28 Movies Starring Val Kilmer

Real Genius

Real Genius

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-08-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(22229 Reviews)

Director:

Martha Coolidge

Cast:

Writer:

Neal Israel (screenplay)

Neal Israel (story)

Pat Proft (screenplay)

Pat Proft (story)

Pj Torokvei

Fullplot:

Mitch is one of the youngest students ever accepted to a university known for its programs for geniuses. He's partnered up with his roommate, science club legend Chris Knight, on a project to develop a high-powered laser. Together with their hyper-kinetic friends, they employ their intellects in the pursuit of bigger blasts, practical jokes, and a deeper understanding of what real genius is. When their final, functional laser is stolen by their teacher for a military weapon, they decide to get even.

Top Gun

Top Gun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-05-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (201161 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Scott

Cast:

Writer:

Jim Cash

Jack Epps Jr.

Ehud Yonay (magazine article "Top Guns")

Fullplot:

Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is an expert United States Naval Aviator. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly outflown and freaks. On almost no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to the carrier. When his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in the standings and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. There he fights the attitudes of the other pilots and an old story of his father's death in combat that killed others due to his father's error. Maverick struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other students and in another way to Charlie Blackwood, a civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted.

Willow

Willow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-05-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, New Zealand

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (76250 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Howard

Cast:

Writer:

George Lucas (story)

Bob Dolman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A baby girl is discovered in a river by Ranon and Mims, the children of Willow Ufgood, a dwarf farmer and magician and the baby girl is taken into the care of Willow's family. But when a terrifying dog-like creature attacks Willow's village, whilst tracking down the baby. Willow consults the village council and the wizard The High Aldwin. The High Aldwin gives Willow a task and Willow leaves the village and embarks on the task to give the baby girl to a responsible person. But Willow soon learns the baby is Elora Danan, the baby girl destined to bring about the downfall of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda. Joined by his allies: swordsman Madmartigan, sorceress Fin Raziel and the Brownies Franjean and Rool, Willow takes it upon himself to protect Elora from Queen Bavmorda, who intends to kill Elora and prevent Elora from fulfilling her destiny. And Willow and his allies are pursued by Queen Bavmorda's daughter Sorsha and the evil commander of Queen Bavmorda's army General Kael, whom are searching for Elora and bring her back to Queen Bavmorda's castle, where Queen Bavmorda bids to kill Elora in a ritual and prevent the prophecy of her downfall.

The Doors

The Doors

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-03-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (64238 Reviews)

Director:

Oliver Stone

Cast:

Writer:

Randall Jahnson

Oliver Stone

Fullplot:

Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals.

Thunderheart

Thunderheart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-03

Languages:

English, Sioux

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (10718 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Apted

Fullplot:

An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage. Slowly he rejects the intimidating tactics of his fellow FBI agents, who are not so interested in solving the crime as covering up an incriminating situation with the locals, and as he becomes more tuned to his heritage, the locals begin trusting him. Based on actual Reservation occurrences of the '70s.

Tombstone

Tombstone

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-12-25

Languages:

English, Latin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (88142 Reviews)

Fullplot:

After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral.

True Romance

True Romance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-09-10

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(150465 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Scott

Fullplot:

In Detroit, Clarence Worley goes to the movie theater alone on the day of his birthday to watch some movies. The gorgeous Alabama Whitman accidentally drops her popcorn on Clarence and they watch the movie together. Then they eat pieces of pie and they have one night stand, so Clarence eats more pie of another kind. In the morning, Alabama confesses that she is a call-girl hired to spend the night with him, but she has fallen in love with him. In the morning they get married and Clarence goes to the club where she worked to bring her some clothes. However, her pimp Drexl Spivey and his partner beat up Clarence and he reacts by killing them both. Clarence asks for Alabama's suitcase with her clothes and the other girls mistakenly give another one with cocaine. When Clarence discovers the mistake, he decides to travel with Alabama to the house of his friend, the aspiring actor Dick Ritchie, to sell the drug and travel to Mexico. He visits his father Clifford Worley and gives his address to him. But the Sicilian Mafia is the owner of the drug and a group of killers are sent to hunt down Clarnece and Alabama.

