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  • Salvador
  • Salvador review by from London. England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Shocking Truths. 28 July 2004
    ... This film starts to make you understand what asylum refugees are running from. James Woods is himself as always. Fantastic. Belushi - same. Definately add to your lis...   Read customer review
  • Hercules
  • Hercules review by A customer from NEWCASTLE
    Rated - 3.0 stars THE GROOVY GREEKS! 23 June 2004
    ...k were really funny henchmen who are actually henchmen of Ares not Hades. Hades{James Woods} is really funny too. i really like Philoctetes ' Phil'{ Danny DeVito} and i sa...   Read customer review
  • Once Upon A Time In America
  • Once Upon A Time In America review by from West Sussex
    Rated - 5.0 stars Extraordinary crime drama 4 July 2004
    ...and chronicles the lives of two New York gangsters played by Robert De Niro and James Woods. The plotting is often arbitrary but unlike the godfather Leon and his fine act...   Read customer review

James Woods - filmography


  • Mary and Martha on DVD (2013)
    Starring: Hilary Swank,  Brenda Blethyn,  James Woods
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Written by Richard Curtis and directed by Phillip Noyce, Mary and Martha stars Hilary Swank as Mary, and Brenda Blethyn as Martha, an American and an Englishwoman who have little in common apart from a tragedy that unexpectedly brings them together. Empowered by their friendship they form an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 195 members
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  • White House Down (2013)
    Starring: Channing Tatum,  Jamie Foxx,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
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  • Officer Down on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Dominic Purcell,  Tommy Flanagan,  Stephen Dorff
    Director: Brian A. Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Crime drama starring Stephen Dorff, Dominic Purcell, David Boreanaz, Stephen Lang and James Woods. Detective David Callahan (Dorff), known as 'Cal' on the force, has had a mixed career as a police officer, struggling with drink problems and straying to the wrong side of the law himself at times. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 138 members
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  • Straw Dogs on DVD (2011)
    Starring: James Marsden,  Alexander Skarsgard,  Kate Bosworth
    Director: Rod Lurie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,065 members
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  • Kung Fu Panda 2 - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Jack Black,  Seth Rogen
    Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Animated adventure sequel featuring the voice talents of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, Gary Oldman and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Now a kung fu master, giant panda Po (Black) spends his days working alongside Master Shifu (Hoffman) and The Furious Five - ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6,798 members
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  • Big Fat Important Movie on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Kelsey Grammer,  David Alan Grier,  Robert Davi
    Director: David Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the 'Airplane' stable comes this right-wing spoof of 'A Christmas Carol', parodying a Michael Moore figure who wants to ban July 4th celebrations. Disillusioned documentary maker Michael Malone (Kevin P. Farley) has lost his faith in his country. As his nephew Josh (Travis Schuldt) prepares to ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 34% from 682 members
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  • This Girl's Life on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Kip Pardue,  Juliette Marquis,  James Woods
    Director: Ash
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Controversial drama from writer/director Ash. Juliette Marquis stars as Moon, an internet porn star who has complete control over her output and considers herself a liberated and empowered feminist. Despite the demands of her career, she cares for her terminally ill father (James Woods) and shares ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,827 member
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  • Be Cool on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Uma Thurman,  John Travolta,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: F. Gary Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    John Travolta returns as Chili Palmer in the long awaited follow-up to the blockbuster hit 'Get Shorty' (1995). Gangster-turned-movie producer Chili (Travolta) has grown tired of the screen trade, especially after his latest project turned out to be a box-office flop. Chili is looking for new ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 32,336 members
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  • End Game on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Christa Campbell,  Peter Greene,  James Woods
    Director: Andy Cheng
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Political thriller opening with a presidential assassination and following a perilous path of intrigue. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays a Secret Service Agent in charge of the president's protection detail. He blames himself for his team's failure and quits his post only to become obsessed with solving the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 10,338 members
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  • Pretty Persuasion on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Evan Rachel Wood,  David Wagner,  Ron Livingston
    Director: Marcos Siega
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kimberly Joyce is an insanely intelligent, wildly funny, shockingly cruel and sexy-beyond-her-years Beverly Hills teenager who will stop at nothing to become famous. Believing the world is an orchestra and she is the conductor, Kimberly masterfully manipulates all those around her. She convinces ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 5,570 members
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  • John Q. on DVD (2002)
    Starring: R,  Denzel Washington,  Kimberly Elise
    Director: Nick Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Q. Archibald is an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family. His wife Denise and young son Michael are his world. But when Michael falls seriously ill and needs an emergency heart transplant operation that John Q. can't afford and his health insurance won't cover, he ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 8,297 members
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  • Northfork on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Mark Polish,  Daryl Hannah,  James Woods
    Director: Mark Polish,  Michael Polish
