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  • Lowe won't laugh on set - 7 October 2009
    -Working with funnyman Ricky Gervais in new comedy The Invention Of Lying was "frustrating" for professional Rob Lowe - because the Brit kept ruining scenes by giggling through them.- -The former The West Wing star insists his director and co-star couldn't keep a

Rob Lowe - what members say


  • Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me
  • Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me review by JediSi from Kent
    Rated - 5.0 stars Yeah baby yeah 26 August 2007
    ...t B*st*rd. The script is wonderfully written, and there is never a dull moment. Rob Lowe does a very good job as the young Number 2. Heather Graham is amazing. Liz H...   Read customer review
  • About Last Night
  • About Last Night review by from Herts
    Rated - 5.0 stars The best 80's brat pack film 5 July 2004
    ...Rob Lowe and Demi Moore star in this romantic comedy which is still the funniest and most romantic of them all. James Belushi is hilarious as Rob Lowe's side kick pal w...   Read customer review
  • The West Wing - Complete Season 1
  • The West Wing - Complete Season 1 review by from Cardiff
    Rated - 5.0 stars Drama at it's best 17 February 2004
    ...ries for you. Martin Sheen stars as the President, his support cast include Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dule Hill, John Spencer and Bradley Whitford....   Read customer review

Rob Lowe - filmography


  • I Melt With You (2011)
    Starring: Christian McKay,  Carla Gugino,  Thomas Jane
    Director: Mark Pellington
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Four friends come together for a reunion that leads them down a self-destructive path in this drama. Jonathan (Rob Lowe), Richard (Thomas Jane), Ron (Jeremy Piven), and Tim (Christian McKay) are four men in their mid-forties who have known each other since they went to college together. Each year, ..read more »
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  • A Perfect Day on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Paget Brewster,  Frances Conroy
    Director: Peter Levin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    An author discovers fame when his book skyrockets to the bestseller list. But the trappings of his success challenges his relationships to his wife and daughter and it takes a visit from a mysterious stranger telling him he has 40 days to live for him to get his moral bearings back.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,316 members
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  • Thank You For Smoking on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Aaron Eckhart,  Maria Bello,  Cameron Bright
    Director: Jason Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nick Taylor (Aaron Eckhart) is a sexy, charismatic spin doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protest America's right to smoke - even if it kills him - while still remaining a role model to his 12-year-old son. When he incurs the wrath of a New England senator (William H. Macy) bent on snuffing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 41,919 members
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  • Salem's Lot on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Donald Sutherland,  Rutger Hauer
    Director: Mikael Salomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Made for television series which finds Ben Mears, a writer returning to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot to research his new book and come to terms with a childhood incident. Two newcomers; an antiques dealer and his companion become the focus of his attention when they prevent him from renting the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 4,333 members
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  • Jane Doe on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Teri Hatcher,  Trevor Blumas,  Rob Lowe
    Director: Kevin Elders
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Jane Doe, recently fired from her job at a major arms manufacturer, is suddenly thrust into a world of espionage and deceit when her son is kidnapped. To free her son she must download sensitive material from her previous work place. But she finds that the kidnappers have other schemes in mind when ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 216 members
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  • Framed on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Rob Lowe,  Peter MacNeill
    Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    New York detective Mike Santini (Rob Lowe) is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers (Sam Neill) a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness in a high profile money-laundering case. Santini plays a major role in capturing Meyers, prompting the wiley criminal to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 307 members
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  • View from the Top on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Christina Applegate,  Mark Ruffalo
    Director: Bruno Barreto
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town. Her life changes when she sees Sally Weston (Candice Bergen) on TV talking about her book, "My Life in the Sky," and her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 3,970 members
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  • The Cruel Deep on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Larisa Miller,  Craig Wasson
    Director: Jean Pellerin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A luxury cruise liner is requisitioned by the Greek government in an attempt to give safe passage to national treasures worth millions of pounds. The liner is attacked by an art collector who finds out about the plan. During the hijack the liner sinks to the sea floor and so begins a fight for ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 63 members
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  • Atomic Train on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Esai Morales,  Kristin Davis
    Director: Dick Lowry,  David S. Jackson,  Da
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a runaway train, carrying nuclear waste and toxic materials, is on route for disaster, renegade investigator John Seger (Rob Lowe) jumps on board and is the only one who dares to keep the situation under control. This made-for-TV movie also features Kristin Davis and Mena Suvari.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 344 members
