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  • Dark City
  • Dark City review by rnest2002 from Devon
    Rated - 3 stars Imaginative if flawed 28 February 2005
    ... William Burroughs' Nova Express. The main actors are interesting if underused. William Hurt is always good. Flawed, but a little gem in its way....  
  • Children Of A Lesser God
  • Children Of A Lesser God review by from London
    Rated - 2 stars A painfully contrived drama, with a better cast than it deserves 5 October 2004
    ...James Leeds(William Hurt) arrives at a school for the deaf with an impressive CV. He's taught speech therapy at all the best schools, but he's also had spells as a bartende...  
  • Gorky Park
  • Gorky Park review by A customer from Brighton England
    Rated - 2 stars Oh dear. 1 February 2006
    ...William Hurt's lame English accent is just the start. I bailed after an hour. ...  

William Hurt - filmography


  • Noise (2008)
    Starring: Tim Robbins,  Bridget Moynahan,  William Hurt
    Director: Henry Bean
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David is a successful lawyer who can't stand the fact that Manhattan is a place where it's too noisy to get a good night's sleep, listen to classical music, or even make love to his wife without disturbance. Every time David hears a car alarm going off, he swings into action. Adopting the guise of "..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 35% from 7 members
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  • Into the Wild on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Emile Hirsch,  Marcia Gay Harden,  William Hurt
    Director: Sean Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 44,656 members
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  • Mr. Brooks on DVD (2007)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Demi Moore,  Dane Cook
    Director: Bruce A. Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Consider Mr. Brooks. A successful businessman, a generous philanthropist, a loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret - he is an insatiable serial killer, so lethally clever that no one has ever suspected him -- until now. Kevin Costner stars as Earl ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 33,624 members
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  • Into The Wild - HD DVD Version (2007)
    Starring: Catherine Keener,  Jena Malone,  William Hurt
    Director: Sean Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    INTO THE WILD combines the directorial talent of Sean Penn with Jon Krakauer's bestselling book about a young man (Emile Hirsch) who gives up all he has to live in Alaska. This adventure also stars Academy Award winners William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden, as well as Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 590 members
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  • Good Shepherd, The - BLU-RAY Version (2006)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Robert De Niro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 79 members
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  • The Good Shepherd on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Angelina Jolie,  Robert De Niro
    Director: Robert De Niro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 42,113 members
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  • Syriana on DVD (2005)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Amanda Peet,  Matt Damon
    Director: Stephen Gaghan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a longtime CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)...read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 54,087 members
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  • Tuck Everlasting on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Alexis Bledel,  William Hurt,  Sissy Spacek
    Director: Jay Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Fifteen-year-old Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is the beautiful, privileged daughter of the richest man in town. A disagreement with her domineering parents (Amy Irving, Victor Garber) sends Winnie outside the fence that surrounds her pristine house and protects her from the outside world, and into ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 915 members
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  • Changing Lanes on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Ben Affleck,  Sydney Pollack
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 10,574 members
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  • Dune (3 discs) on DVD (2000)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Julie Cox,  Alec Newman
    Director: John Harrison
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A more thorough and straightforward adaptation of Frank Herbert's beloved sci-fi novel than the 1984 David Lynch version, this six-hour Sci Fi Channel miniseries, written and directed by John Harrison, follows the Atreides family's adventures on the desert planet Arrakis. Far into the future, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,860 members
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  • Sunshine on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Jennifer Ehle,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: István Szabó
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Istvan Szabo's SUNSHINE is an epic tale that follows the Hungarian Jewish family the Sonnenscheins through five generations spanning more than 100 years, from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, exploring the history, politics, world wars, social diaspora, and economic shifts that influence ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,521 member
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  • Do Not Disturb on DVD (1999)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Jennifer Tilly,  Denis Leary
    Director: Dick Maas
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Dutch director Dick Maas offers a tension filled thriller set in Amsterdam where William Hurt has taken his family as part of a business trip. When the family's ten year old mute daughter witnesses a brutal murder she finds herself on the run in a strange city. Trusting nobody is not an option, but ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 202 members
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  • Smoke on DVD (1995)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Harvey Keitel,  Stockard Channing
    Director: Wayne Wang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A collection of unrelated characters somehow come together and change each others lives... A cigar store manager takes a daily photograph of his store... A writer recently widowed is unable to write... A man who accidentally killed his wife runs away from his past...
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,721 member
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  • Mr. Wonderful (1993)
    Starring: Matt Dillon,  Annabella Sciorra,  Mary-Louise Parker
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Gus (Matt Dillon) wants to invest in an old, dilapidated bowling alley with his Con Edison co-workers, but alimony payments to his ex-wife, Lee (Annabella Sciorra), make his dream unattainable. The only way that Gus can regain his financial stability is to stop paying alimony, which he can only do ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 12 members
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  • Alice on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Mia Farrow,  William Hurt,  Alec Baldwin
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alice Tate (Mia Farrow) is a rich Manhattan wife who spends her days shopping, getting pedicures, going to the salon, working out with her personal trainer, and seeing her chiropractor. But when she can't get rid of her back pain, she goes to an Asian herbalist (the wonderful Keye Luke, in his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,363 member
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  • Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1985)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Raul Julia,  Sonia Braga
    Director: Hector Babenco
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    et in the kind of Latin American gaol where even the clean linen is bloodstained, this explosive, sad yet stirring story tells of two prisoners with nothing in common except an extraordinary friendship that grows as they step into each other's worlds.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 150 members
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  • Gorky Park on DVD (1983)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Lee Marvin,  Joanna Pacula
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When three faceless corpses are discovered in Moscow's Gorky Park, the Moscow militia's top investigator, Arkady Renko (William Hurt), is assigned to the case. An honest Soviet official, Renko uncovers a murky and dangerous plot involving sinister KGB agents, the corrupt Soviet government, and a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 769 members
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  • Altered States on DVD (1980)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Blair Brown
    Director: Ken Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Loosely based on the Paddy Chayefsky novel, this sci-fi spectacle tells the incredible story of a research scientist who experiments with altered states of human consciousness. Great performances and mind-blowing special effects. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound, Best Original Score.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,144 member
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  • Endgame
    Starring: Jonny Lee Miller,  Mark Strong,  William Hurt
    Director: Pete Travis
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The African National Congress (ANC) wages an armed struggle against apartheid; President P.W. Botha clings to the last threads of power; the country is on the brink of bloody insurrection. In a gripping thriller based on real-life events, Endgame drops us into this brutal conflict's control centers:..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 11 members
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William Hurt - watch online


