Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Amanda Peet, John Cusack, Thomas McCarthy and Morgan Lily. Categories: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2009.
John Cusack in 2012
Igor (John Cusack), a hunchbacked lab assistant for a mad scientist, has big dreams of becoming an inventor himself. Behind the back of his master, Dr. Glickenstein (John Cleese), Igor begins conducting experiments with the help of his friends Brain (Sean Hayes) and Scamper (Steve Buscemi). Despite setback and interference from Glickenstein, Igor won't let anything stop him from reaching his dreams of winning first place at the annual Evil Science Fair. Directed by Anthony Leondis. With Christian Slater, Jennifer Coolidge, Eddie Izzard, Molly Shannon and Jay Leno. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Family. Year: 2008.
John Cusack in Igor
In this black comedy, John Cusack plays a troubled hit man hired by the CEO (Ben Kingsley) of a large corporation that does business in the Middle East. His task is to kill the oil minister of a small gulf state. So the hit man poses as the wedding planner for a Central Asian pop star (Hilary Duff), who is getting married in the oil-rich kingdom. He also attracts the attentions of a left-wing journalist (Marisa Tomei), as the plot gets more complicated. Directed by Joshua Seftel. With Joan Cusack and Dan Aykroyd. Categories: Action, Comedy, Thriller, War. Year: 2008.
John Cusack in War, Inc.
Mike Enslin (John Cusack), a cynical writer who investigates supernatural phenomena, travels to spend a night in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. The hotel's manager, Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson), initally objects to allowing Mike to stay in the room, which is said to harbor evil spirits and is off limits to guests. But, after he threatens to sue the establishment, Gerald checks Mike into the room and sends him off to a sleepless night. Directed by Mikael Håfström. With Jasmine Jessica Anthony and Mary McCormack. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Drama. Year:2007.
John Cusack in 1408
Stanley Philipps (John Cusack) is devastated by the news that his wife was killed in Iraq. Unable to come to terms with her death and tell his two daughters, Stanley decides to take them on a cross-country road trip to an amusement park. Directed by James C. Strouse. With Gracie Bednarczyk and Shélan O'Keefe. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
John Cusack in Grace Is Gone
Ray Keene (John Cusack) takes his son on a hiking trip hoping to reconnect with the boy after his mother's death. But, when the pair witness a car wreck, Keene is tasked with bringing world-class assassin Frank Cardin (Morgan Freeman) to justice when the US Marshall escorting him dies from his injuries. In an attempt to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, Keene must evade the assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness. Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Jamie Anderson. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Crime. Year: 2006.
John Cusack in The Contract
On Christmas Eve, Charlie Arglist (John Cusack), a crooked mob attorney, and his associate, Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton), have just stolen $2 million from Kansas City crime boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). When a severe ice storm shuts down the city of Witchita Falls, the pair must make other plans since a quick escape is no longer an option. While Charlie waits out the storm, he must contend with the boss's girl, Renata (Connie Nielsen), take care of his drinking buddy, Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt), and even survive a double-cross from his old pal Vic. Directed by Harold Ramis. With Mike Starr. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005.
John Cusack in The Ice Harvest
Sarah Nolan (Diane Lane), a thirty-something preschool teacher, has been divorced for eight months, but is hesitant to re-enter the dating world despite the pressure of her pushy family. Jake (John Cusack) is a recently divorced boat builder who still misses his ex-wife. After Sarah's sister, Carol (Elizabeth Perkins), puts her profile on an online dating site, the two reluctant daters agree to meet at a dog park, even though neither actually owns a dog. As their awkward first meeting develops into something special, both Sarah and Jake realize that love can be found in the most unlikely of places. Directed by Gary David Goldberg. With Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing and Christopher Plummer. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2005.
John Cusack in Must Love Dogs
Ten strangers get stuck in a Nevada motel during a storm, only to discover the guests are being killed off, one by one. Amanda Peet plays a prostitute who may never make it to a better life, while John Cusack is a limousine driver for a movie star. A cop (Ray Liotta) is there transporting a shackled killer to another prison. Directed by James Mangold. With John Hawkes and John C. McGinley. Categories: Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2003.
