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1. Frank and Jesse (1994)
directed by Robert Boris
featuring Rob Lowe, Bill PaxtonRob Lowe and Bill Paxton star as Frank and Jesse James, who, after the defeat of the South in the Civil War and the pointless murder of their younger ... More
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2. Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
directed by Kevin Reynolds
featuring Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Tom Berenger, Powers Boothe, Mare WinninghamThis miniseries from cable's History Channel travels back to the second half of the 19th century for an epic-length, dramatic evocation of one of ... More
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3. Twister (1996)
directed by Jan de Bont
featuring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois SmithBill Paxton, Helen Hunt and Carey Elwes may be billed as the stars of Twister, but the film's real attractions are the cyclones themselves. Best ... More
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4. Mighty Joe Young (1998)
directed by Ron Underwood
featuring Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth, David PaymerThis 1998 version of Mighty Joe Young begins with a Gorillas in the Mist-type prologue and then jumps forward twelve years to find Bill Paxton ... More
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5. Resistance (2002)
directed by Todd Komarnicki
featuring Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond, Sandrine BonnaireAuthor Anita Shreve's wartime romance comes to life on the big screen in this tale of passion and danger set against the backdrop of World War II and ... More
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6. Trespass (1992)
directed by Walter Hill
featuring Bill Paxton, Ice-T, Bill Sadler, Ice Cube, Art EvansMaverick director Walter Hill, who had a big hit with 48 Hrs., indulges his customary yen for violent and disturbing scenes in this overlooked action ... More
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7. A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
directed by Terry George
featuring Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan, Vivian Wu, Donal Logue, Eric BogosianAdapted from Neil Sheehan's 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, this $14-million TV docudrama, re-creating the Vietnam War with convincing ... More
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8. Brain Dead (1990)
directed by Adam Simon
featuring Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort, Nicholas Pryor, Patricia CharbonneauBrain Dead was based on a script by Charles Beaumont, leading some obtuse fans to hail the "return" of that frequent Twilight Zone contributor. ... More
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9. Thunderbirds (2004)
directed by Jonathan Frakes
featuring Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, Sophia Myles, Ben Kingsley, Brady CorbetDirected by Jonathan Frakes and based on the '60s British television series of the same name, Thunderbirds chronicles the intergalactic exploits of ... More
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10. True Lies (1994)
directed by James Cameron
featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia CarrereBorrowing liberally from the French film La Totale, this is an action picture, domestic comedy, and political thriller rolled into a crowd-pleasing ... More
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11. Near Dark (1987)
directed by Kathryn Bigelow
featuring Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette GoldsteinList of all editionsIn Kathryn Bigelow's tale of vampires in the American Southwest, the creatures of the night aren't elegant, cloaked aristocrats. They're a gun-toting ... More
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12. Weird Science (1985)
directed by John Hughes
featuring Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne SnyderList of all editionsJohn Hughes's third directorial effort, Weird Science, follows in the tradition of his previous teen-centered films, Sixteen Candles and The ... More
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13. The Evening Star (1996)
directed by Robert Harling
featuring Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Ben JohnsonList of all editionsShirley MacLaine reprises her award-winning performance as Aurora Greenway in this sequel to Terms of Endearment. Fifteen years after the death of ... More
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14. Boxing Helena (1993)
directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch
featuring Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Kurtwood Smith, Betsy ClarkList of all editionsIn this stylized art film, which marked the directorial debut of second-generation filmmaker Jennifer Chambers Lynch, a surgeon with a mommy fixation ... More
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15. Predator 2 (1990)
directed by Stephen Hopkins
featuring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill PaxtonList of all editionsThis special effects-heavy science fiction sequel moves the action from the first film's Amazon forest to the urban jungle of L.A. Danny Glover stars ... More
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16. Future Shock (1993)
directed by Eric Parkinson, Matt Reeves, Oley Sassone
featuring Bill Paxton, Vivian Schilling, Martin Kove, Scott ThompsonList of all editionsFootage from three separate horror projects was assembled for this semi-anthology, framed by the premise of a mad scientist (Martin Kove) who uses ... More
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17. Traveller (1996)
directed by Jack N. Green
featuring Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies, James Gammon, Luke AskewList of all editionsActor Bill Paxton produced this unusual film about a clan of Irish-American con artists practicing in the American South. They live in a secluded ... More
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18. Impulse (1984)
directed by Graham Baker
featuring Tim Matheson, Meg Tilly, Hume Cronyn, John Karlen, Bill PaxtonList of all editionsBad behavior turns deadly in this science-fiction drama. Jennifer (Meg Tilly) is a woman who grew up in the small town of Sutcliffe, which much of ... More
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19. Haywire (2012)
directed by Steven Soderbergh
featuring Gina Carano, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Mathieu KassovitzList of all editionsMixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano makes her feature-film debut as a lethal government contractor who's betrayed by her own agency in this action ... More
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20. Monolith (1993)
directed by John Eyres
featuring Bill Paxton, Lindsay Frost, John Hurt, Louis Gossett, Jr.If you've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, you know what a "monolith" is. What it is not is exclusively an extraterrestrial entity, as was apparently ... More
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21. Vertical Limit (2000)
directed by Martin Campbell
featuring Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorupco, Temuera Morrison, Stuart WilsonList of all editionsFamily differences and personal grudges add drama to an already tense situation as the lives of a team of mountain climbers hang in the balance in ... More
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22. Pass the Ammo (1988)
directed by David Beaird
featuring Bill Paxton, Linda Kozlowski, Tim Curry, Annie Potts, Dennis BurkleyList of all editionsWhen Claire (Linda Kozlowski) learns her grandmother has been bilked out of $50,000 by the crooked televangelists Ray (Tim Curry) and Darla Porter ... More
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23. Apollo 13 (1995)
directed by Ron Howard
featuring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen QuinlanList of all editions"Houston, we have a problem." Those words were immortalized during the tense days of the Apollo 13 lunar mission crisis in 1970, events recreated ... More
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24. Frailty (2002)
directed by Bill Paxton
featuring Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy SumpterList of all editionsActor Bill Paxton made his directorial debut with Frailty. The bulk of the story is told through flashbacks, as a mysterious man (Matthew McConaughey ... More
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25. A Simple Plan (1998)
directed by Sam Raimi
featuring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Bridget Fonda, Jack WalshList of all editionsBased on Scott B. Smith's bone-chilling 1993 novel, A Simple Plan is a bit of a departure for horror film director Sam Raimi. Instead of flying ... More







