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Brian De Palma is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Editor and Cinematography American born on 11 september 1940 at Newark (USA)
Among those, 10 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames
Rating71%
Several years after the events of the series, Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) and his team, the Impossible Mission Force, are assigned to retrieve the IMF non-official cover list from the American embassy in Prague. Their mission fails: Phelps is shot point blank, his wife Claire (Emmanuelle Beart) dies in a car bombing, and the rest of the team except agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) are eliminated by an unknown assassin. Meeting later with IMF director Eugene Kittridge (Henry Czerny), Hunt learns the job was a setup designed to lure out a mole within IMF, whom IMF believes to be in contact with an arms dealer known as "Max" as part of "Job 314." As Hunt is the only member left, Kittridge suspects him of being the mole, and Hunt flees.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, Kim Delaney
Rating57%
En 2020, la NASA envoie pour la première fois une équipe d'astronautes sur Mars. Mais peu de temps après leur arrivée, ils sont confrontés à un phénomène surnaturel d'une puissance terrifiante et toutes les communications sont coupées. Une mission de sauvetage est alors envoyée à leur recherche...
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Joel Fabiani, Kevin Dunn
Rating61%
Corrupt, flamboyant Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) attends a boxing match at Gilbert Powell's (John Heard) Atlantic City Arena between heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler (Stan Shaw) and challenger Jose Pacifico Ruiz. He meets up with his best friend since childhood, Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), who is a US Navy Commander working with the Department of Defense to escort Defense Secretary Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani) and Powell at the fight after a trip to Norfolk, Virginia. As the first round begins, Dunne is distracted by an attractive redhead named Serena (Jayne Heitmeyer) who wears a ruby ring, and leaves his seat, which is then taken by Julia Costello (Carla Gugino), a mysterious woman with platinum blonde hair and a white satin suit.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Historical, Noir, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Gangster films
Actors Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Richard Bradford
Rating77%
During Prohibition in 1930s, Al Capone (De Niro) has nearly the whole city of Chicago under his control and supplies illegal liquor. Bureau of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Costner) is assigned to stop Capone, but his first attempt at a liquor raid fails due to corrupt policemen tipping Capone off. He has a chance meeting with Irish-American veteran officer Jimmy Malone (Connery), who is fed up with the rampant corruption and offers to help Ness, suggesting that they find a man from the police academy who has not come under Capone's influence. They recruit Italian-American trainee George Stone (Andy García) for his superior marksmanship and intelligence. Joined by accountant Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith), assigned to Ness from Washington, D.C., they conduct a successful raid on a Capone liquor cache and start to gain positive publicity, with the press dubbing them "The Untouchables." Capone later kills the henchman in charge of the cache as a warning to his other men.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, La précarité, Gangster films
Actors Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Paul Shenar
Rating82%
In 1980, Cuban refugee Antonio "Tony" Montana (Al Pacino) arrives in Miami, where he is sent to a refugee camp with his best friend Manny Ribera (Steven Bauer) and their associates Angel (Pepe Serna) and Chi-Chi (Ángel Salazar). The four are released from the camp in exchange for assassinating a former Cuban government official at the request of wealthy drug dealer Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia), and they are given green cards. They become dishwashers in a diner.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr
Rating56%
In Los Angeles, on January 15, 1947, LAPD officers Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart), investigate the murder and dismemberment of Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner), soon dubbed 'The Black Dahlia' by the press. Bucky learns that Elizabeth was an aspiring actress who appeared in a pornographic film. Through his investigation, Bucky learns that Elizabeth liked to hang out with lesbians. He goes to a lesbian nightclub and meets Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank), who looks very much like Elizabeth. Madeleine, who comes from a prominent family, tells Bucky that she was 'very close' with Elizabeth but asks him to keep her name out of the papers. In exchange for his silence, she promises him sexual favors. Continuing his relationship with Madeleine, Bucky meets her wealthy parents, Emmett (John Kavanagh) and Ramona (Fiona Shaw).
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films about school violence
Actors Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, Nancy Allen
Rating73%
Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), a shy and friendless 17-year-old girl, is the scapegoat and outcast of her school in North Carolina. At home, she is abused by her mentally unstable mother Margaret (Piper Laurie), who is a Christian fundamentalist.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Psychanalyse, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, William Finley, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz
Rating70%
Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) is a sexually frustrated housewife who is in therapy with New York City psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott (Michael Caine). During an appointment, Kate attempts to seduce him, but Elliott rejects her advances.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, Stocker Fontelieu, Tom Felleghy, Regis Cordic
Rating66%
In 1959, Michael Courtland (Robertson), a New Orleans real estate developer, has his life shattered when his wife Elizabeth (Bujold) and young daughter Amy are kidnapped. The police recommend that he provide the kidnappers with a briefcase of shredded blank paper instead of the demanded ransom, as the kidnappers will then be more likely to surrender when cornered, rather than attempt to escape with cash in hand. Courtland agrees to this plan. This leads to a bungled car chase in which both kidnappers and victims are killed in a spectacular explosion. Courtland blames himself for the deaths of his wife and daughter.
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Demons in film, Musical films, Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham, Rod Serling
Rating73%
The story follows music composer/singer Winslow Leach, seen by satanic record producer Swan during his performance as a back-up to the 1950s-style nostalgia band The Juicy Fruits, which Swan produces. Swan believes Winslow's music perfect to open "The Paradise" – Swan's highly anticipated new concert hall – and has his right-hand man Arnold Philbin steal it. One month later Winslow goes to Swan's Death Records to inquire about his music but he is thrown out. He sneaks into Swan's private mansion, and observes several women rehearsing his music for an audition. One is Phoenix, an aspiring singer, whom Winslow deems perfect for his music and the two quickly fall for one another. Winslow realizes Swan's plan to open the Paradise with his music. Winslow sneaks in and Swan orders his minions to beat up Winslow and frame him for drug dealing.
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Among those, 10 have good markets following the box office.
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Add to a movie listMission: Impossible (1996)
, 1h50Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames
Rating71%
Several years after the events of the series, Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) and his team, the Impossible Mission Force, are assigned to retrieve the IMF non-official cover list from the American embassy in Prague. Their mission fails: Phelps is shot point blank, his wife Claire (Emmanuelle Beart) dies in a car bombing, and the rest of the team except agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) are eliminated by an unknown assassin. Meeting later with IMF director Eugene Kittridge (Henry Czerny), Hunt learns the job was a setup designed to lure out a mole within IMF, whom IMF believes to be in contact with an arms dealer known as "Max" as part of "Job 314." As Hunt is the only member left, Kittridge suspects him of being the mole, and Hunt flees.
Mission to Mars (2000)
, 1h54Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, Kim Delaney
Rating57%
En 2020, la NASA envoie pour la première fois une équipe d'astronautes sur Mars. Mais peu de temps après leur arrivée, ils sont confrontés à un phénomène surnaturel d'une puissance terrifiante et toutes les communications sont coupées. Une mission de sauvetage est alors envoyée à leur recherche...
Snake Eyes (1998)
, 1h38Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Joel Fabiani, Kevin Dunn
Rating61%
Corrupt, flamboyant Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) attends a boxing match at Gilbert Powell's (John Heard) Atlantic City Arena between heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler (Stan Shaw) and challenger Jose Pacifico Ruiz. He meets up with his best friend since childhood, Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), who is a US Navy Commander working with the Department of Defense to escort Defense Secretary Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani) and Powell at the fight after a trip to Norfolk, Virginia. As the first round begins, Dunne is distracted by an attractive redhead named Serena (Jayne Heitmeyer) who wears a ruby ring, and leaves his seat, which is then taken by Julia Costello (Carla Gugino), a mysterious woman with platinum blonde hair and a white satin suit.
