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Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he rec... more

Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award) and Space: 1999.

Landau received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, as well as his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); he received his second Oscar nomination for his performance in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) earned him an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award.

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North by Northwest
(1959)
Mystery, Thriller
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Runtime:
136 min
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast:
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Philip Coolidge
8.3
97%
98
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Ed Wood
(1994)
Comedy, Drama, History
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
Tim Burton
Cast:
Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones
7.8
92%
70
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Sleepy Hollow
(1999)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. Locals believe the culprit to be none other than the legendary Headless Horseman.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Tim Burton
Cast:
Johnny Depp, Ian McDiarmid, Casper Van Dien, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gough
7.3
69%
65
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Rounders
(1998)
Crime, Drama
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
John Dahl
Cast:
Matt Damon, John Turturro, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, Edward Norton
7.3
65%
54
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989)
Comedy, Drama
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Woody Allen
Cast:
Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Joanna Gleason, Alan Alda
7.9
94%
77
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9
(2009)
Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding w...
Runtime:
79 min
Director:
Shane Acker
Cast:
Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover
7.1
57%
60
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The X Files
(1998)
Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Rob Bowman
Cast:
David Duchovny, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau
7.0
67%
60
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Frankenweenie
(2012)
Animation, Comedy, Family
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Tim Burton
Cast:
Charlie Tahan, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau
7.0
87%
74
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The Majestic
(2001)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Runtime:
152 min
Director:
Frank Darabont
Cast:
Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, David Ogden Stiers, Hal Holbrook
6.9
42%
27
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City of Ember
(2008)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of t...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Gil Kenan
Cast:
Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Mary Kay Place, Bill Murray, Martin Landau
6.5
54%
58
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Cleopatra
(1963)
Drama, History, Romance
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Runtime:
248 min
Director:
Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian
Cast:
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau
7.0
60%
60
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Edtv
(1999)
Comedy
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
Ron Howard
Cast:
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Sally Kirkland, Jenna Elfman, Martin Landau
6.1
64%
48
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Remember
(2015)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Atom Egoyan
Cast:
Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Dean Norris, Henry Czerny, Bruno Ganz
7.4
N/A
52
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City Hall
(1996)
Drama, Thriller
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Harold Becker
Cast:
Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Martin Landau
6.2
56%
N/A
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream
(1988)
Drama
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako
6.9
84%
74
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
Drama, History
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas af...
Runtime:
199 min
Director:
George Stevens
Cast:
Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr., Carroll Baker, Ina Balin, Victor Buono
6.6
43%
N/A
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Nevada Smith
(1966)
Action, Western
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Cast:
Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette
6.9
50%
N/A
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Hollywood Homicide
(2003)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case ...
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Ron Shelton
Cast:
Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington
5.3
30%
47
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Sliver
(1993)
Drama, Thriller
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Phillip Noyce
Cast:
Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, Colleen Camp
5.1
11%
38
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Woody Allen: A Documentary
(2011)
Documentary
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert B. Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film bi...
Runtime:
192 min
7.7
N/A
N/A
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Ready to Rumble
(2000)
Action, Comedy
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Brian Robbins
Cast:
David Arquette, Scott Caan, Oliver Platt, Bill Goldberg, Rose McGowan
5.4
23%
23
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12:01
(1993)
Science Fiction, Thriller
Office employee Barry Thomas is caught in a "time bounce" caused by a glitch in the company's secret project. Now the same day occurs again and again - and Barry's the only one who can do anything about it, including saving the life of beautiful research assistant Lisa Fredericks.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Jack Sholder
Cast:
Helen Slater, Martin Landau, Nicolas Surovy, Jonathan Silverman, Robin Bartlett
6.8
40%
N/A
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Joseph
(1995)
Drama, History
The Biblical story of Joseph, who was sold to slavery by his brothers who were jealous of his prophetic abilities to analyze dreams and of his being their fathers' favorite.
Runtime:
178 min
Director:
Roger Young
Cast:
Ben Kingsley, Paul Mercurio, Dominique Sanda, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Landau
7.7
N/A
N/A
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The Hallelujah Trail
(1965)
Comedy, Western
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Runtime:
165 min
Director:
John Sturges
Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Donald Pleasence
6.6
40%
N/A
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By Dawn's Early Light
(1990)
Action, Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, va...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Jack Sholder
Cast:
Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau, Darren McGavin
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Alone in the Dark
(1982)
Horror, Thriller
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Jack Sholder
Cast:
Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz, Erland van Lidth
6.2
78%
N/A
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Intersection
(1994)
Drama, Romance
During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance of a marriage with his wife, Sally, Vincent has been carrying on with a mistress, Olivia. She's everything Sally isn't -- warm, passionate, carefree. So why can't he choose between the t...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Mark Rydell
Cast:
Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau, Jennifer Morrison
5.2
7%
N/A
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
(1996)
Animation, Family, Fantasy
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Steve Barron
Cast:
Martin Landau, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Geneviève Bujold, Udo Kier, Bebe Neuwirth
5.3
35%
N/A
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Lovely, Still
(2008)
Drama, Romance
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Nicholas Fackler
Cast:
Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Adam Scott, Elizabeth Banks
7.2
71%
57
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The Gazebo
(1960)
Comedy, Crime
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
George Marshall
Cast:
Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, John McGiver, Doro Merande, Mabel Albertson
6.9
N/A
N/A
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
(1970)
Action, Drama, Thriller
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Gordon Douglas
Cast:
Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Ed Asner
6.1
60%
N/A
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Meteor
(1979)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fir...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Ronald Neame
Cast:
Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau
4.9
5%
N/A
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Shiner
(2000)
Action, Crime, Drama
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
John Irvin
Cast:
Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Andy Serkis, Claire Rushbrook, Danny Webb
6.0
46%
N/A
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The Aryan Couple
(2004)
Drama, War
A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
John Daly
Cast:
Martin Landau, Judy Parfitt, Kenny Doughty, Nolan Hemmings, Danny Webb
6.3
12%
29
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B.A.P.S.
(1997)
Comedy
Two clueless homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers, but instead find themselves scamming a dying millionaire to eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses).
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Robert Townsend
Cast:
Halle Berry, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Troy Byer
4.7
15%
N/A
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Mistress
(1992)
Comedy
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate th...
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Barry Primus
Cast:
Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Jace Alexander, Robert De Niro, Laurie Metcalf
5.5
69%
N/A
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Without Warning
(1980)
Horror, Science Fiction
An alien creature stalks human prey.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Greydon Clark
Cast:
Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter, Christopher S. Nelson, Cameron Mitchell
5.1
N/A
N/A
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Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
(1999)
Crime, Drama, Family, Romance
The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
Runtime:
170 min
Director:
Michel Poulette
Cast:
Martin Landau, Guido Grasso Jr., Bruce Ramsay, Bruce Ramsay, Tony Nardi
6.7
N/A
N/A
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The Long Way Home
(1997)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
Runtime:
120 min
7.6
N/A
N/A
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Anna Nicole
(2013)
Drama
Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Mary Harron
Cast:
Agnes Bruckner, Martin Landau, Virginia Madsen, Adam Goldberg, Cary Elwes
5.3
N/A
N/A