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Filmography

Bob Rafelson - filmography


  • No Good Deed on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Milla Jovovich,  Stellan Skarsgard
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    While pursuing a runaway teenager, cop Jack (Samuel L. Jackson) stumbles across a gang of crooks trying to pull off a heist. When they are alerted to his presence, Jack is taken hostage, and left in the custody of Erin (Milla Jovovich), the gang leader's girlfriend. While they are left alone, Jack ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 4,212 members
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  • Poodle Springs on DVD (1998)
    Starring: James Caan,  Dina Meyer,  David Keith
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A cynical detective of the 60s town of Poodle Springs and newly married to the daughter of a multi millionaire, finds himself caught up in murder and intrigue. When he discovers plans to move the Nevada state border, he realises just what his wealthy father-in-law is up to...
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 124 members
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  • Blood and Wine (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Stephen Dorff,  Judy Davis
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with "Five Easy Pieces" and continued with "The King Of Marvin Gardens". In the three, Nicholson has now played son, brother and father. In this one, Nicholson is a wealthy wine dealer who has distanced himself ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 82 members
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  • Man Trouble on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Ellen Barkin,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MAN TROUBLE, the fifth collaboration between Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson, is a comical thriller. Nicholson plays Harry Bliss, who runs a guard dog service and is going through counselling with his wife, Adele(Lauren Tom). A serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles, and when the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 213 members
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  • Mountains Of The Moon (1989)
    Starring: Patrick Bergin,  Iain Glen,  Richard E. Grant
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In director Bob Rafelson's MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON, Richard Francis Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Hanning Speke (Iain Glen), two of history's most remarkable adventurers, set out to Africa in 1854 to find the mysterious source of the Nile River, their expedition supported by the Royal Geographic ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 386 members
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  • Black Widow on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Debra Winger,  Theresa Russell,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BLACK WIDOW bears no relation to the 1954 film of the same name--beyond its characterization of the female as the deadlier of the species, that is. Debra Winger stars as a federal agent who has sworn to bring Theresa Russell to justice. Ms. Russell has married several millionaires who have all died ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 980 members
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  • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Jessica Lange,  John Colicos
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Drifter Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson), is headed nowhere. Then he drifts into a job at a roadside diner and sees his boss's alluring young wife Cora (Jessica Lange). They are both compelled by agonising passions they can neither control or completely understand, to become lovers with savage ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 285 members
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  • The King Of Marvin Gardens on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Bruce Dern,  Ellen Burstyn
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dreams die hard in wintry Atlantic City in Bob Rafelson's downbeat character drama. Depressive deejay David Staebler (Jack Nicholson) tends to his grandfather as he philosophizes on late-night Philadelphia talk radio. When his huckster older brother Jason (Bruce Dern) calls out of the blue one day, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 498 members
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  • Five Easy Pieces on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Karen Black,  Susan Anspach
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A disaffected man seeks a sense of identity in one of the key films of Hollywood's 1970s New Wave. Once a promising pianist from a family of classical musicians, Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson, in his first major starring role) leads a blue-collar life as an oil rigger, living with needy ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,912 members
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  • Head on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Mickey Dolenz,  Peter Tork,  Michael Nesmith
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Monkees -- Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones and Peter Tork -- didn't really enjoy being labelled the Prefab Four back when their TV series was all the rage in 1966. With the help and support of Bob Rafaelson (co-producer, co-writer and director) and Jack Nicholson (co-producer, co-writer, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 683 members
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  • Monkees - Series 1 (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: The Monkees
    Director: James Frawley,  Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In the educational series GROWING UP WILD, children are invited to learn about baby animals in a fun and interactive way. Using incredible close-up footage, the programme aims to engage young viewers by showing them what it might be like to be a baby animal. Kids can make themselves at home inside ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 216 members
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Bob Rafelson facts

5 most recent films

No Good Deed - 2.5 stars
Poodle Springs - 2.5 stars
Blood and Wine - 3.0 stars
Man Trouble - 2.0 stars
Mountains Of The Moon - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Five Easy Pieces - 3.5 stars
Monkees - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
The Postman Always Rings Twice - 3.0 stars
Mountains Of The Moon - 3.0 stars
Head - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Man Trouble - 2.0 stars
No Good Deed - 2.5 stars
Poodle Springs - 2.5 stars
Stay Hungry - 2.5 stars
Blood and Wine - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

The Monkees - 7 times - show films
Jack Nicholson - 6 times - show films
Veronica Cartwright - 2 times - show films
Ellen Barkin - 2 times - show films
Michael McKean - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

James Frawley - 7 times - show films