Cast: Charles Durning
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Charles Durning. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
The Sting
1973 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction George Roy Hill
Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning
Plot When small-time con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and his partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), unwittingly con a numbers runner courier, they find themselves in danger from mobster Doyle Lonigan...
8.6
98K votes
8.6
98K votes
The Front Page
1974 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Billy Wilder
Cast Jack Lemmon · Walter Matthau · Susan Sarandon · Vincent Gardenia
Plot Chicago, 1929. Hildy Johnson, a reporter of a Chicago newspaper, wants to quit and get married, but the editor of the newspaper, Walter Burns, asks her to stay and write...
8.1
24K votes
8.1
24K votes
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Al Pacino · John Cazale · Charles Durning · Carol Kane
Plot Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to...
7.4
19K votes
7.4
19K votes
An Enemy of the People
1978 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction George Schaefer
Cast Steve McQueen · Bibi Andersson · Charles Durning · Richard Dysart
Plot A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.
7.4
345 votes
7.4
345 votes
A Constant Forge
2000 · Documentary · 200 min. · United States
Direction Charles Kiselyak
Cast Gena Rowlands · Peter Falk · Ben Gazzara · Seymour Cassel
Plot A look at the life, times, and art of independent film pioneer John Cassavetes through interviews with his family, friends, and admirers of his work.
7.4
80 votes
7.4
80 votes
Captains and the Kings (TV Miniseries)
1976 · Series · 540 min. · United States
Direction Douglas Heyes · Allen Reisner
Cast Richard Jordan · Perry King · Patty Duke · Henry Fonda
Plot Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant. Joseph Armagh was a poor Irish immigrant who came to the United States in the mid-19th century, and proceeded, through struggle, heartache and hard...
7.1
103 votes
7.1
103 votes
Tootsie
1982 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Dustin Hoffman · Jessica Lange · Geena Davis · Charles Durning
Plot When theatrical mastermind Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) finds himself blacklisted by just about every producer in the acting business, he decides to thwart the entertainment industry by disguising himself as...
7.1
40K votes
7.1
40K votes
I Walk the Line
1970 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction John Frankenheimer
Cast Gregory Peck · Tuesday Weld · Estelle Parsons · Ralph Meeker
Plot Tawes is the sheriff in a godforsaken little hole somewhere in Tennessee. A man of strong moral fibre he is always quick to judge others and follows the law zealously....
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Amazing Stories (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction Steven Spielberg · Lesli Linka Glatter · Phil Joanou · Paul Bartel
Cast Priscilla Pointer · Brad Bird · Douglas Seale · JoAnn Willette
Plot TV Series (1985-1987). 2 Seasons. 45 Episodes. Television series created, produced, and twice directed by Steven Spielberg. Truly amazing, and sometimes odd stories are narrated. Many famous actors and actresses...
6.9
6K votes
6.9
6K votes
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Joel Coen
Cast George Clooney · John Turturro · Tim Blake Nelson · Charles Durning
Plot Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang...
6.8
35K votes
6.8
35K votes
Death of a Salesman (TV)
1985 · Movie · 135 min. · United States
Direction Volker Schlöndorff
Cast Dustin Hoffman · Kate Reid · John Malkovich · Stephen Lang
6.8
1K votes
6.8
1K votes
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Joel Coen
Cast Tim Robbins · Jennifer Jason Leigh · Paul Newman · Charles Durning
Plot When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of...
6.6
12K votes
6.6
12K 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
Plot 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...
6.5
3K votes
6.5
3K votes
The Music of Chance
1993 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Philip Haas
Cast James Spader · Mandy Patinkin · Chris Penn · Charles Durning
Plot A former fireman and drifter (Nashe) meets a professional poker player (Pozzi) that convinces him to back a high-stakes card game with two eccentric millionaires. When they lose Nashe and...
6.3
288 votes
6.3
288 votes
The Final Countdown
1980 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Don Taylor
Cast Kirk Douglas · Martin Sheen · Katharine Ross · James Farentino
Plot The US aircraft carrier Nimitz under Captain Matthew Yelland departs from Pearl Harbor on manoeuvres. But then the Nimitz is caught in a mysterious storm that appears out of nowhere...
6.3
4K votes
6.3
4K votes
The Last Supper
1995 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Stacy Title
Cast Cameron Diaz · Annabeth Gish · Bill Paxton · Jason Alexander
Plot When Pete (Eldard), one of five friends who share an Iowa house, invites Zack (Paxton), a man who gave him a lift home in for supper, the night turns suddenly...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
You Gotta Believe Me (Amazing Stories) (TV)
1986 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Kevin Reynolds
Cast Charles Durning · Mary Betten · Jennie Sadler · Lance E. Nichols
Plot Convinced that his vivid nightmare of a Boeing 747 crashing into his house is a horrific premonition, Earl Sweet desperately tries to alter fate.
6.2
290 votes
6.2
290 votes
Sisters
1973 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Brian De Palma
Cast Margot Kidder · Jennifer Salt · Charles Durning · William Finley
Plot Danielle Breton (Margot Kidder), a young French-Canadian model working in New York, has just completed a guest spot on a shamelessly voyeuristic TV game show, "Peeping Toms." She goes to...
6.2
2K votes
6.2
2K votes
Rescue Me (TV Series)
2004 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Peter Tolan · Denis Leary · Jace Alexander · John Fortenberry
Cast Denis Leary · Mike Lombardi · Jack McGee · Steven Pasquale
Plot TV Series (2004-2011). "Rescue Me" is a drama that centers on the inner workings of Engine 62, a New York City firehouse, and the personal and emotional battles of its...
6.2
522 votes
6.2
522 votes
True Confessions
1981 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Ulu Grosbard
Cast Robert De Niro · Robert Duvall · Charles Durning · Kenneth McMillan
Plot In, 1948 Los Angeles detective Tom Spellacy (Duvall) is assigned to investigate the death of a priest, who apparently suffered a heart attack while being serviced by a prostitute. Meanwhile,...
6.0
2K votes
6.0
2K votes