Best Chris Penn movies
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TOP 25:
Fist of the North Star
Chris Penn as: Jackal
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 1995
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual guidance of his dead father, Kenshiro fights to free his stolen love from the brutal tyrant Lord Shin. Through his struggle he must confront his destiny.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Chikao Ohtsuka movies?
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 1995
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual guidance of his dead father, Kenshiro fights to free his stolen love from the brutal tyrant Lord Shin. Through his struggle he must confront his destiny.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Chikao Ohtsuka movies?
TOP 24:
Stealing Harvard
Chris Penn as: David Loach
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Release: 2002
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Tammy Blanchard movies?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Release: 2002
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Tammy Blanchard movies?
TOP 23:
Masked and Anonymous
Chris Penn as: Crew Guy #2
Genre: Drama, Music
Release: 2003
Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.
Genre: Drama, Music
Release: 2003
Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.
TOP 22:
Beethoven's 2nd
Chris Penn as: Floyd
Genre: Family, Comedy
Release: 1993
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem is that Missy's owner, Regina, wants to sell the puppies and tear the clan apart. It's up to Beethoven and the Newton kids to save the day and keep everyone together.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Nicholle Tom movies?
Genre: Family, Comedy
Release: 1993
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem is that Missy's owner, Regina, wants to sell the puppies and tear the clan apart. It's up to Beethoven and the Newton kids to save the day and keep everyone together.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Nicholle Tom movies?
TOP 21:
The Darwin Awards
Chris Penn as: Tom
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Adventure
Release: 2006
After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becomes an investigator for an insurance company and joins forces with a cynical field agent to probe suspicious and unusual deaths.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Julianna Margulies movies?
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Adventure
Release: 2006
After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becomes an investigator for an insurance company and joins forces with a cynical field agent to probe suspicious and unusual deaths.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Julianna Margulies movies?
TOP 20:
All the Right Moves
Chris Penn as: Brian Riley
Genre: Romance, Drama
Release: 1983
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Terry O'Quinn movies?
Genre: Romance, Drama
Release: 1983
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Terry O'Quinn movies?
TOP 19:
Starsky & Hutch
Chris Penn as: Manetti
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 2004
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best David Pressman movies?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 2004
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best David Pressman movies?
TOP 18:
Best of the Best 2
Chris Penn as: Travis Brickley
Genre: Action, Thriller
Release: 1993
In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to avenge their friend's death by defeating Brakus and shutting down the fight club.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Eric Roberts movies?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Release: 1993
In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to avenge their friend's death by defeating Brakus and shutting down the fight club.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Eric Roberts movies?
TOP 17:
Mulholland Falls
Chris Penn as: Arthur Relyea
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Release: 1996
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Rob Lowe movies?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Release: 1996
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Rob Lowe movies?
TOP 16:
Deceiver
Chris Penn as: Detective Phillip Braxton
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1997
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Karina Logue movies?
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1997
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Karina Logue movies?
TOP 15:
Murder by Numbers
Chris Penn as: Ray Feathers
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2002
Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Brian Stepanek movies?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2002
Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Brian Stepanek movies?
TOP 14:
After the Sunset
Chris Penn as: Rowdy Fan
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release: 2004
An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Robert Curtis Brown movies?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release: 2004
An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Robert Curtis Brown movies?
TOP 13:
Mobsters
Chris Penn as: Tommy Reina
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1991
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Sami Bouajila movies?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1991
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Sami Bouajila movies?
TOP 12:
The Wild Life
Chris Penn as: Tom Drake (as Christopher Penn)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1984
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Eric Stoltz movies?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1984
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Eric Stoltz movies?
TOP 11:
Best of the Best
Chris Penn as: Travis Brickley
Genre: Action
Release: 1989
A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?
Genre: Action
Release: 1989
A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?
TOP 10:
Footloose
Chris Penn as: Willard Hewitt
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1984
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1984
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
TOP 9:
The Funeral
Chris Penn as: Chez Tempio
Genre: Crime
Release: 1996
The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of flashbacks.
Genre: Crime
Release: 1996
The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of flashbacks.
TOP 8:
At Close Range
Chris Penn as: Thomas "Tommy" Whitewood
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1986
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man. Inspired by the real events that led to the end of the Johnston Gang, who operated in the northeastern United States in the 1970s.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1986
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man. Inspired by the real events that led to the end of the Johnston Gang, who operated in the northeastern United States in the 1970s.
TOP 7:
Rush Hour
Chris Penn as: Clive Cod
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Release: 1998
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Release: 1998
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
TOP 6:
Rumble Fish
Chris Penn as: B.J. Jackson
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 1983
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 1983
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
TOP 5:
Pale Rider
Chris Penn as: Josh LaHood
Genre: Western
Release: 1985
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Genre: Western
Release: 1985
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
TOP 4:
Short Cuts
Chris Penn as: Jerry Kaiser
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1993
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1993
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
TOP 3:
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Chris Penn as: Sheriff Dollard
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1995
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows the local homophobic rednecks that appearing different doesn't mean they don't have humanity in common.
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1995
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows the local homophobic rednecks that appearing different doesn't mean they don't have humanity in common.
TOP 2:
True Romance
Chris Penn as: Nicky Dimes
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Release: 1993
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Release: 1993
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
TOP 1:
Reservoir Dogs
Chris Penn as: "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 1992
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 1992
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
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