List of the best Fred Ward movies: Timerider(1982), Cast a Deadly Spell(1991), Tremors II: Aftershocks(1996), Tremors(1990), Miami Blues(1990), Chaos Factor(2000), The Player(1992), Southern Comfort(1981), Off Limits(1988), Exit Speed(2008), The Wild Stallion(2009), UFOria(1980) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1982
95 Minutes
Lyle Swann
motocross rider pretty woman bandit henchman brother brash witty thrilling mexico desert saloon time travel mistaken identity culture shock heroism old west technology adventure escape 1980s
A maverick motorbike racer wanders into a top-secret time-travel research test site which unintentionally teleports him to the mid-1800s and ends up having to fight violent outlaws for his survival.
Mystery & Thriller
1991
96 Minutes
Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft
Fred Ward David Warner Julianne Moore Clancy Brown Alexandra Powers Charles Hallahan Arnetia Walker Raymond O'Connor
private investigator wealthy man gangster singer witch sorcerer creepy quirky thrilling los angeles nightclub alternate reality supernatural detective work curse magic world domination mystery quest discovery
If a 1948 Los Angeles private eye (Fred Ward) does not find a stolen black-magic book within 48 hours, the world may end.
Horror
1996
100 Minutes
Earl Bassett
Fred Ward Michael Gross Chris Gartin Helen Shaver Marcelo Tubert
hunter partner geologist cab driver witty frightening wild sonora, mexico oil refinery desert creatures serial murders evolution hunting explosion extermination adventure rivalry 1990s
The Mexican government hires two handymen (Fred Ward, Michael Gross) to battle huge man-eating worms plaguing an oil field.
Horror
USA
1990
96 Minutes
Kevin Bacon Fred Ward Finn Carter Michael Gross Reba McEntire Bobby Jacoby Charlotte Stewart Tony Genaros Victor Wong
handyman storekeeper store clerk seismologist redneck doctor amusing frightening suspenseful perfection, nev. desert general store creatures serial murders survival small-town life discovery underdog escape 1990s
Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1990
99 Minutes
Alec Baldwin Fred Ward Jennifer Jason Leigh Nora Dunn Charles Napier Jose Perez Paul Gleason
criminal prostitute detective college student murderer gritty offbeat miami airport impersonation robbery manhunt relationships pursuit love escape 1990s
An ex-con's first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency.
Action
2000
103 Minutes
Antonio Sabato Jr. Fred Ward Weston Blakesley John Jabaley Sean Kanan Kelly Rutherford Susie Park R. Lee Ermey
intelligence officer commanding officer soldier fighter pilot reporter dark fiery thrilling cambodia military base helicopter vietnam murder investigation government cover-up whistleblowing racism ethnic cleansing justice pursuit revenge
An Army intelligence agent (Antonio Sabato Jr.) exposes a captain's (Fred Ward) military atrocity, committed 30 years earlier in Cambodia.
Comedy
USA
1992
123 Minutes
Walter Stuckel
Tim Robbins Greta Scacchi Fred Ward Whoopi Goldberg Peter Gallagher Brion James Cynthia Stevenson Vincent D'Onofrio Dean Stockwell Richard E. Grant Lyle Lovett
producer murderer screenwriter girlfriend police detective blackmailer playful dark amusing hollywood, calif. police station bar parking lot movie studio resort extortion filmmaking accidental death investigation obsession
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1981
106 Minutes
Reece
Keith Carradine Powers Boothe Fred Ward Franklyn Seales T.K. Carter Lewis Smith Les Lannom Peter Coyote Alan Autry Brion James
texan soldier hunter private corporal tense disturbing dark gritty louisiana swamp bayou national guard vietnam war survival violence paranoia escape quest 1970s
During a routine exercise, a team of National Guards are threatened by angry and violent locals.
Crime, Drama
USA
1988
102 Minutes
Dix
Willem Dafoe Gregory Hines Fred Ward Amanda Pays Scott Glenn Kay Tong Lim David Alan Grier Keith David Raymond O'Connor Richard Brooks
detective partner nun commanding officer prostitute suspect suspenseful thrilling saigon, vietnam nightclub tunnel street vietnam war prostitution serial murders investigation chase cover-up mystery pursuit
McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2008
91 Minutes
Sergeant Archie Sparks
Lea Thompson Desmond Harrington Fred Ward Alice Greczyn Jennifer Sipes David Rees Snell Gregory Jbara Asante Jones Julie Mond
Ten bus passengers become stranded inside a scrap yard after being run off the road by bikers. In order to survive they must improvise weapons and have the sheer guts to mount a defense against the murderous bikers.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2009
86 Minutes
Frank Mills
Miranda Cosgrove Danielle Chuchran Fred Ward Connie Sellecca Robert Wagner K.C. Clyde RaeAnn Christensen Paul Sorvino Corbin Allred Carlisle Studer Scotty Meek
A story about two girls, CJ and Hanna. CJ lives on a ranch, Hanna comes to visit and decides to photograph wild horses for a school project. The girls become great friends and learn of a plot that might jeopardize the mustangs.
