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Kris Kristofferson
Actor 1936 - 2024

Kris Kristofferson

Brownsville, Texas, USA

Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American country singer, songwriter, and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," all of... Read full bio →

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57 titles
The Star

The Star

Timothy Reckart 2017 1h 26m 6.0

A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas.

Hickok

Hickok

Timothy Woodward Jr. 2017 1h 28m

Legendary Lawman and Gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok, is tasked with taming the wildest cow-town in the West, while delivering his own brand of frontier Justice and infamous gunfighter's reputation as the fastest draw in the West is put to the test

Dolphin Tale 2

Dolphin Tale 2

Charles Martin Smith 2014 1h 47m

The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

7 Minutes

7 Minutes

Jay Martin 2014 1h 32m 5.0

Three high school friends are forced to commit a brazen robbery which quickly goes horribly wrong.

Midnight Stallion

Midnight Stallion

William Dear 2013 1h 37m

Fifteen year old Megan Shephard and her parents will do anything to save their struggling farm. When they discover a wild stallion in a nearby forest they begin to wonder if this could be the answer to their prayers.

I Am Divine

I Am Divine

Jeffrey Schwarz 2013 1h 30m 10.0

Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen.

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Sophie Huber 2012 1h 16m

Documentary looking back at the career of the popular character actor Harry Dean Stanton, featuring songs performed by Stanton.

Deadfall

Deadfall

Stefan Ruzowitzky 2012 1h 35m 5.4

A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.

Dolphin Tale

Dolphin Tale

Charles Martin Smith 2011 1h 53m 6.0

A boy finds a dolphin that was injured in a trap. They become friends, but the dolphin needs to have its tail amputated to survive. With the help of a biologist and a prosthetics specialist, the boy tries to save the animal.

Yohan - Barnevandrer

Yohan - Barnevandrer

Grete Salomonsen Hynnekleiv 2010 2h 2m 5.0

With his family struggling to survive in late-1890s Norway and his father leaving on a ship for America to earn much-needed money, 10-year-old Yohan devises his own plans to help his family, but his jealous older brother has other ideas and, unbeknownst to their parents, he signs a contract with an agent for Yohan to become a farm laborer.

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

Tiller Russell 2010 1h 23m 1.0

A western centered on a woman trying to bring her outlaw lover home for his burial.

Powder Blue

Powder Blue

Timothy Linh Bui 2009 1h 46m 6.5

On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

He's Just Not That Into You

He's Just Not That Into You

Ken Kwapis 2009 2h 9m 5.9

Tells the stories of a group of 20 and 30 somethings as they navigate their various relationships.

Snow Buddies

Snow Buddies

Robert Vince 2008 1h 27m 5.0

In this spin-off of the Air Bud franchise, five pups follow an ice cream transport truck to a plane and end up flying with the ice cream shipment to Alaska. There they find a pup friend and a boy who needs five dogs for a big race.

I'm Not There.

I'm Not There.

Todd Haynes 2007 2h 15m 8.0

The film is inspired, as the credits say, "by the music and many lives of Bob Dylan."

Disappearances

Disappearances

Jay Craven 2007 1h 58m 5.0

Forced to smuggle whiskey in an attempt to save a family, Quebec Bill (Kris Kristofferson) and his son embark on an unforgettable trip through the vast reaches of the wilderness.

Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation

Richard Linklater 2006 1h 56m 6.2

Inspired by author Eric Schlosser's New York Times best-seller of the same name, director Richard Linklater's ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an all-star cast that includes Greg Kinnear, Ethan Hawke, Kris Kristofferson, Patricia Arquette, and Luis Guzman.

The Wendell Baker Story

The Wendell Baker Story

Andrew Wilson, Luke Wilson 2005 1h 39m 6.0

Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.

The Jacket

The Jacket

John Maybury 2005 1h 43m 7.0

A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

John Gatins 2005 1h 46m 7.7

Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner.

Blade: Trinity

Blade: Trinity

David S. Goyer 2004 1h 53m 5.9

Blade is a day-walking vampire hunter. When the Vampire Nation hatches a plan to frame Blade in a series of brutal killings, he must join forces with the Nightstalkers, a clan of human vampire hunters, in an extreme battle in which the trail of blood leads directly to the notorious vampire legend, Dracula.

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Kenneth Bowser 2003 1h 59m 7.0

A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.

D-Tox

D-Tox

Jim Gillespie 2002 1h 36m 6.0

A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. But the therapeutic sanctuary becomes a nightmarish hellhole when a major snowstorm cuts off the clinic from the outside world and enables a killer on the inside to get busy.

Blade II

Blade II

Guillermo del Toro 2002 1h 57m 6.4

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

Wooly Boys

Wooly Boys

Leszek Burzynski 2001 1h 39m

A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage computer-whiz grandson.

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Tim Burton 2001 2h 5.8

Planet of the Apes is the 2001 remake of the classic science fiction film from 1968 in which a spaceship of humans lands on a planet inhabited by human like apes.

