William H. Macy

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Fargo

(1996)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffe...

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Cast:

William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Kristin Rudrüd

8.1

94%

85

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Magnolia

(1999)

Drama

An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Runtime:

189 min

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast:

Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall

8.0

83%

77

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Boogie Nights

(1997)

Drama

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on t...

Runtime:

156 min

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast:

Mark Wahlberg, Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly

7.9

93%

85

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Thank You for Smoking

(2006)

Comedy, Drama

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

Jason Reitman

Cast:

Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott

7.6

86%

71

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Barton Fink

(1991)

Comedy, Drama

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Runtime:

117 min

Director:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Cast:

John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, Tony Shalhoub

7.7

90%

69

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Pleasantville

(1998)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its l...

Runtime:

124 min

Director:

Gary Ross

Cast:

Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels

7.5

85%

71

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The Lincoln Lawyer

(2011)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.

Runtime:

119 min

Director:

Brad Furman

Cast:

Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas

7.3

83%

63

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WarGames

(1983)

Action

High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race aga...

Runtime:

114 min

Director:

John Badham

Cast:

Matthew Broderick, Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Dabney Coleman, John Wood

7.1

93%

77

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Seabiscuit

(2003)

Drama, History

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Runtime:

141 min

Director:

Gary Ross

Cast:

Jeff Bridges, David McCullough, Chris Cooper, Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks

7.3

77%

72

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Wag the Dog

(1997)

Comedy, Drama

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

Barry Levinson, David Koechner

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson

7.1

86%

73

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Benny & Joon

(1993)

Comedy, Drama

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Jeremiah S. Chechik

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt

7.2

76%

57

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Air Force One

(1997)

Action, Thriller

Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold his principles - and the integrity of the nation.

Runtime:

124 min

Director:

Wolfgang Petersen

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, William H. Macy

6.5

78%

61

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Searching for Bobby Fischer

(1993)

Drama

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Steven Zaillian

Cast:

Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne

7.4

100%

89

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The Client

(1994)

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia qu...

Runtime:

119 min

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Cast:

Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Mary-Louise Parker, Tommy Lee Jones

6.8

78%

65

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Inland Empire

(2006)

Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.

Runtime:

180 min

Director:

David Lynch

Cast:

Laura Dern, Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Justin Theroux

6.9

72%

73

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Mr. Holland's Opus

(1995)

Drama, Family, Music

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.

Runtime:

137 min

Director:

Stephen Herek

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, Olympia Dukakis

7.3

75%

59

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Cellular

(2004)

Action, Thriller

A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.

Runtime:

94 min

Director:

David R. Ellis

Cast:

Chris Evans, Chris Evans, Kim Basinger, Jason Statham, Jessica Biel

6.5

55%

60

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The Sessions

(2012)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away,...

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Ben Lewin

Cast:

John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Moon Bloodgood

7.2

93%

79

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Bobby

(2006)

Drama

In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Runtime:

120 min

Director:

Emilio Estevez

Cast:

Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Brian Geraghty

7.0

46%

54

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Murder in the First

(1995)

Crime, Drama

Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in complete darkness, only to emerge a madman and soon to be a murderer. The story follows a...

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Marc Rocco

Cast:

Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, William H. Macy

7.3

50%

N/A

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Somewhere in Time

(1980)

Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he...

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Jeannot Szwarc

Cast:

Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin

7.2

58%

29

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Jurassic Park III

(2001)

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

Joe Johnston

Cast:

Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Trevor Morgan, Alessandro Nivola

5.9

49%

42

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The Cooler

(2003)

Drama, Romance

Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.

Runtime:

101 min

Director:

Wayne Kramer

Cast:

William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Paul Sorvino

6.9

77%

69

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Sahara

(2005)

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt.

Runtime:

124 min

Director:

Breck Eisner

Cast:

Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy, Lennie James

6.0

38%

41

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Blood Father

(2016)

Action, Drama, Thriller

An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.

Runtime:

88 min

Director:

Jean-François Richet

Cast:

Mel Gibson, William H. Macy, Elisabeth Röhm, Diego Luna, Ryan Dorsey

6.4

88%

66

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Mystery Men

(1999)

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.

Runtime:

121 min

Director:

Kinka Usher

Cast:

Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Kel Mitchell, Jenifer Lewis

6.1

61%

65

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Wild Hogs

(2007)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Walt Becker

Cast:

Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta

5.8

14%

27

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Ernest & Celestine

(2012)

Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family

Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.

Runtime:

78 min

7.9

97%

86

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Spartan

(2004)

Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

David Mamet

Cast:

Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Tia Texada, Ed O'Neill

6.5

65%

60

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A Civil Action

(1998)

Drama

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

Runtime:

115 min

Director:

Steven Zaillian

Cast:

John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek

6.6

62%

68

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House of Games

(1987)

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

David Mamet

Cast:

Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, J. T. Walsh, Ricky Jay

7.3

96%

N/A

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He Was a Quiet Man

(2007)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A troubled loner, Bob Maconel, imagines blowing up the tower in Los Angeles where he works. He takes a revolver to his office intent on killing colleagues, and then himself. At home, he holds conversations with his fish, who encourage him to do it. His supervisor picks on him. As he's screwing his courage to the sticking place, he drop...

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Frank A. Cappello

Cast:

Christian Slater, John Gulager, Elisha Cuthbert, Jamison Jones, Michael DeLuise

6.8

80%

53

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Rudderless

(2014)

Comedy, Drama, Music

A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

William H. Macy

Cast:

Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Huffman, Selena Gomez, Laurence Fishburne

7.5

62%

52

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Cake

(2014)

Drama

After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.

Runtime:

102 min

6.4

N/A

49

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State and Main

(2000)

Comedy, Drama

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

David Mamet

Cast:

Alec Baldwin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Clark Gregg

6.8

85%

75

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The Tale of Despereaux

(2008)

Adventure, Animation, Family

Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble ...

Runtime:

93 min

Director:

Gary Ross, Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen

Cast:

Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson

6.1

57%

53

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The Last Dragon

(1985)

Action, Adventure

A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

Runtime:

108 min

Director:

Michael Schultz

Cast:

Taimak, Julius Carry, Vanity, Christopher Murney, Faith Prince

6.9

59%

N/A

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Shadows and Fog

(1991)

Comedy, Thriller

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Runtime:

85 min

Director:

Woody Allen

Cast:

Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Kathy Bates, David Ogden Stiers, John Cusack

6.7

52%

N/A

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Down Periscope

(1996)

Comedy

Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even worse, Dodge's crew is ...

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

David S. Ward

Cast:

Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern

6.2

11%

39

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Welcome to Collinwood

(2002)

Comedy

Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

Runtime:

86 min

Director:

Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Cast:

William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter, Luis Guzmán

6.4

55%

61

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