Movies with Xander Berkeley
Movies found: 33, viewing from 1 to 20
Shanghai Noon
Genres: Action, Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Lucy Liu, Owen Wilson, Roger Yuan, Jackie Chan, Stacy Grant, Jason Connery
Directors: Tom Dey
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Year: 2000
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
A 19th century Western. Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the United States. In Nevada and hot on the trail of the kidnappers, Wang is separated from the group and soon finds himself an unlikely partner with Roy O'Bannon, a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge onto one misadventure after another.
Seeking Justice
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Guy Pearce, Xander Berkeley, Jason Davis, Harold Perrineau, David Jensen, Joe Chrest
Directors: Roger Donaldson
Country: USA
Year: 2011
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score. Then he discovers they want a 'favor' from him in return.
Fracture
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Bob Gunton, Judith Scott, Xander Berkeley, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Anthony Hopkins, David Strathairn
Directors: Gregory Hoblit
Country: Germany, USA
Year: 2007
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts.
Sid and Nancy
Genres: Drama, Biography, Music
Starring: Gary Oldman, Xander Berkeley, David Hayman, Andrew Schofield, Courtney Love, Sandy Baron, Perry Benson
Directors: Alex Cox
Country: UK
Year: 1986
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.
Candyman
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Drama
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Ted Raimi, Virginia Madsen, Eric Edwards, Tony Todd, Vanessa Williams, Carolyn Lowery
Directors: Bernard Rose
Country: USA
Year: 1992
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
An old tale says that if you say "candyman" five time whilst looking into a mirror, then "he" will appear behind you and cut you in two. The heroine of this story is writing a thesis on such tales. During her investigations, she encounters the "candyman".
The Guardian (1990)
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Drama
Starring: Theresa Randle, Xander Berkeley, Dwier Brown, Miguel Ferrer, Jenny Seagrove, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall
Directors: William Friedkin
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Alan and Molly Sheridan have a baby boy named Jake. They hire a baby-sitter, Camilla, to look after Jake and she becomes part of the family. The Sheridan's friend and neighbour, Phil, takes a liking to Camilla and asks her out. She refuses, but Phil follows her and discovers that she is not quite human. Camilla discovers that she has been followed and Phil is pursued. He leaves a desperate message for Alan and Molly which reveals that Camilla has special plans for baby Jake.
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Genres: Romance, Drama, Music
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Ken Lerner, Dakin Matthews, Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Albert Hall
Directors: Steve Kloves
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Frank and Jack Baker are professional musicians who play small clubs. They play smaltzy music and have never needed a day job. Times are changing and dates are becoming more difficult to get so they interview female singers. They finally decide on Susie Diamond, a former 'escort' who needs some refinement, but the act begins to take off again. While the act is now successful, both Frank and Jack have problems with their life on the road. Susie becomes the agent that makes them re-evaluate where they are going, and how honest they have been with each other.
Girl Walks Into a Bar
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Gil Bellows, Xander Berkeley, Rosario Dawson, Robert Forster, Danny DeVito, Carla Gugino, Zachary Quinto
Directors: Sebastian Gutierrez
Country: USA
Year: 2011
A dentist teams up with a feisty would-be assassin to put the final touches on the plan to kill his wife. Once he makes a play for the assassin's payment, he unknowingly sets off a chain of events that fuels a cross-town journey through the many lounges, bars, strip clubs and the occasional nudist ping pong club scattered across Los Angeles. Along the way, we are introduced to a series of idiosyncratic characters, from gangsters to exotic dancers, from ex-cons to cops, with the odd hatcheck girl and bartender thrown in for good measure.
Luster
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Tommy Flanagan, Xander Berkeley, Billy Burke, Ian Duncan, Andrew Howard, Holly Valance, Tara Summers
Directors: Adam Mason
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Thomas Luster is a troubled businessman who tries to make sense of a life being driven out-of-control by a force closer to home than he first realizes. When he discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality he is forced to fight back against his manipulative alter-ego as murder, madness and mayhem combine to take Luster on the most bizarre and terrifying ride of his life.
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Genres: Comedy, Mystery
Starring: Faye Grant, Xander Berkeley, Julianne Moore, Michael O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Andy Romano, William Forsythe
Directors: Allan Moyle
Country: USA
Year: 1992
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Betty Lou is a librarian in a very small town. Her husband is a police detective who takes her for granted. Betty Lou is the ultimate mouse. After a gangland figure is mysteriously murdered in town, Betty Lou finds the murder weapon, but can't get anyone's attention to tell them (we're talking very mousey, here). Finally in a fit of frustration she fires the gun in a restroom and when taken to the police station insists she is the murderer. It has the desired effect, people do pay attention to her. With hints at social graces from the hookers in her cell block, she's on her way.
Bedrooms
Genres: Drama
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Barry Bostwick, Dee Wallace, Enn Reitel, Julie Benz, Moon Bloodgood, Jesse Garcia
Directors: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Bedrooms tells a story about the walls that separate people, the heartbreak and infidelity that's often the result and the redemption that comes from tearing those walls down. The film is told in 4 stories by 3 filmmakers. Three of the stories deal with married couples of various ages confronting the turning points of their relationships. A fourth story is interwoven throughout, providing bookends and context in the form of a story about ten year old twins, who, tired of sharing their bedroom set out to build a wall between their beds to create their own spaces. In building the wall to separate, they come to fully appreciate all things that c...
