Movies by Catherine Keener
As part of the cast:
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The Croods (2012)
Cast: Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage …
Directed by: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
Driven away from their prehistoric homeland by an earthquake, a caveman (voiced by Nicolas Cage) and his family (Catherine Keener and Emma Stone) forge a fresh start in unfamiliar terrain.…
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The Oranges (2011)
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Julian Farino
When newly unattached Nina Ostroff (Leighton Meester) comes home for Thanksgiving dinner, her parents make plans to pair her up with their neighbors' successful son, Toby (Adam Brody).…
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Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011)
Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Distraught over her impending divorce, conservative lawyer Diane seeks refuge with her mother, Grace, even though the two haven't spoken in years. Diane's children are thrilled with…
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Nailed (2010)
Cast: Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Marsden …
Directed by: David O. Russell
After a freak accident lodges a nail in uninsured Alice Eckle's (Jessica Biel) head, her crusade for health care takes her to Capitol Hill. But with her injury causing wild sexual urges,…
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Cast: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario …
Directed by: Chris Columbus
After discovering that he's the son of the Greek god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), teenage Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) strikes out on an action-packed odyssey to rescue his mortal mother and…
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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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Cyrus (2010)
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei …
Directed by: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Indie favorites Jay and Mark Duplass co-direct this wry look at modern love and family dysfunction. John C. Reilly plays a divorced man who thinks he's found just the right woman (Marisa…
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Trust (2010)
Cast: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato …
Directed by: David Schwimmer
After curious and vulnerable teenager Annie (Liana Liberato) falls into a trap set by an online sexual predator, her family begins to disintegrate, uncertain how to cope with such a…
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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Cast: Max Records, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Max (Max Records) imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their…
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Wholphin: Issue 9 (2009)
Cast: Carla Gugino, Catherine Keener, Eric Stoltz …
Directed by: Jörg Wagner, Kawase Kohske, Flatform …
This innovative anthology features an eclectic mix of shorts, award-winning documentaries and other films, including three comedies from director Spike Jonze and a fascinating look at a…
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Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)
Cast: Maurice Sendak, Lance Bangs, Spike Jonze …
Directed by: Spike Jonze, Lance Bangs
The unconventional creator of iconic children's books Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen is given an equally idiosyncratic look in this diary-style documentary from…
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What Just Happened? (2008)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
A harried film producer (Robert De Niro) juggles a lunatic director, a temperamental actor (Bruce Willis) and an out-of-control production while courting a studio head (Catherine Keener) and…
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Hamlet 2 (2008)
Cast: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Andrew Fleming
With his department in danger of being cut, high school drama teacher Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan) pens a heretical sequel to William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and exhorts his students to…
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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton …
Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
After his painter wife (Catherine Keener) leaves him and takes their daughter to Berlin, theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) stages an autobiographical play in a massive…
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The Soloist (2008)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Joe Wright
This true-life drama tells the poignant tale of Los Angeles newspaper reporter Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), who discovers brilliant street musician Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), and the…
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A Summer in Genoa (2008)
Cast: Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willa Holland …
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
After his wife's tragic death, Joe (Colin Firth) moves his two daughters to Genoa for a fresh start. The romantic Italian town has its effects on the girls, as teenager Kelly (Willa…
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An American Crime (2007)
Cast: Catherine Keener, Ellen Page, James Franco …
Directed by: Tommy O'Haver
Based on a story that's too shocking to be true -- but is -- director Tommy O'Haver's grisly drama centers on Indiana housewife and mother Gertrude Baniszewski (Catherine…
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Into the Wild (2007)
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, Vince Vaughn …
Directed by: Sean Penn
Sean Penn directs this drama based the best-selling true account of a young man who gives up everything -- including his trust fund and ties to a seemingly stable family -- to lead a solitary…
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Friends with Money (2006)
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener's bittersweet tale examines the evolving lives of four female friends living in Los Angeles: married and financially secure Jane (Frances McDormand),…
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The Interpreter (2005)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) is a linguist whose job is to translate for her assigned delegate the complex issues facing the United Nations. But her daily challenge turns perilous when she…
