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  • Langella joins Wall Street - 11 August 2009
    -The upcoming Wall Street sequel is turning into a star-studded affair - Oscar-nominee Frank Langella is the latest big name to join the cast. - -Michael Douglas will reprise his Academy Award-winning role as ruthless financial player Gordon Gekko in the new picture, wh

Frank Langella - what members say


  • Dave
  • Dave review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Great fun 1 June 2005
    ... that the whole thing works, because the premise is pretty hard to swallow, and Frank Langella’s near-psychotic White House Chief of Staff is something better left to a James...   Read customer review
  • Lolita
  • Lolita review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
    Rated - 3.0 stars Lolita 13 August 2006
    ...rible, her performance simply bad Shelly Winters karaoke and the use of Quilty (Frank Langella, making you miss Peter Sellers more than normal) though apparently more faithfu...   Read customer review
  • Small Soldiers
  • Small Soldiers review by from Sheffield
    Rated - 4.0 stars Top Notch (Grown-Up) Entertainment 11 January 2007
    ...es good value for money though, and the voice cast is tremendous - particularly Frank Langella as Archer (a genuinely sympathetic character – possibly even moreso than ...   Read customer review

Frank Langella - filmography


  • Unknown on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Diane Kruger,  January Jones
    Director: Jaume Collet-Serra,  Simon Brand
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 40,877 members
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  • All Good Things (2010)
    Starring: Ryan Gosling,  Kirsten Dunst,  Jeffrey Dean Morgan
    Director: Andrew Jarecki
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "All Good Things" is a love story and murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s. Mr. Durst was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 70 members
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  • The Box on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Cameron Diaz,  James Marsden,  Frank Langella
    Director: Richard Kelly
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 25,921 members
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  • The Box - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Cameron Diaz,  James Marsden,  Frank Langella
    Director: Richard Kelly
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 5,267 members
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  • Frost/Nixon - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Rebecca Hall,  Toby Jones
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning director Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind) brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 8,012 members
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  • Frost/Nixon on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Rebecca Hall,  Toby Jones
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning director Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind) brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 55,586 members
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  • The Caller (2008)
    Starring: Frank Langella,  Axel Feldmann,  Grégory Ellis
    Director: Richard Ledes
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    France 1944: during an aerial bombardment, two boys are separated from their parents; the older one helps the younger. Jump ahead to contemporary Manhattan where chief financial officer Jimmy Stevens punishes his company's murderous practices in Third World countries by setting up its stock release ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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  • Superman Returns on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Brandon Routh,  Kevin Spacey,  Kate Bosworth
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    It's been five long years since Superman (Brandon Routh) defeated General Zod and his cronies (in Superman II). Five years since the Man of Steel mysteriously disappeared. And now he's back. Metropolis is still there. So's the Daily Planet, with Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), editor Perry White (Frank ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 62,071 members
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  • Superman Returns - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Eva Marie Saint,  Kevin Spacey,  Brandon Routh
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    For five years, Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Earth, coaxed into space by a belief that Krypton may still exist. Finding nothing, he comes back to a changed world--not only has terrorism become rampant, but Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has married, started a family, and won the Pulitzer ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,390 members
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  • Superman Returns - HD (2006)
    Starring: Brandon Routh,  Kevin Spacey,  Kate Bosworth
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    It's been five long years since Superman (Brandon Routh) defeated General Zod and his cronies (in Superman II). Five years since the Man of Steel mysteriously disappeared. And now he's back. Metropolis is still there. So's the Daily Planet, with Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), editor Perry White (Frank ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 922 members
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  • Apocalypse 10.5 (2006)
    Starring: Kim Delaney,  Beau Bridges,  Frank Langella
    Director: John Lafia
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Following the catastrophic earthquake that struck the US, a second quake threatens the security of the continent. US President Paul Hollister call on one of the nations top seismologists, Dr. Samantha Hill to interpret the event.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 12 members
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  • Jason And The Argonauts on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Jason London,  Frank Langella,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Nick Willing
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the Director of 1999's made-for-TV hit ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes a film inspired by the Greek mythological hero Jason (London) and his epic quest for the Golden Fleece to help regain his rightful claim to the throne in the kingdom of Thessaly. With the help of Hera, the Queen of Gods, he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,138 member
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  • The Ninth Gate on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Lena Olin,  Frank Langella
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte (THE CLUB DUMAS) and coscripted by director Roman Polanski, THE NINTH GATE was Polanski's first feature after a long break following the release of 1995's DEATH AND THE MAIDEN--in between, there was an aborted project that faltered when designated star John ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 10,217 members
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  • I'm Losing You on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Frank Langella,  Daniel von Bargen,  Daniel Von Bargen
    Director: Bruce Wagner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Wagner's directorial debut, based on his novel, about the revolving lives of several Los Angeles residents, most notably a producer (Langella) who's lung cancer has kicked into high gear. His son's life is falling apart, as is his daughter's sanity and his marriage. Added to the mix are two ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 54 members
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  • Small Soldiers on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Jay Mohr,  Phil Hartman
