Bill Paxton
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Streets of Fire (1984)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Michael Pare, Rick Moranis…
- Surprise hit is an unusual blending of motorcycles, 50s rock'n'roll melodrama and tough, futuristic street action. Lane plays a pop diva who is…
- Weird Science (1986)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly Le Brock, Bill Paxton…
- Two computer nerds generate their fantasy woman in the form of Kelly Le Brock. Innocuous teen fun.
- Aliens (1986)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn…
- Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from the first grisly encounter with the slimy she–creature, here joining a team of…
- Near Dark (1987)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henrikson, Jenny Wright…
- The blueprint vampire–in–contemporary–clothing movie about a pack of young hedonists on the urban fringes afflicted with…
- Brain Dead (1989)
- Dir. Adam Simon
Feat. Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort
- Long unreleased in New Zealand (which possibly explains why Peter Jackson also claimed the title), this arrives a bit of a lost gem from the halcyon…
- 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…
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades…
- No Arnie this time, but the evil alien is back (he was cheaper) for another bout of human carnage. This time downtown Detroit gets the brunt of its…
- 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…
- Navy Seals (1990)
- Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton…
- Explosive action flick starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn as Commandos in America's most elite Navy squad, who are on a mission to rescue…
- Dark Backward, The (1991)
- Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton…
- Weird black comedy about a hopeless stand–up comic (Judd Nelson) who finds that the third arm growing from his back is his ticket to the…