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  • 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 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...  
  • The Saint
  • The Saint review by A customer from England
    Rated - 1 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...  
  • Molly
  • Molly review by A customer from england
    Rated - 4 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 ...  

Elisabeth Shue - filmography


  • 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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 683 members
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  • Dreamer on DVD (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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 8,284 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 43 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 9,813 members
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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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 163 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.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 18 members
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  • The Saint on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Elisabeth Shue,  Rade Serbedzija
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 4,150 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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 7,222 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 74 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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 123 members
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  • Cocktail on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Bryan Brown,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two bartenders (Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown) at a busy Manhattan watering hole dream of someday owning their own bars. Their lives consist of elaborate drink-mixing performances and sleeping with many of the female customers, until a fight over a woman causes the younger bartender, Brian (Cruise), ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 11,770 members
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Elisabeth Shue facts

5 most recent films

Piranha 3D - 1.5 stars
Hamlet 2 - 2.5 stars
Dreamer - 3.5 stars
Hide And Seek - 3.0 stars
Mysterious Skin - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Heart And Souls - 3.5 stars
Leaving Las Vegas - 3.5 stars
The Karate Kid - 3.5 stars
Adventures In Babysitting - 3.5 stars
Leaving Las Vegas - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Piranha 3D - 1.5 stars
Cousin Bette - 2.0 stars
Palmetto - 2.5 stars
Leo - 3.0 stars
The Marrying Man - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Val Kilmer - 2 times - show films
Steven Weber - 2 times - show films
Gina Gershon - 2 times - show films
Verity Dearsley - 2 times - show films
Henry Goodman - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Phillip Noyce - 2 times - show films
Paul Verhoeven - 2 times - show films
Mike Figgis - 2 times - show films
Chris Columbus - 1 times - show films
John G. Avildsen - 1 times - show films