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  • Blood Simple
  • Blood Simple review by drunkenmaster from Mid Glamorgan
    Rated - 4.0 stars Simply great 3 July 2005
    ...ing to get away from her bullying husband, Dan Hedaya in one of his best roles. John Getz is the man who wants to save her, and M. Emmet Walsh is the sleazy private eye ...   Read customer review

John Getz - filmography


  • Elevator (2011)
    Starring: Christopher Backus,  Anita Briem,  John Getz
    Director: Stig Svendsen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Racism and corporate greed are the themes that are experienced when nine strangers become trapped in an elevator on Wall Street in this thriller directed by Stig Svendsen.
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    Due for release on 3rd September 2012
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  • Mojave Moon on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Danny Aiello,  Anne Archer
    Director: Kevin Dowling
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Danny Aiello stars as Al McCord, a nice guy who stumbles into a weekend of wacky intrigue when he impulsively gives Ellie (Angelina Jolie) a ride from Los Angeles to the Mojave Desert. Al never expects Ellie to fall in love with him, nor does he expect to fall for her mother Julie (Anne Archer)! ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 87 members
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  • Untamed Love on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Cathy Lee Crosby,  John Getz,  Gary Frank
    Director: Paul Aaron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    At six years old, Caitlin is a terror, beating up her classmates and destroying public property on a daily basis. Considered to be crazy and a lost cause by everyone who has tried to teach her, Caitlin is placed in Maggie Barnard's Special Education class as a last resort. Maggie sees something in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 169 members
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  • Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Christina Applegate,  Keith Coogan,  Joanna Cassidy
    Director: Stephen Herek
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    School is out, and with their mother is on holiday, so the Crandell children are ready to party. Their elderly babysitter, however, has other things in mind. But just as the kids are about to give up on having any summer fun, the babysitter suddenly dies, leaving them free from adult supervision. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,048 members
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  • Men At Work on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Emilio Estevez,  Charlie Sheen,  Leslie Hope
    Director: Emilio Estevez
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In a small, casual beachside community, two garbagemen dream of opening a surf shop. But one day, when their load of trash contains the body of the murdered city councilman, their whole world is turned upside down as the greedy, murderous executive, whose company has been dumping toxic waste into ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 943 members
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  • The Fly II on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Eric Stoltz,  Daphne Zuniga,  Lee Richardson
    Director: Chris Walas
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Martin Brundle, son of 'The Fly', continues his father's work on the teleporters for Bartok Industries. He is ignorant of his father's true identity and believes himself to have a growth disease. When Martin falls in love with Beth his life changes. As he loses his innocence he also learns the full ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4,261 members
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  • The Fly on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Jeff Goldblum,  Geena Davis,  John Getz
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Prepare yourself to witness a fusion of man and insect that has to be experienced to be believed! Dr Seth Brundle plays fast and loose with the laws of nature. Experimenting with "live" matter transmission. The day comes to test the ultimate guinea pig... himself! But that's the day the fly gets ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 15,440 members
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  • The Fly - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Jeff Goldblum,  Geena Davis,  John Getz
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A remake of the 1958 horror about a brilliant scientist who develops a machine that molecularly transports objects in seconds. Inadvertently the machine turns him into a fly, with incredible agility, and super strength. But the metamorphosis also brings insanity as an insatiable appetite ensues.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 1,750 member
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  • Thief Of Hearts on DVD (1984)
    Starring: John Getz,  Barbara Williams,  Steven Bauer
    Director: Douglas Day Stewart
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Young thief Scott (Steven Bauer, SCARFACE), steals some photos and a young woman's diary while raiding her home. After reading the diary, which contains her innermost thoughts (which are decidedly sexual), he becomes obsessed with her. He facilitates a meeting with her, and they embark upon a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 158 members
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  • Blood Simple (1983)
    Starring: John Getz,  Frances McDormand,  Dan Hedaya
    Director: Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    When a bar owner discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife, a complex web of deceit and double crosses ensues in a small Texas town. The Coen brothers' first picture is an intricately plotted film noir filled with surprises at each turn. The cast, largely unknown at the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 12,844 members
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  • Tattoo (1981)
    Starring: Bruce Dern,  Maud Adams,  Leonard Frey
    Director: Bob Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Troubled tattoo artist Karl Kinsky (Bruce Dern) develops an obsessive fascination with Maddy (Maud Adams) when hired to paint temporary tattoos on a group of models for a photo shoot.
    2.5 stars out of 5 56% from 16 members
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John Getz facts

5 most recent films

Elevator - 3 stars
Nanking - 3.5 stars
Mojave Moon - 2.5 stars
Untamed Love - 3.0 stars
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Fly - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Fly - 3.5 stars
Blood Simple - 3.5 stars
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead - 3.5 stars
Men At Work - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Elevator - 3 stars
Tattoo - 2.5 stars
Nanking - 3.5 stars
Mojave Moon - 2.5 stars
Thief Of Hearts - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

M. Emmet Walsh - 2 times - show films
Jeff Goldblum - 2 times - show films
David Duchovny - 2 times - show films
Geena Davis - 2 times - show films
Keith Coogan - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Douglas Day Stewart - 2 times - show films
Stephen Herek - 2 times - show films
David Cronenberg - 2 times - show films
Joel Coen - 2 times - show films
Emilio Estevez - 1 times - show films