John Boorman Archives

Deliverance (1972)

Rating: ★★★★

Jan 21, 2000Backwoods Brutality

Harrowing wilderness survival film from John Boorman about four men on a trip downriver that fall afoul of hillbillies. A classic that was highly influential on the formation of the Backwoods Brutality genre.

Director: John Boorman

Actors: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox

Category: Horror

21 January 20009 February 2025 by Roog

Zardoz (1974)

Rating: ★

Jan 26, 2011Barbarian Disrupts Utopia of Immortals

Most science-fiction films lack worthy ideas, this is one that contrarily suffers from too many and collapses under the weight of its pretensions to profundity

Director: John Boorman

Actors: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton, …

Category: Science Fiction

26 January 201118 June 2025 by Roog

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Rating: ★½

Mar 19, 2010Demonic Possession

This holds some kind of record as the worst sequel ever made, featuring many of the actors but John Boorman stepping in as director. It's an incomprehensible mishmash of ideas but not without some laudable elements

Director: John Boorman

Actors: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Kitty Winn, …

Category: Horror

19 March 201019 October 2025 by Roog

Excalibur (1981)

Rating: ★★★★★

Jun 28, 2002Arthurian Legends

The definitive film version of the Arthurian legends. John Boorman gives us a magnificent and soaring work of beautiful impassioned imagery that delves deep into the rich mythology of the cycle

Director: John Boorman

Actors: Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, …

Category: Fantasy

28 June 200219 October 2025 by Roog

Dream One (1984)

Rating: ★★

Mar 21, 2010Adventures in Dreamland/Characters from Fiction

Head-scratchingly odd fantasy film produced by John Boorman and family where a young boy is transported to a world where he mingles with characters from fiction

Director: Arnaud Selignac

Actors: Jason Connery, Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May, Charley Boorman, …

Category: Fantasy

21 March 201028 September 2020 by Roog

The Emerald Forest (1985)

Rating: ★★

Feb 26, 2007Amazon Rainforest Drama/Magical Realism

John Boorman film with Powers Boothe searching for his son who has been snatched by Indians in the Amazon. A mystical film, the first to bring issues of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest to public attention

Director: John Boorman

Actors: Charley Boorman, Powers Boothe, Meg Foster

Category: Fantasy

26 February 20076 October 2020 by Roog