7 Movies Starring Joe Morton

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-09-07

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (4378 Reviews)

Director:

John Sayles

Genres:

ComedySci-Fi

Fullplot:

The Brother is an alien who has crash-landed on Earth, in New York City. While mute, strongly empathic, and able to fix things, he resembles a Black man with strange feet. His attempt to make a place for himself in Harlem is an allegory for the immigrant experience in the United States. Meanwhile, two bounty hunters from the Brother's home planet arrive and try to capture him.

Crossroads

Crossroads

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-03-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (9803 Reviews)

Director:

Walter Hill

Fullplot:

Eugene is an extraordinary talent in classic guitar, but he dreams of being a famous Blues guitarist. So he investigates to find a storied lost song. He asks the legendary Blues musician Willie Brown to help him, but Willie demands to free him from the old-people's prison first and to really learn the blues on the way to its origin: Mississippi Delta. Eugene doesn't know yet about Willie's deal with the devil, that he now wants to revoke.

Speed

Speed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-06-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (241786 Reviews)

Director:

Jan de Bont

Fullplot:

Bomber terrorist's elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a LA city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if LAPD Officer tries to unload any passengers off, Payne will detonate it. Joe Morton co-stars as Jack's superior, and Jeff Daniels supports Jack helping him try to defuse the bomb.

The Astronaut's Wife

The Astronaut's Wife

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-08-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (43132 Reviews)

Director:

Rand Ravich

Fullplot:

A pair of shuttle astronauts leave their spacecraft to repair a satellite. There's an explosion. NASA loses contact for two minutes, but the both are rescued and safely returned to Earth. Eventually it becomes evident that neither of the astronauts is quite the same.

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-02-22

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(30447 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Shadyac

Cast:

Writer:

Brandon Camp (story)

Mike Thompson (story)

David Seltzer (screenplay)

Brandon Camp (screenplay)

Mike Thompson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.

The Night Listener

The Night Listener

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-08-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (12655 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Armistead Maupin (screenplay)

Terry Anderson (screenplay)

Patrick Stettner (screenplay)

Armistead Maupin (novel)

Fullplot:

Gabriel Noone is a late night radio-host in a big city, specializing in spooky tales culled from his active imagination. When Gabriel's lover decides he needs some "space" and moves out, Gabriel descends into a funk until a publisher friend brings him a manuscript written by 14 year-old Pete Logand, a troubled young fan. Pete's story touches the vulnerable Gabriel deeply. Pete was severely abused by his parents and is now under the care of his former social worker, Donna Logand, who has adopted him. Pete is very ill and he and Donna are keeping a low profile in a small town in Wisconsin to avoid discovery by Pete's mother. Gabriel develops an unsettling long-distance telephone relationship with the boy and his guardian. Nothing is as it seems and the skepticism of friends causes Gabriel to become suspicious of Donna and her motives, so he tries to resolve the loose ends by traveling to Wisconsin to confront Donna and Pete. But this effort is largely unsuccessful and we are left wondering if Pete is real, if Donna is really blind or if Gabriel is the deranged soul of the story.

Home

Home

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (95 Reviews)

Director:

Jono Oliver

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Home is the story of a man named Jack, suffering from mental illness, whose goal is to move out of the group home where he resides and into a home of his own. By doing so he hopes to rebuild his life, reconnect with his estranged son, and put himself back on a path to "normalcy."

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