Barb Wire
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
Starring: Xander Berkeley, David Andriole, Tony Bill, Alex Bookston, Tina Cote, Andre Rosey Brown, Amir Aboulela
Directors: David Hogan
Country: USA
Year: 1996
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
21st century. USA. The second civil war. The whole country is in a state of emergency. What was formerly called the American Congress now rules with fascistic methods. There is only one free city left, Steel Harbor, headquarter for the resistance. This is the hometown of Barb Wire, owner of the night club Hammerhead. As times aren't good, Barb has a second job. She's a bounty hunter and you probably wouldn't want her after you. Barb's credo is to never take sides for anybody and that's the only way to survive these days. As her former lover Axel Hood appears asking for a favour, Barb suddenly finds herself to be key player on high political s...
Gattaca
Genres: Thriller, Romance, Drama
Starring: Blair Underwood, Xander Berkeley, Uma Thurman, Una Damon, Loren Dean, William Lee Scott, Ethan Hawke
Directors: Andrew Niccol
Country: USA
Year: 1997
Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your DNA and determines where you belong in life. Ethan Hawke's character was born with a congenital heart condition which would cast him out of getting a chance to travel in space. So in turn he assumes the identity of an athlete who has genes that would allow him to achieve his dream of space travel.
Repo Chick
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Miguel Sandoval, Rosanna Arquette, Chloe Webb, Karen Black, Del Zamora, Robert Beltran
Directors: Alex Cox
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
As a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot that threatens to wipe out the city of Los Angeles.
The Rookie
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Xander Berkeley, Tom Skerritt, Tony Plana, Charlie Sheen, David Sherrill, Sonia Braga
Directors: Clint Eastwood
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
David Ackerman is a recently promoted plain-clothes detective in Los Angeles, and he's lugging around a lot of emotional baggage. He's estranged from his wealthy father Eugene because of his career choice and he's having troubles with his live-in girlfriend Sarah. David is still haunted by the accidental death of his brother years ago, an accident that David was responsible for, and as a result, David is still racked with guilt. David has chosen to work in the auto theft division, believing it offers a chance for quick promotion, and his partner is Nick Pulovski, a former race car driver who is now a veteran cop. David always keeps his emotio...
The Man from Elysian Fields
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Xander Berkeley, Richard Bradford, Julianna Margulies, Andy Garcia, James Coburn, Tracey Walter
Directors: George Hickenlooper
Country: USA
Year: 2001
Byron Tiller, happily married with a young child, is a writer whose last novel has ended up in the remainder bins. Down on his luck and struggling to make ends meet, he keeps bashing away, refusing to admit that perhaps he is not that good. One day, at wit's end and feeling sorry for himself, he meets someone who has actually read his book: a rather elegant looking Englishman who introduces himself as Luther Fox. Luther runs an escort agency Elysian Fields, which provides extremely wealthy women with attractive, intelligent dates. Desperate for any job- and Luther guarantees good pay and convinces him that it can be only temporary -Byron relu...
Internal Affairs
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Faye Grant, Xander Berkeley, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin, Andy Garcia, Richard Gere, Laurie Metcalf
Directors: Mike Figgis
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.
A Few Good Men
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Christopher Guest, Tom Cruise, J.T. Walsh, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Nicholson
Directors: Rob Reiner
Country: USA
Year: 1992
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
In this dramatic courtroom thriller, Lt. Daniel Kaffee, a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines who have been accused of murdering a colleague. Kaffee is known as being lazy and had arranged for a plea bargain. Downey's Aunt Ginny appoints Cmdr. Galloway to represent him. Also on the legal staff is Lt. Sam Weinberg. The team rounds up many facts and Kaffee is discovering that he is really cut out for trial work. The defense is originally based upon the fact that PFC Santiago, the victim, was given a "CODE RED". Santiago was basically a screw-up. At Gitmo, screw-ups aren't tolerated. Especiall...
Deepwater
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Ironside, Ben Cardinal, Kristen Bell, Peter Coyote, Lucas Black
Directors: David S. Marfield
Country: USA
Year: 2005
After recovering from a twisted ankle, the drifter Nat Banyon hitchhikes on the road, trying to reach Wyoming, where he dreams of owning an ostrich farm. However, an incident in a bar results in him stealing a car from the guy that was beating him up. He heads to Wyoming, but on the way he sees a car accident and saves the driver Herman Finch, who owns the Deepwater Hotel. While spending the night in the hotel, Nat is arrested by the police, but Finch releases him from jail and proposes to Nat to paint his hotel. In return, he gives an old blue Chrysler Newport to Nat, and lodges and feeds him in the hotel. While painting the hotel, Nat becom...
Poison Ivy II: Lilly
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Camilla Belle, Alyssa Milano, Johnathon Schaech, Belinda Bauer, Kathryne Dora Brown, Walter Kim
Directors: Anne Goursaud
Country: USA
Year: 1996
Lily is a sheltered art student from Michigan going to school in California. She finds an apartment and her roommates aren't quite normal. One day she finds a box of items belonging to a girl she's never met before. But in the box are nude pictures of the girl and her diary. Lily begins reading the diary and realizes that she's going to change her life and become a wild woman! She begins dating a guy and at the same time her art instructor begins to lust after her. The struggle begins when her boyfriend thinks she's unfaithful to him and her art teacher becomes obsessed.