25 Movies Starring Brendan Fraser

Encino Man

Encino Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-05-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (28038 Reviews)

Director:

Les Mayfield

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

George Zaloom (story)

Shawn Schepps (story)

Shawn Schepps (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Stoney and Dave find a caveman (Link) trapped in ice, thaw him out, and show him around town. Although Link is slow to catch on to basic concepts of 20th century life, he has no trouble impressing all the girls and helping Stoney and Dave find the coolness they've been searching for.

School Ties

School Ties

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-09-18

Languages:

English, Hebrew, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (16638 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Mandel

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Dick Wolf (story)

Dick Wolf (screenplay)

Darryl Ponicsan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

David Green is brought into a prestigious 1950s school to help their football team to beat the school's old rivals. David, however, is from a working class background, so he isn't really "one of them", but he's very successful at making friends. David is a Jew, and has to keep this a secret from his friends for fear of being rejected.

With Honors

With Honors

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-04-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (10565 Reviews)

Director:

Alek Keshishian

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Monty is a student, and when his computer crashes, he's left with only a single paper copy of his thesis. Frightened of losing it, he immediately rushes out to photocopy it, only to stumble and drop it down a grate. Searching the basement of the building, he discovers that it has been found by Simon, a squatter. Simon makes a deal with Monty: for every day's accomodation and food that Monty gives him, he will give a page of the thesis in return.

The Passion of Darkly Noon

The Passion of Darkly Noon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-04-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Germany, Belgium

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (2901 Reviews)

Director:

Philip Ridley

Fullplot:

After the death of his strictly religious parents, forlorn young Darkly gets lost in the woods. A truck driver, Jude, rescues the exhausted man, who has only a bible for comfort. He brings him to the house of Callie and Clay, two lovers who live in the forest. While Clay is away in the forest, beautiful Callie nurses Darkly back to health, and he develops an obsession with her that is totally contrary to his upbringing - a sexual obsession. When Clay returns home and Darkly sees the two lovers kiss, it is too much for him. Every night he hears them making love. Darkly's descent into madness has begun... An extremely dramatical and exciting ending!

Mrs. Winterbourne

Mrs. Winterbourne

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (5300 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Cornell Woolrich (novel)

Phoef Sutton (screenplay)

Lisa-Maria Radano (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant when her boyfriend kicks her out. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hospital to find out that it's been assumed that she's Patricia. Hugh's mother takes her in and she falls in love with Hugh's brother Bill. Just when she thinks everything is going her way, her ex-boyfriend shows up.

George of the Jungle

George of the Jungle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-07-16

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (52179 Reviews)

Director:

Sam Weisman

Cast:

Writer:

Jay Ward (characters)

Dana Olsen (story)

Dana Olsen (screenplay)

Audrey Wells (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of human relationships, while Ursula's lover Lyle is looking for her and the one who took her. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA.

Still Breathing

Still Breathing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(1928 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his kooky ideas until she travels with him to San Antonio and meets his wise grandmother. Story of two disparate people linked by "fate" gets increasingly interesting as it rolls along.

The Mummy

The Mummy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-05-07

Languages:

English, Egyptian (Ancient), Arabic

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(295168 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Sommers

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Sommers (screen story)

Lloyd Fonvielle (screen story)

Kevin Jarre (screen story)

Stephen Sommers (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An English librarian called Evelyn Carnahan becomes interested in starting an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra. She gains the help of Rick O'Connell, after saving him from his death. What Evelyn, her brother Jonathan and Rick are unaware of is that another group of explorers are interested in the same dig. Unfortunately for everyone, this group ends up unleashing a curse which been laid on the dead High Priest Imhotep. Now 'The Mummy' is awake and it's going to take a lot more than guns to send him back to where he came from.

Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-11-04

Languages:

English, Hungarian

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (24109 Reviews)

Director:

Bill Condon

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Bram (novel)

Bill Condon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The story of James Whale, the director of Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale is homosexual and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.

