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DAVID MAMET FILMS

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  • A Life in the Theatre (1979)

    1. A Life in the Theatre

    1979TV Movie
    8.2 (13)
    A veteran actor who's seen it all and a young, up-and-comer join up for a season of repertory theatre.
    DirectorsKirk BrowningGerald GutierrezStarsPeter EvansEllis Rabb
  • Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

    2. The Postman Always Rings Twice

    19812h 2mR61Metascore
    6.6 (27K)
    The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
    DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonJessica LangeJohn Colicos
  • Paul Newman in The Verdict (1982)

    3. The Verdict

    19822h 9mR77Metascore
    7.7 (49K)
    An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsPaul NewmanCharlotte RamplingJack Warden
  • Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Jim Belushi, and Elizabeth Perkins in About Last Night (1986)

    4. About Last Night

    19861h 53mR70Metascore
    6.3 (18K)
    Chicago singles meet in a bar, live together and call it love. Based on David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
    DirectorEdward ZwickStarsRob LoweDemi MooreJim Belushi
  • Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna in House of Games (1987)

    5. House of Games

    19871h 42mR78Metascore
    7.2 (25K)
    A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsLindsay CrouseJoe MantegnaMike Nussbaum
  • Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, and Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables (1987)

    6. The Untouchables

    19871h 59mR79Metascore
    7.8 (344K)
    During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsKevin CostnerSean ConneryRobert De Niro
  • Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna in Things Change (1988)

    7. Things Change

    19881h 40mPG71Metascore
    7.0 (4.2K)
    Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsDon AmecheJoe MantegnaRobert Prosky
  • We're No Angels (1989)

    8. We're No Angels

    19891h 46mPG-1348Metascore
    6.1 (26K)
    Two fugitives pass themselves off as priests in the hope of evading capture and passing the police blockade at the border with Canada.
    DirectorNeil JordanStarsRobert De NiroSean PennDemi Moore
  • Joe Mantegna in Homicide (1991)

    9. Homicide

    19911h 42mR84Metascore
    6.9 (8.6K)
    A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsJoe MantegnaWilliam H. MacyVincent Guastaferro
  • The Water Engine (1992)

    10. The Water Engine

    19921h 50mTV Movie
    6.6 (323)
    In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly pressured to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.
    DirectorSteven SchachterStarsCharles DurningPatti LuPoneWilliam H. Macy
  • Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

    11. Glengarry Glen Ross

    19921h 40mR84Metascore
    7.7 (122K)
    An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
    DirectorJames FoleyStarsAl PacinoJack LemmonAlec Baldwin
  • Hoffa (1992)

    12. Hoffa

    19922h 20mR50Metascore
    6.6 (26K)
    The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate and mysteriously disappears in 1975.
    DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsJack NicholsonDanny DeVitoArmand Assante
  • William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt in Oleanna (1994)

    13. Oleanna

    19941h 29mNot Rated61Metascore
    6.5 (3.7K)
    When a student visits her professor to discuss how she failed his course, the discussion takes an awkward turn.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsWilliam H. MacyDebra EisenstadtDiego Pineda
  • Julianne Moore in Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

    14. Vanya on 42nd Street

    19941h 59mPG
    7.3 (5.5K)
    New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsWallace ShawnPhoebe BrandGeorge Gaynes
  • Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Franz in American Buffalo (1996)

    15. American Buffalo

    19961h 28mR
    5.8 (4.2K)
    Long-repressed feelings of bitterness and betrayal explode when three inner-city losers plot the robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.
    DirectorMichael CorrenteStarsDustin HoffmanDennis FranzSean Nelson
  • Campbell Scott in The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

    16. The Spanish Prisoner

    19971h 50mPG71Metascore
    7.1 (27K)
    An employee who develops a lucrative secret process for his corporation is tempted to betray the company when higher ups attempt to take the process from him. Dastardly intrigue ensues.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsSteve MartinBen GazzaraCampbell Scott
  • Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in The Edge (1997)

    17. The Edge

    19971h 57mR66Metascore
    7.0 (83K)
    An intellectual billionaire and two other men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.
    DirectorLee TamahoriStarsAnthony HopkinsAlec BaldwinElle Macpherson
  • Wag the Dog (1997)

    18. Wag the Dog

    19971h 37mR74Metascore
    7.1 (91K)
    Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanRobert De NiroAnne Heche
  • Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998)

    19. Ronin

    19982h 2mR67Metascore
    7.2 (202K)
    A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRobert De NiroJean RenoNatascha McElhone
  • Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, and Anthony LaPaglia in Lansky (1999)

    20. Lansky

    19991h 56mRTV Movie
    5.5 (2.1K)
    Richard Dreyfuss stars in this compelling, fact-based movie about notorious mobster Meyer Lansky, chronicling his beginnings as a Jewish immigrant to his successful career in gambling, bootlegging and racketeering--and eventually murder.
    DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsRichard DreyfussYosef CarmonMosko Alkalai
  • Jeremy Northam, Matthew Pidgeon, and Rebecca Pidgeon in The Winslow Boy (1999)

    21. The Winslow Boy

    19991h 44mG79Metascore
    7.3 (9.6K)
    Following the theft of a postal order, a 14-year-old cadet is expelled from Naval College. To save the honour of the boy and his family, the pre-eminent barrister of the day is engaged to take on the might of the Admiralty.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsRebecca PidgeonJeremy NorthamNigel Hawthorne
  • State and Main (2000)

    22. State and Main

    20001h 45mR75Metascore
    6.7 (23K)
    A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanWilliam H. MacyRebecca Pidgeon
  • Lakeboat (2000)

    23. Lakeboat

    20001h 38mR59Metascore
    6.0 (773)
    Film adaptation of David Mamet's comic play Lakeboat about a grad student who takes a summer job on a Great Lakes freighter and sees life through the eyes of his low-brow crew members.
    DirectorJoe MantegnaStarsCharles DurningPeter FalkDenis Leary
  • Anthony Hopkins in Hannibal (2001)

    24. Hannibal

    20012h 11mR57Metascore
    6.8 (305K)
    Living in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target of revenge from a powerful victim.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsAnthony HopkinsJulianne MooreGary Oldman
  • Danny DeVito, Gene Hackman, Delroy Lindo, and Rebecca Pidgeon in Heist (2001)

    25. Heist

    20011h 49mR66Metascore
    6.5 (40K)
    A career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsGene HackmanRebecca PidgeonDanny DeVito

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