Cast: R. Lee Ermey

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring R. Lee Ermey. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Seven

1995 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction David Fincher

Cast Brad Pitt · Morgan Freeman · Gwyneth Paltrow · Kevin Spacey

Synopsis Seven (1995) follows two detectives, the seasoned William Somerset and the ambitious David Mills, as they hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. Each gruesome crime scene reflects one of the sins—gluttony, greed,...

8.3

171K votes

8.3

171K votes

Apocalypse Now

1979 · Movie · 153 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Martin Sheen · Marlon Brando · Robert Duvall · Frederic Forrest

Synopsis Apocalypse Now (1979) follows Captain Willard, a troubled U.S. Army officer, on a secret mission during the Vietnam War. Tasked with assassinating Colonel Kurtz, a renegade Special Forces officer who has gone insane and established his own brutal kingdom deep...

8.2

105K votes

8.2

105K votes

Full Metal Jacket

1987 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Matthew Modine · Vincent D'Onofrio · R. Lee Ermey · Adam Baldwin

Synopsis Full Metal Jacket (1987) follows the harrowing journey of U.S. Marine recruits through brutal boot camp training under the relentless command of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The film then transitions to the Vietnam War, where the soldiers face the psychological and...

8.2

120K votes

8.2

120K votes

Mississippi Burning

1988 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Alan Parker

Cast Gene Hackman · Willem Dafoe · Frances McDormand · Brad Dourif

Synopsis In Mississippi Burning (1988), two FBI agents with contrasting methods investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers in a racially tense Mississippi town during the 1960s. As they dig deeper, they encounter fierce resistance from the local authorities and...

7.5

17K votes

7.5

17K votes

Dead Man Walking

1995 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Tim Robbins

Cast Susan Sarandon · Sean Penn · Robert Prosky · Margo Martindale

Synopsis In Dead Man Walking (1995), Sister Helen Prejean, a compassionate nun, becomes the spiritual advisor to Matthew Poncelet, a convicted murderer on death row. As his execution date approaches, she grapples with her faith, the moral complexities of capital punishment,...

7.4

56K votes

7.4

56K votes

Leaving Las Vegas

1995 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Mike Figgis

Cast Nicolas Cage · Elisabeth Shue · Julian Sands · Richard Lewis

Synopsis Leaving Las Vegas (1995) follows Ben, a Hollywood screenwriter who, after losing everything due to his alcoholism, moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he forms an unlikely bond with Sera, a kind-hearted prostitute battling her own...

7.2

55K votes

7.2

55K votes

Murder in the First

1995 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Marc Rocco

Cast Kevin Bacon · Christian Slater · Gary Oldman · William H. Macy

Synopsis Murder in the First (1995) follows a young attorney, James Stamphill, who defends a petty thief, Henri Young, accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The case reveals Henri's brutal treatment in Alcatraz, where he endured years of solitary confinement and...

7.0

8K votes

7.0

8K votes

Taking Sides

2001 · Movie · 108 min. · France

Direction István Szabó

Cast Harvey Keitel · Stellan Skarsgard · Moritz Bleibtreu · Birgit Minichmayr

Synopsis A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 30s, Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of...

6.8

157 votes

6.8

157 votes

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010 · Documentary · 85 min. · Australia

Direction Mark Hartley

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

Synopsis 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

Filmworker

2017 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States

Direction Tony Zierra

Cast Leon Vitali · Stanley Kubrick · Ryan O'Neal · Danny Lloyd

Synopsis Leon Vitali, after his acclaimed performance as Lord Bullingdon in Stanley Kubrick’s 'Barry Lyndon', gave up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for Kubrick's creative vision. For more than two decades, Leon played a crucial role behind-the-scenes helping Kubrick...

6.8

291 votes

6.8

291 votes

Action (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Christopher Thompson · John Fortenberry · John Whitesell · Ted Demme

Cast Jay Mohr · Illeana Douglas · Jarrad Paul · Jack Plotnick

Synopsis In Hollywood you're only as good as your last flick, and Dragonfire Films exec Peter Dragon has hit bottom with his $150 million bomb "Slow Torture." His only hope to get back to the way things were is the shoot-'em-up...

