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Actor: Willem Dafoe

Saigon (1988)

6 May 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Vietnam War Psycho-Thriller

Director: Christopher Crowe
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward, Amanda Pays, …
Category: Horror

Wild at Heart (1990)

22 May 200126 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Surreal Disturbed Road Movie

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd, …
Category: Fantasy

Faraway, So Close! (1993)

21 November 200112 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Angels

Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Otto Sander, Willem Dafoe, Nastassja Kinski, Horst Buccholz, …
Category: Fantasy

New Rose Hotel (1998)

9 April 199922 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Cyberpunk/William Gibson Adpattion

Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Christopher Walken, Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra
Category: Science Fiction

eXistenZ (1999)

22 May 19993 November 2020

Rating: ★★½

Virtual Reality

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

19 January 200116 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Making Nosferatu with a Real Vampire

Director: E. Elias Merhige
Actors: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Cary Elwes, Udo Kier, …
Category: Horror

American Psycho (2000)

14 April 200021 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Yuppie Psycho

Director: Mary Harron
Actors: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny, …
Category: Horror

Spider-Man (2002)

20 June 200223 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, …
Category: Science Fiction

Finding Nemo (2003)

11 September 200314 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Pixar Animation/Talking Fish

Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Actors: Albert Brooks, Alexander Gould, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, …
Category: Fantasy

Daybreakers (2009)

17 January 201029 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

World of Vampires

Director: The Spierig Brothers
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan, …
Category: Horror

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

30 November 20097 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Stop-Motion Animation/Talking Animals

Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, …
Category: Fantasy

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)

27 August 201211 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Madness and Matricide/True Story

Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, …
Category: Horror

Antichrist (2009)

30 November 20095 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Grief, Madness and Torture

Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Category: Horror

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)

2 November 200920 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Young Adult/Vampire Wars/Circus of Freaks

Director: Paul Weitz
Actors: John C. Reilly, Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Cerveris, …
Category: Horror

4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)

3 September 201217 December 2020

Rating: ★★

End of the World

Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Paul Hipp, Trung Nguyen, …
Category: Science Fiction

John Carter (2012)

9 March 20121 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Planetary Adventure/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Odd Thomas (2013)

10 November 201331 January 2019

Rating: ★★½

Eccentric Clairvoyant-Medium/Dean R. Koontz Adaptation

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Anton Yelchin, Addison Timlin, Willem Dafoe, Nico Tortorella, …
Category: Fantasy

The Great Wall (2016)

26 March 201719 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Historical Fantasy Epic

Director: Zhang Yimou
Actors: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian, Willem Dafoe, …
Category: Fantasy

Death Note (2017)

2 September 20176 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Notebook with Killing Powers

Director: Adam Wingard
Actors: Nat Wolff, Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham, …
Category: Horror

What Happened to Monday (2017)

3 September 201714 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Overpopulated Dystopian Future

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe
Category: Science Fiction

Aquaman (2018)

16 March 201912 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Merman Superhero

Director: James Wan
Actors: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Lighthouse (2019)

4 January 202014 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Madness and Insanity Among Lighthouse Keepers

Director: Robert Eggers
Actors: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
Category: Horror

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

27 March 202127 March 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, …
Category: Science Fiction

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Theme Essays

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  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Nazis
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
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  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
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