Movies directed by Curtis Hanson

Biography: 
After small films like "The Bedroom Window (1987)", and "The Sweet Kill (1972)", Director Curtis Hanson went on to direct major motion features including "Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)" and "River Wild (1994)". Taking time in between his movies, he also directed Academy Award Winner "L.A. Confidential (1997)". Sticking his sights on another city, Hanson was critically aclaimed for directing Em ...  show all 

In Her Shoes (2005)

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Cameron Diaz | Anson Mount | Toni Collette | Richard Burgi | Candice Bergen | Brooke Smith | John Mastrangelo Sr. | Emilio Mignucci | Mark Feuerstein | Terrance Christopher Jones | Nicole Randall Johnson | Kateri DeMartino | Brandon Karrer | Jon Ingrassia | Jason Peck
Directors: Curtis Hanson
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Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad’s house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose’s apartment. Then, while searching in her father’s desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well.

Lucky You (2007)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Eric Bana | Horatio Sanz | Drew Barrymore | Joey Kern | Debra Messing | Jean Smart | Charles Martin Smith | Robert Duvall | Robert Downey Jr. | Yetta Gottesman | Saverio Guerra | Danny Hoch | Kenny Cau | Lindsay MacFarland | Bill May
Directors: Curtis Hanson
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A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.

The River Wild (1994)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Meryl Streep | Stephanie Sawyer | Joseph Mazzello | David Strathairn | Elizabeth Hoffman | Victor Galloway | Kevin Bacon | John C. Reilly | William Lucking | Diane Delano | Thomas F. Duffy | Benjamin Bratt | Paul Cantelon | Glenn Morshower
Directors: Curtis Hanson
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Gail (Meryl Streep) is a professional at water rafting. She twigs every day, and she is in a very good shape. She takes her family, one day, to a rafting trip down the river, but she has no idea that the planed trip is about to become a nightmare. Two escaping robbers with a handgun, meet the family in the way, and join them to the trip. Only later the Gail realize that their new friends are dangerous criminals, but it’s too late. The two men force them to stay together, and to keep cruising down the river. The family’s life are risked not only by the 2 men, but also by the river which becomes more stormy and wilder.

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Spacey | Russell Crowe | Guy Pearce | James Cromwell | Kim Basinger | Danny DeVito | David Strathairn | Adam Rifkin | Matt McCoy | Paul Guilfoyle | Paolo Seganti | Graham Beckel | Sandra Taylor | Steve Rankin | Elisabeth Granli
Directors: Curtis Hanson
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1950’s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

8 Mile (2002)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Eminem | Kim Basinger | Mekhi Phifer | Brittany Murphy | Evan Jones | Omar Benson Miller | De'Angelo Wilson | Eugene Byrd | Taryn Manning | Larry Hudson | Proof | Mike Bell | DJ Head | Michael Shannon | Chloe Greenfield
Directors: Curtis Hanson
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A rap version of “Saturday Night Fever.” B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit’s 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she’s pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom’s trailer; his job’s a dead end, and he’s just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex - an aspiring model headed for New York - and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn’t faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he’s mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?