Movies with F. Murray Abraham
Movies found: 22, viewing from 1 to 20
Quiet Flows the Don
Genres: Drama
Year: 2006
Country: UK
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
Starring: Rupert Everett, F. Murray Abraham, Delphine Forest
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With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.
Mimic
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi
Year: 1997
Country: USA
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Alix Koromzay, Norman Reedus, Mira Sorvino, Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, Giancarlo Giannini
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A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.
Barbarossa aka Sword of War
Year: 2009
Country: Italy
Director: Renzo Martinelli
Starring: Rutger Hauer, F. Murray Abraham, Federica Martinelli, Hristo Shopov, Ãngela Molina, Antonio Cupo, Christo Jivkov
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
The story begins in the far northern Italy, under the administration of Germanic Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. His plans - to capture the regions of South and Center, to recreate the empire, which many years ago belonged to Charlemagne. In 1158, in the backwoods near Milan, one boy Alberto da Guza, helped save the life of an unknown knight, and learned in the face of a strong warrior of the Emperor Frederick I Hohenstaufen. Since then begin deadly clashes between the two legends of medieval Italy, fighting for independence, freedom, and social status of its people ...
Scarface
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Year: 1983
Country: USA
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Miriam Colon, Harris Yulin, F. Murray Abraham, Arnaldo Santana, Robert Loggia
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
When Castro opened the port at Mariel Harbor, thousands of Cubans fled to the United States. One is a young tough named Antonio (Tony) Montana, who, with his friend Manny Ray, starts in with Miami's cocaine trade. He survives attack by chainsaw after a deal goes bad, and several other attempts by other dealers to eliminate him. Eventually the grandiose Montana becomes head of a cocaine cartel. But his enemies start coming after him, and his paranoia threatens to drive Montana's empire into the ground...
Thir13en Ghosts
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Year: 2001
Country: USA, Canada
Director: Steve Beck
Starring: Shannon Elizabeth, Matthew Lillard, Jacob Rupp, F. Murray Abraham, Tony Shalhoub, Charles Andre, Embeth Davidtz
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine "designed by the devil and powered by the dead" to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by Dennis, a ghost hunter, and his rival Kalina, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
Muppets from Space
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Family
Year: 1999
Country: USA
Director: Tim Hill
Starring: Rob Schneider, Frank Oz, David Arquette, Pat Hingle, F. Murray Abraham, Andie MacDowell, Ray Liotta
Available Quality: DivX, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
When adopted Gonzo and his rat pal Rizzo embarks on a quest to find Gonzo's real family, Gonzo discovers that his long-lost relatives are actually aliens from a distant planet. After announcing to the world on Miss Piggy's talk show, "UFO Mania," that he plans to find his family and prove once and for all that life on other planets exists, he becomes the target of the evil paranoid government operative K. Edgar Singer. After a daring escape from the Singer compound, Gonzo tracks down his mother's ship and faces the most difficult question of his life: does he climb aboard and joined the family he has always wanted or does he stay on Earth wit...
Last Action Hero
Genres: Action, Comedy, Adventure
Year: 1993
Country: USA
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Noah Emmerich, Charles Dance, Ian McKellen, F. Murray Abraham, Joan Plowright, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Danny Madigan knows all the first 3 Jack Slater movies in and out. The 4th one is just about to be released too, and with a magical ticket Danny really gets to know that movie in and out too, literaly speaking. During one of the action climaxes Danny is transported into the movie, into a world following other rules than the real one. Benedict, one of the evil guys, gets hold of the ticket and escapes out to the real world, a world where evil guys can actually win. Danny and Jack follows him back to the real world to get back the ticket and stop Benedict from killing the actor playing Jack.
An Innocent Man
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Year: 1989
Country: USA
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Tom Selleck, M.C. Gainey, David Rasche, F. Murray Abraham, Bruce A. Young, Laila Robins, Dennis Burkley
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Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.
All the President's Men
Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
Year: 1976
Country: USA
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Starring: Robert Redford, Stephen Collins, Jason Robards, Ned Beatty, Martin Balsam, F. Murray Abraham, Hal Holbrook
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In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself.
Esther
Year: 1999
Country: Germany, USA, Italy
Director: Raffaele Mertes
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, F. Murray Abraham, Frank Baker, Ornella Muti, Louise Lombard, Peter Guinness, John Hollis
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), King of the Persians, whose empire now extends from India to Egypt after the defeat of the Babylonians, is holding a celebratory banquet for his people in the citadel of Susa to display his wealth and splendor. When he summons his attractive wife Vashti, to show off her beauty to the guests, the proud queen refuses to come. The king promptly bans her from ever entering his presence again, and gives orders for the most beautiful young virgins in the land to be brought to him. The young Jewess Esther, adopted daughter of her uncle Mordecai, is among the girls selected; they are told to beautify themselves in the royal hare...
