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John Badham - filmography


  • Trauma - S01 E14 - Targets (2010)
    Starring: Cliff Curtis,  Derek Luke,  Anastasia Griffith
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nancy and Glenn get caught in the crossfire as a sniper takes San Francisco hostage. Rabbit and Marisa are torn between instinct and protocol as each emergency medical call could be a trap. Meanwhile, Boone must learn to adapt to Tyler's new paramedic status and medical knowledge.
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 7 members
  • Trauma - S01 E12 - Protocol (2010)
    Starring: Cliff Curtis,  Derek Luke,  Anastasia Griffith
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Glenn handles a procedure by the book and loses a patient, bringing the whole station under a "probie curse." Meanwhile, Rabbit's suspension leads him to mandatory therapy sessions to regain his wings as his relationship with Nancy intensifies. Elsewhere, Marisa deals with a new partner, while ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6 members
  • Heroes - S01 E11 - Fallout (2006)
    Starring: Santiago Cabrera,  Jack Coleman,  Tawny Cypress
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The tragic events in Texas have sad, serious repercussions for many of the "heroes," their families and friends. Meanwhile, shocking details about the moments leading up to Isaac's predicted New York City nuclear bombing are revealed. Later, Isaac's newest painting has fascinating future ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 137 members
  • The Jack Bull (1999)
    Starring: Kurt Fuller,  John McGinley,  Miranda Otto
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Wyoming horse-trader, Myrl Redding (John Cusack) decides to take the law into his own hands after he finds that justice is no friend. When Redding found that his neighbour, Henry Ballard (L.Q. Jones), had mistreated some of his horses and even the horse handler (John C. McGinley), he took Ballard ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 612 members
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  • Nick Of Time on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Jerry Tondo,  Roma Maffia,  Peter Strauss
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Johnny Depp stars as an accountant blackmailed into assassinating a top government official, when two shadowy strangers kidnap his daughter and put a gun in his hand. Depp is plunged into a race against the clock, which is emphasized by the film being shot in real time.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5,103 members
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  • Drop Zone on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Michael Jeter,  Gary Busey,  Malcolm Jamal Warner
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A sky-diving, action film starring Gary Busey and Wesley Snipes. Former DEA agent Busey leads a group sky-diving bad-boys who break into the offices of the police and then steal vital undercover agents files in order to sell them to the drug lords. Only former US Marshall (Snipes), suspended when ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,574 members
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  • Another Stakeout on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Richard Dreyfuss,  Rosie O'Donnell,  Emilio Estevez
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sequel to 'Stakeout'. This time round, cops Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez) are once again forced to go undercover. Their new job entails them posing as a family, for which purpose they are joined by Gina Garrett (Rosie O'Donnell). Reimers, however, is less than ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,348 members
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  • Point of No Return on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Harvey Keitel,  Gabriel Byrne,  Anne Bancroft
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Hollywood remake of Luc Besson's French thriller, 'Nikita'. Young punk Maggie (Bridget Fonda) kills a cop in a bodged robbery, but instead of being sent to the chair, is reinvented as a ruthless assassin, tutored by her government agent mentor Bob (Gabriel Byrne). Released into the community, she ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 7,166 members
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  • Point of No Return - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Harvey Keitel,  Gabriel Byrne,  Anne Bancroft
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Hollywood remake of Luc Besson's French thriller, 'Nikita'. Young punk Maggie (Bridget Fonda) kills a cop in a bodged robbery, but instead of being sent to the chair, is reinvented as a ruthless assassin, tutored by her government agent mentor Bob (Gabriel Byrne). Released into the community, she ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 673 members
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  • The Hard Way on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Penny Marshall,  Annabella Sciorra,  James Woods
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Even as a serial killer stalks New York, top cop John Moss (James Woods) is taken off the case and assigned to show the ropes to a Hollywood actor (Michael J. Fox) who is researching a part for a police movie. Moss is unimpressed but the actor, who hopes to shake off his cute boy-next-door image ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,076 members
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  • Bird On A Wire on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Goldie Hawn,  Bill Duke,  Stephen Tobolowsky
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) is a double-crossed federal witness on the run with his ex-girlfriend, Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn). Formerly involved in a South American drug cartel, Rick's whereabouts under the witness relocation program have been betrayed by an FBI agent. Now he and Marianne must ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,886 members
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  • Disorganised Crime on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Ruben Blades,  Corbin Bernsen,  Fred Gwynne
    Director: Jim Kouf
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Crime comedy of errors starring Corbin Bensen as Frank Salazar, a Montana thief who decides to rob the local bank and assembles a gang of four crooks, arranging for them to meet at a remote cabin before carrying out the job. Unfortunately, Salazar manages to get himself arrested for a totally ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 163 members
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  • Stakeout on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Forest Whitaker,  Richard Dreyfuss,  Aidan Quinn
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez) are mismatched cops who are given the task of keeping a beautiful woman's (Madeleine Stowe) house under surveillance, as her ex-boyfriend is a thug they are trying to catch. The case becomes more complicated when Lecce becomes ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,806 members
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  • Short Circuit on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Austin Pendleton,  G.W. Bailey
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Struck by lightning, an endearing little robot known only as Number 5 escapes from an experimental electronics firm. Technician Steve Guttenberg and his indecipherable East Indian assistant Fisher Stevens set out to locate Number 5 before the military can go through with its plans to destroy the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 9,862 members
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  • Short Circuit - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Austin Pendleton,  G.W. Bailey
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Family comedy following a robot who goes AWOL. A reclusive inventor, Newton Crosby (Steve Guttenberg), is responsible for the development of a range of robots that have the capacity to destroy entire cities. At a military demonstration, one of the robots is struck by lighting and is given a life of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 127 members
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  • American Flyers (1985)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  David Marshall Grant
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: 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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 110 members
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  • Blue Thunder on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Malcolm McDowell,  Roy Scheider,  Warren Oates
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider) is a Los Angeles police officer charged with testing a new, hyper-advanced, anti-crime helicopter, 'Blue Thunder'. Although the 'copter is designed to be used for crowd control and surveillance, Murphy and his partner Lymangood (Daniel Stern) come to suspect that the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,205 member
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  • WarGames on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  John Wood,  Barry Corbin
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Once more, a wise-guy teenager tries to prove he's smarter than any adult-and nearly destroys the whole world in the process-in WarGames. Computer-game aficionado Matthew Broderick inadverently taps into a hush-hush Pentagon computer, then proceeds to inaugurate his favorite game, Global ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 7,393 members
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  • Blue Thunder - Blu-ray (1983)
    Starring: Malcolm McDowell,  Roy Scheider,  Warren Oates
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider) is a Los Angeles police officer charged with testing a new, hyper-advanced, anti-crime helicopter, 'Blue Thunder'. Although the 'copter is designed to be used for crowd control and surveillance, Murphy and his partner Lymangood (Daniel Stern) come to suspect that the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 378 members
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  • WarGames - Blu-ray (1983)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  John Wood,  Barry Corbin
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) and Ally Sheedy (The Breakfast Club) star in this compelling drama filled with action, suspense and high-tech adventures. Featuring superb performances by Dabney Coleman and Barry Corbin, WarGames is “brilliant...funny...and provocative” (New York)--a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 33 members
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  • Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
    Starring: Richard Dreyfuss,  John Cassavetes,  Kenneth McMillan
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Ken Harrison is an artist that makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 10 members
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  • Saturday Night Fever on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Paul Pape,  John Travolta,  Joseph Cali
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    John Travolta graduated from minor celebrity to superstar with Saturday Night Fever. Travolta plays Tony Manero, a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he's a king. As the soundtrack plays one ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 9,485 members
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John Badham facts

5 most recent films

Trauma - S01 E14 - Targets - 4.0 stars
The Event - S01 E04 - A Matter of Life And Death - 4.0 stars
Trauma - S01 E12 - Protocol - 3.5 stars
Heroes - S01 E21 - The Hard Part - 4.5 stars
Heroes - S01 E11 - Fallout - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Heroes - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Short Circuit - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Short Circuit - 3.5 stars
WarGames - 3.5 stars
Saturday Night Fever - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars And Motor Kings - 3.0 stars
Whose Life Is It Anyway? - 3.5 stars
WarGames - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Obsessed - 2.5 stars
Saturday Night Fever / Grease - Karaoke - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Joe Santos - 32 times - show films
Scott Brady - 32 times - show films
Mel Scott - 32 times - show films
Dane Clark - 32 times - show films
Milo Ventimiglia - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Corey Allen - 32 times - show films
Edward M. Abroms - 32 times - show films
Randal Kleiser - 2 times - show films
Allan Arkush - 1 times - show films
Greg Beeman - 1 times - show films