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  • The West Wing - Complete Season 1 (6 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Martin Sheen,  Dule Hill
    Director: Thomas Schlamme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The West Wing provides a glimpse into the inner workings of the Oval Office as seen through the eyes of an eclectic group of staffers led by President Josiah Bartlett (Martin Sheen). Pacing the West Wing morning, noon and night, Bartlet's loyal group strive to keep press and the public informed at ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 16,923 members
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  • Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Mike Myers,  Heather Graham,  Rob Lowe
    Director: Jay Roach
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In his second screen adventure, British superspy Austin Powers must return to 1969, as arch-nemesis Dr. Evil has ventured back to that year and successfully stolen Austin's 'mojo' (libido!) and set up an ultra-powerful cannon and aimed it at the Earth. With the help of gorgeous agent Felicity ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 16,379 members
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  • For Hire on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Joe Mantegna,  Bronwen Booth
    Director: Jean Pellerin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lowe plays a Chicago cabbie who is diagnosed with incurable stomach cancer. He takes the offer of a client, to kill a drug dealer who's been stalking him, for $50,000, in order to leave his pregnant wife comfortable when he passes. After the act is done, things get tricky when his stomach gets ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 78 members
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  • Crazy Six on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Burt Reynolds,  Rob Lowe,  Mario Van Peebles
    Director: Albert Pyun
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In a futuristic Europe where anarchy reigns, a turf war erupts between powerful crime families who supply the warring nations and guerrilla factions with the necessary armaments--and other black market accouterments.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 113 members
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  • Contact - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Jodie Foster,  Matthew McConaughey,  James Woods
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life--a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a craft that will presumably survive the passage from ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 1,045 member
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  • Contact on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Jodie Foster,  Matthew McConaughey,  James Woods
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life-a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a craft that will presumably survive the passage from ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 13,888 members
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  • Peril on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Dean Stockwell,  Rob Lowe,  James Belushi
    Director: Jack Ersgard
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Walter is an ambitious young architect who believes he is at the turning point of his career. He speeds towards a wealthy new client in LA unaware of the turn of events that will change his life or end it altogether...
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 75 members
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  • On Dangerous Ground on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Kenneth Cranham,  Jurgen Prochnow
    Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Due to the discovery of a secret covenant signed by Mao in 1944, it appears rights to Hong Kong may be up for grabs--and the Chinese, the British, current Hong Kong businessmen and the Mafia all want a piece of the pie. Enter Sean Dillon, international tough-guy spy, who joins the fray on behalf of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 140 members
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  • Tommy Boy on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Chris Farley,  David Spade,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Peter Segal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Saturday Night Live star Chris Farley had his first starring role in this frankly lowbrow comedy, which teamed him with fellow SNL cast member David Spade). Big Tom Callahan (Brian Dennehy) is the street-smart owner of a company that makes auto parts, and one day he'd like his son Tommy Callahan ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,659 member
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  • Frank And Jesse on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Bill Paxton,  Randy Travis
    Director: Robert Boris
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After the civil war, Frank and Jesse James become anti-union guerillas, robbing banks and trains with the Younger brothers to fight the "enemy." Allen Pinkerton vows to bring them to justice.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 159 members
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  • Wayne's World on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Mike Myers,  Dana Carvey,  Rob Lowe
    Director: Penelope Spheeris
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this big screen spin-off of the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, two small-town cable TV hosts and best friends, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), spend their days and nights chasing babes (schwing!) and refusing to budge from their long-haired, head-banging lifestyle. Ably capturing a love ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 15,984 members
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  • The Finest Hour (1991)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Gale Hansen,  Tracy Griffith
    Director: Shimon Dotan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Finest Hour is a 1991 war-drama film. The film stars Rob Lowe and Gale Hansen as Navy Seals in training who become best friends. When a woman comes between them, however, it takes a war to bring them back together again...
