The Crossing Guard

The Crossing Guard (1995) — watch online on iFILM: a psychological drama written and directed by Sean Penn, starring Jack Nicholson in one of his most controlled, unglamorous performances. The film's tagline says it plainly — some lives cross, others collide.

Freddy (Nicholson) spent years building toward a single act: the day John Booth (David Morse) walks out of prison, Freddy will kill him. Booth served time for the drunk-driving accident that took Freddy's daughter. Now the day is here — and Freddy discovers that a promise made in grief doesn't survive contact with a living, breathing person. Anjelica Huston and Robin Wright play the women on both sides of this collision, each watching a man who traded his life for a plan.

Penn shoots quiet and patient — no score telling you how to feel, no catharsis offered. Stream The Crossing Guard (1995) online on iFILM.