'Yellowstone' Fans, Watch These Kevin Costner Movies While You Wait for the Show to Return
This 1990 film won Costner an Oscar for Best Picture as well as Best Director. He depicted a civil war soldier who forms an unlikely connection with a Lakota Indian Tribe. An incredible bond is built and he falls in love with a white woman who has been raised by the tribe. This bittersweet tale has highs and lows and earned every bit of those Oscars.
This film is loosely based on the true story of the capture of Al Capone and his network of bootleggers by the Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (played by Costner). Ness recruits an elite team of law enforcement professionals who won’t be bribed or influenced like so much of the lawmen are in the Windy City. This underrated film has an incredible performance by Sean Connery as well as engaging cinematography.
If you’re of a certain age, seeing Costner swing into the woods with his bow and arrow as Robin of Locksley or Robin Hood triggers a Bryan Adams soundtrack in our brains (“Everything I doooo, I dooo it for youuuu!). But seriously, this version of the classic English tale is one of the better versions out there. It’s more historically accurate and chock full of great performances by its all-star cast (Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, and Alan Rickman to name a few).
In this classic Kevin Costner film, a young family man begins hearing a voice telling him, “If you build it, they will come.” Despite appearances, he feels called to create a ball field in his cornfield. His completed ballfield draws out the ghosts of famous baseball players who play games in his cornfield.
In this award-winning Oliver Stone film, Costner plays New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison who leads an investigation into the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. As Garrison gets deeper into investigating Lee Harvey Oswald as well as video footage and other evidence, he begins to see that there may be a potential conspiracy behind what happened on that fateful day in Dallas.
A famous pop performer (played perfectly by Whitney Houston), has a stalker and is forced to hire security to protect her. Costner plays her former secret service agent bodyguard who at first seems to be cramping her style, but by the end of the movie becomes an integral part of her team and even a potential love connection.
This film follows the respected sheriff Wyatt Earp and his crew (including the infamous Doc Holiday) as they seek justice against the Clanton and McLaury gangs.
In this film, Costner plays a veteran baseball player who serves as mentor to a minor league pitching recruit, “Nuke” (played by Tim Robbins). Guiding him in the religion of baseball is the eccentric team groupie Annie Savoy (played by Robbins’ wife Susan Sarandon). Nuke follows his mentor’s lead and learns the rhythms of the game.
Costner and co-star Woody Harrelson team up in this film to play the two lawmen who came out of retirement to catch the infamous Bonnie and Clyde.
Three awe-inspiring Black women, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, working for NASA are integral to the success of getting astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This incredible true story shines a light on the lesser known heroes of the space race.
This film, based on a true story of an award winning track team from a predominantly Latino high school in the Central Valley of California, highlights Costner as track coach Jim White. White discovers not only the team’s running talent, but also their deep family ties, work ethic, and incredible commitment are what drive them to be champions.
NFL Draft Day looms for the Cleveland Browns’ general manager (played by Costner), who must decide what’s right for his future team while also worrying about his pregnant girlfriend and boss who’s threatening to fire him.
Based on the post-apocalyptic science fiction book by David Brin, this film is for the true Costner fan. Costner plays a wanderer nicknamed “The Postman” who delivers old mail in the Northwest. His deliveries bring hope to their recipients as they begin to believe that the government—having once been ravaged by a global conflict—is building back up again and life will once again go back to how it once was.
Based on the Nicholas Sparks book of the same name, this romantic drama follows a journalist who tracks down the writer of a note she finds in a bottle on one of her beach runs. After finding the author of the note, a handsome widower (played by Costner), she must grapple with telling him the true origins of her search for him, which only gets harder the closer the two become.
A down on his luck, former pro golfer is inspired to set his sights back on the PGA tour when he begins falling for his golfing student, who’s boyfriend just happens to be his rival.
Dive into this epic film where Costner plays Coast Guard rescue swimmer Ben Randall. Grieving from an accident that took out former crew members, Randall pours himself into training new Coast Guard recruits, including a cocky swimming champion (played by Ashton Kutcher). Randall shows the young recruit what it takes to survive a rescue in the dangerous waters of the Bering Strait.
On the edge of retirement, an aging baseball pitcher must decide between the love of a faithful partner or the game.
This film follows the harrowing thirteen days in October of 1962 that are historically known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Costner plays real life White House Appointments Secretary Kenneth O’Donnell, who was a close friend of Robert Kennedy.
Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) directs Jessica Chastain and Costner in this true story of Molly Bloom, a woman who ran the largest high stakes poker game before she got arrested by the FBI. An incredible story showing that what’s on the surface or in the tabloids is rarely all that’s going on beneath the surface.
Have you ever thought of Costner as the voice of a lovable golden retriever? Well, look no further than this endearing film about a racecar driver and the incredible relationship he has with his pup Enzo. Told from the perspective of the dog, Costner narrates a story that follows the highs and lows of life. (FYI: Keep the tissues handy for this one!)
1) Dances With Wolves
This 1990 film won Costner an Oscar for Best Picture as well as Best Director. He depicted a civil war soldier who forms an unlikely connection with a Lakota Indian Tribe. An incredible bond is built and he falls in love with a white woman who has been raised by the tribe. This bittersweet tale has highs and lows and earned every bit of those Oscars.
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