Direction: Edward Zwick

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


Blood Diamond

2006 · Movie · 138 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Leonardo DiCaprio · Jennifer Connelly · Djimon Hounsou · Arnold Vosloo

Plot As civil war rages through 1990s Sierra Leone, two men, a white South African mercenary (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a black Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou), become joined in a common quest...

7.3

74K votes

7.3

74K votes

Glory

1989 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Matthew Broderick · Denzel Washington · Cary Elwes · Morgan Freeman

Plot GLORY recounts the bravery of a group of Civil War soldiers often overlooked by history--the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts, a troop of free black men who fought to help win...

7.0

8K votes

7.0

8K votes

The Last Samurai

2003 · Movie · 144 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Tom Cruise · Ken Watanabe · Billy Connolly · Tony Goldwyn

Plot Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a former Civil War hero, is adrift in 1870s San Francisco after the war, a lost soul struggling to stay afloat in a booze-soaked stupor....

6.8

80K votes

6.8

80K votes

Legends of the Fall

1994 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Brad Pitt · Anthony Hopkins · Julia Ormond · Aidan Quinn

Plot Director Edward Zwick's epic romance, set against the backdrop of WWI and the wide sky and rugged terrain of Montana, stars Anthony Hopkins as William Ludlow, an idealistic retired colonel...

6.8

69K votes

6.8

69K votes

Defiance

2008 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Daniel Craig · Liev Schreiber · Jamie Bell · Alexa Davalos

Plot Three brothers in Bielorrusia during WWII escape to the forest and join forces with soldiers from the Russian Resistance. The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are...

6.3

16K votes

6.3

16K votes

Pawn Sacrifice

2014 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Tobey Maguire · Peter Sarsgaard · Liev Schreiber · Michael Stuhlbarg

Plot In this remarkable true story set in the height of the Cold War, chess legend Bobby Fischer is locked in a gripping championship clash with the Soviets as he struggles...

6.2

5K votes

6.2

5K votes

Trial by Fire

2019 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Jack O'Connell · Laura Dern · Emily Meade · Chris Coy

Plot The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of...

6.2

458 votes

6.2

458 votes

Thirtysomething (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick · Marshall Herskovitz · Scott Winant · Ron Lagomarsino

Cast Timothy Busfield · Polly Draper · Mel Harris · Peter Horton

Plot TV Series (1987-1991). 4 Seasons. 85 Episodes. Hope and Michael are a married couple in their thirties, living in Philadelphia, and struggling with everyday adult angst. Michael runs an ad...

6.1

2K votes

6.1

2K votes

Once and Again (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick · Marshall Herskovitz · Dan Lerner · Claudia Weill

Cast Sela Ward · Bill Campbell · Jeffrey Nordling · Susanna Thompson

Plot TV Series (1999-2020). 3 seasons. 63 episodes. Set in Chicago, Rick Sammler is a divorced architect who meets Lily Manning, an about-to-be divorced on-line salesperson whom both find a lot...

6.1

263 votes

6.1

263 votes

Relativity (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Jason Katims · Patrick R. Norris · Mark Piznarski · Michael Fields

Cast Kimberly Williams-Paisley · David Conrad · Richard Schiff · Poppy Montgomery

Plot TV Series (1996-1997). 1 Season. 17 Episodes. Soap opera about twenty-something lovers who meet in Italy and continue their romance at home in the United States... Isabel Lukens (Kimberly Williams,...

6.0

131 votes

6.0

131 votes

Family (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Jay Presson Allen · Richard Kinon · Edward Parone · Glenn Jordan

Cast Kristy McNichol · Meredith Baxter · Sada Thompson · James Broderick

Plot TV Series (1976-1980). 5 seasons. 86 episodes. The show featured Sada Thompson and James Broderick as Kate and Doug Lawrence, a happily married middle-class couple living in Pasadena, California. Doug...

5.8

30 votes

5.8

30 votes

The Siege

1998 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Denzel Washington · Annette Bening · Bruce Willis · Tony Shalhoub

Plot After the abduction by the US military of an Islamic religious leader, New York City becomes the target of escalating terrorist attacks. Anthony Hubbard, the head of the FBI's Counter-Intelligence...

5.7

14K votes

5.7

14K votes

Away (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Hinderaker · Bronwen Hughes · Edward Zwick · David Boyd

Cast Hilary Swank · Josh Charles · Ato Essandoh · Talitha Bateman

Plot Series TV (2020). 10 Episodes. American astronaut Emma Green (Hilary Swank) struggles with leaving her husband (Josh Charles) and teen daughter (Talitha Bateman) behind to embark on a dangerous mission...

5.7

2K votes

5.7

2K votes

Courage Under Fire

1996 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Denzel Washington · Meg Ryan · Lou Diamond Phillips · Scott Glenn

Plot Following the 1991 Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Serling (Denzel Washington) is assigned to review the background of the late Captain Karen Walden (Meg Ryan), who has been posthumously nominated...

5.6

7K votes

5.6

7K votes

Love and Other Drugs

2010 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Anne Hathaway · Judy Greer · Hank Azaria

Plot In the late 1990s, Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a pharmaceutical sales rep who is struggling until Viagra comes on the market, and he begins to sell a lot of it....

5.6

19K votes

5.6

19K votes

About Last Night...

1986 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Rob Lowe · Demi Moore · Elizabeth Perkins · James Belushi

Plot David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago was adapted for the big screen by fellow Chicago citizen Tim Kazurinsky and became About Last Night... The film stars Rob Lowe as...

5.1

881 votes

5.1

881 votes

Leaving Normal

1992 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

5.0

75 votes

5.0

75 votes

Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back

2016 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Tom Cruise · Cobie Smulders · Danika Yarosh · Aldis Hodge

Plot Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential...

4.9

8K votes

4.9

8K votes

Thirtysomething(else) (TV Series)

2022 · Series · min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Odette Yustman · Timothy Busfield · Polly Draper · Patrick Fugit

Plot Revolves around the children of the characters in the original show, which are now 30-something themselves.

Not rated

Not rated

Having It All (TV)

1982 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated