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Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon was born in 1964 in New York. He began acting in the 1970s and was said to have become a 'teen idol' with ‘ Rebellious kid’ roles such as Richie in Over The Edge (1979) and Tex in Tex (1982) Dillon later turned his hand to writing with City Of Ghosts (2002) which he also directed and starred in. He shows great diversity as an actor with films ranging from thrillers such as Wild Things (1998) to intense dramas such as Crash (2004) for which he received an Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for the role of Officer John Ryan. Dillon is probably best known for his role in the comedy There’s Something About Mary (1998) for which he received an MTV movie award for Best Villain.
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Matt Dillon 'in talks' for new comedy -
25 June 2007
Oscar-nominated actor Matt Dillon is in negotiations to star in a new movie from the director of recent family comedy Wild Hogs.-According to the Hollywood Reporter, Dillon - who has previously starred in Crash and There's Something About Mary - is in final talks to
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Old Dogs
(2009)
Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston
Director: Walt Becker
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Two best friends -- one unlucky-in-love divorcee and the other a fun-loving bachelor -- have their lives turned upside down when they're unexpectedly charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble ..read more »
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66%
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You, Me And Dupree
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Owen Wilson, Michael Douglas, Kate Hudson
Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
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Carl and Molly have found the one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed newly wedded world: Dupree. A slacker with the soul of a poet, Dupree just can't seem to catch a break from The Man. When he takes a week off to go be the best-man at Carl and Molly's wedding in Hawaii, Dupree gets ..read more »
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60%
from 38,841 members
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Herbie - Fully Loaded
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Lyndsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon
Director: Angela Robinson
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The Love Bug is back! Herbie (AKA No. 53), the sweet little '63 Volkswagen bug with a mind of his own and a serious love for speed, pairs with Lindsay Lohan in 'Herbie: Fully Loaded' for a sunny comedy. Maggie Peyton is a third generation member of a NASCAR racing family and dreams of winning from ..read more »
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61%
from 23,073 members
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Crash
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon
Director: Paul Haggis
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Crash is a powerful, moving and provocative drama following the intersecting lives of a diverse group of people in Los Angeles. Using a sophisticated, layered structure to tell the stories of a multi-racial group of characters as their lives inter-connect through a sequence of events around a car ..read more »
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72%
from 99,967 members
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Factotum
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens
Director: Brent Hamer
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This screen adaptation of Charles Bukowski's most acclaimed novel stars Matt Dillon as Henry Chinaski, the heavy-drinking, gambling, womanising antihero who nevertheless wins everybody over with his sleazy charm.
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52%
from 6,821 members
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Employee of the Month
(2004)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn, Christina Applegate
Director: Mitch Rouse
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Life for David Walsh (Dillon) is going exceptionally well, until things take an unexpected turn. In one day, his fiancee (Applegate) dumps him, and the bank boss fires him. To top it off, David tries to leave work but gets caught in a bank robbery. And the day from Hell is far from over!
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61%
from 78 members
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City Of Ghosts
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone
Director: Matt Dillon
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Actor Matt Dillon (OVER THE EDGE, THE OUTSIDERS) makes his directorial debut with CITY OF GHOSTS, an atmospheric thriller about an American man who finds himself in a very dangerous Cambodia. Dillon plays Jimmy Cremmins, a New York scam artist who has been working as a front man for a phony ..read more »
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47%
from 2,342 members
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One Night At McCool's
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser
Director: Harald Zwart
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The title refers to the night when three men, Randy (Matt Dillon), his cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) and Detective Dehling (John Goodman), all meet Jewel Valentine (Liv Tyler) at a bar called McCool's. Actually, they don't so much meet her as fall under her spell when they first lay eyes on her. In her ..read more »
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59%
from 1,711 member
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Wild Things
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell
Director: John McNaughton
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A seemingly virtuous high school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), is accused of raping students Kelly (Denise Richards) and Suzie (Neve Campbell). Ken Bowden (Bill Murray), an oddball attorney, and Detective Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) come to Lombardo's aid, unraveling a much larger ..read more »
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62%
from 6,857 members
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Pitch
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Al Pacino, Matt Dillon, Roger Ebert
Director: Spencer Rice, Kenny Hotz
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Canadian comedy team Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice are childhood friends who will stop at nothing to sell their script (which is about a mob boss who checks into a hospital and is accidentally given a sex-change operation). This outrageous documentary tracks their progress as they attend the 1996 ..read more »
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40%
from 157 members
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In And Out
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack
Director: Frank Oz
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After three chaste years of engagement, popular high school teacher Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is finally getting married, and his upcoming wedding to Miss Emily Montgomery (Joan Cusack) is the talk of their small, friendly town. But when a hometown boy-made-movie star outs Howard as gay during ..read more »
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60%
from 2,584 members
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Beautiful Girls
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell
Director: Ted Demme
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In this post-coming-of-age comedy, a high school reunion in a small Massachusetts town gives a group of buddies plenty of opportunities to try and sort out their views about women and life. From the former stud-turned-snowplow operator to the aspiring nightclub musician who escaped to New York, ..read more »
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59%
from 2,957 members
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To Die For
(1995)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix
Director: Gus Van Sant
