Acting

Dick Rude

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dick Rude (born 1964) is a writer, director, and actor known for his appearance in and contributions to many Alex Cox films. He has directed the music videos "Catholic School Girls Rule" and "Universally Speaking" for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as their live concert DVD, Off the Map. His most recent film is Let's Rock Again!, a documentary about Jo…

Known For

Walker

MovieDramaHistory

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

Repo Man

Repo Man · 1984

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

Night of the Comet

Night of the Comet · 1984

Night of the Comet

MovieComedyHorror

After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

Dead Souls

Dead Souls · 2025

MovieWesternDrama

In 1890, the year of the U.S. census, chaos erupts when a stranger named Strindler arrives in a small town in Arizona and requests money for providing the names of dead Mexican laborers.

The Wild Life

The Wild Life · 1984

MovieComedyDrama

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II · 1987

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

MovieHorrorFantasy

Mary Lou Maloney, Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, is killed during her coronation ceremony due to a prank gone wrong by her jilted boyfriend, Billy Nordham. Thirty years later, teen Vicki Carpenter is in the running for Prom Queen, but accidentally unleashes the vengeful spirit of Mary Lou, who will stop at nothing to be rightfully crowned, even if it means taking Vicki's poor body for a cruise!

Straight to Hell

Straight to Hell · 1987

Straight to Hell

MovieActionWestern

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.

Roadside Prophets

Roadside Prophets · 1992

Roadside Prophets

MovieActionAdventure

On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson. Joined by wannabe biker Sam, Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters along the way.

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Walker

MovieDramaHistory

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

Washburn

Repo Man

Repo Man · 1984

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

Duke

Night of the Comet

Night of the Comet · 1984

Night of the Comet

MovieComedyHorror

After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

Stock Boy

Dead Souls

Dead Souls · 2025

MovieWesternDrama

In 1890, the year of the U.S. census, chaos erupts when a stranger named Strindler arrives in a small town in Arizona and requests money for providing the names of dead Mexican laborers.

Doctor Stanton

The Wild Life

The Wild Life · 1984

MovieComedyDrama

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Eddie

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II · 1987

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

MovieHorrorFantasy

Mary Lou Maloney, Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, is killed during her coronation ceremony due to a prank gone wrong by her jilted boyfriend, Billy Nordham. Thirty years later, teen Vicki Carpenter is in the running for Prom Queen, but accidentally unleashes the vengeful spirit of Mary Lou, who will stop at nothing to be rightfully crowned, even if it means taking Vicki's poor body for a cruise!

Special Effects

Straight to Hell

Straight to Hell · 1987

Straight to Hell

MovieActionWestern

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.

Writer

Roadside Prophets

Roadside Prophets · 1992

Roadside Prophets

MovieActionAdventure

On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson. Joined by wannabe biker Sam, Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters along the way.

Too Free Stooges

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map · 2001

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map

On tour promoting their 1999 studio album ‘Californication’, Los Angeles-based funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers perform at various North American venues in the year 2000.

Director

Quit

MovieDramaRomance

When a twenty-something couple go away to the desert of Joshua Tree to quit smoking together their relationship is tested. We share the torture the couple put themselves through but learn smoking is a metaphor for their addictive relationship.

Screenplay

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Let's Rock Again!

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Let's Rock Again! · 2004

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Let's Rock Again!

MovieDocumentaryMusic

LET'S ROCK AGAIN! is a one-hour music documentary following rock icon Joe Strummer as he tours across America and Japan.

Director

Plate o' Shrimp: Punk Rock, Sci-Fi and the Making of Repo Man

Plate o' Shrimp: Punk Rock, Sci-Fi and the Making of Repo Man · 2007

Plate o' Shrimp: Punk Rock, Sci-Fi and the Making of Repo Man

MovieDocumentary

Interviews, backstories and insights with a few of the actors involved in the 1984 cult film, Repo Man.

The GoodTimesKid

The GoodTimesKid · 2005

The GoodTimesKid

Hoping to improve his life, the temperamental Rodolfo Cano enlists in the Army. But when another Rodolfo Cano receives his sign-up orders, the two Rodolfos' lives collide -- with the first Rodolfo's girlfriend adding to the confusion.

Tough Guy

Tōkyō no kyūjitsu

Tōkyō no kyūjitsu · 1991

Tōkyō no kyūjitsu

Television commercial director Naoki Nagao makes his directorial debut with this surrealist thriller about foreigners in Japan, all in search of a drug called Tokyo Holiday. Mr. Light is an aging millionaire looking to find a spiritual reawakening by taking this hallowed drug.