Movies by Barbara Hershey
As part of the cast:
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Insidious (2011)
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins …
Directed by: James Wan
Believing their home is haunted, a suburban schoolteacher and his wife uproot their family and move to a new place hoping to leave the evil spirits behind -- only to discover that the house…
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Answers to Nothing (2011)
Cast: Dane Cook, Elizabeth Mitchell, Julie Benz …
Directed by: Matthew Leutwyler
This gripping ensemble drama follows a philandering husband, a depressed Hollywood screenwriter, a vigilante schoolteacher and other citizens of Los Angeles as their daily lives intersect an…
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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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Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express (2010)
Cast: David Suchet, Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville …
Directed by: Philip Martin
Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) faces one of his most baffling cases when an overbearing American businessman turns up stabbed to death aboard the Orient Express, a pan-European train that…
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Uncross the Stars (2008)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Ron Perlman, Bitsie Tulloch …
Directed by: Kenny Golde
Suddenly widowed, Troy Harper (Dan Gillies) finds himself unmoored by grief. With nothing tying him down, he heads to Arizona to build a porch for his aunt (Barbara Hershey). Amongst a new…
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Hannah Endicott-Douglas, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Kevin Sullivan
Returning to Prince Edward Island as a middle-aged writer, Anne Shirley (Barbara Hershey) discovers a secret that forces her to revisit old memories of her difficult young life before…
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Love Comes Lately (2007)
Cast: Otto Tausig, Caroline Aaron, Olivia Thirlby …
Directed by: Jan Schutte
Based on Nobel Prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer's writings, this whimsical tale from director Jan Schütte follows charmer Max Kohn (Otto Tausig), an 80-year-old author who escapes…
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The Bird Can't Fly (2007)
Cast: Yusuf Davids, Barbara Hershey, John Kani …
Directed by: Threes Anna
When estranged mother Melody (Barbara Hershey) returns to the remote desert town of Fairlands to attend her grown daughter's funeral, she learns of River (Yusuf Davids), the grandson she…
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11:14 (2005)
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Barbara Hershey, Patrick Swayze …
Directed by: Greg Marcks
Even though they're strangers, Buzzy, Mark, Cheri, Jack and Eddie will become part of each other's lives -- even if it kills them -- in this innovative drama composed of five…
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Riding the Bullet (2004)
Cast: Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette, Cliff Robertson …
Directed by: Mick Garris
Based on a Stephen King story, this eerie tale centers on Alan Parker (Jonathan Jackson), who fears the worst in any situation. But after his mother (Barbara Hershey) falls ill, Alan shelves…
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Paradise (2004)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Strathairn, Kirk Acevedo …
Directed by: Frank Pierson
This touching drama examines the illogical reasons behind the decision of Bobby Paradise (David Strathairn), a supremely logical man, to set aside his scientific work as an astronaut and…
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Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (2003)
Cast: Billy Campbell, Barbara Hershey, Kevin Dunn …
Directed by: Paul Shapiro
Based on Ann Rule's novel detailing the real-life heinous deeds of killer Ted Bundy (Bill Campbell), this made-for-TV film follows crime reporter Ann (Barbara Hershey), who's…
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Lantana (2001)
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Ray Lawrence
As he grapples with guilt about his own extramarital affair, detective Leon Zat dives headlong into a missing-persons investigation that crisscrosses the lives of four couples, all of whom…
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Short: International Release #2 (2000)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: Jane Campion
Aficionados of short films will relish the award-winning, cosmopolitan flicks contained in Warner Bros.' "Short Cinema Journal" series. The DVDs group the movies by category -- in this…
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The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man (2000)
Cast: Richard Rush, Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback …
Directed by: Richard Rush
In 1980, The Stunt Man, starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Railsback, became one of the most acclaimed motion pictures of the decade -- an odd mixture of black humor and riveting suspense.…
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Breakfast of Champions (1999)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney …
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
It would seem that Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) has it made: He's a millionaire car salesman in a town where everyone loves him. Despite these killer advantages, Dwayne thinks his life…
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Drowning on Dry Land (1999)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Naveen Andrews, Carol Lynley …
