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Giovanni Ribisi
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Giovanni Ribisi - what members say
review by from Dorset
Blanchett and Ribisi in challenging roles 29 August 2005
review by Alfod from West Midlands
Greatness achieved on a small budget 14 July 2004
review by A customer from Norwich UK
Cameo central 1 January 2005
Giovanni Ribisi - filmography
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Ted
(2012)
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Mila Kunis, Joel McHale
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Certificate: 
A man wrestles with the lingering consequences of a childhood wish in this live-action comedy from FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane. As a young boy, John Bennett wanted nothing more than for his beloved teddy bear Ted (voice of MacFarlane) to come to life. Incredibly, that wish was granted. But ..read more »

95%
from 2 members
Not available for rental
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Ted - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Mila Kunis, Joel McHale
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Certificate: 
A man wrestles with the lingering consequences of a childhood wish in this live-action comedy from FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane. As a young boy, John Bennett wanted nothing more than for his beloved teddy bear Ted (voice of MacFarlane) to come to life. Incredibly, that wish was granted. But ..read more »

70%
from 3 members
Not available for rental
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Contraband
(2012)
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster
Director: Baltasar Kormákur, Baltasar Kormakur
Certificate: 
Chris Farraday abandoned his life of crime long ago, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best -- running contraband -- to settle Andy's debt. Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach ..read more »

64%
from 158 members
Not available for rental
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Columbus Circle
(2010)
Starring: Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Jason Lee
Director: George Gallo
Certificate: 
Mysterious and attractive heiress Abigail Clayton has not left her luxurious mid-town Manhattan loft apartment for almost two decades. The famous daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Abigail disappeared from the prying eyes of the press and the intrusiveness of her family on her 18th birthday, the ..read more »

60%
from 9 members
Not available for rental
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Columbus Circle - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Jason Lee
Director: George Gallo
Certificate: 
Mysterious and attractive heiress Abigail Clayton has not left her luxurious mid-town Manhattan loft apartment for almost two decades. The famous daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Abigail disappeared from the prying eyes of the press and the intrusiveness of her family on her 18th birthday, the ..read more »

66%
from 5 members
Not available for rental
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The Rum Diary - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Bruce Robinson
Certificate: 
Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.

58%
from 2,703 members
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The Rum Diary
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Bruce Robinson
Certificate: 
Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.

57%
from 7,624 members
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Public Enemies - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Director: Michael Mann
Certificate: 
Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome 'Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43', director Michael Mann (HEAT, LAST OF THE MOHICANS) has crafted a sprawling historical crime drama that follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian ..read more »

62%
from 306 members
Not available for rental
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Avatar
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez
Director: James Cameron
Certificate: 
The future. Paraplegic war hero, Jake, is taken against his will to the planet of Pandora - a world inhabited by a race of humanoids called The Na'vi. Forced to exploit the valuable resources of the local population, Jake decides to turn against his human companions, and join the planet's people in ..read more »

80%
from 63,274 members
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Avatar - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez
Director: James Cameron
Certificate: 
The future. Paraplegic war hero, Jake, is taken against his will to the planet of Pandora - a world inhabited by a race of humanoids called The Na'vi. Forced to exploit the valuable resources of the local population, Jake decides to turn against his human companions, and join the planet's people in ..read more »

82%
from 21,082 members
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Middle Men - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Rade Sherbedgia, Giovanni Ribisi, Luke Wilson
Director: George Gallo
Certificate: 
Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, and Gabriel Macht headline director/co-screenwriter George Gallo's fact-based period comedy detailing the rise of the internet porn business in the mid-'90s. Businessman Jack Harris (Wilson) made his living solving other people's problems. Wayne Beering (Ribisi) and ..read more »

67%
from 989 members
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Public Enemies
(2009)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Director: Michael Mann
Certificate: 
Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome 'Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43', director Michael Mann (HEAT, LAST OF THE MOHICANS) has crafted a sprawling historical crime drama that follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian ..read more »

