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 Hairspray
2007
Directed by Adam Shankman
New Line Cinema
Starring John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Zak Efron and Nikki Blonski
Sixteen years after the original release of John Waters' film about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron adapted the Tony award-winning Broadway production of Hairspray into this hit movie. Featuring new and original material, Hairspray had the biggest opening in history of a musical - $27.5 million. To date it has grossed just under $200 million worldwide and that figure is still growing.
John has been awarded Hollywood Supporting Actor of the Year by the Hollywood Film Festival for his role as Edna Turnblad -- Mother of teenager Tracy Turnblad.
Hairspray's "You Can't Stop The Beat" has been nominated for the Peoples Choice Award for Best Song. Additionally, the film has been voted Best Picture by the Teenagers of America.
Hairspray is the #3 musical in history (Grease is #1), and Hairspray DVD sales are breaking records.
The film centers on Tracy Turnblad, an plump teenager who loves to dance and wants to become a dancer on the Corny Collins TV Dance Show. When one of the dancers leaves, Tracy auditions to be part of the show. Her mother Edna (played by John) worries that Tracy will get hurt. Instead, Tracy starts a revolution against racism and discrimination.
 Wild Hogs
2007
Touchstone Pictures
Directed by Walt Becker
Starring: John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy
Released in March 2007, this comedy-adventure had a hugely successful premiere in Ocala, Florida (John’s hometown) which raised money for hurricane victims. John presented a personal check to Central Florida Hurricane Victims to match the funds raised at the premiere.
Wild Hogs has the honor of the biggest opening weekend of John’s career at $39.7 million. Worldwide, it has made in excess of $250 million at the box office.
Additionally, Wild Hogs has been nominated Best Picture for People's Choice Awards of 2007. And both Wild Hogs DVD sales (and Hairspray DVD sales) are breaking records!
In an action-packed comic drama about men, motorcycles and mid-life crises, Travolta, Allen, Lawrence and Macy star as four frustrated suburbanites who try to rev up their middle-aged lives by hitting the open road as would-be renegade bikers.
But as the trying-to-be-fearless foursome head out looking for adventure, they get far more excitement than they bargained for. Suddenly, they find themselves in potentially deadly rivalry with the Del Fuegos, a rough-and-tumble, real-life biker gang who will force them to re-learn how to fight by their wits – even as they are scared right out of them. Now, as they attempt to hurl down the highway, these four friends will somehow still find a way to run into the renewal they were seeking.
The film also stars Jill Hennessy, Marisa Tomei and Ray Liotta . Paul Teutul, Sr. and Paul Teutul, Jr. of the popular television series “Orange County Choppers” also make an appearance.
 Lonely Hearts
2006
Millennium Films
Directed by Todd Robinson
Starring: John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, Laura Dern and Scott Caan
Lonely Heart is a crime-drama thriller based on a true story of America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers" as chronicled by Director Todd Robinson. In the late 1940s Ray Fernandez, a conman of lonely women whom he finds in the lonely hearts section of newspapers, connects up with nurse Martha Beck. She poses as his sister, and together, they start on a hideous crime spree of romantic swindle and murder for money. Detective Elmer Robinson, (real-life grandfather of director/writer Todd Robinson, and played by John Travolta) and his partner Charles Hildebrandt (James Gandolfini) set out to capture the pair and bring them to justice
 Be Cool
2005
MGM
Directed by F. Gary Gray
Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, The Rock, Vince Vaughn, André 3000, Paul Adelstein, Scott Adsit, Kimberly J. Brown, Cedric the Entertainer, Brian Christensen, Keila Collins, Danny DeVito, Carol Duboc, James Gandolfini, Arielle Kebbel, Harvey Keitel, Alex Kubik, Nick Loren, Debi Mazar, Christina Milian, Minae Noji, Lance Norris, Steven Tyler
John Travolta is back as Chili Palmer in Be Cool, a sequel to the comedy smash Get Shorty. This time, Chili becomes a different kind of “hit” man - he abandons the movie industry to bring his wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics to the music business.
When a friend is offed while they’re at lunch, Chili takes the opportunity to visit the guy’s wife, Edie (Thurman), and pitch himself as her new business partner at an independent record label. With a promising young pop-star-in-training as his protégé (Milian), Chili has to juggle her faux-urban manager (Vaughn), his gay, wannabe-actor bodyguard (The Rock), Russian mobsters, and an eloquent gangsta music producer (Cedric) to save the label and land a hit - and keep from getting popped himself.
 A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004
Lions Gate Films
Directed by Shainee Gabel
Starring: John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger, Dane Rhodes
Upon hearing of her mother’s death, jaded teenage loner Purslane Hominy Will (Scarlett Johansson) returns to New Orleans for the first time in years, ready to reclaim her childhood home. Expecting to find her late mother’s house abandoned, Pursy is shocked to discover that it is inhabited by two of her mother’s friends: Bobby Long (John Travolta), a former literature professor, and his young protégé, Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht). These broken men, whose lives took a wrong turn years before, have been firmly rooted in the dilapidated house for years, encouraged only by Lawson’s faltering ambitions to write a novel about Bobby Long’s life. Having no intention of leaving, Pursy, Bobby Long and Lawson are all forced to live together. Yet as time passes, their tenuous, makeshift arrangement unearths a series of buried personal secrets that challenges their bonds, and reveals just how inextricably their lives are intertwined...
