Cast: Gene Hackman

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Clint Eastwood · Gene Hackman · Morgan Freeman · Richard Harris

Synopsis Unforgiven (1992) follows William Munny, a retired, once-ruthless outlaw turned struggling pig farmer. When a young man named the Schofield Kid offers him a bounty to avenge a disfigured prostitute in the town of Big Whiskey, Munny reluctantly agrees, seeking...

Direction Mel Brooks

Cast Gene Wilder · Peter Boyle · Marty Feldman · Cloris Leachman

Synopsis Young Frankenstein (1974) follows Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, a brilliant but reluctant scientist who inherits his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Determined to distance himself from his family's controversial legacy, Frederick is drawn into the world of reanimating the dead after...

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...

Direction Arthur Penn

Cast Warren Beatty · Faye Dunaway · Michael J. Pollard · Gene Hackman

Synopsis Based loosely on the true exploits of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker during the 30s. Bonnie Parker is bored with life and wants a change. She gets her chance when she meets a charming young drifter by the name of...

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Gena Rowlands · Gene Hackman · Mia Farrow · Ian Holm

Synopsis In Another Woman (1988), directed by Woody Allen, Marion Post, a reserved philosophy professor, rents an apartment to write her new book. Through the building's air vent, she overhears the intimate therapy sessions of a troubled woman, which unexpectedly mirrors...

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Gene Hackman · John Cazale · Allen Garfield · Cindy Williams

Synopsis In The Conversation (1974), Harry Caul is a meticulous surveillance expert hired to record a mysterious couple's conversation in a crowded plaza. As he obsessively analyzes the tapes, he grows paranoid about their potential meaning and the consequences of his...

Direction Richard Shepard

Cast John Cazale · Al Pacino · Meryl Streep · Francis Ford Coppola

Synopsis A portrait of the acting craft of John Cazale and a tour through the movies that defined a generation. Between 1972 and 1978, John Cazale appeared in "The Godfather," "The Godfather: Part II," "The Conversation," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "The...

Direction William Friedkin

Cast Gene Hackman · Roy Scheider · Fernando Rey · Tony Lo Bianco

Synopsis The French Connection (1971) follows two New York City detectives, Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, as they uncover a massive heroin smuggling operation. After surveilling a suspicious Frenchman, Alain Charnier, they discover a connection to a wealthy drug...

Direction Robert Rossen

Cast Warren Beatty · Jean Seberg · Peter Fonda · Kim Hunter

Synopsis A young psychiatrist finds himself drawn to a beautiful young mental patient. Vincent Bruce, a young Korean War veteran, returns to his Maryland hometown and begins working as an occupational therapist at a nearby mental institution for the wealthy. There...

Direction Richard Attenborough

Cast Sean Connery · Edward Fox · James Caan · Dirk Bogarde

Synopsis A Bridge Too Far (1977) is a World War II epic that chronicles Operation Market Garden, a daring Allied plan to end the war by securing key bridges in the Netherlands. The film follows a multinational cast of soldiers and...

Direction Jerry Schatzberg

Cast Al Pacino · Gene Hackman · Dorothy Tristan · Ann Wedgeworth

Synopsis Max is an ex-con who's been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who's returning home to the midwest to see the child born while he was at sea. They form an unlikely pair...

Direction Wes Anderson

Cast Gene Hackman · Anjelica Huston · Ben Stiller · Luke Wilson

Synopsis In their youth, the Tenenbaums--an eccentric New York family--were extraordinary. They were all geniuses. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful litigator. His wife Etheline (Angelica Huston) raised their children to be ambitious, entrepreneurial, and creative--then published an acclaimed book...

Direction Warren Beatty

Cast Warren Beatty · Diane Keaton · Jack Nicholson · Edward Herrmann

Synopsis Warren Beatty's award winning epic mixes drama and interviews with major social radicals of the period. "Reds" tells the story of the love affair between activists Louise Bryant and John Reed. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous start of...

Direction Arthur Penn

Cast Gene Hackman · Jennifer Warren · Melanie Griffith · Susan Clark

Synopsis Former footballer and present private detective Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as an aging Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to...

Direction Jean-Baptiste Péretié

Cast Al Pacino · Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain · Steven Bauer · Marlon Brando

Synopsis At 81, Al Pacino celebrates a half-century career. In the 1940s, the little Italian-American from the South Bronx imitates in front of a mirror the stars he discovers on the big screen, before the revelation of the theater in a...

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Clint Eastwood · Gene Hackman · Ed Harris · Laura Linney

Synopsis The actions of a philandering United States President (Hackman) provoke a gruesome murder and carefully orchestrated cover-up. When a professional burglar (Eastwood) witnesses the crime and comes away with crucial evidence, he becomes the target of a manhunt by the...

Direction Gilbert Cates

Cast Melvyn Douglas · Gene Hackman · Dorothy Stickney · Estelle Parsons

Synopsis Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far...

Direction Roger Spottiswoode

Cast Nick Nolte · Joanna Cassidy · Gene Hackman · Jean-Louis Trintignant

Synopsis Russell Price (Nick Nolte) is a photojournalist caught up in the political crossfire in war-torn Nicaragua. Under pressure from radio reporter Claire (Joanna Cassidy), Price becomes involved with the Sandanista revolutionaries. Gene Hackman stars as other colleague who is in...

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 Richard Donner

Cast Christopher Reeve · Marlon Brando · Gene Hackman · Margot Kidder

Synopsis Superman: The Movie (1978) tells the origin story of the iconic superhero. Born on the doomed planet Krypton, infant Kal-El is sent to Earth by his parents, where he is raised as Clark Kent by a kindly Kansas couple. As...