Known for Directing
John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an British-born American director, best known for the films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Short Circuit (1986), and Stakeout (1987). Badham worked in television for years, before his breakthrough in 1977 with Saturday Night Fever, a massive worldwide hit starring John Travolta. WarGames (1983), starring Matthew Broderick, is his other signature film, renowned for its take on popular Cold War fears of nuclear terror, and holocaust, as well as being one of the first films to deal with the subculture of amateur hacking. In addition to his numerous film credits, Badham has also directed and produced for TV, including credits for Rod Serling's Night Gallery, and the A&E television series The Beast. He has also contributed commentary to the web series Trailers from Hell.
Born
August 25, 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Filmography
61 films, 33 shows


Meatballs
2022 · 3m
country: United States
a short film


Evel Knievel
2004 · 1h 31m
country: Canada
Legendary daredevil Robbie "Evel" Knievel (George Eads) is profiled in this action-packed biopic helmed by John Badham. Long before extreme sports became ubiquitous, the hard-living exhibitionist vaulted his motorcycle over steep canyons, crates of venomous snakes and snarling cougars. But as Knievel amassed wealth and world records (along with 35 broken bones), his taste for liquor and ladies equaled his appetite for adventure.


Footsteps
2003 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Daisy Lowendahl is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan who knows almost everything about her, and two men — one of whom may be trying to kill her, the other of whom could save her life, causing Daisy to be thrown into the middle of a real-life drama.


Obsessed
2002 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A woman claims she had an affair with a married neurosurgeon and stands trial for allegedly harassing him.


Brother's Keeper
2002 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Lucinda Pond returns to the police force after discovering her brother has committed a series of brutal killings. Only she can decipher the clues he leaves behind and knows what he's trying to accomplish. In order to capture him, she'll have to sacrifice the bond between them forever.


The Last Debate
2000 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into their own hands. With the election only a week away, the two candidates square off in a final debate. The televised event takes a dramatic turn when the moderator and three panelists confront one of the candidates with unconfirmed rumors and allegations. The debate quickly turns into a witch hunt and destroys one politician's career. They also give Tom Chapman, the up-and-coming reporter investigating the panel's ambush, the story of a lifetime: What went on behind the last debate.


The Jack Bull
1999 · 1h 56m
country: United States
When the law fails to punish a fellow rancher that has abused his horses, a Wyoming horse trader sacrifices it all in a quest for justice.


Floating Away
1998 · 1h 45m
country: United States
After losing custody of her infant child to her domineering husband, a distressed woman's cross country search for family becomes a journey of self discovery and redemption.


Incognito
1997 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and gets into bed with in Paris, Marieke, turns out to be an arts expert Harry's clients are using to check the counterfeit picture he painted.


Nick of Time
1995 · 1h 29m
country: United States
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.


Drop Zone
1994 · 1h 41m
country: United States
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.


Another Stakeout
1993 · 1h 49m
country: United States
A pair of immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where an important Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading.


Point of No Return
1993 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.


The Hard Way
1991 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.


Bird on a Wire
1990 · 1h 50m
country: United States
An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.


Stakeout
1987 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.


Short Circuit
1986 · 1h 38m
country: United States
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.


American Flyers
1985 · 1h 53m
country: United States
When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers bond over their shared enthusiasm for cycling and decide to enter a grueling bike race through the mountains. However, Marcus' health soon begins to fail, and David must compete without his brother at his side.


WarGames
1983 · 1h 54m
country: United States
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.


Blue Thunder
1983 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.


Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981 · 1h 59m
country: United States
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.


Dracula
1979 · 1h 49m
country: United Kingdom
In 1913, charming, seductive, and sinister Count Dracula travels to England seeking an immortal bride.


Saturday Night Fever
1977 · 1h 58m
country: United Kingdom
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.


The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals.


The Keegans
1976 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A professional football player is accused of murdering the man who attacked his sister. His brother, an investigate reporter, sets out to prove his brother's innocence.


The Godchild
1974 · 1h 18m
country: United States
Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant child. They promise the woman that they will take care of the child and get it to safety, even though none of them knows anything whatsoever about children or babies.


Reflections of Murder
1974 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances point to clues that he is not dead after all.


The Gun
1974 · 1h 18m
country: United States
The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.


The Law
1974 · 2h 4m
country: Unknown
An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.


Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974 · 2h
country: United States
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segments: in the first, a computer falls in love with its programmer; in the second, a World War II vet falls in love with a murderer; in the third, a woman falls in love with a penniless painter.


Isn't It Shocking?
1973 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange goings-on in his town.
The Impatient Heart
The Impatient Heart
1971 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A social worker has problems in her private life.