Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Country: USA

Total Credits at Criticker: 57 (Actor), 1 (Director)

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    The Astronaut\
    Spencer, an honored astronaut (Depp) and his beautiful school-teacher wife Jillian (Theron) face an inexplicable terror when Spencer loses total consciousness while on a routine space shuttle mission, returning home just barely alive and a bewildered, changed hero. (New Line Cinema)
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    Dragonfly
    Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital. (imdb)
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    Lone Star
    John Sayles' murder-mystery explores interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas. Sam Deeds is the local sheriff who is called to investigate a 40-year-old skeleton found in the desert....As Sam delves deeper into the town's dark secrets, he begins to learn more about his father, the legendary former sheriff Buddy Deeds, who replaced the corrupt Charlie Wade... (imdb)
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    Paycheck
    What seemed like a breezy idea for an engineer to net him millions of dollars, leaves him on the run for his life and piecing together why he's being chased. (imdb)
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah. (imdb)
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    Stealth
    In this action adventure, U.S. Navy pilots are part of a close-knit elite division of test pilots flying highly classified stealth fighter jets. (Sony)
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    Speed
    A young cop must save the passengers of a bus that has a bomb set to explode if the bus goes below 50 MPH (imdb)
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    Forever Young
    A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma.
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    Of Mice and Men
    Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams. (imdb)
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    Blues Brothers 2000
    Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God." (imdb)
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    Executive Decision
    When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation. (imdb)
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    Speed 2: Cruise Control
    A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seaborn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker. (imdb)
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    The Brother from Another Planet
    The Brother is an alien who has crash-landed on Earth, in New York City. While mute, strongly empathic, and able to fix things, he resembles a Black man with strange feet. His attempt to make a place for himself in Harlem is an allegory for the immigrant experience in the United States. Meanwhile, two bounty hunters from the Brother's home planet arrive and try to capture him. (imdb)
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    The Night Listener
    In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
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    Crossroads
    Eugene is an extraordinary talent in classic guitar, but he dreams of being a famous Blues guitarist. So he investigates to find a storied lost song. He asks the legendary Blues musician Willie Brown to help him, but Willie demands to free him from the old-people's prison first and to really learn the blues on the way to it's origin: Mississippi Delta. Eugene doesn't know yet about Willie's deal with the devil, that he now wants to revoke. (imdb)
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    Miss Evers\
    In 1932 Macon County, Alabama, the federal government launched into a medical study called The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks With Syphilis. The study selected 412 men infected with the disease and faked long term treatment, while really only giving them placebos and liniments... (imdb)
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    Tap
    Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. (Tap dancer club). His old girl friend, Amy, who still works at the club as a Tap instructor, is less than thrilled to see him. Her father, Little Mo, is happy to see him, because he has plans for a show involving Max. In addition, Max's old partners in crime have another job they want him to do. (imdb)
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    Y2K
    Y2K (1999) - TV Movie
    It's millennium eve. At the stroke of midnight the Y2K computer bug kicks in, causing widespread chaos in the US. (imdb)
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    American Gangster
    In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. (imdb)
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    Badland
    An American soldier is unable to cope with the realities of daily life after he returns from his tour of duty in Iraq. Inspired by actual events. (imdb)
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    In the Shadow of Evil
    Jack Brennan is a hot-shot cop on the trail of a serial killer known as The Roper. Just as he's getting close to catching the killer, he is injured and develops amnesia. Dr. Molly Nostrand works to help Brennan recover his memories and the two become romantically involved. Meanwhile, The Roper is still out there somewhere and the police are depending on Jack Brennan to bring him in. (imdb)
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    City of Hope
    John Sayles's urban drama follows the intersecting lives of a dozen or more characters as they move through their lives, affect each other without knowing it, and do their best to survive -- both within and outside of legality -- in the crumbling cityscape of the ironic title (imdb)
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    Lifelines
    A day that starts like any other turns out to be one family's bitterly hilarious, ultimately painful, day-long journey of self-realization. "Lifelines" chronicles the hapless Bernstein family - Ira, Nancy, Michael, Meghan and Spencer, as they try to catch up to the life they are living... (Rob Margolies)
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    Trouble in Mind
    The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City. (imdb)
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    The Line
    The unstable new kingpin of a Tijuana drug cartel is targeted by an assassin for elimination. (imdb)
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    The Killing Hour
    The body of an anonymous woman is discovered floating in the Hudson River, and as the grisly news spreads through New York City, three more macabre murders occur all linked by the use of handcuffs. A beautiful, young art student with a special gift draws the murders before they are committed. Intrigued by her insight, an impetuous TV reporter and a police detective both become obsessed with the woman and her amazing talent, (www.blue-underground.com)
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    Breaking Dawn
    A dedicated young medical student is assigned to probe into the mind of Don Wake, a patient at a psychiatric hospital which is loaded with secrets. She pushes him to reveal the truth about the brutal murder of his mother, but Don instead warns her of a mysterious and threatening man named Malachi. Don pleads with her to break him out of the hospital in order to bring the truth to the surface. But the student dismisses his claims as paranoia--until someone begins to follow her every step. (www.variety.com)
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    Between the Lines
    Story of an underground newspaper in Boston about to be taken over by big business. (imdb)
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    Thoughtcrimes
    In 1994, in her high-school prom, Freya McAllister starts to hear voices in her head, is declared schizophrenic and sent to a mental institution. She is treated by Dr. Michael Welles, who is sponsored by the National Security Agency, and along the treatment, he tells her that she has powerful telepathic skills.
