List of the best Roy Scheider movies: Jaws(1975), All That Jazz(1979), Sorcerer(1977), 2010(1984), 52 Pick-Up(1986), Cohen and Tate(1988), Last Embrace(1979), Still of the Night(1982), Jaws 2(1978), Night Game(1989), The Seven-Ups(1974), Chain of Command(2000) ... ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
USA
1975
124 Minutes
Police Chief Martin Brody
Roy Scheider Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfuss Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Carl Gottlieb Jeffrey Kramer Susan Backlinie Jonathan Filley Ted Grossman Chris Rebello
captain police officer scientist mayor victim police chief thrilling suspenseful frightening new england boat amity island small town beach ocean man vs. nature deception death fear shark attack
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Musical, Drama
USA
1979
123 Minutes
Joe Gideon
Roy Scheider Jessica Lange Ann Reinking Leland Palmer Cliff Gorman Ben Vereen Erzsebet Foldi Michael Tolan Max Wright William La Messena Irene Kane
director dancer dark wild creative stage hospital new york city addiction hedonism self-destruction filmmaking show business fall wretched excess 1970s
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1977
121 Minutes
Roy Scheider Bruno Cremer Francisco Rabal Amidou Ramon Bieri Peter Capell Karl John Friedrich Ledebur Chico Martinez Joe Spinell Rosario Almontes
assassin terrorist bank robber banker guerrilla fighter truck driver bleak suspenseful intense dark south america forest bridge oil field new york city jerusalem big business oil dangerous assignment explosion
Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
Sci-Fi
USA
1984
114 Minutes
Dr. Heywood Floyd
Roy Scheider John Lithgow Helen Mirren Bob Balaban Keir Dullea Madolyn Smith Dana Elcar Taliesin Jaffe James McEachin Mary Jo Deschanel Elya Baskin
astronaut explorer doctor russian american tense dark incredible outer space spacecraft space travel death politics computers soviet union rescue adventure mystery 2010s
A joint U.S.-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery, and H.A.L.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
109 Minutes
Harry Mitchell
Roy Scheider Ann-Margret Vanity John Glover Robert Trebor Lonny Chapman Kelly Preston Clarence Williams III Doug McClure Alex Henteloff Amy White
wealthy man wife mistress criminal gutsy tense los angeles california household blackmail infidelity murder wealth showdown rivalry revenge 1980s
A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1988
85 Minutes
Cohen
Roy Scheider Adam Baldwin Harley Cross Cooper Huckabee Suzanne Savoy Marco Perella Tom Campitelli
witness assassin mafia boss murderer father mother intense suspenseful thrilling gory brutal house criminal underworld kidnapping mafia witness protection danger trust fear adventure
When a little boy witnesses a mob hit, he is kidnapped by two professional assassins who are not what they seem.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1979
103 Minutes
Harry Hannan
Roy Scheider Janet Margolin John Glover Sam Levene Charles Napier Christopher Walken
government agent widower college student young woman colleague brother cool gripping thrilling intricate el paso, texas mexico niagara falls, n.y. mental institution apartment connecticut murder mental illness death threat espionage
Harry breaks down and loses his job after his wife is assassinated - could it be his turn next ?
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1982
91 Minutes
Doctor Sam Rice
Roy Scheider Meryl Streep Jessica Tandy Joe Grifasi Sara Botsford Josef Sommer Rikke Borge Irving Metzman Larry Joshua Tom Norton Raymond Hoxie
psychiatrist curator mistress ex-girlfriend police detective mother chilling suspenseful psychiatrist's office new york city long island, n.y. estate auction house paranoia psychiatry dreams murder case art world forbidden love mystery
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
USA
1978
117 Minutes
Martin Brody
Roy Scheider Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Joseph Mascolo Jeffrey Kramer Collin Wilcox Paxton Ann Dusenberry Mark Gruner Barry Coe Susan French Gary Springer
sheriff mayor real estate developer son father shark tense gory thrilling frightening new england island beach small town amity island animal attack white shark investigation father/son relationship tourism
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1989
95 Minutes
Roy Scheider Karen Young Richard Bradford Paul Gleason Carlin Glynn Lane Smith Anthony Palmer Alex Morris
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.
