The 35+ Best Movies With Down in the Title
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Since it's such a common word, it's not surprising there are many movies with down in the name. This list ranks the best movies with down in the title, regardless of what genre it is. Do you have a favorite movie with down in the name? This isn't a common way to categorize films, but that's part of the fun. There are probably one or two movies with down in the title that you instantly think of, but you might be surprised how many others there are as you scroll through this list.
This ranked poll of films with down in the title includes movies like Black Hawk Down, The Rescuers Down Under, and Falling Down. Don't forget that this list is interactive, meaning you can vote the film names up or down depending on much you liked each movie that has the word down in it.
- 1Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy KeachA Navy captain (David Carradine) uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.
- 2Dolores del Río, Gene Raymond, Raul RoulienIn this 1933 musical romance, choreographer and musician Fred Ayers (Fred Astaire) labors to help his friend and band leader Roger Bond (Gene Raymond) romance gorgeous Brazilian Belinha De Rezende (Dolores del Río), who is the fiancée of Julio (Raul Roulien). Along the way, Ayers and singer Honey Hale (Ginger Rogers) stage marvelous dance numbers and conspire to make sure the shows go on, including a breathtaking dance number on the exterior of a formation of airplanes flying over the audience.
- 3Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara HersheyIn the gripping drama, Falling Down, we follow William Foster (Michael Douglas), a down-on-his-luck defense worker navigating the gritty streets of Los Angeles. Struggling with unemployment and divorce, Foster's pent-up frustration boils over into a reckless odyssey, confronting society's ills head-on. Robert Duvall plays Sergeant Prendergast, an about-to-retire police officer hot on Foster's trail. The film, directed by Joel Schumacher, offers a raw portrayal of urban decay and societal pressure. It was nominated for the coveted Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.More Falling Down
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- 4Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell ShermanWay Down West is a 1920 film directed by D. W. Griffith.
- 5Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John CandyIn the adventurous animation, The Rescuers Down Under, Cody (Adam Ryen), a daring young boy in Australia, encounters a majestic golden eagle named Marahute. However, peril arises when nefarious poacher McLeach (George C. Scott) captures them both. Enter Bernard (Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (Eva Gabor), two brave mice from the international Rescue Aid Society. They embark on a thrilling journey to save Cody and Marahute, facing treacherous outback wilderness and cunning predators. This sequel to The Rescuers received high praise for its stunning animation quality and gripping storytelling, cementing it as an unforgettable Disney classic.
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- 6John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham CoxA heartwarming and thought-provoking adaptation, Watership Down delves into the lives of a group of rabbits as they embark on a perilous journey to find a new home. The show's rich narrative, based on Richard Adams' classic novel, is brought to life by its stellar voice cast, including James McAvoy (Hazel), Nicholas Hoult (Fiver), and John Boyega (Bigwig). This animated miniseries skillfully weaves themes of friendship, survival, and courage throughout its four episodes, earning critical acclaim and captivating audiences of all ages.More Watership Down
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- 7Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz PalminteriWhen amateur comedian Lance Barton (Chris Rock) finds himself at Heaven's door, he is convinced there has been a mistake. Miraculously he is right. Since returning to his own body is not an option, a heavenly agent places him into the corpse of a rich Manhattan mogul who has just been murdered by his wife -- until a more suitable replacement can be found. Ironically, it is as this new person that Lance ultimately discovers his true self, falls in love and improves his comedy act in the process.More Down to Earth
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- 8Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom SizemoreThe film takes place in 1993 when the U.S. sent special forces into Somalia to destabilize the government and bring food and humanitarian aid to the starving population. Using Black Hawk helicopters to lower the soldiers onto the ground, an unexpected attack by Somalian forces brings two of the helicopters down immediately. From there, the U.S. soldiers must struggle to regain their balance while enduring heavy gunfire.More Black Hawk Down
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- 9Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette MidlerUnlucky and homeless, Dave (Nick Nolte) decides to call it quits, and so sneaks into a stranger's backyard and tries to drown himself in the pool. However, Jerry's plans are stopped by the pool's owner, white-collar businessman Dave (Richard Dreyfuss), who pulls the tramp out of the water and into his home. But Dave's hospitality and his status-obsessed wife, Barbara (Bette Midler), don't impress Jerry, who ignores them and instead pursues the family's maid, Carmen (Elizabeth Peña).
