Movies by Ellen Burstyn
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Coma (2012)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods …
Directed by: Mikail Salomon
In this made-for-TV thriller, a young doctor becomes suspicious when healthy patients in her hospital start falling into comas after routine procedures. She soon uncovers something sinister…
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Political Animals (2012)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carla Gugino, Ellen Burstyn …
Former First Lady and current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish juggles international crises, a journalist who has it out for her, and her family's needs following her recent divorce…
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Marilyn in Manhattan (2012)
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Cynthia Adler, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: John Parsons Peditto
This documentary provides an exclusive look at Marilyn Monroe's life just before her tragic end. It's also filled with stories told by people who've spoken for the first time…
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Love, Marilyn (2012)
Cast: Ben Foster, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei …
Directed by: Liz Garbus
A diverse group of actresses read from Marilyn Monroe's recently discovered diaries and personal papers in this intimate portrait that examines the luminous star's life and legend…
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Main Street (2011)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Colin Firth, Patricia Clarkson …
Directed by: John Doyle
When an outsider arrives and proposes storing hazardous waste in their small North Carolina town, the residents must weigh the risks against the financial rewards in this ensemble drama that…
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Another Happy Day (2011)
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Ezra Miller, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Sam Levinson
Upper-crust family dysfunction takes center stage in this drama, which stars Ellen Barkin as a divorcée attending the highbrow wedding of the son she barely knows and trying to hold her own…
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According to Greta (2009)
Cast: Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: Nancy Bardawil
Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Eventually,…
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The Mighty Macs (2009)
Cast: Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Tim Chambers
Based on true events, this drama tells the story of Cathy Rush (Carla Gugino), who becomes the head women's basketball coach at Immaculata College in Pennsylvania and whips the team into…
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PoliWood (2009)
Cast: Richard Abramowitz, Stephen Baldwin, Will.I.Am …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson trains his camera on the historic 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions as he examines the conflation of celebrity and contemporary…
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W. (2008)
Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Thandie Newton …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Featuring an all-star cast, director Oliver Stone's satiric retrospective chronicles the life and political career of George W. Bush, from his troubles as a young adult through his…
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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008)
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Jodie Markell
Based on an unproduced original screenplay by Tennessee Williams, this drama follows Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard), the headstrong daughter of a Southern plantation owner. Forced to…
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Lovely, Still (2008)
Cast: Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Adam Scott …
Directed by: Nicholas Fackler
When his beautiful new neighbor Mary (Ellen Burstyn) asks him out on a date, elderly bachelor Robert (Martin Landau) suddenly finds himself swept up in the excitement and panic of new love.…
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Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day (2007)
Cast: Michael Imperioli, Ellen Burstyn, Samantha Mathis …
Directed by: Lloyd Kramer
Alcoholic ex-baseball player Charley Benetto (Michael Imperioli) returns to his hometown to commit suicide but has a change of heart after he's granted one day with the spirit of his…
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The Stone Angel (2007)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Cole Hauser, Kevin Zegers …
Directed by: Kari Skogland
Rather than succumbing to life in a nursing home, feisty Hagar Shipley (Ellen Burstyn) goes on the run. As she struggles to keep her mind clear, Hagar relives passionate moments from early in…
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The Velveteen Rabbit (2007)
Cast: Jane Seymour, Tom Skerritt, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Michael Landon Jr.
Sent to the house of his stern grandmother for the holiday season, young Toby finds an instant cure to his loneliness when he discovers an attic containing three special toys -- including a…
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The Wicker Man (2006)
Cast: Neil LaBute, Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn …
In this remake of the 1973 thriller, cop Edward Malus gets more than he bargained for when he looks into a girl's disappearance. The search takes him to a Pacific Northwest island, where…
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The Fountain (2006)
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
In this sci-fi drama that spans a millennium, a man (Hugh Jackman) searches for a tree believed to grant eternal life in 16th-century Spain; seeks a cure for his wife's (Rachel Weisz)…
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30 Days (2006)
Cast: Taye Diggs, Hill Harper, Da Brat …
Directed by: Jamal Joseph
Two young hoopsters -- one black, one white -- walk a mile in each other's shoes in this absorbing drama from director Jamal Joseph. After a vicious postgame brawl, inner-city cager…
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Hubert Selby Jr.: It'll Be Better Tomorrow (2006)
Cast: Hubert Selby Jr., Lou Reed, Henry Rollins …
Directed by: Michael W. Dean, Kenneth Shiffrin
This documentary chronicles the fascinating life story of influential writer Hubert Selby Jr., author of Requiem for a Dream. and his ups and downs -- from his years of heroin addiction to…
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The Elephant King (2006)
Cast: Tate Ellington, Jonno Roberts, Florence Faivre …
Directed by: Seth Grossman
Upon learning that her libertine son Jake (Jonno Roberts) has fled to Thailand to avoid pending fraud charges, overprotective mom Diana (Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn) sends his…
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Our Fathers (2005)
Cast: Ted Danson, Christopher Plummer, Brian Dennehy …
Directed by: Dan Curtis
This powerful and timely indictment of a church in crisis stars Christopher Plummer as Cardinal Bernard Law, the high-ranking Catholic priest at the center of a far-reaching web of sexual…
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Down in the Valley (2005)
Cast: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse …
Directed by: David Jacobson
Harlan (Oscar nominee Edward Norton), a swaggering stranger who's convinced he's a cowboy, looks like a knight in shining armor to a rebellious teen named Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood), a…
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Mrs. Harris (2005)
Cast: Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Frances Fisher …
Directed by: Phyllis Nagy
Dr. Herman Tarnower became famous after creating the popular Scarsdale diet in the early 1980s. But his constant infidelity caused an enormous rift in his long-term relationship with…
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)
Cast: Jon Voight, Steven Grayhm, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Lloyd Kramer
Based on best-selling author Mitch Albom's book, this moving TV drama centers on Eddie (Steven Grayhm and Jon Voight), who dies at the age of 83, uncertain that he was able to save a…
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A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Cast: Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Julie Christie …
Directed by: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
This documentary explores American cinema in the 1970s, a decade often described as the best years in film. What results is an ode to the art form, one that pays homage to the "auteurs" that…
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Brush With Fate (2003)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Thomas Gibson …
Directed by: Brent Shields
Mere days into his new job at an East Coast prep school, an art teacher (Thomas Gibson) is approached by an eccentric colleague (Glenn Close) who regales him with elaborate stories about a…
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003)
Cast: Arthur Penn, John Milius, William H. Macy …
Directed by: Kenneth Bowser
Based on former &NFi;Premiere Magazine&NFi_; writer Peter Biskind's best-seller about moviemaking during the tumultuous, golden era of the 1970s, this film offers insightful comments…
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan …
Directed by: Callie Khouri
Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, James Garner and Maggie Smith star in this Southern-fried comedy, based on Rebecca Wells's best-selling novels, which follows a group of…
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Within These Walls (2001)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Laura Dern, LaTanya Richardson …
Directed by: Mike Robe
This heartfelt tale of redemption follows a bitter, defeated prisoner (Ellen Burstyn) who learns to hope again thanks to a persistent nun and some TLC from man's best friend. Based on…
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Dodson's Journey (2001)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, David James Elliott, Penelope Ann Miller …
Directed by: Gregg Champion
David James Elliott stars in this touching family drama, based on the writings of author James Dodson, about a man's struggle to come to terms with his father's death and the end of…
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly …
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
A widow's growing dependence on amphetamines and a self-help television show parallels the struggles of her heroin-addicted son and his girlfriend and friend in Darren Aronofsky's…
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The Yards (2000)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron …
Directed by: James Gray
Fresh out of the joint, Leo Handler tries to get himself on the right track with help from his shady Uncle Frank who runs a business that repairs New York City's subway trains. But Leo…
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Mermaid (2000)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Samantha Mathis, Jodelle Ferland …
Directed by: Peter Masterson
A little girl (Jodelle Ferland) comes to terms with the death of her father by sending him a note tied to a heaven-bound balloon. The events that transpire when the balloon's finder…
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Miracle of the Spring (2000)
Cast: Clancy Brown, Ellen Burstyn, Dana Delany …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Pregnant Rose (Dana Delany) flees her husband to begin a new life at a women's shelter in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's poignant novel The Patron Saint of Liars. After being…
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Playing by Heart (1998)
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery …
Directed by: Willard Carroll
In this slice-of-life mosaic, love and lust swirl around contemporary Los Angeles, kicking up dust in the lives of a diverse collection of couples as they attempt to navigate the battleground…
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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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The Patron Saint of Liars (1998)
Cast: Dana Delany, Sada Thompson, Clancy Brown …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. When she stays on after her…
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You Can Thank Me Later (1998)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Amanda Plummer, Ted Levine …
Directed by: Shimon Dotan
Based on a stage play by Oren Safdie, this family drama examines a controlling mother (Ellen Burstyn) through the eyes of her three deflated children (Marc Blum, Ted Levine and Amanda…
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Deceiver (1997)
Cast: Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Michael Rooker …
Directed by: Joshua Pate, Jonas Pate
When a young prostitute (Renée Zellweger) is brutally murdered in Charleston, S.C., a manipulative upper-crust resident, Wayland (Tim Roth), becomes the prime suspect. As the man endures a…
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The Spitfire Grill (1996)
Cast: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: Lee David Zlotoff
Just-out-of-jail Percy Talbott (Alison Elliott) lands in idyllic Gilead, Maine, and with the local sheriff's help, she finds employment and a place to stay at the Spitfire Grill. Percy…
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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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Roommates (1995)
Cast: Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Peter Yates
At the age of 107, Rocky Holeczek (Peter Falk) is the oldest employed baker in Pittsburgh. His roommate is his grandson, Michael (D.B. Sweeney), a 35-year-old surgeon whom Rocky has raised…
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The Baby Sitters Club (1995)
Cast: Schuyler Fisk, Bre Blair, Rachael Leigh Cook …
Directed by: Melanie Mayron
With summer on the horizon, seven girls who run a booming babysitting service want to branch out with a day camp for youngsters. But their new venture soon hits more than a few snags,…
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My Brother's Keeper (1995)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Annette O'Toole …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
John Lithgow plays twin brothers Bo and Tom Bradley, both of whom are well-loved schoolteachers in a community on Long Island. Tom, who's HIV positive, is offered a unique opportunity to…
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Follow the River (1995)
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Eric Schweig …
Directed by: Martin Davidson
Inspired by writer James Alexander Thom's fact-based novel, this riveting drama recounts the brave exploits of a young mother, Mary Draper Ingles (Sheryl Lee), who was abducted, along…
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When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Luis Mandoki
In director Luis Mandoki's potent drama, the Greens -- Alice (Meg Ryan) and Michael (Andy Garcia) -- face a major crisis in their marriage when an accident brings Alice's secret…
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Getting Gotti (1994)
Cast: Lorraine Bracco, Anthony John Denison, Kathleen Laskey …
Directed by: Roger Young
Brooklyn attorney Diane Giacalone (Lorraine Bracco) will stop at nothing to get her man in this gripping account of the investigation and trial of notorious Mafia king John Gotti (Anthony…
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Getting Out (1994)
Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Robert Knepper, Carole Mitchell-Leon …
Directed by: John Korty
Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts…
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Primal Secrets (1994)
Cast: Meg Tilly, Ellen Burstyn, Paxton Whitehead …
Directed by: Ed Kaplan
When trompe l'oeil painter Faith Crowell (Meg Tilly) accepts a commission to paint a mural in the ballroom of a wealthy socialite's Long Island manse, she has no inkling of her…
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The Cemetery Club (1993)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Diane Ladd …
Directed by: Bill Duke
Ellen Burstyn, Diane Ladd and Olympia Dukakis head the cast as a trio of recently widowed Jewish women whose friendship helps ease the passing of their spouses -- until one of them meets an…
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Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (1993)
Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Kate Nelligan, Shirley Douglas …
Directed by: Bill Corcoran
Melissa Gilbert stars as Shari Karney, a California attorney handling a sexual abuse case, in this powerful drama based on actual events. Emotions that arise during the trial cause Shari to…
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Picture This (1991)
Cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid …
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Director George Hickenlooper's award-winning documentary about the making of The Last Picture Show (director Peter Bogdanovich's 1970s classic) ultimately turned the lives of those…
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Dying Young (1991)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Julia Roberts plays a modern-day Florence Nightingale to a wealthy young recluse (Campbell Scott) afflicted with a rare form of leukemia. During the time they spend together, nurse and…
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Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love (1991)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Ryan Todd, Walter Matthau …
Directed by: Charles Matthau
Sometimes, it takes the innocent perspective of youth to give a jaded senior a new lease on life. A 9-year-old boy who's about to be packed off to a foster home takes it on the lam --…
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Bill Couturié
Filmmaker Bill Couturie's poignant HBO documentary strikingly captures the gamut of emotion experienced by Vietnam veterans, as a host of celebrated actors -- including Robert De Niro…
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Pack of Lies (1987)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Teri Garr, Sammi Davis …
Directed by: Anthony Page
Based on a true story, this suspense thriller stars Ellen Burstyn as Barbara, an English middle-class housewife, who allows a British secret agent (Alan Bates) to set up camp in her home for…
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Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Bud Yorkin
The disintegration of a 30-year union -- and the resulting upheaval that ripples through the entire family -- is the subject of this unsentimental drama that stars Gene Hackman as Harry…
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Into Thin Air (1985)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Robert Prosky, Sam Robards …
Directed by: Roger Young
Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own…
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Resurrection (1980)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
A woman who experiences clinical death from a horrible car crash returns to life with the amazing ability to heal others. Ellen Burstyn delivers a tour-de-force performance as the modern-day…
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Same Time, Next Year (1978)
Cast: Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn, Ivan Bonar …
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Although they're married to other people, accountant George and housewife Doris engage in a 25-year affair, meeting only once a year for a romantic weekend together. The otherwise…
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A Dream of Passion (1978)
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Despo Diamantidou …
Directed by: Jules Dassin
In director Jules Dassin's final collaboration with his wife, Melina Mercouri, she stars as Maya, an actress returning to the stage to play the title role in the Greek tragedy "Medea."…
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Harvey Keitel, Kris Kristofferson …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Ellen Burstyn won an Oscar playing Alice Hyatt, a destitute widow who must find the strength to go on for her young son (Alfred Lutter) in the face of loneliness and fear, in this classic…
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Harry and Tonto (1974)
Cast: Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, René Enríquez …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Ripping a page from John Steinbeck's novel &NFi;Travels with Charley&NFi_;, this bittersweet comedy follows an old codger named Harry as he takes a cross-country trip with his cat,…
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The Exorcist (1973)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb …
Directed by: William Friedkin
When movie actress Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) begins to suspect that an evil spirit is possessing her young daughter, Regan (Linda Blair), she calls in two priests (Max von Sydow and Jason…
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The Exorcist: The Extended Director's Cut (1973)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Kitty Winn …
Directed by: William Friedkin
The revised version of this horror classic adds a remastered soundtrack and 10 minutes of footage, including a modified ending. When Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) suspects an evil spirit is…
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The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Uptight deejay David Staebler (Jack Nicholson) travels to Atlantic City, N.J., to learn more about an outlandish, get-rich-quick scheme cooked up by his manic brother, Jason (Bruce Dern).…
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
There's not much to do in the windswept Texas hamlet of Anarene, where the town's only cinema is about to close forever. So high schoolers Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff…
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Tropic of Cancer (1970)
Cast: Rip Torn, Joseph Strick, David Bauer …
Directed by: Joseph Strick
In 1960s Paris, an expatriate American novelist still struggling to find his voice lives life to the fullest without much regard for his wife as he embarks on a succession of sexual…
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Pit Stop (1969)
Cast: Richard Davalos, Brian Donlevy, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Jack Hill
Rick Bowman (Richard Davalos) is a fast-driving and fast-living race car driver who rises to the top of his sport of "figure 8" racing in this acclaimed cult classic. But when Bowman begins…
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For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Cast: James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Paul Lynde …
Directed by: Leslie H. Martinson
Summer's in, surf's up, and the party's in full swing for rich kid Gardner "Ding" Pruitt III (James Darren), who's got his eye on bikini-clad Sandy (Pamela Tiffin) --…