List of the best Monte Hellman movies: Two-Lane Blacktop(1971), The Shooting(1967), China 9, Liberty 37(1978), Road to Nowhere(2010), Trapped Ashes(2006), Beast From Haunted Cave(1959), Ride in the Whirlwind(1965), Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!(1989), Back Door to Hell(1964), Cockfighter(1974), Flight to Fury(1966) ... ...
Drama
USA
1971
102 Minutes
Director
James Taylor Warren Oates Laurie Bird Dennis Wilson David Drake Richard Ruth Rudy Wurlitzer Jacyln Hellman Bill Keller Harry Dean Stanton
mechanic driver hitchhiker businessman solemn cool california automobile repair shop racetrack arizona new mexico tennessee cars race fidelity love triangle masculinity road trip rivalry adventure
2 men drag-racing across the U.S., in a '55 Chevy. Dennis Wilson's the mechanic, James Taylor's the driver.
Western
USA
1967
82 Minutes
Director
Millie Perkins Jack Nicholson Will Hutchins Warren Oates B.J. Merholz Guy El Tsosie Charles Eastman
bounty hunter gunslinger partner woman friend tense gritty mining camp small town desert wild west bounty murder unlikely allies paranoia old west cowboys revenge pursuit 19th century
A mysterious woman persuades two cowboys to help her in a revenge scheme.
Western
Italy|Spain
1978
102 Minutes
Director
gunslinger prospector wife railroad baron sultry gutsy wild west ranch small town hotel lake love triangle railroad prospecting contract killing on the run vengeance forbidden love revenge 1880s
The railroad hires a condemned killer to murder an uncooperative rancher but the assassin fails to deliver, prompting the railroad men to go after him instead.
Mystery & Thriller, Romance
USA
2010
121 Minutes
Director
Shannyn Sossamon Tygh Runyan Dominique Swain Cliff De Young Waylon Payne Fabio Testi Nic Paul Lathan McKay John Diehl Michael Bigham Mallory Culbert
A young filmmaker gets wrapped up in a crime while shooting his new project on location.
Horror
USA|Japan
2006
105 Minutes
Monte Hellman Jayce Bartok Amelia Cooke Richard Ian Cox Rob deLeeuw Lara Harris Scott Heindl Scott Lowell
Seven strangers on a Hollywood movie studio tour are trapped inside an infamous House of Horror and forced to tell their most terrifying stories to get out alive.
Horror
USA
1959
75 Minutes
Director
Michael Forest Sheila Carroll Frank Wolff
A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spider-like monster.
Western
1965
83 Minutes
Director
Cameron Mitchell Jack Nicholson Millie Perkins Katherine Squire George Mitchell Rupert Crosse Harry Dean Stanton John Hackett Tom Filer B.J. Merholz
outlaw cattleman rancher robber cowboy sheriff bleak somber intense cabin wild west prairie ranch cattle drives mistaken identity murder on the run robbery old west escape
Two out of three cowboys (Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson) run for their lives after meeting up with outlaws and a lynch-law posse.
Horror
1989
90 Minutes
Director
Richard Beymer Bill Moseley Samantha Scully Eric Da Re Laura Harring Elizabeth Hoffman Robert Culp Isabel Cooley Leonard Mann Carlos Palomino
A scientist (Richard Beymer) links a psychic blind girl (Samantha Scully) to killer Ricky's (Bill Moseley) brain, mounted on top of his head.
War
1964
68 Minutes
Director
Jimmie Rodgers Jack Nicholson John Hackett
lieutenant soldier radio operator guerrilla leader japanese soldier villager suspenseful raw emotional spirited philippines village beach bridge jungle island military intelligence espionage secret mission behind enemy lines
During World War II, three GIs are sent to the Philippines to lay the groundwork for an attack against the Japanese.
Drama
1974
83 Minutes
Director
Warren Oates Richard B. Shull Harry Dean Stanton Troy Donahue Millie Perkins Ed Begley Jr. Laurie Bird Warren Finnerty Robert Earl Jones Steve Railsback
A man (Warren Oates) who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.
Adventure
1966
62 Minutes
Director
Dewey Martin Fay Spain Jack Nicholson Vic Diaz Jacqueline Hellman Joseph Estrada
A cache of stolen diamonds leads to tragedy when the valuable cargo changes hands during a flight to the Philippines.