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Actor: John Cusack

John Cusack and Amanda Peet in Identity (2003)
John Cusack and Amanda Peet with Amanda Peet in Identity (2003)
John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven (2012)
John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven (2012)

Shadows and Fog (1991)

8 June 20015 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Kafka and German Expressionism Homage

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, John Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy

Anastasia (1997)

31 March 199918 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Amnesiac Russian Royal

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Kelsey Grammer, …
Category: Fantasy

Being John Malkovich (1999)

8 December 199911 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Portal Into Actor’s Head/Absurdism

Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, Catherine Keener, …
Category: Fantasy

Serendipity (2001)

19 April 200923 January 2023

Rating: ★★½

Fate Romance

Director: Peter Chelsom
Actors: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, Molly Shannon, …
Category: Fantasy

Identity (2003)

11 September 20038 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Remote Motel Psycho-Thriller

Director: James Mangold
Actors: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes, …
Category: Horror

1408 (2007)

3 November 20076 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Hotel Room/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mikael Håfström
Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, …
Category: Horror

Martian Child (2007)

9 October 20086 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Adopting a Possibly Alien Child

Director: Menno Meyjes
Actors: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Joan Cusack, …
Category: Science Fiction

2012 (2009)

14 November 200910 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

The End of the World/Disaster Movie

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

3 April 201025 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Time Travel Comedy

Director: Steve Pink
Actors: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Raven (2012)

11 May 201224 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Edgar Allan Poe vs a Serial Killer

Director: James McTeigue
Actors: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, …
Category: Horror

The Factory (2012)

24 July 201315 August 2021

Rating: ★

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Morgan O'Neill
Actors: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Dallas Roberts, Mae Whitman, …
Category: Horror

The Frozen Ground (2013)

23 November 202221 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

True-Life Serial Killer

Director: Scott Walker
Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Kevin Dunn, …
Category: Horror

Grand Piano (2013)

1 April 20251 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Man Trapped at a Piano by a Sniper

Director: Eugenio Mira
Actors: Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishé, Alex Winter, …
Category: Horror

Cell (2016)

16 July 20169 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Cellphone Zombies

Director: Tod Williams
Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Owen Teague, …
Category: Horror

Singularity (2017)

26 November 201725 October 2024

Rating: ★

Giant Robots Obliterate Humanity

Director: Robert Kouba
Actors: John Cusack, Julian Schaffner, Jeannine Wacker, Carmen Argenziano, …
Category: Science Fiction

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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