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    Gone But Not Forgotten
    When an Oregon woman disappears without a trace, the only clue is a withering black rose with a note that reads "gone but not forgotten." Now, it's up to a tough female attorney to follow the evidence, find a missing private eye and unravel the mystery.
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    Stranded
    A young woman and her grandmother living in an isolated farmhouse are kidnapped by aliens. (imdb)
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    Jasper, Texas
    Set in the small town of Jasper, Tx. in 1998, this true drama explores the aftermath of the horrible death of James Byrd, Jr., an African-American who was dragged to his death by three white men. An outraged nation watched as the white sheriff and the first black mayor of Jasper struggle to maintain control of their town and their personal emotions. (cduniverse.com)
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    Back in the Day
    In BACK IN THE DAY, Reggie Cooper, a young man from the rough side of the tracks who lives with his divorced, affluent father in order to avoid the gang activity that almost claimed his teenage life in his mother's neighborhood. When Reggie reconnects with a recently paroled friend from his past, he slips back into a life of crime with fatal consequences. Reggie becomes involved in the murder of a local preacher and in the aftermath of this crime, he falls in love with the preacher's daughter. (imdb)
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    Mutiny
    Mutiny (1999) - TV Movie
    Fact-based story about 300 predominantly black sailors who were killed on July 17, 1944 while loading munitions on a ship in San Francisco. Three weeks later, 50 survivors were court-martialed for refusing to load another shipment. The men cited the Navy's lack of care for their safety.
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    Lawman Without a Gun
    During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
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    Alone in the Neon Jungle
    A by the book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up. (imdb)
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    Challenger
    Challenger (1990) - TV Movie
    This film profiles the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. Center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion. Film is lent authenticity by being filmed at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. (imdb)
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    The Walking Dead
    In 1972 Vietnam, a group of United States Marines are sent in to rescue several POW officers. (imdb)
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    The Inkwell
    "The Inkwell" tells the story of a 16-year-old kid whose family spends a couple of weeks on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976. (rogerebert.com)
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    Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
    Jack Reed is investigating a mass murder that occurred in a cemetery in broad daylight. Most individuals at the cemetery and the victims are Russian immigrants and they either fear or don't trust the police, because they have complaining about other problems to the police but they don't care or think it warrants investigating. Reed still investigates and it leads to a devious Russian who has turned some young Russians into his private army. Reed's friend, Charles Silvera, also has a problem. (imdb)
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    Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
    An Arab terrorist is smuggled out of West Beirut by American secret forces, he is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and killing five innocent people including a five-year-old child. An unprecedented trial commences as he is charged under a new Federal statute declaring murder of American civilians overseas a felony. Resnick, a Law Professor at a prestigious university hasn't fought a case in years. But he is one of the all time best defense lawyers in the country.
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    Ali: An American Hero
    Boxer Cassius Clay's life includes his Muslim transformation into Muhammad Ali and his 1974 fight with George Foreman for the heavyweight championship.
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    Eureka
    Eureka (2006) - TV Series
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    Proof
    Proof (2015) - TV Series
    A doctor who knows more than she lets on about what happens after you die. (imdb)
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    All the Way
    All the Way (2016) - TV Movie
    Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of JFK's assassination and spends his first year in office to quickly pass the Civil Rights Act. (imdb)
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    Grady
    Grady (1975) - TV Series
    In this spinoff of "Sanford and Son", Fred Sanford's pal Grady Wilson has moved out of Watts and into the middle-class neighborhood where his daughter Ellie and her family resides. Hal was Grady's hard-working son-in-law, and Laurie and Haywood were his grandchildren.
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    God Friended Me
    An atheist's life is turned upside down when God adds him as a friend on Facebook.
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    Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
    Explores the lives of visual artists who made the Harlem Renaissance one of the 20th century's richest artistic moments. Archival footage, newsreels, and photographs recall the influential force of exhibitions, Harlem's vibrancy in the Roaring Twenties, and significant personalities such as William E. Harmon, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Alain Locke. Shows how African-American artists triumphed over formidable odds to create lasting beauty.
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    Coma
    Coma (2012) - TV Mini-Series
    A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. (imdb)
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    Between The World And Me
    Adaptation of the 2015 nonfiction book written by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates, written as a letter to the author's teenage son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States. (wikipedia)
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    The Politician
    The Politician (2019) - TV Series
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    Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder
    True crime story. In December, 1986, 3 black men ran into car trouble in Howard Beach, a middle-class neighborhood in New York City. Unable to start their car, they sought refuge in a nearby restaurant. What happened later that night shocked the entire city.
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    Our Kind of People
    A single mom risks it all and moves her family to a vineyard. She hopes to take her natural hair care line to the next level by infiltrating the African American elite in Oak Bluffs. (imdb)
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    Benjamin Franklin
    Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin. (imdb)
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    The X-Files
    The X-Files (1993) - TV Series
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    Scandal
    Scandal (2012) - TV Series
    A former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets. (imdb)
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    The U.S. and the Holocaust
    Explores America's response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy (imdb)
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