Filmography Highlights
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The Walker
2007- Rated:
- TBC
Woody Harrelson escorts Lauren Bacall and Kristin Scott Thomas down the red carpet in this murder mystery thriller from Paul Schrader
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Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist
2005- Rated:
- 15
Stellan Skarsgård stars as Lancaster Merrin, the protagonist from the classic 1973 horror film, in this alternative version of his first encounter with his demonic foe. Directed by Paul Schrader
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How The Sex 'N' Drugs 'N' Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003- Rated:
- TBC
Quality two-hour documentary based on Peter Biskind's bestselling book detailing the highs and comedowns of the 1970s American movie industry
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A Decade Under The Influence
2003- Rated:
- TBC
"You got a gun? Suck on this!" Comprehensive documentary explaining how the majors were held hostage by righteous movie brats during the 1970s
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Auto Focus
2002- Rated:
- 18
Paul Schrader directs this finely wrought account of the life of 'Hogan's Heroes' star Bob Crane, who fell into sleaze and sex addiction. Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe star
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Bringing Out the Dead
1999- Rated:
- 18
No surprise that this Schrader-scripted (from a novel) movie, directed by Scorsese at full power, is frenetic and grim.
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Touch
1997- Rated:
- 15
A distinguished cast, including Skeet Ulrich, Christopher Walken and Bridget Fonda, front Schrader's well aimed satire
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Affliction
1997- Rated:
- 15
James Coburn and Nick Nolte won an Oscar and Academy Award nomination respectively for their performances in this biting tale about the smouldering effect of parental abuse. Directed by Taxi Driver writer, Paul Schrader
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City Hall
1996- Rated:
- 15
Engaging, if slight, political thriller starring Cusack as the assistant to Pacino's Mayor of New York. Cusack's honest idealism leads him down the city's steaming alleys as, together with journalist
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Witch Hunt
1994- Rated:
- 18
Schrader's intriguing little made-for-cable thriller is set in a kind of 1950s alternative reality where magic spells rule, as detective Hopper - seemingly the only person in Los Angeles who doesn't
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Light Sleeper
1991- Rated:
- TBC
An ageing drug mule faces up to the tragedy of his life. Crime-tinged drama scripted and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Willem Dafoe and Susan Sarandon
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Comfort of Strangers
1991- Rated:
- TBC
Schrader directs Pinter's script of Ian McEwan's novel and, considering that talent, this is at best, disappointing. Richardson and Everett are an English couple attempting to salvage their relations
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Patty Hearst
1988- Rated:
- 18
A sycophantic account of the kidnapping and brainwashing of heiress Patty Hearst at the hands of an urban terrorist group, and the crimes she committed while under their control. The disturbing eleme
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The Last Temptation Of Christ
1988- Rated:
- TBC
From the men who bought you Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, an ambitious, largely successful adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' controversial novel. Stars Willem Dafoe as the Son of God and features David Bowie as Pontius Pilate
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Light of Day
1987- Rated:
- PG
Fox's attempts to be taken seriously as an actor after Back to the Future turned him into a teen heart-throb came with Schrader's gritty yet not entirely effective drama in which he and his musically
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The Mosquito Coast
1986- Rated:
- PG
Disillusioned with America, an inventor whisks his family off to the wilds of Central America. Drama starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren and directed by Peter Weir
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Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters
1985- Rated:
- 15
Author, playwright, singer, martial artist, military leader - Paul Schrader examines the life and spectacular death of Japanese renaissance man Yukio Mishima. Executive produced by George Lucas and Francis Coppola
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Cat People
1982- Rated:
- 18
Loose remake of the 1942 classic, directed by Taxi Driver scribe Paul Schrader. Stars Natasha Kinski and Malcolm McDowell as the humans cursed to transform into panthers
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Raging Bull
1980- Rated:
- X
Middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta battles both inner-demons and arch-rivals in his quest for world championship glory. Intense drama from Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro
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Hardcore
1979- Rated:
- 18
A devoutly religious father is drawn into the world of hardcore pornography while searching for his daughter. George C Scott leads Paul Schrader's powerful drama
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Old Boyfriends
1978- Rated:
- TBC
A preposterous late-1970s chick movie that plays like a female answer to Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, only not nearly as much fun. Talia Shire, displaying none of the competence she showed in The God
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Blue Collar
1978- Rated:
- 18
Three disgrunted car workers rob their employer with disastrous consequences. Drama starring Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor, and written and directed by Paul Schrader.
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Rolling Thunder
1977- Rated:
- 18
Shattering anti-Vietnam War drama morphs into brutal revenge flick. William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones star
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Taxi Driver
1976- Rated:
- X
Stone-cold classic. Robert De Niro is electrifying as the Vietnam-scarred taxi driver with a frightening take on the justice system
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