Charles Durning films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 18 films on Boxlist

Known for The Sting, Dog Day Afternoon and Scarface.

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Starring Charles Durning

The Sting
1973 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's...
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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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Tootsie
1982 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.
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The Muppet Movie
1979 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
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Death of a Salesman
1985 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Salesman Willy Loman is in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up...
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The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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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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State and Main
2000 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
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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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Dick Tracy
1990 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
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One Fine Day
1996 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to...
The Final Countdown
1980 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
1996 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Littlefoot and his dinosaur pals go in search of a medicinal flower that will cure his ailing grandfather.
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I.Q.
1994 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
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Desperation
2006 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
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Spy Hard
1996 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up...
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