Crime, Drama
UK
1974
103 Minutes
Buddy
Roy Scheider Tony Lo Bianco Victor Arnold Jerry Leon Ken Kercheval Larry Haines Richard Lynch Bill Hickman
police officer criminal informant mobster partner gritty tense new york city street police station crime betrayal vengeance kidnapping ransom teamwork pursuit revenge 1970s
In a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2000
96 Minutes
President Jack Cahill
Roy Scheider Patrick Muldoon Maria Conchita Alonso Michael Biehn Ric Young Sung Hi Lee William R. Moses Tom Wright Philip Tan Michael Mantell Byron Field
government agent secret service agent president vice president stewardess terrorist thrilling spectacular brash white house washington, d.c. airplane cruise ship nuclear threat guardianship moral dilemma infidelity international conflict race against time pursuit
Secret Service agents must retrieve the briefcase allowing the President control of America's nuclear arsenal before massive destruction ensues.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Ireland
2000
91 Minutes
Professor Lamont
Roy Scheider Lauren Woodland Christian Harmony Suzanne Bridgham Don Maloney Teresa DePriest Brendan Murray Joe Moylan Christopher Burdett Daniel McNamara Hoda Saoud
An easy paying job turns into a fight to the death, when college students realize that the house they're cleaning is a portal to Hell.
Mystery & Thriller
1993
200 Minutes
Peter Stride
Roy Scheider Patricia Millardet Sam Wanamaker
A baroness (Patricia Millardet) hires a former NATO commander (Roy Scheider) to hunt down the terrorist responsible for her husband's murder.
Mystery & Thriller
2001
88 Minutes
Agent La Nova
Roy Scheider Dina Meyer William McNamara Henry Rollins Adoni Maropis Gabriella Bern Brian Christensen Cassandra Hitti Bob Kirsh Timothy Roberts
intelligence officer ex-wife commanding officer terrorist government agent frenetic wild tense government building office hideout family home memory loss espionage betrayal race against time nuclear weapons experimental medicine pursuit discovery
A man (Roy Scheider) gives a government agent (William McNamara) an experimental drug that erodes the memory of anyone who uses it.
Adventure, Drama
2001
192 Minutes
Jacobus Van der Byl
Roy Scheider Alyssa Milano Sean Patrick Flanery Michael Easton Jolene Blalock Armin Rohde Hannes Jaenicke
A diamond hunter (Sean Patrick Flanery) tries to win the approval of his estranged father (Roy Scheider) while dealing with his rival half-brother.
Romance
USA
1975
113 Minutes
Sam Stoneman
Jeannie Berlin Roy Scheider Rebecca Dianna Smith Janet Brandt Sid Melton Charles Woolf Leda Rogers Jack Bernardi
Sheila Levine is a Jewish-American princess and a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. An innovative, bright, but painfully introverted individual, she comes to New York City with her mother... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2006
80 Minutes
Bill Sage Benjamin Cummings Roy Scheider Susan Misner Noelle Beck Ronald Guttman
wealthy woman mistress investigator husband suspenseful uneasy tense the hamptons long island, n.y. united states murder investigation infidelity tragedy mystery revenge temptation 2000s
Hitchcockian film noir/thriller set in the exclusive resort community of The Hamptons. Trophy husband Davis Meyers meets local investigator Linus. Davis Meyers' ill-fated attempt to produce... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|France|Luxembourg
2000
90 Minutes
Peter Weller Roy Scheider Gordon Currie R.J. Adams George Arrendell Steve Nicolson
Loyalties are divided when an internal affairs officer learns that those closest to him are running a black market passport ring.
Action
Russia|Germany
2002
90 Minutes
Michael Paré Roy Scheider Oleg Taktarov Irina Apeksimova
A powerful drug cartel in Moscow wants to use American businessman Steve Nichols in a smuggling scheme and ensures his cooperation by kidnapping his daughter. So Nichols solicits the help of a former KGB agent.
Horror
1964
84 Minutes
Philip Sinclair
Helen Waren Roy Scheider Margot Hartman Robert Milli Hugh Franklin Candace Hilligoss Dino Narizzano Linda Donovan J. Frank Lucas Jane Bruce
patriarch killer young man pretty woman gory eerie new england estate vengeance murder inheritance family survival pursuit escape 1960s
Relatives (Helen Waren, Margot Hartman) die as they feared and the maid loses her head soon after a millionaire (Roy Scheider) is buried alive.
