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  • Tripfall
  • Tripfall review by from Glasgow
    Rated - 3.0 stars Not bad, not great 6 August 2004
    ...ovie before. The plot itself is fairly basic. A wealthy executive (played by John Ritter) takes his family on holiday where they are abducted by a group of criminals. ...   Read customer review
  • Tadpole
  • Tadpole review by from Oxfordshire
    Rated - 4.0 stars Most enjoyable 16 July 2005
    ...ful Bebe Neuwirth, the late (and underrated - although he was in some rubbish!) John Ritter and the increasingly superb Sigourney Weaver. It misses a little in some pla...   Read customer review
  • Sling Blade
  • Sling Blade review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 5.0 stars Sling Blade 13 August 2005
    ...ellent with particularly good turns from Dwight Yoakam as an abusive boyfriend, John Ritter whose sensetive performance brings home just how much of a loss his early death...   Read customer review

John Ritter - filmography


  • Bad Santa - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Bernie Mac,  Lauren Graham
    Director: Terry Zwigoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Billy Bob Thornton is terrific as Willie T. Stokes; a lowlife department store Santa in Terry Zwigoff's outrageous comedic follow-up to his offbeat hit 'Ghost World'. Every year, Stokes takes a job as Santa in a different place in order to rob the store he's working in. The diminutive Tony Cox ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,979 member
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  • 8 Simple Rules - Series 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: John Ritter,  Katey Sagal,  Kaley Cuoco
    Director: Gil Junger,  James Widdoes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When his wife Cate (Segal) returns to the workforce, Paul Hennessy (Ritter) takes a bigger role in the lives of his two daughters and one son. Though the girls may appear to be of dating age to the rest of the world, Paul just isn't ready to cut his daughters loose. He comes up with a series of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 403 members
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  • Tadpole on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Aaron Stanford,  Sigourney Weaver,  John Ritter
    Director: Gary Winick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fifteen-year-old Prep student Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) feels that girls his own age haven't lived enough, which is why he's coming home to Manhattan's Upper East Side for Thanksgiving to profess his love to his stepmother, Eve (Sigourney Weaver)--whose marriage to his professor father (John ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,048 member
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  • King Of The Hill - Season 5 (4 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Voiced by: Mike Judge,  Kathy Najimy,  Stephen Root
    Director: Mike Judge
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    By the fifth season of this popular animated sitcom, fans have become well-acquainted with the tics and idiosyncrasies of the lovable Hill family, and the level of hilarity they've come to expect is certainly maintained. Created by Mike Judge (BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD) and Greg Daniels (THE SIMPSONS, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 278 members
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  • Panic on DVD (2000)
    Starring: William H. Macy,  Donald Sutherland,  Neve Campbell
    Director: Henry Bromell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Alex (William H. Macy) is having a midlife crisis; not only is he unhappy with his marriage, but he wants to get out of the family business, which happens to be killing people for hire. Seeking help, Alex turns to Dr. Josh Parks (John Ritter) for therapy. While in the psychologist's waiting room, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3,297 members
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  • Tripfall on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Eric Roberts,  Rachel Hunter,  John Ritter
    Director: Serge Rodnunsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Businessman Tom Williams (Ritter) and his wife (Hunter) are vacationing in California when a Eddie, a brutal criminal (Roberts), decides they will be his next targets. After insinutating himself and his gang into the family's life, the gang kidnaps the wife and kids. Tom has only one day to rescue ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 69 members
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  • Man Of Miracles on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Ritter,  David Tom,  Meredith Baxter
    Director: Larry Peerce
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    MAN OF MIRACLES is the story of a small-town priest whose prodigal children present him with troublesome behaviour and whose congregation is dwindling exponentially. John Ritter stars as wholesome holy man Joe Cass, with support from Meredith Baxter as his wife, Anne.
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 40 members
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  • Bride Of Chucky on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jennifer Tilly,  Brad Dourif,  Katherine Heigl
    Director: Ronny Yu
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Chucky's back. And this time he's got a girlfriend, Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly). Their way of having a good time is going on a murder-spree road trip, killing any and everything that gets in their way. Along for the ride are Jade (Katherine Heigl) and Jesse (Nick Stabile), a pair of teens on the run ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,395 members
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  • Stay Tuned (1992)
    Starring: John Ritter,  Pam Dawber,  Jeffrey Jones
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Couch potatoe Roy Knable buys a satellite and TV from a mysterious door to door salesman named Spike, who promises that the TV will offer "the ultimate getaway". But after Roy and his wife argue about this recent purchase they are suddenly sucked into the TV, and must find a way to escape this ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 32 members
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  • Stephen King's IT on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Harry Anderson,  Dennis Christopher,  Tim Curry
    Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again, they would come back to Derry to do battle again...
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,082 members
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  • Skin Deep (1989)
    Starring: John Ritter,  Vincent Gardenia,  Alyson Reed
    Director: Blake Edwards
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Zach Hutton (John Ritter), celebrated writer, compulsive drinker and womaniser extraordinaire. But after 10 years of marital bliss, his luck's about to run out. His mistress finds him in bed - with his wife's hairdresser. His wife discovers them all - and throws him out... and Zach is about to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 29 members
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  • Real Men (1987)
    Starring: James Belushi,  John Ritter,  Barbara Barrie
    Director: Dennis Feldman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Super-agent Nick Pirandello is on a mission to save the whole world by obtaining a special formula from a race of alien beings. The formula is an antidote to a dangerous toxin that is destroying the food chain and will end life on Earth. But first Nick must get the unwilling help of a mild-mannered ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 49 members
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  • They All Laughed (1981)
    Starring: Audrey Hepburn,  Ben Gazarra,  John Ritter
    Director: Peter Bogdanovich
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Suave John Russo (Ben Gazzara), inept Charles Rutledge (John Ritter), and hip Arthur Brodsky (Blaine Novak) all work for a detective agency, where they are assigned to follow a trio of beautiful women -- Angela Niotes (Audrey Hepburn), Deborah Wilson (Patti Hansen) and Dolores Martin (Dorothy ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6 members
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  • Wholly Moses! (1980)
    Starring: Dudley Moore,  Laraine Newman,  James Coco
    Director: Gary Weis
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Harvey and Zoey, two tourists travelling through Israel, discover an ancient scroll describing the life of Herschel, the man who was almost Moses.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
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  • Unforgivable on DVD
    Starring: Harley Jane Kozak,  John Ritter
    Director: Graeme Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young girl witnesses her father, Paul, beating her mother and threatens to tell the police. Paul escapes to the home of his mistress where she too suffers physical abuse at his hands. Paul must now seek help or face an attempted murder charge.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 62 members
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John Ritter facts

5 most recent films

Clifford's Really Big Movie - 3.0 stars
Bad Santa - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
8 Simple Rules - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Tadpole - 2.5 stars
Law And Order Special Victims Unit - Series 3 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Law And Order Special Victims Unit - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
King Of The Hill - Season 5 - 4.0 stars
8 Simple Rules - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Sling Blade - 3.5 stars
Bad Santa - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Man Of Miracles - 2.5 stars
Three's Company - Season 1 - 2.5 stars
Wholly Moses! - 3.0 stars
Stay Tuned - 3.0 stars
Skin Deep - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Eric Stoltz - 7 times - show films
Amy Irving - 7 times - show films
Judith Light - 7 times - show films
Dianne Wiest - 7 times - show films
Richard Belzer - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jean De Segonzac - 7 times - show films
James Quinn - 7 times - show films
Henry Bronchtein - 7 times - show films
Dennis Dugan - 5 times - show films
Mike Judge - 5 times - show films