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Giancarlo Esposito
Actor 68 years old

Giancarlo Esposito

Copenhagen, Denmark

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011 and its prequel series Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022. He won the Critics' Choice Television... Read full bio →

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The Electric State

The Electric State

Joe Russo, Anthony Russo 2025 2h 5m 5.0

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.

Captain America: Brave New World

Captain America: Brave New World

Julius Onah 2025 1h 59m 5.0

After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

Megalopolis

Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola 2024 2h 18m 5.3

In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "Megalopolis," a utopian city that redefines society’s limits. Opposing him is the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who clings to power and profit.

MaXXXine

MaXXXine

Ti West 2024 1h 43m 5.8

In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.

Abigail

Abigail

Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin 2024 1h 49m 6.0

A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over time, they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Jeff Rowe 2023 1h 40m 6.0

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Coda

Coda

Claude Lalonde 2019 1h 36m 6.0

A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Wes Ball 2018 2h 23m 5.8

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all.

Unacknowledged

Unacknowledged

Michael Mazzola 2017 1h 40m

An exploration of the Alien presence on Earth and the reality of suppressed free energy technology.

Okja

Okja

Bong Joon Ho 2017 2h 7.4

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Jon Favreau 2016 1h 46m 7.3

An orphan boy is raised in the Jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear and a black panther.

Money Monster

Money Monster

Jodie Foster 2016 1h 39m 6.2

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Wes Ball 2015 2h 11m 6.0

After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.

Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

2015 49m 8.1

Albuquerque lawyer Jimmy McGill scrapes for clients and respect, but every win drags him closer to shady deals, dangerous players, and the alter ego Saul Goodman.

Son of Batman

Son of Batman

Ethan Spaulding 2014 1h 14m

Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group the League of Assassins.

Requiem for the Big East

Requiem for the Big East

Ezra Edelman 2014 1h 44m 6.0

30 for 30 Present: Requiem For The Big East chronicles the meteoric ascension of the Big East conference, and how in less than a decade, it became the most successful college basketball league in America.

Poker Night

Poker Night

Greg Francis 2014 1h 44m 6.0

When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.

Revolution

Revolution

2012 42m 5.0

One day, electricity just stopped working and the world was suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Now, 15 years later, a young woman's life is dramatically changed when a local militia arrives and kills her father, who mysteriously—and unbeknownst to her—had something to do with the blackout.

Alex Cross

Alex Cross

Rob Cohen 2012 1h 41m 4.1

Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detroit while keeping his family out of the line of fire. As he mulls over accepting a job with the FBI, he is told that a friend has been murdered and he vows to track down the killer.

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

Benny Boom 2011 1h 29m 4.5

Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officer, Lt. Paul Cutler, is sent to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. team on new anti-terrorism and homeland security techniques. Cutler has a hard time settling into his assignment as he locks horns with his new captain and encounters resistance from the team he must lead.

Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

John Cameron Mitchell 2010 1h 31m 7.3

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

Gospel Hill

Gospel Hill

Giancarlo Esposito 2008 1h 39m 5.0

A former Sheriff of the southern town dealing with past sins, and a former civil rights worker, withdrawn since the martyrdom of his brother thirty years before, confront a threat to their town.

Feel the Noise

Feel the Noise

Alejandro Chomski 2007 1h 26m 4.5

After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob flees to a place and father he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his step-brother Javi to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars.

SherryBaby

SherryBaby

Laurie Collyer 2006 1h 36m 5.8

After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.

Hate Crime

Hate Crime

Tommy Stovall 2005 1h 44m

Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy suddenly encounter intolerance and hostility at the hands of their new neighbor, Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher.

Derailed

Derailed

Mikael Håfström 2005 1h 48m 6.2

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

Michael Bregman 2005 1h 40m 7.0

The sequel to Carlito's Way.

A Killer Within

A Killer Within

Brad Keller 2004 1h 50m

Addison Terrill, a former district attorney now in a lucrative private practice, has what seems to be the perfect life. But life as he knows it is turned upside down when he arrives home from work late one night to find his wife brutally murdered and his son unconscious in critical condition at the hospital.

