Joel Silver is a Actor, Director, Producer and Creative Consultant American born on 14 july 1952 at South Orange (USA)
Joel Silver
Joel Silver participated to
98 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
28 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Producer
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Directed by Lana et Lilly WachowskiOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Martial arts,
Action,
Adventure,
Martial artsThemes Films about computing,
Philosophie,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Motocyclette,
Films set in the future,
Martial arts films,
Political films,
Kung fu films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Robot films,
Disaster filmsActors Keanu Reeves,
Laurence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne Moss,
Hugo Weaving,
Harold Perrineau, Jr.,
Monica BellucciRoles Producer
Rating71%
Six months after the events of the first film, Neo and Trinity are now lovers. Morpheus receives a message from Captain Niobe of the Logos calling an emergency meeting of all of Zion's ships. Zion has confirmed the last transmission of the Osiris: an army of Sentinels is tunneling towards Zion and will reach it within 72 hours. Commander Lock orders all ships to return to Zion to prepare for the onslaught, but Morpheus asks one ship to remain in order to contact the Oracle. The Caduceus receives a message from the Oracle, and the Nebuchadnezzar ventures out so Neo can contact her. One of the Caduceus crew, Bane, encounters Agent Smith, who takes over Bane's avatar. Smith then uses this avatar to leave the Matrix, gaining control of Bane's real body., 2h8
Directed by Guy RitchieOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Sherlock Holmes films,
Buddy filmsActors Robert Downey Jr.,
William Hope,
Jude Law,
Rachel McAdams,
Mark Strong,
Kelly ReillyRoles Producer
Rating75%
In 1891, London detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) and his partner and flatmate Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) race to prevent the ritual murder of a woman by Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), who has killed five other young women similarly. They stop the murder before Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) and the police arrive to arrest Blackwood., 2h16
Directed by Lana et Lilly WachowskiOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about computing,
Philosophie,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Films set in the future,
Martial arts films,
Political films,
Road movies,
Kung fu films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Chase films,
Robot films,
Disaster filmsActors Keanu Reeves,
Laurence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne Moss,
Hugo Weaving,
Joe Pantoliano,
Gloria FosterRoles Producer
Rating82%
An infamous hacker called Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) is cornered in an abandoned hotel by police. She easily overpowers and escapes from them, but a group of sinister black-suited Agents with superhuman abilities lead the police in a rooftop pursuit after her. Upon picking up a ringing phone in a telephone booth, she vanishes without a trace., 2h9
Directed by Lana et Lilly WachowskiOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Martial arts,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about computing,
Philosophie,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Films set in the future,
Martial arts films,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Kung fu films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Robot films,
Disaster filmsActors Keanu Reeves,
Laurence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne Moss,
Hugo Weaving,
Jada Pinkett Smith,
Monica BellucciRoles Producer
Rating67%
Neo and Bane lie unconscious in the medical bay of the ship Hammer. Meanwhile, Neo finds his digital self trapped in a virtual subway station—-named, "Mobil Ave.", "mobil", being an anagram for "limbo"-a transition zone between the Matrix and the Machine City. In that subway station, he meets a "family" of programs, including a girl named Sati, whose father tells Neo the subway is controlled by the Trainman, an exiled program loyal to the Merovingian. When Neo tries to board a train with the family, the Trainman refuses and overpowers him., 2h9
Directed by Guy RitchieOrigin United-kingdomGenres Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Sherlock Holmes films,
Steampunk films,
Buddy filmsActors Robert Downey Jr.,
Jude Law,
Noomi Rapace,
Jared Harris,
Stephen Fry,
Kelly ReillyRoles Producer
Rating73%
In 1891, Irene Adler delivers a package to Herr Dr. Hoffmanstahl; payment for a letter he was to deliver. Hoffmanstahl opens the package, triggering a hidden bomb that is prevented from detonating by the intervention of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes takes the letter while Adler and Hoffmanstahl escape. Holmes finds Hoffmanstahl assassinated moments later. Adler meets with Professor Moriarty to explain the events, but Moriarty poisons and kills her — deeming her position compromised by her love for Holmes., 1h58
Directed by Richard DonnerOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Buddy filmsActors Mel Gibson,
Danny Glover,
Joe Pesci,
Rene Russo,
Stuart Wilson,
Mary Ellen TrainorRoles Producer
Rating66%
