John Badham films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 12 films on Boxlist

Known for WarGames, Saturday Night Fever and Stakeout.

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WarGames
1983 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of...
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Saturday Night Fever
1977 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.
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Stakeout
1987 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally meet and fall in love. Just as Chris confesses, the convict appears, but will she betray him ?
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Short Circuit
1986 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a...
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Blue Thunder
1983 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing...
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The Hard Way
1991 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with...
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Dracula
1979 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attraction to more than one English maiden lady, as he seeks an immortal bride.
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Point of No Return
1993 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer...
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Nick of Time
1995 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
An unimpressive, every-day man is forced into a situation where he is told to kill a politician to save his kidnapped daughter.
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Drop Zone
1994 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A team of skydiving crooks led by rogue DEA agent Ty Moncrief specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so they can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete Nessip lost a brother to this...
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Bird on a Wire
1990 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.
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Another Stakeout
1993 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding.
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John Badham films, ranked by your taste

Starring John Badham

Directed by John Badham