Portrait of Nick Cassavetes

Directing

Nick Cassavetes

Career

Active from 1986 to 2025, busiest in 1993 and 1997 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for Face/Off
Face/Off
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nick Cassavetes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Wonder
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Wholesome
    2.4, average 3.4
  • Spiritual
    1.2, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Vigilante Justice 3
  • High Stakes 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Erotic Thriller 2
  • Sci-Fi Action 2
  • Conspiracy 2
  • Adult Themes 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Revenge Story 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

9 titles
Exhale
Exhale

as Phillip

Have You Seen Her?
Have You Seen Her?

Writer, Director

I Slept with Joey Ramone
I Slept with Joey Ramone

Screenplay, Director

Cus & Mike
Cus & Mike

Director

Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess
Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess

Director

The Boy with the Pink Pants
The Boy with the Pink Pants

Director

Quiet Storm
Quiet Storm

Executive Producer

Now I See You
Now I See You

Director

No Angel
No Angel

Director

2020s

9 titles ยท average score 48
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Bad Hombres
Bad Hombres (2025)
GoodWatch score 56

as Dr. Dean 'Growler' Graulich

Dizzy
Dizzy (2025)

Executive Producer

God Is a Bullet
God Is a Bullet (2023)
GoodWatch score 43

Screenplay, Director

Impulse
Impulse (2023)
GoodWatch score 34

as Zane

The Difficulties Of Being Drunk Alone
The Difficulties Of Being Drunk Alone (2022)

Producer

Prisoners of the Ghostland
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
GoodWatch score 51

as Psycho

Queenpins
Queenpins (2021)
GoodWatch score 53

as Captain Pain

Red Handed
Red Handed (2020)
GoodWatch score 39

Producer, Executive Producer

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 47
The Other Woman
The Other Woman (2014)
GoodWatch score 46

Director

Yellow
Yellow (2014)
GoodWatch score 45

Director, Screenplay

The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part II (2011)
GoodWatch score 50

as Tattoo Joe

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 57
My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Screenplay

Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog (2006)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Director

The Notebook
The Notebook (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Whatever We Do
Whatever We Do (2003)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer

John Q
John Q (2002)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

Blow
Blow (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Man in Derek's Salon (uncredited)

The Independent
The Independent (2000)
GoodWatch score 48

as Nick Cassavetes

1990s

19 titles ยท average score 49
Life
Life (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sergeant Dillard

The Astronaut's Wife
The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
GoodWatch score 38

as Captain Alex Streck

She's So Lovely
She's So Lovely (1997)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

Face/Off
Face/Off (1997)
GoodWatch score 81

as Dietrich Hassler

Farticus
Farticus (1997)

as Adonis Papadapadopounopoulopoulos

Unhook the Stars
Unhook the Stars (1996)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Writer

Just Like Dad
Just Like Dad (1995)
GoodWatch score 60

as Joe

Class of 1999 II: The Substitute
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994)
GoodWatch score 45

as Emmett Grazer

Body of Influence
Body of Influence (1994)
GoodWatch score 35

as Jonathan Brooks

Sins of the Night
Sins of the Night (1993)
GoodWatch score 40

as Jack Neitsche

Twogether
Twogether (1992)
GoodWatch score 39

as Wolfgang Amadeus 'John' Madler

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game
Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991)
GoodWatch score 34

as Charlie

1980s

13 titles ยท average score 57
Desperation Rising
Desperation Rising (1989)

as Tony Sarchuzi

Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Primo La Palma

Blind Fury
Blind Fury (1989)
GoodWatch score 51

as Lyle Pike

Assault of the Killer Bimbos
Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
GoodWatch score 36

as Wayne-O

Under the Gun
Under the Gun (1988)

as Tony Braxton

Shooter
Shooter (1988)

as Tex

The Wraith
The Wraith (1986)
GoodWatch score 48

as Packard Walsh

L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Richard Bertrand

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Foley

Quiet Cool
Quiet Cool (1986)
GoodWatch score 59

as Valence

Black Moon Rising
Black Moon Rising (1986)
GoodWatch score 40

as Luis

Mask
Mask (1985)
GoodWatch score 79

as T.J.