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  • Taxi Driver
  • Taxi Driver review by Volitious from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Scorsese's masterpiece is dark, moody and uncompromising. 27 January 2012
    ...e, but she pulls it off. Scorsese certainly picked a great cast. Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle and Leonard Harris give solid supporting roles. Paul Schrader's screenplay, ...   Read customer review
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Young Frankenstein review by from the Midlands
    Rated - 4.0 stars A Comedy Classic 24 January 2004
    ... this has some genuinely funny moments with some great acting from the likes of Peter Boyle (Dream Team) and Gene Wilder (Blazing Saddles) this DVD brings back life into t...   Read customer review
  • The Dream Team
  • The Dream Team review by from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars What a team! 10 August 2005
    ...(Michael Keaton), an obsessive compulsive (Christopher Lloyd), a Jesus fanatic (Peter Boyle) and an almost catatonic individual try to blend into the Big Apple. A great...   Read customer review

Peter Boyle - filmography


  • All Roads Lead Home on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Jason London,  Peter Boyle
    Director: Dennis Fallon
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Twelve-year-old Belle loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father Cody struggles to raise his daughter. Her rebellious behavior forces Cody to send Belle to her grandfather's farm to live with him. Belle learns that on a farm, it is the survival of the fittest, but she cannot handle the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 84 members
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  • Monster's Ball on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Heath Ledger,  Halle Berry
    Director: Marc Forster
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 13,182 members
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  • Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 2 (5 discs) on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ray Romano,  Patricia Heaton,  Peter Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The complete twenty-five episodes from the second series of the television comedy. Episodes include: 'Ray's On TV', 'Brother', 'Golf', 'Mozart', 'Anniversary', 'The Gift', 'High School', 'The Letter', 'Mia Famiglia', 'The Checkbook' and 'Marie's Meatballs', where Ray makes the error of choosing his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,358 member
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  • That Darn Cat on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Bess Armstrong,  George Dzundza,  Christina Ricci
    Director: Bob Spiers
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The original Disney feature film, That Darn Cat, was a feel-good hit in 1965, thanks largely to stars such as Hayley Mills, Roddy McDowall, and William Demarest. This 1996 remake also closely follows the novel Undercover Cat by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon and features Christina Ricci in the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 636 members
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  • Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 1 (5 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Patricia Heaton,  Doris Roberts,  Brad Garrett
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A surprise hit when it first aired in 1996, Everybody Loves Raymond has found its legs as one of television's most enduring and entertaining sitcoms. Comedian Ray Romano developed the series around his successful standup routines where he lampooned the married life of the everyman. The comedian ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,907 member
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  • Death And The Compass on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Peter Boyle,  Christopher Eccleston,  Miguel Sandoval
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Alex Cox (REPO MAN) directed this stylized adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges labyrinthine detective story about a totalitarian city of the future plagued by a rash of bizarre crimes. Peter Boyle stars as Lonnrot, a decidedly even headed detective prone to philosophizing and Christopher Eccleston is ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 225 members
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  • While You Were Sleeping on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Sandra Bullock,  Bill Pullman,  Peter Gallagher
    Director: Jon Turteltaub
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This latter-day romantic screwball comedy stars Sandra Bullock as a love-starved subway toll booth operator, Lucy. Lucy pines for regular customer Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher), but the self-absorbed attorney pays her no heed. One day, Peter is beaten by a gang of thugs and tossed onto the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 16,758 members
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  • The Santa Clause on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Judge Reinhold,  Tim Allen,  David Krumholtz
    Director: John Pasquin
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Television sitcom star Tim Allen made his big screen debut with this light, family-friendly holiday comedy. Allen stars as Scott Calvin, the divorced dad of Charlie (Eric Lloyd). Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife Laura (Wendy Crewson) and Charlie's psychiatrist stepfather Neal (Judge ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,840 members
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  • The Shadow on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Adam Baldwin,  John Lone,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Shadow was once a vicious criminal who was captured by a mystic who taught him the powers of the mind to become the nemesis of all evil. In this adventure he pits his wits against the last living descendant of Ghengis Khan who plans to take over the world.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,088 member
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  • Honeymoon In Vegas - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: James Caan,  Nicolas Cage,  Sarah Jessica Parker
