Movies starring Billy Bob Thornton

Tombstone (1993)

120 mins     Action , Drama, Western      

With the release of Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" in 1992, and a resurgence in the demand for Cowboy movies, it came as no surprise, when in 1993 "Tombstone" was released, a Hollywood take on the legendary lives of Wyatt Earp...

On Deadly Ground (1994)

101 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

"On Deadly Ground" not only stars Steven Seagal but it is also his debut as director a deal he made with Warner Bros. which saw him in return agreeing to appear in "Under Siege 2". That is sort of ironic because for all sense...

U Turn (1997)

125 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

There is no denying Oliver Stone's ability as a director, his collection of movies speak for themselves but even a top director can go wrong and unfortunately with "U Turn" Stone has gone wrong. Wrong maybe the wrong word bec...

Princess Mononoke (1997)

134 mins     Adventure , Animation, Fantasy      

Princess Mononoke: Young warrior Ashitaka finds himself stuck between the wolf people of the forest and the humans when he goes in search of a cure for a curse...

Armageddon (1998)

150 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama, Thriller      

There has been a growing trend in cinema for many years to launch a big blockbuster movie where the basis of the plot is that the world faces impending doom only for the Americans to save the day with some far fetched idea. M...

A Simple Plan (1998)

121 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

"A Simple Plan" is one of the simplest movies I have watched, it is a study of what money can do to a man. Now in truth that isn't a new idea, I can think of a few movies I have watched over the years which focus on what mone...

Primary Colors (1998)

143 mins     Comedy, Drama      

It would be wrong to review "Primary Colors" and not to mention the similarities between this fictional story of a presidential candidate on the campaign trail and that of one time President Bill Clinton. But do you know what...

Homegrown (1998)

108 mins     Comedy, Crime, Drama      

The synopsis I read for "Homegrown" made it sound like 3 stoners trying to do big business when their boss dies and they try to carry on his drug business. And in fairness that is what it is about but this isn't a stoner come...

Pushing Tin (1999)

124 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

Frustrating, that what was the lasting feeling I has after I finished watching "Pushing Tin" because quite simply it is. Here is a movie which starts off, well I wouldn't say brilliantly but in such a way it grabs your attent...

Bad Santa (2003)

91 mins     Comedy, Crime      

Bad Santa: Billy Bob Thornton stars as Willie a drunk department store santa who each year robs the store he is working in, but this year the belief of a kid changes him...

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

100 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Intolerable Cruelty (2003) George Clooney is the successful divorce lawyer who finds himself the focus of a gold digger (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who wants revenge after he successfully presented one of her former husbands in di...

The Alamo (2004)

137 mins     Drama, War      

The Alamo (2004) is a big budget historical drama based on the famous 1836 standoff...

Bad News Bears (2005)

113 mins     Comedy, Sport      

The 2005 remake of "Bad News Bears" is probably the best example for my repeated argument about remakes, that argument is that they are not made for those who enjoyed the original but for a new generation which will think the...

Mr. Woodcock (2007)

87 mins     Comedy      

Maybe at some point in its genesis "Mr. Woodcock" was a funny idea for a movie, to be honest the idea of a kid tormented by his gym teacher returning home an adult to find his widowed mum engaged to that teacher is not bad, b...

Eagle Eye (2008)

118 mins     Action , Thriller      

"Eagle Eye" is the sort of movie which epitomises modern mainstream cinema; it takes a semi reasonable idea for an action fuelled thriller and makes it so over the top that it becomes stupid. Whilst I am sure I am not alone i...

The Informers (2008)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

I remember watching an episode of "Top Gear" where Amber Heard was the guest in the reasonable priced car and presenter Jeremy Clarkson kept on mentioning "The Informers" and her frequently naked role in the movie. That stuck...

Faster (2010)

98 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

Faster: Dwayne Johnson stars as Driver, just out of preison but on a mission to hunt down those who murdered his brother many years earlier...

Puss in Boots (2011)

90 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy      

I would have loved to have been in the offices when they were discussing what they could do next with their golden goose, I mean the "Shrek" franchise. I say that because they must have known that they had a product with furt...

Parkland (2013)

93 mins     Drama      

As a Brit who wasn't even born back in 1963 the events of November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas have never had the same impact on me as those who remember where they were on that day. But I have to say having watched "Parkland" ...

Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)

94 mins     Action , Horror, Thriller      

Into the Grizzly Maze (2015) James Marsden & Thomas Jane star as estranged brothers who head up in to the woods to hunt a killer grizzly bear but end up becoming hunted by the beast...