John McTiernanFilmography

Born:: January 8, 1951 in Albany, NY
Occupation:: Director, Producer
Biography:: A master craftsman notable for his almost Hitchcockian ability to create suspense and keep action moving at an exhilarating pace, director John McTiernan began his involved with theatrical arts early in life. His father was an opera singer, and McTiernan made his theatrical debut at age seven...Read More

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Crew: Director

Actors: Thomas Jane

Synopsis: An Interpol agent in pursuit of a fast-driving murder suspect uncovers a far-reaching fraud conspiracy in this peddle-to-the-metal actioner directed by Die Hard action specialist John McTiernan and starring Thomas Jane. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2008
Live Free or Die Hard

Crew: Producer

Actors: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis, Maggie Q

Synopsis: An old-fashioned cop emerges to foil a high-tech attack on the country's computer infrastructure as Bruce Willis brings back one of the biggest action franchises in screen history. It's been over a decade since audiences last saw New York cop John McClane (Willis), but now, as the world's greatest Read More

6/27/07
Basic

Crew: Director

Actors: John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt, Taye Diggs

Synopsis: The disappearance of a military leader and the death of four of his men leads two investigators to wade through a morass of deceptions and half-truths in search of the facts in this thriller. Sgt. Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson) is the leader of an elite team of U.S. Army Special Forces operatives Read More

3/28/03
Rollerball

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, Naveen Andrews

Synopsis: This remake of the classic 1975 science fiction film follows the same basic story line but focuses far more on the sports action of the fictional game at its center. Chris Klein stars as all-American athlete Jonathan Cross, the most popular player of "Rollerball," a violent 21st century sport Read More

2/8/02
The 13th Warrior

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhoi, Vladimir Kulich, Omar Sharif

Synopsis: A cultured diplomat joins a band of savage warriors in time to meet an even more fearsome enemy in this historical adventure. In 922 A.D., Ibn Fadlan (Antonio Banderas) is a Muslim emissary from Baghdad en route to meet with the King of Saqaliba when he is captured by a gang of Vikings. While Ibn Read More

8/27/99
The Thomas Crown Affair

Crew: Director

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Ben Gazzara, Frankie R. Faison, Fritz Weaver, Faye Dunaway

Synopsis: When a priceless Monet painting is stolen from a leading New York art gallery, the police find themselves wondering which world-class art thief pulled the job. What they don't know is that the thief wasn't a professional, but an amateur. Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) was born poor but made his way Read More

8/6/99
The Directors: John McTiernan

Actors: John McTiernan

Synopsis: This video profiles the career of director John McTiernan from his breakthrough, Die Hard, to his big-budget 2001 update of Rollerball. Alec Balwin, Carl Weathers, and Bruce Willis are interviewed. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

1997
The Right to Remain Silent

Crew: Producer

Actors: Lea Thompson, Robert Loggia, Judge Reinhold, Laura San Giacomo, Patrick Dempsey

Synopsis: In this police actioner, a brand-new lady cop's lack of enthusiasm at getting a job behind a criminal processing desk instead of on the streets proves unfounded. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
Die Hard With a Vengeance

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp

Synopsis: Bruce Willis returns as misfit cop John McClane in the third film in the Die Hard series. McClane has fallen on hard times; after moving to New York City and breaking up with his wife, he's developed a drinking problem and has been suspended from the NYPD. However, his past comes back to haunt him Read More

1995
Last Action Hero

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Frank McRae, Anthony Quinn, Charles Dance, Mercedes Ruehl

Synopsis: Arnold Schwarzenegger appears as a pumped-up Shakespearian hero while an announcer bellows, "Something is rotten in Denmark -- and Hamlet is taking out the trash!" This gag sets the stage for the post-modernist action epic The Last Action Hero. The film concerns Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien), a Read More

1993
Medicine Man

Crew: Director

Actors: Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, Jose Wilker, Rodolfo de Alexandra, Angelo Barra Moreira

Synopsis: The Amazon rain forest is a living laboratory for Dr. Robert Campbell (Sean Connery), a reclusive research scientist living with a Brazilian native tribe. Campbell has accidentally discovered a flower extract that cures cancer, but has been unable to duplicate the formula. With the assistance of Read More

2/7/92
The Flight of the Intruder

Crew: Producer

Actors: Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Brad Johnson, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: Two pilots go against the rule book in a bid to win the war in Viet Nam in this speculative military drama. Lieutenant Jake Grafton (Brad Johnson) is a U.S. Navy pilot stationed aboard an aircraft carrier after the death of his one-time flying partner Morgan McPherson (Christopher Rich), who Read More

1/18/91
The Hunt for Red October

Crew: Director

Actors: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill

Synopsis: The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders Read More

3/2/90
Die Hard

Crew: Director

Actors: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Alexander Godunov, Reginald VelJohnson

Synopsis: It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who plan to steal the 600 million Read More

7/15/88
Predator

Crew: Director

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura

Synopsis: Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has a code of honor which he will not violate, even when his life depends on it. Paradoxically, his code of honor gives him the backbone to survive as a military special forces operative when he is sent on a covert mission to rescue another group which was sent in to Read More

6/12/87
Nomads

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down, Adam Ant, Hector Mercado

Synopsis: Nomads is a scary, supernatural horror movie without blood and guts and gore or bouts of eroticism. Pierce Brosnan is Pommier, an anthropologist who has spent years researching the nomads in some of the coldest and hottest parts of the globe. Apparently, his research went too far, because now he Read More

3/7/86