Movies by Melanie Griffith
As part of the cast:
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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Yuri Lowenthal …
Directed by: Ben Stassen
This family-friendly animated film follows the journey of Sammy, a sea turtle who leaves the beach where he was born and spends the next 50 years exploring the world's oceans -- all…
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Twins: Season 1 (2005)
Cast: Sara Gilbert, Melanie Griffith, Mark Linn-Baker …
Directed by: James Widdoes
Twin sisters Mitchee (Sara Gilbert) and Farrah (Molly Stanton) look and act nothing alike, a minor irony that's plagued them ever since they were born. But when their parents (Mark…
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Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Rita Moreno, Harvey Fierstein …
This kid-friendly program -- a winner of the 2004 Parent's Choice Gold Award -- introduces your child to a diverse range of stories by Jack Prelutsky, bell hooks, Langston Hughes and…
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Tempo (2003)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Rachael Leigh Cook, Hugh Dancy …
Directed by: Eric Styles
Expatriate American Sarah James (Melanie Griffith) -- who earns a good living as a black-market courier in France -- hatches a scheme to rob a high-priced jewelry store with help from her…
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Shade (2003)
Cast: Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton …
Directed by: Damian Nieman
Looking for a chance to take down a legendary cardsharp, a trio of grifters tries to bankroll their scheme by bilking a mob bagman. But all bets are off when his Mafia pals come looking for…
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All the Way: The Kidnapping of a Music Legend (2003)
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Portia de Rossi …
Directed by: Paul Goldman
Struggling music promoter Rod Blue (Joel Edgerton) needs to find an act that will change his luck, so he heads to L.A. to persuade Frank Sinatra's handler to give him a shot at promoting…
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Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie …
Directed by: Rob Minkoff
In this sequel to the 1999 blockbuster, adorable white mouse Stuart still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles -- and more zany misadventures are in store as Stuart, his human…
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Directors: Sidney Lumet (2002)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Andy Garcia, Jacqueline Bisset …
Endowed with an uncanny ability to elicit masterful performances from his actors, Sidney Lumet -- who helmed such landmark films as Network and 12 Angry Men -- has earned a reputation as one…
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Tart (2001)
Cast: Dominique Swain, Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips …
Directed by: Christina Wayne
After becoming part of the snooty in crowd at school, 16-year-old Cat Storm ends up involved in a depraved world of drug use, sex and -- during a weekend at a well-appointed country estate --…
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Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt …
Directed by: John Waters
Only the twisted mind of writer-director John Waters could conceive a plot that chronicles a crew of guerrilla filmmakers who kidnap a movie goddess (Melanie Griffith) and force her to star…
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Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
Cast: Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Carl Gustaf Nykvist
Lovingly directed by his son Carl-Gustaf, Light Keeps Me Company offers an intimate and moving look at the life of the legendary Swedish cinematographer. Film clips, rare home movies, family…
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Along for the Ride (2000)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Patrick Swayze, Penelope Ann Miller …
Directed by: John Kaye
When his mentally ill former lover Lulu (Melanie Griffith) tracks him down and claims they have a son together, unhappily married screenwriter Ben (Patrick Swayze) climbs in her car for a…
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Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black …
Directed by: Antonio Banderas
Young Peejoe sees his quiet life in rural Alabama turned upside-down one troubled summer in the 1960s. Peejoe's eccentric Aunt Lucille kills her abusive husband and heads for Hollywood…
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RKO 281 (1999)
Cast: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith …
Directed by: Benjamin Ross
High on the success of his "War of the Worlds" radio hoax, the prodigiously talented Orson Welles (Liev Schreiber) heads west to pursue a career in movies. An invitation to the California…
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Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Cast: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser …
Directed by: Larry Clark
James Woods talks a mile a minute as a schizoid hood in Another Day in Paradise; Melanie Griffith co-stars as his junkie wife. Both serve as unlikely parental figures, taking two budding…
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Celebrity (1998)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Director Woody Allen turns his caustic wit on the nature of celebrity with this satiric look at people who'll do anything for fame. Kenneth Branagh stars as a version of Allen: a…
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Shadow of Doubt (1998)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Tom Berenger, Craig Sheffer …
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Kitt Devereux (Melanie Griffith) is a legal eagle who has quite a case on her hands. Rising rap star Bobby Medina is accused of the brutal murder of the daughter of a high-profile…
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Lolita (1997)
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Dominique Swain …
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Humbert Humbert (Jeremy Irons) is a remarkable man with a poisonous wound: the indelible memory of a fated childhood love and a haunting urge to rediscover its lost passion through an…
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Two Much (1996)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah …
Directed by: Fernando Trueba
Artist and dealer Art Dodge's (Antonio Banderas) scheme to sell his work flops, and now he's on the run from dissatisfied buyers. And that's not all: His affair with the…
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Mulholland Falls (1996)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri …
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Set in early-1950s Los Angeles, this crime thriller about an elite anti-gangster police squad boasts an all-star cast. Led by Max Hoover (Nick Nolte), the group of detectives known as the Hat…
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Now and Then (1995)
Cast: Christina Ricci, Rosie O'Donnell, Thora Birch …
Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the…
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Buffalo Girls (1995)
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: Rod Hardy
This colorful made-for-TV biopic follows maverick cowgirl Calamity Jane (Anjelica Huston) through the closing days of the Wild West -- from her stint as a mule skinner for Gen. Custer to her…
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Nobody's Fool (1994)
Cast: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis …
Directed by: Robert Benton
Paul Newman received an Oscar nod for his turn as Donald, a loner who walked out on his family years ago and now lives in a small town in New York, spending his days working for a contractor…
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Milk Money (1994)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Michael Patrick Carter …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Three boys pool their money and travel to the big city, hoping to find a woman who'll undress for them. They find a prostitute named V who's willing to fulfill their request -- and…
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Born Yesterday (1993)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson …
Directed by: Luis Mandoki
A real estate mogul expected to collide with a shrewd reporter on the Beltway's road of intrigue. But he didn't predict that his not-so-dumb girlfriend would become savvy to…
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A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
When New York cop Emily Eden (Melanie Griffith) goes undercover in a Hasidic Jewish community to solve the brutal murder of a jeweler, she falls for devout religious student Ariel (Eric Thal)…
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Shining Through (1992)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson …
Directed by: David Seltzer
New York secretary Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith) suspects that her boss, Ed Leland (Michael Douglas), is an American spy. When the United States enters World War II and Ed's key…
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Paradise (1991)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood …
Directed by: Mary Agnes Donoghue
Willard (Elijah Wood), a 10-year-old who is dealing with his parents' break-up, comes to spend the summer with Lily and Ben Reed (Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson), whose own…
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma (Scarface) directs the film version of Tom Wolfe's satire about race, politics and greed in 1980s New York. In it, Tom Hanks stars as Sherman McCoy, a wealthy Wall Street…
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Pacific Heights (1990)
Cast: Matthew Modine, Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Young couple Patty and Drake (Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine) buy their dream house in San Francisco and rent out the ground floor apartment to Carter Hayes, who seems to be an ideal…
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Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Melanie Griffith, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Ken Russell, Tony Richardson
A trio of classic short stories springs to life in this made-for-cable anthology. Elizabeth McGovern and Beau Bridges star as traveling strangers who become intimate in "The Man in the Brooks…
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Nobody's Fool / Fat Man & Little Boy (1989)
Cast: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis …
Directed by: Roland Joffé, Robert Benton
Paul Newman turns in a pair of memorable performances in this double feature, playing Sully Sullivan, an emotionally immature construction worker, and Leslie Groves, the powerful Army general…
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Cherry 2000 (1988)
Cast: David Andrews, Jennifer Balgobin, Marshall Bell …
Directed by: Steve De Jarnatt
In this futuristic '80s flick, successful businessman Sam Treadwell (David Andrews), accompanied by sexy gun-for-hire E. Johnson (Melanie Griffith), travels to a post-apocalyptic…
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The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
Cast: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga …
Directed by: Robert Redford
Based on John Nichol's book set in a tiny New Mexican town, Robert Redford's comedy-drama pits the little guys against big development. When a local resort owner wants to expand,…
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Working Girl (1988)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Industrious secretary Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and may be on her way after landing a job with Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver), a top…
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Stormy Monday (1988)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Writer-director Mike Figgis's understated first feature follows Brendan (Sean Bean), a young man who becomes involved in the seedy underworld politics of Newcastle, England. Brendan…
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Something Wild (1986)
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta …
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
The boring life of businessman Charles Driggs (Jeff Daniels) suddenly changes when free-spirited Audrey (Melanie Griffith) "kidnaps" him for a weekend trip. They pose as a married couple,…
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Body Double (1984)
Cast: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
In a nasty double-whammy, struggling actor Jake loses his girlfriend and then witnesses a brutal murder in a neighbor's apartment. When a young porn actress befriends Jake, the two join…
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Fear City (1984)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia …
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
A serial killer is targeting strippers in Manhattan, which is harming Matt's (Tom Berenger) exotic dancer booking agency. In order to get cop Al Wheeler (Billy Dee Williams) off his back…
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Roar the Movie (1981)
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith, Kyalo Mativo …
Directed by: Noel Marshall
A true family affair, this film starring Tippi Hedren also features her then husband, Noel Marshall, and daughter Melanie Griffith in a tale about a woman who takes her children to Africa to…
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Joyride (1977)
Cast: Desi Arnaz Jr., Robert Carradine, Melanie Griffith …
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
This drama stars Desi Arnaz Jr., Robert Carradine, Anne Lockhart and Melanie Griffith as bored teenagers who leave L.A. behind for an Alaskan adventure. Excited about the prospect of building…
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Smile (1975)
Cast: Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
This sharp-witted satire stars Barbara Feldon as Brenda DiCarlo, an icy taskmaster and former beauty pageant contestant charged with coordinating the final round of the Young American Miss…
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Night Moves (1975)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark …
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cut-rate private eye Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) finds himself caught in a labyrinth of mendacity and murder in director Arthur Penn's top-notch suspenser. Tapped to locate the runaway…
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The Drowning Pool (1975)
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Private eye Lew Harper is called away from his Southern California haunt to the Louisiana bayous on what he thinks is a standard blackmail case. He arrives to find it involves an old flame…
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The Harrad Experiment (1973)
Cast: James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Laurie Walters …
Directed by: Ted Post
Several of the steamiest scenes -- most notably a full-frontal view of a young Don Johnson -- have been edited out of this cleaned-up version of the 1973 film about an experimental college…
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble / The Harrad Experiment: Double Feature (1973)
Cast: John Travolta, Don Johnson, Tippi Hedren …
Directed by: Ted Post, Randal Kleiser
Early turns from some of today's biggest stars highlight these two 1970s dramas. In The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, John Travolta plays a young man whose inoperative immune system forces…