Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

April 22, 1937 · 89 years old

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a retired American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards 12 times, winning Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's…

Known For

54 titles
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The Departed

The Departed

2006 · 2h 31m · Movie

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

8.5
2
The Shining

The Shining

1980 · 2h 26m · Movie

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.

8.4
3
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975 · 2h 13m · Movie

A rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation in 1963 Oregon, and encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse.

8.6
4
Batman

Batman

1989 · 2h 6m · Movie

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.

7.5
5
Chinatown

Chinatown

1974 · 2h 10m · Movie

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

8.1
6
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

1997 · 2h 19m · Movie

A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

7.7
7
A Few Good Men

A Few Good Men

1992 · 2h 18m · Movie

A military lawyer intends to prove that two US Marines charged with murdering a fellow Marine were only following their base commander's orders.

7.7
8
The Bucket List

The Bucket List

2007 · 1h 37m · Movie

Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.

7.3
9
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996 · 1h 46m · Movie

Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.

6.4
10
Anger Management

Anger Management

2003 · 1h 46m · Movie

Dave Buznik is a businessman who is wrongly sentenced to an anger management program, where he meets an aggressive instructor.

6.3
11
Something's Gotta Give

Something's Gotta Give

2003 · 2h 8m · Movie

A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.

6.8
12
About Schmidt

About Schmidt

2002 · 2h 5m · Movie

Newly retired from the insurance industry, Omaha native Warren Schmidt embarks on an RV journey to his estranged daughter Jeannie's wedding in Denver Colorado, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

7.2
13
Easy Rider

Easy Rider

1969 · 1h 35m · Movie

Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.

7.2
14
The Witches of Eastwick

The Witches of Eastwick

1987 · 1h 58m · Movie

Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.

6.6
15
The Pledge

The Pledge

2001 · 2h 4m · Movie

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

6.7
16
Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

1983 · 2h 12m · Movie

Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.

7.4
17
Wolf

Wolf

1994 · 2h 5m · Movie

Publisher Will Randall becomes a demon wolf and has to fight to keep his job.

6.3
18
How Do You Know

How Do You Know

2010 · 2h 1m · Movie

After being cut from the U.S.A. softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing ...

5.4
19
Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces

1970 · 1h 38m · Movie

A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

7.4
20
Broadcast News

Broadcast News

1987 · 2h 13m · Movie

A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming new anchor, who embodies the growing trivialization of news that she is determined to fight against.

7.3
21
The Last Detail

The Last Detail

1973 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two Navy petty officers are ordered to escort a young enlisted sailor to prison, but decide to treat him to a few entertaining diversions along the way.

7.5
22
The Passenger

The Passenger

1975 · 2h 6m · Movie

Unable to find the war he has been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.

7.4
23
Prizzi's Honor

Prizzi's Honor

1985 · 2h 10m · Movie

Two professional assassins fall in love.

6.7
24
The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981 · 2h 2m · Movie

The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

6.6
25
Reds

Reds

1981 · 3h 15m · Movie

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

7.3
26
Hoffa

Hoffa

1992 · 2h 20m · Movie

The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate and mysteriously disappears in 1975.

6.6
27
I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here

2010 · 1h 48m · Movie

Documents Joaquin Phoenix's transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.

6.2
28
Tommy

Tommy

1975 · 1h 51m · Movie

A psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult.

6.6
29
The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes

1990 · 2h 17m · Movie

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.

6.1
30
Carnal Knowledge

Carnal Knowledge

1971 · 1h 38m · Movie

Chronicling the romantic relationships of two men who meet and become friends in college.

6.9
31
The Crossing Guard

The Crossing Guard

1995 · 1h 51m · Movie

Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweller who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.

6.3
32
The Raven

The Raven

1963 · 1h 26m · Movie

A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.

6.5
33
The Missouri Breaks

The Missouri Breaks

1976 · 2h 6m · Movie

Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.

6.5
34
Heartburn

Heartburn

1986 · 1h 48m · Movie

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship Heartburn, nothing will.

6.1
35
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001 · 2h 22m · Movie

The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.

8.0
36
Blood and Wine

Blood and Wine

1996 · 1h 41m · Movie

Wealthy wine dealer and failed family man Alex commits a robbery to make money for his fledgling business, but things become complicated when his wife Suzanne interferes.

6.0