73 Nick Nolte Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Tommy Riordan, a former Marine, convinces his estranged father, a recovered alcoholic and former coach, to train him for a winner-takes-all mixed martial arts tournament. At the same time, his estranged brother Brendan, a former MMA fighter struggling as a school teacher, returns to the ring to support his family, making another family conflict inevitable.

At the time of Rwandan genocide in 1994, Paul Rusesabagina worked as a manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines. When the political situation grew bad, he not only struggled to keep his family safe, but also gave shelter to thousands of Tutsi refugees in the hotel thereby saving their lives.

Based on the eponymous novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line is a war drama revolving around a group of soldiers fighting to capture Guadalcanal for the Allied Forces during World War II. Featuring a brilliant star cast of Sean Penn, John Travolta, George Clooney, Jim Caviezel, and more, this film focuses on American soldiers trying to capture Japanese bunkers.

The Player is an American satirical black comedy film, which tells the story of Hollywood film producer Griffin Mill, who starts receiving threats anonymously. However, he is certain that David, a scriptwriter is behind it. He invites the latter to sort things out, but things take an ugly turn, and he ends up murdering him.  

Max Cady, who served 14 years in jail for raping and brutalizing a young woman, believes that his defense attorney Sam Bowden deliberately withheld crucial evidence that would have lightened his sentence. He studied law and sculpted his body while in jail, and is now hell-bent on taking revenge by terrorizing the Bowden family.

Lorenzo is a seven year old boy who is suffering from a rare degenerative brain disorder, which according to doctors is not curable. Therefore, his parents are forced to look for alternative remedies.  They start questioning top doctors all over the world, and also organize an international meeting regarding the disease.    

Also known as Paris, I love You, it is an anthology film comprising of eighteen short films which are set in the different arrondissements of Paris. Directed by visionary directors from all around the world, these eighteen short films are incredibly humane depictions of life in Paris, which resonate universal themes of love, life, and loss. 

Peaceful Warrior is a romantic sports drama film which tells the story of Dan, a college student who is also a champion gymnast. However, he is not happy with his life and finds it to be purposeless. A chance encounter with a stranger, however, changes his life for good.

During the beginning of the World War, Howard, an American writer living in Germany, is asked by the US government to become an informer during the upcoming war. He eventually ends up becoming one of the leading Nazi propagandists. After the war ends, he tries to live a quiet and peaceful life, but circumstances force him back to the life that he once lived.

Focused on a group of prima donna actors who are making a Vietnam War film, the movie Tropic Thunder is a parody of many famous war movies. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed more than $188 million worldwide. 

Russell Price, a photojournalist, is in Chad, covering a military conflict. He attends a party for his friend Alex, at his hotel, as the latter is no longer going to cover foreign conflicts, and is going to New York to take up a comfortable job as a news anchor instead. Price, however, wants to continue as a war journalist. Shortly after, he gets involved in the happenings of the Civil War, when he takes a picture of the rebel leader Rafael, who was believed to be dead.

Jack Cates, a tough and uncompromising cop, teams up with Reggie Hammond, a wise cracking convicted bank robber on parole for 48 hours. The duo has that much time to catch Reggie’s old partner Ganz, now on a killing spree, but actually searching for the booty that went missing after one of his robbery. 

Wade is a cop in a small town going through several problems in his life. He starts to investigate a suspicious hunting incident and gets obsessed with proving that the death is not an accident but a murder.  

The Prince of Tides is a romantic drama film which tells the story of Tom, a troubled football coach, who goes to New York to help Susan, a psychiatrist, cure his twin sister who is struggling with psychological problems. He talks to her about their family history, and in the process, starts to fall for her as well.

In 1949, Mobster Mickey Cohen rules the California criminal underworld and has even police and politicians in his pocket. A secret police unit called the Gangster Squad, comprising of Sergeant John O’Mara, Sergeant Jerry Wooters, Lieutenant Coleman Harris, Conwell Keeler, Max Kennard, and Navidad Ramirez finally manages to bring him down. 

Bobby is heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debts before the Russian mafia kills him. However, he is forced to stop in a town in Arizona, when his car breaks down. He gets caught in various problems after he meets Grace, a local resident. 

Recently divorced Helen Grace and her three children, Mallory, Jared and Simon, have just moved into an isolated old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. But when Jared finds an old Guide book, written by Arthur and comes to know about supernatural creatures living in the same house, disturbing incidences begin to occur on daily basis. 

