9 Movies Starring Chris Sarandon

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-05-12

Languages:

English, Italian, Latin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (5739 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Winner

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Jeffrey Konvitz (novel)

Michael Winner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. She begins having strange physical problems, has trouble sleeping at night, and has some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, but finds out that the house is only occupied by the priest and herself, and ultimately discovers that she has been put in the house for a reason.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-12-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

162 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (417 Reviews)

Director:

Jim Goddard

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Dickens (novel)

John Gay

Fullplot:

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.

Fright Night

Fright Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-08-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (38287 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Holland

Fullplot:

For young Charley Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charley with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is explained by the fact that they are a vampire and his undead day guardian. The only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charley's favorite TV show, Fright Night. Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist, but does it for the money...

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-10-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (267597 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Reiner

Cast:

Writer:

William Goldman (book)

William Goldman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A kindly grandfather sits down with his ill grandson and reads him a story. The story is one that has been passed down from father to son for generations. As the grandfather reads the story, the action comes alive. The story is a classic tale of love and adventure as the beautiful Buttercup, engaged to the odious Prince Humperdinck, is kidnapped and held against her will in order to start a war, It is up to Westley (her childhood beau, now returned as the Dread Pirate Roberts) to save her. On the way he meets a thief and his hired helpers, an accomplished swordsman and a huge, super strong giant, both of whom become Westley's companions in his quest.

Child's Play

Child's Play

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-11-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (57178 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Holland

Cast:

Writer:

Don Mancini (story)

Don Mancini (screenplay)

John Lafia (screenplay)

Tom Holland (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When Charles Lee Ray needs to get quick escape from cop Mike Norris, he takes his soul and buries it into playful, seemingly good guy doll Chucky. Little does he know a little boy by the name of Andy Barclay will be the new owner of him soon-to-come. Charles confides in Andy while he commits numerous murders. Once the adults accept Andy's story as truth, it's too late.

Shatterbrain

Shatterbrain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-03-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1967 Reviews)

Director:

Dan O'Bannon

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

H.P. Lovecraft (story)

Brent V. Friedman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries. The husband is a chemical engineer, and the smells from his experiments (and the delivery of what appear to be human remains at all hours) are beginning to arouse the attention of neighbors and local law enforcement officials. When the detective and wife find a diary of the husband's ancestor from 1771, and reports of gruesome murders in the area begin to surface, they begin to suspect that some very unnatural experiments are being conducted in the old house. Based on an H.P. Lovecraft story.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-10-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

76 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(204132 Reviews)

Director:

Henry Selick

Cast:

Writer:

Tim Burton (based on: a story and characters by)

Michael McDowell (adaptation)

Caroline Thompson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right.

My Sassy Girl

My Sassy Girl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (16424 Reviews)

Director:

Yann Samuell

Cast:

Writer:

Victor Levin (screenplay)

Jae-young Kwak (earlier screenplay)

Ho-sik Kim (novel)

Fullplot:

My Sassy Girl is the tale of the first and last time Charlie Bello falls in love. From their initial meeting, trouble is the name of the game. Imagine an amorphous mass of dating disasters and you get an idea of the relationship between the young couple. Some mysterious force with the strength of gravity between two planets must be at play between Charlie and Jordan as the relationship truly makes no sense on the surface. Everything seems pitted against the two of them. Things suddenly come to a halt when the two write letters confessing their love for each other. Agreeing to meet a year later to read the love letters together, Charlie and Jordan go their separate ways.

The Dead Will Tell

The Dead Will Tell

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-10-24

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (605 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Kay

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Kruger

Nancy Fichman

Jennifer Hoppe

Fullplot:

In New Orleans, the lawyer Emily Parker meets the handsome Billy Hytner by chance; they date and fall immediately in love for each other. One month later, Billy proposes her and gives an engagement ring he bought in an antiquary shop. From this moment on, Emily has visions of a weird woman and she decides to investigate about the previous owner of the antique ring. She discovers that the woman that is haunting her is Marie Salinger, who disappeared in 1969, and the police had found only her severed finger with the ring. Her fiancè Paul Hamlin was accused of the murder but considered not-guilty by the jury. Meanwhile, Emily meets Billy's parents and is not accepted by her future mother-in-law Beth Hytner. Emily continues to investigate the murder, disclosing the truth about Marie's death.

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