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  • Pale Rider
  • Pale Rider review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Straightforward Western 15 August 2004
    ...bled a fine cast including Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress and Richard Kiel. Chris Penn has an early role and there's a remarkable performance 14 year-old Sydney Penny...   Read customer review
  • All The Right Moves
  • All The Right Moves review by honourablewren from London, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars What a difference 20 years makes to Tom Cruise 25 August 2004
    ...ter life. Helping Tom in his choices is his girlfriend Lea Thompson and a young Chris Penn as his high school bestfriend. The acting in itself is not that poor, but th...   Read customer review
  • The Funeral
  • The Funeral review by heatherb from Glasgow
    Rated - 4.0 stars Engrossing 15 June 2006
    ...act from the plight of the three brothers, but only because the performances of Chris Penn, Cristopher Walken and Vincent Gallo were so enthralling from start to finish. ...   Read customer review

Chris Penn - filmography


  • Holly on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Thuy Nguyen,  Virginie Ledoyen,  Chris Penn
    Director: Guy Moshe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Drama set in Cambodia. Patrick (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer in stolen artefacts living in Cambodia, comes across 12-year-old Vietnamese girl Holly (Thuy Nguyen) in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh. Sold into prostitution by her impoverished family and smuggled ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 108 members
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  • The Darwin Awards on DVD (2006)
    Starring: David Arquette,  Ty Burrell,  Josh Charles
    Director: Finn Taylor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Movie based on the annual awards honouring those who've killed themselves in really idiotic ways in the past year. Michael Burrows (Joseph Fiennes), a zealously curious forensic investigator, is teamed with insurance investigator Siri Taylor (Winona Ryder) in a fascinating journey across the U.S. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 3,920 members
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  • After The Sunset on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Chris Penn,  Woody Harrelson,  Don Cheadle
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Max "The King of Alibis" Burdett and his beautiful accomplice Lola have come to Paradise Island in the Bahamas, fresh off their final big score in which they lifted the second of the three famous Napoleon diamonds. With their financial future set, the couple is ready to relax and enjoy their hard-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 26,651 members
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  • Shelter Island on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Chris Penn,  Patsy Kensit
    Director: Geoffrey Schaaf
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Psychological thriller. When Louise Delamere's (Ally Sheedy) girlfriend Alexandria (Patsy Kensit) is mugged, the couple decide to retreat to an isolated country resort in order to recuperate. Viewed with suspicion by the local sherrif (Chris Penn), the couple are soon cut off from the rest of the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 157 members
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  • Stealing Harvard on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Chris Penn,  Jason Lee,  Tom Green
    Director: Bruce McCulloch
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Comedy in which a middle-class man turns to a life of crime in order to finance his niece's first year at Harvard University. Jon (Jason Lee) leads a simple and happy life. He has a beautiful fiancee and an assistant manager position at his future father-in-law's company. Everything seems perfect ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 739 members
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  • Rush Hour 2 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Chris Tucker,  Harris Yulin,  Chris Penn
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sequel to the popular action-comedy. Detective Carter (Chris Tucker) is on holiday visiting his friend Detective Lee (Jackie Chan) in Hong Kong. During Carter's stay a bomb goes off at the US consulate, and this means the old buddies are soon back working together, joining forces to track down the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 13,735 members
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  • Rush Hour 2 - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Chris Tucker,  Harris Yulin,  Chris Penn
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sequel to the popular action-comedy. Detective Carter (Chris Tucker) is on holiday visiting his friend Detective Lee (Jackie Chan) in Hong Kong. During Carter's stay a bomb goes off at the US consulate, and this means the old buddies are soon back working together, joining forces to track down the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,458 member
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  • The Boys Club (1997)
    Starring: Chris Penn,  Dominic Zamprogna,  Stuart Stone
    Director: John Fawcett
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When an armed, wounded stranger claiming to be a cop enters their secret sanctuary, three 13-year-old boys suddenly find themselves in a terrifying hostage situation with no apparent means of escape.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 5 members
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  • Serial Cops on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Chris Penn,  Jennifer Dale,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Damian Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The stars of Reservoir Dogs and Mulholland Falls, Chris Penn and Michael Madsen, are teamed together again as two tormented cops on the trail of a brutal serial killer in a chilling and violent portrayal of a murderer's obsession for death and deceit. Special Agent Jason Enola (Penn), once one of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 12 members
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  • The Funeral (1996)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Chris Penn,  Benicio Del Toro
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Petty mobsters Ray Tempio (Christopher Walken) and Chez Tempio (Chris Penn) have just lost their younger brother Johnny (Vincent Gallo) - he was shot three times gangland style at a movie theatre. Ray vows revenge - he suspects the leader of a rival crime syndicate is responsible, but his wife ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 490 members
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  • Pale Rider on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Marvin J. Mc Intyre,  Elisha Cook,  Chris Penn
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A mysterious and possibly otherworldly stranger comes to the rescue of a frontier town in this Western, which was strongly influenced by the George Stevens classic, Shane. The peace of a small mining community is shattered when Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart), the ruthless proprietor of a powerful ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 8,276 members
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  • Footloose - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Dianne Wiest,  Chris Penn,  John Lithgow
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ren McCormick (Kevin Bacon) is a city kid who moves to a Bible Belt town where dancing is banned by the local hell-fire preacher. Ren defiantly hoofs away in a series of spectacular sequences. The title song was nominated for an Oscar and the film also features the track 'Let's Hear It For the Boy'.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 199 members
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  • Footloose on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Dianne Wiest,  Chris Penn,  John Lithgow
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this lively adolescent-oriented musical, a city kid attempts to adapt to life in an ultra-conservative backwater Midwestern town. Once there he ends up leading the repressed teenagers into a rebellion against the town fathers who have outlawed rock & roll and dancing.~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,197 members
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  • All The Right Moves on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Craig T. Nelson,  Chris Penn,  Lea Thompson
    Director: Michael Chapman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tom Cruise plays a high school football star in a depressed Pennsylvania steel town. His only hope is a football scholarship to university, but the constant pressure to perform, and conflicts with his abrasive coach (Craig T. Nelson), put his dream at risk.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,428 member
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  • Best Of The Best Collection (4 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Phillip Rhee,  Chris Penn,  Eric Roberts
    Director: Robert Radler
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    All four films from the karate action series. In the first film, a United States team is put together to enter the world championships. In the second, one of the team is murdered by a well-known rival, so revenge is on the agenda for the rest of the team. In the third film, while on a visit to his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 698 members
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Chris Penn facts

5 most recent films

Holly - 3.0 stars
The Darwin Awards - 2.5 stars
After The Sunset - 3.0 stars
Shelter Island - 2.0 stars
Stealing Harvard - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Pale Rider - 3.5 stars
Footloose - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Best Of The Best Collection - 3.5 stars
Rush Hour 2 - 3.5 stars
Rush Hour 2 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Boys Club - 2.0 stars
Serial Cops - 2.5 stars
Redemption - 2.0 stars
Shelter Island - 2.0 stars
All The Right Moves - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Virginie Ledoyen - 3 times - show films
Phillip Rhee - 3 times - show films
Don Cheadle - 3 times - show films
Thuy Nguyen - 3 times - show films
Ron Livingston - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Guy Moshe - 3 times - show films
Brett Ratner - 3 times - show films
Clint Eastwood - 2 times - show films
Herbert Ross - 2 times - show films
Robert Radler - 2 times - show films