List of the best R. Lee Ermey movies: Demonstone(1989), The Siege of Firebase Gloria(1988), The Sender(1997), On the Borderline(2000), Endless Descent(1989), Jericho(2001), Avalanche(1999), Full Metal Jacket(1987), Kid(1991), Love Is a Gun(1994), The Terror Within II(1991), I'm Dangerous Tonight(1990) ... ...
Horror
1989
92 Minutes
Col. Joe Haines
R. Lee Ermey Jan-Michael Vincent Nancy Everhard Peter Brown Joonce Gamboa Pat Skipper
Manila-based Marines investigate a string of murders where members of feuding crime families have been found mutilated.
Drama, War
Australia|USA|Philippines
1988
100 Minutes
Hafner
Wings Hauser R. Lee Ermey Albert Popwell Robert Arevalo Mark Neely Gary Hershberger Clyde Jones Margi Gerard Richard Kuhlman
sargeant military officer soldier viet cong bleak brutal crafty confident fiery gutsy gory intense raw wild vietnam vietnam war battle military survival survival skills
A tough sergeant and his sidekick roll into a demoralized firebase and proceed to rebuild morale and fortifications in advance of the climactic battle with the VietCong.
Sci-Fi
USA
1997
98 Minutes
Michael Madsen R. Lee Ermey Robert Vaughn Shelli Lether Brian Bloom Steven Williams Diane Cannon Josh Clark
pilot son girl woman military officer government official rousing suspenseful house bermuda triangle military base aliens superhuman abilities father/daughter relationship supernatural military secret pursuit escape discovery
U.S. Senator is assassinated by Men in Black, mysterious organization which surpresses all knowledge about UFOs. Agent Rafferty from U.S. Secret Service will confront them and discover the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2000
93 Minutes
Capt. Elias
Aidan Campbell R. Lee Ermey Tony Frank Martha Long Eric Mabius Richard Nance Elizabeth Peña Bill Sage Marlee Shelton Lew Temple
A young couple embark on a cross-country journey, only to run into trouble at the Texas/Mexico border.
Horror, Sci-Fi
1989
79 Minutes
Capt. Phillips
Jack Scalia R. Lee Ermey Ray Wise Deborah Adair Emilio Linder John Toles-Bey Tony Isbert Ely Pouget Alvaro Labra Luis Lorenzo Frank Braña
captain mutant government agent ex-wife sailor diver gory frightful brutal submarine deep sea cave genetic experiments seafaring survival government cover-up mutants dangerous mission discovery metamorphosis
An engineer (Jack Scalia) leads a search for a submarine stuck miles down in an abyss of mutant horror.
Mystery & Thriller, Western
USA
2001
101 Minutes
Marshall
Mark Valley Leon Coffee R. Lee Ermey Lisa Stewart Buck Taylor Mark Collie Morgana Shaw Kevin Stapleton Kateri Walker Woody P. Snow Renny Rozzoni
gunman former slave woman teen boy older man christian suspenseful crafty new mexico texas trail amnesia friendship robbery religion identity unlikely allies mystery discovery unknown era
A mysterious gunman searches for his lost identity.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1999
105 Minutes
Gary
Thomas Ian Griffith Caroleen Feeney R. Lee Ermey C. Thomas Howell Geoffrey Lower John Ashton Brett Baker Jeff Babcock Bill Bacon Eva Barrington Douglas Fesler
pretty woman environmentalist pilot townsperson tense spirited alaska wilderness town oil refinery helicopter environmentalism corporate greed natural disasters explosion evacuation escape rescue underdog 1990s
A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group, the husband is killed and ... See full summary »
War, Drama, History
UK|USA
1987
116 Minutes
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Drill Instructor
Matthew Modine Adam Baldwin Vincent D'Onofrio R. Lee Ermey Dorian Harewood Arliss Howard Kevyn Major Howard Ed O'Ross
marine journalist drill instructor sergeant photographer prostitute dark disturbing raw gripping frightening sad barracks parris island, s.c. vietnam city boot camp war zone war violence
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Action
USA
1991
94 Minutes
Luke
C. Thomas Howell Sarah Trigger Brian A. Green R. Lee Ermey Dale Dye Michael Bowen Damon Martin Lenore Kasdorf Michael Cavanaugh Tony Epper Don Collier
A mysterious man returns to his former hometown to take revenge on the locals who murdered his parents when he was a boy.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
108 Minutes
Frank Deacon
Eric Roberts Kelly Preston Eliza Roberts R. Lee Ermey Joe Sirola John Toles-Bey Jack Kehler Harvey Vernon
A photographer who's afraid he's slowly losing his grip on reality is seduced by a disturbed married model. She claims it's their destiny to be together. Her husband disagrees. The photographer starts having a strange feeling of deja vu.
