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  • Peter Falk dead at 83 - 24 June 2011
    -Columbo star Peter Falk has died at the age of 83.-The beloved actor passed away peacefully at his Los Angeles home on Thursday (23Jun11).- Falk was born in New York in 1927 and enjoyed a career spanning 50 years.- He broke into the acting industry in 1956 when h

Peter Falk - what members say


  • The Princess Bride
  • The Princess Bride review by from Sheffield, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A classic! 3 June 2004
    ...irl of 4 was also transfixed. The film is a comedy fairytale told by Grandad Peter Falk to his 'Wonder Years' Grandson. There is Swashbuckling swordplay reminiscent of...   Read customer review
  • The Lost World
  • The Lost World review by A customer from Southampton
    Rated - 1.0 stars Blue Peter remake Jurassic Park 11 November 2004
    ... Years BC look like a slasher movie. Not to mention the disconcerting effect of Peter Falk appearing stuffed apart from his spinning one good eye. Mix in a taming of the ...   Read customer review
  • Columbo - Series 1
  • Columbo - Series 1 review by icewarrior67 from Greenwich
    Rated - 4.0 stars Falk is a Genius 26 July 2005
    ...Peter Falk gives one of the greatest performances of an actor playing a TV detective. The difference with this detective is not guessing who is the murderer. But rather h...   Read customer review

