Movies Starring Samuel L Jackson
Unthinkable
Right and Wrong no longer exist
Carrie-Anne Moss, Samuel L. Jackson, Brandon Routh, Dayo Ade, Asim Ahmad, Gil Bellows, Christian Eric Billings, Alzahir Born, Martin Donovan, Daryl Anthony Harper, Joshua Harto, Vincent Laresca, Benito Martinez, Chris McGarry, Geoff Meed
DIRECTOR:Samuel L. Jackson stars as a overt operations interrogator who teams with an FBI agent in order to find a string of nuclear weapons held by a terrorist in this Gregor Jordan-helmed Senator Entertainment production.
Iron Man 2
Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Olivia Munn, Grace Stanley, Don Abernathy
DIRECTOR:With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, must forge new alliances — and confront powerful enemies.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Samuel L. Jackson, Zachary Gordon, Mark Hamill, Yuri Lowenthal, Lucy Liu
DIRECTOR:Fuminori Kizaki
When his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro takes up his sword again to tear through an army of deadly foes led by a sadistic leader.
The Spirit
Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again.
Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King, Michael-David Aragon, William Arute, Eric Balfour, Frank Bond, Chad Brummett, Burly Cain, Hugh Elliot, Dan Gerrity, Al Goto
DIRECTOR:Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. When a Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face who has other plans. He's going to wipe out the entire city. The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill the masked crusader.
Soul Men
Out of sync. Never out of style.
Michael C. 'Mike' Allen, Keenan Carter, Affion Crockett, Miko DeFoor, Ron Fagan, Ted Ferguson, John Foster, Sean Goulding, Bart Hansard, Isaac Hayes, Sean Hayes, Adam Herschman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Lee Ann McDade
DIRECTOR:Though it's been some twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader.
Lakeview Terrace
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Regine Nehy, Jaishon Fisher, Jay Hernandez, Keith Loneker, Robert Dahey, Mel Rodriguez, Ho-Jung, Bitsie Tulloch, Dale Godboldo, Lynn Chen, Cassius Willis, Paul Terrell Clayton
DIRECTOR:An LAPD officer will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door.
Jumper
Anywhere is possible.
Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Tom Hulce, Michael Rooker, Sean Baek, Katie Boland, Nathalie Cox, Teddy Dunn, Barbara Garrick, Meredith Henderson, AnnaSophia Robb, Max Thieriot
DIRECTOR:A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and those who have sworn to kill them.
Cleaner
Solving a crime can be dirty work.
Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes, Luis Guzmán, Keke Palmer, Maggie Lawson, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Robert Forster, Edrick Browne, Marc Macaulay, Rosalind Rubin, Mike Guy, Richard Folmer, James Barnes, Linda Leonard
DIRECTOR:A former cop who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner unknowingly participates in a cover-up at his latest job.
Resurrecting the Champ
Based on a true story, that was based on a lie.
Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo, Alan Alda, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher, Kristen Shaw, Nick Sandow, David Paymer, Harry J. Lennix, Peter Coyote, Ryan McDonald, Chris Ippolito, Jameson Trenholm
DIRECTOR:Up-and-coming sports reporter (Hartnett) rescues a homeless man ("Champ", Jackson) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
1408
John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Chris Carey, Len Cariou, Peter Conboy, Walter Lewis, Noah Lee Margetts, Thomas A. McMahon, Jessica Cail, Ike Ononye, Andrew Lee Potts, Drew Powell, Jasmine Jessica Anthony
DIRECTOR:Based on the short Stephen King horror story of the same name, 1408 surrounds supernatural writer Mike Enslin, an author of two hit books focusing on supernatural phenomena. As research for his latest book, Enslin is determined to check out the notorious room 1408 in a New York City hotel by personally staying as a guest in the fabled room. With the intention that 1408 is just a myth perpetuated by stories and rumor that Enslin has collected for his past works. However, hotel manager Mr. Olin has strong objections to Enslin's stay and only warns him of possible danger to come. But Enslin is determined to go through and convinced that the horrific past of 1408 is just mere coincidence and a myth. But what Mike Enslin is about to experience is no myth, as 1408 truly is a room where the guests don't check out by noon.
Home of the Brave
Coming home is the real battle.
Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Brian Presley, Christina Ricci, 50 Cent, Chad Michael Murray, Joyce M. Cameron, Victoria Rowell, Wes Deitrick, Jeffrey Nordling, Jhon Goodwin, Vyto Ruginis, Sam Jones III, Nike Imoru, James MacDonald
DIRECTOR:The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman. Each of the four has come home changed, each feels dislocation. Group therapy, V.A. services, halting gestures from family and colleagues, and regular flashbacks keep the war front and center in their minds. They're angry, touchy, and explosive: can a warrior find peace back home?
Black Snake Moan
Everything is hotter down south.
Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cothran Jr., David Banner, Michael Raymond-James, Adriane Lenox, Kim Richards, Neimus K. Williams, Leonard L. Thomas, Ruby Wilson, Claude Phillips, Amy Lavere, Clare Grant
DIRECTOR:A God-fearing bluesman (Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
Farce of the Penguins
What Happens In Antarctica... Stays in Antarctica
Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Alexander, James Belushi, Jason Biggs, Lewis Black, Mario Cantone, Dane Cook, Dave Coulier, Norm Crosby, Cliff Dorfman, Adam Duritz, Harvey Fierstein, Gilbert Gottfried, Jim Hazelton, Jonathan Katz
DIRECTOR:Bob Saget
A mockumentary that illuminates penguin survival and mating rituals, as well as one bird's search for love while on a 70-mile trek with his hedonistic buddies.
Snakes on a Plane
On August 18th Summer Really Begins
Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Alexander, Kenan Thompson, Keith Dallas, Lin Shaye, James Bruce, Sunny Mabrey, Casey Dubois, Daniel Hogarth, Gerard Plunkett, Terry Chen, Elsa Pataky
DIRECTOR:When Sean Jones witnesses a murder, he is asked to fly from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify against the notorious gangster Eddie Kim. However, Kim has paid an assassin to release a crate-full of deadly snakes loose when the plane is 30,000 feet in the air. Only FBI agent Neville Flynn can protect Sean and rally the passengers together in hope of landing in L.A. alive.
Freedomland
His Streets. His Rules.
Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard
DIRECTOR:When her son disappears and is believed to be dead, a single mother blames an African-American man from the projects for the kidnapping, creating a racial controversy. An African-American detective (Jackson) and a white missing child researcher team up to investigate the case, which they discover may be more complicated than they expected.
Coach Carter
It begins on the street. It ends here.
Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez, Nana Gbewonyo, Antwon Tanner, Channing Tatum, Ashanti, Texas Battle, Denise Dowse, Debbi Morgan, Mel Winkler, Vincent Laresca, Sidney Faison, Octavia Spencer
DIRECTOR:In 1999, Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter's tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. However, when the overconfident team's behavior begins to stray and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in class, he takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. In the ensuing debate, Carter fights to keep his methods, determined to show the boys that they need to rely on more than sports for their futures and eventually finds he has affected them more profoundly than he ever expected.
The Man
One guy walks the walk. The other talks and talks.
Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Susie Essman, Anthony Mackie, Gigi Rice, Rachael Crawford, Philip Akin, Christopher Murray, Joel S. Keller, John Hemphill, Kathryn Greenwood, Carrie Cain-Sparks, George Ghali
DIRECTOR:Special Agent Derrick Vann is a man out to get the man who killed his partner but a case of mistaken identity leads him to Andy Fidler, a salesman with too many questions and a knack of getting in Vanns way.
xXx: State of the Union
Prepare for the next level
Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Ice Cube, Xzibit, John G. Connolly, Ramon De Ocamp, Nona Gaye, Matt Gerald, Michael Roof, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, Sunny Mabrey, Barry Sigismondi, Michael Don Evans, David Rountree, Ned Schmidtke
DIRECTOR:NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube) must track a dangerous military splinter group, led by Willem Dafoe, that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation's capital.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The saga is complete.
Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Silas Carson, Jay Laga'aia, Bruce Spence, Wayne Pygram, Temuera Morrison
DIRECTOR:A maturing Anakin Skywalker goes to the dark side of The Force and becomes Sith Lord Darth Vader. We experience the transformation in a dark, scary yet thrilling climax. The story here logically sets up the events of Episode IV, the original 1977 Star Wars movie in which Darth Vader goes to war against his own children, Luke and Leia.
Twisted
Every murder has a mark.
Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn, Russell Wong, Camryn Manheim, Mark Pellegrino, Titus Welliver, D.W. Moffett, Richard T. Jones, Leland Orser, James Oliver Bullock, William Hall, Joe Duer, Jim Hechim
DIRECTOR:Jessica Shepard is an on the rise police officer of San Francisco's esteemed police department, after having solved a big case about a serial killer. Her mentor John Mills is proud of Jessica as a father would be of his daughter, since Mills was the partner of Jessica's late father. With a newly established promotion, Jessica finds that she might once again have to prove herself in a department that takes no prisoners. Not to mention a new partner named Mike Delmarco, who might be Jessica's next closest thing to a confidant. However, a man has been found dead and the two officers are brought into the investigation. What they find is a surprise when the dead in question was a man Jessica slept with, he being part of a list of one night stands that Jessica has engaged in. Now under suspicion and a terrible drinking problem gnawing at her, Jessica will have to prove to her superiors and to her skeptical partner that she's not the one behind the murders and Mills is one of the few people standing behind her. This is a story about a woman trying to find the perpetrator of these horrible crimes, before she herself might end as one of them.
