Nick SearcyFilmography

The Ugly Truth

Actors: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter, Nick Searcy, Jesse D. Goins

Synopsis: Katherine Heigl stars as a lovelorn television producer who's made to run a gauntlet of romantic exploits by a pig-headed morning-show host (played by Gerard Butler) as a way to prove whose romantic methods are more accurate. Legally Blonde's Robert Luketic directs from a script by Karen McCullah Lutz Read More

Easy Money [TV Series]

Actors: Jeff Hephner, Laurie Metcalf, Nick Searcy, Katie Lowes, Jay R. Ferguson, Kimberly Estrada

Timber Falls

Actors: Josh Randall, Brianna Brown, Nick Searcy, Beth Broderick

Synopsis: When Mike and Sheryl head out for a weekend of camping in Lake Kumbrabow State Park, a peaceful excursion gives way to sheer terror as Sheryl is brutally abducted by a murderous cult in search of a newborn child. Later, as Mike wanders the woods in search of his missing mate, a mysterious Read More

The Comebacks

Actors: David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin, Matthew Lawrence, Brooke Nevin

Synopsis: The producers of Wedding Crashers are back with the comedy The Comebacks. Spoofing countless inspirational sports movies, the film stars David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) as Lambeau Fields, a football coach who suffers from a streak of bad luck that has become the stuff of Read More

An American Crime

Actors: Catherine Keener, Ellen Page, James Franco, Bradley Whitford, Ari Graynor

Synopsis: The true story of a young girl held captive by her insane caretaker comes to life in this disturbing film from Ella Enchanted director Tommy O'Haver. Hard Candy's Ellen Page stars as Sylvia Likens a teenager who, along with her sister, is left to live temporarily with seemigly-mild-mannered Read More

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Actors: Eden Brolin, Eleanor Lambert, Nick Searcy, Vincent Riverside

Deadly End

Actors: Jack Huston, Pell James, Terry Becker, Anina Lincoln, Anina Morton

Synopsis: The tree-lined streets of a picturesque suburban neighborhood cast a dark shadow over a deadly secret in this morbid tale of unhinged madness and vile self-mutilation. When Bob and Wendi Peterson purchased their dream home on Wormwood Drive, they thought they were taking the first step towards a Read More

The Dead Girl

Actors: Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Mary Beth Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Brittany Murphy

Synopsis: Karen Moncrieff, the Independent Spirit Award-nominated director of Blue Car, assembles a stellar cast comprised of Toni Collette, James Franco, Giovanni Ribisi, and Mary Beth Hurt to tell the tale of one girl's mysterious death, and how the tragic actions of the people who surround her eventually Read More

Flicka

Actors: Tim McGraw, Alison Lohman, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten

Synopsis: A young woman pins her hopes and dreams on a maverick horse in this drama based on the classic novel by Mary O'Hara. Katy (Alison Lohman) is the teenage daughter of a horse rancher (Tim McGraw) who is grooming his son to take over the family business, while Katy is sent to an exclusive private Read More

Cold Storage

Actors: Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Matt Keeslar, Jeff Pillars

Neighborhood Watch

Actors: Jack Huston, Pell James, Nick Searcy

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Actors: Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Michael Wincott, Mykelti Williamson, Naomi Watts

Synopsis: The true story of a man who, on February 22, 1974, was thwarted from an ambitious plan for political assassination provides the basis for this striking psychological drama. Sam Bicke (Sean Penn) is a salesman for an office-supply company whose life is slowly beginning to unravel. Bicke's job is Read More

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Actors: Barry Pepper, Elizabeth Mitchell, J.K. Simmons, Chad McCumbee

Synopsis: Barry Pepper stars as stock-car racing legend Dale Earnhardt in this made-for-cable drama. Dale was raised by Ralph Earnhardt (J.K. Simmons), a proud man who worked at a mill to feed and clothe his family but found true satisfaction rebuilding jalopies in his garage and racing them at local events Read More

Rodney [TV Series]

Actors: Rodney Carrington, Jennifer Aspen, Amy Pietz, Nick Searcy, Oliver Davis

Rodney [TV Series]

Actors: Rodney Carrington, Jennifer Aspen

Mall Cop

Actors: Derek Cecil, Kathleen Robertson, Jennifer Morrison, J. Barton, Nick Searcy, Alex Craig Mann

Runaway Jury

Actors: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Jeremy Piven

Synopsis: Three people attempt to bend justice for their own purposes in this drama based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham. After a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun, with her lawyer, Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman), arguing that Read More

Head of State

Actors: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker, Nick Searcy, Lynn Whitfield

Synopsis: Can a high-attitude African-American politician who says what he thinks stand a chance in a presidential campaign? Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock) is a straight-talking alderman representing a inner-city neighborhood in Washington, D.C. In the midst of a hard-fought race for the White House, the Read More

