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  • Anjelica Huston and Sam Rockwell to Choke - 12 July 2007
    A new adaptation of a Chuck Palahniuk novel is to star Anjelica Huston and Sam Rockwell, it emerged yesterday.- -Entitled Choke, it tells the story of a con artist who funds his mother's medical care by deliberately choking in restaurants, all the while being a love a

Sam Rockwell - what members say


  • Lawn Dogs
  • Lawn Dogs review by ThomasKus from Cardiff
    Rated - 5 stars Great story, superb acting, haunting visuals 29 December 2003
    ... FilmFour+1. Mischa Barton gives one of the best child performances ever and Sam Rockwell is also outstanding. What makes this film so different, however, are the ima...  
  • Charlie's Angels
  • Charlie's Angels review by from LONDON
    Rated - 4 stars Charlie's Angels 14 October 2003
    ...y - a role we have seen her play far to often! The best character however is Sam Rockwell - he is cool, calm and collected and his good looks makes for an excellent twis...  
  • Heist
  • Heist review by from London
    Rated - 5 stars Taught thriller 17 September 2004
    ...chable as he always is and Delroy Lindo, Danny Devito and a whisply mustachioed Sam Rockwell all turn in performances that seem to scream out that they are all having loads...  

Sam Rockwell - filmography


  • Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
    Starring: Michael Angarano,  Jennifer Coolidge,  Jemaine Clement
    Director: Jared Hess
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Benjamin, home-schooled by his eccentric mother, is a loveable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist Ronald Chevalier and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town's most ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Moon (2009)
    Starring: Matt Berry,  Sam Rockwell,  Malcolm Stewart
    Director: Duncan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sam Bell is nearing the completion of his 3-year-long contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth's primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. Alone with only the base's vigilant computer Gerty as his sole companion, Bell's extended isolation has taken its toll. He longs to return home,..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 373 members
    Due for release on 16th November 2009
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  • Moon - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
    Starring: Matt Berry,  Sam Rockwell,  Malcolm Stewart
    Director: Duncan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sam Rockwell (MATCHSTICK MEN) stars in this thought-provoking science fiction film. After spending three years on the moon as a solitary miner, Sam Bell (Rockwell) is almost ready to return home to his wife and daughter. But as his homecoming approaches, he begins to experience strange things that ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 31 members
    Due for release on 16th November 2009
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  • Frost/Nixon on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Frank Langella,  Michael Sheen,  Rebecca Hall
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning director Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind) brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 20,683 members
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  • The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Martin Freeman,  Sam Rockwell,  Mos Def
    Director: Garth Jennings
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The long-awaited film version of Douglas Adams' THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, based on his five-book series, is a funny, wacky, highly creative ride through a bizarre universe. Martin Freeman (Tim from THE OFFICE) stars as Arthur Dent, a British everyman suddenly thrust into intergalactic ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 61,190 members
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  • Piccadilly Jim on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Cassandra Bell,  Brenda Blethyn,  Hugh Bonneville
    Director: John McKay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Period comedy based on the novel by P.G. Wodehouse. Jim Crocker (Sam Rockwell) is a young American journalist living in London in the 1930s, writing a column under the name 'Piccadilly Jim', and whose wild, hard-drinking antics have scandalised his mother (Allison Janney) and father (Tom Wilkinson) ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 565 members
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  • Matchstick Men on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Sam Rockwell,  Alison Lohman
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Roy Waller (Nicolas Cage) is a conman and trickster who has had to overcome enormous problems with obsessive-compulsive disorder in order to stay on top of his game. His partner in crime, Frank Mercer (Sam Rockwell), helps him run a daily business conning housewives out of their money with ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 22,956 members
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  • Welcome To Collinwood on DVD (2002)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Sam Rockwell,  William H. Macy
    Director: Joe Russo,  Anthony Russo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    A group of petty criminals in Cleveland's East End join forces to rob a jewellery store by breaking through an adjoining wall from an empty apartment. An easy job becomes a nightmare when a beautiful woman moves into the apartment, ruining their plans. COLLINWOOD paints a tragically impoverished ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 7,171 members
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  • Heist on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Danny De Vito,  Delroy Lindo
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written and directed by David Mamet, HEIST is a crime thriller that follows aging master thief Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) as he plans one last robbery before literally sailing off into the sunset. What seems like the perfect heist gets complicated, however, when Joe's "business" partner, Bergman (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,384 members
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  • Charlie's Angels on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Cameron Diaz,  Drew Barrymore,  Lucy Liu
    Director: Joseph McGinty
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the babe-a-licious show from the 1970s, CHARLIE'S ANGELS is a defiantly goofy action movie featuring plenty of comedy and a strong sense of girl power. Three talented young women work for the mysterious Charles Townsend: Natalie (Cameron Diaz), the bubbly blond science expert; Dylan (Drew ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 12,860 members
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  • Green Mile, The - BLU-RAY Version (1999)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Michael Clarke Duncan,  Gary Sinise
    Director: Frank Darabont
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, Louisiana, the prisoners rarely make it out alive. Death Row inmate John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan)--a black man convicted of brutally raping and murdering two white girls--strikes up an unusual and profound connection with one of the security guards, Paul ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 161 members
    Due for release on 16th November 2009
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  • Galaxy Quest on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Tim Allen,  Sigourney Weaver,  Alan Rickman
    Director: Dean Parisot
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    GALAXY QUEST is a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the influence science fiction shows such as STAR TREK have had on their audience. The cast members of the cult sci-fi television series GALAXY QUEST now earn their livings appearing at conventions and grand openings, led by their bomastic captain ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,024 members
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  • Jerry and Tom (1998)
    Starring: Joe Mantegna,  Sam Rockwell,  Maury Chaykin
    Director: Saul Rubinek
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs which is emphasised when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 12 members
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  • Lawn Dogs (1997)
    Starring: Kathleen Quinlan,  Christopher McDonald,  Sam Rockwell
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Youngster Devon (Mischa Barton) is transplanted by her parents into an uptight gated community, Camelot Gardens. The lonely and imaginative ten-year-old girl escapes the confines of her new "community" and makes friends with an isolated eccentric, Trent (Sam Rockwell), who lives in a trailer on the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 641 members
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  • Box of Moonlight (1996)
    Starring: John Turturro,  Sam Rockwell,  Catherine Keener
    Director: Tom DiCillo
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available. John Turturro plays a humourless engineer who uncharacteristically takes a brief break from ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 31 members
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  • Light Sleeper on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Dana Delany,  David Clennon,  Mary Beth Hurt
    Director: Paul Schrader
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John LeTour (Willem Dafoe) is loyal, decent, lumbering--a 40-year-old drug runner who suffers from insomnia but seems to be sleep-walking through life in LIGHT SLEEPER. When John's boss, the bubbly but sharp-witted Ann (Susan Sarandon), decides to retire, John must rethink his life's path. But ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 323 members
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Sam Rockwell - watch online


