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  • Lethal Weapon
  • Lethal Weapon review by from The Sulaco
    Rated - 4.0 stars Original...and best 25 January 2004
    ...able as the albino villian Mr Joshua, the action set pieces are handled well by Richard Donner (Director) and the soundtrack features work by Eric Clapton amongst others. Af...   Read customer review
  • The Omen
  • The Omen review by PJshadow from Leeds
    Rated - 5.0 stars Belials belief how good this is! 12 July 2010
    ... simply a brilliant horror masterpiece from Superman and Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner. Gregory Peck stars as Robert Thorn, political heavyweight and (at least ini...   Read customer review
  • Superman
  • Superman review by from Marham, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Original and still the best! 4 March 2006
    ...ere is and the extra footage only enhances the story! It's a real testament to Richard Donner that this 28 year old film can still compete in the special effects race! Awes...   Read customer review

Richard Donner - filmography


  • 16 Blocks - HD (2006)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Mos Def,  David Morse
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Bruce Willis hits the mark as Jack Mosley, a broken-down New York City police detective assigned to escort a petty criminal from the precinct to the courthouse. The seemingly simple 16-Block journey becomes a test of character for them when Jack's ex-partners attempt to stop them. It's the gripping ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 597 members
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  • 16 Blocks - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Mos Def,  David Morse
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    16 BLOCKS is a tale of corrupt police officers, a Grand Jury witness, and one cop who is trying to do the right thing. Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) is weary. A lame leg and a love affair with alcohol make him a virtual joke at the NYPD. Tired and ready to head home, Mosley is assigned one last job ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,677 members
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  • 16 Blocks on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Mos Def,  David Morse
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Bruce Willis hits the mark as Jack Mosley, a broken-down New York City police detective assigned to escort a petty criminal from the precinct to the courthouse. The seemingly simple 16-Block journey becomes a test of character for them when Jack's ex-partners attempt to stop them. It's the gripping ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 48,180 members
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  • Timeline on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Paul Walker,  Frances O'Connor,  Michael Sheen
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The archaeological excavation at La Roque Castle in Castelgard, France, appears to be like any other dig. At least it does until archaeology student Kate (Frances O'Connor) and assistant professor Andre Marek (Gerard Butler) discover a note from their boss Professor Edward Johnston (Billy Connolly) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 13,612 members
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  • Lethal Weapon 4 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Danny Glover,  Joe Pesci
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Fourth in the series of uber-successful action films directed by Richard Donner. Gibson and Glover return as Los Angeles detectives who can't seem to get through a day without a shooting, a robbery, or a car chase.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 17,181 members
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  • Conspiracy Theory on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Brian J. Williams,  Cylk Cozart,  Stephen Kahan
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A crackpot Big Apple cabbie finds himself in a heap of trouble after his self-published conspiracy 'zine elicits the interest of some shady government heavies--and leads to the unexplained murders of all five subscribers. As the J. Edgars close in, he takes to the lam with the one person who may be ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 9,414 members
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  • Maverick on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Jodie Foster,  Mel Gibson,  James Garner
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    An updating of the classic Western TV series "Maverick," this comic oater finds our fast-talking, hard-gambling hero surviving many adventures while trying to come up with enough money to play in a high-stakes poker game. Penned by William Goldman with music by Randy Newman. Academy Award ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,659 members
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  • Lethal Weapon 3 on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Joe Pesci,  Alan Scarfe,  Mary Ellen Trainor
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    In the third LETHAL WEAPON film, L.A. police detectives Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) track down an ex-cop who has been smuggling guns out of impound and back to gangs on the street. Days away from retirement, Murtaugh is reluctantly pushed into action by Riggs. The two are joined ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 20,540 members
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  • Radio Flyer on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Lorraine Bracco,  Elijah Wood,  John Heard
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Two young brothers' lives are turned upside down when their new alcoholic stepfather enters their world and begins to beat young Bobby. Devoted to their mom, they come up with their own solution and attempt to build a working airplane from their ordinary red wagon. In the process, they transform ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 224 members
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  • Lethal Weapon 2 on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Joe Pesci,  Derrick O'Connor,  Mark Rolston
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In Richard Donner's sequel to LETHAL WEAPON, Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is still the family man. Riggs (Mel Gibson) is still the daredevil, but now he counts the odds before bucking them. This time, the two cops must protect Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), an accountant who has laundered a half billion dollars ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 21,123 members
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  • Scrooged on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Bill Murray,  Karen Allen,  Alfre Woodard
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, this effects-heavy Bill Murray holiday vehicle from 1988 sees the former SNL funnyman assuming the role of television executive Frank Cross, the meanest and most depraved man on earth. Cross will stoop to unheard of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 12,735 members
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  • Lethal Weapon on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Danny Glover,  Gary Busey
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In Richard Donner's thrilling blockbuster, two tough Los Angeles cops-suicidal Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and family man Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover)are teamed as partners in a highly unusual case involving a massive international crime ring which has its roots in Vietnam-a place they're both all ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 27,112 members
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  • Lethal Weapon - HD (1987)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Danny Glover,  Gary Busey
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    In Richard Donner's thrilling blockbuster, two tough Los Angeles cops--suicidal Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and family man Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover)--are teamed as partners in a highly unusual case involving a massive international crime ring which has its roots in Vietnam--a place they're both ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 378 members
