Best Nick Nolte movies
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TOP 25:
New York Stories
Nick Nolte as: Lionel Dobie
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1989
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents to reconciliate; third, by Allen, is a witty piece of comedy about the impossibility of getting rid of the son's role.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mia Farrow movies?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1989
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents to reconciliate; third, by Allen, is a witty piece of comedy about the impossibility of getting rid of the son's role.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mia Farrow movies?
TOP 24:
Northfork
Nick Nolte as: Father Harlan
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release: 2003
"We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us." In the next two days, the town of Northfork will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for a new hydroelectric project.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Anthony Edwards movies?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release: 2003
"We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us." In the next two days, the town of Northfork will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for a new hydroelectric project.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Anthony Edwards movies?
TOP 23:
Run All Night
Nick Nolte as: Eddie Conlon
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2015
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Beau Knapp movies?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2015
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Beau Knapp movies?
TOP 22:
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Nick Nolte as: Mulgarath
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Drama
Release: 2008
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mary-Louise Parker movies?
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Drama
Release: 2008
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mary-Louise Parker movies?
TOP 21:
Q & A
Nick Nolte as: Captain Michael Brennan
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1990
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Armand Assante movies?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1990
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Armand Assante movies?
TOP 20:
The Prince of Tides
Nick Nolte as: Tom Wingo
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1991
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Melinda Dillon movies?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1991
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Melinda Dillon movies?
TOP 19:
Who'll Stop the Rain
Nick Nolte as: Ray Hicks
Genre: Crime, Thriller, War
Release: 1978
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Tuesday Weld movies?
Genre: Crime, Thriller, War
Release: 1978
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Tuesday Weld movies?
TOP 18:
North Dallas Forty
Nick Nolte as: Phillip Elliott
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1979
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Charles Durning movies?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1979
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Charles Durning movies?
TOP 17:
U Turn
Nick Nolte as: Jake McKenna
Genre: Thriller
Release: 1997
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ilia Volok movies?
Genre: Thriller
Release: 1997
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ilia Volok movies?
TOP 16:
48 Hrs.
Nick Nolte as: Jack Cates
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1982
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Chris Mulkey movies?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1982
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Chris Mulkey movies?
TOP 15:
Tropic Thunder
Nick Nolte as: Four Leaf Tayback
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Release: 2008
Vietnam veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film, but Director Damien Cockburn can’t control the cast of prima donnas. Behind schedule and over budget, Cockburn is ordered by a studio executive to get filming back on track, or risk its cancellation. On Tayback's advice, Cockburn drops the actors into the middle of the jungle to film the remaining scenes but, unbeknownst to the actors and production, the group have been dropped in the middle of the Golden Triangle, the home of heroin-producing gangs.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best David Pressman movies?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Release: 2008
Vietnam veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film, but Director Damien Cockburn can’t control the cast of prima donnas. Behind schedule and over budget, Cockburn is ordered by a studio executive to get filming back on track, or risk its cancellation. On Tayback's advice, Cockburn drops the actors into the middle of the jungle to film the remaining scenes but, unbeknownst to the actors and production, the group have been dropped in the middle of the Golden Triangle, the home of heroin-producing gangs.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best David Pressman movies?
TOP 14:
Neverwas
Nick Nolte as: T. L. Pierson
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Release: 2005
Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood'. What he doesnt reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), spent many years of his life.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jessica Lange movies?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Release: 2005
Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood'. What he doesnt reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), spent many years of his life.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jessica Lange movies?
TOP 13:
Clean
Nick Nolte as: Albrecht Hauser
Genre: Drama
Release: 2004
After losing her husband to a heroin overdose, Emily Wang fights to overcome her own addictions and to be reconciled with her estranged son.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mykelti Williamson movies?
Genre: Drama
Release: 2004
After losing her husband to a heroin overdose, Emily Wang fights to overcome her own addictions and to be reconciled with her estranged son.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mykelti Williamson movies?
TOP 12:
Paris, Je T'Aime
Original Title: Paris, je t'aime
Nick Nolte as: Vincent (Parc Monceau)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2006
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Nick Nolte as: Vincent (Parc Monceau)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2006
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
TOP 11:
Under Fire
Nick Nolte as: Russell Price
Genre: Drama, War
Release: 1983
Three U.S. journalists (Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman) get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
Genre: Drama, War
Release: 1983
Three U.S. journalists (Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman) get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
TOP 10:
Head Full of Honey
Genre: Drama
Release: 2018
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.
Release: 2018
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.
TOP 9:
Electra Glide in Blue
Nick Nolte as: Hippie Kid
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1973
A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1973
A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.
TOP 8:
Lorenzo's Oil
Nick Nolte as: Augusto Odone
Genre: Drama
Release: 1992
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7, until he started experiencing blackouts, memory lapses and other strange mental phenomena. Eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD—an extremely rare and incurable degenerative brain disorders—his parents, frustrated at the failings of conventional medicine, start their quest for an unothadox treatment.
Genre: Drama
Release: 1992
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7, until he started experiencing blackouts, memory lapses and other strange mental phenomena. Eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD—an extremely rare and incurable degenerative brain disorders—his parents, frustrated at the failings of conventional medicine, start their quest for an unothadox treatment.
TOP 7:
And the Oscar Goes To...
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Release: 2014
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Release: 2014
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
TOP 6:
Cape Fear
Nick Nolte as: Sam Bowden
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 1991
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 1991
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
TOP 5:
The Player
Nick Nolte as: Nick Nolte
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1992
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1992
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
TOP 4:
Peaceful Warrior
Nick Nolte as: Socrates
Genre: Drama
Release: 2006
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Genre: Drama
Release: 2006
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
TOP 3:
The Thin Red Line
Nick Nolte as: Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 1998
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 1998
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
TOP 2:
Hotel Rwanda
Nick Nolte as: Colonel Oliver
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 2004
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 2004
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
TOP 1:
Warrior
Nick Nolte as: Paddy Conlon
Genre: Action, Drama
Release: 2011
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
Genre: Action, Drama
Release: 2011
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
If you like the best Nick Nolte movies, then you will also like the best Jonathan Banks movies, where many of their films coincide.