  • Welcome to Collinwood to Watch Now (2003)
    Starring: William H. Macy,  Isaiah Washington,  Sam Rockwell
    Director: Anthony Russo,  Joe Russo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 87 minutes
    When petty thief Cosimo is given the plan for the perfect Bellini from a lifer in prison, he has to get out of jail, fast. But with Cosimo stuck in the joint, it's up to his girl Rosalind to track down a replacement. While no one wants to do the time for Cosimo's crime, everybody seems to know a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 8 members
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Sam Rockwell facts

5 most recent films

Everybody's Fine - 3.5 stars
Gentlemen Broncos - 3 stars
Moon - 4.0 stars
Moon - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Frost/Nixon - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Green Mile, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Moon - 4.0 stars
The Green Mile - 4.0 stars
Frost/Nixon - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Frost/Nixon - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Gentlemen Broncos - 3 stars
Jerry and Tom - 2.0 stars
Clownhouse - 2.5 stars
Everybody's Fine - 3.5 stars
Box of Moonlight - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Zooey Deschanel - 4 times - show films
Michael Jeter - 4 times - show films
Brad Pitt - 4 times - show films
Michael Parks - 3 times - show films
Sam Shepard - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Andrew Dominik - 3 times - show films
Garth Jennings - 2 times - show films
Frank Darabont - 2 times - show films
Duncan Jones - 2 times - show films
Joe Russo - 2 times - show films