Movies by Kathy Bates
As part of the cast:
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Harry's Law: Season 1 (2011)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Nathan Corddry, Aml Ameen …
In Season 1 of this dramedy television series created by David E. Kelley ("The Practice," "Boston Legal"), attorneys Harriet "Harry" Korn (Kathy Bates), Adam Branch (Nathan Corddry), and…
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Harry's Law (2011)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Nathan Corddry, Brittany Snow …
In this series from the creator of "Boston Legal," a series of fateful events turn recently fired Cincinatti patent lawyer Harriet Korn into a defense attorney working from a combination law…
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In this bittersweet dramatic comedy, legendary director Woody Allen focuses his lens on a young engaged couple (Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams) whose experiences traveling together in Paris…
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Valentine's Day (2010)
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
In this Los Angeles-set comedy from director Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman), the tripwires of modern love are exposed in a carousel involving relationships and the single life on the most…
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A Little Bit of Heaven (2010)
Cast: Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Nicole Kassell
Marley Corbett (Kate Hudson) has always preferred to keep her romances relaxed and fun with no risk of commitment. After she discovers that she has terminal cancer, she thinks that she is…
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Chéri (2009)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
When French courtesan Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates) sets her pampered son, Chéri (Rupert Friend), up with middle-aged fellow courtesan Lea de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer), she wants to…
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Personal Effects (2009)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: David Hollander
When his sister is senselessly murdered, Walter (Ashton Kutcher) walks away from a spot on the national wrestling team to help his grieving mother (Kathy Bates) pick up the pieces. But true…
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The Blind Side (2009)
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw …
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Oversized African American Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Leigh Anne…
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Alice (2009)
Cast: Caterina Scorsone, Andrew Lee Potts, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Nick Willing
In this reimagining of Lewis Carroll's classic novels, Caterina Scorsone stars as Alice, a young woman who descends into the twisted world of Wonderland after her boyfriend is abducted…
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The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (2009)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Bates, Florence "Pancho" Barnes …
Directed by: Amanda Pope
Vivacious and brilliant, Florence "Pancho" Barnes was an aviation legend whose daring stunt flying set the bar for both male and female pilots. This documentary narrated by Tom Skerritt…
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry writes, directs and co-stars in this poignant dramedy centered on a pair of friends -- wealthy socialite Charlotte (Kathy Bates) and working-class Alice (Alfre Woodard) -- whose…
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
In this updated version of the 1951 classic sci-fi thriller, Keanu Reeves stars as an alien named Klaatu who's sent to Earth to warn the leaders of the world about the consequences of…
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Sam Mendes
The perfect couple living in the perfect house in a perfect suburb? Not quite. April (Kate Winslet) and Frank's (Leonardo DiCaprio) marriage unravels when a desperate plan to change…
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Bee Movie (2007)
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick …
Directed by: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Jerry Seinfeld stars in this animated comedy as recent college grad Barry B. Benson, a worker bee stuck in a dead-end job making honey who files a lawsuit against humans when he learns…
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Fred Claus (2007)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: David Dobkin
The joy and happiness of the holiday season is ruined for the saintly Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti) when his cranky older brother, Fred (Vince Vaughn) -- a repo man with a sizable rap sheet --…
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James Marshall's Cinderella: And More Beloved Fairy Tales (2007)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Patrick Stewart
Popular children's illustrator James Marshall takes a turn at bringing his unique artistic style to several well-known fairy tales. These five animated stories, including some retold by…
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P.S. I Love You (2007)
Cast: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow …
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
When she loses her beloved husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) to a brain tumor, grieving widow Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is surprised to learn that he left a series of letters behind to help…
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Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
Cast: Jay Leno, Edward Asner, Madison Davenport …
Directed by: Robert Zappia
In this enchanting animated adventure, wide-eyed orphan Sophianna (voiced by Madison Davenport) and her friends embark on a quest to recover St. Nick's stolen magical sack and return the…
