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
Direction Edward Zwick
Cast Christine Lahti · Meg Tilly · Lenny von Dohlen · Maury Chaykin
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.
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Having It All (TV)
1982 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Edward Zwick
Cast Dyan Cannon · Barry Newman · Hart Bochner · Melanie Chartoff
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