James Woods

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Filmography (All Films)

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Visitors, The (1972): Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Patrick McVey, Patricia Joyce, James Woods…; Tense chamber piece has Woods as a returned Vietnam Vet holidaying with his wife and son when two fellow ex–soldiers turn up unannounced.…
Rockford Files, The (TV Series) (1974-1975): Feat. James Garner, Noah Jr. Beery, Joe Santos…; In the spirit of 'Cold Case' this detective thriller series stars James Garner as an easy going plaid jacket attired investigator pursuing unsolved…
Holocaust (TV Mini-series) (1978): Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Meryl Streep, James Woods, Michael Moriaty…; Captivating saga of a Jewish family shattered by the rise of the Nazis. One of the top–rating and best quality mini–series of the 1970s.
Onion Field, The (1979): Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. James Woods, John Savage; Sporadically intense drama based on a real–life cop–killing in 1960s California, notable for James Woods' creepy debut as, you guessed…
Videodrome (1983): Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. James Woods, Debbie Harry; Cable TV programmer James Woods enters a dark netherworld of psychosis and pornography as he searches for the ultimate thrill. He may have just found…
Once Upon a Time in America (1984): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern…; An all–star cast feature in Sergio Leone's violent but sobering gangland saga, following the rise and fall of four Jewish childhood pals…
Against All Odds (1984): Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods; Modern film noir experiment is a loose remake of Out of the Past.
Cat's Eye (1985): Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. James Woods, Drew Barrymore, Candy Clark; Three Stephen King tales, linked by a wandering feline. Best is the classic story of self–help gone wrong, "Quitters, Inc."
Salvador (1986): Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. James Woods, James Belushi; A potent dramatisation of a journalist's experiences in El Salvador, with Woods in his usual dynamic form. Never one for fence–sitting, the…
Cop (1987): Dir. James B. Harris
Feat. James Woods, Brian Dennehy; James Woods gives another intense performance enduring the occupational hazards of crime–fighting. Based on the James Ellroy novel 'Blood On…
Best Seller (1987): Dir. John Flynn
Feat. Brian Dennehy, James Woods, Victoria Tennant; An arresting thriller with Brian Dennehy and an on–form James Woods.
Boost, The (1988): Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. James Woods, Sean Young; An explicit cautionary tale about the effect of cocaine on the careers and private lives of an affluent L.A. couple. Superb, explosive drama.
My Name is Bill W. (1989): Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. James Woods, JoBeth Williams, James Garner; James Woods plays Bill Wilson, the famed co–founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, in this tele–movie charting his descent from 1920's business…
Immediate Family (1989): Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson…; Earnest drama with strong cast brings together a couple who desperately want a child and a teenage mother and her boyfriend who discover unexpected…
True Believer (1989): Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. James Woods, Robert Downey, Kurtwood Smith; A jaded attorney and an idealistic young clerk defend a Korean man who is in jail for a murder he may not have committed. Woods as usual plays a…
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990): Dir. Ken Russell, Tony Richardson, Frederic Raphael
Feat. James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Peter Weller…; Three stories of love from the pens of famous Americans, in the hands of three great directors.
Hard Way, The (1991): Dir. John Badham
Feat. Michael J. Fox, James Woods; Michael J. Fox is perfectly cast as a Hollywood actor, keen to shrug off his clean image by playing a cop in his next film. James Woods plays his…
Citizen Cohn (1992): Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. James Woods; James Woods plays Joseph McCarthy's crooked lawyer, Roy Cohn – a role meaty enough to sustain every ounce of his frustrated energy. The…
Straight Talk (1992): Dir. Barnet Kellman
Feat. Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne…; Easy–going comedy with Dolly Parton as a country gal who becomes a wildly popular 'agony aunt' on a Chicago radio station. Dolly livens up an…
Midnight Sting (Diggstown) (1993): Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. James Woods, Louis Jr. Gossett, Heather Graham; This crowd–pleaser delivers with Woods in usual form as a smarmy ex–con fraudster who orchestrates a boxing scam with help from boxing…
Fallen Angels Vol. 1 & 2 (1993): Dir. Alfonso Cuaron, Phil Joanou, Tom Hanks
Feat. James Woods, Peter Gallagher, Isabella Rossellini…; A–list talent lend their names to this crime series set in Hollywood's golden age. The actors fill the hats and coats, with a few famous names…
Getaway, The (1993): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen…; A glossy yet respectable remake of the 1972 Peckinpah thriller with real–marrieds Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger in the shoes of Steve McQueen…
Specialist, The (1994): Dir. Luis Llosa
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods…; Explosives expert Stallone helps out avenging angel Stone in sending bad guys Woods and Roberts to Kingdom Come. Shamelessly implausible stuff is…
Next Door (1994): Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. James Woods, Randy Quaid, Kate Capshaw; Harmless fun escalates to suburban feud between two neighbours – James Woods, an uptight academic and Randy Quaid, a humble butcher with a…
Curse of the Starving Class (1994): Dir. J. Michael McClary
Feat. James Woods, Kathy Bates; Black comedy depicting a hellish family of white–trash farmers, incl. an alcoholic James Woods and wife Kathy Bates. Based on a Sam Shepard…
Indictment (1995): Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl; Courtroom drama of rare power locks James Woods and Mercedes Ruehl as duelling lawyers in a detailed examination of the McMartin child abuse trial…
Nixon (1995): Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Ed Harris…; With almost Shakespearian gravitas, Anthony Hopkins portrays a flawed but fully–rounded Richard Nixon. Instead of the anticipated whitewash,…
Killer: a Journal of Murder (1996): Dir. Tim Metcalfe
Feat. James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene; James Woods plays America's first official serial killer, Carl Panzram, but his demonic energies seem wasted on a simplistic film that offers scant…
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996): Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods…; Thirty years after the fact, D.A. Alec Baldwin re–investigates the murder of a Mississippi civil rights leader. Fact–based…
Vampires (1998): Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Maximilian Schell; Continuing to purvey his dubious abilities, dir. John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN) sinks his teeth into another genre staple, with hideous spurts of blood…

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