7 Movies Starring John Getz

Blood Simple.

Blood Simple.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (62352 Reviews)

Fullplot:

A bar-owner in Texas is certain that his wife is cheating on him and hires a private detective to spy on her. This is just the beginning of a complex plot which is full of misunderstandings and deceit. Ethan and Joel Cohen's first feature film.

Thief of Hearts

Thief of Hearts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-01-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (1236 Reviews)

Fullplot:

A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.

The Fly

The Fly

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-08-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK, Canada

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (107153 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

George Langelaan (short story)

Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay)

David Cronenberg (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote "Be afraid. Be very afraid."

The Fly II

The Fly II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-02-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (15540 Reviews)

Director:

Chris Walas

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Mick Garris (screenplay)

Jim Wheat (screenplay)

Ken Wheat (screenplay)

Frank Darabont (screenplay)

Mick Garris (story)

George Langelaan (characters)

Fullplot:

Seth Brundle was a renowned scientist whose warped experiments with teleportation transformed him into a man/fly hybrid called BrundleFly. A few months after the BrundleFly insect met its demise by his lover's, Veronica, shotgun, she dies while giving birth to their son, Martin. Seth's corrupt employer, Bartok, adopts Martin, only so Martin can solve the new problems that the still-functioning TelePods present and to use him as a science project because of the dormant insect genes. Martin is now fully grown, even though he is five, and the fly genes begin to awaken and make him just like dear, dead dad. With the help of his girlfriend, Beth, they go to wherever they can find a possible cure before Bartok finds them and brings them back, but not before Martin finishes his transformation into MartinFly, the deadliest of the BrundleFly species.

Curly Sue

Curly Sue

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-10-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (15551 Reviews)

Director:

John Hughes

Fullplot:

Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiance, insist on putting the two up for the night. As they get to know each other, Bill becomes convinced that this is where Curly Sue belongs - in a home, cared for by someone that can give her the advantages that his homeless, nomadic existence lacks. He plans to leave the young girl in the care of Grey and take off.... but Curly Sue has other ideas!

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-06-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(20388 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Herek

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Single mother goes away for the summer. The kids are first delighted but then find that Mom has hired the sitter from hell to stay with them. When the sitter dies of a sudden coronary they deposit the body at a mortuary only to discover all their summer expense money was in her purse. The kids must find a way to survive the summer without mom or her money. This means actual work!

Nanking

Nanking

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-07-03

Languages:

Japanese, Mandarin, English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (2747 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Bill Guttentag (screenplay)

Dan Sturman (screenplay)

Elizabeth Bentley (screenplay)

Bill Guttentag (story)

Dan Sturman (story)

Fullplot:

"Nanking" tells the story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of the horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000 -- an act of extraordinary heroism. Bringing an event little-known outside of Asia to a global audience, "Nanking" shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history. It is a gripping account of light in the darkest of times.

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