The Bucket List
Find the joy.
2007 | 97m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Rob Reiner |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Justin Zackham |
| Staring: |
| Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 25, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Rob Reiner |
| Writer: | Justin Zackham |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | africa, himalaya mountain range, brain tumor, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, sense of life, male friendship, safari, dying and death, wish, journey around the world, friendship, terminal illness, road trip, cancer, billionaire, estranged father, list, elderly, journey, bucket list, taj mahal, india |
| Production Companies | Two Ton Films, Zadan / Meron Productions, Reiner / Greisman Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $175,400,000
Budget: $45,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jack Nicholson | Edward Periman Cole |
| Morgan Freeman | Carter Chambers |
| Sean Hayes | Thomas |
| Beverly Todd | Virginia Chambers |
| Alfonso Freeman | Roger Chambers |
| Dawn Lewis | Flight Attendant |
| Rob Morrow | Dr. Hollins |
| Brian Copeland | Lee |
| Rowena King | Angelica |
| Annton Berry Jr. | Kai |
| Destiny Brownridge | Maya |
| Verda Bridges | Chandra |
| Ian Anthony Dale | Instructor |
| Jennifer Defrancisco | Emily |
| Angela Gardner | Female Administrator |
| Noel Gugliemi | Mechanic |
| Jonathan Hernandez | Manny |
| Karen Maruyama | Nurse Shing |
| Amber Mead | Attractive Woman #1 |
| Serena Reeder | Rachel |
| Christopher Stapleton | Kyle |
| Taylor Ann Thompson | Edward's Granddaughter |
| Alex Trebek | Self |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bill Brzeski | Production Design |
| Alex Daniels | Stunt Coordinator |
| Robert Leighton | Editor |
| Robert Greenfield | Set Decoration |
| Sidney Ray Baldwin | Still Photographer |
| Scott Stambler | Music Editor |
| Mark Scoon | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Molly Maginnis | Costume Design |
| Ian Fox | Camera Operator |
| Frank Capra III | First Assistant Director |
| Martha Johnston | Assistant Art Director |
| Robert Eber | Production Sound Mixer |
| David R. Christensen | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Tonyia Verna | Key Makeup Artist |
| Nancy Hancock | Makeup Artist |
| Joy Zapata | Hairstylist |
| Sally Smith-McCardle | Key Costumer |
| Lon Bender | ADR Supervisor |
| Tim Boggs | ADR Editor |
| Gayle Wesley | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Eric Layne | Production Accountant |
| Jeff Verdick | Transportation Captain |
| James E. Tocci | Set Designer |
| Rob Harris | Unit Publicist |
| Mike Mertens | Color Timer |
| Justin Zackham | Writer |
| Susan E. Novick | Post Production Supervisor |
| Jay Pelissier | Art Direction |
| Ilana Gordon | Art Department Coordinator |
| Frank Dorowsky | Rigging Gaffer |
| David Siegel | Unit Production Manager |
| Brian Relyea | Second Assistant Director |
| Danny Miller | Assistant Editor |
| Perry Dodgson | Boom Operator |
| Les T. Tomita | Key Grip |
| Michael Germain | Makeup Artist |
| Medusah | Hair Department Head |
| Deena Adair | Hairstylist |
| Eugene McCarthy | Property Master |
| Marc Fishman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ann Scibelli | Sound Editor |
| John Cannon | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Robbie Goldstein | Location Manager |
| Jim Petti | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Mark Moretti | Storyboard |
| Laura Harris Atkinson | Dialogue Editor |
| Adam Scheinman | Additional Writing |
| Corinne Villa | VFX Editor |
| Michael Mesirow | Cableman |
| Valli O'Reilly | Makeup Department Head |
| Marie Larkin | Key Hair Stylist |
| Sandy Kenyon | Costume Supervisor |
| Donald Frazee | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Bryan Bowen | Sound Editor |
| Lori J. Nelson | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jonathan A. Rosenfeld | Transportation Coordinator |
| John R. Elliott | Construction Coordinator |
| Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| John C. Stuver | Dialogue Editor |
| Tony Lamberti | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rob Reiner | Director |
| John Schwartzman | Director of Photography |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Kerry Lyn McKissick | Script Supervisor |
| Matthew W. Mungle | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Barbara Mesney | Set Designer |
| Jamie Castro | Casting Assistant |
| Marc Shaiman | Original Music Composer |
| Jophery C. Brown | Stunts |
| Steve Kelso | Stunts |
| Jeffrey Stott | Unit Production Manager |
| Isaac McKee | Lighting Technician |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Craig Zadan | Producer |
| Alan Greisman | Producer |
| Travis Knox | Executive Producer |
| Frank Capra III | Co-Producer |
| Justin Zackham | Executive Producer |
| Neil Meron | Producer |
| Rob Reiner | Producer |
| Jeffrey Stott | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 37 | 64 | 20 |
| 2024 | 5 | 36 | 56 | 22 |
| 2024 | 6 | 32 | 51 | 19 |
| 2024 | 7 | 36 | 65 | 19 |
| 2024 | 8 | 29 | 45 | 19 |
| 2024 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 15 |
| 2024 | 10 | 32 | 65 | 14 |
| 2024 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 16 |
| 2025 | 1 | 25 | 33 | 18 |
| 2025 | 2 | 20 | 31 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
Trending Position
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| 2025 | 9 | 527 | 709 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 461 | 717 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 637 | 708 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 854 | 879 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 875 | 923 |
John Chard
9.0
You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you. Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two terminally ill men who check out of their cancer ward and head off on a road trip to complete their Bucket List of things to do before they die. Every once in a while a film comes along ... with such simplicity of warmth it rises above any charge of clichés and sugar coated sappiness. The Bucket List is one such film. Its message is simple, its filming style equally so. It's performed with such quality by Nicholson and Freeman (if the whole film had just been the two of them chatting in the hospital room it would have been a winner), with director Rob Reiner astute and wily enough to let them flow, that even as the inevitable sadness follows the laughs, you will feel far better for having watched this film. Rewarding adult cinema with class showing on both sides of the camera. 8.5/10
May 16, 2024