Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix


Filmography

21. Ladder 49

Ladder 49
Drama Action Thriller Relationship Drama
6.5
20041h 55minUnited States

Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids.


22. The Village

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.


23. Brother Bear

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.


24. Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers
Drama Comedy War Crime Thriller
6.7
20021h 38minGermany, United Kingdom

A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.


25. Signs

Signs
Drama Thriller Science Fiction Mystery Mind Game Thriller
6.8
20021h 46minUnited States

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.


26. Quills

Quills
Drama Historical Drama
7.2
20002h 4minGermany, United Kingdom

In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’ unyielding imagination, the reformist ideals of the Abbé in charge, and the repressive measures of a doctor sent to silence him. Desire, power, and censorship collide in a battle over freedom of expression.


27. Gladiator

Gladiator
Action Drama Adventure Epic Action Historical Drama
8.5
20002h 35minUnited Kingdom, United States

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.


28. The Yards

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.


29. 8MM

8MM
Thriller Crime Mystery
6.6
19992h 3minGermany, United States

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.


30. Clay Pigeons

Clay Pigeons
Crime Comedy Drama Romance
6.6
19981h 44minGermany, United Kingdom

Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."