Samuel L. Jackson
Actor
- School Daze (1988)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn…
- Spike Lee's black high–school musical is perhaps over–ambitious, but the disorder is compensated in sheer exuberance and…
- Def by Temptation (1990)
- Dir. James Bond III
Feat. Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson…
- A vampiress uses her smouldering sexuality to lure male victims in this effective update of the '70s blaxploitation genre.
- Juice (1992)
- Dir. Ernest Dickerson
Feat. Omar Epps, Samuel L. Jackson, Tupac Shakur…
- Innocence is lost and tragedy strikes as it does in these tales of black male youths in lethal conflict with rival peers and…
- White Sands (1992)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke…
- When Deputy Willem Dafoe discovers a dead man and half a million bucks, we know something is mighty queer. Enter Mickey Rourke and all is explained.
- Amos and Andrew (1993)
- Dir. E. Max Frye
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson
- Cage and Jackson are unwitting abductor and hostage in an exclusive but crazy white neighbourhood. Sharply exacted racial satire is littered with…
- Menace II Society (1993)
- Dir. Hughes Brothers
Feat. Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Samuel L. Jackson
- A ghetto drama about young men on a no–win cycle of guns and drugs in south central L.A., this covers simlar geographical and philosophical…
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman…
- With just his second film, Quentin Tarantino not only became a household name but a massive cultural phenomenon.
He miraculously surpasses…
- Kiss of Death (1994)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson…
- David Caruso (NYPD Blue) does fine in his big–screen debut as a redeemed petty crook lured back into the void between the cops and the…
- Against the Wall (1994)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Samuel L. Jackson, Frederic Forrest…
- Gruelling true story of the uprising at Attica Prison in 1971 in which a new recruit to the prison service, along with several of his colleagues get…
- Die Hard with a Vengeance (Die Hard 3) (1995)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Irons
- Third chapter in the big loud adventures of a white–vested cop goes to a ridiculous extreme to top what is increasingly seeming like an…
- Fresh (1995)
- Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson
- The best, and dare we say it, freshest, of the Black–American street fables to emerge in recent years, a fascinating story evolves from a young…
- Losing Isaiah (1995)
- Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn…
- Jessica Lange plays an adoptive mother who gives an abandoned black child a new chance at life, but the birth mother (Halle Berry) has cleaned up her…
- Great White Hype, The (1996)
- Dir. Reginald Hudlin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg…
- Samuel L. Jackson and Jeff Goldblum star in this ham–fisted comic tale of ringside corruption. Jackson goes OTT as an opportunistic Don…
- Time to Kill, A (1996)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock…
- A blue–eyed lawyer comes to the defence of a black man (Samuel L. Jackson) who murdered his daughter's rapists in the Deep South. This…
- Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996)
- Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson
- Heroic chemistry between Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson fuels this spectacular actioner, with more than a few eyebrows raised sardonically along…
- Hard Eight (Sydney) (1996)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow…
- Cucumber–cool first feature set in the thick of Reno's casino culture, boasts four superb character–based performances and extended…
- 187 (1997)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson
- The school–as–hellhole drama gets taught tough new lessons from Samuel L. Jackson, a teacher whose idealism is bitterly exhausted in the…
- Eve's Bayou (1997)
- Dir. Kasi Lemmons
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Vondie Curtis Hall
- A sassy, old–fashioned Southern melodrama quite unlike how we've seen it before – this is affluent African–American life in 60s…
- Jackie Brown (1998)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Pam Grier…
- Quentin Tarantino follows–up the fireworks of PULP FICTION with a laidback ode to lowlife dreamers and schemers that reclines comfortably into…
- Sphere (1998)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson
- Back in the ocean depths, a 300yr–old alien spacecraft lies silently waiting for the team to investigate. Michael Crichton's story unavoidably…
- Negotiator, The (1998)
- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, J.T. Walsh
- A touch angry after being framed for corruption, Samuel L. Jackson kidnaps the responsible party and squares off against the formidable eyeballs of…
- Red Violin, The (1998)
- Dir. Francois Girard
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi
- The contemporary auction of a prized antique violin becomes another suspenseful, passionate chapter in its lifespan as we learn of its 300 year…
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Po–faced revival of the billion–dollar STAR WARS money–spinner, jammed full of digital landscapes, excessive political exposition,…
- Rules of Engagement (2000)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce…
- Colonel Samuel L. Jackson interprets the 'rules' when the US Embassy in Yemen is attacked by terrorists.
