Michael Rispoli films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 23 films on Boxlist

Known for To Die For, Nonnas and Kick-Ass.

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Starring Michael Rispoli

To Die For
1995 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with...
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Nonnas
2025 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
After losing his beloved mother, a man risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with actual nonnas — grandmothers — as the chefs.
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Kick-Ass
2010 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
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While You Were Sleeping
1995 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his...
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Rounders
1998 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
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Invincible
2006 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public...
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Summer of Sam
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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Rob the Mob
2014 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
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The Weather Man
2005 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
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The Alto Knights
2025 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course...
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Above the Rim
1994 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
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Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1996 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of...
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
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Pain & Gain
2013 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed...
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Cherry
2021 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
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The Rum Diary
2011 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the...
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Volcano
1997 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service...
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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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Death to Smoochy
2002 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring...
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Empire State
2013 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis settles for a security guard job with an armoured truck company. After he makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, He's unwittingly drawn...
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The Juror
1996 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but...
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Feeling Minnesota
1996 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jjaks, Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the...
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Exposed
2016 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.
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