The Untouchables (1987)
, 1h55Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Historical, Noir, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Gangster films
Actors Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Richard Bradford
Rating77%
During Prohibition in 1930s, Al Capone (De Niro) has nearly the whole city of Chicago under his control and supplies illegal liquor. Bureau of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Costner) is assigned to stop Capone, but his first attempt at a liquor raid fails due to corrupt policemen tipping Capone off. He has a chance meeting with Irish-American veteran officer Jimmy Malone (Connery), who is fed up with the rampant corruption and offers to help Ness, suggesting that they find a man from the police academy who has not come under Capone's influence. They recruit Italian-American trainee George Stone (Andy García) for his superior marksmanship and intelligence. Joined by accountant Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith), assigned to Ness from Washington, D.C., they conduct a successful raid on a Capone liquor cache and start to gain positive publicity, with the press dubbing them "The Untouchables." Capone later kills the henchman in charge of the cache as a warning to his other men.
Scarface (1983)
, 2h50Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, La précarité, Gangster films
Actors Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Paul Shenar
Rating82%
In 1980, Cuban refugee Antonio "Tony" Montana (Al Pacino) arrives in Miami, where he is sent to a refugee camp with his best friend Manny Ribera (Steven Bauer) and their associates Angel (Pepe Serna) and Chi-Chi (Ángel Salazar). The four are released from the camp in exchange for assassinating a former Cuban government official at the request of wealthy drug dealer Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia), and they are given green cards. They become dishwashers in a diner.
The Black Dahlia (2006)
, 2h1Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr
Rating56%
In Los Angeles, on January 15, 1947, LAPD officers Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart), investigate the murder and dismemberment of Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner), soon dubbed 'The Black Dahlia' by the press. Bucky learns that Elizabeth was an aspiring actress who appeared in a pornographic film. Through his investigation, Bucky learns that Elizabeth liked to hang out with lesbians. He goes to a lesbian nightclub and meets Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank), who looks very much like Elizabeth. Madeleine, who comes from a prominent family, tells Bucky that she was 'very close' with Elizabeth but asks him to keep her name out of the papers. In exchange for his silence, she promises him sexual favors. Continuing his relationship with Madeleine, Bucky meets her wealthy parents, Emmett (John Kavanagh) and Ramona (Fiona Shaw).
Carrie (1976)
, 1h38Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films about school violence
Actors Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, Nancy Allen
Rating73%
Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), a shy and friendless 17-year-old girl, is the scapegoat and outcast of her school in North Carolina. At home, she is abused by her mentally unstable mother Margaret (Piper Laurie), who is a Christian fundamentalist.
Dressed to Kill (1980)
, 1h45Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Psychanalyse, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, William Finley, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz
Rating70%
Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) is a sexually frustrated housewife who is in therapy with New York City psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott (Michael Caine). During an appointment, Kate attempts to seduce him, but Elliott rejects her advances.
Obsession (1976)
, 1h37Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, Stocker Fontelieu, Tom Felleghy, Regis Cordic
Rating66%
In 1959, Michael Courtland (Robertson), a New Orleans real estate developer, has his life shattered when his wife Elizabeth (Bujold) and young daughter Amy are kidnapped. The police recommend that he provide the kidnappers with a briefcase of shredded blank paper instead of the demanded ransom, as the kidnappers will then be more likely to surrender when cornered, rather than attempt to escape with cash in hand. Courtland agrees to this plan. This leads to a bungled car chase in which both kidnappers and victims are killed in a spectacular explosion. Courtland blames himself for the deaths of his wife and daughter.
Phantom of the Paradise (1975)
, 1h32Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Demons in film, Musical films, Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham, Rod Serling
Rating73%
The story follows music composer/singer Winslow Leach, seen by satanic record producer Swan during his performance as a back-up to the 1950s-style nostalgia band The Juicy Fruits, which Swan produces. Swan believes Winslow's music perfect to open "The Paradise" – Swan's highly anticipated new concert hall – and has his right-hand man Arnold Philbin steal it. One month later Winslow goes to Swan's Death Records to inquire about his music but he is thrown out. He sneaks into Swan's private mansion, and observes several women rehearsing his music for an audition. One is Phoenix, an aspiring singer, whom Winslow deems perfect for his music and the two quickly fall for one another. Winslow realizes Swan's plan to open the Paradise with his music. Winslow sneaks in and Swan orders his minions to beat up Winslow and frame him for drug dealing.