The best J. C. Quinn’s drama movies

J. C. Quinn

J. C. Quinn

30/11/1940- 10/02/2004
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Silkwood

Silkwood
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 14/12/1983
  • Character: Curtis Schultz
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge
6.8/10
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder
6.1/10
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.

Barfly

Barfly
7.1/10
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But they like each other's company- and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.

Takedown

Takedown
6.2/10
Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that...

Vision Quest

Vision Quest
6.7/10
After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

Gloria

Gloria
7.1/10
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

At Close Range

At Close Range
6.9/10
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man. Inspired by the real events that led to the end of the Johnston Gang, who operated in the northeastern United States in the 1970s.

Animal Factory

Animal Factory
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/08/2000
  • Character: Ivan McGhee
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.

Pontiac Moon

Pontiac Moon
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/11/1994
  • Character: Bartender
An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S. This while his wife tries to overcome her neuroses to save the family.

Times Square

Times Square
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 17/10/1980
  • Character: Simon
Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York by its ears.

Priceless Beauty

Priceless Beauty
4.3/10
A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She tries to help him live again.

Wired

Wired
3.6/10
The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

The Babe

The Babe
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/04/1992
  • Character: Jack Dunn
A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the game. His amazing career included seven American League pennants, four World Series championships, two tempestuous marriages and a wild lifestyle that earned him numerous suspensions.

Night-Flowers

Night-Flowers
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1979
  • Character: Eddie Quinn
Two Vietnam vets, Tom and Nordi, live sad lives in a crumbling New Jersey town. Sharing a one room apartment, they talk about their inability to hold down real work, struggle to get noticed at the VA and fail to connect with women. This changes for Tom when he meets Marcella and they begin a relationship. However, he can't escape his past with Nordi and the co- dependent, toxic relationship soon takes a gruesome turn.

Eddie Macon's Run

Eddie Macon's Run
5.6/10
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ruthless truant officer, Carl Marzack, who feels he must prove he can still 'get his man' by returning Macon to jail at any cost.

Violated

Violated
4.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/01/1984
  • Character: Kevin McBane
An actress in New York City goes against a group of gangsters who are abusing her "party girl" friends.

Hit Me

Hit Me
5.4/10
A bellhop living with his mentally impaired brother becomes involved with an unbalanced woman and a scheme to steal guests' valuables.

Man of Miracles

Man of Miracles
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/03/1999
  • Character: Bob
In the sleepy town of Vine Creek, preacher and volunteer fireman Joe Cass wakes up to realize his family and community are at a breaking point. Joe decides to take control of his life and must prove his bravery when he is called to save a child trapped inside a burning building. Lost inside the inferno, a mysterious fireman helps them to safety and quickly disappears. As Joe waits for the mystery fireman to come forward, rumors circulate throughout Vine Creek that the apparition was an angel sent from above.

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