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Charlotte's Web (2006)
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey …
Directed by: Gary Winick
A string of Hollywood A-list celebs -- including Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Garner, Kathy Bates and Robert Redford -- give voice to E.B. White's beloved barnyard characters…
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Failure to Launch (2006)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bradley Cooper …
Directed by: Tom Dey
In a desperate attempt to push their thirtysomething son Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) out of the nest, a frustrated mother and father (Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw) hire a beautiful…
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Relative Strangers (2006)
Cast: Christine Baranski, Kathy Bates, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Greg Glienna
Best-selling author and successful psychiatrist Dr. Richard Clayton has an enviable life, including devoted parents. But when his conniving brother reveals that Richard is adopted, Richard…
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Bonneville (2006)
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen …
Directed by: Christopher N. Rowley
Jessica Lange, Joan Allen and Kathy Bates star in this road trip yarn, which follows three friends on a journey across the West after one of them is widowed. Along the way, they learn a thing…
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Guilty Hearts (2006)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Julie Delpy, Anna Faris …
Directed by: George Gargurevich, Savina Dellicour, Phil Dornfeld …
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their…
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Warm Springs (2005)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Kenneth Branagh) faces personal and political crises in this biopic that begins not long after the future U.S. president is paralyzed by polio. Roosevelt endures…
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2005)
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: Mary Mcguckian
Mary Mcguckian directs this complex drama based on a novel by Thornton Wilder. When an elaborate rope bridge collapses on July 20, 1714, five strangers share a horrible fate. But is it…
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Rumor Has It (2005)
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
In this Rob Reiner comedy, Sarah Huttinger (Jennifer Aniston) travels to California for her sister's wedding, where her grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) reveals a bit of gossip:…
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Ambulance Girl (2005)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Robin Thomas, David Michie …
Directed by: Kathy Bates
In the midst of a serious depression, a food writer (Kathy Bates) changes her career path by training to become an emergency medical technician, hoping that in the process of saving others,…
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Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cécile De France …
Directed by: Frank Coraci
Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), a Victorian inventor fixated on time, makes a costly bet that he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days in this remake inspired by Jules Verne's…
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Little Black Book (2004)
Cast: Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Nick Hurran
Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy (Brittany Murphy) -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Barb (Holly Hunter),…
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Popeye's Voyage: Quest for Pappy (2004)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Tabitha St. Germain, Billy West …
Directed by: Ezekiel Norton
Our favorite spinach-slinging sailor takes to the high seas in a daring trip to rescue the father who abandoned him as a child. Wracked by nightmares that lead him to believe his long-gone…
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Quentin Tarantino, Jodie Foster …
Directed by: Wendy Apple
While actors and directors certainly are instrumental in making a movie memorable and weaving story lines together, it's the film editor who strings the scenes into a seamless, artistic…
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Tupperware!: American Experience (2003)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Will Le Bow, Karen MacDonald …
Directed by: Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
In this segment of PBS's acclaimed "American Experience" series, travel back in time to 1950s America and chart the invention and ensuing phenomenon surrounding the exciting new plastic…
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Unconditional Love (2002)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Meredith Eaton …
Directed by: P.J. Hogan
Kathy Bates plays Grace Beasley, a loving wife whose life takes a tragic turn when her husband (Dan Aykroyd) leaves her and her favorite pop star/life-long inspiration Victor Fox (Jonathan…
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Dragonfly (2002)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Dr. Joe Darrow's (Kevin Costner) world is shattered when his wife (Susanna Thompson) is killed while performing medical relief work in Central America, and his patients -- after their…
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My Sister's Keeper (2002)
Cast: Elizabeth Perkins, Kathy Bates, Lynn Redgrave …
Directed by: Ron Lagomarsino
Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Perkins and Lynn Redgrave deliver compelling performances in this Hallmark Hall of Fame family drama based on a true story. Two sisters (Bates and Perkins) have a…
