Grant Heslov

Grant Heslov

May 15, 1963 · 63 years old

Grant Heslov (born May 15, 1963) is an American actor and filmmaker known for his producing and writing collaborations with George Clooney, which have earned him four Oscar nominations. As a co-producer of Argo (2012), he received the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013. As an actor, he has appea…

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31 titles
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Argo

Argo

2012 · 2h 0m · Movie

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.

7.7
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Wolfs

Wolfs

2024 · 1h 48m · Movie

Two rival fixers cross paths when they're both called in to help cover up a prominent New York official's misstep. Over one explosive night, they'll have to set aside their petty grievances and their egos to finish the job.

6.3
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True Lies

True Lies

1994 · 2h 21m · Movie

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United S...

7.3
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The Ides of March

The Ides of March

2011 · 1h 41m · Movie

A campaign press secretary becomes involved in a scandal that threatens his candidate's election chances.

7.1
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Money Monster

Money Monster

2016 · 1h 38m · Movie

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.

6.4
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The Scorpion King

The Scorpion King

2002 · 1h 32m · Movie

A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown.

5.5
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The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

2014 · 1h 58m · Movie

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.

6.1
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The Men Who Stare at Goats

The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009 · 1h 34m · Movie

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

6.2
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The Boys in the Boat

The Boys in the Boat

2023 · 2h 3m · Movie

A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington's rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings.

6.8
10
The Birdcage

The Birdcage

1996 · 1h 57m · Movie

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing, conservative parents.

7.2
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Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak

1997 · 1h 48m · Movie

A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment.

6.1
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The American

The American

2010 · 1h 45m · Movie

An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.

6.3
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Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005 · 1h 33m · Movie

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

7.4
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Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty

2003 · 1h 40m · Movie

Miles, a high-profile divorce lawyer, wins a case for his rich but adulterous client Rex Rexroth. But Rex's ex-wife, Marylin, who is no saint and is a gold-digger, plots to take revenge on Miles.

6.3
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Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017 · 1h 45m · Movie

As a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family.

5.5
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August: Osage County

August: Osage County

2013 · 2h 1m · Movie

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

7.2
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The Midnight Sky

The Midnight Sky

2020 · 1h 58m · Movie

This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

5.4
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Ticket to Paradise

Ticket to Paradise

2022 · 1h 44m · Movie

A divorced couple teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.

5.7
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Congo

Congo

1995 · 1h 49m · Movie

When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong.

5.3
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Black Sheep

Black Sheep

1996 · 1h 27m · Movie

A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.

6.2
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The Tender Bar

The Tender Bar

2021 · 1h 46m · Movie

A boy falls under the unconventional tutelage of his uncle, a charismatic, self-educated bartender.

6.5
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Leatherheads

Leatherheads

2008 · 1h 54m · Movie

In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America's too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.

6.0
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Our Brand Is Crisis

Our Brand Is Crisis

2015 · 1h 47m · Movie

A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate.

6.0
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The Agency: Central Intelligence

The Agency: Central Intelligence

2024 · TV Show

A covert CIA agent is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to his Station; when the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites.

7.4
25
License to Drive

License to Drive

1988 · 1h 28m · Movie

A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.

6.3
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Catch-22

Catch-22

2019 · 1m · TV Show

Limited series adaptation of the classic Joseph Heller novel. Follows Captain John Yossarian and airmen in World War II.

7.7
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On Becoming a God in Central Florida

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

2019 · 46m · TV Show

In 1992 Central Florida, a minimum-wage water park employee lies, schemes, and cons her way up the ranks of the cultish, multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme that drove her family to ruin.

7.2
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Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

1992 · 1h 33m · Movie

The nerds have taken the college, but some jocks are not going to allow this anymore.

3.9
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Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

1989 · 1h 46m · Movie

A hotshot car racer persuades the class president of a small Minnesota high school to gamble on illegal car races to raise money for their school facing closure.

5.8
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The Art of Political Murder

The Art of Political Murder

2020 · 1h 29m · Movie

An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop, Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.

7.2
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Surviving Ohio State

Surviving Ohio State

2025 · 1h 48m · Movie

Jon Wertheim's cover story detailing the decades-long abuse scandal in the athletic department at Ohio State University.