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Jan de Bont

Jan de Bont (born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch cinematographer, producer, and film director. De Bont was born, one of 17 children, to a Roman Catholic family in Eindhoven, Netherlands. His earliest work after studying at the Amsterdam Film Academy was with the Dutch avant garde director Adriaan...
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Die Hard

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever,...

Initial release date:

  • 1988

Directed by:

Rating:

UK: 18

Runtime:

  • 131 min (78.6 hs )

Cujo

Cujo (1981) is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982, and was made into a film of the same name in 1983. The story focuses on the Trenton family: Vic, an advert designer, his adulterous wife...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 12, 1983

Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 5,000,000 (US$)

Basic Instinct

Basic Instinct (1992) is an American erotic thriller/neo-noir film, directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas, starring Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leilani Sarelle and George Dzundza. The film centers around...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 27, 1992

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 123 min (73.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 49,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Flatliners

Flatliners is a 1990 movie starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt as medical students experimenting with near-death experiences. The movie is directed by Joel Schumacher. The movie opens with a shot...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 10, 1990

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

Screenplay by:

Ruthless People

The 1986 movie Ruthless People is a black comedy starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold and Helen Slater. It was directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, best known for the Airplane! and Naked Gun comedies. This film,...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 27, 1986

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Produced by:

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo and Stuart Wilson. It is a sequel to Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, and it is part of the Lethal...

Initial release date:

  • May 15, 1992

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 118 min (70.8 hs )

Flesh & Blood

Flesh & Blood (also known as The Rose and the Sword on some early VHS releases) (1985 film) directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film is set in 1501 in Europe, following a group of mercenaries as they loot, rape and kill. The script is partly based on...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 30, 1985

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 126 min (75.6 hs )

Produced by:

Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight (Dutch: Turks fruit) is a 1973 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and filmed by Jan de Bont. The film is a love story of an artist and a young woman, starring Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven. The story is based on the novel...

Initial release date:

  • 1973

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 112 min (67.2 hs )

Produced by:

Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6 is a 1987 comedy film that parodies spy movies. It was directed by Paul Weiland and starred Bill Cosby, who also produced the film and wrote its story. The movie also starred Joe Don Baker and Gloria Foster, the latter of whom played...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 18, 1987

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

Produced by:

The Clan of the Cave Bear

The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1986 film based on the book of the same name by Jean M. Auel. Directed by Michael Chapman, the film stars Daryl Hannah as Ayla, a young Cro-Magnon woman who was separated from her family during an earthquake and found...

Initial release date:

  • 1986

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

All the Right Moves

All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham. It was filmed on location during WPIAL football season in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 21, 1983

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Screenplay by:

The Jewel of the Nile

The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 romantic adventure film, and a sequel to the 1984 film Romancing the Stone, with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito reprising their roles. Directed by Lewis Teague, the film sends its characters off on...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 11, 1985

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 106 min (63.6 hs )

Produced by:

The Fourth Man

The Fourth Man (Dutch: De Vierde Man) is a 1983 horror film by Paul Verhoeven, based on the novel De Vierde Man by Gerard Reve. The film stars Jeroen Krabbé and Renée Soutendijk. Gerard Reve (Jeroen Krabbé), an alcoholic, bisexual novelist, leaves...

Initial release date:

  • 1983

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

Produced by:

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Tom Clancy. It was directed by John McTiernan and stars Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius and Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan. The Hunt for Red October received...

Initial release date:

  • 1989

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 134 min (80.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 30,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Private Lessons

Private Lessons is the title of an American comedy film released in 1980. The film starred Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, and Ed Begley, Jr.. Released in 1980, Private Lessons was highly controversial at the time of its release, and it...

Initial release date:

  • 2008

Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

Business Is Business

Business Is Business (Dutch title: Wat zien ik) is a 1971 comedy film. The film is directed by Paul Verhoeven, and stars Ronnie Bierman, Sylvia de Leur, Piet Römer, and Jules Hamel. The story is about the lives of two prostitutes in Amsterdam, and...

Initial release date:

  • 1971

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

Produced by:

Katie Tippel

Katie Tippel (Dutch title: Keetje Tippel) is 1975 film by Paul Verhoeven. The film is based on the memoirs of Neel Doff (1858-1942) and was the most expensive Dutch film produced up to that time. The film begins in 1885 at Stavoren, a small town on...

Initial release date:

  • 1975

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Produced by:

To Be Fat Like Me

To Be Fat Like Me is a movie starring Kaley Cuoco, that was filmed primarily on-location in the Fairfield neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia. It was released on January 8, 2007 on Lifetime Television. It premièred in the United Kingdom on...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 8, 2007

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Who's That Girl?

Who's That Girl is the name of a film released on August 7, 1987 by Warner Bros. starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne. The film was written by Ken Finkleman and directed by James Foley. Although popular among teenage audiences (as well as earning a...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 7, 1987

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

Screenplay by:

Shining Through

Shining Through is a 1992 World War II film drama, directed and written by David Seltzer and starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith. Although based on the novel of the same name by Susan Isaacs, the film's plot is considerably different. The...

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 133 min (79.8 hs )

Beyond Words

Beyond Words is a 1997 documentary film directed by Louis van Gasteren. Shot in India partly in 1967 in 35mm film and partly thirty years later in 1997 in video, Beyond Words is one of only three or four films ever shot of the silent master Meher...

Initial release date:

  • 1997

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 30 min (18 hs )

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool is a 1989 American musical film directed by Carl Reiner, and starring Robert Lindsay in the title role. Bert Rigby is a miner in a small dying town of Langmore in northern England, with aspirations to show business. He...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 24, 1989

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Cujo

Cujo is a 1983 horror film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It was directed by Lewis Teague from a screenplay by Lauren Currier. The film was #58 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. Donna Trenton (Dee Wallace-Stone) is a...

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Produced by:

Die Hard

The Die Hard series is a tetralogy of action films beginning with Die Hard in 1988. All four films are centered around the character of John McClane (portrayed by Bruce Willis), a New York City detective who finds himself fighting a group of...

Max Havelaar

Max Havelaar is a 1976 Dutch film directed by Fons Rademakers. It was the country's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards (1977).

Initial release date:

  • 1976

Directed by:

Screenplay by:

Blue Movie

Blue Movie is a 1971 Dutch erotic film directed by Wim Verstappen. The film was written by Verstappen and Charles Gormley and stars Hugo Metsers and Carry Tefsen.

Initial release date:

  • 1970
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