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List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Angel Heart. In 1955 New Orleans, small-time private investigator Harry Angel is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cypher to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite, but the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
- The Wrestler (2008) In a film reflecting the life of its star, Rourke is magnificently broken and tragic as Randy the Ram, a once great pro wrestler, now in his fifties, pushing sixty, who loads his body with all manner of drug to keep going.
- Angel Heart (1987) This controversial thriller sees Rourke as Harry Angel, a private eye in the early fifties, hired to find a band crooner from the pre WWII years who owes a debt.
- Sin City (2005) Under heavy make up as Marv, the gigantic, muscle bound killer in this wildly original film, Rourke attracted the attention of Hollywood again with a wild performance that never lets up.
- Barfly (1987) Rourke is sublime as a thinly disguised version of writer Bukowski, exploring his time in Los Angeles, named in the film, Chinaski. Vulgar, filthy, a drunk, his life is looking for the next drink, and a place to flop for the night.
- Barfly. Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige. 184 votes. Down-and-out writer Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke) spends his nights drinking and picking brawls at a dingy Los Angeles watering hole.
- Angel Heart. Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet. 227 votes. Robert De Niro, Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet. In the chilling, noir-tinged mystery Angel Heart, Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke), a low-rent private investigator in 1950s New York, is assigned to locate a missing crooner, Johnny Favorite (Robert De Niro).
- The Pope of Greenwich Village. Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah. 180 votes. Cousins Paulie (Eric Roberts) and Charlie (Mickey Rourke) plan to rob a merchant in the New York City neighborhood that's home to the restaurant where they work.
- The Wrestler. Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood. 275 votes. Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit.
- 8 The Pope of Greenwich Village
- 7 The Rainmaker
- 6 Man on Fire
- 5 Sin City
- 4 Barfly
- 3 Rumble Fish
- 2 Angel Heart
- 1 The Wrestler
In The Pope of Greenwich Village,Rourke teams up with Eric Roberts to play two troublesome cousins who scheme to take a big bet on a racehorse, but there are big stakes. They believe they have a foolproof way of stealing $150,000, but despite successfully cracking the safe of a local business, things go terribly wrong, and they find themselves in a...
Rourke teams up with director Francis Ford Coppola again, appearing as Bruiser Stone in The Rainmaker. This legal drama also stars Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor, an aspiring lawyer who starts working for Bruiser Stone while trying to get his first cases. However, Bruiser is a sleazy boss, using the ambulance-chaser method to gain cases, and he and his ...
Man on Fire is an American action thriller film based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell. The film stars Denzel Washingtonas a former U.S Marine Corps Captain and CIA Officer now turned alcoholic bodyguard, who seeks revenge after nine-year-old Lupita “Pita” Ramos, who he was meant to be protecting, is kidnapped. The story unfolds...
Sin City is a movie that is broken up into a few stories that are tied together by location and their modernistic neo-noir style, and is adapted from Frank Miller’s graphic novel. Perhaps the best segment follows Rourke, starring as Marv in a classic detective story, “The Hard Goodbye.” Related: Why Sin City is One of the Best Modern Noir Films Aft...
Rourke takes on the role of Henry Chinaski, an autobiographical character based on legendary alcoholic poet Charles Bukowski in the writer's script for Barbet Schroeder's film Barfly. Preparing for the role, Rourke is said to have not bathed or washed his hair for weeks in order to find a closer connection to his character. It certainly worked, as ...
Rumble Rish was based on the book of the same name by S.E Hinton, and is said to be one of Francis Ford Coppola’s best moviesafter his incredible run in the 70s. Rourke stars alongside a remarkable cast including Lawrence Fisburne, Dennis Hopper, and Matt Dillon as a troubled biker whose tension with his younger brother (Dillon) is heightened when ...
Rourke stars as Harry Angel in this extremely original, Southern Gothic noir, Angel Heart. Playing a rugged, cocky private investigator, Rourke is hired to uncover a variety of mysterious murders in New Orleans. With its twists and turns and controversially explicit sex scene, we see Rourke display a whole range of emotions while trying to maintain...
In The Wrestler,we see Rourke play an aging wrester who struggles to accept his declining health and the state of his life, now that he is too old to continue with his wresting career. He realizes that it is time to move on and that he has to come to terms with what else life has to offer, including closer relationships with the women around him. R...
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TV Movie. Old country traditions and values cause Ron Howard to honor the pleas of his brother (played by Mickey Rourke), a quadriplegic following a motorcycle accident, to end his life, and then to stand trial for first-degree murder after the mercy killing.
Mickey Rourke Movies. 1. Body Heat (1981) R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance. During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband. Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson.
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Nov 25, 2020 · Mickey Rourke fans know that it's been hit and miss for the actor over the years. Here are his 8 best, and 7 worst, movies to binge and avoid.
