List of the best Giancarlo Esposito movies: I Will Avenge You, Iago!(2005), Klash(1995), This Is Your Death(2017), Gospel Hill(2008), Stuck(2017), Ash Tuesday(2003), Poker Night(2014), This Is Your Death(2017), Line of Duty(2019), Feel the Noise(2007), Night on Earth(1992), Unpregnant(2020) ... ...
Comedy
USA
2005
95 Minutes
Director
A disillusioned theater enthusiast mistakes Othello for reality and seeks vengeance upon the villain Iago, his wife comes home to find a seductive mistress in their apartment, and a ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA|Jamaica
1995
95 Minutes
Stoney
Giancarlo Esposito Jasmine Guy Cedella Marley Lucien Chen Carl Bradshaw Stafford Ashani Paul Campbell
Stoney is a photographer who travels to Jamaica to photograph the KLA$H, the world's best reggae and dance hall bands. Stoney re-unites with an old girlfriend Blossom, and Blossom has a big payday via a criminal plan she puts in motion.
Drama
USA
2017
104 Minutes
Director
Josh Duhamel Giancarlo Esposito Famke Janssen Caitlin Fitzgerald Sarah Wayne Callies Chris Ellis Lucia Walters Brooke Warrington Jaeden Noel
show host television producer suicidal person murderer producer tv personality chilling disturbing shocking thrilling uneasy bleak tv station studio television studio office united states house suicide television ratings
An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
Drama
USA
2008
99 Minutes
Producer
Chloe Bailey Adam Baldwin Angela Bassett Corinne Biazzo Chuck Bibby Phillip Bloch Tom Bower Jason Downs Chris Ellis Giancarlo Esposito Anthony Garner
civil rights activist sheriff racist developer doctor lawyer brooding intense intricate small town south carolina neighborhood family home guilt racism corporate greed activism civil rights movement assassination transformation
A former Sheriff of the southern town dealing with past sins, and a former civil rights worker, withdrawn since the martyrdom of his brother thirty years before, confront a threat to their town.
Musical, Drama
2017
90 Minutes
Lloyd
Giancarlo Esposito Amy Madigan Ashanti Arden Cho Omar Chaparro Gerard Canonico Tim Young Reyna De Courcy
Stuck together on a New York subway, six commuters cross barriers of race, culture and class to learn about one another through the power of music.
Drama
USA
2003
83 Minutes
Tony Spiridakis Giancarlo Esposito Janeane Garofalo Tony Goldwyn Nikki Hansen Pauley P. Jennifer Carpenter Michael E. Knight Adam Ferrara
After September 11th, six Lower Manhattan residents must deal with pain on their own. Yet in doing so, they find that their lives are inexplicably linked. "Ash Tuesday" examines the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2014
105 Minutes
Ron Perlman Giancarlo Esposito Beau Mirchoff Titus Welliver Michael Eklund Ron Eldard Corey Large Halston Sage
When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
Drama
USA
2017
104 Minutes
Director
Josh Duhamel Giancarlo Esposito Famke Janssen Caitlin Fitzgerald Sarah Wayne Callies Chris Ellis Lucia Walters Brooke Warrington Jaeden Noel
show host television producer suicidal person murderer producer tv personality chilling disturbing shocking thrilling uneasy bleak tv station studio television studio office united states house suicide television ratings
An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Volk
Dina Meyer Giancarlo Esposito Aaron Eckhart Ben McKenzie Courtney Eaton Jessica Lu David Moretti Nickola Shreli Betsy Landin
police chief police officer daughter kidnapped child journalist brash confident frenetic gripping gutsy intense spirited thrilling city united states kidnapping redemption revenge unlikely allies pursuit
A disgraced cop finds himself in a race against time to find a kidnap victim whose abductor he accidentally killed.
Drama, Music
USA
2007
87 Minutes
Roberto
Omarion Grandberry Giancarlo Esposito Victor Rasuk Zulay Henao James McCaffrey Melonie Diaz Kellita Smith Malik Yoba Pras Charles Duckworth Cisco Reyes
rapper estranged father half brother young woman mother music executive powerful melodramatic inspiring bronx, n.y. puerto rico club airport beach studio aspirations new life family music industry dancing
A young man from the South Bronx dreams of making it as a rapper, until a run-in with local thugs forces him to hide in Puerto Rico with the father he never knew.