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Camilla Belle, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Rebecca Miller
Writer-director Rebecca Miller elicits an astounding performance from husband Daniel Day-Lewis, who plays Jack, a father intent on raising his daughter (Camilla Belle) as an environmentally…
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Cast: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd …
Directed by: Judd Apatow
Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and…
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Capote (2005)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr. …
Directed by: Bennett Miller
The toast of New York society after penning Breakfast at Tiffany's, flamboyant writer Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in an Oscar-winning role) finds himself in a dance with the…
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Full Frontal (2002)
Cast: David Duchovny, Julia Roberts, Nicky Katt …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Director Steven Soderbergh's "unofficial karmic sequel" to his 1989 breakout film, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, involves a distaff switcheroo this time, as inquiring reporter Julia Roberts…
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Death to Smoochy (2002)
Cast: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs this dark comedy set in the dog-eat-dog world of children's television, where kids' show star Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams) gets fired over a bribery…
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Lovely & Amazing (2002)
Cast: Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer …
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Four spirited women tackle everything from relationships to careers in this captivating indie drama, starring Brenda Blethyn as an insecure mother who passed along bits of her neuroses to…
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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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Adaptation (2002)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper …
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) is a Los Angeles screenwriter battling enormous feelings of insecurity and impotence as he struggles to adapt &NFi;The Orchid Thief&NFi_;, a book by Susan…
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Spike Jonze
When puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) discovers a door that's, in fact, a portal into actor John Malkovich's brain, he concocts a plot to sell 15-minute excursions into…
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Simpatico (1999)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone …
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
A misnomer if ever there was one, all is &NFi;not&NFi_; simpatico between estranged old friends Vinnie (Nick Nolte), Lyle (Jeff Bridges) and Rosie (Sharon Stone). As youngsters in Azusa,…
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The Real Blonde (1998)
Cast: Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah …
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
Writer-director Tom DiCillo lampoons the entertainment industry in this character-driven comedy about Joe (Matthew Modine), an idealistic -- and perpetually out-of-work -- actor, and his…
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Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Writer-director Neil LaBute's misanthropic black comedy stars Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Jason Patric, Ben Stiller and Nastassja Kinski as a web of friends,…
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Out of Sight (1998)
Cast: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Florida bank robber Jack Foley (George Clooney) plays a genteel game of cat and mouse with Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), the stunning federal marshal he meets in the trunk of a getaway car,…
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Box of Moonlight (1997)
Cast: John Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
A trip originally planned for business turns into the healthy unraveling of a middle-aged man's uptight world. When Al Fountain (John Turturro) sees his work contract canceled, he…
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Walking and Talking (1996)
Cast: Amy Braverman, Catherine Keener, Miranda Rhyne …
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Amelia (Catherine Keener) and Laura (Anne Heche) have been best friends since the sixth grade. For the first time, their lives are taking different paths: Laura is in love and planning her…
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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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Heroine of Hell (1996)
Cast: Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, Wendy Phillips …
Directed by: Nietzchka Keene
Magda (Catherine Keener) is an artist with issues: men, abandonment and jerks who get off scott-free. While looking to mete out spiritual justice to wrongdoers, Magda discovers that her own…
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Living in Oblivion (1995)
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney …
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
This clever comedy takes you through one hellaciously funny day in the life of small-time independent filmmaker Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi), who has one goal: to realize his artistic vision…
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Johnny Suede (1991)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Richard Boes, Calvin Levels …
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
Wannabe rock star Johnny Suede (Brad Pitt) learns there's more to life than a guitar and a big pompadour in this bittersweet drama. House painter Johnny hopes to become a star like his…
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Survival Quest (1989)
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Catherine Keener, Mark Rolston …
Directed by: Don Coscarelli
Beastmaster director Don Coscarelli presents this tense action drama about a quintet of urbanites (including Catherine Keener and Dermot Mulroney) who head for the Rockies for the ultimate…
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About Last Night... (1986)
Cast: James Belushi, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore …
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Rob Lowe and Demi Moore star as two veterans of the Chicago singles scene trying their best to get comfortable with the "c" word: commitment. Both consult their well-meaning friends: one a…