Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen (September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025) was an American actor, poet, and photographer. He starred in central roles in such films as Reservoir Dogs, Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, and Kill Bill, in addition to a supporting role in Sin City. Madsen is also credited with... Read full bio →
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Sin City
2005
WarGames
1983
American Night
A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love.
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
As Hollywood's Golden Age is winding down, a television actor and his stunt double endeavor to achieve lasting success.
21 Years: Quentin Tarantino
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.
Love Addict
Gabriel can't resist a beautiful woman. But his womanizing attitude is taking a toll on his career and social life. He decides to hire a life coach to help him.
Devil's Domain
After becoming the victim of vicious cyber bullies, Lisa makes a deal with the devil to exact revenge on her tormentors.
Back in the Day
A young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
The Hateful Eight
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
2047: Sights of Death
The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive Confederate Central Government (CCG). Ryan is a Green War rebel agent sent on a mission by Sponge to collect evidence against the CCG for its heinous crimes. Ryan soon faces the sinister Colonel Asimov, Major Anderson and a group of mercenaries lead by Lobo.
The Sorrow
Gold miner Roger Hazard brings his twelve year old son Casper to the treacherous gold fields of 1870s California. The two of them work a small mine in the southern fields but when Roger begins to lose touch with reality young Casper ends up on his own.
Loosies
A young pickpocket in the New York subways, living a fast, free, lifestyle is confronted by a woman with whom he had a one night affair.
The Lion of Judah
Upon learning that Judah has been trapped in the clutches of the townspeople and faces the possibility of being the sacrifice at the annual Festival, the stable mates leave their cozy barn and embark on an adventure to find and free their friend.
Piranhaconda
A hybrid creature - half piranha and half anaconda -- attacks a low-budget horror movie crew on location near her nest when her egg is stolen. Now they must outrun and kill the deadly piranhaconda as well as stop the mad scientist who stole the egg - before they all become dinner.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life.
The Big I Am
A cruel twist of fate catapults small time crook Mickey Skinner into the big league, as head of a brutal London gang poised on the brink of a lucrative human-trafficking deal.
Krach
A hot young Wall Street trader finds a formula based on climatology to play the market and win big... but at what cost?
The Bleeding
Surrounded by carnage, slaughter, brutal crashes and total mayhem, Shawn Black is in a race to save the world from pure evil.
Serbian Scars
The dramatic action film follows a soldier who ventures to America in search of his long lost brother, unaware that his brother may hold the key to a devastating weapon their father developed years ago and that a terrorist now wants to possess.
Put
Aleksey is an ordinary young man living in Russia during the 1990s. Like most of his contemporaries, he is looking for a way to survive. The easiest way is the way of crime. He joins a gang. Fortunately, his fate takes a sudden turn and he manages to find the right path.
Ligeia
Successful writer and scholar Jonathan Merrick falls under the spell of the irresistible, bewitchingly beautiful Ligeia. She's fighting a fatal illness and she will stop at nothing to defeat death, her one true enemy.
Green Lantern: First Flight
Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.
Clear Lake, WI
A group of childhood friends return to their former hometown to revisit the horrors that happened there 15 years ago.
Vice
Max Walker, a down-and-out cop, becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin.
No Bad Days
Set in the exotic terrain of the Yucatan Peninsula, NO BAD DAYS is an action/adventure film that manifests all the qualities that make for an entertaining and captivating film. The fast-pace style makes for a surprise at every turn, while the charisma and chemistry of the main characters create a romantic subplot.
Hell Ride
Hell Ride is a 2008 feature film from Larry Bishop being released under the “Quentin Tarantino Presents” banner. The film promises to be a blood and sex-soaked tale of motorcycle revenge and retribution.
45 r.p.m.
In the Autumn of 1960, a fluke atmospheric weather condition allows a young teenager, Parry Tender, to receive a radio broadcast from New York City.
Tooth and Nail
In a post-apocalyptic world, a small group of survivors, who call themselves Foragers, plan to rebuild civilization from their headquarters in an empty hospital based in what is left of Philadelphia. But they're soon forced into a face-off war with the Rovers, another gang of survivors whom are a brutal gang of cannibals.
Croc
A large man-eating crocodile terrorizes tourists and locals near Krabi, in Thailand. Michael Madsen plays a hunter stalking the immense reptile, while sub-plots include a rivalry between a foreigner, who owns a crocodile-farm, and a Thai man who plays a part in framing the foreigner for the crocodile's rampage.
Boarding Gate
A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of her boyfriend/crime partner, Lester. Controlling all this is Sue, Lester's wife.
UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine
Waylon and Buddy decide to join the army as it appears to be their best option. But when they realize...
The Last Drop
Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.
Scary Movie 4
Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.
