John Turturro
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- 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…