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  • Obsessed on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jenna Elfman,  Sam Robards,  Kate Burton
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 12
    Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg) stars in this Lifetime original movie that explores the slippery nature of truth and perception. Gleaned in flashback from the confines of a Chicago jail cell, the story centres on the smart and engaging Ellena Roberts (Elfman) as she reveals the details of her love ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 47% from 38 members
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  • The Jack Bull on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Cusack,  John Goodman,  L.Q. Jones
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 15
    At a time in the West when colonies dreamt of statehood and men forged their own laws with power and pride, a honest rancher is forced to face the injustices of a power-hungry neighbor. John Cusack stars as Myrl Redding, a just and forthright horse trader who becomes the brutal victim of his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 132 members
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  • Drop Zone on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Gary Busey,  Yancy Butler
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 15
    When U.S. marshals Pete Nessip (Wesley Snipes) and his brother, Terry (Malcolm Jamal Warner), escort Earl Leedy (Michael Jeter), a criminal computer hacker, on a flight headed straight to federal prison, little do they expect terrorist skydivers to foil their mission and capture the hacker. Terry ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 1,642 members
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  • The Assassin on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Bridget Fonda,  Gabriel Byrne,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 18
    In a grim future America, Maggie (Bridget Fonda), a beautiful young street punk, is about to be executed for killing a cop during a robbery, and is given the choice between death or becoming a government assassin. She accepts the latter and is trained in all manner of martial (and feminine) arts. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 63% from 1,906 members
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  • The Hard Way on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  James Woods,  Stephen Lang
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 15
    Los Angeles glitz meets New York grit in director John Badham's action-packed comedy. In New York's Times Square a billboard looms larger than life for a new Hollywood blockbuster starring Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), an Indiana Jones-style superstar. The real Nick Lang is holed up in a neighboring ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 65% from 418 members
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  • Stakeout on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Emilio Estevez,  Richard Dreyfuss,  Madeline Stowe
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 15
    While on an FBI stakeout, detective Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) falls hard for Maria (Madeleine Stowe), the woman he's supposed to be watching. Soon he's inside her home enjoying a torrid love affair, while his young partner Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez), waits across the street, looking through ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 64% from 914 members
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  • Short Circuit on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Steve Guttenberg,  Fisher Stevens
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: PG
    When a laser-armed Department of Defence robot named Number 5 gets zapped by a lightning bolt, he "malfunctions" and starts spouting peace slogans and developing a human-like consciousness. Naturally, the newly pacifist machine wants out of the military and escapes. As a frantic search for the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 71% from 2,884 members
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  • American Flyers (1985)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  David Marshall Grant
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: TBC
    Kevin Costner and David Marshall Grant star as two estranged brothers driven apart by the untimely death of their father. Marcus (Costner), the older brother, is a renegade bicycle racer and doctor who returns to his family home and discovers that David (Grant) may suffer from cerebral aneurysms, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 64% from 66 members
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  • Wargames on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Ally Sheedy,  Dabney Coleman
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: PG
    In director John Badham's WARGAMES, Matthew Broderick stars as David Lightman, a young hacker who accidentally logs on to the Department of Defense's network. Thinking that he's found a cool new computer game manufacturer, David plays checkers, chess, and other more intriguing games like Global ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 2,225 members
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  • Blue Thunder on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Roy Scheider,  Warren Oates,  Malcolm McDowell
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 15
    The air above Los Angeles has become a battle ground in this explosive action thriller. Roy Scheider (JAWS) stars as Frank Murphy, a courageous and honorable Los Angeles police officer who is chosen to test run Blue Thunder, a high-tech experimental attack helicopter that comes complete with ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 67% from 253 members
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John Badham facts

5 most recent films


Obsessed - 2.5 stars
Saturday Night Fever / Grease - Karaoke - 2.5 stars
The Jack Bull - 3.0 stars
Nick Of Time - 3.0 stars
Another Stakeout - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Heroes - Series 1 - Complete - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Short Circuit - 3.5 stars
Wargames - 3.5 stars
American Flyers - 3.5 stars
Stakeout - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Obsessed - 2.5 stars
Saturday Night Fever / Grease - Karaoke - 2.5 stars
Another Stakeout - 3.0 stars
Nick Of Time - 3.0 stars
Drop Zone - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Ally Sheedy - 2 times - show films
Richard Dreyfuss - 2 times - show films
Emilio Estevez - 2 times - show films
LL Cool J - 1 times - show films
John Goodman - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Allan Arkush - 1 times - show films
Greg Beeman - 1 times - show films
Randal Kleiser - 1 times - show films
jack - 1 times - show films