Filmography: Sean Penn

2024

Asphalt City (R)Release Date: March 29, 2024
Cast: Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn, Michael Pitt, Raquel Nave, Kali Reis
Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Writer: Ryan King, Ben Mac Brown

2022

Fast Times at Ridgemont High 40th Anniversary (R)Release Date: July 28, 2022
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston
Director: Amy Heckerling

2021

Licorice Pizza (R)Release Date: December 25, 2021
Cast: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Flag Day (R)Release Date: August 20, 2021
Cast: Dylan Penn, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Norbert Leo Butz, Dale Dickey
Director: Sean Penn
Writer: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth

2019

The Professor and the Madman ()Release Date: May 10, 2019
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer
Director: P.B. Shemran
Writer: Todd Komarnicki, P.B. Shemran, Simon Winchester

2017

The Last Face (R)Release Date: July 28, 2017
Cast: Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jean Reno, Jared Harris
Director: Sean Penn
Writer: Erin Dignam

2016

The Angry Birds Movie (2016) (PG)Release Date: May 20, 2016
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon
Director: Fergal Reilly, Clay Kaytis
Writer: Jon Vitti, Mikael Hed, Mikko Pöllä, John Cohen

2015

The Human Experiment (NR)Release Date: April 17, 2015
Cast: Sean Penn
Director: Don Hardy Jr., Dana Nachman
Writer: Dana Nachman

The Gunman (R)Release Date: March 20, 2015
Cast: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance
Director: Pierre Morel
Writer: Don MacPherson, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Pete Travis

2013

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) (PG)Release Date: December 25, 2013
Cast: Kristen Wiig, Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn
Director: Ben Stiller
Writer: Steve Conrad

Gangster Squad (R)Release Date: January 11, 2013
Cast: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, Robert Patrick
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writer: Will Beall, Paul Lieberman

2012

This Must Be the Place (R)Release Date: November 2, 2012
Cast: Sean Penn, Eve Hewson, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Heinz Lieven
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Writer: Umberto Contarello, Paolo Sorrentino

2011

The Tree of Life (PG-13)Release Date: May 27, 2011
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Joanna Going, Fiona Shaw, Jackson Hurst
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick

2010

Fair Game (PG-13)Release Date: November 5, 2010
Cast: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Bruce McGill
Director: Doug Liman
Writer: Jez Butterworth, John Butterworth

2009

Crossing Over (R)Release Date: February 27, 2009
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Summer Bishil
Director: Wayne Kramer
Writer: Wayne Kramer

Milk (2008) (R)Release Date: January 9, 2009
Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writer: Dustin Lance Black

2008

What Just Happened (2008) (R)Release Date: October 17, 2008
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, John Turturro, Robin Wright Penn
Director: Barry Levinson
Writer: Art Linson

2007

Into the Wild (R)Release Date: October 19, 2007
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian Dierker
Director: Sean Penn
Writer: Jon Krakauer, Sean Penn

2006

All the King's Men (PG-13)Release Date: September 22, 2006
Cast: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini
Director: Steven Zaillian
Writer: Steven Zaillian

2005

The Interpreter (2005) (PG-13)Release Date: April 22, 2005
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal
Director: Sydney Pollack
Writer: Scott Frank, Charles Randolph

2004

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (R)Release Date: December 29, 2004
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Jack Thompson, Don Cheadle, Brad Henke
Director: Niels Mueller
Writer: Niels Mueller, Kevin Kennedy

It's All About Love (R)Release Date: October 29, 2004
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn, Douglas Henshall, Alun Armstrong
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writer: Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov

Pauly Shore Is Dead (R)Release Date: September 24, 2004
Cast: Pauly Shore, Tommy Chong, Ellen DeGeneres, Snoop Dogg, Fred Durst
Director: Pauly Shore
Writer: Pauly Shore, Kirk Fox

Riding Giants (PG-13)Release Date: July 9, 2004
Cast: Laird John Hamilton, Darrick Doerner, Titus Kinimaka, Brian L. Keaulana, Dave Kalama
Director: Stacy Peralta
Writer: Stacy Peralta, Sam George

2003

21 Grams (2003) (R)Release Date: November 21, 2003
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writer: Guillermo Arriaga

Mystic River (R)Release Date: October 8, 2003
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Dennis Lehane, Brian Helgeland

2002

The Weight of Water (R)Release Date: November 1, 2002
Cast: Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, Josh Lucas
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writer: Alice Arlen, Christopher Kyle

2001

I Am Sam (PG-13)Release Date: December 28, 2001
Cast: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Doug Hutchison, Scott Paulin, Dakota Fanning
Director: Jessie Nelson
Writer: Jessie Nelson, Kristine Johnson, Brenda Wachel