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  • Lethal Weapon - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Danny Glover,  Gary Busey
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    In Richard Donner's thrilling blockbuster, two tough Los Angeles cops--suicidal Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and family man Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover)--are teamed as partners in a highly unusual case involving a massive international crime ring which has its roots in Vietnam--a place they're both ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 2,548 members
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  • The Goonies - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Sean Astin,  Josh Brolin,  Corey Feldman
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A thrill-a-minute adventure film. When brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand (Josh Brolin) learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move, they and their friends decide to have one last, precious adventure together. With the help of a treasure map they've found in the attic, the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 2,943 members
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  • Ladyhawke on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Rutger Hauer,  Rutger Hauer,  Matthew Broderick
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In medieval France, knight Rutger Hauer and lady fair Michelle Pfeiffer both run afoul of evil-bishop John Wood. Through the auspices of bishop's confessor Leo McKern, Hauer and Pfeiffer are placed under a curse. During the night, Hauer takes the form of a wolf, while Pfeiffer assumes the form of a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,664 members
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  • The Goonies on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Sean Astin,  Josh Brolin,  Corey Feldman
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A thrill-a-minute adventure film. When brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand (Josh Brolin) learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move, they and their friends decide to have one last, precious adventure together. With the help of a treasure map they've found in the attic, the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 38,890 members
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  • Superman II on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Christopher Reeve,  Ned Beatty,  Margot Kidder
    Director: Richard Lester,  Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Once again mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve), hiding his identity as Superman, must fight for law and order. This time around, a triumvirate of nasty villains from the planet Krypton break free of their dimensional prison and hightail it to Earth, where they enjoy the same ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 11,888 members
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  • Superman - Blu-ray (1978)
    Starring: Christopher Reeve,  Marlon Brando,  Gene Hackman
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Born on planet Krypton but raised in Kansas, USA, Clark Kent (as his Earth parents have named him) embarks on a voyage of self-discovery to the Arctic, where he learns the truth about his alien origins, superhuman abilities, and responsibility to preserve and protect 'truth, justice and the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,719 member
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  • Superman - HD (1978)
    Starring: Christopher Reeve,  Gene Hackman,  Marlon Brando
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Born on planet Krypton but raised in Kansas, USA, Clark Kent (as his Earth parents have named him) embarks on a voyage of self-discovery to the Arctic, where he learns the truth about his alien origins, superhuman abilities, and responsibility to preserve and protect 'truth, justice and the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 435 members
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  • Superman on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Christopher Reeve,  Gene Hackman,  Marlon Brando
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    In Richard Donner's blockbuster, the Superman myth is well told, from his birth on the doomed planet Krypton to his childhood in a small Kansas town and beyond. After he comes of age, young Clark Kent, as his Earth parents have named him, learns the truth of his alien birth on a voyage of discovery ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 16,145 members
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  • The Omen on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Gregory Peck,  Lee Remick,  David Warner
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A staid American ambassador (Gregory Peck) and his wife (Lee Remick) are heartbroken when their child is stillborn, but their heartbreak is only beginning when they adopt an orphan. As the boy grows, disaster surrounds him, beginning with the suicide of his nanny, and as the bodies pile up, his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 15,901 members
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  • Kojak - Series 1 (6 discs) on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Telly Savalas,  Dan Frazer,  Kevin Dobson
    Director: Richard Donner,  William Hale
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Telly Savalas stars as Lieutenant Theo Kojak in this seventies cop-drama series. He's got style, street smarts and a penchant for lollipops, and he's hitting the gritty streets of New York City in pursuit of some of television's toughest criminals. Features all episodes from season 1.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 261 members
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  • Kojak - Vol. 2 on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Telly Savalas
    Director: Jim Benson,  Gary Nelson,  Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Telly Savalas will best be remembered as the follically-challenged, lollipop-loving Theo Kojak of the eponymously-titled television crime drama, which ran from 1973-1978. Lt. Kojak was a tough-as-nails police detective who brought criminals to justice with his unique brand of unorthodox style that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 134 members
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  • Twinky on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Susan George
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl...
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 114 members
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  • Lola / The Witness on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Susan George,  Honor Blackman
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Features two movies on one DVD. In LOLA, a middle-aged writer falls in love with a 16-year old English nymphet. Boasting a strong performance from Charles Bronson as the writer. In THE WITNESS, a young boy who has witnessed the crime for which his father is being wrongly accused attempts to free ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 79 members
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Richard Donner facts

5 most recent films

16 Blocks - HD - 3.5 stars
16 Blocks - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
16 Blocks - 3.0 stars
Timeline - 2.5 stars
Lethal Weapon 4 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Goonies - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Lethal Weapon Collection - 1 - 4 Boxset - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Lethal Weapon - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Goonies - 4.0 stars
Lethal Weapon - HD - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Twinky - 2.0 stars
Lola / The Witness - 2.0 stars
The Marshal Of Madrid - 2.0 stars
Timeline - 2.5 stars
Kojak - Vol. 2 - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Mel Gibson - 15 times - show films
Danny Glover - 11 times - show films
Telly Savalas - 8 times - show films
Dan Frazer - 7 times - show films
Christopher Reeve - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

William Hale - 7 times - show films
Charles S. Dubin - 7 times - show films
Graham Baker - 5 times - show films
Don Taylor - 5 times - show films
Richard Lester - 3 times - show films