Blast from the Past

Blast from the Past

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-02-12

Languages:

English, French, German, Latin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (45246 Reviews)

Director:

Hugh Wilson

Cast:

Writer:

Bill Kelly (story)

Bill Kelly (screenplay)

Hugh Wilson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Adam Weber is the child of an eccentric inventor and his wife. Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers in their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam Weber must venture out into Los Angeles and obtain food and supplies for his family. He meets Eve, who reluctantly agrees to help him out.

The Mummy

The Mummy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-05-07

Languages:

English, Egyptian (Ancient), Arabic

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(294180 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Sommers

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Sommers (screen story)

Lloyd Fonvielle (screen story)

Kevin Jarre (screen story)

Stephen Sommers (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An English librarian called Evelyn Carnahan becomes interested in starting an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra. She gains the help of Rick O'Connell, after saving him from his death. What Evelyn, her brother Jonathan and Rick are unaware of is that another group of explorers are interested in the same dig. Unfortunately for everyone, this group ends up unleashing a curse which been laid on the dead High Priest Imhotep. Now 'The Mummy' is awake and it's going to take a lot more than guns to send him back to where he came from.

Monkeybone

Monkeybone

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-02-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (13554 Reviews)

Director:

Henry Selick

Cast:

Writer:

Kaja Blackley (graphic novel "Dark Town")

Sam Hamm

Fullplot:

In a coma, Stu Miley a cartoonist who created a comic strip called Monkeybone which features a rascal monkey. He finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone. Naturally, Monkeybone himself is there, and he and Stu quickly start fighting like cats and dogs. When Stu realizes that his sister, due to a pact they once made, is preparing to pull the plug on him, Stu makes a deal with Hypnos, the god of sleep, to help him steal a golden ticket from Death himself. But when Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!

The Mummy Returns

The Mummy Returns

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-05-04

Languages:

English, Arabic

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (230814 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Sommers

Fullplot:

Many years ago, in Ancient Egypt, the Scorpion King led a menacing army, but when he sold his soul to Anubis, he was erased from history. Now he is only a myth...or is he? Rick and Evelyn O'Connell are still discovering new artifacts, along with their 8 year old son Alex. They discover the Bracelet of Anubis. But someone else is after the bracelet. High Priest Imhotep has been brought back from the dead once again and wants the bracelet, to control the Scorpion King's army. That's not the only problem. Imhotep now has Alex and with the bracelet attached to him, doesn't have long to live.

Bedazzled

Bedazzled

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-10-20

Languages:

English, Spanish, Russian

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (77340 Reviews)

Director:

Harold Ramis

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Cook

Peter Cook

Dudley Moore

Larry Gelbart (screenplay)

Harold Ramis (screenplay)

Peter Tolan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Elliot Richardson, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil must put her own little twist on each his fantasies.

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-03-07

Languages:

English, French, Vietnamese

Countries:

UK, Germany, USA, Australia, France

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (23242 Reviews)

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Cast:

Writer:

Graham Greene (novel)

Christopher Hampton (screenplay)

Robert Schenkkan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

British Thomas Fowler enjoys his life in Saigon working as a reporter for the London Times, covering the conflict in Vietnam between the colonial French powers and the communists, who seem to be winning the war. In the later stages of his career, he takes his job lightly now, filing stories only on occasion, and no longer doing field work. But most important, this posting allows him to escape from what he considers a dreary life in London--including an unsatisfying marriage to a Catholic woman, who will never grant him a divorce--which in turn allows him to have an affair with a young Vietnamese ex-taxi dancer named Phuong, whom he loves and would marry if he were able. Phuong's sister doesn't much like Fowler if only because Fowler cannot provide a stable future for her. His idyllic life is threatened when head office suggests he go back to London. In this way, he decides to write a major story to prove to his superiors that he should stay in Saigon. In 1952, Fowler is called into the local police inspector's office to provide any information on his friend, thirty-ish American Alden Pyle, who has been found murdered. Fowler had met Pyle the previous year when he arrived in Vietnam to work as part of the American contingent in the Economic Aid Mission. Fowler and Pyle's relationship was not always harmonious, initially as Pyle admitted he too was in love with Phuong and wanted to marry her. That antagonistic relationship would extend to their professional lives, around Fowler believing that the story that would allow him to stay in Vietnam was the rise of a man named General Thè, and Pyle's belief that a third power should come in to take over Vietnam from both the French and the communists. The question becomes whether Fowler knows more about Pyle's demise than he lets on to the inspector.

