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  • McGregor 'chickened out' of Soderbergh's fake gun request - 24 February 2012
    -Director Steven Soderbergh ordered the cast of his new thriller Haywire to carry replica guns around with them away from the set, but Scottish actor Ewan Mcgregor "chickened out".-The Trainspotting star appears opposite Gina Carano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas and M


  • Soderbergh hired spy to jump Carano - 20 January 2012
    hampion Gina Carano was jumped outside a hair salon by a member of Israel's most revered spy agency as part of her training for Steven Soderbergh's thriller Haywire.-Carano was recruited by Soderbergh to star opposite Channing Tatum and Michael Fassbender in the action fil


  • Carano: 'I was a monster when I met Soderbergh' - 18 January 2012
    -Mixed martial arts pin-up Gina Carano was not at her best when she first met moviemaker Steven Soderbergh about the lead role in his new movie Haywire - because she had just been at the wrong end of a pounding in the ring.-The director requested a meeting with the fighter

Steven Soderbergh - what members say


  • The Limey
  • The Limey review by crackedActa from Newton Abbot
    Rated - 1.0 stars BLIMEY! 15 January 2008
    ...Not at all one of Steven Soderbergh 's best. No where near. Some amazing photography, great locations but there the 'story ends'... Stamp is - or has been - a great actor...   Read customer review
  • Sex, Lies and Videotape
  • Sex, Lies and Videotape review by from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars An impressively adult drama 9 May 2004
    ...Fifteen years after it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Steven Soderbergh's 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' still stands as an intelligent analysis of sexual politics. Ann(Andie MacDo...   Read customer review
  • Ocean's Eleven
  • Ocean's Eleven review by from Croydon
    Rated - 4.0 stars Somebody get me a cocktail 1 October 2003
    ...y based on the 1960's Rat Pack comedy and directed by the enormously talented Steven Soderbergh, this remake stars the gorgeous, charming & very funny George Clooney & Brad Pi...   Read customer review