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- 10Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Mary AliceSinclair family matriarch Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) raises enough money to help her two grandchildren and drug-addicted adult daughter, Loretta (Alfre Woodard), move to a small Mississippi town in order to escape the dangers of inner-city Chicago. There, Loretta and her kids are taken in by her gruff uncle, Earl (Al Freeman Jr.), who attempts to instill a work ethic and sense of history in his niece. With the help of Earl's tough love, Loretta does her best to put her past demons behind her.
- 11Ed Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David MorseOn a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood) meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan (Edward Norton), who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship, but her father (David Morse), a lawman, is suspicious of her lover.
- 12Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Jeff GoldblumIgby Slocumb (Kieran Culkin), a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father (Bill Pullman), a self-absorbed, distant mother (Susan Sarandon), and a shark-like young Republican big brother (Ryan Phillippe), Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.More Igby Goes Down
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- 13Djimon Hounsou, Sean Faris, Amber HeardJake (Sean Faris) moves to Orlando, Fla., with his mother (Leslie Hope) and brother (Wyatt Smith). He feels like an outsider in his new school and frequently lets his temper flare out of control. But Jake wants to fit in, and he decides to go to a party with his classmate Baja (Amber Heard). There, Jake is pushed into a fight and humiliated. Another classmate (Evan Peters) sees what happened, and encourages Jake to visit martial arts trainer Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou).More Never Back Down
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- 14Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene LevyLawyer Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. But he lucks out with online dating and meets a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets -- an escaped African-American convict named Charlene (Queen Latifah) -- is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene convinces him to take her case and prove her innocence, and along the way they learn to become friends.
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- 15Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron PaulFour strangers who planned to jump off the same roof on New Year's Eve join together as a kind of family and give themselves six weeks to find valid reasons to live.More A Long Way Down
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The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down
Kelly Mantle, Leyla Milani, Gilles MariniThe Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down is an independent film directed by Paul Sapiano. The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down was the winner of five independent film awards at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2006. Features original music from Dirty Vegas, and Kava Kava. 
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David Fine, Peter Quartaroli, James Anthony Cotton- 18Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Harry Dean StantonWhen an EPA representative is discovered dead in a small Midwestern town, government agent Jack Taggart (Steven Seagal) goes undercover to check things out. He finds that local coal mogul Orin Hanner Sr. (Kris Kristofferson) is cutting financial corners by disposing of hazardous waste wherever he pleases and that local kids are falling ill because of this recklessness. Taggart then works to stop the shady activity and save the town, but Hanner and his thugs soon grow suspicious of him.More Fire Down Below
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- 19Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Viola DavisWon't Back Down is a drama film directed by Daniel Barnz starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis and Holly Hunter. It was released on September 28, 2012.
- 20Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Larry DayUpside Down is a 2012 Canadian-French romantic science fiction film written and directed by Juan Diego Solanas, starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst.
- 21Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis SmithQuiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs (Jodie Foster) lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady (Alexis Smith) inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the landlady's creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank (Martin Sheen), won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario (Scott Jacoby) to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
- 22Olivia Newton-John, Ian Turpie, Howard MorrisonFunny Things Happen Down Under is a 1965 Australian musical/family film directed by Joe McCormick. It stars Olivia Newton-John, Ian Turpie and Howard Morrison, and is best remembered today for being Newton-John's first film.
- 23Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack LemmonSet in the Caribbean, U.S. expatriates Tony (Jack Lemmon) and Felix (Robert Mitchum) cruise around the ocean and eke out a meager subsistence using their small trawling boat to transport cargo. When they take on the job of smuggling illegal-immigrant beauty Irena (Rita Hayworth) to another island, the two friends find their friendship torn apart by their mutual romantic feelings toward her. Though jealousy has split them apart, fate intervenes to bring the two back together.
- Down and Out in America is a 1986 Academy Award-winning documentary film that critiques Reaganomics by showing examples of poverty in the United States. It won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, tying with Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got.
