Brian De Palma films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 21 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Blow Out, Carrie and Scarface.

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Scarface
1983 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord...
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Carlito's Way
1993 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.
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The Untouchables
1987 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most...
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Phantom of the Paradise
1974 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both his music and the girl Winslow wants to sing it, Phoenix, for the grand opening of his rock palace, the Paradise...
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Blow Out
1981 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the...
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Carrie
1976 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
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Casualties of War
1989 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.
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Mission: Impossible
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt...
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Dressed to Kill
1980 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A mysterious, tall, blonde woman wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
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Body Double
1984 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous blonde...
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Sisters
1973 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss...
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Obsession
1976 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland’s life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed in a botched kidnap rescue attempt. Many years later whilst visiting Italy he meets and falls in in love with Sandra Portinari...
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The Fury
1978 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
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Snake Eyes
1998 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
All bets are off when corrupt homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend and naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn...
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Mission to Mars
2000 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.
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The Black Dahlia
2006 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they...
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
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Passion
2012 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
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Domino
2019 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
Seeking justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member, a Copenhagen police officer finds himself caught in a cat and mouse game with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using the killer as a pawn to trap other ISIS members.
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