Movies by Claire Danes
As part of the cast:
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Homeland: Season 1 (2011)
Cast: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, David Harewood …
Claire Danes stars as CIA agent Carrie Anderson in this Showtime series that centers on an American soldier and the suspicions that surround him after he's freed from captivity in Iraq.
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A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011)
Cast: Amy Schatz, Claire Danes, Carrie Fisher …
Directed by: Amy Schatz
This Emmy Award-winning program brings the words of Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, Langston Hughes and other poets to life for the very young. Read by acclaimed actors and the poets…
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Temple Grandin (2010)
Cast: Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Emmy winner Claire Danes stars as Temple Grandin, a brilliant young woman coping with the stigma of autism at a time when it was misunderstood. With the support of her loving family, Temple…
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Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Cast: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay …
Directed by: Richard Linklater
The story of a whirlwind week in 1937 NYC when a young aspiring actor (Efron) is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles'…
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Stardust (2007)
Cast: Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
To win his true love's heart, wide-eyed Tristan Thorn journeys to a forbidden realm to retrieve a fallen star, which has taken human form -- and is being pursued by an evil witch and…
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Evening (2007)
Cast: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave …
Directed by: Lajos Koltai
With her daughters by her bedside, a terminally ill matriarch recounts a passionate and all-consuming romance that took place 50 years in the past yet steered the course and defined the rest…
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The Flock (2006)
Cast: Richard Gere, Claire Danes, Avril Lavigne …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau
Dedicated and cautious federal agent Erroll Babbage (Richard Gere) is training his sharp young replacement, Allison Laurie (Claire Danes), when a young girl vanishes. Babbage is convinced the…
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Shopgirl (2005)
Cast: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman …
Directed by: Anand Tucker
Lovely but lonely Mirabelle (Claire Danes) feels purposeless selling gloves in a world where they're hardly ever worn. But her sad-sack days are soon enlivened by Ray (Steve Martin), a…
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The Family Stone (2005)
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker …
Directed by: Thomas Bezucha
Although their relationship works in the city, things begin to fall apart for buttoned-up Manhattanites Everett (Dermot Mulroney) and Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) when they visit the…
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Seamless (2005)
Cast: Vera Wang, Isaac Mizrahi, Anna Wintour …
Directed by: Douglas Keeve
A decade after making his documentary Unzipped -- which followed flamboyant designer Isaac Mizrahi -- fashion photographer Douglas Keeve again trains his lens on the world of haute couture,…
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Stage Beauty (2004)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett …
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Edward "Ned" Kynaston (Billy Crudup), England's most celebrated leading "lady," becomes a nonentity practically overnight when Charles II allows women to tread the boards, decreeing that…
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes …
Directed by: Jonathan Mostow
It's been 10 years since John Connor (Nick Stahl) saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is,…
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It's All About Love (2003)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn …
Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
In this futuristic thriller about love and fate, professional ice skater Elena (Claire Danes) and her estranged husband, John (Joaquin Phoenix), live in different cities. When John heads to…
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Igby Goes Down (2002)
Cast: Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum …
Directed by: Burr Steers
A teenager tired of being ignored in deference to his older brother (Ryan Phillippe), Igby (Kieran Culkin) escapes to New York City without his family's knowledge, where he meets and…
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The Hours (2002)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
This gripping drama follows the parallel lives of three 20th-century women: incomparable writer Virginia Woolf, an unsatisfied 1950s housewife and a modern-day book editor who's losing…
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Portrait of Leonardo (2000)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Johnny Depp …
Explore the life and career of Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio, still riding a fresh wave of stardom from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, in this collection of photos and film clips, as…
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The Mod Squad (1999)
Cast: Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi, Omar Epps …
Directed by: Scott Silver
Three teen offenders get the chance to serve the law instead of breaking it in this remake of the classic 1970s police drama. Dennis Farina plays the police captain who turns the trio from…
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Brokedown Palace (1999)
Cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman …
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Best friends Alice (Claire Danes) and Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) journey to Thailand to celebrate their high school graduation. But after falling in with a charming con artist (Daniel…
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Polish Wedding (1998)
Cast: Claire Danes, Lena Olin, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: Theresa Connelly
In this tale about a large Polish-American family living in Detroit, Claire Danes stars as Hala Pzoniak, a woman torn between her family's wishes and her heart's desire as she faces…
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Les Misérables (1998)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman …
Directed by: Bille August
The lush adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel stars Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean, an ex-convict trying to build a new life of nobility and compassion, only to be pursued by the callous…
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U Turn (1997)
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Bobby (Sean Penn) is a drifter on the run. But he's forced to stay put when his car breaks down in an unfamiliar town, where he meets several odd characters, including greasy mechanic…
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The Rainmaker (1997)
Cast: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
When Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an…
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Princess Mononoke (1997)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson …
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
In this anime epic from director Hayao Miyazaki, Prince Ashitaka (voiced by Billy Crudup) is infected with a lethal curse, and must travel to find a cure. On his journey, he discovers himself…
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I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)
Cast: Claire Danes, Jude Law, James Van Der Beek …
Directed by: Billy Hopkins
Based on the acclaimed play by Wendy Kesselman, this film tells the story of Daisy (Claire Danes), a shy teenager who conceals her Judaism from her classmates at a Manhattan private school.…
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo …
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona…
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To Gillian on her 37th Birthday (1996)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Baker, Claire Danes …
Directed by: Michael Pressman
Two years after his wife, Gillian (Michelle Pfeiffer), died in a boating accident, David (Peter Gallagher) still fantasizes his wife is alive and talks with her "ghost" on the beach every…
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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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Home for the Holidays (1995)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr. …
Directed by: Jodie Foster
Every year, Claudia (Holly Hunter) dreads her trip home for Thanksgiving. Between her parents (Charles Durning and Anne Bancroft), her sardonic brother (Robert Downey Jr.) and her…
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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…