    Director: Joe Dante
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A toy company believes it is onto something when it employs the latest government military technology in a series of action figures, enabling them to talk. They underestimate the power of the special micro chips they've employed, however, as the two opposing sides of the toy line start thinking for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,704 members
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  • Eddie on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Whoopi Goldberg,  Frank Langella,  Dennis Farina
    Director: Steve Rash
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Eddie is a limo driver who talks fast but who frequently puts her mouth into gear before her brain. She is also honorary coach of her beloved basketball team but she has to win over the players, fans and win the playoffs.
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 649 members
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  • Lolita (1997)
    Starring: Jeremy Irons,  Melanie Griffith,  Frank Langella
    Director: Adrian Lyne
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Lyne (FATAL ATTRACTION) tries his hand at a more faithful adaptation of Nabokov's novel than Kubrick was allowed to attempt in 1962. In the process, Irons gives an amazing, tortured performance as Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 2,411 members
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  • Bad Company (1995)
    Starring: Ellen Barkin,  Laurence Fishburne,  Frank Langella
    Director: Damian Harris
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Laurence Fishburne ('The Matrix'/ 'TINA - What's Love Got To Do With It') is Nelson Crowe, an undercover Government agent with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm There he teams up with Margaret Wells (Ellen Barkin - 'The Big Easy'), a master spy and seductive ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 40 members
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  • The Bible - Moses on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  David Suchet,  Frank Langella
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lavish production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begins to tighten the noose on his people, Moses finds himself leading them to freedom--and lands unknown.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 545 members
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  • Cutthroat Island on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Geena Davis,  Matthew Modine,  Frank Langella
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When pirate Captain Harry Black gets fatally wounded in battle, he passes on his ship, a crew of bandits and one third of a treasure map to his daughter, Morgan. But before she can hunt for the treasure, she must find the missing sections of the map. With the help of a small loyal band of her crew ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,933 members
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  • Junior on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Danny De Vito,  Emma Thompson
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Arnold Schwarzenegger as a pregnant man? The Terminator with cramps and morning sickness? That was all the teasing audiences needed to flock to this 1994 farce, which reunited Arnold with his director and co-star from Twins, Ivan Reitman and Danny De Vito. Reitman had also directed the Austrian ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 7,571 members
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  • Brainscan on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Edward Furlong,  Frank Langella,  Amy Hargreaves
    Director: John Flynn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael (Edward Furlong) is a gore-loving, media-saturated, suburban teen. Isolated by his distant father and dead mother, he finds refuge in horror fanzines and slasher flicks. He plugs into a new interactive game where the player enacts all too real murders. He thinks he can beat the wisecracking ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 445 members
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  • Dave on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Sigourney Weaver,  Frank Langella
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A presidential look-alike finds himself in the oval office "filling in" for the president who has fallen ill. Lacking the political savvy of the real president, "Dave" proceeds to govern the country with a refreshingly straight-forward approach. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Screenplay.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,895 members
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  • Masters Of The Universe (1987)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Frank Langella,  Meg Foster
    Director: Gary Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dolph Lundgren stars in this live-action film version of the popular television cartoon series (based on a collection of Mattel action figures). Lundgren is He-Man, a well-muscled super-hero, battling the evil Skeletor (Frank Langella) for control of the universe. Skeletor has designs on conquering ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,582 member
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  • And God Created Woman on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Rebecca De Mornay,  Vincent Spano,  Frank Langella
    Director: Roger Vadim
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A beautiful free spirit whose only want is to play rock 'n' roll finds her spontaneous style always gets her into trouble. With a smitten politician in one hand and a husband in the other, she creates her own rules and then breaks them.
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 286 members
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  • The Men's Club (1986)
    Starring: David Dukes,  Richard Jordan,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: Peter Medak
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. Thrown out, the men are not yet willing to call it a night...
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  • Twelve Chairs on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Dom DeLuise,  Ron Moody,  Frank Langella
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A stylish, frantic fable and one of director Mel Brooks's earliest films, 'The Twelve Chairs' is a madcap mystery set in revolutionary Russia. An aging ex-nobleman of the czarist regime, Count I.M. Vorobyaninov, has finally adjusted to life under the commissars in Russia. But when both he and the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 422 members
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Frank Langella facts

5 most recent films

Unknown - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Unknown - 3.5 stars
Stephen Hawking's Universe - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps - 3.0 stars
All Good Things - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Frost/Nixon - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Frost/Nixon - 4.0 stars
Stephen Hawking's Universe - 4.0 stars
Stephen Hawking's Universe - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Unknown - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Men's Club - 3 stars
Starting Out in the Evening - 3 stars
The Caller - 2.0 stars
Apocalypse 10.5 - 2.5 stars
Bad Company - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

James Marsden - 6 times - show films
Kate Bosworth - 4 times - show films
Sam Huntington - 4 times - show films
Kevin Spacey - 4 times - show films
Brandon Routh - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
Jaume Collet-Serra - 4 times - show films
Simon Brand - 4 times - show films
Bryan Singer - 4 times - show films
George Clooney - 3 times - show films