- 25Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian WelchDown from the Mountain is a 2000 documentary and concert film featuring a live performance by country and traditional music artists who participated in the Grammy-winning soundtrack recording for the Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? The concert, held on May 24, 2000 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, was a benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The documentary was directed by Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker. The artists in the concert also participated in a Down from the Mountain concert tour.
- 26Paul Frees, William Hanna, Daws ButlerTom and Jerry hear on the radio about a bear that escaped from the circus who always dances whenever music is playing. When the bear finds it's way to their house, and music starts playing, it takes Tom as it's reluctant dancing partner. Amused by this, Jerry does his best to keep the music going so he can continue to watch Tom get helplessly thrown around by the dancing bear.
- 27Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan RickmanMatthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) is an American rifleman who travels to the Australian outback to answer a help wanted ad calling for a sharpshooter. When Quigley meets his employer, Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman), he's appalled to discover the job involves killing Aborigines. The two men fight, and when Quigley is knocked out, Marston leaves him and a local crazy woman (Laura San Giacomo) to die in a remote part of the outback. They're rescued, however, by Aborigines, and plot their revenge.More Quigley Down Under
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- 28Christopher Walken, Margot Kidder, Geoffrey LewisShoot the Sun Down is a 1978 western film. It is directed by David Leeds, written by Leeds and Richard Rothstein, and stars Christopher Walken, Margot Kidder and Geoffrey Lewis.
- 30Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Byron BarrEn route to a Wild West show in Cheyenne, Wyo., cowboy star Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers) intervenes when he sees young outlaw Steve Paxton (Byron Barr) murder a veterinarian who's on his way to tell local rancher H.T. McKenzie (Roy Barcroft) that his cattle herd is infected with hoof-and-mouth disease. With the help of grocer Sparrow Biffle (Pat Brady) and schoolteacher Ruth Shaw (Dale Evans), Roy tries to bring Paxton to justice and keep McKenzie from selling the diseased cattle.
- 31Lü Yue, Li Xiaolu, LopsangXiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl is a 1998 Chinese film directed by actress Joan Chen based during the 1970s in People's Republic of China, during the Cultural Revolution's Down to the Countryside Movement. This drama film is the directorial debut of Chen. The film stars Li Xiaolu and Lopsang.
- 32Hayley Mills, Alan Bates, Bernard LeeAfter a confusing exchange with a strange man (Alan Bates) they find hiding in their family barn, Kathy Bostock (Hayley Mills) and her young siblings jump to the conclusion that the man -- in reality an escaped killer -- is none other than Jesus Christ. Excitement erupts as word spreads among the children in their small farming community in northwest England. Adult skepticism abounds, until their father (Bernard Lee) catches wind of the tale and begins to investigate.
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Face Down
Judit Koltai, Illés Nyitrai, Emina ElorFace Down is a 2002 film written by Szabolcs Tolnai and Piroska Varga and directed by Szabolcs Tolnai. - 34Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence HowardRising gangland player Victor (Colin Farrell) infiltrates the criminal empire run by Alphonse (Terrence Howard), but his aim is not to accumulate prestige and power. Instead, Victor's mission is to make Alphonse pay for destroying his once-happy life. Victor's machinations have not gone unnoticed; Beatrice (Noomi Rapace), his neighbor, watches and waits. When she uncovers Victor's secret, she threatens to expose him unless he helps her carry out her own campaign of revenge.
- 35Richard Dreyfuss, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowallHello Down There is a 1969 musical comedy film made by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Jack Arnold and Ricou Browning and produced by George Sherman and Ivan Tors from a screenplay by John McGreevey and Frank Telford. It starred Tony Randall and Janet Leigh. The film was reissued in 1974 under the title Sub-a-Dub-Dub.
- 36C. Thomas Howell, Mick Fleetwood, Rene AuberjonoisA clerk gets very little respect in the workplace and is always taken advantage of by his boss. He discovers his boss' corruption and illegal behavior, and plans to murder him and assume his title on the knowledge that he's next in line for his boss' position.
- 37Andre Buckner
