29 Movies Starring John Leguizamo

Hangin' with the Homeboys

Hangin' with the Homeboys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-04-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(1075 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Two African-Americans and two Puerto-Ricans (though one pretends to be Italian) go out on the town on a Friday night. They will be forced to get to know each other, and even worst, learn to like each other as friends.

Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-11-12

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

144 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (152501 Reviews)

Director:

Brian De Palma

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Edwin Torres (novels)

David Koepp (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a nightclub, renews an affair with a dancer but old associates and old instincts suck him back into a world of violence and mistrust.

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-05-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(35854 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Parker Bennett

Terry Runte

Ed Solomon

Fullplot:

Can you make a movie out of a video game? That's the question that is answered by this film. Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, two hard working plumbers find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in medium hi-tech squalor. They find themselves the only hope to save the Earth from invasion.

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-09-08

Languages:

English, French, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (19635 Reviews)

Director:

Beeban Kidron

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

After jointly winning a local drag queen pageant in New York City, Noxeema Jackson and Vida Boheme win the right and are given the round trip airfare to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Hollywood, California. Noxeema sees herself as the next Dorothy Dandridge, who bucked the trend of most black American movie actresses of her time by never playing the slave house maid. Vida's style reflects her past of growing up in upper class suburban Pennsylvania. One of their fellow New York contestants, Chi-Chi Rodriguez, is a straight-talking but naive and inexperienced drag queen. Seeing that Chi-Chi needs some drag queen confidence (despite her bravada), Vida and a reluctant Noxeema decide to cash in their plane tickets and buy an older model Cadillac convertible and drive to Hollywood with Chi-Chi. Their drive takes them through much of the country where alternate lifestyles are less tolerated than they may be in New York or Los Angeles. The three have an extended stay in small town Snydersville, where their car breaks down. If they ever make it out of Snydersville, they may be the better for their stay by learning more about themselves while dealing with the issues of town residents and spending more time together. Their stay is made even more precarious when they find out that Sheriff Dollard, a homophobic, racist and sexist highway sheriff with who they had an earlier encounter, is on their tail.

Executive Decision

Executive Decision

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-03-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (38392 Reviews)

Director:

Stuart Baird

Fullplot:

Terrorists take over a 747 bound from Athens to Washington D.C., supposedly to effect the release of their leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and convinces the military that the 'plane should not be allowed to enter U.S. airspace. An assault mission is devised, using a specially equipped 'plane designed for mid-air crew transfers, and Grant finds himself aboard the 747 with a team of military anti-terrorists who have to defuse a bomb and overpower the terrorists.

The Fan

The Fan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-08-16

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (36344 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Scott

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Abrahams (book)

Phoef Sutton (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins the San Francisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (154335 Reviews)

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

William Shakespeare (play)

Craig Pearce (screenplay)

Baz Luhrmann (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. But although it is set in modern times, it is still the same timeless story of the "star crossed lovers".

Spawn

Spawn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-08-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (49909 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionHorror

Cast:

Writer:

Todd McFarlane (comic book)

Alan B. McElroy (screen story)

Mark A.Z. Dippè (screen story)

Alan B. McElroy (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An assassin named Al Simmons is double-crossed and murdered by his evil boss Jason Wynn. Al makes a deal with the devil and returns to earth as Spawn to see his wife. He is ordered by the devil's minion, The Clown, to kill Wynn. Wynn has made a deal with the clown too and is suppose to destroy the world with a deadly virus that will help start Armageddon and allow Hell to attack Heaven. Spawn must choose between Good & Evil.

Titan A.E.