Payback

Payback

Brian Helgeland 1999 1h 40m 6.8

With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

Outlaw Justice

Outlaw Justice

Bill Corcoran 1999 1h 36m 4.0

In the tradition of THE WILD BUNCH and THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN comes this fast paced, action filled western with unforgettable performances by an all star cast: Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt and Waylon Jennings.

Limbo

Limbo

John Sayles 1999 2h 6m 8.5

Unconventional narrative about the interactions amongst a group of people in a small town in Alaska, each of whom has guards a secret.

Two for Texas

Two for Texas

Rod Hardy 1998 1h 36m 5.0

Two escapees from a brutal Louisiana penal colony join Sam Houston's forces in the effort to gain vengeance for the massacre at the Alamo.

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

Charles Grosvenor 1998 1h 17m 5.0

Legends claim that Saurus Rock keeps bad luck out of the Great Valley. Is it really true? Could the mysterious Longneck named Doe be the famous Lone Dinosaur, who can defeat a Sharptooth with his lasso-like tail? To find out, Littlefoot and company must cross theiGreat Valley and face a dangerous Sharptooth themselves!

Blade

Blade

Stephen Norrington 1998 2h 1m 7.3

Wesley Snipes stars as the tortured soul Blade - half man, half vampire. Blade sharpens his lethal skills under the guidance of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), his mentor, guardian and fellow hunter of the night. When the bloodthirsty vampire, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), declares war on the human race, Blade is humanity's last hope for survival.

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

James Ivory 1998 2h 7m

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience health problems.

Fire Down Below

Fire Down Below

Félix Alcalá 1997 1h 44m 5.0

A federal agent uncovers lucrative toxic waste dumps in Appalachia and must deal with the locals who want to keep their 'gold mine' secret.

Lone Star

Lone Star

John Sayles 1996 2h 15m 7.7

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Pharaoh's Army

Pharaoh's Army

Robby Henson 1995 1h 30m 5.0

During the American Civil War, a Union Army captain leads his ragtag cavalry force across a misty stream to a remote farm to capture enemy cattle.

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Paul Joyce 1993 1h 34m 5.0

This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs had a telling effect on the cinema of the 1970s and 80s.

Paper Hearts

Paper Hearts

Rod McCall 1993 1h 28m 4.0

A man who abandoned his family callously returns with his new girlfriend to sign the divorce papers and see his daughter who's getting married. His arrival reawakens old family wounds and pushes his distraught wife to the brink of sanity.

Highwaymen Live!!!

Highwaymen Live!!!

Jon Small 1990 2h 39m 7.0

Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash perform their hits in this 1990 concert at the Nassau Coliseum.

Millennium

Millennium

Michael Anderson 1989 1h 45m 5.0

An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

Randal Kleiser 1988 1h 26m 5.5

Paul Reubens stars as Pee-Wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-Wee, along with a outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, put on the best show ever.

Trouble in Mind

Trouble in Mind

Alan Rudolph 1985 1h 52m

The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.

Songwriter

Songwriter

Alan Rudolph 1984 1h 34m

Doc Jenkins may be one of country music's most beloved stars, but his private life is a wreck. He's split up with his longtime partner, Blackie Buck, a country outlaw with a heart of gold. Doc's singer-wife, Honey Carder, has thrown him out of the house.

The Last Horror Film

The Last Horror Film

David Winters 1982 1h 27m 6.0

A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.

Rollover

Rollover

Alan J. Pakula 1981 1h 56m

An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.

Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate

Michael Cimino 1980 3h 37m 7.5

Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers.

Freedom Road

Freedom Road

Ján Kadár 1979 3h 6m 5.0

A former slave Gideon Jackson, after fighting in the civil war returns home as a free man and becomes a U.S. senator. Will he ever achieve real equality with his former white master?

Convoy

Convoy

Sam Peckinpah 1978 1h 52m 6.8

Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.

Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough

Michael Ritchie 1977 1h 48m 6.0

A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.

Vigilante Force

Vigilante Force

George Armitage 1976 1h 29m

After oil is found in a small town and the local factory is shut down, violent crime skyrockets. A young man has had enough and calls in his older brother, a cynical Vietnam vet, who cleans the streets but then tries to take over the town.

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Lewis John Carlino 1976 1h 45m

When a widowed mother falls in love with an American sailor, her troubled young son is pressured by the bullying leader of his clique to seek revenge.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

Frank Pierson 1976 2h 20m 6.7

A Star Is Born is a 1976 rock music film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand who enters show business, and meets and falls in love with an established male star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Sam Peckinpah 1974 1h 53m 8.4

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Martin Scorsese 1974 1h 52m 7.3

A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/17/2004 Starring: Ellen Burstyn Harvey Keitel Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Martin Scorsese

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Sam Peckinpah 1973 1h 55m 8.9

An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

The Last Movie

The Last Movie

Dennis Hopper 1971 1h 48m 6.0

After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind to witness the ways that filmmaking affects the locals.

Cisco Pike

Cisco Pike

Bill L. Norton 1971 1h 35m 6.0

Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.

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