Comedy, Drama
France|UK|Germany|USA|Japan
1992
128 Minutes
YoYo
Winona Ryder Gena Rowlands Giancarlo Esposito Armin Mueller-Stahl Rosie Perez Isaach De Bankolé Béatrice Dalle Roberto Benigni Paolo Bonacelli Matti Pellonpää
cab driver passenger agent priest diplomat quirky brooding amusing los angeles new york city rome helsinki paris taxicab business confession class distinctions culture clash underdog discovery 1990s
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2020
103 Minutes
Bob
Haley Lu Richardson Barbie Ferreira Giancarlo Esposito Alex MacNicoll Breckin Meyer Sugar Lyn Beard Denny Love Mary McCormack Betty Who Jeryl Prescott Sales Ramona Young
A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
2015
131 Minutes
Jorge
Dylan O'Brien Kaya Scodelario Giancarlo Esposito Aidan Gillen Barry Pepper Rosa Salazar Lili Taylor Patricia Clarkson Ki Hong Lee Dexter Darden Thomas Brodie-Sangster
teen boy resistance fighter team leader teammate mysterious man enemy brooding emotional intense island dystopia laboratory hideout base camp airplane dystopia survival virus fighting isolation
After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
2020
103 Minutes
Archie
Grace VanderWaal Graham Verchere Giancarlo Esposito Karan Brar Annacheska Brown Collin Blackford Allison Wentworth Juliocesar Chavez
An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves - and each other.
Fantasy, Drama
USA
2007
83 Minutes
Fred , The Drifter
Melissa Leo David Strathairn Giancarlo Esposito Sabrina Lloyd Jason Downs Denny Dillon John Seidman Leclanche Durand
Sadie thinks she's going insane. Edmund is sure he's being haunted. And Henry, well Henry's just racing daylight.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
South Korea|USA
2017
118 Minutes
Frank Dawson
An Seo Hyun Tilda Swinton Jake Gyllenhaal Giancarlo Esposito Paul Dano Lily Collins Steven Yeun Shirley Henderson Devon Bostick Daniel Henshall
young girl pig creature ceo friend activist campy emotional intense south korea village forest new york city boardroom car genetic engineering creatures agriculture friendship escape
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Drama
USA
2006
95 Minutes
Officer Hernandez
Maggie Gyllenhaal Brad Henke Danny Trejo Giancarlo Esposito Ryan Simpkins Bridget Barkan Sam Bottoms
ex-convict father daughter parole officer foster mother boss emotional intense new jersey rehabilitation drug addiction guilt redemption religion relationships fall metamorphosis love growing up 2000s
Sherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
2018
142 Minutes
Jorge
Dylan O'Brien Thomas Brodie-Sangster Kaya Scodelario Giancarlo Esposito Rosa Salazar Aidan Gillen Walton Goggins Ki Hong Lee Barry Pepper Will Poulter Patricia Clarkson
friend leader officer monster young man young woman brooding dark intense thrilling suspenseful bleak field desert city maze camp train escape survival
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
104 Minutes
Father Heery
Tom Lipinski Adelaide Clemens Tammy Blanchard Giancarlo Esposito Bobby Moynihan Will Rogers Kristin Connolly Valerie Harper
In the big city a loving young couple Deb and Dom planning to get ready to marry seek guidance from the Catholic Church, which only brings out the true life problems they may encounter with... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
2011
88 Minutes
Inspector Hollander
Gabriel Macht Robert Patrick Carly Pope Giancarlo Esposito Kristanna Loken Nicholas Gonzalez Shannon Kane Matt Bushell Gino Anthony Pesi Kevin Phillips Ele Bardha
swat officer government agent suspenseful detroit united states revenge accidental death revenge 2010s
Drama
USA
1989
120 Minutes
Buggin Out
Danny Aiello Ossie Davis Ruby Dee Richard Edson Giancarlo Esposito Spike Lee Bill Nunn John Turturro Rosie Perez Paul Benjamin Frankie Faison
owner brother son sister young boy gutsy intense witty street restaurant brooklyn, n.y. racism violence civil rights community rivalry 1980s
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2004
99 Minutes
Vargas
C. Thomas Howell Sean Young Ben Browder Dedee Pfeiffer Giancarlo Esposito Mark Hanson Rick Herod Bill Flynn Irene Cortez Maurice Ripke Summer Selby
Addison Terrill (Howell), a Dallas attorney, comes home one night to find his wife brutally murdered with the words "We're even now" scrawled across the bedroom wall. The cops suspect he ... See full summary »
Documentary, Biography, Drama, History
2012
120 Minutes
Cornel West Alice Walker Angela Davis Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Giancarlo Esposito Ruby Dee
Cornel West, Alice Walker, Angela Davis and others discuss the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an imprisoned journalist who continues to write, provoke and inspire from behind prison walls.
