Cast: John Cusack

Direction Woody Allen

Cast John Cusack · Dianne Wiest · Chazz Palminteri · Jim Broadbent

Synopsis Bullets over Broadway (1994) follows a young playwright in 1920s New York who finally gets his big break when a wealthy gangster agrees to finance his Broadway play. However, there's a catch: the gangster insists his untalented girlfriend lands a...

Direction Julien Temple

Cast Joe Strummer · Steve Jones · Mick Jones · Terry Chimes

Synopsis A look at the life of influential musician Joe Strummer - before, during, and after his time with the british punk rock band The Clash. A portrait of the life and works of Strummer from an impressive compilation of material...

Direction Spike Jonze

Cast John Cusack · Cameron Diaz · Catherine Keener · John Malkovich

Synopsis Being John Malkovich (1999) follows Craig, a struggling puppeteer who takes a mundane filing job in a peculiar office. He discovers a hidden portal behind a filing cabinet that allows him to enter the mind of actor John Malkovich for...

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Wil Wheaton · River Phoenix · Corey Feldman · Jerry O'Connell

Synopsis Stand by Me (1986) follows four young boys in a small town during the summer of 1959. After hearing about the location of a missing boy's body, they embark on a two-day journey to find it, hoping to become local...

Direction Robert B. Weide

Cast Woody Allen · Letty Aronson · Antonio Banderas · Marshall Brickman

Synopsis A documentary on Woody Allen that trails him on his movie sets and follows him back to Brooklyn as he visits his childhood haunts.

Direction Stephen Frears

Cast John Cusack · Jack Black · Joelle Carter · Iben Hjejle

Synopsis In High Fidelity (2000), Rob Gordon, a record store owner and music obsessive, reevaluates his life after a painful breakup. Through a series of humorous and introspective flashbacks, he revisits his "top five" heartbreaks, trying to understand why his relationships...

Direction Terrence Malick

Cast Sean Penn · Jim Caviezel · Nick Nolte · Elias Koteas

Synopsis The Thin Red Line (1998) follows a group of American soldiers during the brutal Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. As they navigate the horrors of war, the film explores their inner struggles, fears, and fleeting moments of humanity...

Direction Robert Altman

Cast Tim Robbins · Greta Scacchi · Dina Merrill · Whoopi Goldberg

Synopsis Robert Altman's adaptation of Michael Tolkin's novel gives the notorious director a chance to address perhaps his greatest nemesis: the Hollywood studio system. Disguised as a thriller, the film assembles virtually every famous actor in Hollywood to create an exhilarating...

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast John Cusack · Kevin Spacey · Jude Law · Irma P. Hall

Synopsis Bringing John Berendts international best-selling novel, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, to the screen must have been a challenge. The book is essentially an anecdotal travelogue of the fascinating city of Savannah, Georgia. The filmmakers decided to...

Direction Tim Robbins

Cast Hank Azaria · Rubén Blades · Joan Cusack · John Cusack

Synopsis "Based on a (mostly) true story," according to the opening titles, Tim Robbins's dazzling dramatization of one of the great stories in American theater indeed takes a few liberties with history. Ostensibly the story of the mayhem surrounding Marc Blitzstein's...

Direction Bill Pohlad

Cast Paul Dano · John Cusack · Elizabeth Banks · Paul Giamatti

Synopsis The life of reclusive Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson, from his successes with highly-influential orchestral pop albums to his nervous breakdown and subsequent encounter with controversial therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.

Direction James Mangold

Cast John Cusack · Ray Liotta · Amanda Peet · Alfred Molina

Synopsis Due to a string of uncanny accidents, Edward, a limo driver who is transporting a well-known Hollywood actress, runs down a wife who is standing on the side of a remote Nevada highway as her husband is repairing a flat...

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · John Malkovich · Mia Farrow · Madonna

Synopsis In Shadows and Fog (1991), a neurotic clerk is swept into a surreal nighttime adventure when a vigilante mob recruits him to hunt a mysterious serial killer lurking in the fog. Meanwhile, a circus performer, fleeing her domineering lover, encounters...

Direction Tim Robbins

Cast Tim Robbins · Giancarlo Esposito · Ray Wise · Rebecca Jenkins

Synopsis A corrupt rightwing folksinger runs a crooked election campaign while only one independent muck-raking reporter is trying to stop him.

Direction Gary Fleder

Cast John Cusack · Gene Hackman · Dustin Hoffman · Rachel Weisz

Synopsis Runaway Jury (2003) follows a high-stakes legal battle involving a major gun manufacturer sued by a widow after a mass shooting. The case takes a dramatic turn when a juror, Nick Easter, and his mysterious accomplice, Marlee, manipulate the jury...

Direction Stephen Frears

Cast Anjelica Huston · Annette Bening · John Cusack · Pat Hingle

Synopsis When con artist Roy Dillon (John Cusack) is visited by his Mother, Lilly (Anjelica Huston), who is also a con artist, she sends Roy off to the hospital because of a blow to the gut he suffered while working the...

Direction Vincent Ward

Cast Jason Scott Lee · Anne Parillaud · Patrick Bergin · John Cusack

Synopsis In 1931, a chartist lands a plane in the Arctic to map unrecorded regions. He takes an Eskimo boy with tuberculosis back to civilisation where he is healed and indoctrinated in a Catholic foster home. The Eskimo meets a "half-breed"...

Direction Lee Daniels

Cast Forest Whitaker · Oprah Winfrey · David Oyelowo · Cuba Gooding Jr.

Synopsis The Butler (2013) follows Cecil Gaines, an African-American man who serves as a White House butler under eight U.S. presidents, from Eisenhower to Reagan. Through his unique vantage point, Cecil witnesses pivotal moments in American history, including the Civil Rights...

Direction Paul Quinn

Cast Aidan Quinn · James Caan · Stephen Rea · John Cusack

Synopsis Widowed Kieran Johnson is a lonely, middle-aged, Chicago-based high school history teacher who feels disconnected to his life. He decides to take a trip to his mother's small old hometown of Kilronan, County Galway, Ireland after he discovers an old...

Direction John Sayles

Cast John Cusack · Clifton James · Michael Lerner · Christopher Lloyd

Synopsis Eight Men Out tells the true story of the infamous 'Black Sox' scandal of 1919, in which the White Sox players deliberately lost the World Series. The movie places the scandal in the context of a labor dispute between the...