Sci-Fi
1980
100 Minutes
Sheldon Bart
Cindy Williams Harry Dean Stanton Fred Ward Harry Carey Jr. Beverly Hope Atkinson Robert Gray Darrell Larson
A drifter (Fred Ward) and a tent preacher (Harry Dean Stanton) try to profit from a grocery clerk (Cindy Williams) who believes in UFOs.
Comedy
USA
2000
94 Minutes
Earl Edwards
Seann William Scott Breckin Meyer D.J. Qualls Fred Ward Andy Dick Rachel Blanchard Bobby Place Jessica Cauffiel Frank Girardeau Tom Green Rhoda Griffis
college student girlfriend tour guide slacker college buddy driver hysterical charming madcap ithaca, n.y. college car austin, texas sex tape road trip cheating secret love misfortune redemption adventure
Four college buddies embark on a road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a female friend.
Comedy
USA|Germany
2004
94 Minutes
Don Decker
Matthew Modine Seth Adkins Jeffrey Tambor Fred Ward Roma Downey Pat Finn Taylor Negron Gilbert Gottfried
girl boy chimpanzee amusing quirky city united states young love rescue 2000s
Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams.
Comedy, Drama
1984
100 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Christine Lahti Fred Ward Holly Hunter Ed Harris Roger Corman
A housewife (Goldie Hawn) flirts with a jazzy 4-F co-worker (Kurt Russell) at a World War II aircraft plant.
Drama
USA
1983
193 Minutes
Gus Grissom
Sam Shepard Scott Glenn Ed Harris Dennis Quaid Fred Ward Barbara Hershey Kim Stanley Veronica Cartwright Jane Dornacker
astronaut wife john glenn alan shepard chuck yeager inspiring emotional california outer space spacecraft outer space nasa space travel courage technology discovery adventure rise quest 1960s
The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.
Comedy
USA
1994
82 Minutes
Rocco Dillon
Leslie Nielsen Priscilla Presley George Kennedy O.J. Simpson Fred Ward Kathleen Freeman Anna Nicole Smith Ellen Greene Ed Williams Randall Cobb
police detective wife terrorist movie star partner captain campy frenetic hilarious wild hollywood, calif. police station prison theater hollywood terrorism police work husband/wife relationship one last job oscars
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.
Romance
USA
2008
93 Minutes
Jerry
Jennifer Aniston Steve Zahn Woody Harrelson Margo Martindale Fred Ward James Hiroyuki Liao Katie O'Grady Collin Crowley
hotel manager woman ex-boyfriend mother amusing charming arizona baltimore hotel monastery love triangle marriage pregnancy chase love underdog pursuit 2000s
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2009
88 Minutes
Duncan Ashcroft
Matt Dillon Jean Reno Laurence Fishburne Amaury Nolasco Fred Ward Milo Ventimiglia Columbus Short Skeet Ulrich Andre Jamal Kinney Andrew Fiscella Nick Jameson
veteran brother godfather guard deputy robber thrilling gripping suspenseful armored vehicle household steel mill hospital heist financial troubles family dysfunction getaway murder crime quest
A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.
Romance
USA
2001
108 Minutes
Sean Dunne
Freddie Prinze Jr. Jessica Biel Matthew Lillard Brian Dennehy Fred Ward Jason Gedrick Brittany Murphy Bruce Davison Marc Blucas Wilmer Valderrama Corey Pearson
baseball pitcher rich girl wealthy man ex-girlfriend teammate parent heartwarming passionate sultry massachusetts cape cod baseball field mansion town sports summer love coming of age parent/child relationship ambition romantic dilemma
A rich girl whose family summers on Cape Cod has a romance with a local poor boy who hopes to become a major league baseball player.
Fantasy
Germany|USA
2000
102 Minutes
Police Captain
Kirsten Dunst Eric Mabius Jodi Lyn O'Keefe William Atherton Fred Ward Debbie Fan Grant Shaud David Stevens Dale Midkiff Bill Mondy Walton Goggins
young man girlfriend police officer killer crow police captain brutal dark tense emotional city police station apartment street murder wrongful execution corruption justice reanimation torture
Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of.
Drama, History
USA
1998
111 Minutes
Domenico Venier
Catherine McCormack Rufus Sewell Jacqueline Bisset Oliver Platt Moira Kelly Fred Ward Naomi Watts Jeroen Krabbé Joanna Cassidy Daniel Lapaine Jake Weber
aristocrat courtesan mother lover wrongly accused zealot powerful fiery passionate sultry venice, italy old city palace beauty poverty love power play suspicion book transformation
A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action
USA
2013
109 Minutes
Admiral Tuwey
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.
