
Peter Berg
Director · b. 1964 · New York City, New York, USA
Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is known for directing films such as Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, The Rundown, Hancock and Battleship. He is highly regarded for developing the television series Friday Night Lights, based on the film of the same name which he also directed. In his more recent career he has worked to bring to the big screen true stories of ordinary Americans placed into extraordinary situations (Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day). As an actor he is best known for his role as Dr. Billy Kronk on the 1990s-era CBS medical drama Chicago Hope. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Berg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movies24
Movie5.9ThrillerActionWhen mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.
Battleship
2012 · 6.2K votes
Movie6.4FantasyActionHancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Hancock
2008 · 10K votes
Movie7.2DramaCrimeCab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Collateral
2004 · 6.5K votes
Movie7.1ActionCrimeIn the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.
Patriots Day
2016 · 2.9K votes
Movie6.9DramaActionA story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Deepwater Horizon
2016 · 5K votes
Movie6.3ActionThrillerAn elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an Asian city.
Mile 22
2018 · 2.5K votes
Movie7.4WarActionFour Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.
Lone Survivor
2013 · 4.9K votes
Movie6.5ActionComedyWhen a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Smokin' Aces
2006 · 1.9K votes
Movie6.8CrimeDramaFreddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
Cop Land
1997 · 1.9K votes
Movie6.8ThrillerActionA team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
The Kingdom
2007 · 1.9K votes
Movie6.7Science FictionMysteryAfter clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes their story and his disappearance is treated as murder.
Fire in the Sky
1993 · 743 votes
Movie6.0ActionAdventureThree stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
Lions for Lambs
2007 · 868 votes
Movie6.3ComedyCrimeKyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...
Very Bad Things
1998 · 712 votes
Movie6.7ThrillerCrimeA devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
The Last Seduction
1994 · 452 votes
Movie6.9Science FictionThrillerAfter 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
Miracle Mile
1989 · 333 votes
Movie4.5ActionComedyCorky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to infiltrate the local FBI and retrieve and destroy evidence being used to incriminate Pops for racketeering charges.
Corky Romano
2001 · 189 votes
Movie2.4ComedyA struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
Going Overboard
1989 · 164 votes
Movie5.6HorrorThrillerAbout to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete Jonathan Parker, with an uncanny connection to him through bizarre dreams, can fight the powerful demon.
Shocker
1989 · 473 votes
Movie5.1ComedyDramaA struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
Girl 6
1996 · 126 votes
Movie5.2ComedyWhen the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
The Great White Hype
1996 · 109 votes
Movie6.0HistoryDramaThe true story of Dennis Byrd, his football career, his terrible accident, and his miraculous recovery and rehabilitation.
Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
1994 · 2 votes
Movie5.6RomanceDramaAn upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley is 26 and still lives at home, despite his simmering anger at his father, Edward. Charley's younger brother, Tom, just dropped out of college and returned home to live. Tom's unstable new girlfriend, Marriet, has designs on joining the family, but she's hardly a calming influence on the crumbling home.
Crooked Hearts
1991 · 21 votes
Movie6.6DramaWarIn 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
A Midnight Clear
1992 · 131 votes
Movie6.6DocumentaryMagician David Blaine performs reality-defying magical acts; featured celebrities include Odell Beckham Jr., Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Dave Chappelle, James Corden, Bryan Cranston, David Dobrik, Dr. Dre and Jamie Foxx.
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020 · 9 votes
Series19
TV5.3Talk ShowComedyJimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · 217 votes
TV7.2SoapDramaChicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago Hope
1994 · 83 votes
TV7.1ComedyLife’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
The King of Queens
1998 · 765 votes
TV7.4ComedyDramaFilm star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
Entourage
2004 · 672 votes
TV7.3CrimeMystery21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
21 Jump Street
1987 · 206 votes
TV7.6ComedyDramaA self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
Californication
2007 · 1.4K votes
TV7.7Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaWhen 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
The Leftovers
2014 · 1.3K votes
TV8.0DramaThe trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.
Friday Night Lights
2006 · 330 votes
TV6.8DramaComedyLooking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.
Ballers
2015 · 814 votes
TV7.8ComedyDramaDesperate for celebrity approval, the newly appointed head of a movie studio and his executive team at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.
The Studio
2025 · 422 votes
TV7.5Documentary30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history. This currently includes four "volumes" of 30 episodes each, a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011–2012, and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website. The series has also expanded to include Soccer Stories, which aired in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and audio podcasts. This entry refers to the main Volumes of the series presented by ESPN
30 for 30
2009 · 51 votes
TV6.6CrimeDramaA neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.
Fallen Angels
1993 · 15 votes
TV6.5ComedyThe Naked Truth is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and Holland Taylor. After a messy divorce with her very rich and powerful husband, Nora Wilde refuses to accept his offer of $1.8 million and tries to make it on her own. Being a Pulitzer nominated photographer, the only place that even considers hiring her is sleazy tabloid The Comet. She's forced to accept and starts as a regular papparazzo.
The Naked Truth
1995 · 21 votes
TV6.8Action & AdventureDramaSydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
Alias
2001 · 728 votes
TV7.7WesternDramaA mother and son fleeing from their past form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.
American Primeval
2025 · 513 votes
TV4.1Talk ShowFamilyThe Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · 19 votes
TV7.2DocumentaryThe story of legendary comedian Garry Shandling, featuring interviews from nearly four dozen friends, family and colleagues; four decades’ worth of television appearances; and a lifetime of personal journals, private letters and home audio and video footage.
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018 · 40 votes
TV7.0DramaComedyA former police detective transitions to working as a private investigator in Beverly Hills, navigating quirky cases and eccentric clients. His street-smart attitude and unorthodox methods clash with the upscale environment.
Beverly Hills Buntz
1987 · 2 votes
TV2.0DocumentaryA cutting-edge documentary series from filmmaker Peter Berg that explores vital themes in society and culture through the unifying lens of sports.
State of Play
2013 · 1 votes