Bates Wilder films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 14 films on Boxlist

Known for American Fiction, Shutter Island and Hachi: A Dog's Tale.

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Starring Bates Wilder

American Fiction
2023 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Thelonious “Monk” Ellison's writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world's hypocrisies. The...
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Shutter Island
2010 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
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Black Mass
2015 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
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Confess, Fletch
2022 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit...
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Lost on a Mountain in Maine
2024 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures...
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The Spirit of Christmas
2015 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A woman falls in love with a man who is somewhat unavailable.
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Joy
2015 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
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Blood and Money
2020 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.
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The Unholy
2021 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced...
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The Last Son
2021 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Sam Worthington stars as Isaac LeMay, a murderous outlaw who learns he is cursed by a prophecy: one of his children will kill him. To prevent this, he hunts down each of his estranged children including long-lost son Cal (Colson Baker)...
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The Great War
2019 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
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The Forger
2014 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be forced to alter his plans and commit one more job for the man who financed his release.
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Underdog
2007 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
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