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-11-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (21834 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Dante

Fullplot:

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are up to their feuding ways again. Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, Daffy has decided to leave the Studio for good. He is aided by Warner Bros.' humor impaired Vice President of Comedy, Kate Houghton, who releases him from his contract and instructs WB security guard/aspiring stunt man DJ Drake to capture and "escort" Daffy off the studio lot. Suddenly a sidekick without a hero, the duck decides to ally himself with DJ, whether he likes it or not. Consequently, Daffy is on the scene when DJ discovers that his famous movie star father was Damian Drake, known for playing suave international spies onscreen, is actually a suave international spy in real life--and has been kidnapped by the evil insane nerdy, prancing villain known as Mr. Chairman of the equally nefarious Acme Corporation. It seems that Damian knows the whereabouts of the mysterious magical and powerful Blue Monkey Diamond, and the Chairman will do anything to get his hands on it! With Daffy in tow, DJ hits the road in a desperate attempt to outrace the evil Acme stooges to the diamond and save the world from their evil clutches. Unbeknownst to the two neo-spies, they are also being followed by VP Kate and Bugs--the studio brass has decided that the rabbit needs a comic foil after all, and Kate's job is on the line if she can't get Daffy back to work ASAP.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-07-11

Languages:

English, Icelandic, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (76398 Reviews)

Director:

Eric Brevig

Cast:

Writer:

Michael D. Weiss (screenplay)

Jennifer Flackett (screenplay)

Mark Levin (screenplay)

Jules Verne (novel)

Fullplot:

Professor Trevor Anderson receives his teenager nephew Sean Anderson. He will spend ten days with his uncle while his mother, Elizabeth, prepares to move to Canada. She gives a box to Trevor that belonged to his missing brother, Max, and Trevor finds a book with references to the last journey of his brother. He decides to follow the steps of Max with Sean and they travel to Iceland, where they meet the guide Hannah èsgeirsson. While climbing a mountain, there is a thunderstorm and they protect themselves in a cave. However, a lightening collapses the entrance and the trio is trapped in the cave. They seek an exit and falls in a hole, discovering a lost world in the center of the Earth.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-07-11

Languages:

English, Icelandic, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (76422 Reviews)

Director:

Eric Brevig

Cast:

Writer:

Michael D. Weiss (screenplay)

Jennifer Flackett (screenplay)

Mark Levin (screenplay)

Jules Verne (novel)

Fullplot:

Professor Trevor Anderson receives his teenager nephew Sean Anderson. He will spend ten days with his uncle while his mother, Elizabeth, prepares to move to Canada. She gives a box to Trevor that belonged to his missing brother, Max, and Trevor finds a book with references to the last journey of his brother. He decides to follow the steps of Max with Sean and they travel to Iceland, where they meet the guide Hannah èsgeirsson. While climbing a mountain, there is a thunderstorm and they protect themselves in a cave. However, a lightening collapses the entrance and the trio is trapped in the cave. They seek an exit and falls in a hole, discovering a lost world in the center of the Earth.

Furry Vengeance

Furry Vengeance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, United Arab Emirates

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

3.7 (11537 Reviews)

Director:

Roger Kumble

Genres:

ComedyFamily

Fullplot:

Hoping to make enough money through an overseas employer to live comfortably, Real Estate Developer Dan Sanders manages to convince his son, Tyler, and wife, Tammy, to re-locate in a remote corner of Oregon. Tyler does seem content after he meets with lovely Amber, but Tammy is concerned about her husband when he near-hysterically claims that local creatures, including beavers, ravens, bears, fox, etc. have joined forces to sabotage his project.

Inkheart

Inkheart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-01-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, UK, USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (56283 Reviews)

Director:

Iain Softley

Cast:

Writer:

David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay)

Cornelia Funke (novel)

Fullplot:

Mo has the special talent to bring characters out of books. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta, two villains, and Dustfinger, a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Meggie discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp.