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 9 members
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  • If The Shoe Fits on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Jennifer Gray,  Elisabeth Vitali
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A modern Cinderella in Paris: While the plain Kelly Carter jobs as a gadrobiere for the famous fashion designer Francesco, she dreams of designing shoes for him. However she can't win his attention... until she meets a good fairy on the street, who enchants a pair of Kelly's shoes, so that she ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 57 members
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  • Bad Influence on DVD (1990)
    Starring: James Spader,  Lisa Zane,  Rob Lowe
    Director: Curtis Hanson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this psychological thriller directed by Curtis Hanson, James Spader stars as Michael Boll, a meek executive who lives a boring life. Though he wants nothing more than to be successful at work, Michael does nothing when a sneaky co-worker consistently throws wrenches into his plan. His love life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 611 members
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  • Masquerade on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Meg Tilly,  Kim Cattrall
    Director: Bob Swaim
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Love and deceit blend their elusive attractions to become a catalyst for murder when the lives of an ambitious young man, a very lonely heiress and a determined police officer intertwine with passion and suspense.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 349 members
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  • About Last Night - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  James Belushi,  Demi Moore
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Danny (Rob Lowe) and Debbie (Demi Moore) are in love--on a strictly casual basis--in this sexy comedy. Based on David Mamet's stage play SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO, director Edward Zwick's ABOUT LAST NIGHT... is a funny, provocative, and often insightful look at young romance in the 1980s. At a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 33 members
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  • Youngblood on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Patrick Swayze,  Cynthia Gibb
    Director: Peter Markle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dean Youngblood (Rob Lowe), a sensitive young farm boy, leaves behind a humdrum life on his father's farm to fulfill his dream, and that of his blind brother, of becoming a star of the skates and stick in the ice hockey team. As he gets the stuffing kicked out of him in the first games and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,494 member
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  • About Last Night on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  James Belushi,  Demi Moore
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Danny (Rob Lowe) and Debbie (Demi Moore) are in love--on a strictly casual basis--in this sexy comedy. Based on David Mamet's stage play SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO, director Edward Zwick's ABOUT LAST NIGHT... is a funny, provocative, and often insightful look at young romance in the 1980s. At a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,323 members
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  • St. Elmo's Fire on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Mare Winningham,  Rob Lowe,  Andrew McCarthy
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Seven friends, fresh out of Georgetown University, cope with the fears and realities of adulthood while drinking at their favourite hangout, St. Elmo's. Alex (Judd Nelson) and Leslie (Ally Sheedy) are career-minded and heading towards marriage. Virginal Wendy (Mare Winningham) only has eyes for ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6,267 members
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  • The Hotel New Hampshire on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Jodie Foster,  Beau Bridges,  Nastassja Kinski
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    British director Tony Richardson takes on John Irving's picaresque black comedy about an eccentric and unusually peripatetic family in a film starring Rob Lowe as John Berry, the family's oldest son. John's father, Win (Beau Bridges), is obsessed with hotels, so he buys a run-down seminary in New ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 991 members
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  • Oxford Blues (1984)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Ally Sheedy,  Amanda Pays
    Director: Robert Boris
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Las Vegas wise-guy Nick D'Angelo (Rob Lowe - The West Wing) plans to move to England and pursue the woman of his dreams, Lady Victoria - the 'IT' girl royal who is the darling of the British press and public alike. When the dice role his way and he comes into some money, he pays a hacker to change ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 216 members
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  • Class on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Andrew McCarthy
    Director: Lewis John Carlino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A delightful comedy about the outrageous sexual exploits of two young prep school students (Lowe and McCarthy) who's friendship is painfully tested when one of them has an affair with the other's seductive mother (Bisset.)
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,306 member
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  • Thursday's Child on DVD
    Starring: Don Murray,  Tracey Gold,  Gena Rowlands
    Director: David Lowell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Life is about to change for young Sam Alden. Home for a traditional Christmas celebration, the usually robust young man worries his family with his drawn appearance and persistent coughing. Subsequent tests reveal the cause - degenerative heart disease. His condition rapidly deteriorates until his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 14 members
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