George Plimpton films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 12 films on Boxlist

Known for Lawrence of Arabia, Good Will Hunting and Reds.

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Starring George Plimpton

Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his...
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Good Will Hunting
1997 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his...
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Reds
1981 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles...
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L.A. Story
1991 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
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Nixon
1995 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end...
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The Last Days of Disco
1998 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
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Little Man Tate
1991 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget...
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Rio Lobo
1970 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
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Edtv
1999 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
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Just Cause
1995 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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Factory Girl
2006 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair...
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Just Visiting
2001 · Film
4.6/10 · TMDB
A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some...
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