Canes
David is on the peak of his career as a PR executive when he suddenly loses a big promotion and also his sight at a street attack. Soon after, a doctor offers him to regain his eyesight and his career back on track for a price: his soul.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The story of four siblings who during the bombing of World War 2 find the magical world of Narnia in a wardrobe. The beginning of a trilogy from ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ books. The film was a blockbuster success during the 2005 Christmas season yet not received well by critics and viewers.
Sin City
The first of three films based on the beautiful comic world of Frank Miller. Sin City depicts the comic book almost page for page with its heavy contrast black and white extremely violent and graphic imagery. Sin City is set in a dangerous and dark Basin City where corruption, sex and violence is everyday life.
Muzhskoy sezon. Barkhatnaya revolyutsiya
Events of the film take place in both hemispheres. Presidents of countries, bosses of drug cartels, special agents and powerful secret service agencies from all around the world are the first hand participants of its events.
BloodRayne
In eighteenth century Romania, Rayne, a dhampir (half-human, half-vampire), prone to fits of blind blood rage but saddled with a compunction for humans, strives to avenge her mother's rape by her father, Kagan, King of Vampires. Two vampire hunters, Sebastian and Vladimir, from the Brimstone Society persuade her to join their cause.
Smatyvay udochki
Two friends, Al and Max, decide to spend the weekend fishing, during which, amid an incomprehensible noise, a briefcase full of dollars suddenly appears at the end of Al's fishing line. A boss who has lost a million dollars can't calm down, and his two bodyguards have to find a case within 48 hours.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
There are still three names on ‘The Bride’s’ revenge hit list as well as the task of finding her daughter who she thought never existed. Tarantino’s second Kill Bill film is a revenge epic with original style and a final close to the martial arts mayhem this film started.
Blueberry
In the 1870's, U.S Marshal Mike S. Blueberry tries to stop Wally Blount, the man who killed his girlfriend...
Vampires Anonymous
A vampire trying to get away from his "eating habits", joins a 12-step program.
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Hollywood's Pauly Shore loses everything, fakes his own death, and gets caught.
My Boss's Daughter
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on – his boss's daughter. But he doesn't plan on the long line of other houseguests that try to keep him from his mission.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Cult Director Quentin Tarantino tells the bloody story of a female killing machine who wants a new life away from killing. But she must first kill. Coming out of a Coma she must seek revenge on the people who betrayed her and tried to kill her. Tarantino’s first of a two part series in tribute to Martial Arts films.
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
Die Another Day
The ever-daring James Bond taking on a North Korean leader who undergoes DNA replacement procedures that allow him to assume different identities. American agent Jinx Johnson assists Bond in thwarting the villain's plans to exploit a satellite that is powered by solar energy.
The Sender
A psychic father and daughter band together with an "angel" in an attempt to save Earth from an extraterrestrial Armageddon. This suspenseful thriller ties together strange occurrences from 1965 in the Bermuda Triangle (where an American fighter pilot supposedly encountered a spaceship) and government hush-up conspiracies.
Species II
A trio of American astronauts become instant heroes as they plant the Stars and Stripes on Mars before beginning the voyage home. But back on their ship, something else has set its sights on Earth...something whose relatives have already paid us a visit.
Donnie Brasco
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Mulholland Falls
This film is about the adventures of a 1940's special anti-gangster police squad in Los Angeles, the infamous 'Hat Squad.' The four members of this squad are big, tough, no-nonsense cops who don't hesitate to break the law, if it suits their purposes.
Species
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Wyatt Earp
Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale if Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during the Western revival in the 90's.
The Getaway
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Blue Tiger
Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger on his chest.
Money for Nothing
An unemployed man finds a money bag of $1.2 million after it dropped off an armored car.
Free Willy
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks.
A House in the Hills
An aspiring actress gets a housesitting job and finds herself in a cat-and-mouse game with a deadly ex-con.
Straight Talk
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth.
Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs is wonder-kid director Quentin Tarantino’s debut film that made him into the big time director he is today. This independent production is a star studded gangster mix wherein a bag of very valuable diamonds is stolen and possibly by a traitor in their own gang.
Beyond the Law
Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go?
Thelma & Louise
An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird.
The Doors
The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Kill Me Again
After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews to help fake her death. He pulls the scheme off and sets up Faye with a new identity, only to have her skip out on him without paying.
Iguana
A grotesquely disfigured harpooner called Iguana is severely mistreated by his fellow sailors on a whaling ship in the 19th century. One night he escapes and takes up residence on a remote island. He makes himself ruler of the island and declares war on mankind.
The Natural
Racing with the Moon
In 1942 California, two young men await induction into the U.S. Marines and say goodbye to their girlfriends.
WarGames
David is a high school student with a talent for computers and gaming. His harmless intentions of hacking into the computer system to play a new unreleased video game result in a threat of a real nuclear war, after he un-intentionally connnects to a military supercomputer. An American thriller about the fear of a nuclear war from the early 1980’s.