L.A.P.D. Sergeants Martin Riggs (Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Glover) arrive at an evacuated building believed to have a bomb in it. Against orders, they go inside to investigate the bomb. Riggs decides to deactivate the bomb himself instead of waiting for the Bomb Squad to arrive. Unfortunately, he causes the bomb to detonate and the whole building to collapse. This causes them to be demoted to uniform duties, which upsets Murtaugh because he only has seven days until retirement. While on street patrol, the two thwart a robbery using a duplicate armored car, although they only manage to catch one of the two would-be thieves. During the arrest, it is discovered the criminals were armed with a new type of armor-piercing bullet, informally referred to as "cop killers". For their efforts in stopping the raid, Riggs and Murtaugh are reinstated as Detective Sergeants by their superior, Captain Murphy (Kahan). Murphy introduces internal affairs Sergeant Lorna Cole (Russo) to the two detectives and informs them that the suspect they have in custody from the raid is a known associate of former L.A.P.D. Lieutenant and suspected arms dealer: Jack Travis (Wilson)., 2h7
Directed by Richard DonnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Martial arts,
Comedy,
Comedy thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Crime,
Martial artsThemes Films about alcoholism,
Pregnancy films,
Films about immigration,
Films about sexuality,
Sports films,
La précarité,
Martial arts films,
Buddy films,
Gangster filmsActors Mel Gibson,
Danny Glover,
Joe Pesci,
Rene Russo,
Chris Rock,
Jet LiRoles Producer
Rating65%
Lorna Cole (Rene Russo) is pregnant with LAPD sergeant Martin Riggs' baby; they are not married, but both are thinking about it. Police sergeant Roger Murtaugh's daughter Rianne (Tracie Wolfe), is also pregnant, and Riggs later learns from Lorna that Rianne has secretly married Lee Butters (Chris Rock), a young detective who works at the same station as Murtaugh and Riggs – secretly because Roger had made it clear that he does not want his daughter to marry a police officer. Due to the many disasters caused by both sergeants while on duty, the police department has lost its insurance carrier, and cannot get a new one while they're still out on the streets. Because firing them is not an option, the Chief uses a special privilege and they get temporarily promoted to captains, given that there aren't any lieutenant spots available., 1h54
Directed by Richard DonnerOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about drugs,
Films about racism,
Buddy filmsActors Mel Gibson,
Danny Glover,
Joe Pesci,
Joss Ackland,
Derrick O'Connor,
Patsy KensitRoles Producer
Rating72%
One year after the events of Lethal Weapon, LAPD sergeants Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh are pursuing unidentified suspects transporting an illegal shipment of gold krugerrands. The Afrikaner apartheid government of South Africa subsequently orders local consul-general Arjen Rudd (Joss Ackland) and security agent Pieter Vorstedt (Derrick O'Connor) to warn both detectives off the investigation; they are reassigned to protecting an obnoxious federal witness, Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), after an attack on Murtaugh's home., 1h46
Directed by Jaume Collet-SerraOrigin FranceGenres Thriller,
ActionThemes Assassinat,
L'action se déroule en une journée,
Seafaring films,
Films about terrorism,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Dans un avion,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
Films about hijackingsActors Liam Neeson,
Julianne Moore,
Michelle Dockery,
Anson Mount,
Scoot McNairy,
Bar PalyRoles Producer
Rating68%
An alcoholic air marshal named Bill Marks boards a Boeing 767 non-stop flight from New York City to London. He sits next to passenger Jen Summers with whom he engages in friendly conversations. After take-off, he receives a text message on his secure phone stating that someone will die every 20 minutes unless $150 million is transferred to a specific bank account. Marks breaks protocol and consults with Jack Hammond, the other air marshal, who concludes that the threat is not valid. Marks however consults the help of Summers and flight attendant Nancy to monitor the security cameras while texting the mysterious person in order to locate him. However, Hammond is texted by the unknown person who says that he knows what is in Hammond's briefcase. As Marks confronts Hammond in the rear lavatory, the latter is revealed to be smuggling cocaine in a brief-case. Hammond attacks Marks, who responds in self-defense and breaks Hammond's neck. This incident happens exactly at the 20-minute mark., 1h47
Directed by Shane BlackOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
HorrorThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films about autism,
Children's films,
Films about extraterrestrial lifeActors Boyd Holbrook,
Olivia Munn,
Trevante Rhodes,
Sterling K. Brown,
Thomas Jane,
Jacob TremblayRoles Producer
Rating53%
Quinn McKenna, membre d'un commando de Rangers américains, est témoin du crash d'un vaisseau spatial lors d'une mission de sauvetage d’otages. Il est le seul survivant. Il découvre le casque et l'arme d'un Predator. Poursuivi, il décide de les envoyer par la poste à son domicile, où vit son épouse et son fils autiste, Rory. Ce dernier parvient à utiliser le masque et l'arme du Predator. Il active par ailleurs une balise qui permet à d'autres Predators de le localiser. De son côté, Quinn a été arrêté par de mystérieux mercenaires, aux ordres de Will Traeger pour le Projet Stargazer. Ce dernier fait par ailleurs appel au docteure Casey Bracket, une exo-biologiste. Elle est accueillie dans un immense complexe dans lequel est conservé un Predator. Quant à Quinn, il se retrouve dans un bus avec d'anciens soldats ayant commis de graves délits et dont la plupart souffrent de troubles psychologiques : "Nebraska" Williams, Baxley, Coyle, Lynch et Nettles., 1h58