Titan A.E.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-06-16

Languages:

English, Mandarin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (50111 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Hans Bauer (story)

Randall McCormick (story)

Ben Edlund (screenplay)

John August (screenplay)

Joss Whedon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the year 3028 A.D., Earth is being attacked by the Drej, which are aliens made of pure energy! The Drej mother-ship destroys Earth with an energy beam just as hundreds of space vehicles manage to escape with the last of mankind aboard! One of the escapees is Sam's young son Cale, who carries with him a ring given to him by his father. Fifteen years later, Cale works on a salvage station, eking out a rough life and hating his father for having disappeared aboard the Titan so long ago. Without a home planet, surviving humans have been reduced to outer space drifters and are constantly bullied and looked down on by other space-faring races. A human captain named Joseph Korso and his pilot Akima seek out Cale and explain that he must help them find the Titan which contains a mechanism that will create a new Earth and therefore unite all of humanity. Meanwhile, the Drej wants to find the Titan so that they can destroy it. With Korso's help, Cale discovers that the ring his father gave to him contains a genetically encoded map to the Titan, and thus begins his race across the universe with Korso and his ship and crew, including Preed, a wisecracking rat-like humanoid, Gune, an eccentric, green-skinned scientist, and Stith, a tough, hard-as-nails weapons expert who resembles something of a kangaroo. Before long, Cale and Akima finds out that Korso is searching for the Titan in order to hand it over to the Drej.

Summer of Sam

Summer of Sam

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-07-02

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

142 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (30076 Reviews)

Director:

Spike Lee

Cast:

Writer:

Spike Lee

Victor Colicchio (screenplay)

Michael Imperioli (screenplay)

Spike Lee (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

King of the Jungle

King of the Jungle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-10-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (450 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Seymour is a mentally challenged young man living in New York. Seymour's happy New York Knicks fan existence comes to a tragic end after he witnesses the assassination of his mother, a renowned civil rights activist. Things go from bad to worse when Seymour locates a firearm in the home of his best friend, Francis. Determined, desperate and deranged, Seymour goes on one man's journey to find his mother's killers and bring them to justice.

Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-06-01

Languages:

English, French, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (212209 Reviews)

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Fullplot:

The year is 1899, and Christian, a young English writer, has come to Paris to follow the Bohemian revolution taking hold of the city's drug and prostitute infested underworld. And nowhere is the thrill of the underworld more alive than at the Moulin Rouge, a night club where the rich and poor men alike come to be entertained by the dancers, but things take a wicked turn for Christian as he starts a deadly love affair with the star courtesan of the club, Satine. But her affections are also coveted by the club's patron: the Duke. A dangerous love triangle ensues as Satine and Christian attempt to fight all odds to stay together but a force that not even love can conquer is taking its toll on Satine...

Ice Age

Ice Age

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-15

Languages:

English, Croatian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

81 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (293950 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michael J. Wilson (story)

Michael Berg (screenplay)

Michael J. Wilson (screenplay)

Peter Ackerman (screenplay)

James Bresnahan (additional story)

Doug Compton (additional story)

Mike Thurmeier (additional story)

Jeff Siergey (additional story)

Galen T. Chu (additional story)

Xeth Feinberg (additional story)

Fullplot:

Back when the Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and animals were scurrying to save themselves from the upcoming Ice Age, a sloth named Sid, a woolly mammoth named Manny, and a saber-toothed tiger named Diego are forced to become unlikely heroes. The three reluctantly come together when they have to return a human child to its father while braving the deadly elements of the impending Ice Age.

Zig Zag

Zig Zag

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1181 Reviews)

Director:

David S. Goyer

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Landon J. Napoleon (novel)

David S. Goyer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Dean Singer has terminal cancer, yet is determined to spend his last days taking care of his 15 year-old 'big brother program' protègè, Louis 'Zig Zag' Fletcher. Dean got Louis a dishwasher job in shamelessly abusive, exploiting Mr. 'The Toad' Walters' restaurant. Louis' dead-beat, neglecting yet abusive dad pushes him for 'rent' (actually to repay violent loan-shark Cadillac Tom), which the half-wit gets by - stealing from Walters' safe, remembering numbers being his only talent. Singer is determined to return the money, despite excessive risks, with surprising allies.

