17 Movies Directed by Renny Harlin

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-08-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (32719 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Wes Craven (character)

William Kotzwinkle (story)

Brian Helgeland (story)

Brian Helgeland (screenplay)

Jim Wheat (screenplay)

Ken Wheat (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Following up the previous Nightmare film, the dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills all three of the surviving Elm Street kids. However, Kristen (who has the ability to draw others into her dreams) wills her special ability to her friend Alice before her demise. Afterwords, Alice soon realizes that Freddy is taking advantage of that unknown power she now wields to pull a new group of teenage children into his foul domain.

Prison

Prison

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-12-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (2384 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Irwin Yablans (story)

C. Courtney Joyner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-07-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (13776 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Daniel Waters (screenplay)

James Cappe (screenplay)

David Arnott (screenplay)

James Cappe (story)

David Arnott (story)

Rex Weiner (characters)

Fullplot:

Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another one of them is that all his employers that want him to find a girl named Zuzu Petals get killed. Why didn't he become a fisherman's detective instead? A must-see for Andrew Dice Clay fans.

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-07-04

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (248073 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Walter Wager (novel)

Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)

Doug Richardson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After the terrifying events in LA, John McClane (Willis) is about to go through it all again. A team of terrorists, led by Col. Stuart (Sadler) is holding the entire airport hostage. The terrorists are planning to rescue a drug lord from justice. In order to do so, they have seized control of all electrical equipment affecting all planes. With no runway lights available, all aircraft have to remain in the air, with fuel running low, McClane will need to be fast.

Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-05-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Italy, France

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (88702 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

John Long (premise)

Michael France (screen story)

Michael France (screenplay)

Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Whilst crossing a ledge, 4000 feet above the earth, Gabe's friend's equipment fails to work and she slips out of his hand, falling to the ground. Almost a year later, Gabe is asked to go back to the same mountain range and rescue a group of 'stranded' people. The only catch is that these so called 'stranded' people are in fact looking for three boxes filled with $100,000,000 and they need a mountain ranger to lead them to them!!

Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-12-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France, Italy, Germany

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (19865 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Frost Beckner (story)

James Gorman (story)

Bruce A. Evans (story)

Raynold Gideon (story)

Robert King (screenplay)

Marc Norman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her piratical raids.

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-10-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (56952 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Fullplot:

Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent. Her old chums in the Chapter are now out to kill her so she enlists the help of a cheap detective named Mitch. As Samantha remembers more and more of her previous life, she becomes deadlier and more resourceful. Both Mitch and Charly proceed to do the killing thing, the bleeding thing and the shooting thing.

Driven

Driven

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-04-27

Languages:

English, German, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Canada, Australia

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (33057 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Skrentny (story)

Neal Tabachnick (story)

Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Driven

Driven

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-04-27

Languages:

English, German, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Canada, Australia

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (32995 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Skrentny (story)

Neal Tabachnick (story)

Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense pressure being shoveled on him by his overly ambitious promoter brother as well as Bly's romance with his arch rival's girlfriend Sophia. With much riding on Bly, car owner Carl Henry brings former racing star Joe Tanto on board to help Bly. To drive Bly back to the top of the rankings, Tanto must first deal with the emotional scars left over from a tragic racing accident which nearly took his life.

Deep Blue Sea

Deep Blue Sea

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-07-28

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (92347 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Duncan Kennedy

Donna Powers

Wayne Powers

Fullplot:

A businessman sinks $200 million into a special project to help fight Alzheimer's disease. As part of this project, medical biologist Susan McAlester rather naughtily figures out a way to genetically enlarge shark brains, so that disease-battling enzymes can be harvested. However, the shark subjects become super smart and decide they don't much like being cooped up in pens and being stabbed with hypodermics, so they figure a way to break out and make for the open sea...

Deep Blue Sea

Deep Blue Sea

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-07-28

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (92217 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Duncan Kennedy

Donna Powers

Wayne Powers

Fullplot:

A businessman sinks $200 million into a special project to help fight Alzheimer's disease. As part of this project, medical biologist Susan McAlester rather naughtily figures out a way to genetically enlarge shark brains, so that disease-battling enzymes can be harvested. However, the shark subjects become super smart and decide they don't much like being cooped up in pens and being stabbed with hypodermics, so they figure a way to break out and make for the open sea...

Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-08-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (27471 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

William Peter Blatty (movie The Exorcist)

William Wisher Jr. (story)

Caleb Carr (story)

Alexi Hawley (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Archeologist Lankester Merrin is asked to go to East Africa to excavate a church that has been found completely buried in sand. Merrin is also an ordained Roman Catholic priest who, still haunted by what he was forced to do during World War II in his native Holland, eschews any religion or belief. He's fascinated by what he finds and that it dates hundred of years before Christianity was introduced to the area. Accompanied by a young priest, Father Francis, to keep an eye on the religious elements of what they find, Merrin makes his way to the camp. There he meets a young doctor, Sarah and soon realizes there is an air of gloom that envelops the entire site. Workmen go mad and a young boy is mauled by a pack of hyenas while completely ignoring his younger brother Joseph. Inside the church itself they find signs of desecration. Merrin is forced to re-examine his lack of faith and come face to face with the devil.

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?

Cleaner

Cleaner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (30970 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Fullplot:

A former cop who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner unknowingly participates in a cover-up at his latest job.

The Legend of Hercules

The Legend of Hercules

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.2 (41277 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Sean Hood

Daniel Giat

Renny Harlin

Giulio Steve

Fullplot:

In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.

Devil's Pass

Devil's Pass

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-28

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA, UK, Russia

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (13098 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Fullplot:

The Dyatlov Pass follows a group of American students on a trek to investigate the true life mystery of nine Russian skiers who befell unexplained deaths while skiing in the Russian mountains in 1959. To this day, their deaths have been one of the most bizarre unsolved mysteries of the 20th century.

Devil's Pass

Devil's Pass

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-28

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA, UK, Russia

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (12987 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Fullplot:

The Dyatlov Pass follows a group of American students on a trek to investigate the true life mystery of nine Russian skiers who befell unexplained deaths while skiing in the Russian mountains in 1959. To this day, their deaths have been one of the most bizarre unsolved mysteries of the 20th century.

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