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A cable-TV weather girl who'll do anything to become a celebrity seduces a high school student and convinces him to kill her go-nowhere husband in this black comedy. Gus Van Sant's sly satire on America's tabloid mentality is loosely adapted from Joyce Maynard's chronicle of the real-life tale of ..read more »
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58%
from 5,468 members
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Mr. Wonderful
(1993)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Anthony Minghella
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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 »
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68%
from 12 members
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Singles
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott
Director: Cameron Crowe
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The Seattle music scene is the ideal backdrop for Cameron Crowe's chronicle of the lives of single twentysomethings in the 1990s. Linda (Kyra Sedgwick) and Steve (Campbell Scott) are both tired of the singles scene and meeting the wrong people. Just when they are each ready to give up and give in ..read more »
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62%
from 2,268 members
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Fishing With John
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Matt Dillon, Tom Waits
Director: John Lurie
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An offbeat and original series which pairs musician/actor John Lurie with friends Dennis Hopper (looking for giant squid in Thailand), Jim Jarmusch (seeking shark in Montauk), Tom Waits (in Jamaica), Matt Dillon (in Costa Rica), and Willem Dafoe (ice fishing in Maine). The plan? Travel to the world'..read more »
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73%
from 38 members
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A Kiss Before Dying
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max Von Sydow
Director: James Dearden
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Matt Dillon (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, THE OUTSIDERS) stars as a handsome and ambitious young man who marries the daughter of a wealthy copper miner feels his future is quite secure, until his new wife begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her twin sister's death.
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56%
from 13 members
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Drugstore Cowboy
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros
Director: Gus Van Sant
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Being a junkie is a full-time job for Bob (Matt Dillon), who leads his wife (Kelly Lynch) and another addicted couple (James LeGros and Heather Graham) on a reckless spree of drugstore robberies. When he has a brush with death, Bob realises he must leave both his addiction and his wife if he wants ..read more »
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67%
from 3,837 members
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Bloodhounds Of Broadway
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Madonna, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey
Director: Howard Brookner
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This film, which incorporates the plots of four Damon Runyon stories, takes place in and around a grand New Year's Eve party in 1928. The guests, many of whose lives intertwine during the evening, include Harriet (Julie Hagerty), the rich society doll throwing the bash; the aptly named Feet Samuels ..read more »
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41%
from 132 members
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Kansas
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Kyra Sedgwick
Director: David Stevens
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Wade (Andrew McCarthy), a young travelling man, becomes an unwilling partner in crime when his tough new friend Doyle (Matt Dillon) involves him in an impromptu bank heist. After hiding the loot and escaping into anonymity, he realizes his trouble is just beginning when the real criminal returns ..read more »
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45%
from 94 members
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The Big Town
(1987)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones
Director: Ben Bolt
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A country boy with a knack for throwing dice goes to Chicago to try his luck. He's on a winning streak until he falls in love with a married fan-dancer whose husband is a high roller and a killer. The boy soon finds himself rolling for the lady and his life.
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38%
from 7 members
Not available for rental
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Rebel
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Debra Byrne, Bryan Brown
Director: Michael Jenkins
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While recoering from his WWII wounds in Australia, a young soldier debates whether to go AWOL and remain in Australia where he is quickly falling for a local girl.
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50%
from 55 members
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Target
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Herbert Berghof
Director: Arthur Penn
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Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon star as father and son in this unique blend of family relationships and international intrigue. Walter Lloyd (Hackman) is a simple businessman raising his normal family in a Texas suburb. He and his wife, Donna, love each other very much. Walter and his son, however, do ..read more »
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58%
from 287 members
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The Flamingo Kid
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Jessica Walter, Richard Crenna
Director: Garry Marshall
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Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon), an 18-year-old from a working class family, gets a job as a cabana boy at an exclusive Rockaway beach club in New York. There he experiences a new world of wealth, snobbery, and leisure.
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57%
from 194 members
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Rumble Fish
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola directed this beautiful black-and-white version of S.E. Hinton's popular youth novel. RUMBLE FISH explores the relationship between a young street thug, Rusty James (Matt Dillon), and his older brother, the legendary Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke). When Motorcycle Boy comes ..read more »
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65%
from 3,229 members
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My Bodyguard
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon
Director: Tony Bill
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Youth-oriented comedy drama about the adventures of a new student who enrolls in a high school run by a teen-age gang. He hires a bodyguard to protect him. Climax includes an unforgettable fight.
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59%
from 111 members
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Over The Edge
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Michael Kramer, Matt Dillon, Pamela Ludwig
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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A brilliant commentary on the restlessness of America's youth. By trying to keep the 'fun' out of New Grenada, the parents are only adding fuel to the fire. When a misunderstanding causes the death of a mischievous, yet harmless, teenager, the students rebel, inciting a riot that the parents and ..read more »
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66%
from 113 members
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Wild plots 14 August 2004
...What can I say but nothing but brilliant for this film, even though Matt Dillon would usually put me off! With enough twists to satisfy even the most harden thriller goer,...
