Baby's Day Out (1994)
Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Family
After three kidnappers lose the baby they have kidnapped, both the cops and kidnappers go looking for the baby.
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Haley, Cynthia Nixon, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Neville
Director: Patrick Read Johnson
Feast of the Seven Fishes / 7 Fishes & Christmas 83' (2019)
Comedy
A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past, and seek love in the future.
Starring: Skyler Gisondo, Madison Iseman, Josh Helman, Addison Timlin, Joe Pantoliano, Paul Ben-Victor, Ray Abruzzo
Director: Robert Tinnell
Lake Placid: Legacy (2018)
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Legacy finds the team of young explorers out to reveal the secrets of an area removed from modern day maps and hidden behind electric fences. However, once they reach the center of the lake, they discover an island that harbors an abandoned facility with a horrific legacy: the island is home to a deadly predator eager to feast on those dumb enough to ignore the warnings. But before they can turn back, our hapless heroes get dragged into a battle for their lives — and will need to work together if they hope to survive.
Starring: Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon, Sai Bennett, Luke Newton, Craig Stein, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Darrell Roodt
Just Getting Started (2017)
Action | Comedy
A two-hander action comedy in the vein of Midnight Run, about an ex-F.B.I. Agent and an ex-mob lawyer in the Witness Protection Program having to put aside their petty rivalry on the golf course to fend off a mob hit.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo, Joe Pantoliano, Glenne Headly, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Director: Ron Shelton
Wedding Daze / The Pleasure of Your Company (2006)
Comedy | Romance
This is a comedy that shows us that love has nothing to do with perfection. After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that they both have been looking for all along.
Starring: Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher, Michael Weston, Mather Zickel, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Michael Ian Black
Random Tropical Paradise (2017)
Comedy
Harry Fluder's life was working out exactly as planned: great job, loyal friends, and the perfect fiancee – until he caught his perfect fiancee having sex with one of his loyal friends at their wedding. With the wedding cancelled and honeymoon already paid for, Bowie, Harry's best man, convinces Harry to take him along on a "homie-moon." What is supposed to be a refreshing weekend of rest and relaxation turns into an all-out bonkers adventure of epic proportions of sex, drugs, and mafia intrigue. Kyle Kinane, Spencer Grammer, Joe Pantoliano, Brittany Furlan and more round out this madcap comedy's stellar cast.
Starring: Bryan Greenberg, Brooks Wheelan, Spencer Grammer, Joe Pantoliano, Beth Littleford, Brittany Furlan, Kyle Kinane, Jessica Lowe, Ayden Mayeri, Caitlin McHugh, Alphonso McAuley, Owen Harn
Director: Sanjeev Sirpal
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Midnight Run (1988)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Martin Brest
Bound (1996)
Crime | Romance | Thriller
Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni, Richard C. Sarafian
Director: Lana Wachowski
Downtown (1990)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
Police Officer Alex Kearney works in a rich, plush suburb of Philadelphia. When he stops an important businessman and his story of the incident is not believed, he is sent to work Downtown, the most dangerous, crime-filled precinct in the city.
Starring: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Art Evans
Director: Richard Benjamin
The Squeeze (1987)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller
Artistic con man Harry teams up with lady detective Rachel Dobs to trick a corrupt TV lottery-show host into revealing how he has been rigging the contest to benefit the Mob.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Rae Dawn Chong, Joe Pantoliano, Danny Aiello III, Ronald Guttman, Paul Herman
Director: Roger Young
The Identical (2014)
Drama | Music
In 1936, William and Helen Hemsley welcome identical twin boys into the world. But their joy is quickly tempered by a sobering realization; how could they give these children any kind of a life beyond the desperate poverty that haunted many families in the midst of the Great Depression? When evangelist Reece Wade reveals that he and his wife Louise cannot have children, William feels the Lord's prompting to give them one of the infant boys. Both brothers are born with passion, drive and awesome musical talent, but take very separate, yet converging paths. Drexel Hemsley rises like a comet and changes the music world forever. His adopted brother, Ryan Wade struggles to find the purpose for his life. All the way into manhood he wrestles with pleasing Reverend Wade, his loving but controlling father, who is convinced his son Ryan is called into the ministry.
