James DeMonaco (born October 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for creating the Purge franchise, writing all five films in the series and directing the first three, The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), and The Purge: Election Year (2016).
In an altered United States, several unrelated people discover how far they will go to survive a night during which all crime is legal for 12 hours. A closer look behind the scenes of The Purge TV series.
Release Date2018-07-12
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
Release Date1998-07-29
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count2278
A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to his own past and upbringing as a foster child.
Release Date2025-07-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count129
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
Release Date2018-07-04
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Vote Count4136
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Release Date2013-05-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8675
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
Release Date2018-09-04
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count20
Vote Count3365
Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.
Release Date1996-08-09
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1321
One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a vigilante mission of revenge during the mayhem. However, instead of a death-dealing avenger, he becomes the unexpected protector of four innocent strangers who desperately need his help if they are to survive the night.
Release Date2014-07-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6593
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
Release Date2016-06-29
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Vote Count5407
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.
Release Date2021-06-30
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count2613
Negotiator expert Cheuk Man Wai unexpectedly becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Forced into a corner, he occupies the police station, taking officers hostage, and demands negotiations with the former negotiator Tse Ka Chun. With Tse's expertise in psychological manipulation and Check's exceptional skills, they engage in a battle of wits. As the verbal sparring deepens, their positions and mindsets gradually change.
Release Date2024-05-24
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count20
Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-red crescent moon. They are SKINWALKERS. They feed on our flesh and thirst for the taste of human blood. The red moon signals each pack, divided by principles, hell bent to survive an ancient prophecy.
Release Date2006-03-20
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count301
Real people sit down with friends and family to share terrifying true stories from their past, re-created through chilling re-enactments.
Release Date2018-10-19
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count18
Vote Count309
Crash is an American television drama series that tells the story of how the lives of how several very diverse Southern Californians intersect.
Release Date2008-10-17
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count13
Vote Count17
Sully is desperate to give his unborn son the chance he never had. Jasper wants to escape the mobsters that have infiltrated his life and business. Parmie, a local mob boss, dreams of crushing the competition. All three men live in Staten Island, and once their lives intersect, nothing will ever be the same.
Release Date2009-02-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count116
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Release Date2005-01-19
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1159
A look inside the Hate Crimes Unit of the NYPD
Release Date2005-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count7
In the summer of 1982, as all of Staten Island anticipates the opening of a blockbuster boxing movie, an Italian-American family must confront its greatest challenges.
Release Date2021-09-17
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count34
A small group of military veterans sets out to rob a major bank in Pittsburgh. When things go awry, they're forced to take more than a dozen hostages from all walks of life, including a wealthy and powerful businessman's daughter.
Release Date2007-07-22
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count8
Vote Count62
Ryan Caulfield: Year One is an American crime drama that aired from October 15, 1999 to October 22, 1999. The series original title was going to be The Badland, and it appearred in the 1999 Fall Preview of TV Guide under that name.
Release Date1999-10-15
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count8
Release Date1994-03-01
DepartmentProduction
JobAssociate Producer
The sixth installment in the 'Purge' franchise. Plot TBA.
DepartmentWriting
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