68%
from 2,459 members
Not available for rental
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Middle Men
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Rade Sherbedgia, Giovanni Ribisi, Luke Wilson
Director: George Gallo
Certificate: 
In 1995, everyone had a VCR, music was sold in record stores, and the world-wide-web was a new found discovery. Businessman Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) had the perfect life a beautiful family and a successful career fixing problem companies. Then he met Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (..read more »

64%
from 1,697 member
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Perfect Stranger
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: James Foley
Certificate: 
A journalist (Berry) goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill (Willis) as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

60%
from 21,427 members
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The Dead Girl
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Toni Collette, Piper Laurie, Don Smith
Director: Karen Moncrieff
Certificate: 
When a young girl is found murdered, the lives of several different individuals are impacted. Some of these connections are peripheral, while many others are painfully direct. The film is broken up into five distinct chapters, each with its own title. In "The Stranger," Arden (Toni Collette) finds ..read more »

56%
from 1,507 member
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10th and Wolf
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Piper Perabo, Val Kilmer
Director: Robert Moresco
Certificate: 
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A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.

59%
from 3,953 members
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I Love Your Work
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Judy Greer, Shalom Harlow, Jared Harris
Director: Adam Goldberg
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Movie star Gray Evans (Giovanni Ribisi) is at the top of his game: a seemingly endless supply of money, celebrity friends, parties, a beautiful wife...and his name and image, known all around the world. But with fame and fortune comes sometimes unwanted attention. Convinced that the 'chance' ..read more »

48%
from 189 members
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Flight Of The Phoenix
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese
Director: John Moore
Certificate: 
A group of air crash survivors are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by desert smugglers, they realize their only hope is doing the impossible; building a new plane from the wreckage of the old one...

58%
from 28,610 members
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Flight Of The Phoenix - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese
Director: John Moore
Certificate: 
A pilot on a routine trip to investigate some remote oil rigs in the Gobi Desert makes a crash landing in the middle of nowhere. For him, and the men along for the ride, a slow, tortured, thirsty death seems certain, unless the plucky mechanic in the crew can design a whole new plane from the ..read more »

61%
from 1,267 member
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Lost in Translation
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Sofia Coppola
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
An American film star out to make a commercial in Tokyo meets up with a photographer's wife in a hotel bar. These two people are lonely and having to contend with a foreign language and a new culture. A friendship begins.

62%
from 91,923 members
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Cold Mountain
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger
Director: Anthony Minghella
Certificate: 
Directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT), this Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Far more than a simple love story, Minghella's film captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left ..read more »

65%
from 48,178 members
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Cold Mountain - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger
Director: Anthony Minghella
Certificate: 
Directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT), this Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Far more than a simple love story, Minghella's film captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left ..read more »

72%
from 128 members
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Heaven
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Tom Tykwer
Certificate: 
Written by late Polish director Krysztof Kieslowski and Krysztof Piesiewicz (the team that made the trilogy BLUE, WHITE, and RED) and directed by German master Tom Tykwer (RUN LOLA RUN), HEAVEN is the first part of a trilogy. Cate Blanchett is Philippa, a strong-willed English woman who teaches in ..read more »

62%
from 2,514 members
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Shot In The Heart
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Elias Koteas, Eric Bogosian
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Certificate: 
Gary Gilmore was convicted on two counts of murder and was set to be executed by the state of Utah in 1977. It was to be the first executioner of a prisoner in America in ten years. Gilmore's brother Mikal traveled across the country days before the execution date to speak with his brother as well ..read more »

50%
from 124 members
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According To Spencer
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Brad Rowe, Giovanni Ribisi, Jesse Bradford
Director: Shane Edleman
Certificate: 
Spencer (Jesse Bradford) moves to Los Angeles and takes a job in the mailroom of a large company, where he encounters Melora (Mia Kirshner), whom he has been in love with since elementary school. An aspiring writer, Melora is already involved in a relationship, so Spencer decides to be content to ..read more »

40%
from 323 members
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Boiler Room
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ron Rifkin, Taylor Nichols, Tom Everett Scott
Director: Ben Younger
Certificate: 
A supercharged ride through the cutthroat world of illegal stock selling, BOILER ROOM is fueled by an electric hip-hop soundtrack. Ribisi portrays Seth Davis, a college dropout who thinks he's going straight when he takes a job at J.T. Marlin, a stock firm located in Long Island. Seth wants nothing ..read more »

67%
from 3,847 members
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Gone In 60 Seconds - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall
Director: Dominic Sena
Certificate: 
Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) is a former car thief who is forced to come out of retirement when his younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi), is unable to deliver 50 expensive cars to dangerous smuggler Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston). With his brother's life on the line, Memphis must enlist ..read more »

72%
from 3,032 members
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Gone In 60 Seconds
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Dominic Sena
Certificate: 
Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage, LEAVING LAS VEGAS) is a former car thief who is forced to come out of retirement when his younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi, SUBURBIA), is unable to deliver 50 expensive cars to dangerous smuggler Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston, CRACKER). With his brother's ..read more »

68%
from 26,460 members
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The Gift
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Michael Jeter
Director: Sam Raimi
Certificate: 
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Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is a young widow living in Brixton, Georgia, who does psychic readings. She has a power that allows her to see things her neighbours don't see, and she talks about the things that they try to keep quiet. She eventually stirs up trouble by advising Valerie Barksdale (..read more »

63%
from 5,609 members
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The Other Sister
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt
Director: Garry Marshall
Certificate: 
Carla has grown into a very independent woman despite her learning difficulties but her mother is still concerned when Carla announces that she is in love for the first time. It's up to the young couple to prove that Carla has earned her independence...

60%
from 748 members
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The Mod Squad
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Steve Harris, Larry Brandenburg, Claire Danes
Director: Scott Silver
Certificate: 
A trio of juvenile delinquents (Claire Danes, Omar Epps, and Giovanni Ribisi) are recruited by a cop to help infiltrate an underground drug ring. When, he is unexpectedly killed, the group go all out to solve his murder and bust the drug cartel. Their efforts are made harder when they suffer ..read more »

49%
from 347 members
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Saving Private Ryan
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Dennis Farina, Adam Goldberg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Certificate: 
Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »

77%
from 66,284 members
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The Postman
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Olivia Williams, James Russo, Tom Petty
Director: Kevin Costner
Certificate: 
In a post-apocalyptic, totally anarchic America, circa 2013, a defector from the ranks of murderous despot General Bethlehem masquerades as a representative of the good old U.S. Postal Service. But his ruse so delights the weary, oppressed people he meets that it indeed becomes real--and he finds ..read more »

61%
from 4,671 members
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Suburbia
(1996)
Starring: Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey, Nicky Katt
Director: Richard Linklater
Certificate: 
Director Richard Linklater and writer/actor Eric Bogosian collaborated on this adaptation of Bogosian's play about a handful of people edging into their 20's who seem like the poor relations of the genial eccentrics in Linklater's Slacker. While the Texas bohemians in Slacker has their myriad ..read more »

75%
from 14 members
Currently unavailable
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Mind Ripper
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Lance Henriksen, John Diehl, Clare Stansfield
Director: Joe Gayton
Certificate: 
A top-secret scientific team are probing the essence of life itself in an effort to satisfy the military's demand for a 'super soldier'. Unfortunately their genetic experiments create a new breed of mutant creature which is totally out of control...

39%
from 221 members
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Highway To Heaven - Series 2
(1985)
Starring: Michael Landon, Victor French, Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Director: Michael Landon
Certificate: 
Following the travails of handyman Jonathan Smith (Michael Landon), HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN originally aired on NBC, and saw Landon reunite with his LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE co-star Victor French. Smith is an angel sent to earth so that he can buddy up with cop Mark Gordon (played by French) and help ..read more »

90%
from 1 member
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