Josh LucasFilmography

Tell Tale

Actors: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Beatrice Miller, Dallas Roberts

Synopsis: Josh Lucas stars as a man whose heart transplant leads him on a frenzied journey to find the killer of his heart's previous owner before its past catches up to him in this retooling of Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale. Directors Tony and Ridley Scott produce the Scott Free production being helmed by Read More

Poliwood

Synopsis: Famed film director Barry Levinson (Rain Man) focuses his camera on the 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions during the race between Barack Obama and John McCain with this Screen Media documentary. Along with noted political leaders, members of the Hollywood activist elite are interviewed Read More

WWII in HD [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Gary Sinise

Stolen Lives

Actors: James Van Der Beek, Josh Lucas, Jon Hamm

Trumbo

Actors: Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Nathan Lane

Synopsis: A documentary adaptation of the popular regional theatrical monologue -- in which such heavyweights as Paul Newman, Nathan Lane, and Joe Mantegna essayed the lead on various occasions -- Trumbo recounts the life and times of legendary Hollywood scribe-turned-HUAC scapegoat Dalton Trumbo. As with Read More

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Actors: Brian Marshall Turner, Jack Lewis, Han Sangjoon, Ed Hrivnak, John McCary

Synopsis: Using a project initiated by the National Endowment of the Arts as a launching point to explore the wartime experiences of those who have fought on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan, filmmaker Richard E. Robbins offers a humanizing study of the soldiers who have suffered through the Read More

Ken Burns' The War [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Glenn Frazier, Sam Hynes, Quentin Aanenson, Jim Sherman, Earl Burke

Synopsis: Ken Burns continues his exploration of massive, sweeping subjects with his 15-hour documentary The War; in this case, the conflict in question is World War II. Yet within the scope of that gargantuan subject, Burns and co-director Lynn Novick narrow their scale of emphasis, honing in on four Read More

Coastlines

Actors: Timothy Olyphant, Josh Brolin, Sarah Wynter, Scott Wilson

Synopsis: Victor Nuñez's Coastlines centers on Sonny (Timothy Olyphant), who is returning home after his release from prison. When he asks for money owed to him by local crime boss Fred Vance (William Forsythe), Vance responds by blowing up Sonny's home (causing the death of Sonny's father). Sonny moves in Read More

Poseidon

Actors: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum

Synopsis: Set adrift in the vast waters of the North Atlantic for a luxury New Year's Eve party staged in the ship's magnificent ballroom, the massive ocean-liner Poseidon receives an unexpected jolt when a rogue, 100-foot wave rolls it completely upside down, forcing the surviving passengers to Read More

Glory Road

Actors: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight, Emily Deschanel, Evan Jones

Synopsis: A true-life story of a basketball team who broke down barriers while racking up victories is the basis for this sports drama. Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) was a high school and college basketball star who, after six years of working with high school teams, became the head coach at Texas Western Read More

An Unfinished Life

Actors: Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman, Becca Gardner

Synopsis: Two generations of a damaged family are brought together in this emotional drama. Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) was a once successful rancher whose spread went to seed after he developed a serious drinking problem. Now on the wagon, Einar looks after what's left of his spread with his friend Read More

Stealth

Actors: Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton, Richard Roxburgh

Synopsis: The latest innovation in high-tech defense hardware turns out to have a very dangerous mind of its own in this action thriller. Kara Wade (Jessica Biel), Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx), and Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas) are three highly ranked U.S. Navy pilots who are part of a top-secret project involving Read More

Harnessing Speed

Actors: Rob Cohen, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas

Undertow

Actors: Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Devon Alan, Dermot Mulroney, Shiri Appleby

Synopsis: Chris (Jamie Bell of Billy Elliot) is a volatile teen who lives with his father, John (Dermot Mulroney), and his little brother, Tim (Devon Alan). After the death of Chris' mother, his reclusive father moved the family to a shack in backwoods Georgia, where they raise hogs. Tim has an unusual Read More

Around the Bend

Actors: Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Jonah Bobo

Synopsis: Four generations of an American family are brought together by difficult circumstances while facing some unpleasant truths in this drama. Henry (Michael Caine) is an elderly man in failing health living in a small town in the Southwest, where he's cared for by his live-in nurse (Glenne Headly). As Read More

Drop Back Ten

Actors: James LeGros, Amber Valletta, Desmond Harrington, Josh Lucas, Jodie Markell

Synopsis: Stacy Cochran directs this loose, understated comedy about football and celebrity. Pete Barnes (James LeGros) is in desperate straits -- he lost his job as a sports reporter, his married girlfriend has had enough of him, and his muckraking exposé on the seamy side of the NFL has saddled him with a Read More

Wonderland

Actors: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow, Josh Lucas, Dylan McDermott

Synopsis: James Cox directs the sleazy Hollywood murder tale Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer as legendary porn star John Holmes. Using a non-linear plot structure, the film explores different perspectives of the quadruple homicide that occurred on July 1, 1981, in the Hollywood Hills. At the lowest point of Read More

Secondhand Lions

Actors: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt

Synopsis: In this family-friendly comedy drama, Walter (Haley Joel Osment) is a shy and bookish boy just short of his teens whose mother impulsively decides to leave him for the summer with his eccentric grand-uncles, Hub (Robert Duvall) and Garth (Michael Caine). Walter isn't especially happy about being Read More

