Virgil Bliss

Virgil Bliss

2001 · 93 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama

Fresh out of a long stretch in prison, Virgil Bliss (Clint Jordan) vows to go straight in this gritty, character-driven drama. But finding a job, a wife and a sense of purpose doesn't come easy when you're living in a halfway house surrounded by junkies and thugs. Things start to look up when Virgil falls for Ruby (Kirsten Russell), a prostitute and fellow lost soul, but her drug addiction stands in the way of his shot at a normal life.

Directed by Joe Maggio · Written by Joe Maggio

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 3m together

Virgil Bliss

Paper Covers Rock

Both from Joe Maggio.

More from Joe MaggioSee all →

Paper Covers Rock

Paper Covers Rock · 2008

Paper Covers Rock

Samantha is recovering from a suicide attempt and ready for a fresh start in life. She has to fight for the custody of her daughter.

The Last Rites of Joe May

The Last Rites of Joe May · 2011

The Last Rites of Joe May

Now in his sixties, Joe is released from the hospital after a long battle with pneumonia and forced to confront the harsh reality of his legacy: everyone he knew had assumed he was dead, and life had gone on around him without missing a beat. Returning to his old neighborhood in Chicago's 'Patch' district, he finds his car gone, all his worldly possessions pawned by his landlord, and the apartment he's lived in his entire adult life rented out to a single mother and her eight-year-old daughter.

Bitter Feast

Bitter Feast · 2010

MovieHorrorThriller

A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career.

Milk and Honey

Milk and Honey · 2003

Over one night in New York City, lives of disparate strangers intersect by fate and circumstance.

Supermoto

Supermoto · 2016

MovieThrillerDrama

A young woman wakes up alone in a motel room. Her boyfriend has ditched her, leaving her with a few dollars, a toothbrush, racing leathers, and a supermoto motorcycle. She's just learned that she's pregnant. Thus begins the wild and strange adventure of Ruby Pink, queen badass and heroine of SUPERMOTO.

Bliss

Part 2 of the Virgil Bliss trilogy, Bliss picks up Virgil's story 20 years later in the deserts of Southern California where a fugitive Virgil scratches out a meager existence as an Oxy-addicted stable hand.

A Heart to Heart

A Heart to Heart · 2026

A Heart to Heart

MovieDramaRomance

An aloof cardiologist and a spirited artist accidentally get their folders swapped at a bus stop and both deal with the unexpectedly positive repercussions of having each other's stuff.

Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller

Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller · 1980

Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller

MovieCrimeThriller

A noir mostly set in a bathroom stall and stairwell. A private dick trapped in a tight spot. A narrator searching for a way out of the story.

Presence

Presence · 2018

Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2018 Creepy Christmas Film Festival, in which each short is inspired by a holiday-themed word. This film, the seventh in the series, is inspired by the word "presents."

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter