Movies by Lois Smith
As part of the cast:
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Roadie (2011)
Cast: Ron Eldard, Jill Hennessy, Bobby Cannavale …
Directed by: Michael Cuesta
In this taut drama, middle-aged Jimmy Testagross loses his gig as roadie for a has-been rock band and moves back in with his ailing mother. With no job or skills, Jimmy must find a way to let…
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Please Give (2010)
Cast: Catherine Keener, Rebecca Hall, Amanda Peet …
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Life gets knotty when successful Manhattan couple Alex (Oliver Platt) and Kate (Catherine Keener) develop a relationship with the granddaughters of Andra (Ann Morgan Guilbert), the…
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Killshot (2009)
Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke …
Directed by: John Madden
After witnessing a violent shakedown, husband and wife Carmen and Wayne Colson (Diane Lane and Thomas Jane) enter the Federal Witness Protection program. But with an experienced hit man…
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A Dog Year (2009)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Lauren Ambrose, Lois Smith …
Directed by: George LaVoo
When Jon (Jeff Bridges, in an Emmy-nominated role) moves to the country to escape the world, he brings along his troublesome border collie and seeks help from a seasoned dog trainer (Lois…
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Diminished Capacity (2008)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda …
Directed by: Terry Kinney
When Cooper Zerbs discovers a priceless baseball card in the collection of his Alzheimer's-afflicted Uncle Rollie, Cooper takes him on a road trip to Chicago to sell it. The proceeds, he…
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Turn the River (2007)
Cast: Famke Janssen, Jaymie Dornan, Rip Torn …
Directed by: Chris Eigeman
When hardscrabble single mom Kailey Sullivan (Famke Janssen) suspects her son's blowhard father, the custodial parent, of physically abusing the child, she devises a plan to overcome the…
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Griffin & Phoenix (2006)
Cast: Amanda Peet, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Paulson …
Directed by: Ed Stone
Divorced, disconnected from his kids and living in a gloomy bachelor's pad, Griffin is already down when diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Resigned, he enrolls in a class about accepting…
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Hollywoodland (2006)
Cast: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck …
Directed by: Allen Coulter
When the actor who famously played the Man of Steel in TV's "Adventures of Superman" turns up dead in Beverly Hills, a dogged private eye investigates and unearths a string of strange…
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The Best Thief in the World (2005)
Cast: Jonah Bobo, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Silverman …
Directed by: Jacob Kornbluth
Eleven-year-old Izzy spends his "down time" breaking into people's New York City apartments just to "mess with their heads." It's all part of an elaborate escape effort to create…
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Sweet Land (2005)
Cast: Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming …
Directed by: Ali Selim
Norwegian-American farmer Olaf Torvik (Tim Guinee) and his rural Minnesotan community must struggle to overcome years of anti-German propaganda and prejudice when he discovers that his…
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Little Fugitive (2005)
Cast: Nicolas Marti Salgado, David Castro, Justina Machado …
Directed by: Joanna Lipper
Left in the care of his older brother Lenny for the weekend, 7-year-old Joey takes the first opportunity to flout his sibling's authority. But when a joke goes awry and Joey thinks…
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Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
Cast: Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Julia Ormond …
Directed by: Katja von Garnier
From 1912 to 1920, a group of fiery young suffragettes led by Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor) band together to wheedle the United States into adapting a…
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Two Brothers and a Bride (2004)
Cast: David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Emily Mortimer …
Directed by: Helmut Schleppi
Brothers Jake (Tim Blake Nelson) and Josh (David Arquette) work at a Midwest vegetable farm and are cared for in every possible way by their doting mother (Lois Smith). When their mother…
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P.S. (2004)
Cast: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Lois Smith …
Directed by: Dylan Kidd
College admissions officer Louise Harrington (Laura Linney), a divorced woman in her late thirties, is looking for someone special enough to put her heart on the line, but the only man…
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Particular Men (2003)
Cast: Verna Bloom, Alice Drummond, Stacy Keach …
A fictitious but powerful look at the dawn of the nuclear age, this stage performance follows several government scientists as they develop the atomic bomb, grapple with the morality of their…
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The Pledge (2001)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Dale Dickey, Benicio Del Toro …
Directed by: Sean Penn
Homicide detective Jerry Black (Jack Nicholson) is on the eve of retirement when he gets a call that changes everything. A young girl has been murdered, and Black takes the case, promising…
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The Donner Party: American Experience (2000)
Cast: David McCullough, J.D. Cannon, Timothy Hutton …
Directed by: Ric Burns
From the PBS series "American Experience" comes this documentary about a harrowing struggle for survival. Like many others with the pioneering spirit, the Donner party headed west for…
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Tumbleweeds (1999)
Cast: Kimberly Brown, Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown …
Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Janet McTeer earned an Oscar nod for her portrayal of nomadic single mom Mary Jo, who looks for love in all the wrong places and skips town when the going gets tough. Daughter Ava (Kimberly…
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Eternal (1998)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Rachel O'Rourke, Lois Smith …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
