Cast: Roger Corman

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Roger Corman. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Godfather: Part II

1974 · Movie · 200 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Al Pacino · Robert De Niro · Diane Keaton · Robert Duvall

Plot Continuing saga of the Corleone family as they move to Nevada and make the casino business their major income source under the leadership of the increasingly paranoid and malevolent Michael,...

8.9

136K votes

8.9

136K votes

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Demme

Cast Jodie Foster · Anthony Hopkins · Scott Glenn · Ted Levine

Plot Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), a young and ambitious FBI agent, enlists the aid of criminally insane ex-psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to help track down a vicious serial killer...

8.2

171K votes

8.2

171K votes

Philadelphia

1993 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Demme

Cast Tom Hanks · Denzel Washington · Antonio Banderas · Ron Vawter

Plot Tom Hanks plays Andrew Beckett, a hotshot Philadelphia lawyer who has been keeping his homosexuality, and his AIDS, hidden from his conservative bosses. When he's suddenly and inexplicably fired, Andrew...

7.4

84K votes

7.4

84K votes

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV Miniseries)

2010 · Documentary · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mark Gatiss · John Das · Rachel Jardine

Cast Mark Gatiss · John Carpenter · Roger Corman · Roy Ward Baker

Plot TV miniseries. 3 episodes. Actor and writer Mark Gatiss ("Doctor Who", "Sherlock") examines the history of the horror film in three stages: the Universal success through the myths of Lugosi,...

7.3

59 votes

7.3

59 votes

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

2011 · Documentary · 86 min. · United States

Direction Alex Stapleton

Cast Roger Corman · Jack Nicholson · Joe Dante · Irvin Kershner

Plot A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.

7.2

318 votes

7.2

318 votes

A Decade Under the Influence

2003 · Documentary · 138 min. · United States

Direction Ted Demme · Richard LaGravenese

Cast Martin Scorsese · Francis Ford Coppola · Robert Altman · Peter Bogdanovich

Plot The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion, of questioning every accepted idea: political activism, hedonism, protests, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the music revolution,...

7.2

504 votes

7.2

504 votes

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (TV)

2007 · Documentary · 77 min. · United States

Direction Kent Jones

Cast Martin Scorsese · Elias Koteas · Roger Corman · Glen Gabbard

Plot Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films...

7.0

81 votes

7.0

81 votes

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

2009 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

6.8

90 votes

6.8

90 votes

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010 · Documentary · 85 min. · Australia

Direction Mark Hartley

Cast Roger Corman · Jack Hill · Joe Dante · Dick Miller

Plot A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.

6.8

115 votes

6.8

115 votes

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

2001 · Documentary · 63 min. · United States

Direction Jeffrey Schwarz

Cast Diane Baker · Roger Corman · Jonathan Demme · Jodie Foster

Plot A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopkins, as well as other members of the cast...

6.5

24 votes

6.5

24 votes

Apollo 13

1995 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Ron Howard

Cast Tom Hanks · Kevin Bacon · Bill Paxton · Ed Harris

Plot The true story of the planned Apollo 13 Moon landing in 1970, which went wrong. Soon after the Apollo’s launch, an explosion occurred in the mixing tanks. The only solution...

6.4

28K votes

6.4

28K votes

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

2010 · Documentary · 80 min. · United States

Direction Terry Dougas · Nikki Frakes · Will Hess

Cast Stan Lee · Avi Arad · Sean Astin · Dick Ayers

Plot True Believer is a feature length documentary on the life and creations of Stan Lee. Stan Lee is the co-creator of SPIDER-MAN, HULK, X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, IRON MAN and over...

6.4

105 votes

6.4

105 votes

Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen

2004 · Documentary · 77 min. · United States

Direction Michael Palm

Cast Peter Bogdanovich · Roger Corman · Joe Dante · Wim Wenders

Plot A documentary about the "King of B-Movies", Edgar G. Ulmer. It includes interviews with well-known filmmakers Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, Wim Wenders, Joe Dante, and Ulmers's daughter, Arianne Ulmer.

6.2

36 votes

6.2

36 votes

Tales of the Uncanny

2020 · Documentary · 104 min. · United States

Direction David Gregory

Cast Ashim Ahluwalia · Chris Alexander · Joko Anwar · Mariano Baino

Plot Severin Films chief David Gregory and House Of Psychotic Women author Kier-La Janisse query a global roster of more than 60 horror writers, directors and scholars that include Eli Roth,...

6.2

48 votes

6.2

48 votes

Greetings from Tromaville

2017 · Documentary · 120 min. · United States

Direction Adrian Esposito

Cast Lloyd Kaufman · Debbie Rochon · Ron Jeremy · Roger Corman

Plot Greetings from Tromaville follows the history of Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Entertainment. Lloyd, along with his partner Michael Herz, founded the independent film company Troma in 1974.

6.1

37 votes

6.1

37 votes

The Wicker Man Enigma

2001 · Documentary · 35 min. · United States

Direction David Gregory

Cast Anthony Shaffer · Peter Snell · Robin Hardy · Christopher Lee

Plot A documentary detailing the process of the creation of the film "The Wicker Man" and the subsequent problems distributing it.

6.0

35 votes

6.0

35 votes

Rachel Getting Married

2008 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Demme

Cast Anne Hathaway · Rosemarie Dewitt · Bill Irwin · Debra Winger

Plot When Kim (Anne Hathaway) returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie Dewitt), she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict...

6.0

4K votes

6.0

4K votes

Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four

2015 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction Marty Langford

Cast Carl Clarfalio · Roger Corman · Joseph Culp · Jonathan Fernandez

Plot A documentary that tells the history of the ill-fated movie version of the Fantastic Four that was executive produced by Roger Corman.

5.9

31 votes

5.9

31 votes

Body Bags (TV)

1993 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Carpenter · Tobe Hooper

Cast John Carpenter · Tom Arnold · Tobe Hooper · Robert Carradine

Plot Three short stories in the horror genre. The first about a serial killer. The second about a hair transplant going wrong. The third about a base ball player.

5.6

2K votes

5.6

2K votes

The Fast and the Furious

1955 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction John Ireland · Edward Sampson

Cast John Ireland · Dorothy Malone · Bruce Carlisle · Iris Adrian

Plot A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a beautiful young woman,...

5.3

72 votes

5.3

72 votes