Joel Schumacher

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Brad Renfro, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell

An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr.

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.

Dir. Michael Schultz · With Ivan Dixon, DeWayne Jessie, Bill Duke

Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon

A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Chace Crawford, Rory Culkin, 50 Cent

A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Dominic Purcell, Henry Cavill, Michael Fassbender

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty

Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone player Billy, young Republican Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, struggling journalist Kevin, drama queen Jules, lovesick waiter Kirby, and Wendy, a social worker with a heart of gold--realise the party is over. And as the burdens of maturity close in on the young dreamers, the complexities of adulthood and the daily struggle of growing up put their sacred friendship to the test. But everyone knows life is not a bed of roses. It won't be easy, but when all is said and done, what will it take for St. Elmo's clique to find its place in the real world?

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy

When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Gabriel Macht

Kyle and Sarah Miller have it all: a huge gated house on the water, fancy cars, and the potential for romance in their relationship. He's just back from a business trip and their teen daughter Avery is sneaking out to a party, when four thugs in security uniforms and ski masks stage a home invasion. They want what's in the safe: cash and diamonds. As Kyle stalls them, trying to negotiate for Sarah's freedom, the fault lines in Kyle and Sarah's marriage and the pasts of the four robbers come into play. Is there room here for heroism?

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Mr. T, Max Gail, Adam Baldwin

Batman faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, and the Riddler, a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. As the caped crusader also copes with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey

Batman and his sidekick Robin attempt to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze, who wants to make Gotham City into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy, a botanical femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contend with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl, joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger