Director Joseph Ruben (1950)

Blindsided (2013), an American thriller directed by Joseph Ruben, follows the story of Sara Taylor, a photojournalist stationed in Afghanistan. While exploring a building, she hears cries for help and proceeds to take a photograph. To her horror, she realizes that the crying woman is carrying a bomb disguised as a baby. The explosion leaves Sara blind and she returns to America with her boyfriend Ryan, who is eager to marry her. As Sara prepares for a party and goes out to buy supplies, she is knocked over by a cyclist. Upon arriving home, she discovers that Ryan has gone out but when she takes a shower, she unknowingly ...

Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), an American psychological thriller directed by Joseph Ruben, follows the story of Laura Burney. Her life seems perfect with her successful investment counselor husband, Martin in Boston. However, Martin’s charming facade hides an obsessive and controlling personality that has subjected Laura to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse throughout their nearly four-year marriage. Despite his apologetic ways of showering her with flowers and gifts after each instance, the pattern continues. One day, Martin accepts an invitation from their neighbor, a doctor, for an evening sail despite ...

Directed by Joseph Ruben, True Believer (1989) is an American courtroom drama that follows burnt-out attorney Eddie Dodd on a new case. Dodd has abandoned his civil rights work and now defends drug dealers, but with the help of idealistic legal clerk Roger Baron, he takes on the case of Shu Kai Kim. Kim, a young Korean man who has spent eight years in prison for a gang-related murder in New York’s Chinatown, has killed another inmate in self-defense. Despite his troubled past, Kim’s mother strongly believes in her son’s innocence. Dodd and Baron’s investigation uncovers a conspiracy involving ...