List of the best James Gammon movies: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez(1983), Cabin Boy(1994), Hard Vice(1994), Traveller(1997), CrissCross(1992), The Big Black Pill(1981), The Final Season(2007), Two Mothers for Zachary(1996), Altered(2006), Point Blank(1998), Truman(1995), Revenge(1990) ... ...
Drama, History
France
1983
104 Minutes
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 »
Comedy
USA
1994
80 Minutes
Paps
Chris Elliott Ritch Brinkley James Gammon Brian Doyle Murray Brion James Melora Walters Ann Magnuson Russ Tamblyn Ricki Lake David Letterman
A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
Crime, Drama
USA
1994
86 Minutes
Bronski
Shannon Tweed Sam Jones James Gammon Rebecca Ferratti Miguel Nunez Tom Fridley Branscombe Richmond
In this gripping crime drama, gritty male cop Sam Jones teams up with the gorgeous female officer, Shannon Tweed. Operating out of the vice squad in "Sin City" Las Vegas, Jones and Tweed must pull together to solve a major crime.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
101 Minutes
Double D
Bill Paxton Mark Wahlberg Julianna Margulies James Gammon Luke Askew Nikki Deloach Danielle Keaton Michael Shaner
A man joins a group of nomadic con artists in rural North Carolina.
Drama
USA
1992
100 Minutes
Emmett
Goldie Hawn Arliss Howard David Arnott James Gammon Keith Carradine J.C. Quinn Steve Buscemi Paul Calderon
mother son father undercover agent stripper emotional moving florida key west, fla. strip club restaurant household family dysfunction mother/son relationship desperation exotic dancing drug trafficking growing up temptation discovery
A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.
Crime, Drama
Spain|Japan
1981
100 Minutes
Captain Jake Jacqualone
Robert Blake JoBeth Williams Neva Patterson James Gammon Veronica Cartwright Carol Wayne Edward Winter Phillip R. Allen Sondra Blake Eileen Heckart Wilford Brimley
A hit man working for the Yakuza double crosses his employers and flees with a cache of diamonds from the latest heist. Injured and hiding in the mountain regions of Spain, with Japanese ... See full summary »
Drama
2007
113 Minutes
Jared Akers
Sean Astin Powers Boothe Rachael Leigh Cook James Gammon Michael Angarano Larry Miller Marshall Bell Tom Arnold Roscoe Myrick Dayton Callie Lucinda Jenney
baseball coach assistant fiancée lawyer baseball player student positive melodramatic engaging norway, iowa small town baseball field st. louis high school missouri tradition high-school sports championship coach/athlete relationship kent stock
An inexperienced coach (Sean Astin) takes charge of the last season of a champion high-school baseball team before the school merges with another.
Drama
1996
96 Minutes
Chalmer
Vanessa Redgrave Valerie Bertinelli Colleen Flynn James Gammon Michael Marich Kim Dickens Brett Brock Cynthia Dorn Tony Frank Barbara George-Reiss Sheila Gordon
A woman (Vanessa Redgrave) fights for custody of her grandson to keep him from her daughter (Valerie Bertinelli), who is in love with another woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2006
88 Minutes
Sheriff Herderson
Brad Henke Adam Kaufman Catherine Mangan Paul McCarthy-Boyington James Gammon Michael C. Williams Joe Unger Misty Rosas
hunter alien alien abductee best friend girlfriend eerie brutal suspenseful small town woods house american south workshop alien abduction alien invasion scientific experiments torture memories underdog revenge
Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
Action
USA
1998
90 Minutes
Dad
Mickey Rourke Kevin Gage Danny Trejo Frederic Forrest James Gammon Werner Schreyer Michael Wright Paul Ben-Victor Robert Zachar Nina Savelle Yolanda Williams
Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
1995
150 Minutes
Sam Rayburn
Gary Sinise Diana Scarwid Richard Dysart Colm Feore James Gammon Tony Goldwyn Pat Hingle Harris Yulin Leo Burmester Amelia Campbell Virginia Capers
boss daughter u.s. president general first lady confident moving government building home unintended consequences leadership family relationships presidency risk humble beginnings transformation
Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman (Gary Sinise) becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Mexico
1990
124 Minutes
Texan
Kevin Costner Anthony Quinn Madeleine Stowe Tomas Milian Joaquín Martínez James Gammon Jesse Corti Sally Kirkland Miguel Ferrer
pilot crime boss wife henchman love interest passionate tense emotional mexico estate beach party airport cabin love triangle betrayal infidelity forbidden love friendship revenge
A retired US Navy pilot comes to Mexico, where he falls in love with the wife of a powerful businessman. The consequences will be cruel and unforeseen.