Peter Falk - filmography


  • American Cowslip (2009)
    Starring: Rip Torn,  Bruce Dern,  Diane Ladd
    Director: Mark David
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Trapped in small-town California USA, Ethan Inglebrink is searching for the perfect moment in a life that is running out of time. And the odds are against him. Ethan is an agoraphobic, drug addict obsessed with his garden. Ethan's neighbor, landlord and maniacal high school football coach Trevor O'..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
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  • When Angels Come To Town on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Sean Gallagher,  Katey Sagal
    Director: Andy Wolk
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In this sequel to 'Finding John Christmas', the angel Max walks into a struggling department store in a small Maine town. 24-year-old assistant manager Sally waits on him and, after Max leaves, she sees he has left behind one of his many bags...
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 56 members
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  • Undisputed on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Ving Rhames,  Peter Falk,  Michael Rooker
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    UNDISPUTED tells the story of a champion boxer (Ving Rhames) who is sent to prison on rape charges. There, he goes up against the top boxer (Wesley Snipes) in the inner-prison competition.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,363 member
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  • Made on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jon Favreau,  Vince Vaughn,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Jon Favreau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Following their success five years before with SWINGERS, Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn team up again in MADE, a comedy about two very different down-on-their-luck L.A. friends who get caught up in a dangerous deal in New York City. Favreau stars as Bobby, a hardworking, very serious construction ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,462 member
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  • The Lost World on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Bob Hoskins,  James Fox,  Matthew Rhys
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This BBC presentation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's THE LOST WORLD follows an early 20th-century expedition to discover the existence of dinosaurs. Led by Professor George Challenger (Bob Hoskins), the party encounters primitive humans and various dinosaurs. The cast also includes James Fox, Peter ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 441 members
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  • Money Kings on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Lauren Holly,  Timothy Hutton
    Director: Graham Theakston
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A hardhitting tale of urban betrayal and revenge starring Peter Falk (COLUMBO) as Vinnie, a kindhearted bookie who has lost the desire to play dirty and instead longs for a quiet life in the bar he owns. His plans are disrupted however with the arrival of the arrogant Tony (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 58 members
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  • Room Mates on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  D.B. Sweeney,  Julianne Moore
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Rocky, a loveable, wisecracking old man sets up home with his yuppie grandson Michael and all goes well until the youngster falls in love. A heart-warming comedy which bridges the generation gap.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 104 members
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  • Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1995)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Peter Falk,  Sarah Jessica Parker
    Director: John Erman
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    An updated screen adaption of Neil Simon's hilarious 1972 play telling the tale of two legendary comedians Lewis and Clark (played by Woody Allen and Peter Falk) and their return to the stage after a lengthy hiatus from show business and each other. Also stars Sarah Jessica Parker.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 291 members
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  • A Trick of the Light on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Wim Wenders,  Nadine Buettner,  Lucie Hurtgen-Skladanowsky
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Weaving together docu-drama, fictional re-enactment and experimental photography, the film is a powerful and beautifully crafted exploration into the early days of German cinema and tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers who invented the Bioskop, the forerunner of the film projector.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 107 members
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  • Columbo - Series 10 - Vol. 2 (3 discs) on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Peter Falk
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    One of the most famous detectives to ever hit the television screen, COLUMBO (Peter Falk) has become an iconic character in popular culture. Forever clad in a raincoat and chomping a cigar, the dishevelled Columbo seems as scatterbrained as his appearance would suggest. However, even when it ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 125 members
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  • Tune In Tomorrow on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Barbara Hershey,  Peter Falk,  Keanu Reeves
    Director: Jon Amiel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A veteran soap opera writer Pedro Carmichael (Peter Falk) assigned to save a failing radio show finds inspiration when he arrives and meets a young writer Martin Loader (Keanu Reeves) who has fallen madly in love with his older, twice-divorced aunt Julia (Barbara Hershey). Drawing on his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 186 members
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  • Columbo - Series 10 - Vol. 1 (4 discs) (1990)
    Starring: Peter Falk
    Director: E.W. Swackhamer,  Daryl Duke,  Alan J. Levi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    One of the most famous detectives to ever hit the television screen, COLUMBO (Peter Falk) has become an iconic character in popular culture. Forever clad in a raincoat and chomping a cigar, the dishevelled Columbo seems as scatterbrained as his appearance would suggest. However, even when it ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 110 members
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  • Wings of Desire - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Nastassja Kiniski,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The sky over Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One of the angels wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 332 members
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  • The Princess Bride - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Peter Cook,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 553 members
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  • Wings of Desire on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Nastassja Kiniski,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are angels who watch over the city of Berlin. They don't have harps or wings (well, they usually don't have wings) and they prefer overcoats to gossamer gowns. But they can travel unseen through the city, listening to people's thoughts, watching their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6,162 members
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  • The Princess Bride on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Peter Cook,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 31,373 members
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  • Big Trouble on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Alan Arkin,  Beverly D'Angelo
    Director: John Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A troubled production history notwithstanding, BIG TROUBLE remains a lighthearted updating of the classic film noir DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Alan Arkin stars as Leonard Hoffman, an insurance salesman and father of triplets. When it becomes apparent that his dream of sending his three sons to Yale is ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 120 members
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  • Tokyo-Ga on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Chishu Ryu,  Werner Herzog,  Yuuharu Atsuta
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Having been moved by the work of acclaimed director Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders travels to Japan to search out the Tokyo he has seen in his films, discovering along the way how the country is losing its identity and culture to Americanisation.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 264 members
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  • Paris, Texas on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Nastassja Kinski,  Dean Stockwell,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered life. Featuring a story by Sam Shepard and a renowned score by Ry Cooder, the film also stars Nastassja ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 5,652 members
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  • Room 666 on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Chantal Akerman,  Michelangelo Antonioni,  Maroun Bagdadi
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    During the Cannes Film Festival of 1982 Wenders persuades a number of film directors to lock themselves in a hotel room, switch on the camera and ponder on the question "What is the future of cinema?".
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 49 members
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  • Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Wim Wenders,  Gerry Bamman,  Nicholas Ray
    Director: Wim Wenders,  Nicholas Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Director Nicholas Ray is diagnosed with cancer and is determined to complete his final film before his untimely demise. Wim Wenders follows his quest and in this moving film charts the death of a rare talent. The film features an outstanding soundtrack which adds to the impact.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 125 members
