River Phoenix was a hugely talented actor, that tragically died young. Looking back at the movies that he appeared in, Stand by Me is probably the only absolute classic - but there is much great work in his other movies.
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade is brilliant, but his screen time as the young Indy, was very short. River starred in five other very good movies: Explorers, The Mosquito Coast, Running on Empty, Sneakers & My Own Private Idaho.
A Night in the life of Jimmy Reardon, which was apparently re-cut from a drama to sex comedy - isn't great. However, even in his lesser works (see also - I Love You To Death and The Thing Called Love), River is usually the standout performer - it feels like its generally the movies that are lacking, not River.
A bit like the young Leonardo Dicaprio, his choices seem to have been brave - normally going for challenging roles, in independent, type movies.
Here are some great images from his movies.
Explorers (1986)
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| With Ethan Hawke (middle) |
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Stand by Me (1986)
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| The best movie that River ever appeared in, a total classic. |
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
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| In Peter Weir's The Mosquito Coast, River starred alongside Harrison Ford. The first of three movies (Little Nikita & Running on Empty being the other two), in the River Phoenix subversive families, sub genre. |
Little Nikita (1988)
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| With Sidney Poitier. |
Running on Empty (1988)
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
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My Own Private Idaho (1991)
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