Batman Forever

Batman Forever

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-06-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (176250 Reviews)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Cast:

Writer:

Bob Kane (characters)

Lee Batchler (story)

Janet Scott Batchler (story)

Lee Batchler (screenplay)

Janet Scott Batchler (screenplay)

Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face incorrectly believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side; he has unleashed a reign of terror on the good people of Gotham. Edward Nygma, computer-genius and former employee of millionaire Bruce Wayne, is out to get the philanthropist; as The Riddler he perfects a device for draining information from all the brains in Gotham, including Bruce Wayne's knowledge of his other identity. Batman/Wayne is/are the love focus of Dr. Chase Meridan. Former circus acrobat Dick Grayson, his family killed by Two-Face, becomes Wayne's ward and Batman's new partner Robin the Boy Wonder.

Heat

Heat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-12-15

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

170 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (391608 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Mann

Fullplot:

Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and try to put together one last big 'retirement' score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor--'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'--as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending....

The Ghost and the Darkness

The Ghost and the Darkness

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-10-11

Languages:

English, Hindi

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (43328 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Fullplot:

Set in 1898, this movie is based on the true story of two lions in Africa that killed 35 people over a nine month period, while a bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter tried to kill them.

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-08-23

Languages:

English, Indonesian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.4 (24816 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

H.G. Wells (novel)

Richard Stanley (screenplay)

Ron Hutchinson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Set in the year 2010, Dr. Moreau has successfully combined human and animal DNA to make a crossbreed animal. Well, as usual, something goes wrong and David Thewlis must try to stop it before it is too late. Originally rated R, but cut by Frankenheimer to allow "a wider audience".

The Saint

The Saint

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-04-04

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (49386 Reviews)

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Cast:

Writer:

Leslie Charteris (character)

Jonathan Hensleigh (story)

Jonathan Hensleigh (screenplay)

Wesley Strick (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Simon Templar has no real family, no real home and Simon Templar isn't even his real name. Yet Simon Templar , also known as the Saint for his use of creating false identities using the names of Catholic saints,is one of the world's most successful thieves. Slick, debonair and a master of disguise, Simon manages to outwit the police again and again. On his next job Simon is hired by the Russian Mafia to steal a cold fusion energy formula from scientist Emma Russel, however the mission backfires as he falls for the pretty, intelligent scientist. Simon and his new love must now manage to outwit the Russian Mafia and work out the energy formula before the worst happens and the US is affected forever.

The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-12-18

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(83437 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Philip LaZebnik

Nicholas Meyer (additional screenplay material)

Fullplot:

This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds, as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth, and the other the chosen leader of his people! Their final confrontation will forever change their lives and the world.

Red Planet

Red Planet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-11-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (45225 Reviews)

Director:

Antony Hoffman

Cast:

Writer:

Chuck Pfarrer (story)

Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay)

Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity's only hope. A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different field, is making the first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle to overcome the differences in their personalities, backgrounds and ideologies for the overall good of the mission. When their equipment suffers life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one another for survival on the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions about God, man's destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their fates. In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human selves.

The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-05-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (25644 Reviews)

Director:

D.J. Caruso

Fullplot:

After the murder of his beloved wife, Danny Parker is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey he befriends slacker Jimmy the Finn and becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons. Danny is antagonized by undercover narcotics agents and sadistic dealer Pooh-Bear.

Mindhunters

Mindhunters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-05-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Netherlands, UK, Finland

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (47049 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Wayne Kramer (story)

Wayne Kramer (screenplay)

Kevin Brodbin (screenplay)

Fullplot:

On a remote island, the FBI has a training program for their psychological profiling division, called "Mindhunters", used to track down serial killers. The training goes horribly wrong, however, when a group of seven young agents discover that one of them is a serial killer, and is setting about slaying the others. Can the few that are left figure out who the killer is in time?

Wonderland

Wonderland

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-10-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (18214 Reviews)

Director:

James Cox

Cast:

Writer:

James Cox

Captain Mauzner

Todd Samovitz

D. Loriston Scott

Fullplot:

John Holmes was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He's estranged from his wife, holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress, and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?

