Cast: Gene Hackman

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


Unforgiven

1992 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Clint Eastwood

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

Synopsis Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), a sadistic, dictatorial sheriff, enforces gun control on a tiny frontier town, doling out his own brand of due process as he sees fit. When he denies justice to the prostitutes of the town brothel,...

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8.2

92K votes

8.2

92K votes

Young Frankenstein

1974 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Mel Brooks

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

Synopsis An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that he is not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

7.6

35K votes

7.6

35K votes

Mississippi Burning

1988 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Alan Parker

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

Synopsis In 1964, when three civil-rights workers, two white and one black, mysteriously disappear while driving through Mississippi, two FBI agents, Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Anderson (Gene Hackman), are sent in to investigate. While Ward is young and by the book,...

7.5

17K votes

7.5

17K votes

Bonnie & Clyde

1967 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

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...

7.4

17K votes

7.4

17K votes

Another Woman

1988 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

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

Synopsis Brilliant philosophy lecturer Marion Post has asked for sabbatical leave to write a book. One day she discovers that while working in her studio she can hear the psychoanalysis sessions taking place in the next door surgery. A patient’s moving...

7.4

7K votes

7.4

7K votes

The Conversation

1974 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

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

Synopsis Harry Caul is a nationally known expert on surveillance. The Director of a large company has hired him to record the conversations of two of the Director's employees. Some years previous, Harry's work directly led to the murder of three...

7.3

17K votes

7.3

17K votes

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...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

The French Connection

1971 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction William Friedkin

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

Synopsis Two tough New York City cops, Jimmy Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Rosso (Roy Scheider), try to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming in from France.

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7.3

24K votes

7.3

24K votes

Lilith

1964 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

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...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

A Bridge Too Far

1977 · Movie · 175 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Attenborough

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

Synopsis Richard Attenborough‘s star–studded re–telling of the allies‘ attempts to capture several bridges in Germany during World War II, in a campaign called operation Market Garden.

7.2

11K votes

7.2

11K votes

Scarecrow

1973 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

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...

7.0

3K votes

7.0

3K votes

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

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...

6.9

28K votes

6.9

28K votes

Reds

1981 · Movie · 200 min. · United States

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...

6.9

4K votes

6.9

4K votes

Night Moves

1975 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

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...

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

Becoming Al Pacino (TV)

2022 · Documentary · 53 min. · France

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...

6.9

85 votes

6.9

85 votes

Absolute Power

1997 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

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...

6.8

18K votes

6.8

18K votes

I Never Sang for My Father

1970 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

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...

6.7

87 votes

6.7

87 votes

Under Fire

1983 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

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...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Runaway Jury

2003 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Gary Fleder

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

Synopsis When a young widow in New Orleans brings a civil suit against the powerful corporate consortium she holds responsible for her husband’s murder, she sets in motion a multi-million dollar case. But it’s a suit that may be won even...

6.7

23K votes

6.7

23K votes

Superman: The Movie

1978 · Movie · 143 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Donner

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

Synopsis Chronicles the origins of Superman - rocketed from the dying planet Krypton by his scientist father Jor-El, Kal-El arrives on Earth and is taken in by the Kents. After his adopted father dies, Kal-El (named Clark) discovers his origins and...

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6.7

79K votes

6.7

79K votes