Cast: River Phoenix

Direction Steven Spielberg

Cast Harrison Ford · Sean Connery · Alison Doody · Denholm Elliott

Synopsis It’s 1938 and Indy (Harrison Ford) receives word that his archaeologist dad, Professor Henry Jones (Sean Connery), has disappeared while on a quest for the Holy Grail. Indy embarks on a search for both his dad and the much-coveted artifact.

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Wil Wheaton · River Phoenix · Corey Feldman · Jerry O'Connell

Synopsis Stand by Me (1986) follows four young boys in a small town during the summer of 1959. After hearing about the location of a missing boy's body, they embark on a two-day journey to find it, hoping to become local...

Direction Laurent Bouzereau

Cast Steven Spielberg · George Lucas · Kathleen Kennedy · Douglas Slocombe

Synopsis An unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at movie-making history with more than two dozen new interviews conducted with the talented cast and crew, complete with never-before-seen footage, outtakes, screen tests, production drawings and photographs direct from the Lucasfilm archives.

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Christine Lahti · Judd Hirsch · River Phoenix · Martha Plimpton

Synopsis Running on Empty is the moving tale of a young man whose parents were political agitators in the 1960s. Ever since, the family has been changing locations, changing their names, and hiding from the FBI. The young man wants to...

Direction Michael Gillis

Cast River Phoenix · Wil Wheaton · Corey Feldman · Jerry O'Connell

Direction Gus Van Sant

Cast River Phoenix · Keanu Reeves · James Russo · William Richert

Synopsis My Own Private Idaho (1991) follows the journey of Mike Waters, a young narcoleptic street hustler, and his friend Scott Favor, the rebellious son of a wealthy mayor. As they navigate the gritty underworld of Portland and embark on a...

Direction Nancy Savoca

Cast River Phoenix · Lili Taylor · Richard Panebianco · Anthony Clark

Synopsis 1963, the night before the 18 years old "Birdlace" Eddie and his friends are shipped to Vietnam. They play a dirty game called 'Dogfight': all of them seek a woman for a party, and who finds the most ugly one,...

Direction Phil Alden Robinson

Cast Robert Redford · Mary McDonnell · Sidney Poitier · Ben Kingsley

Synopsis In Sneakers (1992), a team of quirky security experts, led by Martin Bishop, specializes in testing systems by hacking them. Their skills attract the attention of shadowy government agents who coerce them into stealing a powerful encryption device. As they...

Direction Todd Haynes

Cast Keanu Reeves · River Phoenix · Gus Van Sant · James Russo

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Harrison Ford · River Phoenix · Helen Mirren · Andre Gregory

Synopsis The Mosquito Coast (1986) follows Allie Fox, an eccentric inventor disillusioned with American consumerism, who uproots his family to the jungles of Central America. Seeking a utopian existence, Allie relocates them to a remote village, where he builds a grandiose...

Direction Peter Bogdanovich

Cast River Phoenix · Samantha Mathis · Dermot Mulroney · Sandra Bullock

Synopsis Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a song writer. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry, head over heels, but start to regret it very...

Direction Joe Dante

Cast Ethan Hawke · River Phoenix · Jason Presson · Amanda Peterson

Synopsis This adventurous space tale stars Ethan Hawke (in his film debut at the age of 14) and young star River Phoenix as misfit best friends whose dreams of space travel become a reality when they create an interplanetary spacecraft in...

Direction Waris Hussein

Cast Ellen Burstyn · Molly Ringwald · River Phoenix · Marsha Mason

Synopsis Rick is a 17 year old golden boy whose father wants him to became a doctor like himself. Lonnie is a problematic 16 year old girl, who has just come out from a sanatorium after an attempted suicide. The families...

Direction Lawrence Kasdan

Cast Kevin Kline · Tracey Ullman · William Hurt · Keanu Reeves

Synopsis Joey works with Rosalie in their pizza parlor. She is convinced that he works all of the time for them and her world dissolves when she finds that he has been fooling around for years. Being Catholic, divorce is out...

Direction Richard Benjamin

Cast Sidney Poitier · River Phoenix · Richard Jenkins · Caroline Kava

Synopsis Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their...

Direction George Sluizer

Cast River Phoenix · Jonathan Pryce · Judy Davis · Rhonda Aldrich

Synopsis Boy, a young widower with native American roots, lives in a desert in the USA contaminated by nuclear tests. In this desolate place, surrounded by katchina dolls which the indigenous population believes possess magical powers, he awaits the end of...

Direction William Richert

Cast River Phoenix · Ann Magnuson · Meredith Salenger · Ione Skye

Synopsis Jimmy (River Phoenix), a recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father...

Direction Burt Kennedy · Barry Crane · John Florea · Bernard L. Kowalski

Cast Richard Dean Anderson · Roger Wilson · Peter Horton · Drake Hogestyn

Synopsis TV Series (1982-1983). 22 episodes. The series told the adventures of a parentless family of rowdy brothers trying to run the family ranch in northern California. Into the chaos came feisty Hannah, who married Adam and took on the task...

Direction Sam Shepard

Cast Richard Harris · Sheila Tousey · Alan Bates · River Phoenix

Synopsis River Phoenix becomes mentally unhinged when his Native American bride dies in childbirth. This sends his father, Richard Harris, on a journey to try and find another woman for his son. The plainsman will do anything to help his son...

Direction David Greene

Cast Tuesday Weld · Geraldine Fitzgerald · Peter Bonerz · River Phoenix

Synopsis Georgia Benfield is at a difficult place in her life; her husband, Pete has left her for a younger woman, her teenage son, Chris is unmanageable, and she's struggling financially when her widowed mother, Charlotte moves in. Amid juggling a...