Cast Away

Actors: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth

Synopsis: An exploration of human survival and the ability of fate to alter even the tidiest of lives with one major event, Cast Away tells the story of Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks), a Federal Express engineer who devotes most of his life to his troubleshooting job. His girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt) is often Read More

The Angel Doll

Actors: Keith Carradine, Betsy Brantley, Cody Newton, Diana Scarwid, Michael Welch

Synopsis: Originally intended for theatrical release, The Angel Doll is an adaptation of Jerry Bledsoe's bestselling novel of the same name. Set in the South of the '50s, the story focuses on "Whitey" Black (Cody Newton), a kid from the wrong side of the tracks who befriends middle-class youngster Jerry Read More

From the Earth to the Moon, Part 2: Apollo 1

Synopsis: President John F. Kennedy issued the challenge to America in a speech to Congress in 1961: Land a man on the moon within the decade. This HBO mini-series, produced by Tom Hanks, chronicles the story of NASA's efforts to carry out the vision. Episode two investigates the tragedy that occurred on Read More

7 Days

Actors: Jonathan LaPaglia, Don Franklin, Norman Lloyd, Justina Vail, Nick Searcy

Synopsis: This TV science fiction action drama is based on the familiar fantasy notion: what if it were possible to go back and do it all over again, minus mistakes? Ex-CIA agent Frank Parker (Jonathan LaPaglia) is yanked from a mental institution and assigned to a top-secret project engineered from a Read More

From the Earth to the Moon

Actors: David Andrews, Bryan Cranston, Tim Daly, Al Franken, Tony Goldwyn

Synopsis: Originally aired on HBO and directed by Apollo 13 star and space enthusiast Tom Hanks, among others, From the Earth to the Moon explores the ups and downs of space travel, beginning with President Kennedy's famous speech before Congress on May 25, 1961, and chronicling the journey to putting the Read More

Paradise Falls

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Sean Bridgers, Christopher Berry, Nick Searcy, Sonny Shroyer, Claire Eya

Synopsis: Nick Searcy directed this Depression-era drama set in the rural South. Farmer's son Henry Bancroft (Sean Bridgers), in hard-scrapple North Carolina of 1934, finds his father's farm is about to be taken over by the bank. His pal Oshel Hooper (Christopher Berry), who lost his father during WWI Read More

About Sarah

Actors: Kellie Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Marion Ross, Diane Baker, Nick Searcy

Synopsis: In this provocative made-for-television family drama, Marybeth, a college co-ed finds herself forced to make a choice that will forever alter her life when she learns that her recently-deceased grandmother has chosen her to become the legal guardian of her mentally retarded mother. This crossroads Read More

Perfect Crime

Actors: Mitzi Kapture, Jasmine Guy, Nick Searcy, Andrew Masset, Richard Fullerton

Synopsis: An intelligence officer attempts to prove that despite a lack of hard evidence, a Marine officer is indeed guilty of killing his own wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

A Step Toward Tomorrow

Synopsis: After her son Georgie (Kendall Cunningham) is paralyzed in a diving accident, feisty divorcee Anna Lerner (Judith Light) vows never to take a moment's rest until she finds a cure for her boy's affliction. Ultimately, Anna moves herself, Georgie and her "normal" son to a new town, there to Read More

American Gothic [TV Series]

Actors: Gary Cole, Paige Turco, Jake Weber, Brenda Bakke, Sarah Paulson, Lucas Black, Nick Searcy

Synopsis: One of the earliest forays into TV production by former teen idol Shaun Cassidy, the weekly, hour-long supernatural drama series American Gothic debuted September 22, 1995 on CBS. Things weren't quite right in the outwardly peaceful and respectable town of Trinity in Fulton County, South Carolina. Read More

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

Actors: Ashley Judd, Kathleen York

Synopsis: The struggle of country music's mother-daughter duo The Judds is told in this made-for-television drama. Kathleen York stars as Naomi Judd (then known as Diana Judd) a single mother of two daughters, who turned to music as way to help positively influence her increasingly belligerent and Read More

The War

Actors: Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Lexi Randall, Christine Baranski

Synopsis: Jon Avnet's The War is set in the rural south and brimming with lessons on social consciousness, much like his previous effort, Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). During the summer of 1970 in backwoods Mississippi, Stephen Simmons (Kevin Costner) is struggling to be a breadwinner for his family while Read More

In the Best of Families

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Keith Carradine, Harry Hamlin, Holland Taylor, Jayne Brook

Synopsis: The full title of this made-for-TV film was In the Best of Families: Pride and Madness. Based on a true story, the film details the bitter divorce between overly idealistic Keith Carradine and emotionally disturbed Kelly McGillis. Caught in the middle are the couple's sons, played by Erik Von Detten Read More

Roswell

Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen, Dwight Yoakam, Kim Greist

