The best James Woods’s drama movies

James Woods

James Woods

18/04/1947 (77 años)
Today we present the best James Woods’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best James Woods’s movies.
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Nixon

Nixon
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 22/12/1995
  • Character: H.R. Haldeman
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America
8.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/05/1984
  • Character: Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Contact

Contact
7.5/10
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

John Q

John Q
7.1/10
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

Casino

Casino
8.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 22/11/1995
  • Character: Lester Diamond
In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.

Any Given Sunday

Any Given Sunday
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/12/1999
  • Character: Dr. Harvey Mandrake
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the ageing coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.

White House Down

White House Down
6.3/10
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 31/12/1999
  • Character: Mr. Lisbon
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

True Crime

True Crime
6.6/10
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

Chaplin

Chaplin
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/12/1992
  • Character: Joseph Scott
An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.

Against All Odds

Against All Odds
5.9/10
She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives.

Jobs

Jobs
6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 16/08/2013
  • Character: Jack Dudman
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

The General's Daughter

The General's Daughter
6.4/10
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

Officer Down

Officer Down
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 22/01/2013
  • Character: Captain Verona
When a cop's crooked past comes back to get him, can he do the right thing, or will he succumb to the threats of his dangerous connections?

The Getaway

The Getaway
5.8/10
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol McCoy) to tell him that he's for sale if Benyon can get him out of prison. Benyon pulls some strings and Doc McCoy is released again. Unfortunately he has to cooperate with the same person that got him to prison.

Eyewitness

Eyewitness
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 13/02/1981
  • Character: Aldo Mercer
Daryll Deever is a janitor in an office building in New York, and a big fan of TV news reporter, Tony Sokolow. When a rich man is murdered in Daryll's building, Tony comes to cover the story and Daryll introduces himself to her. Thinking he may know something about the crime, Tony pursues him, and in order to keep seeing her, he pretends that he does. As the two of them play this game, the killers are watching, assuming that Daryll and Tony both know more about the crime than they do.

Jamesy Boy

Jamesy Boy
6.2/10
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.

Cop

Cop
6.4/10
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

The Way We Were

The Way We Were
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 17/10/1973
  • Character: Frankie McVeigh
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.

Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 22/01/2005
  • Character: Hank Joyce
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

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