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  • Wolf
  • Wolf review by Noel Clay from Colchester, England
    Rated - 3 stars Grrrrrrr .... 24 November 2004
    ...e rest of the movie, but it's made up for by a pretty cool twist. The reason Mike Nichols is such a hit-and-miss director is because he seems to make films that he cares...  
  • The Graduate
  • The Graduate review by Noel Clay from Colchester, England
    Rated - 5 stars Supremely enjoyable 29 October 2004
    ... slightly surreal, dreamy atmosphere. I'm definitely going to check out more of Mike Nichols earlier films, although I doubt they'll match up to this one. Does the movie...  
  • Catch 22
  • Catch 22 review by Max from London
    Rated - 4 stars Unfortunately, this could never make the bar set by the book. 14 December 2004
    ...passed around hollywood for a few years before someone found the guts to do it (Mike Nichols). It has a great cast and is very entertaining but looses steam towards the en...  

Mike Nichols - filmography


  • Charlie Wilson's War - HD DVD Version (2007)
    Starring: Amy Adams,  Tom Hanks,  Julia Roberts
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    The first time the audience sees Texas congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) in the early 1980s, he seems far from a model politician. Surrounded by strippers, a Playboy Playmate, and cocaine, the naked congressman lies in a hot tub at a party. Despite the distractions, the TV news catches Charlie'..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 31 members
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  • Closer on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Jude Law,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    Are humans meant to mate for life - What drives someone in a perfectly good relationship to cheat and risk losing the one that they love and that loves them - Is it possible to love more than one person at the same time - How well does anyone really know the one that they love. Directed by Mike ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 10,323 members
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  • Angels In America (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Meryl Streep,  Emma Thompson
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 18
    In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 65% from 1,257 members
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  • The Birdcage on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Gene Hackman,  Dianne Wiest
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    In Mike Nichols's hilarious remake of the 1978 French comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Robin Williams stars as Armand Goldman, a gay cabaret owner who lives in Miami's South Beach with his partner, Albert (Nathan Lane), the club's star performer. Armand and Albert must try in vain to pass as a typical ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 2,204 members
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  • Wolf on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  James Spader
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    One dark and snowy night Will Randall collides with a wolf on a mountain road. The injured animal runs off into the night, but not before giving Bill a deep bite on the wrist. From then on his life begins to change as he is drawn into the mystical spirit of the wolf. The werewolf is re-born...
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 492 members
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  • Regarding Henry on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Annette Bening,  Bill Nunn
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    Henry Turner (Harrison Ford), a wealthy, high-powered, highly successful Manhattan lawyer, seems to have everything -- a perfect wife (Annette Bening), a perfect daughter, a perfect life. In fact, Henry is completely cold, rigid and unable to experience love or joy in his day-to- day existence. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 67% from 722 members
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  • Biloxi Blues on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Matt Mulhern,  Matthew Broderick
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    In the second of Neil Simon's semiautobiographical trilogy (with BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS and BROADWAY BOUND), Matthew Broderick plays Simon's alter ego, Eugene Jerome. This time Eugene is in army basic training during World War II, and his general dissatisfaction with military life is exacerbated by ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 63% from 573 members
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  • Heartburn on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Meryl Streep,  Maureen Stapleton
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel chronicling the breakup of her marriage to investigative journalist Carl Bernstein (ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN) is adapted for the big screen by director Mike Nichols and solidly acted by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Rachel Samstat (Streep) is Ephron's stand-in,..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 157 members
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  • Silkwood on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Kurt Russell,  Cher
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    Mike Nichols's film is based on the tragic true story of Karen Silkwood, an employee of an Oklahoma plutonium plant who tries to raise public awareness about dangerous conditions at the site. Meryl Streep stars as the title character. The movie received five Academy Award nominations, including ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 68% from 526 members
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  • Catch 22 on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Martin Balsam,  Richard Benjamin,  Anthony Perkins
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    Based on Joseph Heller's much-loved best-selling novel, this sometimes disturbing antiwar satire centers around a group of World War II fliers in the Mediterranean and the insanity of war. The catch-22 of the title deals with a military snafu that results when a bombardier in the war attempts to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 660 members
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  • The Graduate on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Anne Bancroft,  Katharine Ross
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the late 1960s, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a confused college graduate, is pulled in myriad directions by family, friends, and associates just days ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 6,976 members
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  • The Fortune on DVD
    Starring: Warren Beatty,  Jack Nicholson,  Stockard Channing
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 12
    Following the passing of the 'Mann Act' which prohibited the transportation of women across state lines for 'immoral purposes' a man persuades his best friend to marry his sweetheart while his divorce is finalised...
    Rate this: 2.5 48% from 59 members
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Mike Nichols facts

5 most recent films


Charlie Wilson's War - 3.5 stars
Charlie Wilson's War - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Closer - 3.0 stars
Closer - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Angels In America - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Wit - 4.0 stars
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - 4.0 stars
Graduate, The - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
The Graduate - 3.5 stars
Working Girl - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Ultimate 80s Collection - Vol. 1 - 1.5 stars
Charlie Wilson's War - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
The Fortune - 2.5 stars
Day Of The Dolphin - 2.5 stars
What Planet Are You From? - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Meryl Streep - 4 times - show films
Julia Roberts - 4 times - show films
Jack Nicholson - 4 times - show films
Buck Henry - 3 times - show films
Harrison Ford - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Susan Seidelman - 1 times - show films
Rob Reiner - 1 times - show films
n - 1 times - show films