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Twin brothers Mark and Michael Polish ('Twin Falls Idaho', 'Jackpot') direct this unusual and elegaic magical realist drama - filmed entirely in monochromatic colour - which premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Set in the mid-1950s, the film is based around Northfork, a small frontier town ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 800 members
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  • Stuart Little 2 on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Melanie Griffith,  Hugh Laurie,  Nathan Lane
    Director: Rob Minkoff
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The second big-screen adventure starring Manhattanite mouse Stuart Little. Feeling lonely in his adoptive home, Stuart is happy to make a new friend in the form of the bird Margalo, who crash-lands next to him when he is on his way home from school. Margalo goes with Stuart to visit his family, but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,673 members
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  • John Q. - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Kimberly Elise,  James Woods
    Director: Nick Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Q Archibald (Denzel Washington) is a Chicago factory worker struggling to make ends meet. When his son Michael is rushed to hospital after having a seizure at a baseball game, the doctors say the boy must receive a heart transplant as soon as possible. Lacking the necessary health insurance to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 616 members
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  • Riding in Cars With Boys on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Moscow,  Damien Garcia,  Brittany Murphy
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The story of a young Connecticut woman, Beverly Donofrio (Drew Barrymore), and her attempts to get an education and win the freedom to be all that she can be. As a teenager Beverly hopes to go and study at New York University, but when she gets pregnant her parents persuade her to marry the father, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,077 members
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  • Scary Movie 2 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kathleen Robertson,  Richard Moll,  Shawn Wayans
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    This sequel to the horror spoof shifts the focus away from slasher pics to films about the supernatural, and follows what happens when the students from the first film are hired to investigate a series of strange occurrences in an old mansion named Hell House. Cindy (Anna Faris), Ray (Shawn Wayans),..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 12,011 members
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  • Uprising (2001)
    Starring: Mili Avital,  Hank Azaria,  Sadie Frost
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Made-for-TV drama telling the true story of the Jewish uprising against the Nazi occupation in WWII Warsaw. After the formation of the Warsaw Ghetto, and with an increasing number of his fellow Jews being taken away to the Treblinka concentration camp, schoolteacher Mordechai Anielewics (Hank ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 546 members
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  • Scary Movie 2 - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Kathleen Robertson,  Richard Moll,  Shawn Wayans
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    This sequel to the horror spoof shifts the focus away from slasher pics to films about the supernatural, and follows what happens when the students from the first film are hired to investigate a series of strange occurrences in an old mansion named Hell House. Cindy (Anna Faris), Ray (Shawn Wayans),..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 183 members
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  • Any Given Sunday on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jamie Foxx,  Matthew Modine
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Directed by Oliver Stone ('Wall Street', 'JFK'), this tense drama sets out to lift the lid on the world of American pro football. The story focuses on the Miami Sharks, currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak which has brought team president Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 8,772 members
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  • Another Day In Paradise (1999)
    Starring: Melanie Griffith,  James Woods,  Natasha Gregson Wagner
    Director: Larry Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    'Another Day in Paradise' follows the exploits of Bobbie, a teenage runaway and thief who is happy making money the hard way -- stealing it by breaking into vending machines. He is approached by the funny and charismatic uncle of a drug buddy, Mel. Mel offers to bring Bobbie into the big-time of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 891 members
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  • Any Given Sunday - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jamie Foxx,  Matthew Modine
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Directed by Oliver Stone ('Wall Street', 'JFK'), this tense drama sets out to lift the lid on the world of American pro football. The story focuses on the Miami Sharks, currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak which has brought team president Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,499 member
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  • The Virgin Suicides on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Michael Pare,  Scott Glenn,  Leslie Hayman
    Director: Sofia Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On the surface the Lisbons appear to be a healthy, successful 1970s family living in a middle-class Michigan suburb. Mr. Libson is a math teacher, his wife is a rigid religious mother of five attractive teenage daughters who catch the eyes of the neighborhood boys. However, when 13-year-old Cecilia ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 14,948 members
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  • True Crime on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Marissa Ribisi,  Lisa Gay Hamilton,  Mary McCormack
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    After the death of fellow journalist Michelle, reporter Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) inherits her last assignment: a human interest story about the last eight hours of death row inmate Frank Beechum (Isaiah Washington), convicted of the murder of a supermarket checkout girl. However, after the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,724 members
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  • The General's Daughter on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Travolta,  James Woods,  James Cromwell
    Director: Simon West