  • Changing Lanes to Watch Now (2002)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Toni Collette
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 99 minutes
    Late for court, an attorney weaves in and out of traffic. In a different lane, a father whose right to see his children rests on getting to court on time. A minor accident will turn these two strangers into beasts.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 51 members
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  • Do Not Disturb to Watch Now (1999)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Jennifer Tilly,  Denis Leary
    Director: Dick Maas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 94 minutes
    A frightened child and her parents must endure a night of terror in this thriller. Walter and Cathryn are an American couple travelling in Amsterdam with their ten-year-old daughter Melissa, who is mute. When Melissa accidentally witnesses a murder, the killers set out to find her and silence the ..read more »
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William Hurt facts

5 most recent films

Damages - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Damages - Series 2 - Complete - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Incredible Hulk, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Vantage Point - 3.5 stars
The Incredible Hulk - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Damages - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Into The Wild - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Into The Wild - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Dark City - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
History of Violence, A - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Noise - 2.0 stars
4th Floor,The - 2.5 stars
Mr. Wonderful - 3.5 stars
Endgame - 3.5 stars
Damages - Series 2 - Complete - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Matt Damon - 6 times - show films
Glenn Close - 6 times - show films
Timothy Olyphant - 5 times - show films
Amanda Peet - 5 times - show films
Rose Byrne - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Todd A. Kessler - 5 times - show films
Lawrence Kasdan - 4 times - show films
Pete Travis - 3 times - show films
Sean Penn - 3 times - show films
Stephen Gaghan - 3 times - show films


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