Tom Atkins films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 12 films on Boxlist

Known for Escape from New York, Lethal Weapon and Bob Roberts.

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Starring Tom Atkins

Escape from New York
1981 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a...
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Lethal Weapon
1987 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark...
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Bob Roberts
1992 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the...
The Fog
1980 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie...
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Night of the Creeps
1986 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites...
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Creepshow
1982 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
My Bloody Valentine
2009 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma...
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Maniac Cop
1988 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police search and find a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, suspected of...
Where to watch:+3
Drive Angry
2011 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. He joins forces with a sexy, tough-as-nails waitress, who's also seeking redemption of her...
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
Dr. Daniel Challis and Ellie Grimbridge stumble onto a gruesome murder scheme when Ellie's novelty-salesman father, Harry, is killed while in possession of a halloween mask made by the Silver Shamrock mask company. The company's owner...
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Striking Distance
1993 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo...
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Trick
2019 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
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