6.2

34 votes

6.2

34 votes

Prefontaine

1997 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Steve James

Cast Jared Leto · R. Lee Ermey · Ed O'Neill · Breckin Meyer

Synopsis Life and times of Steve Prefontaine, a young long-distance runner from Oregon who pursued the dream of Olympic gold in Munich and became one of the biggest, yet most tragic sport stars in America.

6.2

108 votes

6.2

108 votes

The Frighteners

1996 · Movie · 110 min. · New Zealand

Direction Peter Jackson

Cast Michael J. Fox · Trini Alvarado · Jeffrey Combs · Dee Wallace

Synopsis In The Frighteners (1996), Frank Bannister, a fraudulent psychic investigator, can actually see and communicate with ghosts after a tragic accident. He uses his abilities to scam townsfolk by staging hauntings—until a sinister force starts killing people, leaving mysterious numbers...

6.0

18K votes

6.0

18K votes

Miami Vice (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Yerkovich · John Nicolella · Richard Compton · Leon Ichaso

Cast Don Johnson · Philip Michael Thomas · Edward James Olmos · Saundra Santiago

Synopsis TV Series (1984-1990). 5 Seasons. 111 Episodes. Miami Vice was one of the most innovative and powerful TV series of all time, focusing on the Miami Metro-Dade police "Vice" department and it`s continued battle against the illicit drug, prostitution, and...

6.0

26K votes

6.0

26K votes

The Salton Sea

2002 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction D.J. Caruso

Cast Val Kilmer · Vincent D'Onofrio · Adam Goldberg · Luis Guzmán

Synopsis After the murder of his beloved wife, a man (Kilmer) in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn" (Sarsgaard), becomes involved in rescuing...

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

Direction Stephen Hopkins

Cast D.B. Sweeney · Rachel Ticotin · R. Lee Ermey · John Kassir

Synopsis Fugitive Clyde is on the lam from an angry mob. He seeks refuge in a decrepit old mansion owned by an elderly woman. Unbeknownst to Clyde, said creepy abode has an unusual curse attached to it.

5.9

23 votes

5.9

23 votes

Toy Soldiers

1991 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Petrie Jr.

Cast Sean Astin · Wil Wheaton · Keith Coogan · Andrew Divoff

Synopsis Billy Tepper is the leader of a group of rebellious boys at The Regis School. He has already been expelled from three prominent private schools. His best friend, Joey Trotta, is the son of the Head of the New York...

5.8

2K votes

5.8

2K votes

The Boys in Company C

1978 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Sidney J. Furie

Cast Stan Shaw · Andrew Stevens · James Canning · Michael Lembeck

Synopsis This war drama (which prefigures the later "Full Metal Jacket") follows the lives of five young Marine inductees from their training in boot camp in 1967 through a tour in Vietnam in 1968 that quickly devolves into a hellish nightmare....

5.8

483 votes

5.8

483 votes

Eleventh Hour (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Gallagher · Danny Cannon · Guy Ferland · Paul Shapiro

Cast Rufus Sewell · Marley Shelton · Michael O'Keefe · Marc Blucas

Synopsis TV Series (2008-2009). 18 Episodes. Adaptation of a British miniseries. ELEVENTH HOUR from acclaimed producer Jerry Bruckheimer follows Dr. Jacob Hood, a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government, as he investigates scientific crises and oddities. His jurisdiction...

5.7

575 votes

5.7

575 votes

The Siege of Firebase Gloria

1989 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Brian Trenchard-Smith

Cast Wings Hauser · R. Lee Ermey · Robert Arevalo · Mark Neely

Synopsis A tough sergeant and his sidekick roll into a demoralized firebase and proceed to rebuild morale and fortifications in advance of the climactic battle with the VietCong.

5.7

46 votes

5.7

46 votes