Direction: Walter Hill

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


Deadwood (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Milch · Ed Bianchi · Daniel Minahan · Davis Guggenheim

Cast Timothy Olyphant · Ian McShane · Molly Parker · John Hawkes

Plot TV Series (2004-2006). 3 Seasons. 36 Episodes. In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American History draws a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw...

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7.8

10K votes

7.8

10K votes

Broken Trail (TV Miniseries)

2006 · Series · 184 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Robert Duvall · Thomas Haden Church · Greta Scacchi · Scott Cooper

Plot The time is 1897 and the territory is the west. Veteran cowboy Print Ritter (Robert Duvall) is ready to trade his life on the range for a ranch of his...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

The Warriors

1979 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Michael Beck · David Harris · James Remar · Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Plot Walter Hill's hip, super-stylized action film unfurls in a dystopian near-future, when various gangs control New York City. Each gang sports a unique moniker ('The Warriors,' 'The Baseball Furies,' 'The...

7.0

16K votes

7.0

16K votes

The Driver

1978 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Ryan O'Neal · Bruce Dern · Isabelle Adjani · Ronee Blakley

Plot Walter Hill's stripped down neo-noir features a protagonist who makes the laconic boxer of the director's similar Hard Times (1974) seem logorrheic by comparison. The film's tone is set in...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Steven Dodd · Russell Mulcahy · Elliot Silverstein · Robert Zemeckis

Cast John Kassir · Roy Brocksmith · Miguel Ferrer · Larry Drake

Plot TV Series (1989-1996). 7 Seasons. 93 Episodes. Based on the legendary and gruesome 1950's EC Comics from publisher, William M. Gaines, this horror anthology featured stories of murder, greed, lust,...

6.5

6K votes

6.5

6K votes

The Long Riders

1980 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Keith Carradine · David Carradine · Dennis Quaid · James Keach

Plot The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

Southern Comfort

1981 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Keith Carradine · Powers Boothe · Fred Ward · Peter Coyote

Plot A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Hard Times

1975 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Charles Bronson · James Coburn · Jill Ireland · Strother Martin

Plot In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Streets of Fire

1984 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Michael Paré · Diane Lane · Rick Moranis · Willem Dafoe

Plot Rock and Roll singer is taken captive by a motorcycle gang in a strange world that seems to be a cross of the 1950's and the present or future. Her...

6.3

8K votes

6.3

8K votes

Extreme Prejudice

1987 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Nick Nolte · Powers Boothe · Michael Ironside · Maria Conchita Alonso

Plot A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Crossroads

1986 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Ralph Macchio · Joe Seneca · Jami Gertz · Harry Carey Jr.

Plot Ralph Macchio is Lightning Boy. A kid who can make a steel guitar sing. Blind Dog is an old pro who knows it. Together, they're headed to a place where...

6.2

3K votes

6.2

3K votes

Tales from the Crypt: The Man Who Was Death (TV)

1989 · Movie · 26 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast William Sadler · J.W. Smith · Roy Brocksmith · David Wohl

Plot Niles Talbot works as the executioner at a state prison, throwing the switch to put convicts to death in the electric chair. He's an easygoing, genial sort of fellow, commenting...

6.1

207 votes

6.1

207 votes

48 Hrs.

1982 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Nick Nolte · Eddie Murphy · Annette O'Toole · Frank McRae

Plot Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond...

6.0

9K votes

6.0

9K votes

Last Man Standing

1996 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Bruce Willis · Christopher Walken · Bruce Dern · William Sanderson

Plot John Smith is an amoral gunslinger in the days of Prohibition. On the lam from his latest (unspecified) exploits, he happens upon the town of Jericho, Texas. Actually, calling Jericho...

5.9

7K votes

5.9

7K votes

Trespass

1992 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Bill Paxton · Ice-T · William Sadler · Ice Cube

Plot Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't...

5.7

682 votes

5.7

682 votes

Wild Bill

1995 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

5.6

1K votes

5.6

1K votes

Brewster's Millions

1985 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Richard Pryor · John Candy · Lonette McKee · Stephen Collins

Plot A minor league baseball player has to waste $30m in 30 days in order to inherit $300m; however he's not allowed to tell anyone about the $300m deal.

5.6

3K votes

5.6

3K votes

Tales from the Crypt: Cutting Cards (TV)

1990 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Lance Henriksen · Kevin Tighe · John Kassir · Roy Brocksmith

Plot Reno and Sam are a pair of hardcore gamblers who don't play for fun, who challenge each other in a sample game of cards and the end result could be...

5.6

109 votes

5.6

109 votes

Johnny Handsome

1989 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Mickey Rourke · Ellen Barkin · Elizabeth McGovern · Morgan Freeman

Plot Johnny Handsome is a deformed gangster who plans a successful robbery with a friend of his, Mikey Chalmette, and another couple (Sunny Boid and Rafe Garrett). During the heist, Johnny...

5.5

1K votes

5.5

1K votes

Geronimo, an American Legend

1993 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Walter Hill

Cast Gene Hackman · Robert Duvall · Jason Patric · Wes Studi

Plot The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in...

5.5

2K votes

5.5

2K votes