The Drowning Pool (1975)

The Drowning Pool (1975)

[5] Paul Newman returns as private eye Lew Harper, hired by an ex-flame to solve a blackmail case involving adultery and oil-rich land. As with the previous Harper film, the stakes are never high enough and no one's quite worth…
The MacKintosh Man (1973)

The MacKintosh Man (1973)

[4] Paul Newman stars as a British agent posing as a jewel thief who gets embroiled with Russian spies, goes to prison, gets broken out of prison, and lands in the hands of a secretive organization that drugs and kidnaps…
The Left Handed Gun (1958)

The Left Handed Gun (1958)

[6] On one hand, Arthur Penn's take on Billy the Kid isn't as whitewashed as other tellings. On the other hand, why should we care that some hot-headed simpleton ran out and got himself shot? Despite an admirable effort from…
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962)

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962)

[7] Richard Beymer (West Side Story) stars as Ernest Hemingway's alter-ego, a young man who comes of age by traveling the country and serving in the military during the early 1900s. With beautiful scenery of rural Michigan and Franz Waxman's…
The Young Philadelphians (1959)

The Young Philadelphians (1959)

[5] Paul Newman stars as a lawyer who rises to power through the manipulations of his mother and other socialites. He finally finds his own voice and something worth standing for when an old friend is put on trial for…
Quintet (1979)

Quintet (1979)

[2] Glaciers move faster than Robert Altman's bleak post-apocalyptic drama. The ice-age backdrop is the only interesting thing about Quintet, but it's completely irrelevant to the story line. Paul Newman plays one of the last survivors of the human race,…
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

[8] Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) stars as an unwitting mail room clerk thrust into the office of CEO at a mythical uber-corporation when the board members decide to send the company's stocks into a nose dive. But the board,…
Silent Movie (1976)

Silent Movie (1976)

[5] Three charlatan filmmakers try to save a studio from corporate takeover by uniting all of Hollywood's biggest stars into one big movie -- a silent one! And the title of this Mel Brooks yuk fest isn't an empty boast…
Exodus (1960)

Exodus (1960)

[4] Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, and Sal Mineo put their lives on the line to lead hundreds of Jewish refugees into Palestine during the wake of WWII in Otto Preminger's Exodus. The film has its moments, but for subject…
The Verdict (1982)

The Verdict (1982)

[6] Paul Newman stars as an alcoholic ambulance chaser who tries to redeem his career with a high profile medical malpractice case. Directed by Sidney Lumet from a script adapted by David Mamet, The Verdict is a solid combination of…