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Joaquin Phoenix is a Actor, Writer, Producer and Sound American born on 28 october 1974 at San Juan (USA)

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix participated to 40 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 13 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

Joker
Joker (2019)
, 2h2
Directed by Todd Phillips
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Batman films, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films about child abuse
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Shea Whigham, Bill Camp
Roles Arthur Fleck / Joker
Rating81% 4.086944.086944.086944.086944.08694
L'histoire se déroule en 1981, à Gotham City. Arthur Fleck travaille dans une agence de clowns. Méprisé et incompris par ceux qui lui font face, il mène une morne vie en marge de la société et habite dans un immeuble miteux avec sa mère Penny. Un soir, il se fait agresser dans le métro par trois hommes alcoolisés qui le brutalisent, le poussant à les tuer en retour. Son geste inspire à une partie de la population l'idée de s'en prendre eux aussi aux puissants ; Arthur bascule peu à peu dans la folie et finit par devenir le Joker, un dangereux tueur psychopathe victime d'hallucinations.
Gladiator
Gladiator (2000)
, 2h35
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Sports films
Actors Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi
Roles Emperor Commodus
Rating82% 4.118664.118664.118664.118664.11866
In AD 180, Spanish-Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius leads the Roman army to a decisive victory against the Germanic tribes near Vindobona, ending a long war on the Roman frontier and winning the favor of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Maximus, weary of battle, decides to retire at his Spanish farm estate at the Emperor's behest, but the Emperor tells him that his son and heir to the throne, Commodus, is unfit to rule and thus appoints him as regent to help save Rome from corruption. Before he makes his decision, Commodus is confronted by his father who tells him that he will not be emperor. Burdened by grief and believing he was never valued by his father, Commodus kills him.
Signs
Signs (2002)
, 1h46
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones, M. Night Shyamalan
Roles Merrill Hess
Rating67% 3.3992953.3992953.3992953.3992953.399295
The Hess family lives on an isolated farm in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) is a former priest whose wife, Colleen, died in a horrific traffic accident caused by a town local, Ray Reddy (Shyamalan). No longer practicing religiously, Graham lives with his asthmatic son, Morgan (Rory Culkin), daughter Bo (Abigail Breslin), who leaves water glasses all over the house because of various reasons, and Graham's younger brother, Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix), a former minor league baseball star who never made it to the major leagues because he swung too hard and struck out too often. Graham discovers a huge crop circle in his field, reports of violent animal behavior have spread across town, and one of the Hess' dogs tries to attack Bo and Morgan, forcing them to kill it.
The Village, 1h43
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Brendan Gleeson
Roles Lucius Hunt
Rating65% 3.2989453.2989453.2989453.2989453.298945
In the small, isolated Pennsylvania village of Covington in the 19th century, the residents live in fear of nameless creatures in the surrounding woods. They have constructed a large barrier of oil lanterns and watch towers that are constantly manned to keep watch for "those we don't speak of". It is explained that the villagers have a long-standing truce with the monsters; the villagers do not go into their woods, and the creatures do not enter their village.
Brother Bear, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Joan Copeland, Dave Thomas, Michael Clarke Duncan
Roles Kenai (voice)
Rating69% 3.4571153.4571153.4571153.4571153.457115
The film is set in a post-ice age North America, where the local tribesmen believe all creatures are created through the Spirits, who are said to appear in the form of an aurora. Three brothers: Kenai (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix)- the youngest brother, Denahi (voiced by Jason Raize)- the middle brother -and Sitka (voiced by D.B. Sweeney)- the eldest brother, return to their tribe in order for Kenai to receive his sacred totem, a necklace in the shape of an animal. The particular animal it represents symbolizes what he must achieve to call himself a man. Unlike Sitka, who gained the eagle of guidance, and Denahi, who gained the wolf of wisdom, Kenai receives the bear of love, to which he objects, stating that bears are thieves. He believes his point is made a fact when a bear takes some salmon. Kenai and his brothers pursue the bear, but a fight follows on a glacier, during which Sitka gives his life to save his brothers, although the bear survives. Vengeful, Kenai heads out to avenge Sitka. He chases the bear up onto a mountain and kills it. The Spirits, represented by Sitka's spirit in the form of a bald eagle, transform Kenai into a bear after the dead bear's body disappears. Denahi arrives, mistaking Kenai as dead, and believing the bear is responsible, vows to avenge Kenai by hunting it down.
Walk the Line, 2h16
Directed by James Mangold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Hailey Anne Nelson, Dallas Roberts
Roles John R. Cash
Rating77% 3.898373.898373.898373.898373.89837
The film opens in 1968, as an audience of inmates at Folsom State Prison cheer for Johnny Cash's band as he waits backstage near a table saw, reminding him of his early life.
