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  • Howell to revisit the Land That Time Forgot - 27 March 2009
    -C. Thomas Howell is to direct and star in a new film version of dinosaur adventure The Land That Time Forgot.- -The Gettysburg star will be joined by Timothy Bottoms in the project, based on Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs' adventure story - according to MovieHole.net

C. Thomas Howell - what members say


  • Hoboken Hollow
  • Hoboken Hollow review by littlebanana from Hove
    Rated - 3 stars Different in a good way 24 May 2008
    ...t it was still good. Cameos from Michael Madson and Dennis Hopper, as well as C. Thomas Howell playing such a slimeball of a role. The plot was decent, the gore was good, a...  
  • The Sweeper
  • The Sweeper review by from Dreamland
    Rated - 5 stars Another PM action spectacular! 8 August 2006
    ...t action flicks produced by PM Entertainment (and they have produced a few...). C. Thomas Howell stars in this one, he plays a crazy cop. Bursting with explosive action sequenc...  

C. Thomas Howell - filmography


  • The Poseidon Adventure on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Adam Baldwin,  Rutger Hauer,  Steve Guttenberg
    Director: John Putch
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    As the luxury liner Poseidon slices through the waters of an ocean storm, a radical terrorist group is preparing to send a bloody message to Western politicians. Shortly after the 2,500 passengers and crew have celebrated New Year, a huge blast rips through the hull, sending freezing waters rushing ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 148 members
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  • Red Team on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Patrick Muldoon,  C. Thomas Howell,  Tim Thomerson
    Director: Jeremy Haft
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    While investigating the mysterious deaths of two notorious mass murderers, FBI agent Jason Chandler (Patrick Muldoon) discovers that many other serial killer suspects have recently vanished without trace. Chandler soon realises there's a killer slaughtering the serial killers....
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 17 members
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  • Felons (1998)
    Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Jack Scalia,  James Russo
    Director: Stephen Eckelberry
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FELONS combines dark humour with sex and violence to create an edgy thriller. At a company barbecue, one of the guests, Barry (Jack Scalia) decides to seduce the host's wife and kill the obnoxious next door neighbour. From there, things continue to get worse as the friends and coworkers plot ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 37% from 8 members
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  • Dilemma on DVD (1997)
    Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Courtney Gains,  Danny Trejo
    Director: Eric Larson,  Eric Louzil
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An inmate on death row has the rare bone marrow needed to save the life of a young girl with leukemia, and agrees to exchange the marrow for a revised sentence of life without parole for the inmate. En route to the hospital, he escapes and two cops are entrusted with the task of finding and ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 29 members
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  • Kindred: The Embraced (1996)
    Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Kelly Rutherford,  Erik King
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    TV Series based on the White Wolf role-playing game, Vampire: the Masquerade. Julian Luna, the undead Prince of the City, leads the Vampire Clans, or Kindred, as he falls in love with Caitlin, a human reporter.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 13 members
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  • Gettysburg on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Tom Berenger,  Jeff Daniels,  Martin Sheen
    Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    GETTYSBURG captures in vivid detail one of the most famous battles of the Civil War, in which more than 50,000 American lives were lost. Covering three days of brutal military campaigns, the film re-creates the world in which Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Lewis Armistead, and others made their ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,785 member
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  • The Hitcher on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Rutger Hauer,  C. Thomas Howell,  Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Director: Robert Harmon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A magnanimous young man who picks up a strange hitchhiker on a desert highway on a dark, rainy night soon wishes he had just driven on. The deranged hitchhiker turns the innocent fellow's journey into a living nightmare.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,032 members
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  • Soul Man on DVD (1986)
    Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Arye Gross,  James Earl Jones
    Director: Steve Miner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Harvard Law freshman Mark Watson, having been cut off by his millionaire dad, tries to fund his education by tinting his skin with tanning pills and passing as African-American. But after being nearly evicted by his landlord, arrested by the police, and subjected to an endless barrage of 'no ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 242 members
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  • Red Dawn on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  C. Thomas Howell,  Patrick Swayze
    Director: John Milius
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the heartland of America, Russian and Cuban paratroopers begin to drop outside while classes go on in the high school. When the soldiers begin killing everyone in sight, local teens take to the hills to avoid the new totalitarian regime established in their little town and, as we later learn, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,197 members
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  • The Grind
    Starring: Tom Sizemore,  C. Thomas Howell,  Michael Welch
    Director: John Millea
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The story revolves around Luke, a grifter who owes a significant debt to the Mexican mob. Set in the gritty underbelly of Gardena, CA Luke has to come up with one final scheme to pay back his debt or his life is at risk. Supported by his two only friends, Courtney and Josh, they come together to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 7th December 2009
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  • The Sweeper on DVD
    Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Jeff Fahey,  Ed Lauter
    Director: Joseph Merhi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A too-tough, renegade cop, whose family was murdered when he was a child, joins a secret, vigilante, police organisation whose aim is to execute their own brand of justice - legal or not. The only problem is, once you're in, you're in for life.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 73 members
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  • Gang Law on DVD
    Starring: Gary Busey,  Silkk The Shocker,  Jeff Speakman
    Director: Master P
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kool finds life on the streets disturbing due to the drugs and the gangs. Through Martial Arts he tries to stay disciplined to do the right thing. He is deeply in love with Lashawana and when she is wrongfully charged with the murder of a police officer, Kool attempts to clear her name...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 202 members
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  • Askari on DVD
    Starring: Marlee Matlin,  C. Thomas Howell,  Amanda Fuller
    Director: David Lister
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A teenage orphan is sent to live with her Auntie in Africa. Her Auntie lives on an African game farm. Initially the two women tolerate each other's company but eventually their love for a young elephant brings them together...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 120 members
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C. Thomas Howell - watch online


  • Soul Man to Watch Now (1986)
    Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Arye Gross,  James Earl Jones
    Director: Steve Miner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 100 minutes
    When Mark is cut off by his millionaire dad just weeks before going to Harvard Law School, he attempts all manner of ways of raising the $54,000 he needs, failing dismally. But when he hears of the Bouchard Memorial Fellowship scholarship for a black student from Los Angeles, he makes the daring ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4 members
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C. Thomas Howell facts

5 most recent films

The Day The Earth Stopped - 1.5 stars
The Da Vinci Treasure - 1.0 stars
The Poseidon Adventure - 2.5 stars
Gods And Generals - 3.0 stars
Hitcher 2, The - I've Been Waiting - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Outsiders - 4.0 stars
Gettysburg - 3.5 stars
The Hitcher - 3.5 stars
Soul Man - 3.0 stars
Gods And Generals - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Grind - 3 stars
The Da Vinci Treasure - 1.0 stars
Pure Danger - 1.5 stars
Dilemma - 1.5 stars
Fortune Hunters - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Rae Dawn Chong - 3 times - show films
Michael Russo - 2 times - show films
Rutger Hauer - 2 times - show films
Leslie Nielsen - 2 times - show films
Darren Dalton - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ronald F. Maxwell - 2 times - show films
Steve Miner - 2 times - show films
Glen Stephens - 1 times - show films
John Milius - 1 times - show films
Louis Morneau - 1 times - show films