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When the raped and murdered body of Captain Elisabeth Campbell (Leslie Stefanson) is discovered at Fort McCallum, Warrant Officer Paul Brenner (John Travolta) is given just thirty-six hours to investigate before the FBI are called in. Teaming up with his ex-girlfriend, army rape-counsellor Sarah ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 4,524 members
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  • Hercules on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Tate Donovan,  Danny De Vito,  Samantha Eggar
    Director: John Musker,  Ron Clements
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Disney's animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. The son of Greek gods Zeus (voice of Rip Torn) and Hera (Samantha Eggar), Hercules (voice of Josh Keaton) is stolen as a boy by the minions of Hades (voice of James Woods), lord of the underworld. Forced ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,361 members
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  • Contact on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Jodie Fos,  Jodie Foster,  Matthew McConaughey
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    After the death of her father, Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) devotes her life to science. Convinced of the existence of extra-terrestrial life, she uses satellites to sweep the stars for evidence. When she receives the transmission of what seems to be a blueprint from another species for the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 14,975 members
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  • Contact - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Jodie Fos,  Jodie Foster,  Matthew McConaughey
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    After the death of her father, Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) devotes her life to science. Convinced of the existence of extra-terrestrial life, she uses satellites to sweep the stars for evidence. When she receives the transmission of what seems to be a blueprint from another species for the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,193 member
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  • Killer - A Journal of Murder (1996)
    Starring: James Woods,  Robert Sean Leonard,  Ellen Green
    Director: Tim Metcalfe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 9 members
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  • Casino - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Don Rickles,  Sharon Stone,  Dick Smothers
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Martin Scorsese casts Robert De Niro as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, the mob's frontman for a billion dollar Las Vegas casino. The story begins in 1973; Ace falls for hooker Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone), while boyhood companion Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) is appointed as his muscle at the club. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 3,588 members
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  • Casino on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Jayne Meadows,  Jerry Vale,  Steve Allen
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in Martin Scorsese's story of crime and punishment. The film chronicles the lives and times of three characters: Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro), a bookmaking wizard; Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), a Mafia underboss and longtime best friend to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 39,994 members
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  • Nixon on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Paul Sorvino,  Anthony Hopkins,  David Paymer
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone turns his attention to one of the most controversial figures in American history, President Nixon. Anthony Hopkins stars as the President in a film that traces his political career, from his battles with the CIA and J. Edgar Hoover, his plans for world peace with Henry Kissinger, his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,691 members
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  • The Getaway (1994)
    Starring: Alec Baldwin,  Kim Basinger,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger star in the highly charged remake of Sam Peckinpah's classic action-thriller. In a world where dishonour is commonplace, master thief Doc McCoy (Baldwin) is the exception. He lives by a code of ethics and stands by his word. His wife and partner in crime, Carol (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 199 members
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  • The Specialist on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Eric Roberts,  Rod Steiger
    Director: Luis Llosa
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Ray Quick (Sylvester Stallone), US demolition expert, attempts to abort the assassination of a South American drugs baron when he realises innocent children will be killed in the explosion. However, his partner (James Woods) goes ahead with the mission, leaving the duo permanently estranged and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 7,698 members
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  • Straight Talk on DVD (1992)
    Starring: James Woods,  Dolly Parton
    Director: Barnet Kellman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Shirlee Kenyon (Dolly Parton) is a simple country girl who stumbles into the world of talk radio and soon wins listener's hearts. With her homely common sense and down-to-earth advice she fast becomes the hottest talk show star in Chicago. It isn't just the listeners who are turned on to Shirlee - ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 633 members
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  • Chaplin - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Paul Rhys,  Diane Lane,  David Duchovny
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert Downey Jr takes the lead role in this biopic of the legendary Charlie Chaplin, which traces his entire career from poverty stricken childhood all the way through to final Swiss exile and lifetime Oscar recognition. Along the way there were four marriages, troubles with the US government, and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 346 members
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  • Chaplin on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Paul Rhys,  Diane Lane,  David Duchovny
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Robert Downey Jr takes the lead role in this biopic of the legendary Charlie Chaplin, which traces his entire career from poverty stricken childhood all the way through to final Swiss exile and lifetime Oscar recognition. Along the way there were four marriages, troubles with the US government, and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 4,352 members