Bob is an aging thief, who is going through hard days, due to his heroin and gambling addiction. He eventually plans to rob a casino in Monte Carlo, but things take a turn when someone tips off the cops before he could even make a move.

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist who leaves his job at a prestigious university in order to take up a position at a privately run mental institution. However, he is unaware of the fact that this is the very place where his novelist father had spent many years of his life, while he used to battle against chronic depression.

Captain Michael Brennan, a veteran cop, shoots down a Puerto Rican young man. However, he covers up his murder, threatens all witnesses, and is able to ensure silence. Things take a turn when a young district attorney named Aloysius Francis Reilly decides to take on the case, in order to prove that Brennan is a dirty cop.  

After his identity is revealed by a journalist, a former member of a revolutionary group is forced to go on the run. Now he must find his ex-lover, the only person who can clear his name, before he is caught by the FBI.

New York Stories is an anthology drama film which tells us three different stories, all of them taking place in New York. The first one tells the story of Lionel, a middle-aged artist, who is infatuated with his assistant. The second story revolves around a 12 year old girl who lives in a luxurious hotel. The third one deals with a New York lawyer dealing with his possessive mother.     

Secret Service agent Mike Banning is recommended promotion to the position of Director of the Secret Service by the President. However, Mike hides the fact that he suffers from migraines, chronic back pain and insomnia and is dependent on painkillers. Things take a turn when Mike is falsely accused of carrying out an attack on the president during a fishing trip. He is sent to a detention facility, but Mike manages to escape.

After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson, an author, returns to his country of origin, the US. He decides to go on a hike with Stephen Katz, one of his oldest friends, in order to reconnect with his homeland.

Frustrated with the rules and weaknesses of the justice system, a team of four LAPD detectives, decide to commit the unlawful execution of a powerful gangster. They are soon brought in when a young woman’s body is found at a construction site. As the detectives continue their investigation, they soon receive a film of her having sex in a motel room.  

Daring and charismatic thief, Parker, tries to leave the profession when an innocent woman is killed by a new crew member during a job. Unfortunately, this causes the crew to turn on him and shoot him. Parker survives and joins forces with Leslie Cienfuegos Rodgers to take revenge and spoil the crew’s next heist.  

Nightwatch is a horror thriller film which tells the story of a law student named Martin who takes up a job as a night watchman in a hospital morgue. However, he soon starts discovering clues that can point to him as a suspect in a series of murders. He tries to discover clues that can lead him to the real culprit.

A rich family living in Beverley Hills finds their lives upside down after a homeless man arrives and tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.

Blue Chips is a sports drama film which tells the story of Pete Bell, who coaches the Western University Dolphins, a basketball team, that has been unable to perform well recently. He wants to improve the performance of his team at any cost, and he eventually decides to break the rules.

Three Fugitives is an action comedy film which tells the story of Lucas, who visits a bank after being released from jail for several armed robberies. Although he is reformed, things get complicated when there is another robber at the bank, and Lucas is taken hostage. He is forced to run with his captor, when it is mistakenly assumed that they are working together.

This adventure thriller mystery film tells the story of David and Gail, who are on a vacation. When they are scuba-diving near the shipwrecks off Bermuda, they are able to recover several artifacts. However, they soon find themselves in dangerous conflict with a group of treasure hunters.

Set in 1955, Northfork is a drama film which revolves around the residents of a small community in Montana, who are forced to move, when there is a plan to begin construction of a new dam.

The Trials of Cate McCall is a drama film which revolves around a lawyer named Cate, who is struggling with alcoholism. She takes on a big case involving a woman named Lacey who is convicted of murder, hoping that it will help her get reinstated to the bar, and win back custody of her daughter. She is eventually able to prove Lacey’s innocence, but things get ugly when she finds out that Lacey is actually guilty. She gets obsessed with the case again, this time, in order to put Lacey back in prison once more.

A young woman named Johanna Parry moves to a new town and begins working for an elderly man named Mr McCauley, who is taking care of his granddaughter Sabitha. She also meets Ken, Sabitha’s father, who doesn’t live with them. When Ken writes a letter to Johanna, Johanna writes a response to it, but Sabitha and her friend intercepts it, and forges a love note for Ken instead. They also set up a fake email account for Ken, and begin to write love emails to Johanna, impersonating him.

Alex Jurel is an idealistic high school teacher whose life turns upside down when he is sued by a former student, when it is revealed that an illiterate student had received a diploma. Things get even more complicated when the lawyer assigned to the case turns out to be one of his former students.

