Philip Baker Hall
15 titles
Filmography
15 results

Hard Eight
(1997)John, a half-bright loser stranded in Reno, is down to his last few bucks when Sydney, taking pity on him, buys him breakfast and offers him a few tips on making money in the casinos. Two years later, John has become Sydney's partner.

Magnolia
(1999)This sprawling character study follows 10 people whose damaged lives intersect--often by sheer coincidence--during a single day in Southern California's San Fernando Valley.

Rush Hour
(1998)A wisecracking LAPD cop grudgingly agrees to keep an eye on a detective flown in from Hong Kong to find a Chinese ambassador's kidnapped daughter.

Bruce Almighty
(2003)Bruce is given almighty powers to teach him a lesson.

Bad Words
(2013)Discovering a loophole in the rules, a middle-aged dropout causes trouble when he hijacks a spelling bee competition in his mission for revenge.

Tempting Fate
(1998)A doctor who loses the love of his life risks everything to be with her again when he meets an inventor of a machine that travels to a parallel world.

Dogville
(2003)A withering indictment of American social values, written and directed by a man who has never set foot in America, Lars von Trier’s Dogville is an ambitious provocation. With an all-star cast led by Nicole Kidman, this epic Brechtian drama is a raw examination of small-town hypocrisy and prejudice.

The Insider
(1999)An ex-tobacco exec becomes a consultant for a controversial story.

The Last Word
(2017)A retired businesswoman and control freak decides to pen her own obituary, resulting in a life-altering friendship with a young journalist.

All Good Things
(2010)Based on a true story, the scion of a New York real estate empire is suspected of murdering his wife, who disappeared mysteriously in the early 80s.

Lost Souls
(2000)Devout Catholic woman who belongs to group of priests & lay people that conducts exorcisms & had self been a victim.

Cradle Will Rock
(1999)A troupe of actors risk everything to perform the infamous musical.

You Kill Me
(2007)A hit-man's drinking obstructs his killing.

50/50
(2011)Diagnosed with spinal cancer, 27 year old Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) navigates the road to recovery with the support of his crude best friend (Seth Rogen), his smothering mother (Angelica Huston) and an inexperienced therapist (Anna Kendrick).

Psycho
(1998)An audacious, fascinatingly provocative experiment in adaptation and authorship, Gus Van Sant’s remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic is a virtually shot-for-shot reproduction of the original that invites viewers to consider the at once similar and divergent approaches of different artists to the same material. Here, Anne Heche stars as young office worker Marion Crane, who flees her old life with $400,000 in stolen money and hits the highway to California. On her way she stops at a quaint little motel for a good night’s sleep and a refreshing shower . . .