Starring: Seth Green, Ashley Judd, Joe Pantoliano, Erin Cottrell, Amanda Crew, Brian Geraghty
Director: Dustin Marcellino
The Moguls / The Amateurs (2005)
Comedy
In a nothing bar in a small, nowhere industrial town, sits Andy – a nice guy down on his luck. Jobs have come and gone. Crazy moneymaking enterprises have crumbled to dust. His ex-wife has married a rich guy who can buy his only son all the things that Andy can't afford. All Andy's got is a bunch of loving loser friends and a desire to do something to change his destiny. Staring morosely at the small ads in the town paper it comes to him in a flash – he'll make a porno film! With his friends!
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson, William Fichtner, Patrick Fugit, Lauren Graham, Glenne Headly, Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Director: Michael Traeger
La Bamba (1987)
Biography | Drama | Music
This is the true story of Ritchie Valens, a young rock & roll singer who tragically died in a plane crash at the age of 17. The film follows Ritchie from his days in Pacoima, California where he and his family make a meager living working on farms to his rise as a star. The film also focuses on Richie's friendship and rivalry with his older brother Bob and his relationship with Donna, his girlfriend.
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano, Marshall Crenshaw, Howard Huntsberry, Brian Setzer
Director: Luis Valdez
The Fugitive (1993)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Harrison Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime. Tommy Lee Jones is Sam Gerard, an unrelenting bloodhound of a U.S. Marshal. They are hunter and hunted. And as directed by Andrew Davis (Under Siege), their nonstop chase has one exhilarating speed: all-out.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Jeroen Krabbé, Julianne Moore
Director: Andrew Davis
The Last of the Finest (1990)
Action | Crime | Drama
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton, Michael C. Gwynne
Director: John Mackenzie
Falling Up (2009)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A nursing student (Cross) forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents (Roemer).
Starring: Joseph Cross, Sarah Roemer, Snoop Dogg, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mimi Rogers, Annette O'Toole, Frances Shaw, Joe Pantoliano
Director: David M. Rosenthal
Black and White (1999)
Crime | Drama | Music
Set in New York City, Black and White features several losely related stories centering on a pair of documentary filmmakers, Sam and her husband Terry, in following a group of caucasian teens, Raven, Charlie, Will, Marty, Wren and others who try to fit in with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd who include gangster rapper Rich Bower and his music partner Cigar in landing a recording gig, as well as college basketball player Dean who is conflicted on taking a fall on a game for shady gambler Mark Clear who has hidden agenda for Dean and Rich.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gaby Hoffmann, Allan Houston, Jared Leto, Method Man, Joe Pantoliano, Bijou Phillips, Oliver Grant, Raekwon, Claudia Schiffer, William Lee Scott, Brooke Shields, Mike Tyson, Elijah Wood, Ben Stiller
Director: James Toback
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi
After his successful night club is blown to flaming bits, Pluto and his band travel across the moon looking for clues as to who is behind the arson. Along with Bruno and Dina, Pluto visits a seedy motel, his secret hide out and the casino of the most powerful man on the moon searching for the evil doer, only to find out that the destruction of his club may have been his own fault.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jay Mohr, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Luis Guzmán
Director: Ron Underwood
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Drama | History | War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.
Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips
Director: Steven Spielberg
Risky Business (1983)
Comedy | Drama
Racy suburban comedy about a party-loving teen who is living the high life while his parents are out of town until a mishap with his father's Porsche requires some quick cash. The enterprising youth turns pimp and starts an escort service for his slavering chums. But things get complicated when business booms and he falls for one of his "employees."
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Curtis Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot, Raphael Sbarge, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Paul Brickman