Jack Cates, a police officer, convinces an ex-convict, Reggie Hammond, to help him find and take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area.

Grace Quigley is an old woman who is approaching the end of her life. When she witnesses a murder being committed by an assassin, she decides to blackmail him into killing her, as she has no will to live further.

Based on the autobiography by American writer Carolyn Cassady, film explores her relationship with her husband, Neal Cassady, a major figure in 1950s’ Beat Generation and novelist Jack Kerouac. 

Wealthy playboy, Arthur Bach, has yet another run-in with the law, after which his thorough-businesswoman mother issues an ultimatum that he has to marry corporate executive, Susan Johnson, or else lose his billions-worth inheritance. After getting engaged to Susan, Arthur meets and falls for Naomi, a free-spirited girl he wants as life-partner. The difficult choice teaches him a thing or two about growing-up.

The superhero movie explores the origins of Bruce Banner and his transformation into the Incredible Hulk after exposure to gamma radiation. It also reveals the instability of Hulk, while being hunted by the US military. Hulk has to eventually go up against his biological father who has sinister motives of his own. 

Return to Macon County is a drama film which revolves around two teens from a small town, who embark on a road trip from Georgia to California, hoping to enter a drag-racing contest. However, they soon find themselves in a complicated situation when they meet a runaway waitress, who insists on traveling with them.

Although they work for different newspaper agencies, Peter and Sabrina are assigned to cover the same story. Despite their differences, they make up their mind to work together, and in the process, they develop feelings for one another.

Miranda Wells is a nurse, who has been set up for a blind date by her friend. However, when she is getting ready, a man comes inside her house, and rapes her. The police eventually arrest the man, and he is sent to prison. But Miranda starts writing letters to her rapist, and he apologizes. Eventually, they get friendly with each other.

The Ridiculous 6 is an action adventure comedy film, which revolves around White Knife, an outlaw who was raised by Native Americans. When he discovers that he has five half-brothers, he unites with them and go on a mission to find their deadbeat dad and save him. 

Breakfast of Champions is a comedy film which takes us to a fictional town which is home to several crazy and neurotic characters. One of them include Dwayne, the wealthy owner of a car dealership, who is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, which is making him lose touch with reality. Things get even worse because his wife Celia is addicted to pills.  

Northville Cemetery Massacre is a crime drama action film which revolves around an outlaw biker gang, that is known to help people, but they also commit illegal acts, to make a point against corruption inside the police department. Things take an ugly turn when a police officer rapes a woman brutally, and pins the blame on the biker gang. This leads to a full war between the citizens of the town, the biker gang and the police.

Guided by visions from the creator, Noah begins constructing an enormous vessel capable of housing him, his wife, his three sons and adoptive daughter, as well as breeding pairs of every animal species on Earth. However, learning about the impending catastrophic flood, Tubal-cain, descendant of Cain, gathers an army to take over the ark by force.

Griffin Keyes is the best keeper at Franklin Park Zoo.  When the woman he loves declares that it is his career as zookeeper which is keeping her away. he decides to leave his job and join his brother’s car dealership. But the animals at the zoo are not ready to let him go and break their code of silence in order to help him. Will he finally be able to win his love? 

A war is going on between the dogs and the cats. However, they all decide to unite when they learn about a rogue spy who is intending to destroy all human and canine life.

Following a failed attempt to steal from hibernating bear Vincent, the cunning raccoon RJ promises to compensate within a week and convinces a group of forest animals that they can successfully raid the new human settlement separated by a thick hedge. Meanwhile, Gladys Sharp, the homeowners association president, hires an over-zealous exterminator to set booby traps in her yard.

John Wintergreen is an ambitious cop who wishes to be promoted to the homicide department. He finds the perfect opportunity to prove himself, when a murder takes place, and he is assigned to work on the case.  

Haunted by his murderous past Irish mob enforcer Jimmy ‘The Gravedigger’ Conlon is estranged from his son Mike, who wants nothing to do with him. But when Mike becomes a witness to a murder and finds his life threatened by Jimmy’s former boss Shawn Maguire, Jimmy must do everything to save his son. 

Dirty Little Billy is a Western film which tells the story of Billy Bonney, a teenager who grew up in the city. However, when his family moves into a frontier town in Kansas, he finds that he has no interest in farming, and therefore he plans to run away. He soon forms a gang and enters a life of crime.