A widowed dad (Robert De Niro) gets worried when his three grown children (Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, and Kate Beckinsale) all cancel their plans to spend Christmas with him at the last minute. He heads off to visit each of them, and learns that while they told their mother everything, they are ashamed to let him know when something bad has happened in their lives. His visit deepens his understanding of them, and himself. Directed by Kirk Jones. With Damian Young. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2009.
Sam Rockwell in Everybody's Fine
This is the movie that asks the question: What would it be like if the government were able to train guinea pigs to be secret agents? Penélope Cruz, Sam Rockwell, Nicolas Cage and others provide the voices for a group of high-IQ talking computer-generated guinea pigs that are specially trained to save humanity from a villain's plot to take over the world. The movie is in a 3-D digital format. Directed by Hoyt Yeatman. With Tracy Morgan, Will Arnett, Bill Nighy, and Zach Galifianakis and. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. Year: 2009.
Sam Rockwell in G-Force
Benjamin (Michael Angarano), who has been home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge), loves to lose himself in the fantasy worlds he reads about. When he attends a fantasy writers' convention, he is dismayed to find that his idea for a book has been ripped off by Chevalier (Jemaine Clement), an established writer who is Benjamin's idol. Benjamin's life changes as he sets out to get even. Directed by Jared Hess. With Mike White and Josh Pais. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2009.
Sam Rockwell in Gentlemen Broncos
A sci-fi thriller in which Sam Rockwell plays an astronaut stationed on the moon for three years, to supervise mining operation. He has only two weeks left when he gets a report of a problem, so he heads off to check it out and discovers a man who looks just like him. The only problem is, he is the only human on the moon. Fearing he may be losing his mind, he tries to get to the bottom of the mystery. Directed by Duncan Jones. With Kevin Spacey, Robin Chalk, Malcolm Stewart, Moon and Dominique McElligott. Categories: Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Sam Rockwell in Moon
After dropping out of medical school, Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) works as a tour guide at an historical theme park in order to support his mother (Anjelica Huston), who is hospitalized with Alzheimer's. For extra cash, he pretends to choke on pieces of food in upscale restaurants, so that he can leech off of the people who come to his aid. When he's not busy taking advantage of people for money, Victor frequents sexual addiction workshops to find companionship. But, things start to change for Victor when he meets Paige (Kelly Macdonald), a woman who makes him want to go against all his unhealthy tendencies. Directed by Clark Gregg. With Brad William Henke. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Sam Rockwell in Choke
In 1977, after three years of silence, former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) agrees to sit down with British talk show host David Frost (Michael Sheen) to discuss his time in office and answer questions about the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. While Nixon intends to take advantage of the situation and use Frost to exonerate himself, Frost is more concerned with getting financial backing and selling the project to major networks. But, once the interviews begin, Frost realizes the importance of the meeting and sets out to deliver the truth. Directed by Ron Howard. With Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones and Matthew Macfadyen. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story, Politics. Year: 2008.
Sam Rockwell in Frost/Nixon
As the notorious and charismatic outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) plans his next great robbery, he must battle against the men who want to capture him for fame and a fortune in reward money. Meanwhile, Robert Ford (Casey Affleck), an admire of James, joins his gang, only to become resentful of his former hero and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West. Directed by Andrew Dominik. With Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Rockwell and Sam Shepard. Categories: Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2007.
Sam Rockwell in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Kate Beckinsale plays Annie, a waitress and single mother in a small town. During a very cold winter, problems with her alcoholic ex-husband (Sam Rockwell) develop into a crisis. Michael Angarano is a sensitive teen who has had a crush on Annie since she was his babysitter years before. He tries to help her as best he can, and also struggles to figure out his own relationship with his girlfriend (Olive Thirlby). Directed by David Gordon Green. With Nicky Katt and Gracie Hudson. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Sam Rockwell in Snow Angels
When software mogul Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Dylan (Drew Barrymore) and Alex (Lucy Liu), three beautiful private detectives, are tasked with the case by their mysterious boss Charlie (John Forsythe), whom they only speak to over an intercom. Aided by their handler Bosley (Bill Murray), these wild women use their patented mix of martial arts, disguises and playful hijinks to track down the culprits and make them pay. Directed by McG. With Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Crispin Glover, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc and Tom Green. Categories:Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller, Based on a TV Series. Year: 2000.
Sam Rockwell in Charlie's Angels
When an alien species visits Earth looking for help, they know who to call: the stars of Galaxy Quest, a once popular TV show whose cast now appears at science fiction conventions. Thinking that the Galaxy Quest stars are actually intergalactic heroes, the aliens recruit the group of washed-up actors to save their world from invasion. Directed by Dean Parisot. With Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell and Daryl Mitchell. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi. Year: 1999.
Sam Rockwell in Galaxy Quest
Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is a decent and hard-working prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. When John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), who has been convicted of rape and murder, is sent to Cold Mountain's death row, Edgemcomb and the other guards (David Morse and Barry Pepper) sense that Coffey is no ordinary prisoner. When Coffey is discovered to have a special gift, the guards face a moral dilemma in deciding whether or not to carry out their duties. Directed by Frank Darabont. With Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Sam Rockwell, William Sadler, Patricia Clarkson and Gary Sinise. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
Sam Rockwell in The Green Mile