Spun

Spun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-02-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (31152 Reviews)

Director:

Jonas èkerlund

Cast:

Writer:

Will De Los Santos (screenplay)

Creighton Vero (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An out-of-control speed freak is introduced his drug of choice's creator by his dealer. A massive three-day adventure ensues.

Sexaholix... A Love Story

Sexaholix... A Love Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

TV-14

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (372 Reviews)

Director:

Marty Callner

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

John Leguizamo

Rob Tannenbaum (additional material written by)

Fullplot:

John Leguizamo returns to HBO in this one-man stage show to examine the world's most intimate act! SEXAHOLIX is an affectionate tale of the comic's path to maturation and the women who helped get him there. Leguizamo digs into his past love life to mine a rich vein of material. Nothing is held back in this hilarious comedy.

Cronicas

Cronicas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-04-21

Languages:

Spanish, English

Countries:

Mexico, Ecuador

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(2840 Reviews)

Fullplot:

When the star of a sensationalistic Miami news show travels to the Ecuadorian coastal village of Babahoyo to cover the story of a serial killer who hunts children, his personal ambition gets out of hand, and his pursuit of a moment of glory carries tragic consequences.

Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-06-24

Languages:

English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, French

Countries:

Canada, France, USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (74896 Reviews)

Genres:

Horror

Fullplot:

Now that zombies have taken over the world, the living have built a walled-in city to keep the dead out. But all's not well where it's most safe, as a revolution plans to overthrow the city leadership, and the zombies are turning into more advanced creatures.

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (171595 Reviews)

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Gaulke (screenplay)

Gerry Swallow (screenplay)

Jim Hecht (screenplay)

Peter Gaulke (story)

Gerry Swallow (story)

Fullplot:

Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat are still together and enjoying the perks of their now melting world. Manny may be ready to start a family, but nobody has seen another mammoth for a long time; Manny thinks he may be the last one. That is, until he miraculously finds Ellie, the only female mammoth left in the world. Their only problems: They can't stand each other--and Ellie somehow thinks she's a possum! Ellie comes with some excess baggage in the form of her two possum "brothers"-- Crash and Eddie, a couple of daredevil pranksters and cocky, loud-mouthed troublemakers. Manny, Sid and Diego quickly learn that the warming climate has one major drawback: A huge glacial dam holding off oceans of water is about to break, threatening the entire valley. The only chance of survival lies at the other end of the valley. So our three heroes, along with Ellie, Crash and Eddie, form the most unlikely family--in any "Age"-- as they embark on a mission across an ever-changing, increasingly dangerous landscape towards their salvation.

The Take

The Take

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (1843 Reviews)

Director:

Brad Furman

Fullplot:

After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored-truck driver wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man who committed the crime. But their lives are thrown into chaos after Felix miraculously survives a violent on-the-job hijacking led by Adell Baldwin, a merciless criminal driven by power and greed. Now facing a difficult recovery and struggling with a nasty new temper, Felix becomes obsessed with tracking down his attackers before they frame him for the crimes they committed.

The Ministers

The Ministers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-10-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (1151 Reviews)

Director:

Franc. Reyes

Genres:

Crime

Fullplot:

In New York, Detective Alberto Santana comes with his partner Joseph Bruno to meet his wife Gina and his daughter Celeste to celebrate her eighteenth birthday. Out of the blue, Alberto is shot in his head on the sidewalk by a man wearing a hood that delivers a religious message from the Lord. Many years later, Celeste is a detective of the New York Police Department and partner of Joe Bruno. When the crooks Alden and Jeff Kane, who had torched their buildings to receive the insurance, are released from prison, they are executed by two criminals in the same modus operandi of detective Santana, and the police department concludes that they are the same killers. Lieutenant Diaz assigns Detective Manso and Detective Demarco from narcotics to investigate the case, for the deception of Celeste. Then the drug dealer Chino and his gang are executed in Manhattan's Lower East Side by the killers Dante and his deformed and deranged twin brother Perfecto, and Lieutenant Diaz teams up Joe and Celeste with Manso and Demarco. Meanwhile, Dante meets Celeste in the church and they date first and have a love affair. When Perfecto decides to kill Joe, Dante argues with him but the dysfunctional brother does not listen to him.

