard–eyed revenge thriller which sees an alcoholic bodyguard (Washington) losing a 11–yr old girl he's assigned to protect in Mexico…
- Stepford Wives, The (2004)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken…
- Remade as a comedy, this glossy, satirical double–take on the spooky 70s thriller of the same name has man–eating TV executive Nicole…
- Envy (2004)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz…
- Ben Stiller and Jack Black team together for the first time in a black comedy that, for all its waywardness, is refreshingly off the beaten track for…
- Around the Bend (2004)
- Dir. Jordan Roberts
Feat. Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Michael Caine…
- Unusually quirky weepie, in which several generations of men are brought together unexpectedly for an extended attempt to grapple with the…
- Wedding Crashers (2005)
- Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken…
- Two friends (Wilson and Vaughn) are connected by their hobby of 'crashing' weddings during the summer nuptial season, purporting to be invited, in…
- Domino (2005)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Delroy Lindo…
- Brash, hyperkinetic action rendition of the life and times of Domino Harvey (played by Knightley), the daughter of movie–star Laurence Harvey,…
- 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,…
- Click (2006)
- Dir. Frank Coraci
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken…
- Clever high–concept farce has Adam Sandler continue his recent low–key run playing a 'married & harried' architect who inadvertantly…
- Man of the Year (2006)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney…
- Played for quick laughs, this political satire suitably casts Robin Williams as an affable, late–night talk show host who runs for President…
- Hairspray (2007)
- Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken…
- Sweet, plump Tracey Turnblad (newcomer Nikki Blonsky) twists and do–wops her way into her own dream – a place in the core cast of the…
- Balls of Fury (2007)
- Dir. Ben Garant
Feat. Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez
- Yet another in a recent wave of "sports spoof" comedies, this one, believe it or not, set in the Asian–infused world of extreme…
- $5 A Day (Five Dollars a Day) (2008)
- Dir. Nigel Cole
Feat. Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Sharon Stone…
- Lightweight comedy with the conservative son of a thrifty conman begrudgingly joining his father on the road –– after being released from…
- Maiden Heist (2008)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy…
- Agreeable caper with three aging security guards conspire to steal the artwork they're supposed to be protecting.
Intended as an affectionate…
- Kill the Irishman (2011)
- Dir. Jonathan Hensleigh
Feat. Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer…
- Based on the violent exploits of Shamrock career criminal Danny Greene – a union crook, loan shark heavy, and finally, organised crime boss in…
- Dark Horse (2011)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow…
- Todd Solondz's latest black comedy of discomfort, about a toy–obsessed thirty–something who enters into a relationship with a chronic…
- Seven Psychopaths (2012)
- Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson…
- Three Hollywood deadbeats incur the wrath of a violent gangster after kidnapping his beloved shih zhu in this stinging black comedy from IN BRUGES…
- Performance (A Late Quartet) (2012)
- Dir. Yaron Zilberman
Feat. Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- A celebrated string quartet in New York struggle to stay together through a combination of illness and relationship woes in this nuanced ensemble…
- Stand Up Guys (2012)
- Dir. Fisher Stevens
Feat. Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin…
- Three geriatric wiseguys strive to recapture their youth by engaging in a crime spree for nostalgia's sake. A surprisingly sweet, endearingly…
- Jersey Boys (2014)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza…
- Clint Eastwood brings the hit stage musical of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' rise to stardom to the big screen.
- Eddie the Eagle (2016)
- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken…
- Feelgood biopic about the infamous British ski–jumper Eddie Edwards whose lack of athletic prowess and unlikely character charmed the world at…
- Jungle Book, The (2016)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley…
- An eye–popping, effects–driven take on the tale of Mowgli a young boy raised by wolves who's existence is threatened by the tiger Shere…
- Family Fang, The (2016)
- Dir. Jason Bateman
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn…
- The Fang siblings, raised by performance artist parents, return home as adults with their own artistic careers in this art–world family…
- Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)
- Dir. John Patrick Shanley
Feat. Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm…
- John Patrick Shanley, who created MOONSTRUCK, brings his sweeping romantic vision to Ireland with Wild Mountain Thyme. The headstrong farmer Rosemary…
- Dune: Part Two (Dune 2) (2024)
- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya , Austin Butler…
- The mythic journey of Paul Atreides continues as he unites with the indigenous Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who…