Direction: Michael Polish

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Michael Polish. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Twin Falls Idaho

1999 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Mark Polish · Michele Hicks · Jon Gries · Lesley Ann Warren

Plot Francis and Blake Falls are conjoined twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Francis is very...

6.8

122 votes

6.8

122 votes

For Lovers Only

2010 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Stana Katic · Mark Polish · Jean-Claude Thibaut · Jean-Marc Toussaint

Plot FOR LOVERS ONLY is a story of a MAN and a WOMAN in love. After seeing each other for the first time in years while on separate work assignments in...

6.5

225 votes

6.5

225 votes

Northfork

2003 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Peter Coyote · Anthony Edwards · Daryl Hannah · Kyle MacLachlan

Plot In the next two days, the town of Northfork will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for...

5.8

781 votes

5.8

781 votes

The Astronaut Farmer

2006 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Billy Bob Thornton · Virginia Madsen · Bruce Dern · Tim Blake Nelson

Plot From the time he was a child, Charles Farmer (BILLY BOB THORNTON) had only one goal: to be an astronaut. Earning his degree in aerospace engineering and joining the Air...

5.6

371 votes

5.6

371 votes

Big Sur

2013 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Jean-Marc Barr · Kate Bosworth · Josh Lucas · Radha Mitchell

Plot Recounts the events surrounding Jack Kerouac's three brief sojourns to a cabin in Big Sur, California.

5.6

178 votes

5.6

178 votes

Terror on the Prairie

2022 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Gina Carano · Samaire Armstrong · Nick Searcy · Matthias Hues

Plot Follows a pioneering family in a newly built farm which is being attacked and they must fight against the gang of outlaws that are terrorizing them.

5.1

69 votes

5.1

69 votes

American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

2021 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Meadow Williams · Thomas Kretschmann · Al Pacino · Mitch Pileggi

Plot An American woman named Mildred Gillars broadcast Nazi propaganda during World War II. She was dubbed Axis Sally by the American GIs who simultaneously loved and hated her. The story...

4.9

172 votes

4.9

172 votes

Stay Cool

2009 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Mark Polish · Winona Ryder · Hilary Duff · Sean Astin

Plot An author who returns to his hometown to deliver a commencement address to a class of graduating high school students has to deal with his feelings for an old flame...

4.6

117 votes

4.6

117 votes

The Smell of Success

2009 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Billy Bob Thornton · Téa Leoni · Mark Polish · Ed Helms

Plot When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to go, as they say,...

4.4

24 votes

4.4

24 votes

Amnesiac

2015 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Kate Bosworth · Wes Bentley · Olivia Rose Keegan · Shashawnee Hall

Plot The story of a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be...

4.2

156 votes

4.2

156 votes

90 Minutes in Heaven

2015 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Kate Bosworth · Hayden Christensen · Hudson Meek · Elizabeth Hunter

Plot A man involved in a horrific car crash is pronounced dead, only to come back to life an hour and a half later, claiming to have seen Heaven.

3.8

235 votes

3.8

235 votes

Force of Nature

2020 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Mel Gibson · Kate Bosworth · Emile Hirsch · David Zayas

Plot A gang of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a cop tries to force everyone in the building to evacuate.

3.6

1K votes

3.6

1K votes

Hot Bot

2016 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Zack Pearlman · Doug Haley · Cynthia Kirchner · David Shackelford

Plot Hot Bot is the hilarious journey of two sexually repressed and unpopular teenage geeks who accidentally discover a life-like super-model sex bot (Bardot).

2.6

435 votes

2.6

435 votes

Nona

2017 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Kate Bosworth · Sulem Calderon · Jesy McKinney · Diana Cabuto

Plot A girl from Honduras meets Hecho, who promises to get her safely to America to reunite with her mother. Instead, Nona faces a perilous journey when he doesn't deliver on...

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Bring on the Dancing Horses

2022 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast DJ Qualls · Lance Henriksen · Happy Anderson · Jasper Polish

Plot An assassin is out to complete her list of targets and exact her own brand of justice.

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Jackpot

2001 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Michael Polish

Cast Jon Gries · Daryl Hannah · Garrett Morris · Patrick Bauchau

Plot Sunny Holiday, an aspiring country singer, abandons his wife and young daughter to embark on a tour of karaoke bars in search of the big break that will catapult him...

Not rated

Not rated