But after the smoke has cleared 83…
- Unbreakable (2000)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright
- The sceptre of THE SIXTH SENSE hangs over this follow–up from writer/director Shyamalan, whose status as a Hollywood golden boy has arguably…
- Shaft (2000)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Toni Collette…
- Despite the excellent pedigree of those involved – Samuel L Jackson, Richard Roundtree, dir. John Singleton, Toni Collette – this revival…
- Caveman's Valentine, The (2000)
- Dir. Kasi Lemmons
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ann Magnuson
- Dir. Lemmons follows up EVE’s BAYOU with an ambitious portrayal of classical–composer–turned–paranoid–schizophrenic Samuel…
- Formula 51 (The 51st State) (2001)
- Dir. Ronnie Yu
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer…
- Super drug–chemist Jackson embarks to the UK on the deal of a lifetime, but is quickly embroiled in murky underworld plots in…
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen…
- The attack of the most successful–ever movie franchise continues, with Lucas’ space–opera following further galactic struggles, in…
- Changing Lanes (2002)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette…
- After a rush hour fender–bender between lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance agent Samuel L Jackson, a tit for tat game of ‘get even’ for high…
- Basic (2003)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen…
- Slick jungle thriller kept interesting by a far from basic storyline involving US troops on a training mission in Panama.
When the squad runs into…
- S.W.A.T. (SWAT) (2003)
- Dir. Clark Johnson
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez…
- Competent, but hardly special updating of the 70s cop show (Special Weapons And Tactics), which mixes credible action assignments with personality…
- Twisted (2004)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia…
- Judd plays a detective hunting a serial killer on the San Francisco waterfront in this overly shadowy thriller. It's chief distinction occurs when…
- Incredibles, The (2004)
- Dir. Brad Bird
Feat. Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Living up to its title, this stunner from Pixar studios sets the benchmark in children's entertainment yet again, while being their most…
- In My Country (Country of my Skull) (2004)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson
- One of the first stabs at dramatising the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in South Africa, here used as a grueling backdrop for romance…
- Coach Carter (2005)
- Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown
- Fact–based story of a Californian high school basketball coach (Jackson) who brought a fresh approach to motivating his young players,…
- xXx - The Next Level (xXx - State of the Union) (2005)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Ice-Cube, Willem Dafoe, Peter Strauss…
- Bridge–burning sequel to the extreme–sports–spy hit, kills off the original star (Vin Diesel) in the opening scene, before ramping…
- Man, The (2005)
- Dir. Les Mayfield
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy
- Manic–aggressive comedy concerning a foul–mouthed Detroit policeman (Jackson) who ends up conscripting an innocent salesman (Levy) to his…
- Extras - Series 1 (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Ben Stiller…
- Gervais' self–proclaimed "difficult second album" is a more conventional but no less assured comedy success recalling the misadventures of Andy…
- Freedomland (2006)
- Dir. Joe Roth
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco…
- An unsettling race–drama about a bedraggled woman (Moore) who turns up at a New Jersey hospital alleging that her young son has been kidnapped…
- Snakes on a Plane (2006)
- Dir. David R Ellis
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Margulies, Rachel Blanchard…
- Shamelessly egregious B–movie actioner with Samuel L. Jackson playing an FBI agent escorting a federal murder witness (Phillips) on a…
- Farce of the Penguins (2006)
- Dir. Bob Saget
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Applegate, Bob Saget…
- Two potty–mouthed penguin bros tire of cheap sex and traverse Antarctica for true love in this mockumentary answer to 2005's earnest,…
- Afro Samurai (2007)
- Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Perlman
- The perpetually cool Samuel L. Jackson reeks of attitude as the voice of an Afro–American samurai hellbent on revenge.
In the spirit of KILL…
- Black Snake Moan (2007)
- Dir. Craig Brewer
Feat. Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson, Justin Timberlake
- Christina Ricci stars as a scrawny, Southern–fried nympho whose demons get her deep into trouble in the deep, deep South the minute her doting…
- 1408 (2007)
- Dir. Mikael Håfström
Feat. John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson
- This good, old–fashioned horror adapts a latter–day Steven King story of the same name.
True to genre, it's about a sceptical,…
- Cleaner (2007)
- Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes…
- Noir–ish thriller stars Sam Jackson as an ex–cop–turned–crime–scene–cleaner who inadvertently finds himself…
- Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
- Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Dakota Goyo
- Character–driven drama focused on a young sports reporter (Hartnett) who tries to resurrect the career of a homeless man (Jackson) who he…
- Jumper (2008)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell
- Pea–brained, wildly disjointed sci–fi chase flick from the director of THE BOURNE IDENTITY centres on a 'jumper' (Christensen) whose…
- Gospel Hill (2008)
- Dir. Giancarlo Esposito
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Glover, Julia Stiles…
- Well–meaning, but congested melodrama set in the Deep South where a corporation selling out the underclass to white developers reignites racial…
- Spirit, The (2008)
- Dir. Frank Miller
Feat. Jaime King, Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes…
- Hollow directorial debut from comic book artist Miller centered around a rookie cop who comes back from the dead to fight crime as the stylish…
- Lakeview Terrace (2008)
- Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington
- Creepy suburban thriller focused on obsessive cop Abel Turner (Jackson) who will stop at nothing to rid his 'perfect' neighbourhood of an interracial…
- Soul Men (2008)
- Dir. Malcolm D Lee
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sean Hayes…
- Fitfully amusing musical comedy with Jackson and Mac starring as two estranged soul singers traveling cross–country together to sing at a…
- Afro Samurai Resurrection (2009)
- Dir. Fuminori Kizaki
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill
- Stylish sequel reprises the Samuel L. Jackson–voiced Afro Samurai, here coming out of retirement to fend off a sadistic villainess. Garnished…
- Astro Boy (2009)
- Dir. David Bowers
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell…
- A gleaming Hollywood update of the classic Japanese serial about a young robot traveling the world and discovering what it means to be human.…
- Mother and Child (2009)
- Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington…
- Thoughtfully handled ensemble drama focuses on the maternal and filial ties that bind, centered around three women; an unhappy therapist, the…
- Other Guys, The (2010)
- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg make for incompatible partners in this absurdist buddy–cop homage from the dir. of STEP BROTHERS and TALLADEGA…
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson…
- Spiffy, if routine blockbuster sequel finds Robert Downey Jr. reveling in his new–found celebrity as Iron Man while attracting the unwanted…
- Unthinkable (2010)
- Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Sheen…
- Troubling psychological thriller with Sheen as a terrorist suspect who won't divulge the whereabouts of rogue nuclear weapons, Jackson and Moss…
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones…
- Marvel's iconic superhero is reborn in this big, brash blockbuster, about a feeble military reject who is transformed into an ultimate solider by a…
- Sunset Limited, The (2011)
- Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson
- Cormac McCarthy's one–room play is animated by the mesmerizing acting of Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson in this intense two–hander…
- Avengers, The (Marvel's Avengers) (2012)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson…
- Barnstorming blockbuster with Marvel's premier superheroes joining forces to combat Thor's evil brother Loki and his alien army.
Skilfully helmed…
- Django Unchained (2012)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio…
- A cracking blaxploitation western from Quentin Tarantino, about a liberated slave who, with the help of a German bounty hunter, sets out to rescue…
- Adventures in Zambezia (Zambezia) (2012)
- Dir. Wayne Thornley
Feat. Leonard Nimoy, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum…
- A wing–tipped animated adventure set in Africa, about a spirited young falcon who, with the help of his bird friends, must rescue his father…
- Turbo (2013)
- Dir. David Soren
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena…
- Fuel–injected snails race to compete in the Indy 500 in this zippy animated adventure, firmly in the spirit of Pixar's winning CARS.
- Old Boy (2013)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley…
- Spike Lee remakes Park Chan–wook's devastating revenge film about a man kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for 20 years without…
- Robocop (2014)
- Dir. José Padilha
Feat. Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton…
- Paul Verhoeven's electric blockbuster about a tormented robotic supercop is rebooted for the 21st century.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Feat. Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson…
- The Marvel juggernaut rolls on with this colossal sequel to the Captain America storyline, in which Steve Rogers must clear his name after being…
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
- Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Feat. Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Good–natured, violent spoof in which gentleman spy Colin Firth recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the ultra–competitive…
- Big Game (2014)
- Dir. Jalmari Helander
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Felicity Huffman…
- Bonkers actioner with Sam Jackson as the U.S. President relying on a teenager for aid after Air Force One crash lands in Finnish forest.
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo…
- More Marvel mayhem has the team forced to reassemble after Tony Stark and Bruce Banner awaken a long dormant peacekeeping program.
- Hateful Eight, The (2015)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- An extremely bloody western from Tarantino that features a typically stellar cast as a group of miscreants and misanthropes holed up in a cabin in a…
- Chi-Raq (2015)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris…
- Brilliant Spike Lee musical transposing the classical Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes into the setting of a Chicago neighbourhood beset by gang…
- Legend of Tarzan, The (2016)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Alexander Skarsgard swings into the role of Tarzan who having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to…
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Tim Burton's spectacular adaptation of the young adult fantasy novel about a teenager who discovers a portal to a different time in coastal Wales…
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)
- Feat. Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson…
- When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a mission of discovery becomes an explosive war between monster…
- Hitman's Bodyguard, The (2017)
- Dir. Patrick Hughes
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman…
- Smart–ass action shennanigans with Ryan Reynolds hired as a bodyguard to protect hitman Samuel L. Jackson who has to testify at the…
- Glass (2018)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy…
- An ambitious, unconventional superhero thriller that provides an intersection between the director M. Night Shyamalan's previous films Unbreakable…
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Dir. Anna Campion, Ryan Fleck
Feat. Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn…
- Thoroughly enjoyable entry into the bloated Marvel Franchise, notable for being the first one to be female–led and female co–directed.…
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
- Dir. Jon Watts
Feat. Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal…
- Marvel–lous sequel to the hugely successful reboot 'Spider–Man: Homecoming', this follows the events of 'Avengers: Endgame', with Peter…