Alan Parker

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

Dir. Alan Parker · With Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen

Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?

Dir. Alan Parker · With Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge gun". As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam's speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah who wants Bugsy for herself.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, Florrie Dugger

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Irene Cara, Barry Miller, Maureen Teefy

An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business and compete against John Kellogg's corn flakes.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, an Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

Dir. Alan Parker · With Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce