This film is a dramatization of the 1976 wine-tasting competition that, for the first time, ranked Napa Valley wines from California above the French. Bill Pullman and Chris Pine are the father-and-son duo whose wines triumph, while Alan Rickman is a British wine snob who doesn't think anything good can come from the US. Directed by Randall Miller. With Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez, Eliza Dushku, and Dennis Farina. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Bill Pullman in Bottle Shock
Phoebe (Elle Fanning) is a little girl who loses herself completely in fantasies about the book "Alice in Wonderland." She imagines that one of her teachers (Patricia Clarkson) is her guide to a secret world of magic. Her parents (Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman) can't quite understand her. She begins to exist so much in the fantasy world that they start to worry. Is her obsession with Alice healthy and imaginative, or dangerous? Has she withdrawn so much from the real world that she won't be able to find her way back? Directed by Daniel Barnz. With Campbell Scott and Peter Gerety. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Bill Pullman in Phoebe in Wonderland
Two FBI agents, Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at a police station in the Santa Fe desert to investigate a series of murders. They interrogate three witnesses: a police officer, a methadone addict, and an eight-year-old girl whose family was murdered by masked men. Directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch. With Ryan Simpkins, Pell James and French Stewart. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2008.
Bill Pullman in Surveillance
A thriller full of twists in which Eli (Alan Rickman), a brilliant chemist, wins the Nobel Prize, only to learn that his son has just been kidnapped. The kidnapper (Shawn Hatosy), demands the $2 million Nobel Prize money as the ransom. While Eli and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), try to decide what to do, a police detective (Bill Pullman), begins investigating and a mysterious woman (Eliza Dushku) gets involved in the case. Directed by Randall Miller. With Bryan Greenberg and Danny DeVito. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
Bill Pullman in Nobel Son
Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) is a successful hit man for a Polish mob family in Buffalo. But, when his excessive drinking causes him to botch an important assignment, Frank's uncle send him to the west coast to try to kick the habit. There, he connects with Laurel (Téa Leoni), a sharped-tongued woman who helps him start a new way of life. Later, when Frank finds out that an Irish gang is moving in on his family's business, he and Laurel head home to face the trouble together. Directed by John Dahl. With Luke Wilson, Dennis Farina, Philip Baker Hall and Bill Pullman. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Bill Pullman in You Kill Me
In this installment from the masters of parody, Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), a caring but oblivious young woman, is haunted by the spirit of a young boy after taking a job at a creepy old mansion. Meanwhile, her recently divorced neighbor, Tom Ryan (Craig Bierko), uncovers an alien plot to take over the world and goes on the run with his two kids. After Cindy discovers that the identity of the boy's murderer could be the key to stopping the aliens, she heads off with her friend (Regina Hall) to learn the truth and save the day. Directed by David Zucker. With Carmen Electra, Shaquille O'Neal, Bill Pullman, Anthony Anderson, Leslie Nielsen and Molly Shannon. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2006.
Bill Pullman in Scary Movie 4
When Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an exchange student working in Japan, agrees to cover for a homestay nurse who doesn't show up for work, she discovers the Grudge, a terrifying curse that controls an othewise normal house in Tokyo. Anyone who falls under the Grudge dies a horrible death and passes the curse on to whoever next enters the house. Karen must uncover the secret to stopping the curse before it destroys her life. Directed by Takashi Shimizu. With Jason Behr, William Mapother, Bill Pullman and Ted Raimi. Categories: Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Bill Pullman in The Grudge
Igby (Kieran Culkin) is tired of being shipped from one private school to the next by his wealthy, detached mother (Susan Sarandon). After a few failed escape attempts, Igby ends up living in a NYC loft with a woman (Amanda Peet) who is sleeping with his godfather (Jeff Goldblum). While Igby tries to deal with the reality of his dysfunctional life, including an institutionalized father (Bill Pullman), he grows close to another outsider (Claire Danes), only to have her stolen away by his "fascist" older brother (Ryan Phillippe). Directed by Burr Steers. With Rory Culkin and Jared Harris. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2002.
Bill Pullman in Igby Goes Down
Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), a jazz musician, fears that his wife, Renee (Patricia Arquette), is having an affair. Suddenly, he finds himself accused of her murder and sent to jail. At the same time, a mechanic, Pete Dayton (Balthazar Getty), is seduced by Alice Wakefield (Patricia Arquette), a sultry temptress, who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. Upon Fred's release from death row, the two men's lives begin to intertwine in surreal and inexplicable ways. They are further linked by the fact that Renee and Alice might actually be the same woman. Directed by David Lynch. With Robert Loggia and Robert Blake. Categories: Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Drama. Year: 1997.
Bill Pullman in Lost Highway
When worldwide communications systems go haywire and an enormous unidentified object is spotted orbiting Earth, David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum), an MIT graduate who works at a cable company, decodes a hidden message and discovers that aliens are planning to destroy major cities around the world. When Levinson's prediction come true, the survivors of the US attacks, including Marine Corp. fighter pilot Steven Hiller (Will Smith) and President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman), converge on Area 51 and try to formulate a plan to prevent the aliens from enslaving the human race. Using a captured alien spacecraft and a ragtag squadron of volunteer pilots, the survivors take flight on July 4th to fight for their freedom. Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin and Vivica A. Fox. Categories: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1996.
Bill Pullman in Independence Day
Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner) was one of the Wild West's greatest heroes, a family man who became a law man to bring justice to the frontier. Together with Doc Holiday (Dennis Quaid), Earp reigns in the same kind of rough and tumble bandits he would eventually face in the famous showdown at the O.K. Corral. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. With Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Catherine O'Hara. Categories: Biography, Western. Year: 1994.
Bill Pullman in Wyatt Earp
With the boys of summer fighting in WWII, it's up to the women they left behind to step up to the plate and carry on America's pastime. Two competitive sisters, Dottie Henson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty), are recruited by the All-American Pro Girls League and join a team of mothers, daughters and sisters who just love to play ball. Faced with a hard-drinking, skeptical manager (Tom Hanks) and a less than enthusiastic crowd, the woman eventually win over everyone with their tough play and love of the game. Directed by Penny Marshall. With Madonna, Jon Lovitz, Bill Pullman and Rosie O'Donnell. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sports. Year: 1992.
Bill Pullman in A League of Their Own
A group of six twenty-somethings, most of whom live in the same Seattle apartment building, search for love and meaning during the early days of grunge music. As these young adults move through the world of music and dating, their stories intertwine and reverberate with the sincerity and unknown possibilities of the era. Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Sheila Kelley, Kyra Sedgwick, Bill Pullman and Campbell Scott. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1992.
Bill Pullman in Singles