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  • High Lonesome
  • High Lonesome review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Powerful and warm drama 27 December 2004
    ...To my surprise, this is a powerful and yet warm drama, wonderfully acted by Louis Gossett Jr. Honesty and resilience drive Gossett?s character and allows him to face in the most...   Read customer review
  • Enemy Mine
  • Enemy Mine review by majortom2001 from Worthing, UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars a remarkable piece of acting by Louis Gossett Jr. 29 May 2010
    ...Quaid plays Quaid in this movie - the undoubted star of this movie is the great Louis Gossett Jr. who plays the alien. The plot in this movie goes a bit awray and gets a bit maw...   Read customer review
  • Iron Eagle 4
  • Iron Eagle 4 review by from Ealing, London
    Rated - 1.0 stars Nothing Close to I.E 1 or I.E.II 27 January 2006
    ...hough. The film seems to be very slow and extremely boring. I am a big fan of Louis Gossett Jr. but I must say DON'T WATCH THIS FILM...WASTE OF TIME !!! ...   Read customer review

Louis Gossett Jr. - filmography


  • The Grace Card on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Michael Joiner,  Mike Higgenbottom,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: David G. Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Everything can change in an instant ... and take a lifetime to unravel. When Mac McDonald loses his son in an accident, the ensuing 17 years of bitterness and pain erodes his love for his family and leaves him angry with God ... and just about everyone else. Mac's rage stonewalls his career in the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 475 members
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  • Cover (2007)
    Starring: Vivica A. Fox,  Louis Gossett Jr.,  Christopher Michael Holley
    Director: Bill Duke
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When a man is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of 15 years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keeps the family alive as a deadly disease threatens to destroy all that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4 members
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  • Daddy's Little Girls on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Gabrielle Union,  Idris Elba,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: Tyler Perry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Monty (Idris Elba) is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet while raising his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia (Gabrielle Union), a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 806 members
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  • All In on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Michael Madsen,  James Russo,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: Nick Vallelonga
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Comedy drama starring Dominique Swain and Michael Madsen. From a very young age, Alicia 'Ace' Anderson (Swain) became an expert Texas hold-em poker player under the tutelage of her beloved father, Seal (Madsen). Now, years after Seal's tragic death in a car accident, Ace enters medical school and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 24 members
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  • Left Behind - World At War (2005)
    Starring: Gordon Currie,  Neil Crone,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: Craig R. Baxley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Drama starring Lou Gossett Jr. In the prophesised world of the Book of Revelation, global icon and world leader Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie) has finally done the unimaginable - he has managed to unite the world in peace - and bring an end to the bloodshed that has ruled the world since the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 598 members
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  • Momentum (2003)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Teri Hatcher,  Grayson McCouch
    Director: James Seale
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    MOMENTUM -- not be confused with MEMENTO -- is a throwback to flicks like SCANNERS and BLADE RUNNER, wherein a group of telepathic mutants is on the run from a hostile government. At moments, the film even plays like a bush-league X-MEN, as the leader of a wandering mutant colony threatens to ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 7 members
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  • Deceived on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jefferson Mappin,  Stewart Bick,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: Andre Van Heerden
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When an observatory in the Sierra Nevada mountains receives what appears to be a message from outer space, it promises to be one of the most significant moments in human history. A group of journalists and other interested parties begin heading into the mountains eager to find out more, but when ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 83 members
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  • Bram Stoker's Legend Of The Mummy on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Amy Locane,  Richard Karn,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: Jeffrey Obrow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    The mansion of legendary Egyptologist Abel Trelawney is filled with hundreds of ancient treasures stolen from the great monarch's tombs of Egypt. His most prized possession is the almost perfectly preserved mummy of Queen Tera. When his daughter, Margaret, find her father near death with her arm ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 262 members
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  • Iron Eagle 4 on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Dean McDermott,  Jason Blicker,  Jason Cadieux
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Louis Gossett Jnr. returns as Ex-Air Force General 'Chappy' Sinclair in the fourth Iron Eagle film in which he starts a flight school for young offenders. During training he and his kids discover Air Force Officers mysteriously moving canisters from an abandoned air base. These canisters contain ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 285 members
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  • High Lonesome on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Don Swayze,  Louis Gossett Jr.,  William Fichtner
    Director: Jeff Bleckner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In the town of High Lonesome during the 1930s, Walter Osgood (Louis Gossett Jr) is the only black man not to have been chased out by the racist locals. Whilst coping with local hostility, Osgood also attempts to come to terms with the recent death of his wife and disappearance of his son. He finds ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 79 members
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  • Flashfire on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Billy Zane,  Louis Gossett Jr.,  Kristin Minter
    Director: Elliott Silverstein
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Cop Jack Flinder (Billy Zane) is assigned the case of an evil arsonist who is setting LA ablaze. When his partner Art Cantrell (Tom Mason) is murdered, Flinder realises he is being set up and only his partner's girfriend Lisa (Kristin Minter) can clear his name. They soon realize things go much ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 36 members
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  • Midnight Sting on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Oliver Platt,  James Woods
    Director: Michael Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ex-con Gabriel Caine (James Wood) heads for Diggstown, a place where unofficial boxing matches are held for big prize money. Caine finds himself a contender (Louis Gossett Jnr) and bets the crooked boss of Diggstown that his man can beat ten fighters in 24 hours. Expect twists on a scale of 'The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 642 members
