All movies starring Sean Penn

Gangster Squad (2013) poster

Gangster Squad (2013) ★ 6.7

Genres: Action Crime Drama
It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.
The Game (1997) poster

The Game (1997) ★ 7.7

Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving in to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him.
Mystic River (2003) poster

Mystic River (2003) ★ 7.9

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.
I Am Sam (2001) poster

I Am Sam (2001) ★ 7.6

Genres: Drama
A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
The Thin Red Line (1998) poster

The Thin Red Line (1998) ★ 7.6

Genres: Drama History War
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Fair Game (2010) poster

Fair Game (2010) ★ 6.8

CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
The Interpreter (2005) poster

The Interpreter (2005) ★ 6.4

Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
The Professor and the Madman (2019) poster

The Professor and the Madman (2019) ★ 7.2

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William M...
Licorice Pizza (2021) poster

Licorice Pizza (2021) ★ 7.3

LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love.
Casualties of War (1989) poster

Casualties of War (1989) ★ 7.1

Genres: Action Crime Drama
During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.
Milk (2008) poster

Milk (2008) ★ 7.5

Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs.
Gaslit (2022) poster

Gaslit (2022) ★ 7.2

A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.