9 Movies Starring Ben Foster

Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-12-31

Languages:

English, German, Yiddish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (5713 Reviews)

Director:

Barry Levinson

Fullplot:

Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955. Racial integration comes to the high school, TV is killing burlesque, and rock and roll is pushing the Four Lads off the Hit Parade. Ben, a high school senior, and his older brother Van are exploring "the other": in Ben's case, it's friendship with Sylvia, a Black student; with Van, it's a party in the WASP part of town and falling for a debutante, Dubbie. Sylvia gives Ben tickets to a James Brown concert; Dubbie invites Van to a motel: new worlds open. Meanwhile, their dad Nate, who runs a numbers game, loses big to a small-time pusher, Little Melvin; a partnership ensues.

Get Over It

Get Over It

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (15009 Reviews)

Director:

Tommy O'Haver

Fullplot:

Bang Bang You're Dead

Bang Bang You're Dead

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(10443 Reviews)

Director:

Guy Ferland

Fullplot:

For the most part it's a tale of an adolescent, Trevor, who gets picked on a lot at school. Not as much as he used to, because the year before he called in a phony bomb threat, complete with a working bomb (minus anything that would actually explode). Because of this, parents and teachers are afraid of him, and his fellow students generally avoid him, except for a group of outcasts called the "Trogs". As violence by the Jocks against the Trogs escalates, Trevor is the suspect for anything gone wrong, even though he didn't necessarily do anything. One teacher is willing to give Trevor the benefit of the doubt, and casts him in a highly controversial play about (what else?) school shootings. It all comes to a head as some other students create a plan to bring guns to school and kill everyone in the cafeteria.

30 Days of Night

30 Days of Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, New Zealand

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (130028 Reviews)

Director:

David Slade

Cast:

Writer:

Steve Niles (screenplay)

Stuart Beattie (screenplay)

Brian Nelson (screenplay)

Steve Niles (comic)

Ben Templesmith (comic)

Fullplot:

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

The Mechanic

The Mechanic

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (109066 Reviews)

Director:

Simon West

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Wenk (screenplay)

Lewis John Carlino (screenplay)

Lewis John Carlino (story)

Fullplot:

Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.

The Messenger

The Messenger

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-12-04

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (28170 Reviews)

Director:

Oren Moverman

Cast:

Writer:

Alessandro Camon

Oren Moverman

Fullplot:

While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those injuries, including one to his eye and leg. He has resumed a sexual relationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the army assigns him to the Casualty Notification Team in his area. Not having a background in counseling, psychology or grief management, he is unsure if he is well suited to this job. He is partnered with a career soldier, Captain Tony Stone, who teaches Will the precise protocol involved in the job. Tony tells Will, who quickly learns by on the job experience, that this job has its own dangers. As Will learns to adapt to the range of emotions of the next of kin, he is unprepared for the reaction of Olivia Pitterson, whose husband was killed in Iraq. His initial encounter with Olivia leads to him wanting to get to know her better, which may not be in either her or his best interest. Despite being a recovering alcoholic, the more experienced Tony tries to guide Will as best he can under their collective circumstances.

Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-10

Languages:

English, Pushto

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (177772 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Berg

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Berg

Marcus Luttrell (book)

Patrick Robinson (book)

Fullplot:

Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.

Here

Here

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-01

Languages:

English, Armenian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(776 Reviews)

Director:

Braden King

Fullplot:

Cartographer Will Shepard hits the road for his latest job: to create a new, more accurate satellite survey of Armenia. During his assignment, he forms a bond with an Armenian expatriate and art photographer.

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-08-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (14090 Reviews)

Director:

David Lowery

Fullplot:

The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.

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