Escape from Planet Earth

Escape from Planet Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (19041 Reviews)

Director:

Cal Brunker

Cast:

Writer:

Bob Barlen

Cal Brunker

Tony Leech (story)

Cory Edwards (story)

Stephen Fry (additional story material)

Fullplot:

The story takes place on planet Baab where admired astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser) is a national hero to the blue alien population. A master of daring rescues, Scorch pulls off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy brother, Gary (Rob Corddry), head of mission control at BASA.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-01

Languages:

English, Mandarin, Sanskrit

Countries:

USA, China, Germany, Canada

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (107283 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Cohen

Cast:

Writer:

Alfred Gough

Miles Millar

Fullplot:

Centuries ago, the evil Emperor Han was cursed by the sorceress Zi Yuan who transformed him and his army into mummies. In 1946, the explorer Rick O'Connell and his wife Evelyn O'Connell are invited by the British government to take a relic, the diamond "The Eye of Shangri-La" to China. The ancient stone is capable of resurrecting the Emperor Han and of pointing the way to Shangri-La and the eternal pool of life. When the couple reaches China, they meet their son Alex O'Connell, who has discovered the tomb of Han, and Evelyn's brother Jonathan Carnahan. The O'Connells are betrayed by their friend Prof. Roger Wilson, who is associated with General Yang. Yang wants to serve Emperor Han, so he resurrects the mummy and they head for Shangri-La. The guardian of Han's tomb (and Zi's daughter) Lin tells them that the only ways to destroy Han is to prevent him from reaching Shangri-La or by stabbing his heart with a cursed dagger.

HairBrained

HairBrained

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (846 Reviews)

Director:

Billy Kent

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Sarah Bird (story)

Billy Kent (story)

Adam Wierzbianski (story)

Fullplot:

When 14-year old genius/outcast Eli Pettifog is rejected from Harvard, he ends up at Ivy League wannabe Whittman College. It's hate at first sight. At Whittman, Eli meets 41- year-old freshman Leo Searly. Leo, a gambler whose world has imploded, has dropped out of life to enroll in college. This odd duo becomes unlikely friends.

Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (5609 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Krauss

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

16 year old street-wise Apple (Vanessa Hudgens) has never had an easy life. Her mother, June Bailey (Rosario Dawson), is an addict and prostitute, is verbally and physically abusive, and is grooming her daughter to follow in her footsteps. Apple knows the streets, alleys and motels like the back of her hand but wants more from her life. She possesses a tenacious, tough, indomitable spirit, and will not surrender to fate. Apple runs away from her mother and tracks down her father whom she has never known, as he was only 19 when he got Apple's mother pregnant. Apple begs her now Wall Street Broker father, Tom Fitzpatrick (Brendan Fraser), to take her in. In the few days under her father's care, she learns she's become pregnant by a kid from the streets she met on the train, who now wants nothing to do with her. She is forced to leave her father's home because of her choice to give birth to the baby she is carrying. Apple runs away again, and is eventually taken under the wing of Father McCarthy (James Earl Jones), the chaplain of the local hospital after almost getting herself killed. He offers to let Apple live at a shelter for pregnant young women run by a spiritual woman named Kathy (Ann Dowd). It is here that Apple begins to tentatively interact with the other girls who are in the same predicament as she and gradually begins to make a family for herself.

The Nut Job

The Nut Job

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-17

Languages:

English, Dutch

Countries:

Canada, South Korea, USA

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (17306 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lorne Cameron (screenplay)

Peter Lepeniotis

Robert Reece (additional screenplay material)

Daniel Woo (story)

Fullplot:

In a city park, Surly the Squirrel has finally gone too far with his latest caper leading to the animal community's winter food cache being destroyed. Now exiled, Surly and his rat buddy Buddy's collective nightmare on the streets ends when they discover a nut store to raid. Meanwhile, the squirrels, the heroic Andie and the ditsy Grayson, are charged by Raccoon to find a new food source and Andie runs into Surly. With no other options, she arranges a deal to help in Surly's heist for the colony, even while Surly fully intends to betray it. However, there is more going on with the nut store being a front for bank robbers while Raccoon has his own agenda to ensure his own power. In the mayhem to come, Surly finds himself challenged in ways he never expected and discovering the real prize to treasure in this adventure.

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