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 The General's Daughter
1999
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Simon West
Starring: John Travolta, Madeline Stowe, James Cromwell, James Wood and Timothy Hutton
Captain Elisabeth Campbell's body is found naked and staked to the ground in the middle of the urban warfare practice range at Fort MacCallum, Georgia. She is the daughter of the famous general, Joseph "Fighting Joe" Campbell (Cromwell). Two Army CID detectives and ex-lovers, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner (Travolta) and Sara Sunhill (Stowe), are assigned to the case. They are plunged into a world of cover-ups and divided loyalties that go beyond a simple murder investigation. A fast paced adventure that leads to an ending with several twists.
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 A Civil Action
1998
Walt Disney
Directed by Steven Zaillian
Starring: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini
Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta) is an aggressive young lawyer who must choose between simply taking cases that give him personal gain and taking a case to do real justice. Based on a real-life story, several families in the small town of Woburn, Massachusetts, have suffered the tragic losses of their children to the rare cancer known as leukemia. After having their claim rejected by most law firms in town, these citizens approach Schlichtmann with the possibility that the deaths of their children may have had to do with Woburn's drinking water supply being contaminated by a couple of local businesses. The rub lies in the fact that these businesses are offshoots of two of the most powerful national corporations in the country! Schlichtmann must push his skill and craftiness as a lawyer to the limit in order to oust his opponents, who are working with a limitless bankroll.
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 The Thin Red Line
1998
Fox
Directed by Terrence Malick
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Ben Chaplin, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, Woody Harrelson, Jared Leto, Nick Stahl, Thomas Jane, John Travolta, George Clooney
If the United States forces are not able to stop the Japanese at Guadalcanal, then it is likely that Australia will fall, so an Army relief force for the Marine units is brought in to fight. The battle continues for an airfield, and as the new men see the horrors of war, they experience varied emotions as their daytime ideals are reduced to simply fighting to survive until the night.
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 Primary Colors
1998
Universal
Directed by Mike Nichols
Starring: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates, Billy Bob Thornton, Adrian Lester, Maura Tierney
Henry (Lester) is growing increasingly disenchanted with politics. His grandfather was the country's most celebrated Civil Rights leader, and Henry would also like to make history. He is approached by Governor Jack Stanton (Travolta), an unknown southerner who is running for President of the United States.
After Henry watches Stanton handle a tough crowd in Harlem and meets with Susan Stanton (Thompson), the smart, tough wife of the candidate, he signs on. He goes to the capitol of Stanton’s home state and meets his new political family: Richard (Thornton) the wily political strategist who proudly describes himself as a "Redneck," Libby (Bates) the overtly gay campaign organizer and Daisy (Tierney) the campaign media advisor. Together they run an improbable campaign, jumping over hurdles thrown in by the love life of Stanton and the rising popularity of other candidates.
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 Mad City
1997
Warner Brothers
Directed by Costa-Gravas
Starring: John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman
A recently fired, slow-thinking museum guard (Travolta) is upset with his former boss and uses a shotgun to get her attention. He ends up holding hostage a group of school children. A down on his luck reporter (Hoffman) sees this as the perfect opportunity for a has-been news anchor to revive his flagging career. The ratings soar as the reporter manipulates the situation and the people in it, but is it right and just?
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 Face/Off
1997
Paramount Pictures
Directed by John Woo
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
The FBI knows that Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) hid a bomb in an office building, so FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) undergoes surgery to allow him to switch faces with comatose Castor and assume his identity. But when Castor then assumes Sean's identity and escapes, the real Sean is thrust into an unimaginable nightmare fighting not only for his own life, but also those of his wife (Joan Allen) and daughter. Archer must convince his family that he isn’t really Castor, and also find the hidden bomb.
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 She's So Lovely
1997
Miramax
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, John Travolta
Eddie (Penn) and Maureen (Wright) are young, married, broke, and madly in love. Drunk, Eddie attacks a neighbor who attacked Maureen, and it ends up costing him ten years of his life in a mental institution.
Maureen divorces Eddie and marries Joey (Travolta). Then Eddie shows up again, and insists on coming back into Maureen’s life even if it upsets her present marriage.
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 Michael
1996
New Line Cinema
Directed by Nora Ephron
Starring: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt
Michael is an angel who has come to earth for the last time. He's living in an old motel in Iowa with Jean Stapleton who is about to lose her property to the bank. A letter to a tabloid brings in reporters anxious to see a real angel.
Michael works miracles as he travels with the reporters to Chicago. However, as he says, "He's an angel, not a Saint."
