Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail-house mentor William "The Buddha" Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets the ethereal, yet streetwise, Florence Jane. They embark on a unlikely road trip, careening towards an unlikely redemption and uncertain resolution.

Tom & Viv

1994

English

6.2

♡ 6

36%

Brian Gilbert Director

Philip Locke as Charles Haigh-Wood

Simon McBurney as Dr. Reginald Miller

Rosemary Harris as Rose Haigh-Wood

Willem Dafoe as Tom Eliot

The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.

A Woman

2010

English

3.9

♡ 18

Giada Colagrande Director

Jess Weixler as Julie

Willem Dafoe as Max Oliver

Stefania Rocca as Natalie

Krizia Bajos as Street Resident

A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her.

Animal Factory

2000

English

6.6

♡ 20

83%

Steve Buscemi Director

Steve Buscemi as A.R. Hosspack

Willem Dafoe as Earl Copen

Vincent Laresca as Ernie

Seymour Cassel as Lt. Seeman

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.

Miral

2010

English

6.2

♡ 13

19%

54%

arab–israeli war (1948)

based on memoir or autobiography

based on novel or book

Julian Schnabel Director

Liron Levo as Dan

Willem Dafoe as Eddie

Hiam Abbass as Hind Husseini

Alexander Siddig as Jamal

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

Roadhouse 66

1984

English

5.4

♡ 14

49%

John Mark Robinson Director

Judge Reinhold as Beckman Hallsgood Jr.

Willem Dafoe as Johnny Harte

Kate Vernon as Melissa Duran

Peter Van Norden as Moss

Beckman driving a '55 Thunderbird on Route 66 hooks up with Johnny after hoodlum Hoot and his gang shoot his car. Continuous conflicts between Hoot and Beckman make Beckman and Johnny determant to teach him a lesson.

White Sands

1992

English

6.0

♡ 16

47%

suitcase full of money

Thriller

Roger Donaldson Director

John P. Ryan as Arms Dealer

Mickey Rourke as Gorman Lennox

Samuel L. Jackson as Greg Meeker

Willem Dafoe as Ray Dolezal

A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

American Dreamz

2006

English

5.5

♡ 7

39%

Paul Weitz Director

Judy Greer as Accordo

Willem Dafoe as Chief of Staff

Dennis Quaid as President Staton

Aldis Hodge as Soldier Chuck

The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.

Opus Zero

2017

Spanish

4.8

♡ 10

42%

documentary filmmaking

Daniel Graham Director

Cassandra Ciangherotti as Fernanda

Leonardo Ortizgris as Gilles

Irene Azuela as Maia

Willem Dafoe as Paul

Paul, an American composer, arrives in the desert town of Real de Catorce where his father recently died. For the past ten years, Paul has been consumed with the task of composing an ending for the masterpiece of an early twentieth century musician. Being isolated from the world, he sees an opportunity to finish the symphony. However, Paul is caught up in a new mystery, the disappearance thirty years ago of a woman named Marianne.

My Hindu Friend

2015

Portuguese

5.8

♡ 8

80%

Hector Babenco Director

Denise Weinberg as Anita

Willem Dafoe as Diego Fairman

Raquel Karro as Enfermeira #19

Maria Fernanda Cândido as Livia Monteiro Bueno

Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.

Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou

2008

Greek

6.5

♡ 5

47%

Action

Drama

Theodoros Angelopoulos Director

Willem Dafoe as A

Christiane Paul as Helga

Bruno Ganz as Jacob

Michel Piccoli as Spyros

A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.

Tommaso

2019

Italian

6.3

♡ 10

81%

39%

canon xf100

Drama

Abel Ferrara Director

Gabriele Fiore as Acting Class

Anna Ferrara as Deedee

Kyle Reardon as Extra

Willem Dafoe as Tommaso

Tommaso is an American expat film director living in Rome with his young wife and their daughter. Disoriented by his past misgivings and subsequent unexpected blows to his self-esteem, Tommaso wades through this late chapter of his life with an increasingly impaired grasp on reality as he prepares for his next film.

Auto Focus

2002

English

6.7

♡ 11

71%

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Paul Schrader Director

Arden Myrin as Hippie Girl

Willem Dafoe as John Carpenter

Maria Bello as Patricia Olson / Patricia Crane

Don McManus as Priest

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.

The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

2018

English

7.1

♡ 22

95%

Tommy Avallone Director

Woody Harrelson as Self

Emma Stone as Self

Cate Blanchett as Self

Willem Dafoe as Self

One man’s journey to find meaning in Bill Murray’s many unexpected adventures with everyday people, rare and never-before seen footage of the comedic icon participating in stories previously presumed to be urban legend.

Piazza Vittorio

2017

Italian

6.3

♡ 1

Action

Documentary

Abel Ferrara Director

Willem Dafoe as Self

Abel Ferrara as Self

Matteo Garrone as Self

Vivid mosaic/portrait of Rome’s biggest public square, Piazza Vittorio, featuring talks with African musicians and restaurant workers, Chinese barkeeps and relocated eastern Europeans, homeless men and women, artists, actors, and many others.

The Loveless

1981

English

6.0

♡ 7

Kathryn Bigelow Director

Allan Hunt as Customer in lounge

Danny Rosen as Ricky

Nikita Khrushchev as Self

Willem Dafoe as Vance

Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.

Adam Resurrected

2008

English

6.2

♡ 3

37%

44%

Action

campo de concentración

Paul Schrader Director

Joachim Król as Abe Wolfowitz

Jeff Goldblum as Adam Stein

Willem Dafoe as Commandant Klein

Veronica Ferres as Frau Fogel

After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.

A Most Wanted Man

2014

English

6.7

♡ 78

86%

65%

Action

based on novel or book

Anton Corbijn Director

Rachel McAdams as Annabel Richter

Daniel Brühl as Maximilian

Vedat Erincin as Storekeeper

Willem Dafoe as Tommy Brue

A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists.

Siberia

2020

English

4.8

♡ 8

65%

Abel Ferrara Director

Willem Dafoe as Clint

Daniel Giménez Cacho as Doctor

Simon McBurney as Magician

Phil Neilson as Woodsman

Clint is a dead man who lives alone in a frozen tundra. However, this isolation cannot bring either evasion or peace. One night, he begins a journey where he must confront his dreams, memories, and visions, crossing the darkness into the light.

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Animal Factory

Miral

Roadhouse 66

White Sands

American Dreamz

Opus Zero

My Hindu Friend

Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou

Tommaso

Auto Focus

The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

Piazza Vittorio

The Loveless

Adam Resurrected

A Most Wanted Man

Siberia