Comedy
USA
1985
97 Minutes
Lou Fimple
C. Thomas Howell Lori Loughlin Kelly Preston Dee Wallace Cliff De Young Fred Ward Leigh Taylor-Young Casey Siemaszko Geoffrey Blake J.J. Cohen Scott McGinnis
teen boy beautiful girl best friend mother father neighbor amusing playful lighthearted california high school house ship party secret love love letters friendship mistaken identity suspicion infidelity
An anonymous love letter left in Michael Ryan's locker on the last day of school wreaks havoc on his life and the lives of everyone who come in contact with it.
Romance
USA
2002
108 Minutes
Earl
Reese Witherspoon Josh Lucas Patrick Dempsey Candice Bergen Mary Kay Place Fred Ward Jean Smart Ethan Embry Melanie Lynskey Courtney Gains Mary Lynn Rajskub
fashion designer old flame fiancé best friend parent husband lighthearted amusing heartwarming new york city alabama bar office house small town rekindled romance engagement city vs. country family going home
A young woman who's reinvented herself as a New York City socialite must return home to Alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband, after seven years of separation.
Comedy, Action
USA
2011
83 Minutes
The Major
Jesse Eisenberg Danny McBride Aziz Ansari Nick Swardson Michael Peña Fred Ward Dilshad Vadsaria Bianca Kajlich Elizabeth Wright Shapiro Brett Gelman Paul Tierney
pizza delivery man schoolteacher sister slacker bank robber hit man hysterical madcap cheeky mansion car school garage pizzeria bank kidnapping crime bank robbery friendship relationships
Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
1989
115 Minutes
Pauling
Dennis Hopper Jodie Foster Dean Stockwell Vincent Price John Turturro Fred Ward Joe Pesci Helena Kalianiotes Charlie Sheen Julie Adams Tony Sirico
gangster artist mafia boss hit man boyfriend gallery owner dark suspenseful offbeat new mexico seattle police station theater house art gallery mobsters obsession art running away assassination
Mobsters and the police chase a hit man (Dennis Hopper) and his target, an electric-sign artist (Jodie Foster) with problems of her own.
Comedy, Drama
2004
108 Minutes
Hal Kressler
Richard Dreyfuss Judy Davis Selma Blair Saul Rubinek John Salley Paul Mazursky David Julian Hirsh Fred Ward Maximilian Schell Kathryn Winslow Owen Rotharmel
On the verge of divorce, a man (Richard Dreyfuss) and a woman (Judy Davis) embark on a cross-country road trip to attend their son's wedding.
Romance, Drama
USA
2007
102 Minutes
Bat
Morgan Freeman Greg Kinnear Radha Mitchell Selma Blair Alexa Davalos Billy Burke Toby Hemingway Jane Alexander Fred Ward Shannon Lucio Stana Katic
barista business owner real estate agent beautiful woman college professor girlfriend emotional tender sad portland, ore. coffee shop house football field hospital college marriage lesbianism friendship loss intersecting lives
A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.
Drama
USA|Canada
1993
110 Minutes
Mr. Paris
Matthew Modine Lara Flynn Boyle Tyra Ferrell Marisa Tomei Tate Donovan Kevin J. O'Connor Lori Singer Gailard Sartain M. Emmet Walsh Fred Ward
hit man twin brother girlfriend prostitute wife brooding emotional city apartment united states grand canyon separation crime inheritance love triangle brotherhood secret discovery love
Twins, separated at birth and living opposite lives, are about to learn of each other- and the substantial inheritance they are entitled to.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2009
113 Minutes
Ronald Reagan
Emir Kusturica Guillaume Canet Alexandra Maria Lara Ingeborga Dapkunayte Willem Dafoe Oleksii Gorbunov Dina Korzun Philippe Magnan Niels Arestrup Fred Ward David Soul
A Russian intelligence operative (Emir Kusturica) passes classified documents to a French engineer (Guillaume Canet).
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Germany|Canada
2002
99 Minutes
Katie Holmes Benjamin Bratt Charlie Hunnam Zooey Deschanel Gabrielle Union Gabriel Mick Mark Feuerstein Melanie Lynskey Will McCormack Philip Bosco Tony Goldwyn
young woman friend detective lieutenant boyfriend professor eerie disturbing tense college campus party library dorm college life missing persons investigation career aspirations murder case pursuit discovery
An investigation of a college student's missing boyfriend becomes quite strange when she begins to see him periodically.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1993
189 Minutes
Andie MacDowell Bruce Davison Julianne Moore Matthew Modine Lily Tomlin Tom Waits Robert Downey Jr. Chris Penn Jennifer Jason Leigh Lyle Lovett Huey Lewis
doctor wife waitress young boy baker cop tense engaging dense disheartening intricate los angeles family home hospital loneliness relationships adultery accident jealousy fall
The day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.