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  • Midnight Sting on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Oliver Platt,  James Woods
    Director: Michael Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ex-con Gabriel Caine (James Wood) heads for Diggstown, a place where unofficial boxing matches are held for big prize money. Caine finds himself a contender (Louis Gossett Jnr) and bets the crooked boss of Diggstown that his man can beat ten fighters in 24 hours. Expect twists on a scale of 'The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 645 members
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  • The Hard Way on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Penny Marshall,  Annabella Sciorra,  James Woods
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Even as a serial killer stalks New York, top cop John Moss (James Woods) is taken off the case and assigned to show the ropes to a Hollywood actor (Michael J. Fox) who is researching a part for a police movie. Moss is unimpressed but the actor, who hopes to shake off his cute boy-next-door image ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,078 members
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  • True Believer on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Kurtwood Smith,  Yuji Okumoto,  James Woods
    Director: Joseph Ruben
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Disillusioned lawyer Eddie Dodd (James Woods) used to be a high flyer, but has spent the last ten years defending drug dealers. When idealistic graduate Roger Baron (Robert Downey Jr) becomes Dodd's apprentice, he inspires his reluctant boss to accept the case of a young Korean boy who has been ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 189 members
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  • Immediate Family on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Glenn Close,  Mary Stuart Masterson,  James Woods
    Director: Jonathan Kaplan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Glenn Close and James Woods play a childless couple who arrange to adopt a young mother's baby after financially providing for mother and child throughout her pregnancy. However, the mother (Mary Stuart Masterson) finds she cannot part with the baby after it is born.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 133 members
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  • Cop on DVD (1988)
    Starring: James Woods,  Charles Durning,  Lesley Ann Warren
    Director: James B. Harris
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    James Wood plays a cop who finds that his personal life is putting a lot of strain on his work, and vice-versa, in this violent thriller. The tension begins to come out in his work after his wife leaves him, taking their seven-year-old daughter with her. Meanwhile, he trails a serial killer who ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 508 members
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  • The Boost (1988)
    Starring: Sean Young,  Amanda Blake,  James Woods
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Fast-talking salesman Lenny (James Woods) works hard to make enough money to buy his beautiful wife Linda everything she could possibly want. Soon the couple have a large house, swimming pool, fast cars and all the material goods that money can buy. When things start to go wrong, however, Lenny ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 154 members
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  • Best Seller on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Victoria Tennant,  Brian Dennehy,  James Woods
    Director: John Flynn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Los Angeles Detective Meechum (Brian Dennehy) is a burnt-out cop who writes crime novels in his spare time. Inspiration, however, has dried up since his wife died. Hit-man Cleve (James Wood) offers him the story of a lifetime - the chance to expose a tycoon as a major criminal - from which Meechum ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 422 members
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  • In Love And War on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Jane Alexander,  Stephen Dorff,  James Woods
    Director: Paul Aaron
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shot down and taken prisoner early in the Vietnam Conflict, Navy Pilot Jim Stockdale is one of the few who know the truth about the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Knowing an admission would be explosive, Jim has remained silent despite eight nightmarish years of torture and inhuman treatment.
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 27 members
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  • Salvador on DVD (1985)
    Starring: James Belushi,  Tony Plana,  John Savage
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    James Woods stars as Richard Boyle, an experienced, but no longer trustworthy photo-journalist who travels down to Salvador with a friend, expecting to find a bounty of cheap drink, drugs and sex. However, when they arrive they discover a civil war in full flow and also a disturbing degree of US ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,387 members
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  • Cat's Eye on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Robert Hays,  James Woods,  Candy Clark
    Director: Lewis Teague
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three Stephen King short stories, linked together by the wanderings of a stray cat, are dramatised in this horror movie. The first sees a chain smoker (James Woods) taking drastic steps to kick the habit, the second features a mobster gaining revenge on his wife's lover, and the third has the cat ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,993 member
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  • Once Upon A Time In America on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Tuesday Weld,  Treat Williams,  James Woods
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Though some viewers might be put off by its length, graphic violence, and absence of likable characters, Sergio Leone's final film is also a cinematic masterpiece. Spanning four decades, the film tells the story of David Noodles Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his Jewish pals, chronicling their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 23,889 members
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  • Once Upon A Time In America - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Tuesday Weld,  Treat Williams,  James Woods
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In 1968, gangster Noodles (Robert De Niro) returns to New York after 35 years in exile. His return prompts memories of his and three others' rise to power from the streets of New York's Lower East Side during Prohibition. Also starring James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern and Treat Williams.