In this haunting tale of ancient passions and family secrets, Nora (Alison Elliott), a beautiful yet self-destructive socialite, returns to her ancestral home in Ireland seeking the cause of…
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A Will of Their Own (1998)
Cast: Lea Thompson, Thomas Gibson, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Karen Arthur
A family of strong-willed and courageous women struggle to overcome personal and political prejudice over the course of several generations in this heartfelt miniseries inspired by a novel by…
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Twister (1996)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes …
Directed by: Jan De Bont
In this dizzying, effects-driven drama, two scientists (Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton) chase tornadoes in their quest to record and study them. Taking a backseat to the wild and visually…
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Larger Than Life (1996)
Cast: Bill Murray, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew McConaughey …
Directed by: Howard Franklin
When hard-bitten motivational speaker Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) learns the father he never knew has passed away, Jack inherits a gargantuan legacy: an enormous debt and an elephant named…
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Dead Man Walking (1995)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky …
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Scheduled to be put to death for brutally slaying two teens, Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) seeks the aid of activist nun Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), a death-penalty opponent. She becomes…
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Truman (1995)
Cast: Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart …
Directed by: Frank Pierson
Gary Sinise owns the screen with his performance as U.S. president Harry S. Truman. Coming to power in the shadow of the legendary Franklin Roosevelt, Truman survived near-certain defeat in…
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Holy Matrimony (1994)
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Armin Mueller-Stahl …
Directed by: Leonard Nimoy
It's a clash of two cultures when a none-too-innocent city girl (Patricia Arquette) is forced to hide out with a colony of ultra-religious Hutterites until she can find loot stashed on…
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Falling Down (1993)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Bill Foster (Michael Douglas) is having a very bad day: He's been fired from his job, gets stuck in a traffic jam and is forced to walk through the sizzling L.A. streets. As the…
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Hard Promises (1992)
Cast: Sissy Spacek, William Petersen, Brian Kerwin …
Directed by: Martin Davidson
Fed up with her wandering husband, Joey (William Petersen), for all the time he spends away from home working odd jobs, Christine Coalter (Sissy Spacek) files for a divorce and plans to marry…
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Green Card (1990)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth …
Directed by: Peter Weir
Bronte (Andie MacDowell), a prim horticulturist with a talent for making even the most stubborn plant thrive, will stop at nothing -- even marriage -- to get her dream apartment, especially…
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White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1990)
Cast: Loni Anderson, Maryedith Burrell, Robert Davi …
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Re-creating the events surrounding the mysterious death of 1930s film star Thelma Todd (Loni Anderson) -- who was found dead in her parked car, the apparent victim of carbon monoxide…
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Fatal Attraction (1987)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer …
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Married attorney Dan Gallagher gives in to the tantalizing flirtations of attractive editor Alex Forrest, and they embark on a steamy affair. But Dan's passing indiscretion comes back to…
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Black Widow (1987)
Cast: Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Director Bob Rafelson's superbly crafted thriller stars Debra Winger as Alexandra Barnes, an inquiring federal investigator who becomes intrigued -- then fixated -- when she stumbles…
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Foxes (1980)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie, Marilyn Kagan …
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Four attractive teenage girls growing up in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley in the late 1970s have more than their fair share of trouble and misadventure in this debut film from…
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American Short Story Collection: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)
Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lois Smith, William Swetland …
Directed by: Randa Haines
Unbowed and undaunted, Granny Weatherall (Geraldine Fitzgerald), on the last day of her life, recounts the successes and failures of her long years, including a missed opportunity she's…
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Cast: Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
The bohemian paradise that was Greenwich Village in the 1950s comes alive in this nostalgic comedy by Paul Mazursky. Lenny Baker stars as Larry Lapinsky, a wanna-be actor who leaves Brooklyn…
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Dragon Country (1970)
Cast: William Redfield, Kim Stanley, Lois Smith …
Featuring two Tennessee Williams plays, this program depicts a teacher's attempts to court a spirited spinster in "I Can't Imagine Tomorrow" and the painful interactions between…
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Master Builder (1960)
Cast: Lois Smith, E.G. Marshall
The Broadway Theatre Archive presents another program in its series of televised plays from the 60s to the 80s. Famed playwright Henrik Ibsen tells the tale of a master builder in the…
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East of Eden: Special Edition (1955)
Cast: Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Set in California's Salinas Valley, Elia Kazan's adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel centers on Cal Trask (James Dean), the black sheep son of a stern farmer(Raymond Massey).…