Sci-Fi
USA
1991
84 Minutes
Von Demming
Andrew Stevens Stella Stevens Chick Vennera R. Lee Ermey Burton Gilliam Clare Hoak
In a post-apocalyptic world full of terrifying mutants known as gargoyles, survivors of the last human colony battles against intruding gargoyles a few miles below the Earth's surface.
Horror
1990
97 Minutes
Lt. Ackman
Madchen Amick Corey Parker Anthony Perkins R. Lee Ermey Dee Wallace Natalie Schafer
An archaeology professor's red Aztec cloak spreads evil and turns a shy coed (Madchen Amick) into a she-devil.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1995
125 Minutes
Police Captain
Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow R. Lee Ermey Richard Roundtree John C. McGinley Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior John Cassini Reg E. Cathey Peter Crombie
police officer detective serial killer wife police chief dark suspenseful tense disturbing shocking intricate city police station desert murder violence morality torture wretched excess mystery
A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1988
125 Minutes
Mayor Tilman
Gene Hackman Willem Dafoe Frances McDormand Brad Dourif R. Lee Ermey Gailard Sartain Stephen Tobolowsky Michael Rooker Pruitt Taylor Vince Park Overall Jake Gipson
fbi agent mayor sheriff klansman activist wife tense brutal powerful mississippi small town barbershop church highway racism civil rights violence pursuit revenge 1960s
Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1995
122 Minutes
Clyde Percy
Susan Sarandon Sean Penn Robert Prosky Raymond J. Barry R. Lee Ermey Celia Weston Lois Smith Scott Wilson Roberta Maxwell
criminal nun prisoner lawyer victim emotional moving louisiana prison murder faith guilt salvation discovery quest 1990s
A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
Comedy
USA
1993
93 Minutes
Det. Ferguson
Arye Gross Claudia Christian Adrienne Shelly Ray Baker R. Lee Ermey Michael E. Knight Robin Curtis Brandis Kemp Norman Fell Pamela Roylance Billy Jones
A clerk at the same hotel since 18, 30 y.o. Matthew breaks the monotony when his favorite model, Hexina, secretly stays at the hotel. He impersonates a caller and goes on a date with her. Things get deadly.
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1995
90 Minutes
Preacher Brian
Phillip Rhee Gina Gershon Christopher McDonald Anzu Lawson R. Lee Ermey Dee Wallace Michael Bailey Smith Barbara Boyd
martial artist sheriff sister schoolteacher white supremacist mother raw positive midwest small town family home sheriff's office school countryside siblings small-town life racism martial arts retribution revenge
A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.
Comedy
2002
86 Minutes
Lead Kidnapper
David Cross Bob Odenkirk Nikki Cox E.J. De La Pena R. Lee Ermey M.C. Gainey David Koechner Suli McCullough Jill Talley
redneck ex-wife british man television producer child prison guard hilarious cheeky madcap endearing american south jail street studio mansion town celebrity reality television lawlessness unrequited love
A man (Bob Odenkirk) creates a reality-television show in which a crew follows a Georgia slacker (David Cross) who has a knack for getting arrested.
Drama
France|UK|USA
1995
111 Minutes
Conventioneer
Nicolas Cage Elisabeth Shue Julian Sands Richard Lewis Valeria Golino Graham Beckel R. Lee Ermey Laurie Metcalf David Brisbin Xander Berkeley Lou Rawls
alcoholic screenwriter prostitute pimp bleak emotional las vegas motel apartment alcoholism self-destruction prostitution writers romance love wretched excess fall love 1990s
Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Horror
USA
2003
95 Minutes
Sheriff Hoyt
Jessica Biel Jonathan Tucker Erica Leerhsen Mike Vogel Eric Balfour Andrew Bryniarski R. Lee Ermey David Dorfman Laura German Terrence Evans Marietta Marich
killer young man young woman sheriff redneck brutal gory frightening texas house countryside serial murders stranded survival cannibalism rural life escape pursuit 1970s
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2007
87 Minutes
Leonard
Elizabeth Harnois Shawn Ashmore Tyler Hoechlin Amanda Seyfried Matt O'Leary Hilarie Burton R. Lee Ermey
twin sister teenager gory home louisiana suicide grief secret love
While on a summer trip with her friends, Megan begins to feel the presence of Sophie, her twin sister who recently committed suicide.
