7 Movies Directed by John Stockwell

Crazy/Beautiful

Crazy/Beautiful

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-06-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (20649 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

When fate steps in and brings together two high school seniors from opposite sides of the track, it's something crazy/beautiful in this sexy, fun and energetic story of first love. Nicole (Kirsten Dunst) is the 17-year-old troubled daughter of a wealthy congressman who never met a rule she didn't break. Carlos (Jay Hernandez) is a grade A student with big dreams who endures a two-hour bus ride every morning to attend high school in an upscale L.A. neighbourhood. Their innocent flirtations quickly develop into passionate love, but Nicole's self-destructive behaviour threatens their relationship and puts Carlos' promising future in jeopardy. Will their intense passion keep them together despite the objections of their families or will Carlos be forced to plan his future without Nicole? Surprises lie at every turn in this wildly seductive and critically acclaimed drama.

Blue Crush

Blue Crush

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-08-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (24694 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Cast:

Writer:

Susan Orlean (magazine article "Surf Girls of Maui")

Lizzy Weiss (story)

Lizzy Weiss (screenplay)

John Stockwell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates including her rebellious younger sister, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters surf competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with no one's blessing but her own, Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene ... until pro quarterback Matt Tollman comes along. Like it or not, Anne Marie starts losing her balance - and finding it - as she falls for Matt.

Into the Blue

Into the Blue

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-09-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (60177 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Fullplot:

Sam and Jared are a young couple in the Bahamas, divers and aspiring treasure hunters. While the arrogant salvager Bates has loads of expensive equipment, Jared gets by with a small, battered boat. Jared and Sam find a historic wreck, but nearby is a wrecked airplane with a large quantity of cocaine. Jared and Sam want the treasure; their diving partners also want the drugs. Dangerous criminals realize the plane and cocaine are submerged somewhere in the area. When the bad guys learn that the couple has located the drugs, Jared and Sam find themselves in mortal peril.

Turistas

Turistas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-12-01

Languages:

English, Portuguese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (29726 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Fullplot:

While traveling on vacation through the country of Northeastern of Brazil by bus, the American Alex Trubituan, his sister Bea Tribituan and their friend Amy Harrington meet the also foreigners Pru Stagler, Finn Davies and Liam Kuller after an accident with their bus. They follow a track through the woods and find a hidden paradisiacal beach. They decide to stay in the place drinking beer and dancing funk and parting with the locals and they meet the amicable Brazilian teenager Kiko. They are drugged with "Boa Noite, Cinderela" (Ruffies, literal translation: "Good Night, Cinderella" - a trick used by smalltime crooks to steal naive people) and when they wake up, they are practically naked, with all their belongings, clothes, money, jewels, passports, backpacks etc. stolen. They walk to a small village trying to find a police station, they get into trouble with the dwellers and they are helped by their acquaintance Kiko, who leads them to his uncle's isolated well-equipped cabin in the woods to wait for the next bus two days later. Along the night, Kiko's "uncle" arrives with his friends and the group discloses the sinister intentions of the newcomers.

Kid Cannabis

Kid Cannabis

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-04-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (6071 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Fullplot:

An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.

Middle of Nowhere

Middle of Nowhere

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-07-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2907 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Summer in a small southern town: Grace wants to go to college, but her feckless mom has poisoned that well (no student loans because mom has welshed on credit cards in Grace's name). Dorian wants to escape from his snobbish adoptive parents. They team up to sell marijuana - she hopes for enough to go to college. Both investigate family secretes, and things get complicated when Dorian falls for her, Grace falls for someone else, and Grace's 15-year-old sister behaves badly. Can Dorian find independence and Grace get to college. And what constitutes a family, anyway?

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (7064 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Cast:

Writer:

Kendall Lampkin (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ramifications of an unannounced attack on Pakistani soil, the Pentagon orders the attack. The SEAL Team bands together to complete their mission of justice in a riveting final showdown.

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