Steven Soderbergh - filmography


  • Magic Mike - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Matthew Bomer,  Joe Manganiello,  Riley Keough
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Steven Soderbergh directs Channing Tatum in this drama following an upstart male stripper (Alex Pettyfer) who is mentored by a veteran dancer, played by Tatum. Soderbergh directs from a script by Reid Carolin, whose screenplay is inspired by Tatum's work as a stripper before he made it in Hollywood...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 2 members
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  • Cleo (2011)
    Starring: Catherine Zeta Jones
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A period musical retelling of the story of Cleopatra, Antony and Caesar set in the 1920s.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 6 members
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  • Contagion - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Matt Damon,  Kate Winslet
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Steven Soderbergh presents this look at what happens when an infectious disease threatens humanity through varied viewpoints from an ensemble cast, including Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, and Kate Winslet. With no main protagonist, the film follows ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,927 member
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  • The Informant - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Scott Bakula,  Joel McHale
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 3,855 members
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  • The Informant! on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Scott Bakula,  Joel McHale
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 15,514 members
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  • The Girlfriend Experience - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Sasha Grey,  Timothy J. Cox,  Chris Santos
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, sex, lies and videotape) invites you into the world of a high class New York call girl in the thrilling and sexy The Girlfriend Experience, starring adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream breakthrough. Chelsea (Grey) is an ultra high-end ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 2,011 members
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  • The Girlfriend Experience on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Sasha Grey,  Timothy J. Cox,  Chris Santos
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, sex, lies and videotape) invites you into the world of a high class New York call girl in the thrilling and sexy The Girlfriend Experience, starring adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream breakthrough. Chelsea (Grey) is an ultra high-end ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 5,605 members
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  • Che - Part One on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Kahlil Mendez,  Benicio Del Toro,  Benjamin Bratt
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh delivers this ambitious and sprawling biopic of one of the 20th century's most influential political figures. In the first 126-minute segment, THE ARGENTINE, we meet Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio Del Toro), a young Argentinean doctor who teams up with Fidel Castro on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 19,708 members
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  • Che - Part Two on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips,  Benicio Del Toro,  Benjamin Bratt
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh delivers this ambitious and sprawling biopic of one of the 20th Century's most influential political figures. In the second 127-minute segment, GUERILLA, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) has abandoned Cuba in order to start an even more daunting Latin-American ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 14,366 members
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  • Ocean's Thirteen - HD (2007)
    Starring: Elliott Gould,  Ellen Barkin,  George Clooney
    Director: Steven Soderbergh,  Steven S
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    The third installment of Steven Soderbergh's slick, star-studded heist series just might be the best, as Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and company pull off another elaborate caper, this time in the name of revenge. Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), one of Ocean's original eleven, lies nearly comatose ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,210 member
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  • Ocean's Thirteen on DVD (2007)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Brad Pitt,  Matt Damon
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    After their old chum Reuben Tischkoff (Gould) is double-crossed in a business deal and hospitalized, Danny Ocean (Clooney) reconvenes his charming gang of thieves and heads to Las Vegas to gain revenge on the man who put Ruben at death's door: shark-like hotelier, Willy Bank (Pacino). Their plan is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 67,688 members
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  • Solaris on DVD (2002)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Natascha McElhone,  Viola Davis
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Steven Soderbergh (OCEAN'S ELEVEN, TRAFFIC) delivers yet another inspired remake with this pensive sci-fi drama based on the book by Stanislaw Lem. Taking his cue from Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 epic of the same name, Soderbergh boldly chooses atmosphere over action, crafting a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 16,886 members
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  • Ocean's Eleven on DVD (2001)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Brad Pitt,  Julia Roberts
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    On his release from prison Danny Ocean plans robberies of the three biggest casinos in Las Vegas, the owner of which just happens to be the new love-interest of Danny's ex-wife...
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 69,333 members
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  • Waking Life on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Nicky Katt,  Steven Soderbergh,  Richard Linklater
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Richard Linklater presents this computer-animated, dreamlike, meandering film about a college-age man (Wiley Wiggins) who floats in and out of a series of philosophical discussions and ethereal experiences, meeting an interesting cast of characters along the way. Each character that Wiley ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,386 members
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  • Ocean's Eleven (2001)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Brad Pitt,  Julia Roberts
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    On his release from prison Danny Ocean plans robberies of the three biggest casinos in Las Vegas, the owner of which just happens to be the new love-interest of Danny's ex-wife...
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 412 members
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  • Traffic on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Miguel Ferrer,  Catherine Zeta Jones