The Happening

The Happening

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-13

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA, India

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (154011 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Elliot Moore is a high school science teacher who quizzes his class one day about an article in the New York Times. It's about the sudden, mysterious disappearance of bees. Yet again Nature is doing something inexplicable, and whatever science has to say about it will be, in the end, only a theory. Scientists will bring out more theories, but no explanations, when a more urgent dilemma hits the planet. It begins in Central Park. Suddenly and inexplicably, the behavior of everyone in the park changes in a most bizarre and horrible way. Soon, the strange behavior spreads throughout the city and beyond. Elliot, his wife, Alma, and Jess, the young daughter of a friend, will only have theories to guide them where to run and where to hide. But theories may not be enough.

Ride Along

Ride Along

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (57556 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Story

Genres:

ActionComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Greg Coolidge (screenplay)

Jason Mantzoukas (screenplay)

Phil Hay (screenplay)

Matt Manfredi (screenplay)

Greg Coolidge (story)

Fullplot:

Ben must prove he is good enough to date cop James' sister. By doing this he goes on a "Ride Along" to show that he is not weak and he will do whatever it takes to get James' approval but along the way runs into a few obstacles that he has to overcome in a very funny way.

One for the Money

One for the Money

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-01-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (32041 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Stacy Sherman (screenplay)

Karen Ray (screenplay)

Liz Brixius (screenplay)

Janet Evanovich (novel)

Fullplot:

After losing her job, Jersey girl Stephanie Plum is broke. Needing a job she is told that her cousin, a bail bondsman, needs someone to help out in the office. But the only job openings he has are for skip tracers. She learns that Joe Morelli, a guy she knew intimately years ago, is one of the "skips". She eventually finds him but wasn't really prepared so he gets away. Another bounty hunter, Ranger, tries to teach her. Eventually she finds Morelli again, but he claims he is innocent of the crime he is accused of and he is trying to prove his innocence. Eventually Stephanie thinks he's telling the truth so she stakes out the person who can help him. She only finds herself in trouble and Morelli saves her. She tries to find someone who can prove his innocence, but the problem is that shortly after meeting with them they're killed or attacked.

Walking with Dinosaurs 3D

Walking with Dinosaurs 3D

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK, Australia

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (8143 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

John Collee (screenplay)

Gerry Swallow (dialogue written by)

Fullplot:

For the first time in movie history, audiences will truly see and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. "Walking with Dinosaurs" is the ultimate immersive experience, utilizing state of the art 3D to put audiences in the middle of a thrilling and epic prehistoric world, where an underdog dino triumphs to become a hero for the ages.

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-11-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

26 min

Rated:

TV-PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (7240 Reviews)

Director:

Karen Disher

Fullplot:

Chef

Chef

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-05-30

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (114046 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Favreau

Fullplot:

Carl Casper is an acclaimed chef with a family life that seems as decaying as his artistic freedom. Those frustrations boil over into a raucous viral-videoed public confrontation against a restaurant critic who panned his cooking of food that his boss ordered him to make against his instincts. Now with his career ruined, Carl's ex-wife offers an unorthodox solution in Miami: refit an old food truck to offer quality cooking on his own terms. Now with his young son, Percy, and old colleague, Martin, helping, Carl takes a working trip across America with that truck to rediscover his gastronomic passion. With Percy's tech savvy and Martin's enthusiasm, Carl finds that he is creating a traveling sensation on the way home. In doing so, Carl discovers he is serving up more than simply food, but also a deeper connection with his life and his family that is truly delicious in its own way.

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-03-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(1932 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Almereyda (screenplay)

William Shakespeare (play)

Fullplot:

A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.

Stealing Cars

Stealing Cars

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-06-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (14 Reviews)

Director:

Bradley Kaplan

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Will Aldis

Will Aldis

Steve Mackall

Fullplot:

A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.

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