Drama
USA
1990
127 Minutes
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Denzel Washington Spike Lee Wesley Snipes Joie Lee Cynda Williams Giancarlo Esposito Robin Harris Bill Nunn Richard Williams John Turturro Ruben Blades
saxophonist trumpeter manager teacher singer friend cool brooding emotional nightclub new york city backstage street jazz club jazz power struggle love triangle debt friendship music industry
Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
98 Minutes
Captain Powell
George Clooney Julia Roberts Jack O'Connell Dominic West Caitriona Balfe Giancarlo Esposito Christopher Denham Lenny Venito Chris Bauer Dennis Boutsikaris Emily Meade
tv personality hostage producer employee police chief reporter brooding emotional intense television studio dressing room stage command center street office investment loss hostage situation anger money
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.
Drama, Crime, Action, Mystery & Thriller
2017
Minutes
Danielle Moné Truitt Brandon Quinn Angela Ko Mykelti Williamson Cliff "Method Man" Smith Giancarlo Esposito Mikelen Walker LaTanya Richardson Lauren London Tamala Jones
Rebel continues to fight crime as a P.I. while struggling with her brother's murder.
Comedy, Drama
1999
94 Minutes
Georgie
Burt Reynolds William Forsythe Balthazar Getty Donovan Leitch Arye Gross Giancarlo Esposito Georgina Cates
Miami contract killers (Burt Reynolds, William Forsythe) cross paths with eccentric characters including transvestites, bikers and Satanists.
Crime, Drama
2005
93 Minutes
Little Jeff
Jay Hernandez Mario Van Peebles Luis Guzman Michael Kelly Sean Combs Giancarlo Esposito Jaclyn DeSantis Burt Young Tony Cucci Mtume Gant
convict gangster friend brother partner young woman thrilling suspenseful harlem, n.y. strip club apartment prison heroin mafia corruption kidnapping loyalty racism adventure rise
A New York gangster (Jay Hernandez) forms an alliance with two criminals to become the most powerful drug kingpin in Spanish Harlem.
Drama
USA
2010
91 Minutes
Auggie
Nicole Kidman Aaron Eckhart Dianne Wiest Miles Teller Tammy Blanchard Sandra Oh Giancarlo Esposito Jon Tenney
husband wife teen boy artist son mother emotional somber intense house neighborhood tragic death grief affair bereavement marriage therapy fall love 2000s
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2005
107 Minutes
Detective Church
Clive Owen Jennifer Aniston Vincent Cassel Melissa George RZA Addison Timlin Giancarlo Esposito David Morrissey Georgina Chapman Denis O'Hare Tom Conti
advertising executive wife daughter thug thief ex-convict intricate suspenseful emotional chicago train motel prison family home con game rape infidelity blackmail marriage intimidation
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, the two must turn the tables on him to save their families.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1998
94 Minutes
Reuben Escobar
Paul Newman Susan Sarandon Gene Hackman Reese Witherspoon Stockard Channing James Garner Giancarlo Esposito Liev Schreiber Margo Martindale John Spencer M. Emmet Walsh
private detective movie star friend daughter police officer chauffeur uneasy brooding cool intricate mexico los angeles california mansion malibu, calif. apartment aging friendship infidelity murder
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2004
95 Minutes
J.C. Reynolds
Val Kilmer Neve Campbell Sam Shepard Noble Willingham Amy Smart Gil Bellows Giancarlo Esposito Faye Dunaway
amnesiac sheriff doctor fiancée nurse deputy tense emotional thrilling new mexico small town ranch alabama desert hospital assassination plot conspiracy paranoia accident deception
At the hospital, Frank comes out of a coma with amnesia. The sheriff wants to know who shot him. Later Frank remembers that something's happening to the president. Who is Frank?
Drama
USA
2004
103 Minutes
Benson Cooper
Ja Rule Ving Rhames Pam Grier Tatyana Ali Paul Benjamin Tia Carrere Giancarlo Esposito Frank Langella Joe Morton Al Sapienza
Reggie tries to escape his sordid past only to be pulled back for one more heist. When the heist goes bad, it leaves a reverend dead with Reggie left to sort out what happened.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Germany
1995
105 Minutes
Jack Baer
Stephen Baldwin Gabriel Byrne Chazz Palminteri Kevin Pollak Pete Postlethwaite Kevin Spacey Suzy Amis Giancarlo Esposito Benicio Del Toro Dan Hedaya Paul Bartel
con artist criminal fbi agent special agent survivor district attorney intricate suspenseful dark ship port los angeles new york city police station heist deception interrogation crime robbery quest
A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.
Crime, Drama
Italy
1990
104 Minutes
Lance
Christopher Walken David Caruso Laurence Fishburne Victor Argo Wesley Snipes Janet Julian Joey Chin Giancarlo Esposito Paul Calderon
crime boss ex-convict drug lord dark market hospital economy money drug trade transformation 1990s
A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|France
2012
101 Minutes
Daramus Holiday
Tyler Perry Matthew Fox Ed Burns Rachel Nichols Jean Reno Cicely Tyson Carmen Ejogo Giancarlo Esposito John C. McGinley Stephanie Jacobsen Werner Daehn
detective psychologist best friend police detective serial killer grandmother brooding thrilling washington, d.c. police station household serial murders investigation personal vendetta psychology pursuit revenge 2010s
A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled hired killer who specializes in torture and pain.
Crime, Drama
1998
107 Minutes
Louie
Ray Liotta Anthony LaPaglia Anjelica Huston Daniel Baldwin Jeremy Piven Tom Noonan Xander Berkeley Giancarlo Esposito Brittany Murphy Kari Wuhrer Gordon Jennison
cop partner bookie loan shark love interest rousing dark raw phoenix strip club crooked cops gambling debt heist new life escape wretched excess 1990s
A cop (Ray Liotta) with a big gambling debt gets three buddies involved in a deadly crime to pay off the bookie.
Drama
USA
1995
83 Minutes
Tommy Finelli
Harvey Keitel Paul Auster Lou Reed Roseanne Arnold Michael J. Fox Jim Jarmusch Lily Tomlin Mel Gorham Jared Harris Giancarlo Esposito Victor Argo
manager customer employee family member friend owner brash confident cool brooklyn, n.y. shop office street apartment car conversation work friendship business life
Brooklyn Cigar Store is a neighborhood hangout in Brooklyn with Auggie Wren/H.Keitel as center. Some people are interviewed about Brooklyn, spiced up with statistics on Brooklyn.
Drama
USA
2008
99 Minutes
Producer
Chloe Bailey Adam Baldwin Angela Bassett Corinne Biazzo Chuck Bibby Phillip Bloch Tom Bower Jason Downs Chris Ellis Giancarlo Esposito Anthony Garner
civil rights activist sheriff racist developer doctor lawyer brooding intense intricate small town south carolina neighborhood family home guilt racism corporate greed activism civil rights movement assassination transformation
A former Sheriff of the southern town dealing with past sins, and a former civil rights worker, withdrawn since the martyrdom of his brother thirty years before, confront a threat to their town.
Drama
Germany|Japan|USA
1995
112 Minutes
William Hurt Wayne Wang Harvey Keitel Harold Perrineau Forest Whitaker Victor Argo Erica Gimpel Clarice Taylor Malik Yoba Mary B. Ward Jared Harris
writer shop owner teen boy father mechanic ex-girlfriend creative amusing profound brooklyn, n.y. smoke shop upstate new york apartment reunion coincidence bereavement unlikely friendship family quest love
A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.
Documentary
2008
88 Minutes
Vito Acconci Donald Baechler Stanley Bard Sathima Bea Benjamin Jamie Burke William S. Burroughs Ira Cohen Sherry Cosovic Quentin Crisp Walter Cronkite Robert Crumb
Comedy
USA
1985
104 Minutes
Rosanna Arquette Madonna Aidan Quinn Mark Blum Robert Joy Laurie Metcalf Anna Levine Will Patton Peter Maloney Steven Wright John Turturro
housewife musician young woman husband young man mobster cheeky hilarious quirky new york city battery park disco street east village mistaken identity personal ads jewelry theft amnesia murder marital problems
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a kooky character she's read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
Biography, Drama, History
2001
158 Minutes
Will Smith Jamie Foxx Jon Voight Mario Van Peebles Ron Silver Jeffrey Wright Mykelti Williamson Jada Pinkett Smith Michael Michele Joe Morton Paul Rodriguez
boxer wife young boy friend lawyer inspiring united states africa boxing ring court household friendship boxing racism politics muhammad ali social change rise rivalry 1970s
Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) battles Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and George Foreman and raises controversy outside the ring.
Horror
USA
1986
97 Minutes
Emilio Estevez Pat Hingle Laura Harrington Yeardley Smith John Short Ellen McElduff J.C. Quinn Christopher Murney Holter Graham Frankie Faison Pat Miller
survivor leader cook boss victim newlywed gory creepy thrilling truck stop north carolina diner docks island man vs. machine survival murder radiation storm killer machines strange happenings
A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.