11 Movies Directed by Roland Emmerich

Das Arche Noah Prinzip

Das Arche Noah Prinzip

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-02-24

Languages:

German

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

(686 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Genres:

Sci-Fi

Fullplot:

Near the end of the 20th century, WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) are retired. However, certain factions plan to use a science space station as a weapon against each other. The astronauts inside will decide the world's fate.

Joey

Joey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-11-01

Languages:

German

Countries:

West Germany, USA

Runtime:

79 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (920 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Writer:

Roland Emmerich

Hans J. Haller

Thomas Lechner

James Melkonian (additional dialogue)

Carl Colpaert (additional dialogue)

Wolfgang Hess (german dialogue)

Fullplot:

When Joey's dad dies Joey is starting to act strange. He's got psychic powers. He can talk to him on the phone! His red toy telephone! But what he doesn't know is that he is not talking to his dad. He is talking to an evil dummy and the evil dummy is starting to make Joey's world a living nightmare.

Moon 44

Moon 44

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-02-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(3377 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Writer:

Dean Heyde (screenplay)

Oliver Eberle (screenplay)

Roland Emmerich (story)

Oliver Eberle (story)

Dean Heyde (story)

P.J. Mitchell (story)

Fullplot:

Year 2038: The mineral resources of the earth are drained, in space there are fights for the last deposits on other planets and satellites. This is the situation when one of the bigger mining corporations has lost all but one mineral moons and many of their fully automatic mining robots are disappearing on their flight home. Since nobody else wants the job, they send prisoners to defend the mining station. Among them undercover agent Stone, who shall clear the whereabouts of the expensive robots. In an atmosphere of corruption, fear and hatred he gets between the fronts of rivaling groups.

Stargate

Stargate

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-10-28

Languages:

English, Norwegian, Swedish

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(140788 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Writer:

Dean Devlin

Roland Emmerich

Fullplot:

In 1928, in Egypt, a strange device is found by an expedition. In the present days, the outcast linguist Dr. Daniel Jackson is invited by a mysterious woman to decipher an ancient hieroglyph in a military facility. Soon he finds that the device was developed by an advanced civilization and opens a portal to teletransport to another planet. Dr. Jackson is invited to join a military team under the command of Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil that will explore the new world. They find a land that recalls Egypt and humans in a primitive culture that worship and are slaves to Ra, the God of the Sun. But soon they discover the secret of the mysterious "stargate".

Independence Day

Independence Day

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-07-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

145 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (390063 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Writer:

Dean Devlin

Roland Emmerich

Fullplot:

On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day...

Godzilla

Godzilla

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-05-20

Languages:

English, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Japan

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (143660 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Writer:

Dean Devlin (screenplay)

Roland Emmerich (screenplay)

Ted Elliott (story)

Terry Rossio (story)

Dean Devlin (story)

Roland Emmerich (story)

Fullplot:

Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing eastward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous is called in to investigate the matter, and he quickly arrives at the conclusion that a giant, irradiated lizard has been created by the explosions. Godzilla then makes its way north, landing at Manhattan to begin wreaking havoc in the big city. Even with the combined forces of the U.S. military to fight the monster, will it be enough to save the people of New York?

The Patriot

The Patriot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-06-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

165 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (192610 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Fullplot:

It is 1776 in colonial South Carolina. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, now wants nothing more than to live peacefully on his small plantation, and wants no part of a war with the most powerful nation in the world, Great Britain. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can't wait to enlist in the newly formed "Continental Army." When South Carolina decides to join the rebellion against England, Gabriel immediately signs up to fight...without his father's permission. But when Colonel William Tavington, British dragoon, infamous for his brutal tactics, comes and burns the Martin Plantation to the ground, tragedy strikes. Benjamin quickly finds himself torn between protecting his family, and seeking revenge along with being a part of the birth of a new, young, and ambitious nation.

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-05-28

Languages:

English, Japanese, French, Arabic, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (306017 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Writer:

Roland Emmerich (story)

Roland Emmerich (screenplay)

Jeffrey Nachmanoff (screenplay)

Fullplot:

As Paleoclimatologist named Jack Hall is in Antartica, he discovers that a huge ice sheet has sheared off. But what he does not know is that this event will trigger a massive climate shift that will affect the world population. Meanwhile, his son Sam is with friends in New York to attend an event. There they discover that it has been raining non-stop for the past 3 weeks, and after a series of weather-related disasters begin to occur over the world, everybody realizes the world is entering a new Ice Age and the world population begins trying to evacuate to the warmer climates of the south. Jack makes a daring attempt to rescue his son and his friends who are stuck in New York and who have managed to survive not only a massive wave but also freezing cold temperatures that could possibly kill them.

2012

2012

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-11-13

Languages:

English, French, Tibetan, Mandarin, Russian, Hindi, Portuguese, Latin, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

158 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (259715 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Writer:

Roland Emmerich

Harald Kloser

Fullplot:

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

Anonymous

Anonymous

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-28

Languages:

English, French, Italian, Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Countries:

UK, Germany, USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (32634 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Fullplot:

Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A series of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare.

White House Down

White House Down

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-06-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (147218 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Fullplot:

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

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