A House Divided aka Language of The Enemy
Genres: Drama
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Mitch Davis
Starring: Gene Christensen, Tovah Feldshuh, F. Murray Abraham, Linda Hardy, Eion Bailey, Alon Neuman, Sharon Raginiano
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
An American Jewish man visiting Jerusalem for the funeral of his father gets sucked into a world of violent intrigue after meeting a mysterious, beautiful Palestinian woman.
Star Trek: Insurrection
Genres: Action, Thriller, Adventure
Year: 1998
Country: USA
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Starring: Donna Murphy, Brent Spiner, F. Murray Abraham, Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Lt. Cmdr. Data, on a mission to observe the race of Ba'ku, suddenly behaves as if having to fear for his existance. The peaceful Ba'ku, whose planet offers regenerative radiation and therefore incredible lifespans, live in harmony with nature and reject any kind of technology. Their planet and their culture is studied by the starfleet and the associated Son'a - in secrecy. But the So'na, lead by Ru'afo, intend to abduct the Ba'ku in order to take the planet for themselves and for the starfleet officials who all would like to regenerate their bodies. But they did not think of the loyalty of the Enterprise's crew to the Prime Directive.
Children of the Revolution
Year: 1996
Country: Australia
Director: Peter Duncan
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Geoffrey Rush, Rachel Griffiths, Judy Davis, Ken Radley
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now ...
Excellent Cadavers
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Year: 1999
Country: USA, Italy
Director: Ricky Tognazzi
Starring: Chazz Palminteri, F. Murray Abraham, Arnoldo Foà , Pierfrancesco Favino, Mattia Sbragia, Giuseppe Cederna, Anna Galiena
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to attack the mobsters. He is aided by a former mobster (F. Murray Abraham) who volunteers to turn state's evidence after his sons are killed by a renegade mob chief. With the mobster's help, the prosecutor was able to obtain over 300 convictions.
Five Moons Plaza
Year: 2003
Country: UK, Italy
Director: Renzo Martinelli
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Donald Sutherland, Giancarlo Giannini, Greg Wise, Philippe Leroy, Stefania Rocca, Aisha Cerami
Available Quality: DVD, iPod
Nowadays. The day before his retirement Judge Saracini under the threat of a gun receives an envelope with an old 8mm film. The film shows the cold blooded killing of five men and the abduction of another. It is previously unknown footage of the kidnapping of the President of the Italian Christian Democratic party Aldo Moro and the brutal murder of his escort in Rome on March 16th, 1978.
Mighty Aphrodite
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Year: 1995
Country: USA
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Peter Weller, F. Murray Abraham, Olympia Dukakis, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Rapaport, Claire Bloom
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod
Sportswriter Lenny Weinrib and his wife adopt a baby from an anonymous mother. A few years pass, and Lenny starts to wonder about the woman. Curiosity quickly gets the better of him, so he steals files from the adoption agency and sets out to find her. He is eager partly because he wants to reunite mother and son, but mostly because he is neurotically obsessed with Greek tragedy (Is the mom a knockout? Will "Oedipus Rex" relive itself, with Lenny as Oedipus' father?). Of course Lenny is dismayed, maybe even terrified, to find that Linda, the mother, is a beautiful $200-an-hour prostitute. So that he can fashion the proper mother-son reunion a...
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Year: 2004
Country: UK, Spain, France
Director: Mary McGuckian
Starring: Kathy Bates, Mark Polish, F. Murray Abraham, Gabriel Byrne, Robert De Niro, Dominique Pinon, Harvey Keitel
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Five people are killed in a freak accident when a lofty rope bridge collapses. The film details a priest's journey to discover if there was a divine reason for the bloody disaster. Set in Lima, Peru, during the 18th century. Based on the Thornton Wilder novel, and first made in 1929.
Amadeus
Year: 1984
Country: USA
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Jeffrey Jones, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Kenny Baker, Christine Ebersole
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Antonio Salieri believes that Mozart's music is divine. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. But he can't understand why God favored Mozart, such a vulgar creature, to be his instrument. Salieri's envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is set to take revenge.
The Final Inquiry
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History
Year: 2006
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain
Director: Giulio Base
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Dolph Lundgren, Max von Sydow, Ornella Muti, Enrico Lo Verso, Hristo Shopov, Maria Pia Calzone
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
It is the year 33 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great upheaval and that old gods have been annihilated. A new kingdom is about to rise in the East. The Emperor calls Tito Valerio Tauro, the most prominent investigator in Rome, back from his exile. He was ostracized years earlier because he had discovered too much regarding the death of the great Emperor Augustus, the predecessor of Tiberius. Tiberius entrusts Tauro with a mission that will require al...
The Sunshine Boys
Genres: Comedy
Year: 1975
Country: USA
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, F. Murray Abraham, Howard Hesseman, James Cranna, Ron Rifkin
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Lewis and Clark were famous comedians during the vaudeville era; off-stage, though, they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years. Ben, Willy Clark's nephew, is the producer of a variety show that wants to feature a reunion of the classic duo. How will Ben convince the crotchety old comedians to put aside their differences before the big show?