Best movies of John Irvin

Actors : Michael Boatman, Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan,
Directors : John Irvin,

A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

Actors : John Houseman, Fred Astaire, Craig Wasson, Alice Krige,
Directors : John Irvin,

Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. When the son of one of the elderly men returns to his hometown after his brother's mysterious death, they attempt to unravel her story.

Actors : Paul Shenar, Sam Wanamaker, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold,
Directors : John Irvin,

A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.

Actors : Shaun Evans, Andrea Corr, Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill,
Directors : John Irvin,

In 1965, Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual céilí music competition in Ireland.

Actors : Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger, Hugh Millais, Christopher Walken,
Directors : John Irvin,

Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

Actors : Caterina Murino, Mena Suvari, Carmen Maura, Jack Huston,
Directors : John Irvin,

A young American writer completes his service in WWI and travels across Europe with his wife and her attractive Italian girlfriend. Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway.

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Liam Neeson, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : John Irvin,

Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.

Actors : Stephen Dorff, Famke Janssen, Harvey Keitel, Timothy Hutton,
Directors : John Irvin,

A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Uma Thurman, Edward Fox, Alida Valli,
Directors : John Irvin,

For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other ...

Actors : Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber, Frank Harper,
Directors : John Irvin,

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson, Mia Farrow, Adrian Dunbar,
Directors : John Irvin,

Edwina has just moved into the neighborhood known as "Widows' Peak," so called due to the prevalent marital status of the residents, who tend to be a rather exclusive bunch. The residents ...

Actors : Uma Thurman, Edward Fox, Patrick Bergin, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : John Irvin,

The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.

Actors : Jason Priestley, Forest Whitaker, Briony Glassco, Jeremy Irons,
Directors : John Irvin,

A man seeks justice when his wife and daughter are gunned down in a terrorist attack.

Actors : Michael Gambon, Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Richard Johnson,
Directors : John Irvin,

Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they ...

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Natalia Tena, Anna Maguire,
Directors : John Irvin,

"Laughing Water - Mine Ha-Ha" is based on "Mine-Haha or Physical Education of Young Girls" by German author Frank Wedekind (Spring Awakening, Lulu, Pandora's Vase). Thuringia, Germany, in ...

Actors : John Hurt, Mick Dillon, Gregory Jones, Ann Bell,
Directors : John Irvin,

The true story of Bob Champion, a British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous ...

Actors : Jeff Fahey, Pamela Gidley, Eric Roberts, Ron Smerczak,
Directors : John Irvin,

Wildlife photographer Katy is sent to Africa by her fiance Dex, the CEO of the international company that publishes the magazine she works for, to take photos of a rare bird of prey ...

Actors : Catherine McCormack, Jonathan Pryce, Alfred Molina, András Bálint,
Directors : John Irvin,

Together in Rome to shoot a film, a German actress (McCormack) and an English actor (Pryce) contend with forces that complicate their romance as well as the production itself.

Actors : Anne Archer, Anthony Bate, Paul Freeman, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : John Irvin,

A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.