Cast: David Paymer

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


Direction Amy Sherman-Palladino · Daniel Palladino · Scott Ellis · Jamie Babbit

Cast Rachel Brosnahan · Alex Borstein · Tony Shalhoub · Marin Hinkle

Synopsis The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV Series) (2017) follows Miriam "Midge" Maisel, a sharp-witted 1950s housewife whose seemingly perfect life unravels when her husband leaves her. After an impromptu, drunken stand-up comedy set at a Greenwich Village club, Midge discovers a...

7.7

6K votes

7.7

6K votes

The Hurricane

1999 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast Denzel Washington · Vicellous Reon Shannon · Deborah Kara Unger · John Hannah

Synopsis The Hurricane (1999) tells the inspiring true story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a middleweight boxer wrongfully convicted of a triple murder in 1966. The film follows Carter's struggle for justice as he endures years of imprisonment, maintaining his innocence while...

7.2

28K votes

7.2

28K votes

Quiz Show

1994 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Robert Redford

Cast Ralph Fiennes · Rob Morrow · John Turturro · Paul Scofield

Synopsis This acclaimed drama, directed by Robert Redford, tells the true story behind the quiz show scandal of 1959. Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), a disgruntled former champion, prompts a congressional investigation into the popular game show TWENTY-ONE with his charge that...

6.9

11K votes

6.9

11K votes

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Steven Zaillian

Cast Max Pomeranc · Joe Mantegna · Joan Allen · Ben Kingsley

Synopsis Josh (Max Pomeranc) is a "regular kid" who begins evincing signs of being a genius at chess. His father (Joe Mantegna) encourages this, hoping that it won't fundamentally change his son's healthy outlook on life. But Josh is taken under...

6.8

8K votes

6.8

8K votes

Dave (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Lil Dicky · Jeff Schaffer · Greg Mottola

Cast Lil Dicky · Taylor Misiak · Christine Ko · Gina Hecht

Synopsis TV Series (2020-). 10 Episodes. A neurotic mid 20's suburbanite is convinced he's destined to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Now he has to prove it to everyone else.

6.7

362 votes

6.7

362 votes

Warm Springs (TV)

2005 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Sargent

Cast Kenneth Branagh · Cynthia Nixon · David Paymer · Tim Blake Nelson

Synopsis Following an early and promising political career, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is stricken with polio in 1921 at 39 years of age. This film follows his struggle with his paralysis, the refuge he took in an obscure and run-down Georgia health...

Max

6.6

132 votes

6.6

132 votes

Mumford

1999 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Lawrence Kasdan

Cast Loren Dean · Hope Davis · Jason Lee · Ted Danson

Synopsis A man gives up his job with the IRS and relocates to a small town named Mumford of which he takes the name and passes it off as his own by being a psychologist. Having only set up practice for...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

Star Trek: Picard (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 46 min. · United States

Direction Alex Kurtzman · Hanelle M. Culpepper · Jonathan Frakes · Maja Vrvilo

Cast Patrick Stewart · Santiago Cabrera · Isa Briones · Alison Pill

Synopsis TV Series (2020-). 2 Seasons. 20 Episodes. Described as a follow-up series to 'Star Trek: Next Generation', and centers on Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the next chapter of his life. Second Season release date: march 2022.

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

State and Main

2000 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction David Mamet

Cast Alec Baldwin · Sarah Jessica Parker · William H. Macy · Philip Seymour Hoffman

Synopsis Echoing the themes of Living in Oblivion and Irma Vep, David Mamet's seventh feature centers on the havoc wrought on the inhabitants of a small town by a troubled film production. After its leading man's propensity for teenage girls gets...

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Payback: Straight Up

2006 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Brian Helgeland

Cast Mel Gibson · Maria Bello · James Coburn · Jack Conley

Synopsis Seven years after seeing his original vision butchered under studio interference as well as his star's, director Brian Helgeland finally was given the chance to piece together his director's cut under the name "Payback: Straight Up". Along with reinstating the...

6.4

784 votes

6.4

784 votes

The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Larry Sanders · Dennis Klein · Todd Holland · Ken Kwapis

Cast Garry Shandling · Jeffrey Tambor · Rip Torn · Wallace Langham

Synopsis The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host...

Max

6.4

85 votes

6.4

85 votes

No Way Out

1987 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Roger Donaldson

Cast Kevin Costner · Sean Young · Gene Hackman · Will Patton

Synopsis In No Way Out (1987), a gripping political thriller, a Navy officer finds himself entangled in a web of deceit and danger after a passionate affair takes a deadly turn. As he navigates a high-stakes investigation, he must outwit powerful...

6.4

12K votes

6.4

12K votes

Direction Kevin Hooks

Cast David Paymer · Vincent Spano · Traci Lords · John Kassir

Synopsis A man murders his beautiful younger wife when she threatens to leave him. He then packs her body in a big suitcase and boards a train, where he is stalked by an inquisitive detective.

6.2

24 votes

6.2

24 votes

Nixon

1995 · Movie · 192 min. · United States

Direction Oliver Stone

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Joan Allen · James Woods · Paul Sorvino

Synopsis Director Oliver Stone brings us a film about the 37th president of the United States, Richard Milhous Nixon (Sir Anthony Hopkins), and his wife, Pat Nixon (Joan Allen). The film begins with the Watergate burglary, where five intruders are discovered...

6.2

4K votes

6.2

4K votes

Crime of the Century (TV)

1996 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Mark Rydell

Cast Stephen Rea · Isabella Rossellini · J.T. Walsh · Michael Moriarty

Synopsis In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindberg was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, convicted, and executed. This film dramatizes the investigation against Hauptmann, the trial,...

6.2

24 votes

6.2

24 votes

Ocean's Thirteen

2007 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Steven Soderbergh

Cast George Clooney · Brad Pitt · Matt Damon · Al Pacino

Synopsis In Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Danny Ocean and his crew reunite for a high-stakes heist after one of their own is betrayed by a ruthless casino owner, Willy Bank. Determined to exact revenge, they devise an elaborate plan to sabotage Bank's...

6.2

55K votes

6.2

55K votes

6.1

925 votes

Resurrecting the Champ

2007 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Rod Lurie

Cast Samuel L. Jackson · Josh Hartnett · Teri Hatcher · Kathryn Morris

Synopsis For all his ambition, Erik (Josh Hartnett) is a Denver sports reporter fast on his way to being yesterday's news. His writing lacks personality, and his editor, Metz (Alan Alda), is unwilling to pull him off the boxing beat. To...

6.1

2K votes

6.1

2K votes

Payback

1999 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Brian Helgeland

Cast Mel Gibson · Gregg Henry · Maria Bello · David Paymer

Synopsis Payback (1999) follows Porter, a ruthless criminal betrayed and left for dead by his partner and wife after a heist. Surviving the betrayal, Porter seeks revenge and aims to reclaim his share of the stolen money. His journey pits him...

6.1

12K votes

6.1

12K votes

Get Shorty

1995 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Barry Sonnenfeld

Cast John Travolta · Gene Hackman · René Russo · Danny DeVito

Synopsis Chili Palmer, a Miami mobster, loan-sharks for Ray Bones, a violent thug with a big chip on his shoulder. Ray sends Chili to Vegas after a bad debt, and a casino boss enlists Chili to find an even bigger deadbeat:...

6.0

15K votes

6.0

15K votes