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About Schmidt (2002)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney …
Directed by: Alexander Payne
When insurance actuary Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) retires and his wife dies, he looks for life's meaning on a road trip to his daughter's (Hope Davis) upcoming wedding to a…
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Love Liza (2002)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Jack Kehler …
Directed by: Todd Louiso
When the wife (Ann Morgan) of a Web page designer, Wilson Joel (Philip Seymour Hoffman), inexplicably kills herself, she takes away his own will to survive. Wilson's mother-in-law (Kathy…
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American Outlaws (2001)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter …
Directed by: Les Mayfield
When a corrupt baron forces homesteaders off their land to build a rail line, Jesse James (Colin Farrell) and Cole Younger (Scott Caan) take the law into their own hands and embark on a spree…
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Rat Race (2001)
Cast: Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Whoopi Goldberg …
Directed by: Jerry Zucker
Loosely based on It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, this comedic adventure from director Jerry Zucker starts with six couples assembled at the Las Vegas casino of Donald Sinclair and ends…
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The Dress Code (2000)
Cast: Alex D. Linz, Shirley MacLaine, Gary Sinise …
Directed by: Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine stars in this quirky comedy that also marks her directorial debut, the story of an unusually gifted boy named Bruno (Alex D. Linz) with a knack for spelling and a penchant…
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Annie (1999)
Cast: Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber …
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Annie (Alicia Morton) is the optimistic orphan whose life is about to take a turn for the better thanks to billionaire Oliver Warbucks (Victor Garber). Based on this classic comic strip…
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Primary Colors (1998)
Cast: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
When &NFi;Newsweek&NFi_; reporter Joe Klein was unmasked as the anonymous author of &NFi;Primary Colors&NFi_; -- a thinly veiled take on Bill Clinton's campaign for the 1992 Democratic…
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The Waterboy (1998)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk …
Directed by: Frank Coraci
Adam Sandler is Bobby Boucher, a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach (Henry Winkler) discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose…
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A Civil Action (1998)
Cast: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Kathleen Quinlan …
Directed by: Steven Zaillian
In this drama based on a true story, John Travolta stars as a personal-injury lawyer who sues a major corporation when the drinking water in Woburn, Mass., is found to contain high levels of…
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Swept from the Sea (1997)
Cast: Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen …
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Shunned by her seaside farming community, servant girl Amy Foster (Rachel Weisz) reciprocates with silence and is thus branded a halfwit. She finds a kindred spirit, though, when shipwrecked…
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Titanic (1997)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane …
Directed by: James Cameron
Winner of 11 Oscars, James Cameron's effects-driven blockbuster puts a human face on a tragedy of epic proportions by wedding the historical tale of the doomed ocean liner with a…
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Diabolique (1996)
Cast: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri …
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
The wife (Isabelle Adjani) of an abusive schoolmaster (Chazz Palminteri) joins forces with his icy mistress (Sharon Stone) to eradicate their common foe. But when all is said and done, it…
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The War at Home (1996)
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Emilio Estevez
Starring Emilio Estevez (who also directed), Kathy Bates and Martin Sheen, this gripping war drama follows the battles encountered at home as a result of those on fought the battlefield.…
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The Late Shift (1996)
Cast: Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck …
Directed by: Betty Thomas
Kathy Bates won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Jay Leno's hard-nosed manager, Helen Kushnick, in this dramatization of the war between David Letterman (John Michael Higgins) and…
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
This adaptation of the Stephen King novel tells the story of Dolores (Kathy Bates), a Maine housekeeper accused of murdering her elderly employer. This draws her estranged daughter Selena…
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The West Side Waltz (1995)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Ernest Thompson
Reclusive widow Margaret Mary Elderdice (Shirley MacLaine) would prefer to be alone with her piano. But she eventually sacrifices her solitude to take advantage of the fact that her next-door…
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Angus (1995)
Cast: Charlie Talbert, George C. Scott, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Patrick Read Johnson
When overweight, 14-year-old outcast Angus is chosen as Winter Ball King -- a coveted title that will give him the chance to dance with the girl of his dreams -- he must decide whether…
