Jack Nicholson
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The Shining
(1980)Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, his wife and young son must live in remote isolation for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within. Based on the classic novel by Stephen King.

Chinatown
(1974)Landmark movie in the film noir tradition, Roman Polanski's Chinatown stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in...Chinatown. Co-starring film legend John Huston and featuring an Academy Award-winning script by Robert Towne, Chinatown captures a lost era in a masterfully woven movie that remains a timeless gem.

The Bucket List
(2007)In this charming comedy, two Hollywood stalwarts share a hospital room - one is a billionaire, the other a blue collar worker. They reveal to each other they have a long list of goals they want to accomplish before they 'kick the bucket'. But the only way to do it is to make a break for it!

About Schmidt
(2002)Warren Schmidt, a quiet ex-insurance actuary, is unhappily married to Helen and brooding over the forthcoming wedding of his daughter Jeannie to Randall Hertzel. When Helen suddenly dies and he finds love letters to her from his best friend, he is inspired to try and stop the wedding, but standing in his way is Randall's feisty mother, and slowly, he realises he must make the most of his remaining life.

Five Easy Pieces
(1970)A volatile oil rigger is called home to face his dying father and the truth about his squandered musical talent. Landmark drama. Strong language/sex. (1970)(94 mins)

The Last Detail
(1973)Jack Nicholson is at his very best in this highly-acclaimed dramatic comedy from Hal Ashby about three sailors on the loose.

Something's Gotta Give
(2003)In this elegant and touching comedy, Erica has given up on finding romance and it's brought home to her when her daughter arrives with her ageing boyfriend, Harry. Initially they repel each other but slowly they discover a smouldering attraction. But the course of love never did run smooth...

The Pledge
(2001)A recently retired detective cannot get over an unsolved murder case, so he abandons his personal plans and devotes his new life to finding justice.

Prizzi's Honor
(1985)Prizzi's Honor is a American black comedy crime film directed by John Huston. Two highly-skilled mob assassins who were after falling in love, are hired to kill each other. The film's supporting cast includes Anjelica Huston (the director's daughter), Robert Loggia, John Randolph, CCH Pounder, Lawrence Tierney, and William Hickey. Stanley Tucci appears in a minor role, his film debut.

Carnal Knowledge
(1971)An award-winning ensemble of actors deliver the goods in an exploration of college roommates whose sexual affairs carry more meaning than they know.

The Witches of Eastwick
(1987)A trio of bored, sexually repressed New England women, Alex, Jane and Sukie, each of them left to live without their respective husbands, innocently conjures up a mysterious stranger who, they are convinced, will relieve their frustrations.

Hoffa
(1992)Director/co-star Danny DeVito's unforgettable epic stars Jack Nicholson as Jimmy Hoffa, the legendary Teamster boss whose mysterious disappearance has never been explained. The film traces Hoffa's passionate struggle to shape the nation's most influential labor union, his relationship with the Mob, and his subsequent conviction and prison term at the hand of Robert Kennedy.

The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1981)From the James M. Cain book.

Mars Attacks!
(1996)In this quirky sci-fi comedy, which harks back to sci-fi films of the 1950s and 60s, aliens land on Earth. They are green, garish and cheerful but appearances are deceptive when they disintegrate the entire US Congress, kicking off a bizarre high-tech war that causes chaos.

Ironweed
(1987)Washed-up baseball star Francis Phelan becomes an alcoholic vagabond after the death of his infant son. By chance, he encounters a fellow itinerant drinker and they wax nostalgic about their haunted pasts.

The Border
(1982)Academy Award® winner Jack Nicholson stars in this gripping drama of a man torn between his career and his conscience. As a border guard involved in drug smuggling along the Rio Grande, Charlie Smith (Nicholson) has crossed the line many times. But when he decides to clean up his act and help unite an "illegal" woman with her baby, he runs afoul of his corrupt department, his greedy wife (Valerie Perrine) and a ruthless neighbor (Harvey Keitel) in this action-packed suspense-thriller.

The King of Marvin Gardens
(1972)The story of how a man’s get-rich-quick scheme—to build a resort with embezzled money from his mobster boss—ends in tragedy for all involved.

Wolf
(1994)After a Manhattan book editor is bitten by a wolf, he starts experiencing emotional and physical changes—and not necessarily for the better.

The Crossing Guard
(1995)Freddy Gale (Jack Nicholson) wants revenge on John Booth (David Morse), the man who killed his daughter in a drink-driving incident. When Booth is released from prison after six years, Gale makes a failed assassination attempt at the trailer where Booth lives, but vows to return.

Goin' South
(1978)Due to the shortage of available men after the Civil War, a small western town allows a single woman with ulterior motives to save an outlaw from the gallows by simply marrying him.