KINDS OF KINDNESS (2024)

 

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos 

Written By: Yorgos Lanthinos and Effhimis Filippou 

Cinematography: Robbie Ryan 

Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis 

Cast: Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hunter Schaffer, Mamoudou Athie, Joe Alwyn, Yorgos Stefanakos 

a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

NEW ROSE HOTEL (1998)

 

Directed By: Abel Ferrara

Written By: Abel Ferrara and Christi Zois

Based on a short story by William Gibson

Cinematography: Ken Kelsch 

Editor: Jim Mol and Anthony Redman

Cast: Willem Dafoe, Christopher Walken, Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra, Victor Argo, Gretchen Mol, John Lurie 

In the not-too-distant future, two New York businessmen plot to play two multinational rival corporations against each other, with a little help from a shady Italian street woman, to obtain an important Japanese businessman for the company they work at, only things are not always as they appear.

BODY OF EVIDENCE (1992)

Directed By: Uli Edel 
Written By: Brad Mirman 
Cinematography: Douglas Milsome 
Editor: Thom Noble 


Cast: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Julianne Moore, Anne Archer,  Frank Langella, Stan Shaw, Richard Riehle, Michael Forest, Charles Hallahan, Mark Rolston, Jurgen Prochnow, Jeff Perry 


A millionaire is found dead of heart failure handcuffed to the bed with a home video tape of him and his lover. When cocaine is found in his system, and his will leaves $8 million to his lover, they arrest her on suspicion of murder. Her lawyer succumbs to her charms, and he begins a torrid and kinky affair with her. As new evidence turns up during trial, he begins to wonder if he's defending a murderer.

AQUAMAN (2018)

Directed By: James Wan 
Written By: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick & Will Beall 
Story By: Geoff Johns, Will Beall & James Wan 
Based On The Character “Aquaman: Created By: Paul Norris & Mort Wesinger 
Cinematography By: Don Burgess 
Editor: Kirk Morri 

Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lungdren, Yahya Abdul-Manteen II, Temeura Morrison, Leigh Whannell, Michael Beach, Randall Park 


Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.

CRY-BABY (1990)

Written & Directed By: John Waters 
Cinematography By: David Insely 
Editor: Janice Hampton 


Cast: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Polly Bergen, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Susan Tyrrell, Troy Donahue, Willem Dafoe, Patricia Hearst, Iggy Pop, Joe Dellasandro, Darren E. Burrows, Mink Stole, Joey Heatherton, Kim McGuire, Stephen Mailer, Kim Webb, Alan J. Wendl, David Nelson 


Allison is a "square" good girl who has decided she wants to be bad and falls hard for Cry-Baby Walker, a Greaser (or "Drape" in John Waters parlance). Spoofing Elvis movies and Juvenile Delinquency scare films of the '50s, this movie follows the adventures of Cry-Baby who, though he is sent to juvie, is determined to cross class (and taste) boundaries to get Allison back.

THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017)

Directed & Edited By: Sean Baker 
Written By: Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch 
Cinematography By: Alexis Zabe 

Cast: Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Landry Jones, Mela Murder, Krystal Gordon, Macon Blair 


Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)

Directed By: Kenneth Branagh 
Written By: Michael Green 
Based on the Novel By: Agatha Christie 
Cinematography By: Haris Zambarlokus 
Editor: Mick Audsley 


Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Leslie Odom Jr, Derek Jacobi, Lucy Boynton, Adam Garcia 


Hercule Poirot, the best detective in the world decides to leave on the Orient Express. The train accidentally gets stopped because of the strong snow. Little did he know that a murder was planned and that a person on this train was able of commiting such crime. Will he solve this murder before the train starts working again?

DOG EAT DOG (2016)

Directed By: Paul Schrader 
Written By: Matthew Wilder 
Based on the Book By: Edward Bunker 
Cinematography By: Alexander Dynan 
Editor: Ben Rodriguez Jr. 

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook, Omar J. Dorsey, Louisa Krause 


Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life. The California three strikes law looms over them, but what the hell, they're going to do it, and they're going to do it their way. Troy, an aloof mastermind, seeks an uncomplicated, clean life but cannot get away from his hatred for the system. Diesel is on the mob's payroll and his interest in his suburban home and his nagging wife is waning. The loose cannon of the trio, Mad Dog, is possessed by true demons within, which lead him from one situation to the next. One more hit, one more jackpot, and they'll all be satisfied. Troy constructs the perfect crime and they pull it off, but in the aftermath, they keep finding the law surrounding them wherever they go.

OUT OF THE FURNACE (2013)

Directed By: Scott Cooper 
Written By: Scott Cooper & Brad Ingelsby 
Cinematography By: Masanobu Takayanagi 
Editor: David Rosenbloom 


Cast: Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Forrest Whitaker, Casey Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Sam Shephard, Tom Bower, Boyd Holbrook

JOHN WICK (2014)

Directed By: David Leitch & Chad Stahelski 
Written By: Derek Kolstad 
Cinematography By: Jonathan Sela 
Editor: Elisabet Ronaldsdottir 


Cast: Keanu Reeves, Adrianne Palicki, Michael Nyqvist, Bridget Moynihan Clarke Peters, Ian McShane, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Willem Dafoe, Alfie Allen, Lance Reddick, Daniel Bernhardt, Thomas Sadowski, Kevin Nash, Randall Duk Kim

ANTICHRIST (2009)

Written & Directed By: Lars Von Trier 
Cinematography By: Anthony Dod Mantle 
Editor: Asa Mosberg & Anders Refn 

 Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg

DAYBREAKERS (2010) by jeff

Written & Directed By: Michael & Peter Spierig
Cinematography By: Ben Nott
Editor: Matt Villa

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas,