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  • Shue returning to Las Vegas for CSI - 20 November 2011
    -Leaving Las Vegas star Elisabeth Shue is heading back to Sin City as the latest addition to Las Vegas-based crime drama Csi: Crime Scene Investigation.-The actress, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the 1995 movie, is joining the cast of the hit TV show an


  • Shue shocked by Piranha 3D gore - 13 September 2010
    -Actress Elisabeth Shue insists it will be years before her three kids see her new movie Piranha 3D - because it's too gory.- -The Leaving Las Vegas star plays a sheriff in the fishy, flesh-eating disaster film - and admits even she finds it tough to watch in places.- -


  • Shue to front Piranha remake? - 14 April 2009
    -Leaving Las Vegas star Elisabeth Shue is set to sink her teeth into the remake of cult 1978 movie Piranha.- -The actress is concluding a deal which will see her as the female lead in the new 3-D film, to be directed by Alex Aja.- - According to MovieHole.net, Shue wil

Elisabeth Shue - what members say


  • Leaving Las Vegas
  • Leaving Las Vegas review by from Colchester, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Destructive Love 29 October 2004
    ...ular - this is probably the best Nicholas Cage performance you'll ever see, and Elisabeth Shue is completely believable in a difficult role. How many living actors could have...   Read customer review
  • The Saint
  • The Saint review by A customer from England
    Rated - 1.0 stars Have to disagree 5 July 2004
    ...e to say this is one of the worst films I've ever seen. Val Kilmer is hopeless, Elisabeth Shue is charmless, the plot is a loud chaotic mess and it has as much in common with...   Read customer review
  • Molly
  • Molly review by A customer from england
    Rated - 4.0 stars really good watch 6 July 2007
    ...i requested this film mostly because i am a big Elisabeth Shue fan although was dubious about the radio times review on this page....however i really enjoyed the film it was ...   Read customer review

