
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).
Penn began his acting career in television, with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie on December 4, 1974, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in the drama Taps (1981), and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Bad Boys (1983), Penn garnered critical attention for his roles in the crime dramas At Close Range (1986), State of Grace (1990), and Carlito's Way (1993). He became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama Dead Man Walking (1995), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and the drama I Am Sam (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk. He has also won a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for the Nick Cassavetes-directed She's So Lovely (1997), and two Volpi Cups for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for the indie film Hurlyburly (1998) and the drama 21 Grams (2003).
Penn made his feature film directorial debut with The Indian Runner (1991), followed by the drama film The Crossing Guard (1995) and the mystery film The Pledge (2001); all three were critically well received. Penn directed one of the 11 segments of 11'09"01 September 11 (2002), a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks. His fourth feature film, the biographical drama survival movie Into the Wild (2007), garnered critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations.
In addition to his film work, Penn has engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 23.657 |
Birthday | 1960-08-17 |
Place of Birth | Santa Monica, California, USA |
Also Known As | 숀 펜, شون بن, ショーン・ペン, ฌอน เพนน์, 西恩·潘, Sean Justin Penn, Σον Τζάστιν Πεν, Шон Джастин Пенн, شان پن, |

2005

The Interpreter
6.302/1450
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to i...
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The Interpreter

2003

Mystic River
7.741/6771
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
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Mystic River

2003

21 Grams
7.3/3147
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of t...
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21 Grams

2002

Dogtown and Z-Boys
7/149
This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern...
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Dogtown and Z-Boys

2008

Milk
7.2/2221
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an acti...
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Milk

1989

Casualties of War
7.152/898
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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Casualties of War

1997

U Turn
6.632/740
When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Cau...
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1995

Dead Man Walking
7.3/1360
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
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2021

Licorice Pizza
7/2289
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando V...
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Licorice Pizza

1990

State of Grace
6.919/353
Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Iri...
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State of Grace

2006

All the King's Men
5.764/307
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946...
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All the King's Men

2004

The Assassination of Richard Nixon
6.48/282
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the ban...
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon

1981

Taps
6.8/272
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
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1997

The Game
7.6/6681
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his y...
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1988

Colors
6.5/474
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enfor...
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Colors

2001

I Am Sam
7.6/2313
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own....
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I Am Sam

2000

Before Night Falls
6.6/274
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vili...
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Before Night Falls

1989

We're No Angels
6.143/504
Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
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We're No Angels

2012

Haiti Untold
0/0
Documentary from Isabelle DePelteau and Dan Shannon
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Haiti Untold

2010

I'm Still Here
6/373
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as...
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I'm Still Here

1993

Carlito's Way
7.8/3191
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life...
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Carlito's Way

2015

Sweet Micky for President
6.8/4
Music and politics collide when international music star, Pras Michel of the Fugees, returns to his homeland of Haiti following the devastating earthq...
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Sweet Micky for President

1998

Hurlyburly
5.5/98
Hollywood movers and shakers dissect their own personal lives when everything seems to clash together.
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Hurlyburly

1998

The Thin Red Line
7.5/3038
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselve...
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The Thin Red Line

2008

What Just Happened
5.413/448
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete...
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What Just Happened

2011

The Tree of Life
6.7/3099
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhoo...
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The Tree of Life

1997

Hugo Pool
5.2/50
Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.
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Hugo Pool

2006

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
7.235/17
A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo"...
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Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

2003

It's All About Love
5.5/103
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous i...
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It's All About Love

1985

The Falcon and the Snowman
6.5/161
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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The Falcon and the Snowman

2009

The People Speak
6.9/10
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
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The People Speak

1999

Sweet and Lowdown
6.777/508
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
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Sweet and Lowdown

1982

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
6.794/1254
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. S...
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High

2000

The Weight of Water
5.5/171
A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.
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The Weight of Water

2004

21 Grams: In Fragments
0/0
A documentary on the making of 21 Grams (2003).
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21 Grams: In Fragments

1983

Bad Boys
7/273
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug deal...
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Bad Boys

1986

At Close Range
6.865/270
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 ga...
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At Close Range

2002

Searching for Debra Winger
6.3/15
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.
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Searching for Debra Winger

2000

Beaver Trilogy
6.7/23
Our story begins in 1979, with a chance meeting in a Salt Lake City parking lot where filmmaker Trent Harris is approached by an earnest small-town dr...
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Beaver Trilogy

2010

Fair Game
6.474/787
A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at ris...
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Fair Game

1997

She's So Lovely
5.9/118
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his i...
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She's So Lovely

2004

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
7/105
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

1984

Racing with the Moon
6.2/81
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. He...
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Racing with the Moon

2000

Up at the Villa
5.306/31
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British...
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Up at the Villa

1988

Judgment in Berlin
5.4/13
An American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
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Judgment in Berlin

2011

Woody Allen: A Documentary
6.8/159
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time....
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Woody Allen: A Documentary

2013

Gangster Squad
6.366/4052
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, th...
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Gangster Squad

2011

This Must Be the Place
7/1226
A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
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This Must Be the Place


War Through the Eyes of Animals
0/0
Anthology film about the war in Ukraine, with animals as the main heroes. Recognized Ukrainian and foreign directors will tell insightful stories base...
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War Through the Eyes of Animals

1997

Loved
4.235/17
After a man is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wro...
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Loved

1986

Shanghai Surprise
4.2/85
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for h...
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Shanghai Surprise

1984

Crackers
4.4/28
In San Francisco, a group of down-and-out friends and a local pimp concoct a convoluted burglary plan on their pawnshop operator friend, all while nav...
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Crackers

2023

Superpower
5.5/20
Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman’s documentary, shot just before and after Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022, and featuring several intervi...
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Superpower

1981

The Killing of Randy Webster
6/3
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and unc...
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The Killing of Randy Webster

2013

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
7.191/7681
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

2023

Gonzo Girl
1/1
A young college graduate toiling as an intern has dreams of making it big in publishing, and the chance comes when they accept an offer to become the...
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Gonzo Girl

1983

Summerspell
8/2
Family celebrations and tensions, Independence Day, Texas 1948
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Summerspell

2002

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
6.7/3
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of...
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

1992

Cruise Control
2/1
Cruise Control is a 1992 English language short film directed by Matt Palmieri, starring Ed Begley Jr., Sean Penn and Max Perlich. The film was nomina...
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Cruise Control

2013

The Human Experiment
6.5/16
A documentary that explores the potential dangers of toxic chemicals in consumer products and the recent spike in unexplained health phenomena.
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The Human Experiment

2014

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
7/15
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, this magnificent star-studded tribute salutes the Fab...
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The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

2015

The Gunman
5.7/957
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering f...
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The Gunman

2014

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
7/1
Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of American theater. Since first walking on stage in 1954, Holbrook has performed his one-man show Mark Twain Ton...
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

2014

Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
6.2/10
Twenty years ago, a young American hiker named Chris McCandless, the accomplished son of successful middle class parents, was found dead in an abandon...
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Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story

2025

One Battle After Another
0/0
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One Battle After Another

2003

Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
5/2
We are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in Hollywood, the meeting with James Dean and the influe...
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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

1993

The Last Party
4.8/5
A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or ge...
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The Last Party

2004

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
7.5/2
The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist Dennis Hopper (1936) self-mockingly looks back on his chequ...
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

1981

The Beaver Kid 2
4.3/3
The Beaver Kid 2 features Sean Penn as "Groovin' Larry" Huff in a dramatic interpretation of the original documentary. It incorporated some scenes fro...
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The Beaver Kid 2

2003

Inside Björk
8.8/4
Following the career of Björk, this documentary looks at her early musical career with local icelandic bands, her acclaimed stint in The Sugarcubes, a...
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Inside Björk

2016

The Angry Birds Movie
6.2/3696
An island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red, a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck, and the...
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The Angry Birds Movie