 Ladder 49
2004
Walt Disney
Directed by Jay Russell
Starring: John Travolta, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jacinda Barrett
"Ladder 49" is about a firefighter named Jack (Phoenix) who is the protege of experienced fire captain Kennedy (Travolta). Reflecting on his career, friends and family, as Jack lies trapped in a burning building, the movie shows not only the courageous side but the human side of firefighters and how they live their lives both on duty and off.
 The Punisher
2004
Lionsgate/Fox
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Starring: John Travolta, Thomas Jane, Laura Harring, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Samantha Mathis, Will Patton, Ben Foster, James Carpinello, Mark Collie, John Pinette, Eddie Jamison, Russell Andrews, Marcus Johns
Adapted from the Marvel Comics series: Undercover FBI agent and former Marine Frank Castle (Jane) is devastated when his wife and children are killed after they accidentally witness a mafia hit. With nothing left to lose, he decides to dedicate himself fully to the eradication of crime (organized and otherwise) from America, as an army, assassin, judge and jury all rolled up into one man (and a whole lot of guns): The Punisher. Wearing a menacing black battle suit with a white skull emblazoned on his chest, the Punisher first sets his sights on the crime syndicate that was responsible for the murders of his family. Along the way, his vendetta quest leads to the son of Howard Saint (Travolta), a former underworld boss who had gone straight, but the death of his son leads him to get back into crime, and guess who's he gunning for.
 Basic
2003
Sony Pictures
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: John Travolta, Samuel Jackson, Connie Nielsen
Six of the military's most elite commandos and their decorated training officer (Samuel Jackson) go out on a training mission. Two come back and one of them is wounded. What happened? The base commander calls in a former Army Ranger who is now a DEA agent (John Travolta) to find out. Teamed with the Army's official investigating officer (Connie Nielsen), they have only a few hours to answer the question.
In their first on-screen reunion since their Oscar® nominated performances in Pulp Fiction, John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson co-star in Basic. Directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October), Travolta and Jackson sizzle in this old fashioned mystery/thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seats with its series of twists and turns.
 Domestic Disturbance
2001
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Harold Becker
Starring: John Travolta, Teri Polo and Vince Vaughn, Matt O'Leary
Like most dads, Frank Morrison (John Tavolta) only wants what's best for his son. Since he and his wife Susan (Teri Polo) divorced a few years ago, their son has been rebellious and troubled, with a history of lying. But Frank and Susan love Danny (Matt O'Leary) very much and know that he just needs love and understanding. Even though divorced, Frank and Susan have tried to be the best parents possible.
Susan has found someone new, Rick Barnes (Vince Vaughn) and is engaged. A newcomer in town, Barnes is wealthy and is able to give Danny things that Frank, a struggling boat builder, simply can't. Before the wedding is over, Danny starts telling Frank troubling stories about Rick Barnes. Frank is torn. He wants to believe his son, but is Danny lying about Rick because he wants Frank and Susan to get back together?
But when Danny tells his dad he has seen Rick commit a murder, Frank knows he must find out the truth no matter the cost.
 Swordfish
2001
Warner Brothers
Directed by Dominic Sena
Starring: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle
Gabriel Shear (Travolta), is a spy disillusioned by his own government. To finance his patriotism, he has located accounts where there are billions in illegal government funds. However, he needs the best hacker around to get past the safeguards, and that is where Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) enters the picture. Because of his previous hacking into the FBIs surveillance sites, Stanley is forbidden to get near a computer. He is living in a trailer and dream- ing about seeing Holly, his daughter who is living with her mother.
Gabriel and Ginger (Halle Berry) tell Stanley he can re- unite with Holly if he helps them. However, once Stanley agrees to help, he enters a world much more complicated than a simple cyber-tech heist.
 Battlefield Earth
2000
Warner Brothers
Directed by Roger Christain
Stars: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forrest Whitaker
In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities. Earth is a wasteland. Man is an endangered species. A millennium ago, vicious Psychlo aliens swept down from the skies and wiped out Earth's entire defense force in nine minutes. Now, the surviving humans are hiding out in remote mountain villages, primitive and cut off from the rest of humanity.
One of the most powerful figures on this new Earth is the Psychlo Chief of Security, Terl (John Travolta), a brilliant and monstrous alien who aspires to be transferred from Earth to one of the more glamorous planets under the control of the Psychlo Empire. Terl's plan to enrich himself for a life of ease is challenged by one human, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper). Tyler wants to make life better for his people who are living like animals, but he is captured and made to work as a slave. Terl holds every advantage, with the massive strength of invincible Psychlo machinery and the vast Psychlo empire behind him. However, Jonnie has the courage to challenge him and seek to free his people.
Based on the national best-seller by L. Ron Hubbard, Battlefield Earth is a story about the power of one man to make a difference.
 Lucky Numbers
2000
Paramount
Nora Ephron
John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Ed O'Neill, Tim Roth, Bill Pullman
Russ Richards (Travolta) seems to have it all. He is a very popular television weatherman from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a reserved table and parking space at Denny's, a beautiful Jaguar con- vertible, and a big house. Unfortunately, his snowmobile dealership is going under because of a warm winter that shows no signs of snow. Desperate, Russ speaks to his friend Gig (Tim Roth), a Brit who owns a strip club and knows some unsavory characters. Initially, Gig's idea of rigging the state lottery makes Russ cringe, but finally he agrees and he enlists the help of the Lotto lady, Crystal (Lisa Kudrow). They fix the numbers of a six-million-dollar drawing. Then, everything goes wrong.
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