Elisabeth Shue - filmography


  • Of Men and Mavericks (2012)
    Starring: Gerard Butler,  Elisabeth Shue,  Leven Rambin
    Director: Curtis Hanson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the inspirational true story of surfing icon Jay Moriarty, OF MEN AND MAVERICKS tells the story of a young man's quest to surf Northern California's most dangerous wave, and the local legend who takes him under his wing. What begins as a mentorship turns into a unique lifelong bond, as ..read more »
    5 stars out of 5 100% from 2 members
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  • Piranha - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Richard Dreyfuss,  Ving Rhames,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: Alexandre Aja
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    SWITCHBLADE ROMANCE and HILLS HAVE EYES director Alexandre Aja pays homage to the films that made him fall in love with the horror genre by helming this comedic remake of director Joe Dante's 1978 JAWSs parody. Lake Victoria may look peaceful, but beneath the placid waters of this painterly lake ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,517 members
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  • Hamlet 2 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Steve Coogan,  Catherine Keener,  Amy Poehler
    Director: Andrew Fleming
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dana Marschz is a failed actor-turned-high school drama teacher. Shortchanged in the talent department, Dana still harbors ambitions and passions. At work, that is; his personal life, with his dissatisfied wife Brie and their boarder Gary, leaves much to be desired. At Tucson's West Mesa High ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,955 member
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  • Moment Of Truth (2009)
    Starring: Thomas Haden Church,  Rachel Harker,  Stephen Benson
    Director: Jake Goldberger
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Don McKay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns 25 years later to rekindle a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings McKay more than he bargained for.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2 members
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  • Dreamer (2005)
    Starring: Kurt Russell,  Dakota Fanning,  Kris Kristofferson
    Director: John Gatins
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Featuring Dakota Fanning (Cale Crane) as the catalyst behind an injured horse's comeback attempt to win the prized Breeder's Cup. Sonador, nicknamed Sonya, is a great horse owned by a small man, who after a severe injury gives the horse to trainer Ben Crane (Kurt Russell). Once a great trainer, Ben ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,959 members
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  • Hide And Seek on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Dakota Fanning,  Famke Janssen
    Director: John Polson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Traumatised by the death of her mother, Emily Callaway (Dakota Fanning) finds solace in an imaginary friend named Charlie. But the games they play have become anything but simple and innocent. Instead, she finds herself in the middle of a series of increasingly nightmarish and gruesome acts that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 33,602 members
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  • Mysterious Skin on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt,  Brady Corbett,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: Gregg Araki
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In 1981, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the eight years old boy Neil McCormick is sexually abused by his pedophile baseball coach and his deranged and promiscuous mother does not pay attention. Meanwhile, the also eight years Brian Lackey awakes from a brief amnesia of four hours with a bleeding nose, but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 13,474 members
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  • Leo on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Joseph Fiennes,  Elisabeth Shue,  Justin Chambers
    Director: Mehdi Norowzian
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young boy who's been alienated by his mother comes into contact with a gifted writer who is released from prison after serving a 15 year sentence. An incredible bond is formed between man and boy as the ex convict is forced to face his past mistakes and make the choices that will save his new ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 73 members
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  • Hollow Man on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Elisabeth Shue,  Josh Brolin
    Director: Paul Verhoeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Paul Verhoeven's appropriately shallow Hollow Man, Kevin Bacon plays a bad-boy egotistical scientist who heads up a double-secret government team experimenting with turning life-forms invisible. How do we know he's a bad boy? Because he (a) wears a leather overcoat, (b) compares himself to God, (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 11,340 members
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  • Hollow Man - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Elisabeth Shue,  Josh Brolin
    Director: Paul Verhoeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A team of scientists is assigned to a secret government research project to experiment with the possibility of invisibility. When they find that one of their formulas works on animals, Dr. Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) violates the rules of the project and tries it on himself. It works: he becomes ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,604 member
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  • Molly on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Aaron Eckhart,  D.W. Moffett,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Duigan's film is the story of Molly (Elizabeth Shue), a functioning autistic with a learning disorder who was institutionalised when her parents died. Fifteen years later Molly is forced to reenter society after the government tightens its monetary belt. She moves in with her big brother, Buck ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 200 members
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  • Cousin Bette (1998)
    Starring: Jessica Lange,  Elisabeth Shue,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Des McAnuff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A spinster, thinks that she takes second place to her cousin Adeline, but she expects to become Lady Hulot on her death and hopes for a marriage proposal from Hector Hulot. But she finds herself offered the post of housekeeper. Deeply upset she leaves for Paris where she plots with Mayor Crevel.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 25 members
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  • Deconstructing Harry (1997)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Demi Moore,  Robin Williams
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Woody Allen wrote, directed, and stars in this very dark comedy about a novelist, Harry Block, who says with admirable honesty, I'm a guy who can't function well in life, but I can in art. So far, Harry has made his way through six psychiatrists and three marriages (one, conveniently enough, with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,191 members