Blind Horizon

Blind Horizon

Michael Haussman 2003 1h 39m 6.8

Left for dead in the remote Southwest, Frank is found clinging to life and in a state of amnesia. As he recovers, ominous memories begin to flash back...

Monkeybone

Monkeybone

Henry Selick 2001 1h 33m 5.3

A cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back. Will his new fiancee be able to save him in time?

Ali

Ali

Michael Mann 2001 2h 37m 6.6

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time.

Twilight

Twilight

Robert Benton 1998 1h 34m 6.0

A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.

Phoenix

Phoenix

Danny Cannon 1998 1h 47m 6.0

Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.

Creature

Creature

1998 1h 29m 4.0

An amphibious shark-like monster terrorizes an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island it is located on. A marine biologist, as well as several other people, try to stop it before it is too late...

Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose

Steve Oedekerk 1997 1h 37m 6.6

Nick Beam, an advertising executive who thinks his life is going very well -- until he returns home from work and discovers that his wife (Preston) is apparently having an affair with his boss. On the edge of a nervous breakdown, Nick drives around the city until small-time carjacker T-Paul jumps into his truck and attempts to rob him.

Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

Forest Whitaker 1995 2h 7m 3.5

Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with the male gender.

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

Bryan Singer 1995 1h 46m 8.6

A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup.

Smoke

Smoke

Wayne Wang 1995 1h 52m 8.1

A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.

Klash

Klash

Bill Parker 1995 1h 35m

Stoney is a photographer who travels to Jamaica to photograph the KLA$H, the world's best reggae and dance hall bands. Stoney re-unites with an old girlfriend Blossom, and Blossom has a big payday via a criminal plan she puts in motion.

Blue in the Face

Blue in the Face

Paul Auster, Wayne Wang 1995 1h 23m 7.3

Augie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.

Fresh

Fresh

Boaz Yakin 1994 1h 54m 7.5

FRESH is more than a movie, it’s a gateway to action. Our aim is to help grow FRESH food, ideas, and become active participants in an exciting, vibrant, and fast-growing movement.

Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993 45m

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

Amos & Andrew

Amos & Andrew

E. Max Frye 1993 1h 36m 6.0
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Spike Lee 1992 3h 22m 7.4

The biopic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader.

Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

Tim Robbins 1992 1h 42m

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.

Night on Earth

Night on Earth

Jim Jarmusch 1991 2h 9m 7.8

A multi-layered film about the night life in taxi’s in different metropolitan cities. Jim Jarmusch takes us to 5 cities where people take taxi’s to meet up with each other and then when all's said and done take taxi’s to eventually go away from each other.

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

Spike Lee 1991 2h 12m 6.0

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Simon Wincer 1991 1h 38m 6.8

Two lone riders hold up a bank's armoured car to save their friend's bar from imminent foreclosure. Soon, the mission goes awry when they discover the vehicle's unexpected cargo.

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

Spike Lee 1990 2h 9m 5.5

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

King of New York

King of New York

Abel Ferrara 1990 1h 43m 7.3

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee 1989 2h 8.4

Do The Right Thing takes place on a hot summer day in Brooklyn and depicts the racial conflict between an Italian American pizza restaurant owner and his African American customers and how things erupt into a violent outbreak. This Spike Lee Joint touches on themes of segregation and apartheid in the USA.

School Daze

School Daze

Spike Lee 1988 2h 1m 6.0

In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent.

Maximum Overdrive

Maximum Overdrive

Stephen King 1986 1h 38m 5.3

When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.

Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

Susan Seidelman 1985 1h 44m 6.5

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

Francis Ford Coppola 1984 2h 10m 6.8

The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

John Sayles 1984 1h 48m 6.5

An alien slave crashes lands in New York city while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.

Trading Places

Trading Places

John Landis 1983 1h 56m 7.5

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Taps

Taps

Harold Becker 1981 2h 6m 6.6

Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

Running

Running

Steven Hilliard Stern 1979 1h 42m 10.0

An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.

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