    Director: Andrew Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Private detective Jack Singer (Nicholas Cage) promised his mother, on her deathbed, that he would never marry. Now his girlfriend Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) is threatening to leave him if he doesn't marry her. Jack decides, despite his fear and guilt, to give in to Betsy's demands. They fly off ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 32 members
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  • Honeymoon In Vegas on DVD (1992)
    Starring: James Caan,  Nicolas Cage,  Sarah Jessica Parker
    Director: Andrew Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Private detective Jack Singer (Nicholas Cage) promised his mother, on her deathbed, that he would never marry. Now his girlfriend Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) is threatening to leave him if he doesn't marry her. Jack decides, despite his fear and guilt, to give in to Betsy's demands. They fly off ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,505 member
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  • Men of Respect (1990)
    Starring: John Turturro,  Katherine Borowitz,  Dennis Farina
    Director: William Reilly
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on others. However, with power comes consequences that are also predicted by the seer.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 2 members
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  • Speed Zone! (1989)
    Starring: John Candy,  Donna Dixon,  Matt Frewer
    Director: Jim Drake
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 4 members
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  • Red Heat - Blu-ray (1988)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  James Belushi,  Peter Boyle
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Walter Hill's RED HEAT, a highly disciplined Russian detective (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a tough-talking Chicago cop (James Belushi) are one mismatched team hot on the trail of Russia's deadliest drug smuggler throughout the mean streets of the Windy City.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 340 members
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  • Red Heat on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  James Belushi,  Peter Boyle
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After scoring a hit with the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours, director Walter Hill returned to the buddy formula with this half-ridiculous, half-invigorating action flick about humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5,500 members
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  • Echoes In The Darkness on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Peter Boyle,  Stockard Channing,  Gary Cole
    Director: Glenn Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A gripping true story which begins in 1979 with the discovery of a naked battered body. A Gothic tale of deception and horror which ends seven years later after one of the biggest homicide investigations in history. Based on the novel 'Echoes In The Darkness' by Joseph Wambaugh.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 74 members
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  • Surrender (1987)
    Starring: Sally Field,  Michael Caine,  Steve Guttenberg
    Director: Jerry Belson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 4 members
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  • Johnny Dangerously on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Joe Piscopo,  Marilu Henner
    Director: Amy Heckerling
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the 1930's, this gangster spoof tells the comic tale of a Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) who is forced into a life of crime in order to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. Attempting to keep his straight life and his life of crime separate Johnny takes the name Dangerously and is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 450 members
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  • Outland on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Peter Boyle,  Frances Sternhagen
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    For Marshal O'Neil (Sean Connery), the Jupiter moon Io is just another dingy mining town on the final frontier. When his wife leaves him and takes their son with them, it merely confirms that though he's travelled millions of miles, his life is going nowhere. Then he notices that miners are dying ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,223 members
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  • Where The Buffalo Roam on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Bill Murray,  Peter Boyle
    Director: Art Linson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A zany comedy story of an off-the-wall journalist who tries to fulfil his writing deadlines whilst battling against the effects of powerful self-administered drugs.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,562 member
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  • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Sally Field,  Telly Savalas
    Director: Irwin Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Picking up where the "Poseidon Adventure" left off, this action packed yarn tells the story of how a group of rescue workers descend on the overturned Poseidon to try and salvage the remnants of the crippled ship. Among them, posing as a medic, is the nefarious Captain Svevo, who arrives in order ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 61 members
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  • Hardcore (1979)
    Starring: George C. Scott,  Peter Boyle,  Season Hubley
    Director: Paul Schrader
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When the daughter of devoutly religious midwestern businessman Jake Van Dorn (George C. Scott) disappears on a trip to Los Angeles sponsored by the family's Calvinist church, Jake's search for his daughter, Niki (Season Hubley), leads him into a shocking world of pornography. HARDCORE, an early ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 401 members
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  • F.I.S.T. on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Rod Steiger,  Peter Boyle