Synopsis: Originally made for cable television, Roswell is an entertaining mix of purported actual events and science fiction. The narrative unfolds primarily in flashbacks as retired Army officer Jesse Marcel (Kyle MacLachlan) attends a reunion of the 509th Bomber Group and tries to come to closure on Read More

Nell

Actors: Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, Nick Searcy

Synopsis: A woman is brought to civilization after spending her life in the wilds in this drama. Dr. Jerome Lovell (Liam Neeson) happens upon a shack deep in the woods, where he discovers a strange woman who appears to be about 30, speaking an incomprehensible language. The woman, named Nell (Jodie Foster) Read More

The Real McCoy

Actors: Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp, Gailard Sartain, Zach English

Synopsis: Kim Basinger plays a burglar ex-con who's just been released from a 10-year stint and intends to go straight, when a big-time Atlanta crime boss kidnaps her six-year-old son and forces her to pull one last heist. She concocts an elaborate bank job but goes one step further and outwits both the Read More

The Fugitive

Actors: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Jeroen Krabbé

Synopsis: This 1993 box-office smash partly adheres to the 1960s TV series on which it is based and partly goes off on several tangents of its own. Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble, convicted of murdering his wife. While being transferred to prison by bus, Kimble is involved in a spectacular Read More

Deadly Relations

Actors: Robert Urich, Shelley Fabares, Roxana Zal, Gwyneth Paltrow

Synopsis: In this brooding drama, the lives of four sisters are nearly destroyed by the machinations of their overbearing father. He singles out one daughter in particular to take part in a deadly insurance scam. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Love Field

Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Stephanie McFadden, Brian Kerwin, Louise Latham

Synopsis: Jonathan Kaplan directs this drama which grafts a nostalgic mood piece with a race-to-the-finish road movie. Lurene Hallett (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an insulated middle-class wife living in Texas in the early 1960s who adores the Kennedys, particularly Jackie, whom she feels is a kindred soul. When Read More

House of Cards

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones, Asha Menina, Shiloh Strong, Esther Rolle

Synopsis: In Michael Lessac's lugubrious House of Cards, women's intuition beats out psychology in the battle against autism. The story begins in Mexico, where a little girl named Sally Matthews (Asha Menina) lives with her parents, scientists studying ancient ruins. When her father falls to his death Read More

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

Synopsis: When a mother will not tell where her child is because she maintains that her ex-husband abused the girl, the mother is imprisoned in this true story. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Fried Green Tomatoes

Actors: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson, Nick Searcy

Synopsis: A woman learns the value of friendship as she hears the story of two women and how their friendship shaped their lives in this warm comedy-drama. Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) is an emotionally repressed housewife with a habit of drowning her sorrows in candy bars. Her husband Ed (Gailard Sartain) Read More

The Prince of Tides

Actors: Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé

Synopsis: Barbra Streisand directed and stars in this love story about two people of dissimilar backgrounds who form a connection based on their unhappy experiences. Adapted from the novel by Pat Conroy, the story concerns Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a rudderless, unemployed football coach. Stuck in a loveless Read More

Wife, Mother, Murderer

Actors: Judith Light, David Dukes, David Ogden Stiers, Kellie Overbey, Whip Hubley

Synopsis: Wife, Mother, Murderer stars Judith Light as all three of the above. She plays social-climbing Alabaman Marie Hilley, who between 1975 and 1987 schemed, lied, and killed her way to the top of the ladder. Her victims were her husband and daughter, whom she poisoned because they stood in the way of Read More

Nightmare in Columbia County

Actors: William Devane, Jeri Ryan, Michele Abrams

Synopsis: Nightmare in Columbia County was inspired by a true-life crime which occurred in South Carolina in the 1980s. An elusive psychopath is stalking a beauty contest winner. He kidnaps the girl's sister, then murders several people to cover his tracks. The police are at a loss to find the maniac, who Read More

White Lie

Actors: Gregory Hines, Annette O'Toole, Bill Nunn

Synopsis: In White Lie, a drama based on Samuel Charters' novel Louisiana Black, Gregory Hines plays Len Madison Jr., a New York-based mayoral press secretary who learns that his father was lynched in the South three decades earlier. Madison returns to the South, where he is intent on learning the truth Read More

Days of Thunder

Actors: Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid, Michael Rooker

Synopsis: The Top Gun team of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, director Tony Scott, and superstar Tom Cruise reunite for this excursion into stock-car racing that incorporates the vroom and rumble of deafening car engines with a rehash of the same elements that worked so effectively in Cruise's Top Gun Read More

Unspeakable Acts

Actors: Jill Clayburgh, Brad Davis, Bess Meyer, Gregory Sierra

Synopsis: Unspeakable Acts is the all-too-true story of a 1984 Dade County (Florida) sexual abuse case. Frank and Ilana Fuster (Gregory Sierra and Bess Meyer), who operate an upper-class day care center in a Florida suburb, are accused of committing appalling acts upon their young charges. The prosecution's Read More