Drama, Western
USA
2006
102 Minutes
Preacher
Suzanne Andrews Judith Burnett Lissa Negrin Patrick Bergin Lawrence Pressman James Gammon John Diehl C. Thomas Howell Jason Connery
widow sister-in-law sheriff preacher banker native american gritty suspenseful new mexico small town ranch desert bank robbery treasure hanging posse rape pursuit escape 1880s
Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recently hanged, find themselves running for their lives from a corrupt posse of vigilantes, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1990
96 Minutes
Lt. Larry Schooner
Kevin Kline Tracey Ullman Joan Plowright River Phoenix William Hurt Keanu Reeves James Gammon Victoria Jackson Miriam Margolyes Jack Kehler Phoebe Cates
husband wife teen boy restaurant employee mother thug hilarious dark madcap cheeky pizzeria apartment house pool hall library adultery roman catholicism mother/daughter relationship hired killers murder plot
Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalie (Tracey Ullman). He's also a serial womanizer. Rosalie goes to extremes when she finds he has been cheating.
Action
USA
1993
106 Minutes
Ironbutt Garrett
Beverly Sebastian Andrew Divoff Tracy Sabastian Dedee Pfeiffer Paul Gleason Arlen Dean Snyder Bubba Baker James Gammon
Bone and Bear, two rough and tough bikers ride out from Sturgis, SD. to the marshes of South Carolina to help out their "bro" Ironbutt Garrett, who's land is being eyed by the ... See full summary »
Drama, Western
2003
120 Minutes
Fighting Joe Hooker, Albert Miller
Tom Selleck Isabella Rossellini Keith Carradine George Eads Robert Carradine Barry Corbin James Gammon Rex Linn John Michael Higgins William Sanderson Wallace Shawn
love interest horse cowboy local tough guy old friend calm endearing ranch wyoming territory forest plains train rural community gunfight relationships life story argument tradition opposing ideals
In the late 1800s a cowboy (Tom Selleck) fights back against Eastern corporations that are buying land in the West.
War
1969
94 Minutes
Maj. Varga
Christopher George Laraine Stephens J.D. Cannon Gary Marshal Michael Evans Ben Murphy James Gammon Gavin MacLeod Scott Thomas Tim McIntire Bo Hopkins
colonel general commander sergeant lieutenant girlfriend patriotic fiery passionate melodramatic england air force base airplane barracks world war ii air force military intelligence war heroes determination air raids
A U.S. bomber colonel (Christopher George) promotes his plan to send 1,000 B-17s over Germany in 1943.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia
1993
108 Minutes
Deputy Hines
Elijah Wood Courtney B. Vance Robbie Coltrane Jason Robards Ron Perlman Dana Ivey Anne Heche James Gammon Paxton Whitehead Tom Aldredge Curtis Armstrong
boy slave father con artist young girl partner engaging suspenseful emotional st. petersburg, miss. mississippi river woods jail raft slavery father/son relationship on the run kidnapping huckleberry finn race relations
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Western
USA|Mexico
1970
114 Minutes
Ed
Richard Harris Judith Anderson Jean Gascon Manu Tupou Corinna Tsopei Dub Taylor William Jordan James Gammon Eddie Little Sky Michael Baseleon Manuel Padilla Jr.
hunter native american matriarch leader slave wife dark intense camp plains abduction honor native americans transformation quest 1830s
In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and aspires to become their leader.
Western
USA
1995
97 Minutes
California Joe
Jeff Bridges Ellen Barkin John Hurt Diane Lane David Arquette Christina Applegate Bruce Dern James Gammon Marjoe Gortner James Remar Karen Huie
outlaw calamity jane buffalo bill native american preacher doctor somber emotional tense deadwood, s.d. saloon american west circus graveyard wild bill hickok frontier life fame drug addiction gambling friendship
The early career of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickock is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
87 Minutes
Elisha
Alan Vint Cheryl Waters Max Baer Geoffrey Lewis Joan Blackman Jesse Vint Sam Gilman Timothy Scott James Gammon Leif Garrett Emile Meyer
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters.
Western, Drama
USA
2008
116 Minutes
Earl May
Ed Harris Viggo Mortensen Renée Zellweger Jeremy Irons Timothy Spall Lance Henriksen Rex Linn Ariadna Gil Tom Bower James Gammon
deputy rancher friend widow marshal gritty witty small town jail bar ranch assassination violence friendship trial abduction survival pursuit rescue 1880s
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Action
USA
1977
92 Minutes
Deputy Bullard
Jesse Vint Karen Carlson Albert Salmi Seymour Cassel Douglas Fowley Robert F. Lyons Mary Wilcox Janus Blyth Jeremy Foster James Gammon Will Hare
An average Joe is pitted against a crooked sheriff and unscrupulous land grabbers in this tale of small town corruption and revenge.
Drama
USA
1987
141 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Meryl Streep Tom Waits Carroll Baker Michael O'Keefe Diane Venora Fred Gwynne Margaret Whitton Jake Dengel Nathan Lane James Gammon
baseball player singer wife homeless person bleak witty powerful street albany, n.y. bar factory great depression homelessness alcoholism love regret fall discovery 1910s
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
War, Drama
USA|Italy|Romania|UK
2003
155 Minutes
Jude Law Nicole Kidman Renée Zellweger Eileen Atkins Brendan Gleeson Philip Seymour Hoffman Natalie Portman Giovanni Ribisi Donald Sutherland Ray Winstone Kathy Baker
soldier farmer deserter wife housekeeper bleak sad emotional north carolina mountain battlefield mississippi american civil war desertion reunion survival love quest sacrifice pursuit
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.