Stateside

Stateside

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-02-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(1700 Reviews)

Director:

Reverge Anselmo

Fullplot:

An adventurous romantic drama about a high-school rich kid serving in the Marine Corps to avoid jail, and a schizophrenic actress, whose career is crashing. Mark Deloach lands in the Marine Corps and meets Dori Lawrence before shipping out. Mark and Dori are a perfect match of misfits introduced by a friend, Sue Dubois, whose mother is suing Mark. Dori has left the bright lights of Hollywood to fix her life and mental illness, while at boot camp, Drill Instructor Skeer is on a mission not only to train Mark, but to make a man out of the rebellious teenager. The two outcast lovers, with more than a dose of humor, cling to their romance in spite of obstacles from authorities and circumstances which stand in their way.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-11-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (162934 Reviews)

Director:

Shane Black

Cast:

Writer:

Brett Halliday (novel)

Shane Black (screen story)

Shane Black (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-11-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (162652 Reviews)

Director:

Shane Black

Cast:

Writer:

Brett Halliday (novel)

Shane Black (screen story)

Shane Black (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-11-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (162652 Reviews)

Director:

Shane Black

Cast:

Writer:

Brett Halliday (novel)

Shane Black (screen story)

Shane Black (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

Deja Vu

Deja Vu

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(225745 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Scott

Cast:

Writer:

Bill Marsilii

Terry Rossio

Fullplot:

A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families was blown up in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit, one that uses spacefolding technology to directly look back a little over four days into the past. While tracking down the bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head: could they use the device to actually travel back in time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was used in the bombing?

Played

Played

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-10-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.4 (1234 Reviews)

Director:

Sean Stanek

Fullplot:

An examination of the malevolent London underworld with its despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight-year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-12-11

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (62241 Reviews)

Director:

Werner Herzog

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

William M. Finkelstein (screenplay)

Victor Argo (earlier film "Bad Lieutenant")

Paul Calderon (earlier film "Bad Lieutenant")

Abel Ferrara (earlier film "Bad Lieutenant")

Zoè Lund (earlier film "Bad Lieutenant")

Fullplot:

After Katrina, police sergeant Terence McDonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an addiction to cocaine and painkillers. Six months later, a family is murdered over drugs; Terence runs the investigation. His drug-using prostitute girlfriend, his alcoholic father's dog, run-ins with two old women and a well-connected john, gambling losses, a nervous young witness, and thefts of police property put Terence's job and then his life in danger. He starts seeing things. He wants a big score to get out from under mounting debts, so he joins forces with drug dealers. The murders remain unsolved. A bad lieutenant gets worse.

The Thaw

The Thaw

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-09-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (8988 Reviews)

Director:

Mark A. Lewis

Cast:

Writer:

Mark A. Lewis (screenplay)

Michael Lewis (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At a remote Arctic research station, four ecology students discover the real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what's frozen within it. A prehistoric parasite is released from the carcass of a Woolly Mammoth upon the unsuspecting students who are forced to quarantine and make necessary sacrifices, or risk infecting the rest of the world.

MacGruber

MacGruber

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-05-21

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (34128 Reviews)

Director:

Jorma Taccone

Cast:

Writer:

Will Forte

John Solomon

Jorma Taccone

Fullplot:

In the Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Eastern Siberia, the criminal Dieter Von Cunth steals a Russian X5 nuclear warhead. Colonel James Faith travels to Rio Bamba, Ecuador, with the efficient Lieutenant Dixon Piper to summon the retired special operative MacGruber to retrieve the X5. MacGruber is considered deceased after the death of his beloved wife Casey by his archenemy Cunth in their wedding. MacGruber teams up with Piper and Vicki St. Elmo and they learn that the evil Cunth intends to use the warhead to destroy Washington D.C.

The Traveler

The Traveler

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(3622 Reviews)

Fullplot:

A bloody, and gruesome thriller, THE TRAVELER stars Val Kilmer as a mysterious stranger whose past threatens to haunt the lives of six unsuspecting sheriff's deputies. The moment he arrives in their small town police station confessing to multiple murders, their lives are forever changed.forever...

Twixt

Twixt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (7850 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Francis Ford Coppola

Fullplot:

A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He's unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for the story being handed to him. Ultimately he is led to the truth of the story, surprised to find that the ending has more to do with his own life than he could ever have anticipated.

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