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

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...

Max

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