Movies from Bradley Cooper

The Royal Tenenbaums

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
I remember Wes Anderson talking about Gene Hackman, his ability to be real within a very restricted composition and choreography. The scene he was referring to was in The Royal Tenenbaums when Angelica Huston and he are fighting.
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Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
To take, probably, the most famous two-dimensional villain who we’ve watched just wreak havoc in so many forms — whether it’s the comic book, a television series, or various films — to say, ‘Okay, what happens if we humanize this person? And let’s see what could be the possible causes.’
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Raging Bull

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
My father was a huge cinephile. We lived across the street from a movie theater. So, "Raging Bull" was one of the first movies and so I started to get exposed all these films like "Apocalypse Now" and "The Deer Hunter".
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'Night of Vietnam Movies' from Bradley Cooper - 3 Films

One of Bradley Cooper's first memories of quality time-spending with his father. They were watching three Vietnam-themed movies in a row. Check out 3 favorite war movies from Bradley Cooper!
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
One of Bradley Cooper's first memories of quality time-spending with his father. They were watching three Vietnam-themed movies in a row. Check out 3 favorite war movies from Bradley Cooper!
Movies from Bradley Cooper

The Shop Around the Corner

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
I wanted to throw a comedy in there. I just remember seeing that movie, and Jimmy Stewart, and just the whole way Ernst Lubitsch tells his story comedically… I’m sure there were ones that came before that, but to me it felt innovative in the sense that it was a bunch of disparate storylines coming together in the end.
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The Conversation

Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
The Conversation is just, I think, a movie made by one of the best auteur directors of the ’70s and ’80s. To me, I think the reason that I would choose that one is the sound editing. Even though Hackman does play a sound guy, the sound of the movie is really innovative. You have conversations that are happening in the foreground that you can barely hear, and yet that’s the main conversation, so they play around a lot with where they put the microphone. It’s really awesome.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is just one of the best films ever made. The acting, the story, the conception visually. He’s just wonderful, the director, Julian Schnabel.
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The Celebration

A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech dislodges all the masks, which finally fall completely as the father-son conflict intensifies and the bewildered guests look on.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
The Celebration, the film by Thomas Vinterberg. It’s an example of innovative filmmaking and great storytelling. It’s just very moving. The subject matter, first of all, is incredible, you have this style of humour, and the acting’s insane. It was the idea of this Dogme-type style that I hadn’t really seen before — you know, you sort of feel it with Cassavetes, but I loved the strict adherence here to the principles of no artificial lighting, no artificial action, you can’t have any dolly tracking or crane shots at all; it’s all hand-held, it’s all video.
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Life Lessons

An abstract artist becomes obsessed with his muse.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
It’s part of New York Stories, with Nick Nolte and Rosanna Arquette. Nolte plays Lional Dobie, this Jackson Pollack-like artist. I love the subject matter of Life Lessons, it’s just great. Scorsese completely captures the obsession with women, visually and in the storyline. And Nick Nolte is never better — his performance is just f**king unbelievable. He’s on top of his game stylistically, Scorsese, melding heavy style with story without it ever feeling like you’re just watching a director, you know, show off. I never felt that. I’d be curious to see what he thinks of that movie, or how much time he spent doing it, but to me it just felt like kind of an effortless exercise in his talent.
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Lady Bird

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
“I love that movie,” Cooper exclaims of Lady Bird, which was nominated for five Oscars this winter. “I voted for that movie. I love that movie . . . that’s like a perfect film.”
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Eat Drink Man Woman

The film tells the story of a retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu (Si Hung Lung) and his family living in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. At the start of the film, he lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. As the film progresses, each of the daughters encounters new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, the stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.. The film features several scenes displaying the techniques and artistry of gourmet Chinese cooking. Since the family members have difficulty expressing their love for each other, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners is the surrogate for their familial feelings.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
I watch it if I just want to get in a good mood. And Ang Lee's movie Eat Drink Man Woman, that's my favorite.
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
Jiro Dreams of Sushi - I have it on my desktop. I've seen that documentary about eight times.
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The Elephant Man

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
He was 12 when he saw “The Elephant Man” and knew right then he wanted to act.
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Green Book

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
ROMA I liked ROMA. I've seen Green Book as well, good one. I haven't seen much, but these two are the best.
Movies from Bradley Cooper

Roma

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
Bradley Cooper
Actor, Director, Musician
ROMA I liked ROMA.