Direction: Joel Schumacher

Direction Beau Willimon · David Fincher · James Foley · Robin Wright

Cast Kevin Spacey · Robin Wright · Michael Kelly · Kate Mara

Synopsis House of Cards (TV Series) (2013) follows the ruthless and ambitious politician Frank Underwood, a Democratic congressman from South Carolina, and his equally cunning wife, Claire. After being denied a promised promotion, Frank orchestrates an elaborate plan of manipulation, betrayal,...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Michael Douglas · Robert Duvall · Barbara Hershey · Rachel Ticotin

Synopsis Falling Down (1993) follows William Foster, a divorced and unemployed defense engineer, as he embarks on a chaotic journey across Los Angeles. Frustrated by societal pressures and personal failures, Foster's ordinary day spirals into a series of increasingly violent encounters....

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Brad Renfro · Susan Sarandon · Tommy Lee Jones · Mary-Louise Parker

Synopsis In this taut legal drama a trailer park kid witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and is pursued by authorities trying to find out if he knows anything. In an attempt to protect himself, the 11 year-old hires a...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Colin Farrell · Kiefer Sutherland · Forest Whitaker · Katie Holmes

Synopsis In Phone Booth (2002), a slick publicist named Stu Shepard finds himself trapped in a New York City phone booth after answering a ringing payphone. The caller, a mysterious sniper, claims to have Stu in his crosshairs and demands he...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Matthew McConaughey · Sandra Bullock · Samuel L. Jackson · Kevin Spacey

Synopsis A Time to Kill (1996) follows young attorney Jake Brigance as he defends Carl Lee Hailey, a Black man in Mississippi who takes the law into his own hands after his 10-year-old daughter is brutally assaulted by two white men....

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Nicolas Cage · Joaquin Phoenix · James Gandolfini · Peter Stormare

Synopsis Tom Welles, private eye, is hired by a wealthy widow, whose well-known husband passed away recently. She has found a reel of S8-film in a safe. On the film is a cruel slaughtering of a young girl, who obviously does...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Cate Blanchett · Ciarán Hinds · Gerard McSorley · Brenda Fricker

Synopsis In the mid-1990s, Dublin was nothing short of a war zone, with a few powerful drug lords battling for absolute control. Their most fearsome opponent wasn't the police but the courageous journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), who covered the crime...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Jason Patric · Corey Haim · Corey Feldman

Synopsis The Lost Boys (1987) follows two brothers, Michael and Sam, who move to a small California town with their mother. They soon discover the town is plagued by a gang of mysterious, charismatic vampires. As Michael becomes increasingly drawn into...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Colin Farrell · Matthew Davis · Clifton Collins Jr. · Cole Hauser

Synopsis A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Julia Roberts · Kevin Bacon · William Baldwin

Synopsis Hot-shot medical students embark on a series of daring experiments to get a peek at the face of death. Stopping their hearts until the vital signs register as flat lines, they then revive the subject. The group doesn't count on...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Gerard Butler · Emmy Rossum · Minnie Driver · Patrick Wilson

Synopsis In Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004), a mysterious and disfigured musical genius known as the Phantom haunts the Paris Opera House. He becomes obsessed with Christine, a young soprano, and secretly mentors her to stardom. When...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Emilio Estévez · Rob Lowe · Andrew McCarthy · Demi Moore

Synopsis Seven friends, fresh out of Georgetown University, cope with the fears and realities of adulthood while drinking at their favorite hangout, St. Elmo's. Alex (Judd Nelson) and Leslie (Ally Sheedy) are career-minded and heading towards marriage. Virginal Wendy (Mare Winningham)...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Isabella Rossellini · Ted Danson · Sean Young · William Petersen

Synopsis Legal secretary Maria is married to car salesman Tom. Dance teacher Larry is married to the striking Tish. Larry's uncle is marrying Maria's mother. Tom and Tish meet at the wedding and waste no time taking more than a test...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Robert De Niro · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Barry Miller · Chris Bauer

Synopsis Walt Koontz, a homophobic guy, ends up with paralyzed vocal cords because of an unfortunate stroke. His therapy includes receiving singing lessons from a neighbor who is not only openly flamboyant but also a pre-op transgenderist. Both of them are...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Jim Carrey · Virginia Madsen · Logan Lerman · Danny Huston

Synopsis In The Number 23 (2007), Walter Sparrow, a mild-mannered animal control officer, becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that mirrors his life. As he delves deeper into its pages, he discovers eerie connections to the number 23, which seems to...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Julia Roberts · Campbell Scott · Ellen Burstyn · Vincent D'Onofrio

Synopsis Hilary (Julia Roberts) is an attractive, outgoing woman who goes to work as a caretaker to wealthy young educated Victor (Campbell Scott), who is trapped by a debilitating illness and a domineering father (David Selby). Both are searching for a...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Chris Rock · Garcelle Beauvais · Gabriel Macht

Synopsis In Bad Company (2002), a street-smart hustler named Jake Hayes is recruited by the CIA to replace his recently deceased twin brother, a top agent, in a high-stakes mission. With only nine days to prepare, Jake must transform from a...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Chace Crawford · Emma Roberts · Rory Culkin · Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson

Synopsis A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime. Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Nick McDonell, written when he was...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Lily Tomlin · Charles Grodin · Ned Beatty · Henry Gibson

Synopsis After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over...

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Val Kilmer · Nicole Kidman · Chris O'Donnell · Tommy Lee Jones

Synopsis In Batman Forever (1995), Gotham City faces new threats as Batman confronts two formidable foes: the Riddler, a brilliant yet unstable inventor, and Two-Face, a vengeful former district attorney. As the Dark Knight battles their chaotic schemes, he also grapples...