John Cusack in Identity
A romantic comedy about a guy (John Cusack) and a girl (Kate Beckinsale), who meet by chance in New York one night while Christmas shopping. They hit it off immediately, but are both involved with other people. They go their separate ways. Fast forward to a couple of years later: They are both about to be married, but can't stop thinking about each other. Her best friend (Molly Shannon) and his buddy (Jeremy Piven) help them in their frantic search for their lost true love. Directed by Peter Chelsom. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy. Year: 2001.
John Cusack in Serendipity
Even though he's living out his dream by running a record shop with his music obsessed employees Dick (Todd Louiso) and Barry (Jack Black), Rob Gordon (John Cusack) isn't quite satisfied with hs life because he has yet to find true love. After his latest girlfriend (Iben Hjejle) walks out on him, Rob decides to track down the five women who meant the most to him in order to figure out what he's doing wrong. What he finds is that whether he like sit or not, it might just be time for him to grow up. Directed by Stephen Frears. With Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack and Tim Robbins. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance. Year: 2000.
John Cusack in High Fidelity
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an out of work puppeteer with a dowdy girlfriend (Cameron Diaz) and few prospects. After starting a strange new job, he discovers a doorway in his office building that allows him to enter the head of actor John Malkovich for fifteen minutes. This discovery opens up new avenues in his life as he experiments with this bizarre ability. Directed by Spike Jonze. With Catherine Keener, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Winona Ryder and Ned Bellamy. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama. Year: 1999.
John Cusack in Being John Malkovich
Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is a hotshot air traffic controller who treats his incredibly serious job like a game, pushing planes around the sky like pieces on a chessboard. No one can match his professional prowess until Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton), an accomplished controller in his own right, threatens Nick's job and his relationship with his wife (Cate Blanchett). Directed by Mike Newell. With Angelina Jolie. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 1999.
John Cusack in Pushing Tin
During the conflict at Guadalcanal, a battle that will strongly influence the Japanese advance into the Pacific, a group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for battle-weary Marine units. The soldiers begin to form a tight-knit group as they face the horrors of war while trying to maintain possession of a key airfield. Directed by Terrence Malick. With Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, John Travolta, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, George Clooney and Jared Leto. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 1998.
John Cusack in The Thin Red Line
After being paroled, Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage), a former military man, finds himself in the middle of a mid-air hijacking of a plane full of inmates masterminded by Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich). On the ground, U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin (John Cusack) tries to get the plane back in one piece and a group of the most dangerous and notorious prisoners in the US back behind bars. Directed by Simon West. With Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Monica Potter and Dave Chappelle. Categories: Action, Crime, Thriller. Year: 1997.
John Cusack in Con Air
Martin Bank (John Cusack) is a depressed assassin who feels like his life is going nowhere. When he is assigned a mission in the Detroit suburb where he grew up, Bank decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion and try to rekindle a romance with his old girlfriend (Minnie Driver). But, when things don't go as planned, Bank is forced to make a choice between the life he knows and the life he wants to have. Directed by George Armitage. With Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack and Hank Azaria. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1997.
John Cusack in Grosse Pointe Blank
Following the death of an old childhood friend, a writer (Richard Dreyfuss) remembers back to when he (Wil Wheaton), the boy (River Phoenix) and two other friends (Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell) set off on an adventure to find the missing body of a boy killed by a train. While the boys travel down the tracks, telling stories and bonding through their shared experience, a group of older boys (including Kiefer Sutherland) set off to find the body for themselves. Directed by Rob Reiner. With John Cusack. Categories: Adventure, Drama. Year: 1986.
John Cusack in Stand by Me
Samantha (Molly Ringwald) wakes up hopeful on her sixteenth birthday, but, when everyone is distracted with making preparations for her older sister's wedding, she ends up getting completely ignored. Dealing with her crush on the most popular boy in school and the unwanted attention of a dorky freshman (Anthony Michael Hall) leads Samantha and the rest of her classmates to an eventful night at a house party. Directed by John Hughes. With John Cusack and Joan Cusack. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Cult Classics. Year: 1984.
John Cusack in Sixteen Candles