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 704 members
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  • Against All Odds (1983)
    Starring: Jane Greer,  James Woods,  Jeff Bridges
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A down-at-heel ex-football player (Jeff Bridges) is hired by a nightclub owner (James Woods) to trace his girlfriend (Rachel Ward). The search takes him to Mexico where he tracks down and falls in love with the girl and finds himself in a complex situation. Also starring Richard Widmark. The film ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 738 members
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  • Videodrome on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Deborah Harry,  James Woods,  Peter Dvorsky
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Hardcore pornography, sadomasochism, mind control, and living televisions all play crucial roles in Videodrome, one of director David Cronenberg's explorations of dangerous sexuality and technological obsession. The morally questionable hero of the tale is one Max Renn (James Woods), a television ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 5,910 members
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  • Videodrome - Blu-ray (1982)
    Starring: James Woods,  Peter Dvorsky,  Deborah Harry
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Hardcore pornography, sadomasochism, mind control, and living televisions all play crucial roles in Videodrome, one of director David Cronenberg's explorations of dangerous sexuality and technological obsession. The morally questionable hero of the tale is one Max Renn (James Woods), a television ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 147 members
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  • The Onion Field (1979)
    Starring: David Huffman,  Franklyn Seales,  Ted Danson
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Two low-lifes (James Woods and Franklyn Seales) kidnap a pair of plain-clothes policemen and kill one of them in a field. The other (John Savage) escapes and the killers are soon brought to trial. By making deals and blaming each other, the bad guys look as though they might get off. Meanwhile, the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 392 members
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  • Holocaust (3 discs) on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Tom Bell,  Joseph Bottoms,  James Woods
    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Award-winning mini-series starring Meryl Streep and James Woods. The series details the horrors of the Holocaust and Hitler's attempt to destroy the Jewish population of Europe, focusing particularly on the Weiss family's struggle against the Nazis.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 947 members
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  • Night Moves (1975)
    Starring: Harris Yulin,  Gene Hackman,  James Woods
    Director: Arthur Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Private eye Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) is dedicated to his job, but his dedication does not make him happy or powerful in his personal life, and his wife (Susan Clark) is cheating on him. Aging actress Arlene Iverson (Janet Ward) hires Harry to find her trust-funded daughter Delly (Melanie ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 76 members
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  • Hickey and Boggs (1972)
    Starring: Michael Moriarty,  James Woods,  Robert Culp
    Director: Robert Culp
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
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    Bill Cosby and Robert Culp are united again as private eyes in this Walter Hill-scripted 'film noir.' Searching for a missing girl, they find themselves involved with vicious criminals and precipitating a string of deaths.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1 member
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  • My Name Is Bill W.
    Starring: James Woods,  JoBeth Williams,  James Garner
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20's and how he comes to grips with his alcoholism. Along with a fellow alcoholic (James Garner) he forms a support group that would eventually become Alcoholics Anonymous.
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 9 members
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James Woods facts

5 most recent films

Mary and Martha - 3.5 stars
White House Down - 3 stars
Officer Down - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Officer Down - 2.5 stars
Kung Fu Panda 2 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Shark - Season 1 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Casino - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Once Upon A Time In America - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Videodrome - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Casino - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

White House Down - 3 stars
The Easter Egg Adventure - 1.5 stars
In Love And War - 2.0 stars
Citizen Cohn - 2.0 stars
Fast-Walking - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

David Cross - 7 times - show films
Melanie Griffith - 5 times - show films
Anna Faris - 4 times - show films
Shawn Wayans - 4 times - show films
Sharon Stone - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Spike Lee - 7 times - show films
Rod Holcomb - 7 times - show films
Oliver Stone - 7 times - show films
Martha Coolidge - 7 times - show films
Martin Scorsese - 5 times - show films