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
2012
101 Minutes
Manfred
Ben Stiller Vince Vaughn Jonah Hill Richard Ayoade Rosemarie DeWitt Will Forte Doug Jones R. Lee Ermey Nicholas Braun Joseph A. Nuñez Mel Rodriguez
store manager suburbanite father neighbor wife daughter amusing madcap glenview, ohio neighborhood household neighborhood watch suburban life male bonding aliens discovery rescue 2010s
Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.
Action
2000
103 Minutes
Col. Ben Wilder
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.
War
Hong Kong|USA
1978
127 Minutes
Sergeant Loyce
Stan Shaw Andrew Stevens James Canning Michael Lembeck Craig Wasson Scott Hylands James Whitmore Jr. Noble Willingham R. Lee Ermey Santos Morales Drew Michaels
In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Germany|USA
2001
96 Minutes
Mr. Parker
Jeff Bridges Jon Abrahams Noah Wyle Morris Chestnut Madchen Amick Peter Greene Bob Gunton Brian Goodman R. Lee Ermey
kingpin driver kidnapper man friend bodyguard tense thrilling suspenseful delicatessen street van los angeles california wedding kidnapping partnership gang war negotiation survival
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is killed by a rival crime boss.
Drama
USA
2000
93 Minutes
Caspar Callahan
Jennifer Jason Leigh Bug Hall Mischa Barton Peggy Lipton Brad Renfro Michael Greyeyes Alison Pill Angela Featherstone Drew Barrymore R. Lee Ermey Gerald Lenton-Young
An ungrounded young mother and her thoughtful teenage son are banished to a remote provincial town by her domineering father.
War
USA
1984
115 Minutes
Bwana
Ken Wahl Cheryl Ladd Cyril O'Reilly Stephen Lee David Harris Lane Smith Annie McEnroe Paul McCrane James Whitmore Jr. R. Lee Ermey
In middle of the Vietnam War, a Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2002
103 Minutes
Val Kilmer Vincent D'Onofrio Adam Goldberg Luis Guzman Doug Hutchison Anthony LaPaglia Glenn Plummer Peter Sarsgaard Deborah Kara Unger Chandra West BD Wong
drug addict drug dealer cop musician husband friend suspenseful gripping gritty southern california desert drug house apartment drugs vengeance double life murder grief the past pursuit
After a tragic incident, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies.
Comedy, Fantasy
New Zealand|USA
1996
109 Minutes
Michael J. Fox Trini Alvarado Peter Dobson John Astin Jeffrey Combs Dee Wallace Jake Busey Chi McBride Jim Fyfe Troy Evans Julianna McCarthy
architect con artist wife murderer widower fbi agent hilarious outlandish thrilling small town museum exorcism ghosts serial murders car crash haunted houses death mystery pursuit 1990s
After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.
Comedy
USA
2005
100 Minutes
Tommy Lee Jones Cedric Kyles Christina Milian Paula Garcés Monica Keena Vanessa Ferlito Kelli Garner Anne Archer Brian Van Holt Shea Whigham Terry Parks
texas ranger cheerleader professor fbi agent crime boss daughter amusing heartwarming texas university household stadium warehouse church undercover operations witness protection murder unlikely allies father/daughter relationship hostage situation
A Texas Ranger must protect a group of cheerleaders who have witnessed a murder.
Drama
France|USA
1993
112 Minutes
Richard Gere Jodie Foster Bill Pullman James Earl Jones William Windom Brett Kelley Richard Hamilton Maury Chaykin Lanny Flaherty Frankie Faison Wendell Wellman
wife soldier son lover judge impostor eerie engaging tennessee farm courtroom rural community impersonation marriage fraud mystery american civil war presumed dead forbidden love mystery
A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.
Crime, Drama
1998
101 Minutes
William Petersen Michael Wincott Diane Lane Kevin Gage Michael Byrne Eric Schaeffer Meat Loaf Aday Musetta Vander John Fleck Badja Djola Benjamin Lum
writer gangster nurse police officer girlfriend bleak gritty raw atlantic city, n.j. bar casino police station writer's block secret gambling gangsters infidelity jealousy fall rise
A heartbroken New York City journalist (William Petersen) gets involved with a New Jersey gang member (Michael Wincott) and his girlfriend (Diane Lane).