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Stallone plays a Jimmy Hoffa-type in this well-conceived drama about powerful bunions. As Johnny Kovak, an honest factory worker, Stallone takes on mobsters, union corruption and a crooked US senator after being forced to stand up for his rights. After cutting a deal with the blob, he finds he may ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 375 members
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  • Taxi Driver on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jodie Foster,  Albert Brooks
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Martin Scorsese's intense film, a hallmark of 1970s filmmaking, graphically depicts the tragic consequences of urban alienation when a New York City taxi driver goes on a murderous rampage against the pitiable denizens inhabiting the city's underbelly. For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 53,819 members
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  • Taxi Driver - Blu-ray (1976)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jodie Foster,  Albert Brooks
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Martin Scorsese's intense film, a hallmark of 1970s filmmaking, graphically depicts the tragic consequences of urban alienation when a New York City taxi driver goes on a murderous rampage against the pitiable denizens inhabiting the city's underbelly. For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 909 members
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  • Young Frankenstein on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Gene Wilder,  Peter Boyle,  Marty Feldman
    Director: Mel Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An affectionate parody that pays homage to the FRANKENSTEIN films (from the novel FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley) directed by James Whale in the 1930s, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is both a zany comedy and cinematic tour de force. Written by director Mel Brooks and the star of the film, Gene Wilder, YOUNG ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 7,101 members
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  • Kid Blue (1973)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Warren Oates,  Peter Boyle
    Director: James Frawley
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet ..read more »
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  • Steelyard Blues (1973)
    Starring: Mel Stewart,  Donald Sutherland,  Howard Hesseman
    Director: Alan Myerson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. There mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that the PBY needs a lot of work and they will need jobs to pay for the parts. When they find that they have only 10 days before the PBY is sold for scrap,..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 6 members
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  • The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Peter Boyle,  Richard Jordan
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on the best-selling novel by George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle chronicles the last days of a weary Boston-based weapons dealer. Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) doesn't want to serve a life sentence in prison, so he becomes an informant for both the police and the treasury department. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 9 members
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  • Joe on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Peter Boyle,  Dennis Patrick,  Audrey Caire
    Director: John G. Avildsen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Bill is a wealthy businessman whose beautiful, promising daughter has just decided to run away with her heroin-addicted boyfriend. Whilst wandering the city streets in search his daughter, Bill takes refuge in a downtown bar where he meets Joe, a frustrated, patriotic, bigoted and hateful factory ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 341 members
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  • The X-Files - Essentials (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Gillian Anderson,  David Duchovny,  Chris Carter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The X-Files Essentials is an exclusive insider's pass to the science-fiction television phenomenon! Selected by eight-time Emmy® Award nominated series creator Chris Carter himself this DVD features eight essential episodes which include special on-camera introductions by Carter and producer Frank ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 550 members
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  • Rumi - The Wings Of Love / Come To Life,...
    Starring: Peter Boyle
    Director: Shems Friedlander
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Two features. In 'Rumi - The Wings Of Love' the viewer is invited to share the secret world of Mevlevi ceremonies based on the teachings of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, a Sufi master and mystic poet who died eight hundred years ago. Also features 'Come To Life, Al-Mayha'.
    1.5 stars out of 5 20% from 3 members
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Peter Boyle facts

5 most recent films

All Roads Lead Home - 3.0 stars
Scooby Doo 2 - Monsters Unleashed - 3.0 stars
Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 8 - 4.0 stars
Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 6 - 3.5 stars
Monster's Ball - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 9 - 4.0 stars
Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 8 - 4.0 stars
Taxi Driver - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The X-Files - Essentials - 4.0 stars
Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 6 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Milk and Money - 3 stars
Kid Blue - 3 stars
In The Line Of Duty - Street War - 1.0 stars
Rumi - The Wings Of Love / Come To Life, Al-Mahya - 1.5 stars
Men of Respect - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Brad Garrett - 25 times - show films
Ray Romano - 25 times - show films
Patricia Heaton - 25 times - show films
Doris Roberts - 25 times - show films
Robert De Niro - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Gary Halvorson - 13 times - show films
Jerry Zaks - 13 times - show films
none - 13 times - show films
Kenneth Shapiro - 7 times - show films
Kenneth R. Shapiro - 6 times - show films