Billy Bob Thornton
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- 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…
- Sling Blade (1997)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, John Ritter, Dwight Yoakam
- Billy Bob Thornton performs a truly impressive writer–director–actor hat–trick for his remarkable tale about an asylum inmate…
- Winner, The (1997)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Vincent D'Onofrio, Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley…
- Punk director Alex Cox about breaks even with this stageplay custom fitted for the screen. The action revolves around Las Vegas 'winner' Vincent…
- Apostle, The (1997)
- Dir. Robert Duvall
Feat. Robert Duvall, Miranda Richardson, Billy Bob Thornton
- Labour of love – in the best possible sense – for Robert Duvall (as Actor/Writer/Director), raising hellfire as a repentant…
- Primary Colors (1998)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton…
- In charting the rise of a controversial Southern Governor through the US Democratic primary campaign, John Travolta rises admirably to his most…
- Armageddon (1998)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton…
- After the tragedy of DEEP IMPACT, we get to witness the end of the world again, this time Jerry Bruckheimer–style (CON AIR, THE ROCK). That…
- Homegrown (1998)
- Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Kelly Lynch, Hank Azaria…
- Billy Bob Thornton heads a trio of inept drug dealers in a modest, though deft comedy of marijuana capers. Seeking to offload their crop when the…
- 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…
- Pushing Tin (1999)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett…
- The title is Air Traffic Controller jargon for getting all the jumbo–jets landing on time, and typifies the haywire humour of this workplace…
- Daddy and Them (1999)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Laura Dern, Kelly Preston…
- Low–key, quirky and casually paced, dir. Thornton's tribute to his roots unfolds as an Arkansas clan draw together to support their imprisoned…