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  • Carolina Skeletons on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Bruce Dern,  Melissa Leo
    Director: John Erman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After many years service with the army, a soldier returns to his hometown, where the memory of his brother being executed for the rape and murder of two white girls, still haunts him. He believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks to his name, but there are some people in the town who will ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 19 members
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  • Cover Up on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Lisa Berkley,  John Finn,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: Manny Coto
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett Jr star in this early 1990s action thriller. Reporter and former marine Mike Anderson (Lundgren) investigates following a deadly assault on a US military base which the CIA attributes to a terrorist organisation. However, with a powerful weapon missing, Mike ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 190 members
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  • Iron Eagle 2 on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Alan Scarfe,  Stuart Margolin,  Mark Humphrey
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The sequel to Iron Eagle has Colonel Sinclair (Louis Gosset Jr.) heading a secret mission to the Middle East and joining forces with the Soviet Union. This time the enemy is Iran who have been stocking-up on nuclear weapons.The Soviet/U.S alliance launch an unofficial attack on their missile base.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 215 members
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  • The Principal (1987)
    Starring: James Belushi,  Michael Wright,  Rae Dawn Chong
    Director: Christopher Cain
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    James Belushi stars in this comedy/drama about teacher Rick Latimer who finds himself appointed Principal of Brandel High (a violent and crime ridden high school) as a punishment after smashing up the car of someone he suspected was in a relationship with his estranged wife. The school's students ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 434 members
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  • Iron Eagle (1986)
    Starring: Caroline Lagerfelt,  Jason Gedrick,  David Suchet
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a US jet fighter pilot is shot down and taken prisoner in the Middle East, the American government claim they are unable to do anything to secure his release. The airman's 18-year-old son, Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick), decides to take matters into his own hands, 'commandeering' a F-16 fighter ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 938 members
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  • Enemy Mine on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Brion James,  Richard Marcus
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An Earthman (Dennis Quaid) and his alien enemy (Lou Gossett Jnr) both find themselves stranded on the hostile planet Fyrine IV. The two enemies quickly find that they must join forces to survive and in doing so discover that the other is not the evil monster they were brought up to believe.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,955 members
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  • Jaws 3 on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Lea Thompson,  Louis Gossett Jr.,  Bess Armstrong
    Director: Joe Alves
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The star-studded opening of a new underwater theme park is disrupted when a baby shark strays into the complex and dies. Its 35-foot mother seeks revenge for the death of her offspring, laying waste to the marine world and its inhabitants in the process. This third instalment of the 'Jaws' ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 3,967 members
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  • The Deep on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Robert Shaw,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Marine adventure adapted from the novel by 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley. Gail Berke (Jacqueline Bisset) and David Sanders (Nick Nolte) are holidaying in Bermuda when they stumble across some hidden treasure in the high seas. Unfortunately, the 'treasure' they locate is a consignment of morphine, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,023 member
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  • The Deep - Blu-ray (1977)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Robert Shaw,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Marine adventure adapted from the novel by 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley. Gail Berke (Jacqueline Bisset) and David Sanders (Nick Nolte) are holidaying in Bermuda when they stumble across some hidden treasure in the high seas. Unfortunately, the 'treasure' they locate is a consignment of morphine, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 27 members
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  • The Rockford Files - Season 3 (6 discs) on DVD (1976)
    Starring: James Garner,  Jon Cedar,  Stuart Margolin
    Director: Reza Badiyi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All 22 episodes from the third season of the US television detective drama series, starring James Garner as Jim Rockford, the laid-back ex-con turned private investigator. Episodes are: 'The Fourth Man', 'The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit', 'The Family Hour', 'Feeding Frenzy', 'Drought at Indianhead ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 72 members
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  • Travels with My Aunt (1972)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Alec McCowen,  Louis Gossett Jr.
    Director: George Cukor
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings, who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure, as she attempts to rescue an old lover.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 18 members
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  • The Landlord on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Carl Lee,  Pearl Bailey,  Lee Grant
    Director: Hal Ashby
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Beau Bridges stars in this romantic comedy about a landlord whose arrogant nature is changed by the tenants he's trying to evict. After buying an apartment block in New York with the aim of renovating it in order to increase his already sizeable fortune, well-to-do twenty-something Elgar Enders (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 50 members
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Louis Gossett Jr. facts

5 most recent films

The Grace Card - 3.5 stars
Shannon's Rainbow - 1.0 stars
Cover - 3.5 stars
Daddy's Little Girls - 3.5 stars
All In - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Rockford Files - Season 3 - 4.0 stars
Daddy's Little Girls - 3.5 stars
Midnight Sting - 3.5 stars
An Officer And A Gentleman - 3.5 stars
The Principal - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The River Niger - 0.5 stars
Shannon's Rainbow - 1.0 stars
Momentum - 2.0 stars
All-In - 2.0 stars
All In - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Madsen - 3 times - show films
Idris Elba - 2 times - show films
Dominique Swain - 2 times - show films
Eli Wallach - 2 times - show films
Amy Locane - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Reza Badiyi - 7 times - show films
Taylor Hackford - 3 times - show films
Sidney J. Furie - 3 times - show films
Jeffrey Obrow - 2 times - show films
David G. Evans - 2 times - show films