List of the best Edward James Olmos movies: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez(1983), Go for Sisters(2013), Triumph of the Spirit(1989), Imprisoned(2018), A Dog's Way Home(2019), The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit(1997), Blade Runner(1982), Wolfen(1981), Filly Brown(2012), 2 Guns(2013), The Green Hornet(2011), A Million to Juan(1994) ... ...
Drama, History
France
1983
104 Minutes
Gregorio Cortez
cattle rustler sheriff deputy brother reporter wife powerful engaging striking texas ranch mistaken identity wanted man accidental murder old west racism cultural differences escape underdog 1900s
Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
2013
123 Minutes
Producer
Edward James Olmos LisaGay Hamilton Yolonda Ross Héctor Elizondo Harold Perrineau Isaiah Washington Vanessa Martinez Jesse Borrego Elizabeth Sung McKinley Belcher III
Fontayne is enlisted by Bernice - her estranged old friend and current parole officer - along with a disgraced cop to search for Bernice's son, who went missing on the Mexican border.
Drama
USA
1989
121 Minutes
Willem Dafoe Edward James Olmos Robert Loggia Wendy Gazelle Kelly Wolf Costas Mandylor Kario Salem Edward Zentara Hartmut Becker
boxer girlfriend father nazi gypsy powerful sad raw auschwitz greece movie theater holocaust boxing father/son relationship survival underdog love 1940s
In Greece during World War II, a young Jewish boxer, meets regularly with girlfriend Allegra until they and their families are sent to Auschwitz. When the Nazis learn of his boxing, they force him to participate in weekly boxing matches.
Mystery & Thriller
2018
104 Minutes
Laurence Fishburne Edward James Olmos Esai Morales Juan Pablo Raba Jon Huertas Fernanda Urrejola Juana Acosta Vic Polizos Marisé Alvarez Jazmín Caratini
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
China|USA
2019
96 Minutes
Axel
Ashley Judd Jonah Hauer-King Edward James Olmos Alexandra Shipp Chris Bauer Barry Watson Wes Studi Motell Foster John Cassini Brian Markinson Patrick Gallagher
dog puppy pet owner boy veteran stranger charming touching emotional heartwarming house mountain woods hospital city dog travel lost dog homecoming human-animal friendship
A female dog travels four hundred miles in search of her owner throughout a Colorado wilderness.
Drama
USA
1997
77 Minutes
Vamanos
Joe Mantegna Esai Morales Edward James Olmos Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Gregory Sierra Liz Torres Sid Caesar Howard Morris Lisa Vidal Mike Moroff Mercedes Ortega
Gomez is a young man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1982
122 Minutes
Gaff
Harrison Ford Rutger Hauer Sean Young Edward James Olmos M. Emmet Walsh Daryl Hannah William Sanderson Brion James Joe Turkel Joanna Cassidy James Hong
android police officer hunter love interest tycoon creative dark gritty los angeles street outer space apartment escape showdown murder slavery meaning of life dystopia escape pursuit
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Horror
USA
1981
115 Minutes
Whittington
Albert Finney Diane Venora Gregory Hines Edward James Olmos Tom Noonan Dick O'Neill
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A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.
Drama
USA
2012
99 Minutes
Executive Producer
Gina Rodriguez Michael D. Olmos Jenni Rivera Lou Diamond Phillips Edward James Olmos Emilio Rivera Joseph Julian Soria Braxton Miltz Pete "Chingo Bling" Herrera Noel Gugliemi
A promising hip-hop rhymer from Los Angeles finds herself in a gray area when a record producer offers her a compromising shot at stardom.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action
USA
2013
109 Minutes
Papi Greco
Denzel Washington Mark Wahlberg Paula Patton Bill Paxton James Marsden Fred Ward Edward James Olmos Robert John Burke Greg Sproles Patrick Fischler Derek Solorsano
dea agent naval officer commanding officer mafioso drug dealer drug lord crafty tense gritty amusing intense city road the southwest police station car on the run undercover operations drug trade unlikely allies
Two hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold.
Action, Adventure
USA
2011
119 Minutes
Axford
Seth Rogen Jay Chou Cameron Diaz Tom Wilkinson Christoph Waltz David Harbour Edward James Olmos Jamie Harris Chad Coleman Edward Furlong Joshua Chandler Erenberg
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Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.
Drama
USA
1994
97 Minutes
The Angel
Paul Rodriguez Polly Draper Pepe Serna Bert Rosario Jonathan Hernandez Gerardo Mejía Victor Rivers Edward James Olmos Paul Williams Tony Plana Ruben Blades
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for ... See full summary »
Adventure, Drama
1980
103 Minutes
Capt. Lopez
Sonny Chiba Chuck Connors Stephanie Faulkner Glenn Ford Stuart Gillard Olivia Hussey George Kennedy Cecil Linder Ken Ogata Edward James Olmos Henry Silva
Survivors of a worldwide catastrophe attempt to rebuild civilization from their Antarctic stronghold.
Drama
1997
117 Minutes
Jack Lemmon George C. Scott Douglas Spain Courtney B. Vance Ossie Davis Armin Mueller-Stahl Dorian Harewood James Gandolfini Tony Danza Hume Cronyn Mykelti Williamson
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One (Jack Lemmon) of 12 jurors holds out in the case of a boy (George C. Scott) from the slums who is accused of killing his father.
Drama, History
USA
1995
128 Minutes
Jimmy Smits Esai Morales Eduardo López Rojas Jenny Gago Elpidia Carrillo Lupe Ontiveros Jacob Vargas Jennifer Lopez Maria Canals-Barrera Leon Singer Michael DeLorenzo
father refugee mother police officer immigrant moving dense los angeles family immigration america race relations growing up underdog love 20th century
A man makes his way from Mexico to L.A. in the 1920s, gets married and raises a big family there. The movie follows the children until they, too, get married and have children in the 1960s.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Canada|Hungary|Spain|Mexico
2017
164 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Harrison Ford Ana de Armas Sylvia Hoeks Robin Wright Jared Leto Mackenzie Davis Carla Juri Lennie James Dave Bautista Hiam Abbass
young man investigator police detective android old man brooding gripping profound somber thrilling suspenseful los angeles office apartment abandoned building desert secrets societal decay past crimes discovery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.