Mystery & Thriller
2001
93 Minutes
Ted McGinley Roy Scheider Jaime Bergman Ursula Brooks Duane Davis Mark Kiely Pepe Serna Adam Wylie
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1971
104 Minutes
Det. Buddy "Cloudy"'Russo
Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Roy Scheider Tony Lo Bianco Marcel Bozzuffi Frédéric de Pasquale Bill Hickman Ann Rebbot Harold Gary Arlene Farber Eddie Egan
detective cop drug dealer drug smuggler engaging tense suspenseful new york city brooklyn, n.y. car showdown crime dangerous assignment drugs quest pursuit mystery 1970s
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1976
125 Minutes
Henry Levy
Dustin Hoffman Laurence Olivier Roy Scheider William Devane Marthe Keller Fritz Weaver Richard Bright Marc Lawrence Allen Joseph Tito Goya Ben Dova
college student secret agent nazi girlfriend disturbing thrilling intense new york city central park columbia university espionage family murder third reich crime nazism discovery escape mystery 1970s
A history student becomes caught in the middle of a dangerous international plot involving Nazis, stolen jewels, and government agents.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
114 Minutes
Frank Ligourin
Jane Fonda Donald Sutherland Roy Scheider Charles Cioffi Dorothy Tristan Rita Gam Vivian Nathan Nathan George Morris Strassberg Jean Stapleton Barry Snider
detective prostitute pimp client psychiatrist suspenseful engaging new york city investigation romance missing persons murder prostitution mystery pursuit 1970s
A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1997
93 Minutes
John Taggart
Lorenzo Lamas Gary Busey Roy Scheider David Carradine Kristen Cloke Brandon Smith Mark G. Allen
FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a new and unexperienced partner in the form of Kelly McCord. It turns out that the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1998
92 Minutes
Tom Heath
Ron Silver Joanna Pacula Roy Scheider Hannes Jaenicke Elizabeth Shepherd Jan Rubes Jack Recknitz Doug Lennox Larry Poindexter
The White Raven is a huge diamond that was used to ransom a young girl from a German concentration camp during the war. When the camp was liberated, the diamond disappeared and the camp ... See full summary »
Action
France|Italy|USA
1973
104 Minutes
Lenny
Jean-Louis Trintignant Ann-Margret Angie Dickinson Roy Scheider Georgia Engel Felice Orlandi Carlo De Mejo Michel Constantin
After fulfilling a contract killing in Los Angeles, a French hit man becomes the target of a hit himself and tries to flee back to Paris.
Action
USA|Germany
2004
124 Minutes
Frank Castle Sr.
Thomas Jane John Travolta Will Patton Roy Scheider Laura Harring Ben Foster Samantha Mathis James Carpinello Russell Andrews Eddie Jemison John Pinette
the punisher crime boss pretty woman criminal wife son brooding brutal tampa, fla. puerto rico apartment building vigilantism vengeance violence crime murder massacre revenge pursuit 2000s
An undercover FBI agent becomes a vigilante and sets out to unleash his wrath upon the corrupt businessman who slaughtered his entire family at a reunion.
Action
Canada|USA
1997
99 Minutes
President Robert Baker
Dolph Lundgren Michael Sarrazin Montel Williams Roy Scheider Allen Altman Martin Neufeld
pilot president terrorist hostage major intense suspenseful thrilling press conference middle east airplane washington, d.c. chicago hotel hostage situation nuclear weapons terrorism political intrigue publicity national security
When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Action
USA
1997
96 Minutes
President Carlson
Michael Madsen Keith David Angie Everhart Roy Scheider Dayton Callie Kathy Christopherson Gareth Williams
A stunt driver heading for prison on a minor charge is freed against his will by a terrorist gang. Then by kidnapping his wife, he is forced to drive a getaway car in a plot to kidnap the President from a motorcade.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2008
90 Minutes
Sam
Daryl Hannah Lindy Booth Tia Carrere Roy Scheider Nick Cornish Eric Roberts
Adventure
1999
96 Minutes
John Rockwell
Shane Meier Michael Biehn Lynda Boyd Roy Scheider Kimberley Warnat Jade Pawluk Shaun Johnston
wolf teenager loner emotional house silver health ranchers rivalry
A teen (Lynda Boyd) and his uncle (Shane Meier) try to protect an injured wolf from ranchers who want to destroy it.
Sci-Fi
Canada|UK|Japan
1991
115 Minutes
Doctor Benway
Peter Weller Judy Davis Ian Holm Julian Sands Roy Scheider Monique Mercure Nicholas Campbell Robert A. Silverman Joseph Scorsiani
exterminator wife beatnik cockroach doctor alien dreamy disturbing shocking outlandish new york city subconscious mind alternate reality interzone café subway poetry writing hallucinations paranoia
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife, and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
Drama
USA
1970
104 Minutes
Mark
Faye Dunaway Barry Primus Viveca Lindfors Barry Morse Roy Scheider Ruth Jackson
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1997
93 Minutes
Hal
Arija Bareikis Blythe Danner Hope Davis Laurel Holloman Brian Kerwin James LeGros Julianne Moore Roy Scheider Michael Vartan Noah Wyle
A few days spent in close proximity to each other soon leads to family secrets and old resentments being revealed, which threaten to splinter an already dysfunctional family.