Movies by Winona Ryder
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Frankenweenie (2012)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short …
Directed by: Tim Burton
After his dog is killed in a car accident, an imaginative boy sets out to bring the canine back to life with an electrical experiment. Helmed by Tim Burton, this stop-motion animated tale is…
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The Dilemma (2011)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly …
Directed by: Ron Howard
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard serves up a delicious comedy about two best friends and business partners -- Ronny (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Kevin James) -- who are about to land a fantastic…
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Black Swan (2010)
Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel …
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
In director Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller, ambitious New York City ballet dancer Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) lands the lead in "Swan Lake" but soon thinks her dreams of…
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When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Barry Pepper, Kristi Angus …
Directed by: John Kent Harrison
Golden Globe winner Winona Ryder stars as Lois Wilson, the co-founder of Al-Anon, in this absorbing drama about love and redemption. After decades of struggling with her husband Bill's…
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Star Trek (2009)
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy …
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his trusted team on the starship USS Enterprise boldly go where no man has gone before in this installment of Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi franchise that follows…
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Cast: Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Maria Bello …
Directed by: Rebecca Miller
When her husband, who's 30 years her senior, relocates the family to a retirement community, flawless wife and mother Pippa Lee slides toward a nervous breakdown as she reflects on her…
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Stay Cool (2009)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Mark Polish, Sean Astin …
Directed by: Michael Polish
When writer Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish) returns to his high school to give a commencement address 20 years after his own graduation, he finds nothing has really changed: He still harbors the…
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The Last Word (2008)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Wes Bentley, Ray Romano …
Directed by: Geoffrey Haley
Reclusive writer Evan (Wes Bentley) has created for himself a unique job: writing suicide notes for people who are about to kill themselves. When he unexpectedly falls for Charlotte (Winona…
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The Informers (2008)
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke …
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Set in the decadent 1980s in Los Angeles, a Hollywood executive (Billy Bob Thornton) plays his ex-wife (Kim Basinger) and his mistress (Winona Ryder) while his son, Graham (Jon Foster), finds…
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Sex and Death 101 (2007)
Cast: Simon Baker, Winona Ryder, Leslie Bibb …
Directed by: Daniel Waters
Womanizing tycoon Roderick Blank (Simon Baker) finds his world turned topsy-turvy when he receives a prescient email message about his sex life from an unknown sender in this satiric comedy…
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder …
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Working as an undercover cop in a world where almost everyone is addicted to Substance D -- a drug that produces split personalities in its users -- Fred Arctor (Keanu Reeves) sets up an…
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The Ten (2006)
Cast: Paul Rudd, Winona Ryder, Jessica Alba …
Directed by: David Wain
An all-star cast (including Paul Rudd, Winona Ryder, Jessica Alba, Oliver Platt, Liev Schreiber, Famke Janssen, Rob Corddry and Gretchen Mol, among others) appears in this collection of 10…
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The Darwin Awards (2005)
Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, David Arquette …
Directed by: Finn Taylor
When his tendency to faint at the sight of blood becomes a liability, detective Michael Burrows (Joseph Fiennes) finds himself out of a job. Fortunately, the perceptive profiler has no…
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Mr. Deeds (2002)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro …
Directed by: Steven Brill
While living in tiny Mandrake Falls, N.H., unassuming Longfellow Deeds suddenly inherits controlling interest in a media empire and must move to the Big Apple -- where a TV tabloid reporter…
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Simone (2002)
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts …
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Left in the lurch when a temperamental actress walks off the set, director Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) is in trouble. Not only is he without a star, but his studio-exec ex-wife (Catherine…
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Lost Souls (2000)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt …
Directed by: Janusz Kaminski
Maya (Winona Ryder) uncovers a satanic plot, but can she prevent the devil from taking over an innocent soul ... and then, the world? Ben Chaplin is charming as the best-selling author who…
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Autumn in New York (2000)
Cast: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia …
Directed by: Joan Chen
Will Keane (Richard Gere) is a middle-aged playboy working the Big Apple who experiences true love for the first time when he falls under the spell of Charlotte Fielding (Winona Ryder), a…
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Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg …
Directed by: James Mangold
Diagnosed with a disorder, Susanna Kaysen is sent to a mental institution, where she enters the skewed world of people who truly belong on the inside. Angelina Jolie won an Oscar for her…
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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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Alien: Resurrection: Collector's Edition (1997)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon …
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder star in the fourth installment of the Alien series. Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley (Weaver) died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the…
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The Crucible (1996)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield …
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Playwright Arthur Miller's parable of the 1950s anti-communist crusade (thinly veiled here as the Salem, Mass., witch trials of 1692) receives lush treatment in this Oscar-nominated film…
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Boys (1996)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Lukas Haas, John C. Reilly …
Directed by: Stacy Cochran
After rescuing Patty Vare (Winona Ryder) when she was knocked unconscious by falling off her horse, the last thing John Baker (Lukas Haas) expected to happen was that he'd fall in love…
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How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Based on a novel by Whitney Otto, Jocelyn Moorhouse's directorial debut looks at relationships of all kinds -- romantic, platonic and familial. Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder), a graduate…
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Little Women (1994)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel comes to life in this sensitive, soulful adaptation. Four sisters (including Winona Ryder, Claire Danes and Kirsten Dunst) and their mother (Susan…
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Reality Bites (1994)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller …
Directed by: Ben Stiller
In this irreverent romantic comedy, a small circle of Gen-X friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment as…
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The Age of Innocence (1993)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Newland Archer, a well-bred New Yorker engaged to an appropriate match: cultured May Welland (Winona Ryder). But when her alluring cousin, Ellen Olenska (Michelle…
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The House of the Spirits (1993)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons …
Directed by: Bille August
Esteban vows to marry Rosa, a rich man's daughter. But when Rosa dies before he can save enough money to do so, he instead marries her younger sister. Years later, when their daughter…
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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
When Dracula (Gary Oldman) leaves the captive Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker (Winona Ryder) -- the spitting image of Dracula's…
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Night on Earth (1991)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl …
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
On a single night in five major cities around the world, a variety of characters step into five different taxicabs, where they live out personal drama, existential crises and health…
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Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest …
Directed by: Tim Burton
An inventor dies before developing hands for his creation, a boy named Edward who instead has scissors at the end of each arm. Edward lives a monastic existence until an Avon lady adopts him…
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Mermaids (1990)
Cast: Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
This is the story of Mrs. Flax (Cher), an eccentric single mother, and her two children, Charlotte (Winona Ryder) and Kate (Christina Ricci). Charlotte is ashamed of her mother's…
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Winona Ryder, Laila Robins …
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Celebrity Roxy Carmichael is rumored to be visiting her sleepy home town of Clyde, Ohio. As the residents eagerly prepare for her return, Roxy's old boyfriend reexamines the past, while…
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Heathers (1989)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty …
Directed by: Michael Lehman
Veronica Sawyer hates the girls in her popular clique. Enter mysterious newcomer J.D., who offers her the perfect -- albeit deadly -- solution to end the Heathers' social tyranny in this…
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Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin …
Directed by: Jim McBride
This rockin' biopic depicts the meteoric rise of rock 'n' roll's most daring living legend, Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid). Concentrating on the years from 1956 to 1959,…
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Beetlejuice (1988)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder …
Directed by: Tim Burton
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of…
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1969 (1988)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern …
Directed by: Ernest Thompson
Two college buddies and their families deal with the sad consequences of the Vietnam War. The two small-town teenagers learn through love, death and war what friendship and freedom mean in…
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Square Dance (1987)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Winona Ryder stars in this 1987 coming-of-age drama based on the novel by Alan Hines. Gemma (Ryder) has grown up in a sheltered environment in rural Texas, abandoned by her mother and raised…
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Lucas (1986)
Cast: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen …
Directed by: David Seltzer
Fourteen-year-old bookworm and bully magnet Lucas (Corey Haim), exhibits a streak of independence when he befriends 16-year-old Maggie (Kerri Green) and introduces her to a world of…