1983

Risky Business
6.6/1312
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home...
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Risky Business

2024

BRATS
6.035/43
In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. H...
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BRATS

2003

Pauly Shore Is Dead
4.3/79
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is n...
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Pauly Shore Is Dead

2024

Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait à l'oreille de l'Amérique
6.5/2
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Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait à l'oreille de l'Amérique

2003

Bukowski: Born Into This
6.8/48
Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching portrait of t...
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Bukowski: Born Into This

2019

The Professor and the Madman
7.146/1186
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 1...
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The Professor and the Madman

2017

Sound of Sun
7.5/2
The discovery of self-awareness in a twisting venture between dreams and reality. (The first piece of the director's Transformational Trilogy)
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Sound of Sun

2007

Brando
6.8/12
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
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Brando

2003

This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
4.2/6
Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage production of his play "The Late Henry Moss."
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This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"

1999

Being John Malkovich
7.411/4415
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who...
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Being John Malkovich

1990

Cool Blue
4.3/10
Dustin, an aspiring painter meets this woman named Christiane. Dustin is on a search for love, sex, and inspiration. When Christiane dumps him and dis...
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Cool Blue

2012

Americans
4/6
"Americans" is a short 'public service' film starring Sean Penn and Kid Rock. The goal of the film is to tear down the one-dimensional political stere...
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Americans

1981

Hellinger's Law
7.5/1
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrat...
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Hellinger's Law

2008

Witch Hunt
7/22
Executive Producer Sean Penn presents "Witch Hunt," a gripping indictment of the American justice system told through the lens of one small town. Vote...
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Witch Hunt

2000

A Constant Forge
6.6/13
One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmma...
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A Constant Forge

2017

Mad Hannans
0/0
A documentary about brothers, musicians and bandmates Jerry and Sean Hannan, chronicling their rise, fall, and ultimate reconciliation. It is a true s...
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Mad Hannans

2009

Deflating the Elephant
0/0
Sean Penn teams with author George Lakoff in this thought-provoking examination of how language frames the nature of political discourse in America. H...
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Deflating the Elephant

2015

Beaver Trilogy Part IV
7.4/11
A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah inspired the creation of an underground fil...
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Beaver Trilogy Part IV

1993

Madonna: The Name of the Game
0/0
Go where only Madonna has gone before. From interviews with brother Martin Ciccone and exes Sean Penn and Warren Beatty to a tour of her hometown haun...
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Madonna: The Name of the Game

2021

Flag Day
5.8/154
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
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Flag Day

1999

Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
5.8/4
This documentary is featured on the Collector's Edition, High School Reunion Edition, and Awesome Special Edition DVDs for 'Fast Times at Ridgemont Hi...
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Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1987

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
7.1/26
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive f...
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

2020

Citizen Penn
0/1
After a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in 2010 aid workers from around the world went to help, including actor and filmmaker Sean Penn.
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Citizen Penn

2020

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
5.6/14
A virtual table read of the classic 1982 hit Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The all-star cast includes Jennifer Aniston, Dane Cook, Morgan Freeman, Jim...
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read

2020

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
7.8/10
With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary virility....
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Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

2024

Asphalt City
6.121/136
A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is...
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Asphalt City

2008

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
0/0
The Who were honored at the 2008 ceremony from the Pauley Pavilion at UCLA instead of the usual Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center. The concert cons...
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VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

2024

Daddio
6.153/144
A woman taking a cab ride from JFK airport engages in a conversation with the driver about the important relationships in their lives.
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Daddio

2021

Val
7.12/175
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film a...
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Val

2011

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
6.4/5
From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the struggles of workers, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote topical songs that engaged his audiences in the iss...
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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

2011

Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
0/0
Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jack Black, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen & Kevin Spacey, who comprise the Clinton Foundation's Celeb...
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Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
0/0
Released in 1994, this documentary tells the story of the life of Robbie Robertson, a central figure in the band that established an era of American r...
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