Jon Polito
16 titles
Filmography
16 results

Bushwhacked
(1995)Packed with sight gags and unexpected hair-raising action sequences, this entertaining comedy adventure stars Daniel Stern as bumbling deliveryman "Mad Max" Grabelski. Accused of murder when a scatter-brained get-rich-quick scheme backfires, he heads for the hills with the cops on his trail. But once there, he's mistaken for a world famous Scout leader and suddenly finds himself supervising six Ranger Scouts on their first overnight expedition.

Stiffs
(2010)Three old-school Wise Guys in Boston get involved in a murders-for-hire scheme that helps one of them stay in business with his busy funeral home.

Fire with Fire
(1986)A girl at an expensive Catholic boarding school falls in love with a boy at a nearby parole camp.

Homeboy
(1988)A small-time boxer with a brain injury falls for a cute carnival owner, but also befriends a shady character, who aims to use him for a big score.

Batman: Year One
(2011)Bruce Wayne fights his new nemesis, Catwoman, while lawman James Gordon battles corruption in Gotham City.

Big Eyes
(2014)A husband takes credit for his wife's artwork and is catapulted to fame.

The Clairvoyant
(1982)After a Jane Doe is found dead in the Hudson River, more serial murders occur that only a beautiful art student can use her psychic vision to stop.

Leather Jackets
(1992)Leather-jacketed Elwes and friends rip off and murder a Vietnamese mob bagman, whose associates vow vengeance. A devastating human drama about love, friendship and the pain of growing up in a world gone wild. Leather Jackets explores the fragile relationship between three friends desperate to make sense of their lives before a brutal act of violence rips them apart.

Fluke
(1995)An overworked and neglectful businessman dies in a car accident, only to be reincarnated as a dog. Will he finally bring his family joy?
Haeckel's Tale
(2006)It is a time when the laws of science battle the secrets of magic, and medical student Ernst Haeckel (Derek Cecil) believes the power of life, death, and resurrection lies in his arrogant hands. But on a journey to visit his gravely ill father, he finds shelter in the home of an older man and his seductive young wife (Leela Savasta) who cannot be fulfilled by mortal hungers. Somewhere in the darkness of a nearby necropolis, a defiant necromancer (Jon Polito of BARTON FINK, MILLER'S CROSSING) will now summon them all to an orgy of the undead and unleash the ultimate depravity for those who do not heed the warning of Haeckel's Tale. Directed by John McNaughton in association with horror legend George A. Romero, this startling mix of erotic desire and gut-ripping horror is adapted by series creator/executive producer Mick Garris from the short story by Clive Barker.

The Maestro
(2018)The story of aspiring film composer Jerry Herst, who moved to Hollywood to study with the revered composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Mimic 2
(2001)Scientists engineered a species of bug to "mimic" and destroy plague-spreading roaches - but they soon evolved to mimic their next prey...humans! They were all thought to be dead, but after another terrifying metamorphosis, the mutant bugs are back!

Barton Fink
(1991)New York intellectual Barton Fink comes to Hollywood in 1941 to write a screenplay, but he soon finds himself with a severe case of writer's block as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him from his task.

Highlander
(1986)A murdered 1536 Scottish swordsman is reborn in 1986 New York City to duel other immortals in a cosmic game that will leave only one with his head.

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
(2011)A brave, resourceful businesswoman begins to question everything she knows when evidence of a government conspiracy begins to take shape.

Cougar Club
(2007)Determined to break free from their jobs, two slackers start their own business, running a club where older women can pick up young men.