Dogtown and Z-Boys (PG-13)Release Date: January 19, 2001
Cast: Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Bob Biniak, Paul Constantineau
Director: Stacy Peralta
Writer: Stacy Peralta, Craig Stecyk

The Pledge (2001) (R)Release Date: January 19, 2001
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart, Benicio del Toro, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn
Director: Sean Penn
Writer: Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski, Sean Penn

2000

Before Night Falls (2000) (R)Release Date: December 22, 2000
Cast: Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn
Director: Julian Schnabel
Writer: Cunningham O'Keefe, Lazaro Gomez Carriles, Julian Schnabel

Up at the Villa (PG-13)Release Date: May 5, 2000
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi
Director: Philip Haas
Writer: Belinda Haas

1999

Sweet and Lowdown (PG-13)Release Date: December 3, 1999
Cast: Sean Penn, John Waters, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Anthony LaPaglia
Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen

The Thin Red Line (R)Release Date: January 15, 1999
Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: James Jones, Terrence Malick

1998

Hurlyburly (R)Release Date: December 25, 1998
Cast: Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Meg Ryan, Robin Wright Penn, Garry Shandling
Director: Anthony Drazan
Writer: David Rabe

1997

Hugo Pool (R)Release Date: December 12, 1997
Cast: Alyssa Milano, Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn, Cathy Moriarty, Malcolm McDowell
Director: Robert Downey Sr.

U-Turn (1997) (R)Release Date: October 3, 1997
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: John Ridley

The Game (1997) (R)Release Date: September 12, 1997
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Unger, James Rebhorn, Carroll Baker
Director: David Fincher
Writer: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris

She's So Lovely (R)Release Date: August 29, 1997
Cast: Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Susan Traylor
Director: Nick Cassavetes

1995

Dead Man Walking (1995) (R)Release Date: December 29, 1995
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey
Director: Tim Robbins
Writer: Helen Prejean, Tim Robbins

The Crossing Guard (R)Release Date: November 15, 1995
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston, David Morse, Robin Wright
Director: Sean Penn

1993

Carlito's Way (R)Release Date: January 1, 1993
Cast: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Ingrid Rogers
Director: Brian De Palma
Writer: Edwin Torres & David Koepp

1991

The Indian Runner (NR)Release Date: January 1, 1991
Cast: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Patricia Arquett, Charles Bronson, Dennis Hopper
Director: Sean Penn
Writer: Sean Penn

1989

Casualties of War (R)Release Date: August 18, 1989
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly, Dale Dye, Jack Gwaltney
Director: Brian de Palma
Writer: Daniel Lang, David Rabe

1986

At Close Range (R)Release Date: April 1, 1986
Cast: Sean Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Millie Perkins
Director: James Foley
Writer: Nicholas Kazan

1985

The Falcon and the Snowman (R)Release Date: January 25, 1985
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten, Rob Reed
Director: John Schlesinger
Writer: Robert Lindsey, Steven Zaillian

1983

Bad Boys (1983) (R)Release Date: March 25, 1983
Cast: Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody, Eric Gurry, Esai Morales
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Richard Di Lello

1981

Taps (PG)Release Date: December 20, 1981
Cast: George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise
Director: Harold Becker
Writer: Devery Freeman, Robert Mark Kamen

Other

Colors (1988) (NR)Cast: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Grand L. Bush
Director: Dennis Hopper
Writer: Michael Schiffer

Daddio (R)Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sean Penn
Director: Christy Hall
Writer: Christy Hall

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (R)Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer
Director: Amy Heckerling
Writer: Cameron Crowe

Haiti Untold (NR)Cast: Sean Penn, Donna Karan, Georges Laraque, Bill Evans, Dave Toycen
Director: Isabelle Depelteua, Dan Shannon
Writer: Dan Shannon

Loved (PG-13)Cast: William Hurt, Sean Penn, Evelyn Dignam, Anthony Lucero, Jennifer Watson-Johnston
Director: Erin Dignam
Writer: Erin Dignam

Mad Hannans ()Cast: Sean Penn, Jerry Hannan, Sean Hannan, Jerry Harrison
Director: Martin Shore

The People Speak (NR)Cast: Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Marisa Tomei, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Tony Sacco
Writer: Anthony Arnove, Howard Zinn

Racing with the Moon (NR)Cast: Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, John Karlen, Rutanya Alda
Director: Richard Benjamin
Writer: Steve Kloves

State of Grace (1990) (NR)Cast: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro
Director: Phil Joanou
Writer: Dennis McIntyre

We're No Angels (1989) (NR)Cast: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton, Bruno Kirby
Director: Neil Jordan
Writer: David Mamet, Ranald MacDougall, Albert Husson, Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack