Napoleon (2023)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett, Mark Bonnar, Paul Rhys
Director: Ridley Scott
Beau Is Afraid / Disappointment Blvd. (2023)
Comedy | Drama | Horror
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Denis Ménochet
Director: Ari Aster
Her (2013)
Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Sam Jaeger
Director: Spike Jonze
We Own the Night (2007)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A New York City nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian Mafia hitmen.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Antoni Corone, Paul Herman
Director: James Gray
C'mon C'mon (2021)
Drama
When his sister asks him to look after her son, a radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his energetic nephew to show him life away from Los Angeles.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Woody Norman, Scoot McNairy, Molly Webster, Jaboukie Young-White
Director: Mike Mills
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller | War
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Peña
Director: Gregor Jordan
Joker (2019)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Marc Maron, Shea Whigham
Director: Todd Phillips
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Western
In 1850s Oregon, a gold prospector is chased by the infamous duo of assassins, the Sisters brothers.
Starring: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
Director: Jacques Audiard
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Udo Kier, Carrie Brownstein, Carrie Brownstein
Director: Gus Van Sant
Russkies (1987)
Drama
A group of American boys and a shipwrecked Russian sailor become friends in the midst of the Cold War.
Starring: Whip Hubley, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley, Stefan DeSalle, Susan Walters, Patrick Kilpatrick
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Mary Magdalene (2018)
Drama
The story of Mary Magdalene.
Starring: Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahim, Ariane Labed, Ryan Corr
Director: Garth Davis
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola, Alex Manette, John Doman, Judith Roberts
Director: Lynne Ramsay
8MM (1999)
Mystery | Thriller
A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald, Chris Bauer
Director: Joel Schumacher
Irrational Man (2015)
Drama | Mystery
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
Starring: Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, Jamie Blackley
Director: Woody Allen
Inherent Vice (2014)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Set in 1960s Los Angeles, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates a kidnapping case. Based on the novel written by Thomas Pynchon.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jena Malone, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Benicio del Toro
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Inherent Vice (2014)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Set in 1960s Los Angeles, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates a kidnapping case. Based on the novel written by Thomas Pynchon.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jena Malone, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Signs (2002)
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
From M. Night Shyamalan, the writer and director of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, comes the story of the Hess family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. One morning they wake up to find a 500- foot crop circle in their backyard. Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his family are told extraterrestrials are responsible for the sign in their field. They watch the news as crop circles are soon found all over the world. Signs is an emotional story of one farm as they encounter the possibility the world is being invaded.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, M. Night Shyamalan
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
The Immigrant (2013)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, Dagmara Dominczyk, Dylan Hartigan
Director: James Gray
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Biography | Drama | History | War
Ten years ago, as the country of Rwanda descended into madness, one man made a promise to protect the family he loved–and ended up finding the courage to save over 1200 people. Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in Rwanda, secretly used his position and intelligence to shelter over a thousand refugees during the genocide crisis.
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte
Director: Terry George
Quills (2000)
Biography | Drama
The infamous writer, The Marquis de Sade of 18th Century France, is imprisoned for unmentionable activities at Charanton Insane Asylum. He manages to befriend the young Abbe de Coulmier, who runs the asylum, along with a beautiful laundress named Madeline. Things go terribly wrong when the Abbe finds out that the Marquis' books are being secretly published. Emperor Napoleon contemplates sending Dr. Royer-Collard to oversee the asylum, a man famed for his torturous punishments. It could mean the end of Charanton and possibly the Marquis himself.
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw
Director: Philip Kaufman
