Easter Sunday (2022)
Comedy
Set around a family gathering to celebrate Easter Sunday, the comedy is based on Jo Koy's life experiences and stand-up comedy.
Starring: Jo Koy, Eugene Cordero, Tia Carrere, Asif Ali, Lou Diamond Phillips, Lydia Gaston
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Adverse (2020)
Crime | Thriller
A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.
Starring: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Astin, Penelope Ann Miller, Mickey Rourke
Director: Brian A. Metcalf
Sky (2015)
Drama | Romance
Romy is on holiday in the USA with her French husband, Richard. But the journey quickly turns into a settling of old scores for this worn out couple. After an ultimate fight, Romy decides to break free. She cuts off her ties to a stable and secure life that has become alienating and escapes to the unknown.
Starring: Diane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Gilles Lellouche, Lena Dunham, Q'orianka Kilcher, Lou Diamond Phillips
Director: Fabienne Berthaud
Termination Point (2007)
Sci-Fi | Thriller
Top secret government experiments with time travel have been shut down and declared as too dangerous to continue. The lead scientist has disappeared with the technology and a government manhunt is underway. When his name appears on an airline manifest after the flight has departed, the government orders the plane to turn back. But the plane drops from the radar, disappearing into thin air! As special agents try to locate the plane, scientists must deal with the repercussions from the time ripples that threaten to destroy the Earth.
Starring: Jason Priestley, Lou Diamond Phillips, Garwin Sanford, Gary Hudson, Stefanie von Pfetten, Michael Eklund
Director: Jason Bourque
A Show of Force (1990)
Drama | Thriller
An American journalist in Puerto Rico in 1978 investigates the death of nationalists who may have been murdered by the police.
Starring: Amy Irving, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Duvall, Kevin Spacey, Erik Estrada
Director: Bruno Barreto
Big Kill (2018)
Action | Western
A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boom town gone bust called Big Kill.
Starring: Christoph Sanders, Jason Patric, Michael Paré, Lou Diamond Phillips, Danny Trejo
Director: Scott Martin
Sioux City (1994)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller. Because of his upbringing, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman knows almost nothing of Native American traditions. He is doing his internship when he suddenly receives an amulet from the Lakota reservation in Sioux City. It is from his real mother. Jesse's curiosity is piqued, and he immediately travels to his birthplace to learn why she sent it. Unfortunately, by the time he arrives, his mother's body is discovered in the smoldering wreckage of her home. She was shot before she was burned. Jesse's investigation into her death is not welcomed by the local captain of police and his assistant. He is almost beaten to death but is saved by his grandfather, a shaman, and a Lakota woman. The newly healed Jesse begins to explore his tribe's customs. He then contacts his mother's spirit and she leads him to the film's conclusion.
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Bill Allen, Tantoo Cardinal, Gary Farmer, John Dye, Ralph Waite
Director: Lou Diamond Phillips
The 33 (2015)
Biography | Drama | History
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mario Casas
Director: Patricia Riggen
Bats (1999)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Swarms of genetically altered bats blaze a path of terror through a sleepy Texas town. The only hope to stop the growing tide of devastation is a zoologist who studies bats, her assistant, and the local sheriff.
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon
Director: Louis Morneau
Brokedown Palace / Two Girls (1999)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
In this riveting thriller, Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale star as two best friends whose dream vacation becomes a nightmare. Alice (Danes) is impulsive and reckless; Darlene (Beckinsale) is more reserved. But when each falls for the same mysterious man, both girls throw caution to the wind, and in one instant, their lives are changed forever. Now in a foreign land, they must prove their innocence before it's too late.
Starring: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Lou Diamond Phillips, Daniel Lapaine, Aimee Graham
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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
Sanitarium (2013)
Thriller
Three stories of the mentally ill: 1. Artist begins taking orders from the dolls he exhibits. 2. Eight year old boy, cruel father, concerned teacher and hallucinatory monster come into conflict. 3. Professor convinced of the Mayan apocalypse prophesies, builds bomb shelter to save his family.
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Lou Diamond Phillips, John Glover, Robert Englund, David Mazouz, Lacey Chabert, Mayra Leal
Director: Bryan Ortiz, Bryan Ramirez, Kerry Valderrama
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Filly Brown (2013)
Drama | Music
A promising hip-hop rhymer from Los Angeles finds herself in a gray area when a record producer offers her a compromising shot at stardom.
Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, Emilio Rivera, Noel Gugliemi, Jenni Rivera
Director: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos
Young Guns (1988)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | Western
The year is 1878, Lincoln County. John Tunstall, a British ranchowner, hires six rebellious boys as "regulators" to protect his ranch against the ruthless Santa Fe Ring. When Tunstall is killed in an ambush, the Regulators, led by the wild-tempered Billy the Kid (Estevez), declare war on the Ring. As their vendetta turns into a bloody rampage, they are branded outlaws, becoming the objects of the largest manhunt in Western history.
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Jack Palance
Director: Christopher Cain
Disorganized Crime (1989)
Action | Comedy | Crime
This movie places some top thiefs, looking to steal money from a bank. The All-Star cast has many blunders on the way. Meanwhile a member of their group is missing and two cops chase after him.
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rubén Blades, William Russ, Corbin Bernsen, Hoyt Axton, Ed O'Neill
Director: Jim Kouf
Metal Tornado (2011)
Action | Sci-Fi
Metal objects are consumed by magnetic tornadoes wreaking havoc everywhere. No one seems able to stop them.
Starring: Greg Evigan, Nicole de Boer, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sophie Gendron, John Maclaren, Alexis Maitland
Director: Gordon Yang
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Action | Drama | Mystery | War
When Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) is asked to review the posthumous candidacy of the first woman (Meg Ryan) to receive a medal of honor, he finds himself plunged into an apparent cover-up surrounding the actions that led to her death. As he struggles to uncover the truth, he also finds himself forced to confront his own tormenting demons. Matt Damon co-stars in this powerful and provocative drama.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon
Director: Edward Zwick
