9 Movies Directed by Adrian Lyne

Foxes

Foxes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-02-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (2858 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Four best friends, with four different personalities, have issues of their own. Deidre is fascinated by her sexuality and has many boyfriend problems. Madge is unhappily overweight and has overprotective parents. Annie boozes and does drugs, and runs away from her abusive father, a policeman. Jeanie has to take care of them and is fighting with her divorced mother. The only way to loosen up, and forget all the bad things happening in their lives, is to party and have fun. Jeanie is ready to grow up and wants to stop acting like a child. Annie is the worst of them all and Jeanie is worried about her the most. She risks her neck more than once trying to keep Annie clean and free from trouble. But Annie's unstable behavior and flare keeps everyone on edge.

Flashdance

Flashdance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-04-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (32003 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Hedley Jr. (screenplay)

Joe Eszterhas (screenplay)

Thomas Hedley Jr. (story)

Fullplot:

Alex Owens is a female dynamo: steel worker by day, exotic dancer by night. Her dream is to get into a real dance company, though, and with encouragement from her boss/boyfriend, she may get her chance. The city of Pittsburgh co-stars. What a feeling!

Nine 1/2 Weeks

Nine 1/2 Weeks

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-02-21

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (27423 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Sarah Kernochan

Zalman King

Patricia Louisianna Knop

Elizabeth McNeill (novel)

Fullplot:

An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-09-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (50262 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Cast:

Writer:

James Dearden (screenplay)

James Dearden (short film)

Fullplot:

Happily married New York lawyer Dan Callagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-11-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (70142 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Fullplot:

New York postal worker Jacob Singer is trying to keep his frayed life from unraveling. His days are increasingly being invaded by flashbacks to his first marriage, his now-dead son, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. Athough his new wife tries to help Jacob keep his grip on sanity, the line between reality and delusion is steadily growing more and more uncertain.

Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-04-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (43907 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Jack Engelhard (novel)

Amy Holden Jones (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young couple very much in love are married and have started their respective careers, she as a real estate broker, he as an architect. She finds the perfect spot to build his dream house, and they get loans to finance it. When the recession hits, they stand to lose everything they own, so they go to Vegas to have one shot at winning the money they need. After losing at the tables, they are approached by a millionaire who offers them a million dollars for a night with the wife. Though the couple agrees that this is a way out of their financial dilemma, it threatens to destroy their relationship.

Lolita

Lolita

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-09-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (34072 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Vladimir Nabokov (novel)

Stephen Schiff (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.

Unfaithful

Unfaithful

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-05-10

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA, Germany, France

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (58522 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Cast:

Writer:

Claude Chabrol (film "La Femme infidèle")

Alvin Sargent (screenplay)

William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Connie Sumner has a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a wonderful son, but she wants more. When she's approached one day by a handsome stranger while trying to hail a taxi, she becomes obsessed with him and eventually starts an affair. But her selfish actions soon catch up with her...

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-11-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (70300 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Fullplot:

New York postal worker Jacob Singer is trying to keep his frayed life from unraveling. His days are increasingly being invaded by flashbacks to his first marriage, his now-dead son, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. Athough his new wife tries to help Jacob keep his grip on sanity, the line between reality and delusion is steadily growing more and more uncertain.

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