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Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
Cast: James Woods, Kathy Bates, Randy Quaid …
Directed by: J. Michael McClary
Based on Sam Shepard's Obie-winning play, this gritty drama follows the Tate family, whose patriarch, Weston (James Woods), is an alcoholic Vietnam vet unable to mend his…
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A Home of Our Own (1993)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Edward Furlong, Clarissa Lassig …
Directed by: Tony Bill
When a mother of six (Kathy Bates) finds herself widowed, poor and wanting to trade the dangers of 1960s Los Angeles for a more simple life in the country, she packs up the kids and all their…
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Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Cast: Meg Ryan, Alec Baldwin, Patty Duke …
Directed by: Norman Rene
It's love at first sight for Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan. Within days of meeting, they're walking down the aisle, and a strange thing happens: An old man shows up and kisses the…
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Shadows and Fog (1992)
Cast: Michael Kirby, Woody Allen, David Ogden Stiers …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Writer-director Woody Allen stars as nebbish Max Kleinman, whose neighbors wake him asking for help in nabbing a serial strangler. Kleinman agrees, but the vigilantes disappear. As he looks…
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Used People (1992)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
When Pearl Berman (Shirley MacLaine) loses her husband after 37 years of marriage, the last thing she's looking for is new love, but that's what she finds when charming Joe…
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Cast: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
In this adaptation of Fanny Flagg's novel, flashbacks reveal the remarkable and mysterious story of soul mates Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker), whose…
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Misery (1990)
Cast: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) rescues her idol, romance novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan), after he crashes his car during a fierce blizzard. But when she finds out he plans to kill off the…
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White Palace (1990)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander …
Directed by: Luis Mandoki
This movie equivalent of a romance novel sees uptight yuppie Max (James Spader) become involved with older, blue-collar waitress Nora (Susan Sarandon). They meet by chance, fall into bed on a…
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Dick Tracy (1990)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Glenne Headly …
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Legendary police detective Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) is the only man tough enough to take on gangster boss Big Boy Caprice and his band of menacing mobsters. Dedicated to his work but also…
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Men Don't Leave (1990)
Cast: Jessica Lange, Arliss Howard, Joan Cusack …
Directed by: Paul Brickman
After her husband dies and leaves her in debt, suburbanite Beth Macauley (Jessica Lange) sells her house and moves to Baltimore with her sons, Chris (Chris O'Donnell) and Matt (Charlie…
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Signs of Life (1989)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Vincent D'Onofrio, Arthur Kennedy …
Directed by: John David Coles
When aging New England shipbuilder Owen Coughlin (Arthur Kennedy) decides to shut down his business and retire in the face of mounting competition, his actions affect his employees'…
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Homeless (1989)
Cast: Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels, Kyndra Joy Casper …
Directed by: Lee Grant
After their apartment burns down, Mike and Zan Cooper (Jeff Daniels and Christine Lahti) move with their two children into the home of Mike's brother, but tension between the families…
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Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud …
Directed by: Bud Yorkin
Irrepressible drunk Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) attempts to sober up -- and find a job -- after the father of his jilted fiancée, Susan (Cynthia Sikes), gains control of the Bach family…
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)
Cast: Robert Sean Leonard, LeeAnne Locken, Cheryl Pollak …
Directed by: Jimmy Huston
After a night of passion with a seductive customer, shy teen delivery boy Jeremy (Robert Sean Leonard) starts looking pale, hating garlic and thirsting for blood. Mentored by the mysterious…
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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black …
Directed by: Robert Altman
In this finely acted ensemble drama from director Robert Altman, the members of a 1950s James Dean fan club gather in the tiny town of McCarthy, Texas, for a reunion. As the ladies arrive,…
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Straight Time (1978)
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Theresa Russell, Dustin Hoffman …
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Career burglar Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) tries to go straight when he's released from prison, but overzealous parole officer Earl Frank (M. Emmet Walsh) helps ensure he's soon back…
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Ambulance Girl (2005)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Robin Thomas, David Michie …
Directed by: Kathy Bates
In the midst of a serious depression, a food writer (Kathy Bates) changes her career path by training to become an emergency medical technician, hoping that in the process of saving others,…