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Steven Soderbergh followed up his critical and commercial smash ERIN BROCKOVICH with this wildly exhilarating exploration of the complex, multilayered international drug problem. The film tells three seemingly disparate stories that loosely intersect and overlap, unfurling at a frantic, relentless ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 18,994 members
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  • Erin Brockovich on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Cherry Jones,  Peter Coyote,  Conchata Ferrell
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a world where heroes are often in short supply, the story of Erin Brockovich is an inspirational reminder of the power of the human spirit. Her passion, tenacity and steadfast desire to fight for the rights of the underdog defied the odds, her victory made even more sweet by the fact that while ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 20,565 members
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  • The Limey on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Nicky Katt,  Amelia Heinle,  Melissa George
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    With THE LIMEY, director Steven Soderbergh has crafted a stylish revenge thriller that also contains a refreshing sense of humor. Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con, travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death, which he is convinced was not accidental. After meeting Ed (Luis ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,860 members
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  • Out Of Sight on DVD (1998)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Jennifer Lopez,  Dennis Farina
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Elmore Leonard's famous crime novel, OUT OF SIGHT finds director Steven Soderbergh back in Hollywood after a brief return to the independent world with SCHIZOPOLIS and GRAY'S ANATOMY. A funny, hip, and vibrant action-drama, OUT OF SIGHT tells the story of the unlikely relationship that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 11,642 members
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  • Out Of Sight - HD (1998)
    Starring: Dennis Farina,  Ving Rhames,  Don Cheadle
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Elmore Leonard's famous crime novel, OUT OF SIGHT finds director Steven Soderbergh back in Hollywood after a brief return to the independent world with SCHIZOPOLIS and GRAY'S ANATOMY. A funny, hip, and vibrant action-drama, OUT OF SIGHT tells the story of the unlikely relationship that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 378 members
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  • Out Of Sight - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Jennifer Lopez,  Dennis Farina
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Elmore Leonard's famous crime novel, OUT OF SIGHT finds director Steven Soderbergh back in Hollywood after a brief return to the independent world with SCHIZOPOLIS and GRAY'S ANATOMY. A funny, hip, and vibrant action-drama, OUT OF SIGHT tells the story of the unlikely relationship that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 365 members
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  • Schizopolis (1996)
    Starring: Steven Soderbergh,  Betsy Brantley,  David Jensen
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Marking a return to the low-budget territory that launched his career in 1989 (with SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE), Steven Soderbergh pulls together this freewheeling comedy that is stuffed with an onslaught of visual and verbal puns. Soderbergh plays dual roles as Fletcher Munson and Dr. Jeffrey ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 238 members
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  • King Of The Hill on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Jesse Bradford,  Jeroen Krabbe,  Karen Allen
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A 1930s saga adapted from the memoirs of A.E. Hotchner, based on his own childhood in St. Louis. The story follows twelve-year-old Aaron, who perseveres with his family amid the strange characters and persistent dangers of a transient hotel.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 248 members
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  • Kafka (1991)
    Starring: Theresa Russell,  Alec Guinness,  Jeremy Irons
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Steve Soderbergh did a 180 degree turnaround from his debut film sex, lies, and videotape with Kafka, a stark art-film fable for literature majors. Jeremy Irons plays a fictional Franz Kafka, living in Prague in 1919. By day, Kafka works in a massive, impersonal insurance company. At night, he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 68 members
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  • Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
    Starring: James Spader,  Andie MacDowell,  Peter Gallagher
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Steven Soderbergh explodes onto the scene with this provocative, intelligent drama about infidelity and voyeurism. Ann Milaney (Andie MacDowell) lives in a comfortable Louisiana home with her lawyer husband, John (Peter Gallagher). She spends her days fretting over the insurmountable problems of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,680 members
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  • Ocean's Eleven - Blu-ray
    Starring: George Clooney,  Brad Pitt,  Matt Damon
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Ocean's Eleven improves on the 1960's Rat Pack original with supernova casting, a slickly updated plot and Steven Soderbergh's graceful touch behind the camera. Soderbergh reportedly relished the opportunity "to make a movie that has no desire except to give pleasure from beginning to end", and he ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 2,217 members
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  • Ocean's Twelve - Blu-ray
    Starring: George Clooney,  Brad Pitt,  Matt Damon
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Like its predecessor Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve has a preposterous plot given juice and vitality by the combination of movie star glamour and the exuberant filmmaking skill of director Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight, The Limey). The heist hijinks of the first film come to roost for a team of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,900 member
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Steven Soderbergh facts

5 most recent films

Magic Mike - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Cleo - 2.5 stars
Haywire - 2.5 stars
Contagion - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Haywire - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ocean's Eleven - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Ocean's Eleven - 4.0 stars
Erin Brockovich - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Ocean's Eleven - 3.5 stars
Erin Brockovich - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

K Street - The Complete Series - 1.0 stars
Bubble - 2.5 stars
Cleo - 2.5 stars
Magic Mike - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Magic Mike - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

George Clooney - 17 times - show films
Matt Damon - 17 times - show films
Don Cheadle - 15 times - show films
Brad Pitt - 12 times - show films
Bernie Mac - 11 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Steven S - 2 times - show films
Wong - 2 times - show films
Michelangelo Antonioni - 2 times - show films
Richard Linklater - 1 times - show films