Directed by Albert et Allen HughesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction,
WesternThemes Medical-themed films,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Films set in the future,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Road movies,
Dystopian films,
La cécité,
Disaster filmsActors Denzel Washington,
Gary Oldman,
Mila Kunis,
Ray Stevenson,
Jennifer Beals,
Frances de la TourRoles Producer
Rating67%
Thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, Eli (Denzel Washington) travels on foot toward the west coast of the former United States. Along the way he demonstrates uncanny survival and fighting skills, hunting wildlife and swiftly defeating a group of desert bandits who try to ambush him. Searching for water, he arrives in a ramshackle town rebuilt and overseen by Carnegie (Gary Oldman). Carnegie dreams of building more towns and of controlling the people by using the power of a certain book. His henchmen scour the desolate landscape daily in search of it, but to no avail., 1h39
Directed by Dominic SenaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Films about computing,
Sécurité informatique,
Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors John Travolta,
Hugh Jackman,
Halle Berry,
Don Cheadle,
Sam Shepard,
Vinnie JonesRoles Producer
Rating64%
In a restaurant in Los Angeles, a man discusses the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon before walking off, with numerous SWAT officers pointing guns at him and a dishevelled man following him out. They walk to a nearby building with gunmen and hostages strapped with bombs and ball-bearings. One of the gunmen is killed by a sniper; when the hostage is forcibly taken away, the explosives detonate via a proximity trigger, killing her and others. The film then flashes back four days., 1h38
Directed by Mathieu KassovitzOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Fantastic,
HorrorThemes Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Ghost films,
Serial killer films,
Rape and revenge films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films set in psychiatric hospitalsActors Halle Berry,
Robert Downey Jr.,
Charles Dutton,
John Carroll Lynch,
Penélope Cruz,
Bernard HillRoles Producer
Rating58%
Psychiatrist Dr. Miranda Grey (Halle Berry) works at a mental hospital and has a car accident after trying to avoid a girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a road during a stormy night while driving back home. She rushes to try to help the girl. The girl turns out to be a ghost and possesses Miranda's body by burning her after she extends her hand to the girl. Miranda loses consciousness. Miranda next wakes up in the very hospital she works for, but as a patient treated by her co-worker, Dr. Pete Graham (Robert Downey, Jr.). Drugged and confused, she remembers nothing of what happened after the car accident. To her horror, she learns that her husband Douglas (Charles S. Dutton) was brutally murdered and that she is the primary suspect. While Miranda copes with her new life in the hospital, the ghost uses her body to carry out messages (most noticeably, she carves the words "not alone" into Miranda's arm), which leads her former colleagues to believe Miranda is suicidal and is inflicting the wounds on herself., 2h12
Directed by John McTiernanOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
ActionThemes L'action se déroule en une journée,
Christmas films,
Psychologie,
Films about terrorism,
Heist films,
Children's films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Bruce Willis,
Alan Rickman,
Alexandre Godounov,
Reginald VelJohnson,
Bonnie Bedelia,
William AthertonRoles Producer
Rating81%
On Christmas Eve, New York City Police Detective Lieutenant John McClane arrives in Los Angeles to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly. McClane is driven to the Nakatomi Plaza building for a company Christmas party by Argyle. While McClane changes clothes, the party is disrupted by the arrival of Hans Gruber and his heavily armed group: Karl, Franco, Tony, Theo, Alexander, Marco, Kristoff, Eddie, Uli, Heinrich, Fritz, and James. The group seize the tower and secure those inside as hostages, except for McClane, who manages to slip away., 2h9
Directed by Richard DonnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Spy films,
Medical-themed films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Films about psychiatry,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Mel Gibson,
Julia Roberts,
Patrick Stewart,
Steve Kahan,
Cylk Cozart,
Alex McArthurRoles Producer
Rating66%
Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) is a lawyer working for the U.S. government at the Justice Department. Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson), a conspiracy-theory obsessed New York City taxi driver, continually expounds his ideas to her. Alice humors him because he once saved her from a mugging, but does not know he has been spying on her at home. Her own obsession is to solve the mystery of her father's murder.