8MM
8MM (1999)
, 2h3
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, BDSM in films, Films about pornography, Films about psychiatry
Actors Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald, Chris Bauer
Roles Max California
Rating65% 3.298663.298663.298663.298663.29866
Private investigator Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) is contacted by Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald), attorney for wealthy widow Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter), whose husband has recently died. While clearing out her late husband's safe, she and Longdale found an 8mm film which appears to depict a real murder of a girl, but Mrs. Christian wants to know for certain.
Her
Her (2014)
, 2h
Directed by Spike Jonze, Megan Ellison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Social science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about computing, Films about sexuality, Films set in the future
Actors Olivia Wilde, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Samantha Morton, Scarlett Johansson
Roles Theodore Twombly
Rating79% 3.9989553.9989553.9989553.9989553.998955
In futuristic Los Angeles, Theodore Twombly is a lonely, introverted, depressed man who works for a business that has professional writers like himself compose letters for people who are unwilling or unable to write letters of a personal nature themselves. Unhappy because of his impending divorce from childhood sweetheart Catherine (Rooney Mara), Theodore purchases a talking operating system (OS) with artificial intelligence, designed to adapt and evolve. He decides that he wants the OS to have a female voice, and she names herself Samantha. Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically. They bond over their discussions about love and life, such as Theodore's avoiding signing his divorce papers because of his reluctance to let go of Catherine. Samantha proves to be constantly available, always curious and interested, supportive and undemanding.
Hotel Rwanda, 2h2
Directed by Terry George
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte, Jean Reno, David O'Hara
Roles Jack Daglish
Rating80% 4.048544.048544.048544.048544.04854
Tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples lead to a war in Rwanda, where corruption and bribes between politicians are routine. Paul Rusesabagina (Cheadle), the manager of the Sabena owned Hôtel des Mille Collines, is Hutu, but his wife Tatiana (Okonedo), is Tutsi. His marriage is a source of friction with Hutu extremists, most prominently Georges Rutaganda (Kae-Kazim), a friendly goods supplier to the hotel who is also the local leader of Interahamwe, a brutal Hutu militia.
The Master
The Master (2012)
, 2h17
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films about sexuality
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons
Roles Freddie Quell
Rating70% 3.5499453.5499453.5499453.5499453.549945
Freddie Quell is a sex-obsessed alcoholic World War II veteran from Lynn, Massachusetts, struggling to adjust to post-war society. He becomes a portrait photographer at a department store but is soon fired for getting into a drunken fight with a customer. Freddie then finds work at a Salinas, California cabbage farm, but his moonshine poisons one of the elderly Filipino migrant workers and he is chased off.
Inherent Vice, 2h28
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Gangster films
Actors Josh Brolin, Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio del Toro, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Jena Malone
Roles Larry "Doc" Sportello
Rating65% 3.299713.299713.299713.299713.29971
In 1970, Shasta Fay Hepworth visits the rickety beach house of her ex-boyfriend, Larry "Doc" Sportello, a private investigator and hippie/dope head in Gordita Beach, a fictional town in Los Angeles County. Shasta tells him about her new lover, Michael Z. "Mickey" Wolfmann, a wealthy real estate developer. She asks Doc to help prevent Mickey’s wife and her lover from having Mickey abducted and committed to an insane asylum.
Quills
Quills (2000)
, 2h4
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Stephen Marcus
Roles Abbe du Coulmier
Rating71% 3.599283.599283.599283.599283.59928
Quills begins during the Reign of Terror, with the incarcerated Marquis de Sade penning a story about the libidinous Mademoiselle Renard, an aristocrat who meets the preeminent sadist in her executioner.
The Immigrant, 2h
Directed by James Gray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, Films about sexuality, La précarité, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Lee Renner, Dagmara Domińczyk, Elena Solovei, Angela Sarafyan
Roles Bruno Weiss
Rating65% 3.2964853.2964853.2964853.2964853.296485
In 1921, Polish Catholic sisters Ewa (Marion Cotillard) and Magda (Angela Sarafyan) arrive at Ellis Island, New York City as immigrants looking for a better life after escaping their ravaged home in post–Great War Poland. Magda is quarantined because of her lung disease. Ewa is almost deported, but Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix) notices her and her fluency in English, bribes an officer to let her go, and takes her to his house. Knowing Ewa has to make money to get Magda released, Bruno lets her dance at the Bandits' Roost theater and prostitutes her. Bruno also becomes interested in her romantically.