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 Phenomenon
1996
Touchstone
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Starring: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, Brent Spiner, Kyra Sedgwick
George Malley (Travolta) is a nice, pleasant man who runs a garage in a small town. On the night of his birthday party, George sees a bright flash and is knocked to the ground. When he gets up the next morning, he finds himself a genius. Devouring books, beating everyone at chess, moving pencils with his mind, and breaking government codes, George goes through life interacting with his friends and new people. He falls in love, and everyone begins to learn what’s really important in life.
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 Broken Arrow
1996
20th Century Fox
Directed by John Woo
Starring: John Travolta, Christain Slater, Samantha Mathis, Howie Long
"Broken Arrow" is a military term for a nuclear warhead that has been stolen. Air Force pilot Vic Deakins (John Travolta) has just stolen TWO bombs by deliberately crash-landing his B1 Stealth Bomber. Deakins has decided to extract a huge amount of cash from the government in exchange for their safe return. However, Riley Hale (Christian Slater), Vic's co-pilot whom Vic thought was dead, is not about to let him get away with it. Helping Riley is female Park Ranger Terry Carmichael (Samantha Mathis).
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 White Man's Burden
1995
Fox
Directed by Desmond Nakano
Starring: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Tom Bower
Louis Pinnock (Travolta) is a loyal factory worker in an America where the white race and the black race have changed places. Louis makes a mistake of looking in the wrong window and sees the partially undressed wife of Thaddeus Thomas (Belafonte), the owner of the factory. Thomas sees him and insists that he has done a terrible thing. Louis loses the opportunity to become a foreman. Desperate, Louis tries to explain to but to no avail. Then Louis takes matters into his own hands.
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 Get Shorty
1995
MGM
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina.
An adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1990 novel, this movie features John Travolta as Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who's been sent to L.A. to collect on a bad debt from trash movie producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman).
Chili is a film buff though, and his real interest is in pitching Harry on a story idea and not breaking his legs. As Chili works to become a film producer, other mobsters, the IRS, and local thugs get involved. It is a fun ride that examines Hollywood life and has many stars doing cameos while showing that anyone can become a producer in Hollywood. Called one of the best movies of 1995, it is a hilarious comedy.
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 Pulp Fiction
1994
Miramax
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames
The film has three stories going and they only come together at the end. One story is about Vincent Vega (Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Jackson), two hit men on duty for "the big boss," Marsellus Wallace (Rhames), who is married to Mia (Thurman). In a second, a down-and-out fighter (Willis), who is ordered to take a fall, decides to do the opposite. The third story relates the story of a pair of lovers (Plummer and Roth) as they hold up a diner.
A sometimes violent, but always entertaining film.
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 Look Who's Talking Now
1993
Columbia Tri-Star
Directed by Tom Ropelewski
Starring: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Danny DeVito, Dianne Keaton
In this third installment we find James (Travolta) working as an airline pilot and Mollie (Alley) without a job. In addition to their two kids, they have a pair of dogs that talk, Rocks (DeVito) and Daphne (Keaton). The fun begins when James must fly his boss on Christmas Eve, and has to leave Mollie and the kids behind.
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 Shout
1991
Universal
Directed by Jeffrey Hornaday
Starring: John Travolta, James Walters, Heather Graham, Richard Jordan, Linda Fiorentino
It is the decade of the 1950’s, and music teacher Jack Cabe (Travolta) goes to work at a home for orphaned and delinquent boys, where he tries to reach his students through rock 'n' roll. He starts an affair with an attractive nightclub owner, and suddenly gets the attention of her ex-lover -- the town sheriff who is looking at his past.
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 Chains of Gold
1991
Studio Home Entertainment
Directed by Rob Holcomb
Starring: John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Hector Elizondo, Bernie Casey, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lawrence, Ramon France, Conchata Ferrell
When a 13-year-old boy disappears, a social worker (Travolta) who genuinely cares for his clients infiltrates a crack gang that uses kids as dealers.
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 Look Who's Talking Too
1990
Tristar/Fox
Directed by Amy Heckerling
Starring: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Roseanne Barr
The sequel to the 1989 hit "Look Who's Talking" finds Mikey, the talking baby, being toilet trained. Mikey's accountant mom (Alley) and her cab driver boyfriend (Travolta) are married and squabbling over their respective careers and differing lifestyles. In the midst of it all they accidentally conceive Mikey's baby sister Julie, whose thoughts are expressed in the voice of comedienne Roseanne Barr.
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