12 Movies Starring Alessandro Nivola

Face/Off

Face/Off

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-06-27

Languages:

English, Latin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

138 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (263648 Reviews)

Director:

John Woo

Fullplot:

Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent. Who is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy, a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor, however, their fight has knocked out Troy cold. As Archer finally breathes easy over the capture of his enemy, he finds out that Troy has planted a bomb that will destroy the entire city of Los Angeles and all of its inhabitants. Unfortunately the only other person who knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux, and he refuses to talk. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off people's faces, and can place a person's face onto another person. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to Pollux. However, Castor Troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on Archer for taking his face. Not only is Troy ruining Archer's mission, but his personal life as well. Archer must stop Troy again. This time, it's personal.

I Want You

I Want You

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-30

Languages:

English, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (2222 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Helen is a young woman running a hairdressing salon; Bob is her boyfriend and local radio DJ; Honda is a mute kid who's secretly taping people's conversation and Smokey is Honda's sister who sings at local bar. New guy in town is the mysterious Martin, who shares some dark history with Helen and observes her from afar at first. Honda falls in love with Helen and starts taping her conversations with Bob, and that leads to reactivation of the Helen-Martin relationship.

Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-05-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (5962 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Barker

Fullplot:

Nick is caught in a dead end job in a dead end town. About the only thing going well for him is Lissa, his new girlfriend. A chance to make some easy cash, and a way out of town, only leads to more trouble. Also caught in the web of sex, thefts, gangsters, kidnappings and murder is Nick's college friend, Bryce.

I Want You

I Want You

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-30

Languages:

English, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (2223 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Helen is a young woman running a hairdressing salon; Bob is her boyfriend and local radio DJ; Honda is a mute kid who's secretly taping people's conversation and Smokey is Honda's sister who sings at local bar. New guy in town is the mysterious Martin, who shares some dark history with Helen and observes her from afar at first. Honda falls in love with Helen and starts taping her conversations with Bob, and that leads to reactivation of the Helen-Martin relationship.

Jurassic Park III

Jurassic Park III

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-18

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (195680 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Johnston

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Crichton (characters)

Peter Buchman

Alexander Payne

Jim Taylor

Fullplot:

Dr. Alan Grant is now a happy man with the previous incidents of Jurassic Park now behind him. Grant is that happy that he announce in public, that nothing on Earth can persuade him back onto the islands. Maybe nothing, except Paul Kirby. Kirby and his wife, Amanda want a plane to fly them over Isla Sorna, with Dr. Grant as their guide. But not everything Kirby says is true. When the plane lands, Dr. Grant realizes that there is another reason why they are there, that he doesn't know of. Now, Dr. Grant is stuck on an island he has never been on before, with what was a plane journey now turned into a search party.

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-03-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France, USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (3701 Reviews)

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Cast:

Writer:

William Shakespeare (play)

Kenneth Branagh (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to renounce women for three years. Their honour is immediately put to the test by the arrival of the Princess of France and her three lovely companions. It's love at first sight for all concerned followed by the men's highly entertaining but hopeless efforts to disguise their feelings.

Jurassic Park III

Jurassic Park III

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-18

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (195417 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Johnston

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Crichton (characters)

Peter Buchman

Alexander Payne

Jim Taylor

Fullplot:

Dr. Alan Grant is now a happy man with the previous incidents of Jurassic Park now behind him. Grant is that happy that he announce in public, that nothing on Earth can persuade him back onto the islands. Maybe nothing, except Paul Kirby. Kirby and his wife, Amanda want a plane to fly them over Isla Sorna, with Dr. Grant as their guide. But not everything Kirby says is true. When the plane lands, Dr. Grant realizes that there is another reason why they are there, that he doesn't know of. Now, Dr. Grant is stuck on an island he has never been on before, with what was a plane journey now turned into a search party.

The Eye

The Eye

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-02-01

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (41688 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay)

Yuet-Jan Hui

Oxide Pang Chun

Danny Pang

Fullplot:

The violinist Sydney Wells has been blind since she was five years old due to an accident. She submits to a surgery of cornea transplantation to recover her vision, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she's having strange visions. With the support of Dr. Paul Faulkner, Sidney finds who the donor of her eyes and begins a journey to find out the truth behind her visions.

Junebug

Junebug

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-09-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(18392 Reviews)

Director:

Phil Morrison

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Successful Carolinian George Johnsten meets Chicago art gallery owner Madeleine at an electoral benefit art auction- love at first sight. Madeleine decides to meet a Southern original artist, so George seizes the opportunity to come along and present her to his North Carolina parents Eugene and Peg, drop-out brother Johny and his high-pregnant wife Ashley. Confronting the outsider soon opens a can of worms as emotions revive or emerge, like admiration and jealousy.

Coco Before Chanel

Coco Before Chanel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-11-06

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (29637 Reviews)

Director:

Anne Fontaine

Cast:

Writer:

Edmonde Charles-Roux (book)

Anne Fontaine

Camille Fontaine

Fullplot:

Several years after leaving the orphanage to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entrèe into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats. When she falls in love with English businessman Arthur Capel further opportunities open up, though life becomes ever more complicated.

Janie Jones

Janie Jones

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-04-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1796 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

Ginger & Rosa

Ginger & Rosa

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Denmark, Canada, Croatia

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (6953 Reviews)

Director:

Sally Potter

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.

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