Philip Baker Hall films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 37 films on Boxlist

Known for The Truman Show, Boogie Nights and Say Anything....

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Starring Philip Baker Hall

The Truman Show
1998 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And...
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Boogie Nights
1997 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy...
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Say Anything...
1989 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
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Argo
2012 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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Zodiac
2007 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for three men as their lives and careers are...
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Magnolia
1999 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
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The Insider
1999 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand.
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie...
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50/50
2011 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
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Hard Eight
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
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The Rock
1996 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel...
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Dogville
2003 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make...
Rush Hour
1998 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from...
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Enemy of the State
1998 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A hotshot Washington criminal lawyer becomes the target of a rogue security executive videotaped in the act of murdering a congressman when the incriminating tape is surreptitiously slipped into his shopping bag by the videographer, who is...
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Air Force One
1997 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to...
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Bad Words
2013 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head...
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In Good Company
2004 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new...
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The Contender
2000 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office...
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The Matador
2005 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of...
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Zabriskie Point
1970 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the...
You Kill Me
2007 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.
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Bruce Almighty
2003 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Bruce Nolan toils as a 'human interest' television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules...
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Ghostbusters II
1989 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
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The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to...
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Clear History
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
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People Like Us
2012 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her...
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious...
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All Good Things
2010 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
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The Last Word
2017 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.
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Rules of Engagement
2000 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Part war movie, part courtroom thriller, this gripping drama finds a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wrong with only his doubtful friend and fellow marine to represent him.
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Psycho
1998 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own. Although this version is in color, features a different cast, and is set in 1998, it is closer to a shot-for-shot remake than most remakes, Gus Van...
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Rush Hour 3
2007 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must...
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Fired Up!
2009 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math. The two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.
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Playing It Cool
2014 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
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The Shaggy Dog
2006 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
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The Lodger
2009 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Set in Los Angeles with two converging plot lines – The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger – The second is about a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game...
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Lost Souls
2000 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
A small group of Catholics led by an ailing priest believe that Satan intends to become man, just as God did in the person of Jesus. The writings of a possessed mental patient lead them to Peter Kelson, a writer who studies serial killers...
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