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  • The Saint on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Michael Byrne,  Valeri Nikolayev,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the popular television series of the same name, THE SAINT finds Val Kilmer taking over the mantle from George Sanders and Roger Moore to star as Simon Templar, the suave international espionage expert and man of 1,000 faces. Based on Leslie Charteris's popular series of spy novels, the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 4,516 members
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  • Leaving Las Vegas - HD (1995)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Elisabeth Shue,  Julian Sands
    Director: Mike Figgis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    With LEAVING LAS VEGAS, director Mike Figgis spun critical gold out of what would appear to be a maudlin and hackneyed premise--a down-and-out drunk meets a hooker with a heart of gold. The reason for the film's success lies partly in its refusal to moralize, but mostly it is the strong ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 365 members
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  • Leaving Las Vegas on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Elisabeth Shue,  Julian Sands
    Director: Mike Figgis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    With LEAVING LAS VEGAS, director Mike Figgis spun critical gold out of what would appear to be a maudlin and hackneyed premise--a down-and-out drunk meets a hooker with a heart of gold. The reason for the film's success lies partly in its refusal to moralize, but mostly it is the strong ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 9,108 members
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  • Twenty Bucks on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Linda Hunt,  Gladys Knight,  Steve Buscemi
    Director: Keva Rosenfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This multi-character comedy follows the path of a single twenty dollar bill in a city neighborhood,focusing on various holders and their intertwining stories, including two convenience store robbers, an estranged father and daughter and a young newlywed couple. Featuring performances by Elisabeth ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 113 members
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  • The Marrying Man on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Kim Basinger,  Alec Baldwin,  Robert Loggia
    Director: Jerry Rees
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A lothario visits Las Vegas with his friends to celebrate his engagement. While there he falls in love with a sultry singer -- who just happens to be Bugsy Siegel's girlfriend! Siegel catches the two together, and as punishment, forces the couple to get married. The duo quickly divorce, but they ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 151 members
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  • Soapdish (1991)
    Starring: Sally Field,  Kevin Kline,  Robert Downey Jr.
    Director: Michael Hoffman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jealousy and intrigue, on and off the set of a popular daytime soap opera. Celeste Talbert (Sally Field) is the neurotic diva of "The Sun Also Sets," but her popularity with the show's fans does not extend to her relationships with her envious co-stars. Sultry Montana Moorehead (Cathy Moriarty) has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 934 members
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  • Back To The Future Part 2 on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Elisabeth Shue,  James Tolkan,  Jeffrey Weissman
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A visit by Marty and the Doc to the year 2015 seems to resolve a few problems with the future McFly family. When they return home, they discover someone has tampered with time and Hill Valley, 1985. They must once again get back to 1955 to save the future.....
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 28,057 members
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  • Cocktail on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Bryan Brown,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Tom Cruise juggles Martini shakers and ice cubes as the materialistic Brian Flanagan, a bartender who drops out of school to search for the perfect rich chick who will bankroll him into luxury. Brian meets up with bar veteran Doug Couglin (Bryan Brown) and they put together a dance-duo bar-tending ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 13,861 members
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  • Adventures In Babysitting on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Elisabeth Shue,  Keith Coogan,  George Newbern
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Teenager Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) would rather party with her boyfriend, but when her beau breaks their date she reluctantly accepts a babysitting job. It isn't all TV and icebox-raiding when Chris' best friend Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller) calls her to announce that she's stranded at the bus ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,098 members
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  • Link (1986)
    Starring: Elisabeth Shue,  Terence Stamp,  Steven Pinner
    Director: Richard Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Student Jane jobs as an assistant for the animal researcher Phillip in a lonesome old house. They live alone except for the chimpanzees and butler Link: a 45 years old very intelligent orang-utan. Phillip wants to put Link to death. However before he can do this he's vanished tracelessly one ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4 members
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  • Don McKay
    Starring: Thomas Haden Church,  Elisabeth Shue,  Melissa Leo
    Director: Jake Goldberger
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Twenty-five years after abandoning his hometown, Don McKay gets a letter from his ex-girlfriend Sonny saying that she is dying and wants him to come see her. When Don returns home, Sonny doesn't seem quite like he remembers her and everything seems a little bit off. In his darkly comic debut ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 7 members
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Elisabeth Shue facts

5 most recent films

The House At The End Of The Street - 2.0 stars
Of Men and Mavericks - 5.0 stars
Piranha - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Piranha - 3.0 stars
Hamlet 2 - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Karate Kid - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Back To The Future Part 3 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Back To The Future Part 2 - 3.5 stars
Heart And Souls - 3.5 stars
The Karate Kid - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The House At The End Of The Street - 2.0 stars
Cousin Bette - 2.5 stars
Palmetto - 2.5 stars
Don McKay - 3.0 stars
Moment Of Truth - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Christopher Lloyd - 5 times - show films
Martin Kove - 3 times - show films
Gina Gershon - 3 times - show films
Thomas F. Wilson - 3 times - show films
Ralph Macchio - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Zemeckis - 3 times - show films
John G. Avildsen - 3 times - show films
Michael Hoffman - 2 times - show films
Jake Goldberger - 2 times - show films
Richard Franklin - 2 times - show films