Hulk

Actors: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, Nick Nolte

Synopsis: Ang Lee directs the live-action feature film The Hulk, based on the Marvel comic book created by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby. Emotionally stunted Dr. Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) is part of a research team at the University of California at Berkeley. Corporate hustler Glenn Talbot (Josh Lucas Read More

No Money Down

Synopsis: An entrepreneurial bachelor and his loyal best friend strike out on their own to live it up in the Hamptons in directors Sam Sokolow and Rob Lobl's all-star comedy featuring Josh Lucas, Bob Balaban, Al Franken, Ally Sheedy, Teri Garr, and Roy Scheider. Eric Traber (Lucas) has just been fired from Read More

The Weight of Water

Actors: Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn, Josh Lucas, Elizabeth Hurley

Synopsis: A woman studying a crime of the past finds her own life becoming a morass of suspicion and deceit in this drama based on the novel by Anita Shreve. Jean Janes (Catherine McCormack) is a photographer working on a project that would document surviving evidence of a multiple murder that occurred a Read More

Sweet Home Alabama

Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen

Synopsis: After establishing herself as a bankable star with the fish out of water comedy Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon returns in what could be described as a "fish back in water" comedy. Melanie Carmichael (Witherspoon) is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey Read More

A Beautiful Mind

Actors: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg

Synopsis: The true story of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this biographical drama from director Ron Howard. Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but arrogant and conceited professor Nash. The prof seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early '50s after he marries beautiful Read More

Session 9

Actors: Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton III, Paul Guilfoyle

Synopsis: Writer/director Brad Anderson, known for whimsical romantic comedies like Next Stop, Wonderland, was inspired by the astonishing, creepy visage of an abandoned mental hospital in Danvers, MA, to make the intense psychological horror film Session 9. The film stars the redoubtable Scottish actor Read More

The Deep End

Actors: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Raymond J. Barry, Josh Lucas

Synopsis: A mother is drawn into a sinister web of blackmail while trying to protect her son in this drama. Margaret Hall (Tilda Swinton) is a wife and mother of three living in Lake Tahoe, whose husband is a Naval officer stationed in the Atlantic ocean. Margaret's oldest son, teenaged Beau (Jonathan Read More

When Strangers Appear

Actors: Kevin Anderson, Radha Mitchell, Barry Watson, Josh Lucas

Synopsis: A woman is placed in a dangerous position after a chance meeting with a stranger in this suspense drama. A drifter wanders into a quiet diner off a highway, and the woman who manages the place takes pity on him and gives him breakfast on the house since he doesn't have any money. The stranger Read More

The Dancer

Actors: Mia Frye, Garland Whitt, Rodney Eastman, Josh Lucas, Féodor Atkine

Synopsis: Based on an original idea by celebrated French director Luc Besson, The Dancer follows the struggle of its eponymous heroine, a mute dancer by the name of India Rey (Mia Frye), to perform on the Broadway stage. Every Saturday night, India, who teaches movement to school children by day, wins the Read More

American Psycho

Actors: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis

Synopsis: Bret Easton Ellis' dark and violent satire of America in the 1980s is brought to the screen in this unsettling drama with black comic overtones. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), the son of a wealthy Wall Street financier, is pursuing his own lucrative career with his father's firm. Bateman is the Read More

Restless

Actors: Catherine Kellner, David Wu, Sarita Choudhury, Geng Le, Josh Lucas, Chen Shiang-Chyi

Synopsis: East meets West in the changing landscape of Beijing on the cusp of the 21st century in this romantic comedy-drama. Leah Quinn (Catherine Kellner) is an American in her early 20s who has decided to spend some time in China. While studying weiqi, she becomes romantically involved with her Read More

True Blue

Actors: Josh Lucas, Dominic West, Johan Leysen, Dylan Baker, Geraldine Somerville

Synopsis: To Oxford University's rowing team, the annual competitive boat race holds more potential glory than the Olympics. When their long-running winning streak is shattered by the skilled Cambridge athletes, the shattered but determined Oxford rowers begin the long and arduous journey to reclaim their Read More

Minotaur

Actors: Mili Avital, Dan Turgeman, Georges Corraface

Alive

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay, John Haymes Newton

Synopsis: This is the first mainstream film to deal with the harrowing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in October of 1972 and who were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive more than two months of isolation. (The only other film to tackle the subject Read More

Father Hood

Actors: Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall, Michael Ironside

Synopsis: Deadbeat dads be damned. Patrick Swayze plays a con man who tries to live up to the ideals of "family values" by kidnapping his son and daughter from the evil clutches of a corrupt orphanage and taking them on a cross-country trip in his vintage convertible. To complicate matters, his daughter has Read More

Class of '61

Actors: Dan Futterman, Clive Owen, Josh Lucas, Sophie Ward, Laura Linney

Synopsis: The titular year refers to the class of 1861, and the implied school is the venerable West Point Academy. This made-for-television drama centers on one of that classes most illustrious students, George Armstrong Custer, and tells how the Civil War affected his friendship with two classmates, one Read More

Child of Darkness, Child of Light

Actors: Anthony John Denison, Sela Ward

Synopsis: This effective made-for-TV supernatural thriller (based on the novel Virgin by James Patterson) involves the travails of a Catholic priest (Anthony John Denison) who is ordered by his superiors to investigate the prospect of two separate virgin births -- one of which will bring the Son of God into Read More