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  • The In-Laws (1979)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Alan Arkin,  Richard Libertini
    Director: Arthur Hiller
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Peter Falk and Alan Arkin play the soon-to-be-fathers-in-law in this crazy comedy. Falk is Vincent Ricardo the CIA agent, while Arkin is the mild-mannered dentist Sheldon Kornpett, whose children are getting married in 48 hours. Directed by LOVE STORY's Arthur Hiller this chalk and cheese comedy ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 239 members
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  • The American Friend on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Bruno Ganz,  Nicholas Ray
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Wim Wenders' mines Dennis Hopper's real-life experience as a painter and collector in this existential take on the American gangster film based on a Patricia Highsmith novel featuring the notoriously sociopathic Tom Ripley. Hopper stars as the eponymous American, currently a middleman selling the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,657 member
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  • Mikey And Nicky on DVD (1976)
    Starring: John Cassavetes,  Peter Falk,  Ned Beatty
    Director: Elaine May
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Elaine May's tense, well-paced thriller is her third film, and one of her most innovative. Using three cameras that she sometimes left running for hours, May captured a spontaneous, real interaction between actor Peter Falk (of the TV series COLUMBO), and actor (and maverick director) John ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 177 members
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  • Murder By Death on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Eileen Brennan,  Truman Capote,  Alec Guinness
    Director: Robert Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,132 members
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  • Columbo - Series 6 And 7 (3 discs) on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Peter Falk
    Director: Bernard L. Kowalski,  Robert Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    One of the most famous detectives to ever hit the television screen, COLUMBO (Peter Falk) has become an iconic character in popular culture. Forever clad in a raincoat and chomping a cigar, the dishevelled Columbo seems as scatterbrained as his appearance would suggest. However, even when it ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 371 members
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  • Columbo - Series 5 (3 discs) on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Janet Leigh,  Sal Mineo
    Director: Ted Post,  Harvey Hart,  Patrick McGoohan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The LAPD's cleverest detective returns to solve more seemingly unsolvable murders. Peter Falk stars as Detective Columbo, whose disheveled appearance and lackadaisical investigations disguise his sharp and shrewd intelligence. COLUMBO became popular and famous for its clever dramatic structure and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 419 members
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  • The Scarlet Letter (1973)
    Starring: Senta Berger,  Rafael Albaicin,  Angel Alvarez
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne (Senta Berger) must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 132 members
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  • Columbo - Series 1 (6 discs) on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Peter Falk
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features all episodes from Series 1: Murder by the book,Death Lends a Hand, Dead Weight,Suitable for Framing, Lady in Waiting,Short Fuse, Blueprint for Murder. Also includes the 2 first Pilot episodes.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,556 member
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  • Columbo - Vol. 2 on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Peter Falk
    Director: Hy Averback,  Nicholas Colasanto,  Boris Sagal
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This COLUMBO collection presents three more TV movies starring Peter Falk as eccentric detective Frank Columbo, one of the small screen's most renowned and beloved sleuths. The release includes SUITABLE FOR FRAMING, ETUDE IN BLACK, and CANDIDATE FOR CRIME.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 729 members
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  • Husbands (1970)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Peter Falk,  John Cassavetes
    Director: John Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The quiet, simple family lives of Gus, Harry and Archie (John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk) are shattered when their best friend, Stuart, has a heart attack and dies suddenly. Now facing their mortality, the three men fall into their own midlife crises. First by spending their days playing ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 2 members
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  • Castle Keep on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Peter Falk,  Patrick O'Neal
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sydney Pollack directs this dramatic allegory about an American military squadron seeking refuge in a castle in the Ardennes Forest during the final days of World War II. When the soldiers get a little too comfortable in their new environment, they spark a conflict with its owner over the castle ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 329 members
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  • Anzio on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Peter Falk,  Arthur Kennedy
    Director: Edward Dmytryk
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Classic World War II story of the Allied landing at Anzio Beach in Italy, the first and most costly battle of the Italian Campaign. Robert Mitchum stars as an American news correspondent covering the landing, under fire, of British and American troops. Based on a novel by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 850 members
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  • Attack And Retreat (1965)
    Starring: Arthur Kennedy,  Zhanna Prokhorenko,  Raffaele Pisu
    Director: Giuseppe De Santis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This 'solidarity' war epic hinges on the plot device of Italian and Soviet WWII troops forming a united front against their one-time ally, the Germans. To drum up business in America, the producers hired two Hollywood stars: Arthur Kennedy (as a fascist leader) and Peter Falk. In some prints of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 2 members
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  • The Great Race (1965)
    Starring: Jack Lemmon,  Tony Curtis,  Natalie Wood
    Director: Blake Edwards
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star as archrivals The Great Leslie and Professor Fate in this madcap, round-the-world adventure comedy. The enemies are determined to win a turn-of-the-century automobile race from New York to Paris. Also competing is the beautiful suffragette Maggie Dubois (Natalie Wood).
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 129 members
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  • Robin And The Seven Hoods (1964)
    Starring: Frank Sinatra,  Dean Martin,  Sammy Davis Jr.
    Director: Gordon Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The Robin Hood legend is updated to Prohibition-era Chicago in this jazzy spoof that has a crime king (Sinatra) and his merry mobsters bilking the rich, giving to the poor and battling a rival (Peter Falk). Enjoy the Ol' Blue Eyes' signature 'My Kind Of Town' and 9 more songs.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 158 members
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  • The Balcony on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Shelley Winters,  Leonard Nimoy
    Director: Joseph Strick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The denizens of a sordid brothel become embroiled in a bloody coup in this arty political satire adapted from the Jean Genet play. Shelley Winters stars as the cathouse's madam, a stern woman who supervises the fantasy role-playing of her beautiful employees and their well-heeled customers, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 109 members
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  • Pocketful Of Miracles on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Glenn Ford,  Hope Lange,  Arthur O'Connell
    Director: Frank Capra
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Director Frank Capra's last feature film, Pocketful of Miracles is a Technicolor remake of his 1933 film Lady for a Day. A barely recognizable Bette Davis plays Apple Annie, the besotted, unkempt, rag-clad street vendor who controls the activities of all the beggars on Broadway. Apple Annie is the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 322 members
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  • Wim Wenders Collection (10 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Nastassja Kiniski,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Best known for such international hits as Wings Of Desire, Paris, Texas and the OscarĀ®-nominated Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders remains one of the most unique and important directors in the world today. In these 10 acclaimed feature films and documentaries - including several available for ..read more »
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Peter Falk facts

5 most recent films

American Cowslip - 3.0 stars
The Thing About My Folks - 3.0 stars
When Angels Come To Town - 3.0 stars
Undisputed - 3.0 stars
Made - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Columbo - Series 9 - 4.0 stars
Columbo - Series 6 And 7 - 4.0 stars
Columbo - Series 8 - 4.0 stars
The Princess Bride - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Columbo - Series 4 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Brink's Job - 2.5 stars
Untouchables - Series 3 - 3.0 stars
Attack And Retreat - 3.0 stars
The Cheap Detective - 3.0 stars
American Cowslip - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dean Stockwell - 22 times - show films
Ronee Blakley - 21 times - show films
Nastassja Kiniski - 21 times - show films
Harry Dean Stanton - 21 times - show films
Solveig Dommartin - 21 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 23 times - show films
Wim Wenders - 22 times - show films
Lamont Johnson - 13 times - show films
Buzz Kulik - 13 times - show films
Bernard L. Kowalski - 9 times - show films