Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Robert Elswit

1. Ripley (2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A grifter named Ripley living in New York during the 1960s is hired by a wealthy man to bring his vagabond son home from Italy.

Stars: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Margherita Buy

Votes: 21,101

2. Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green | Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole

Votes: 21,376

3. Magnolia (1999)

R | 188 min | Drama

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 328,364 | Gross: $22.46M

4. Boogie Nights (1997)

R | 155 min | Drama

Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 281,933 | Gross: $26.40M

5. The Night Of (2016)

TV-MA | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

Stars: Riz Ahmed, John Turturro, Bill Camp, Amara Karan

Votes: 171,624

6. There Will Be Blood (2007)

R | 158 min | Drama

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer

Votes: 640,824 | Gross: $40.22M

7. The Town (2010)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold an assistant manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner

Votes: 415,544 | Gross: $92.19M

8. E.T. (1982)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace

Votes: 437,332 | Gross: $435.11M

9. Nightcrawler (2014)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed

Votes: 604,275 | Gross: $32.38M

10. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,379,119 | Gross: $290.48M

11. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.

Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,120,971 | Gross: $309.13M

12. Inherent Vice (2014)

R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston

Votes: 110,681 | Gross: $8.11M

13. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg

Votes: 410,795 | Gross: $195.04M

14. King Richard (2021)

PG-13 | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard.

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green | Stars: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney

Votes: 136,131

15. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Andrews

Votes: 177,354 | Gross: $17.84M

16. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton

Votes: 528,281 | Gross: $209.40M

17. Skyscraper (2018)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family is trapped inside by criminals.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller

Votes: 134,032 | Gross: $68.42M

18. The King of Staten Island (2020)

R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama

Scott has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. He spends his days smoking weed and dreaming of being a tattoo artist until events force him to grapple with his grief and take his first steps forward in life.

Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Pete Davidson, Bel Powley, Ricky Velez, Lou Wilson

Votes: 76,764

19. Runaway Jury (2003)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman

Votes: 104,562 | Gross: $49.44M

20. Gold (I) (2016)

R | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll

Votes: 69,229 | Gross: $7.23M

21. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond sets out to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher

Votes: 204,635 | Gross: $125.33M

22. Salt (2010)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Thriller

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski

Votes: 330,029 | Gross: $118.31M

23. 8MM (1999)

R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare

Votes: 142,694 | Gross: $36.66M

24. The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.

Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni

Votes: 33,546 | Gross: $1.48M

25. Michael Clayton (2007)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 174,020 | Gross: $49.03M

26. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

G | 143 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 96,584 | Gross: $82.26M

27. The Bourne Legacy (2012)

PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Scott Glenn

Votes: 315,526 | Gross: $113.20M

28. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

After her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband's victims and the woman's family.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson

Votes: 48,884 | Gross: $88.04M

29. The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

R | 94 min | Comedy, War

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

Director: Grant Heslov | Stars: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges

Votes: 137,544 | Gross: $32.43M

30. Moving Violations (1985)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy

The goofy students of a remedial drivers education class find themselves butting heads with their abusive police instructors.

Director: Neal Israel | Stars: John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, James Keach, Brian Backer

Votes: 4,342 | Gross: $10.60M

31. Ella McCay

Filming

The film will follow an idealistic young politician who juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state's longtime incumbent governor.

Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Woody Harrelson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Mackey

32. Syriana (2005)

R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller

A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.

Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet, Kayvan Novak

Votes: 134,250 | Gross: $50.82M

33. The River Wild (1994)

PG-13 | 111 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller

Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello

Votes: 50,174 | Gross: $46.82M

34. The Sure Thing (1985)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Walter Gibson is a university freshman going through a dry spell. His old buddy arranges a "sure thing" for him in California. Gibson and his classmate Allison then take a long road trip out to Cali, and both foil each other's plans.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Boyd Gaines

Votes: 22,169 | Gross: $18.14M

35. Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

R | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A thriller about the contemporary art scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.

Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge

Votes: 66,036

36. Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

PG-13 | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.

Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Lynda Gravatt

Votes: 43,159 | Gross: $11.96M

37. Gigli (2003)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Larry Gigli is assigned by a crime boss to kidnap the brother of a prominent district attorney. A beautiful woman known only as Ricki is sent to stay with him to make sure he doesn't mess up the job.

Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Terry Camilleri

Votes: 50,716 | Gross: $6.07M

38. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels

Votes: 101,281 | Gross: $31.56M

39. Return of the Living Dead II (1988)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Curious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.

Director: Ken Wiederhorn | Stars: James Karen, Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen

Votes: 21,541 | Gross: $9.21M

40. Hard Eight (1996)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 54,870 | Gross: $0.22M

41. Suburbicon (2017)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

As a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe

Votes: 47,200 | Gross: $5.78M

42. Duplicity (2009)

PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Two ex-government agents turned rival industrial spies have to be at the top of their game when one of their companies prepares to launch a major product. However, they distract each other in more ways than one.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 52,233 | Gross: $40.57M

43. The Burning Plain (2008)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A drama with a two-tiered storyline concerning a mother and daughter who try to form a bond after the young woman's difficult childhood.

Director: Guillermo Arriaga | Stars: Charlize Theron, John Corbett, José María Yazpik, Robin Tunney

Votes: 21,331 | Gross: $0.20M

44. Trick or Treat (1986)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Music

A bullied teenage boy is devastated after the death of his heavy metal idol, Sammi Curr. But as Halloween night approaches, he discovers that he may be the only one who can stop Sammi from making a Satanic comeback from beyond the grave.

Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant

Votes: 7,866 | Gross: $6.80M

45. Heist (2001)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.

Director: David Mamet | Stars: Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 39,039 | Gross: $0.05M

46. Bad Influence (1990)

R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller

A soft and hesitant young man is in danger when he tries to break toxic relationships with a mysterious stranger claiming to be his friend.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Rob Lowe, James Spader, Palmer Lee Todd, Rosalyn Landor

Votes: 10,854 | Gross: $12.63M

47. Desert Hearts (1985)

R | 91 min | Drama, Romance

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.

Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers

Votes: 7,287 | Gross: $2.49M

48. Assassination

Thriller | Pre-production

The fateful murder of John F. Kennedy re-imagining his death as a hit ordered by Chicago kingpin Sam Giancana as payback for JFK's attempt to undermine the mob after they helped get him elected.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Shia LaBeouf

49. The Pallbearer (1996)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

A young man's life is thrown into a loop when he is asked to be a pallbearer for the funeral of a classmate he doesn't remember, and his old high school crush temporarily returns to town.

Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Rapaport, Toni Collette

Votes: 11,596 | Gross: $5.61M

50. Bounce (2000)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife.

Director: Don Roos | Stars: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge, Edward Edwards

Votes: 21,732 | Gross: $36.81M