River Phoenix

River Phoenix Movies and TV Shows

River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an up-and-coming movie star when he died suddenly of drug-induced heart failure in 1993 at the age of 23. His brief career was marked by critically-acclaimed performances in films such as Stand by Me (1986), Running on Empty (1988) and Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho (1991, with Keanu Reeves). Phoenix was the eldest of five children whose itinerant parents were members of a radical Christian group called the Children of God (later known as The Family). His family lived in communes in Oregon, Texas, Puerto Rico and Venezuela before settling in Florida. Pursuing entertainment careers for their children, the parents moved the family to Los Angeles, where Phoenix began getting television jobs in the early 1980s. Although his first feature film was 1985's Explorers (with young Ethan Hawke), it was his stand-out performance in the ensemble drama Stand by Me that gained him national recognition. Phoenix was labeled a promising young actor and his career took off. He co-starred with Harrison Ford in both The Mosquito Coast (1986) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in Running on Empty. His other films include Little Nikita (1988, with Sidney Poitier), Dogfight (1991) and Sneakers (1992, with Robert Redford). In 1993, outside Johnny Depp's L.A. nightclub, The Viper Room, Phoenix went into cardiac arrest and died, a result of lethal levels of heroin and cocaine.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 8/23/1970 (53 years old)
  • Place of birth: Metolius, Oregon USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.78 m
  • Net worth: $5,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Showbiz Kids
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 67%
role:
Self (archive footage) & 1 more
2020

Documentary

7.0
67%
My Own Private River
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 76%
role:
Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)
Not available
2011

Adventure

Drama

7.4
76%
Not available
The Langoliers
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 64%
role:
Danny Pope / Michael Manfield
Not available
1995

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
64%
Not available
Interview with the Vampire
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
In Memory Of & 1 more
1994

Drama

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
74%
The Thing Called Love
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 63%
role:
James Wright
1993

Drama

Romance

6.4
63%
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Sneakers
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Carl Arbegast
1992

Comedy

Crime

Drama

7.1
69%
Dogfight
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Eddie Birdlace
1991

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.3
69%
My Own Private Idaho
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 71%
role:
Michael "Mike" Waters
1991

Adventure

Drama

7.0
71%
1990

Action

Comedy

Crime

6.4
64%
1989

Action

Adventure

8.2
78%
Little Nikita
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 60%
role:
Jeff Grant
1988

Action

Drama

Thriller

5.9
60%
The Mosquito Coast
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 64%
role:
Charlie Fox
1986

Adventure

Drama

6.6
64%
Stand by Me
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 78%
role:
Chris Chambers
1986

Crime

Drama

8.1
78%
Explorers
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 62%
role:
Wolfgang Müller
1985

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
62%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving River Phoenix are, for example, Showbiz Kids, Interview with the Vampire and The Thing Called Love.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
The best Anystream ratings are Stand by Me (8.0), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (8.0) and Interview with the Vampire (7.5).
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