List of the best River Phoenix movies: Dogfight(1991), My Own Private Idaho(1991), The Thing Called Love(1993), A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon(1988), Stand by Me(1986), Explorers(1985), Little Nikita(1988), I Love You to Death(1990), Silent Tongue(1994), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade(1989) ... ...
Drama
USA
1991
95 Minutes
Eddie Birdlace
River Phoenix Lili Taylor Richard Panebianco Anthony Clark Mitchell Whitfield Holly Near Elizabeth Daily Brendan Fraser
marine girl friend mother endearing touching tender party san francisco coffee shop deception marine life unlikely romance dogfight redemption love transformation 1960s
Before leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1991
102 Minutes
River Phoenix Keanu Reeves James Russo William Richert Rodney Harvey Chiara Caselli Michael Parker Jessie Thomas Flea Grace Zabriskie
prostitute drug addict hustler mother rebel gritty quirky portland, ore. cornfield idaho italy addiction small town homosexuality wretched excess growing up discovery 1990s
Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
Drama, Romance, Music
USA
1993
116 Minutes
River Phoenix Samantha Mathis Dermot Mulroney Sandra Bullock K.T. Oslin Anthony Clark Webb Wilder Earl Poole Ball
musician waitress singer-songwriter love interest friend owner amusing emotional spirited passionate nashville, tenn. new york city bar aspirations love triangle country music marriage fame friendship love
A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1988
93 Minutes
Jimmy Reardon
River Phoenix Ann Magnuson Meredith Salenger Ione Skye Louanne Matthew Perry
A charming womanizer has to find a way to get $80 to elope to Hawaii with his one true love, or else go to his father's chosen business school.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1986
89 Minutes
Wil Wheaton River Phoenix Corey Feldman Jerry O'Connell Kiefer Sutherland Casey Siemaszko John Cusack Gary Riley
boy brother writer father friend bully brooding endearing oregon woods swamp junkyard youth expedition family dysfunction male bonding coming of age growing up discovery rivalry
After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
Sci-Fi, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1985
104 Minutes
Ethan Hawke River Phoenix Jason Presson Amanda Peterson Dick Miller Robert Picardo Dana Ivey Meshach Taylor James Cromwell Mary Kay Place
boy friend alien father bully amusing endearing california household spacecraft outer space inventions space travel childhood friendship aliens culture clash adventure discovery quest
A boy obsessed with 50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what?
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1988
98 Minutes
Sidney Poitier River Phoenix Richard Jenkins Caroline Kava Richard Bradford Richard Lynch Loretta Devine Lucy Deakins
fbi agent spy assassin teen boy father mother intricate tense confident san diego family home office mexican-american border trolly espionage extortion cold war secret life parent/child relationship serial murders
An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1990
96 Minutes
Devo Nod
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.
Western
France|Netherlands|UK|USA
1994
102 Minutes
Talbot Roe
Alan Bates Richard Harris Dermot Mulroney River Phoenix Sheila Tousey Jeri Arredondo Bill Irwin David Shiner Timothy Scott Tantoo Cardinal
Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Talbot awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't burn her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with him.
Adventure, Action
USA|UK
1989
127 Minutes
Young Indiana Jones
Harrison Ford Sean Connery Denholm Elliott Alison Doody John Rhys-Davies Julian Glover River Phoenix Michael Byrne Kevork Malikyan Robert Eddison Richard Young
archaeologist father collector nazi adolf hitler businessman thrilling gritty italy airplane beach tunnel middle east old city expedition betrayal accident obsession greed mistaken identity
In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Professor Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. finds himself up against Adolf Hitler's Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.