Reptile (2023)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Tom Nichols is a hardened New England detective, unflinching in his pursuit of a case where nothing is as it seems and it begins to dismantle the illusions in his own life.
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, Ato Essandoh
Director: Grant Singer
The French Dispatch (2021)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet
Director: Wes Anderson
No Sudden Move (2021)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.
Starring: Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Ray Liotta , Jon Hamm, Brendan Fraser, Kieran Culkin
Director: Steven Soderbergh
The Wolfman (2010)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Emily Blunt, Gemma Whelan, Simon Merrells, Anthony Hopkins, Hugo Weaving
Director: Joe Johnston
Money for Nothing (1993)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
An unemployed man finds a money bag of $1.2 million after it dropped off an armored car.
Starring: John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Maury Chaykin
Director: Ramón Menéndez
Sicario: Day of the Soldado / Soldado / Sicario 2: Soldado (2018)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Catherine Keener, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
Director: Stefano Sollima
China Moon (1994)
Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle reluctantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Starring: Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Charles Dance, Benicio del Toro, Patricia Healy, Tim Powell
Director: John Bailey
A Perfect Day (2015)
Drama
A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Mélanie Thierry
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
The 88th Annual Academy Awards 2016 (TV 2016)
Awards
The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, having begun at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by David Hill and Reginald Hudlin and directed by Glenn Weiss. Actor Chris Rock hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 77th ceremony held in 2005. In related events, the Academy held its 7th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 14, 2015. On February 13, 2016, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Olivia Munn and Jason Segel. Mad Max: Fury Road won six awards, the most for the evening, and The Revenant won three out of 12 total nominations. Other winners include Spotlight, which won two, including Best Picture, with A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, Amy, Bear Story, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, The Danish Girl, Ex Machina, The Hateful Eight, Inside Out, Room, Son of Saul, Spectre, and Stutterer each winning one.
Starring: Margot Robbie, Olivia Munn, Eddie Redmayne, Benicio Del Toro, Charlize Theron, Ryan Gosling, Jacob Tremblay, Jared Leto, Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Lady Gaga, Priyanka Chopra, Steve Carell, Kevin Hart, Tina Fey
Basquiat / Build a Fort, Set It on Fire (1996)
Biography | Drama
BASQUIAT chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of the gifted and charismatic young New York artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, as he emerged from the streets of the East Village to become an internationally renowned sensation.
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Claire Forlani, Michael Wincott, Benicio del Toro, Gary Oldman
Director: Julian Schnabel
Sicario (2015)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jon Bernthal, Victor Garber, Jeffrey Donovan
Director: Denis Villeneuve
The Little Prince / Le Petit Prince (2015)
Animation | Fantasy
From Mark Osborne comes the first-ever animated feature film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's iconic masterpiece, The Little Prince. At the heart of it all is The Little Girl, who's being prepared by her mother for the very grown-up world in which they live – only to be interrupted by her eccentric, kind-hearted neighbor, The Aviator. The Aviator introduces his new friend to an extraordinary world where anything is possible. A world that he himself was initiated into long ago by The Little Prince. It's here that The Little Girl's magical and emotional journey into her own imagination – and into the universe of The Little Prince – begins. And it's where The Little Girl rediscovers her childhood and learns that ultimately, it's human connections that matter most, and that what's truly essential can only be seen with the heart.
Starring: Mackenzie Foy, Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Benicio del Toro, Marion Cotillard, James Franco
Director: Mark Osborne
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
Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
Romance | Thriller
In Colombia, a young surfer meets the woman of his dreams – and then he meets her uncle, Pablo Escobar.
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Benicio del Toro, Brady Corbet, Claudia Traisac, Laura Londoño, Carlos Bardem
Director: Andrea Di Stefano
The Fan (1996)
Action | Drama | Sport | Thriller
When the San Francisco Giants pay centerfielder Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan Gil Renard (Robert De Niro). So when Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard stops at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory… not even murder.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Mulkey
Director: Tony Scott
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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Fearless (1993)
Drama
San Francisco architect Max Klein miraculously survives a plane crash and emerges a changed man. When Max's bizarre behavior alienates his wife and son, an airline psychiatrist puts Max in touch with guilt-ridden fellow crash survivor Carla Rodrigo, who lost her 2-year-old in the disaster. Working together, can Max and Carla find their way back to emotional equilibrium?
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, John Turturro, Tom Hulce, Benicio del Toro
Director: Peter Weir
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Adventure | Comedy
Journalist Raoul Duke and his lawyer Dr. Gonzo drive from LA to Las Vegas on a drugs binge. They nominally cover news stories, including a convention on drug abuse, but also sink deeper into a frightening psychedelic otherworld. As Vietnam, Altamont and the Tate killings impinge from the world of TV news, Duke and Gonzo see casinos, reptiles and the American dream.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci
Narrator: Johnny Depp
Director: Terry Gilliam
Savages (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry – raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia. Life is idyllic in their Southern California town….until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them. When the merciless head of the BC, Elena, and her brutal enforcer, Lado, underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon – with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent – wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel.
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Travolta
Director: Oliver Stone
Snatch (2000)
Crime | Thriller
When a dizzying robbery takes place in the Orthodox Jewish diamond district, a flawless 86- carat gem, the size of an infant's fist, is lifted in the snatch. Taking it to London, the diamond's thief and courier, Franky Four Fingers arrives in the city as a stopover en route to New York to deliver the huge diamond to his bigwig crime boss, Avi. But because Franky can't resist temptation and London is a town with its share of illegal trade, a small crowd of miscreants and malefactors eventually ends up chasing each other and the whereabouts of the diamond. These include: Doug the Head, a jeweler who pretends he's Jewish because it's good for business; Boris the Blade, a Russian gangster with a deserved reputation for being impossible to kill; Bullet Tooth Tony, a legendary hard guy and Brick Top, perhaps the scariest of the lot.
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Serbedzija, Jason Statham, Alan Ford, Mike Reid, Jason Flemyng
Director: Guy Ritchie
