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Joseph Ruben
Director 76 years old

Joseph Ruben

Briarcliff, New York, USA

Joseph Paul Ruben (born May 10, 1950 in Briarcliff Manor, New York) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Directed Films

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13 titles
The Ottoman Lieutenant

The Ottoman Lieutenant

Joseph Ruben 2017 1h 51m 5.3

Lillie, a determined American woman, ventures overseas to join Dr. Jude at a remote medical mission in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). However, Lillie soon finds herself at odds with Jude and the mission’s founder, Woodruff, when she falls for the titular military man, Ismail, just as the war is about to erupt.

Penthouse North

Penthouse North

Joseph Ruben 2013 1h 25m 6.0

A reclusive photojournalist lives quietly in a New York penthouse, until a smooth but sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune enters her life.

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

Joseph Ruben 2004 1h 31m 5.3

Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created nine years of memories about a son she never had. But when she remembers a man who had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.

Return to Paradise

Return to Paradise

Joseph Ruben 1998 1h 49m 7.0

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession.

Money Train

Money Train

Joseph Ruben 1995 1h 50m 5.3

Money Train is a 1995 American action/thriller film starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Lopez as New York City transit cops. After losing his job, Harrelson's character plots to hijack and then rob the "money train" which hauls collected fare revenues for the New York City Subway from the system's stations.

The Good Son

The Good Son

Joseph Ruben 1993 1h 27m 7.7

A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.

Sleeping with the Enemy

Sleeping with the Enemy

Joseph Ruben 1991 1h 39m 6.2

A librarian fakes her death to escape her abusive marriage and start a new life elsewhere, but her husband manages to track her down.

True Believer

True Believer

Joseph Ruben 1989 1h 45m 5.0

A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.

The Stepfather

The Stepfather

Joseph Ruben 1987 1h 29m 7.0

A seemingly average man, after murdering his entire family, takes on a new identity and remarries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it again.

Dreamscape

Dreamscape

Joseph Ruben 1984 1h 39m 6.8

In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.

Joyride

Joyride

Joseph Ruben 1977 1h 32m

Scott, John and Suzie quit their boring jobs and depart L.A. for Alaska to pursue their dream of their own salmon fishing business. They soon find that life in Alaska is more difficult than expected as they are forced to abandon their plans and make desperate choices just to survive.

The Pom Pom Girls

The Pom Pom Girls

Joseph Ruben 1976 1h 29m 6.0

A football player at Rosedale High School is amorous of one of the cheerleaders, who is going with another guy. Another player can't decide which of two cheerleaders he wants to be with. Meanwhile, the Big Game with Hardin High School is approaching, and a prank war is in full swing.

The Sister in Law

The Sister in Law

Joseph Ruben 1975 1h 25m 5.0

Robert and Edward are brothers involved in a web of adultry and deceit. They share Edward's wife and his mistress and a mission to deliver a package of jewels across the Canadian border, but the mission turns out to be deadly.

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