Directed by: Carl Colpaert
Kate Burns (Barbara Hershey) has just left her husband and been fired from her job in New York. One rainy night, overwhelmed, she flags down cabbie Darshan (Naveen Andrews) to take her to the…
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The Staircase (1997)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, William Petersen, Diane Ladd …
Directed by: Karen Arthur
A fiercely independent mother superior finds herself needing help when she discovers she's terminally ill. With much work left to do to ensure her parish will thrive when she's…
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The Pallbearer (1996)
Cast: David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Carol Kane …
Directed by: Matt Reeves
When Ruth Abernathy (Barbara Hershey) mistakes Tom Thompson (David Schwimmer) for someone else, Thompson ends up becoming a pallbearer at the funeral of her son -- a former high school…
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The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Jane Campion
Jane Campion's adaptation of Henry James's novel stars Nicole Kidman as Isabel Archer, an American heiress visiting relatives in 1872 England who falls prey to the manipulations of…
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Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith …
Directed by: Tab Murphy
When Montana bounty hunter Lewis Gates (Tom Berenger) is hired to track three escaped convicts in the wilderness, he uncovers an arrow shaft that leads to a century-old secret. He then…
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The Bible Collection: Abraham (1994)
Cast: Richard Harris, Barbara Hershey, Maximilian Schell …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
This engrossing dramatization of the life of Abraham (Richard Harris), the most tested servant of God and the father of Judaism, spans from the patriarch's quest for the Promised Land to…
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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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Swing Kids (1993)
Cast: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley …
Directed by: Thomas Carter
Kids all over the world want to rebel, and close friends Peter (Robert Sean Leonard) and Thomas (Christian Bale) -- although they're growing up in Nazi Germany -- are no different. But…
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Splitting Heirs (1993)
Cast: Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Robert Young, Robert Young
Eric Idle and John Cleese team up in this farce about a lowly bank employee who tries to claim the noble title that is his birthright. Seems there was a switcheroo when Tommy was born, and…
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A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
At the center of this engrossing melodrama is a Golden Globe-nominated turn by Debra Winger, who plays a sheltered, slow-witted woman living with her widowed Aunt Frances (Barbara Hershey)…
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Defenseless (1991)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Mary Beth Hurt, Christopher M. Brown …
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Los Angeles lawyer T.K. Katwuller (Barbara Hershey) steps in as defense attorney for her former college roommate, Ellie Seldes (Mary Beth Hurt), when she's charged with offing her…
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Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Jon Amiel
It's 1950s New Orleans, and a radio soap opera writer (Peter Falk) has run out of overblown plotlines for the show he's been working on. That is, until he meets a hopeless romantic…
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Evidence of Love (1990)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Brian Dennehy, John Terry …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
After a local woman is brutally murdered, the residents of a small Southern town are even more shocked when a sweet, demure wife and mother becomes the chief suspect. But the investigation…
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Paul Greco …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Nikos Kazantzakis's landmark novel comes to life in director Martin Scorsese's moving, spiritual and highly controversial film that challenges the Christian notion that Jesus…
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Beaches (1988)
Cast: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Hillary (Barbara Hershey) is an unprepossessing WASP and Cecilia (Bette Midler) is an aspiring Jewish nightclub singer. But what began as an improbable friendship on the Atlantic City…
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A World Apart (1988)
Cast: Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Chris Menges
This powerful examination of apartheid stars Barbara Hershey as South African journalist Diana Roth, a white woman jailed for her political activism. Diana's fierce commitment to the…
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Tin Men (1987)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
A nostalgic evocation of a simpler era, and perhaps the best of director Barry Levinson's quartet of Baltimore-based film reminiscences, Tin Men immortalizes a fast-talking, early-1960s…
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Hoosiers (1986)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper …
Directed by: David Anspaugh
High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into…
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen's classic tale about three New York City sisters -- Hannah (Mia Farrow), Holly (Dianne Wiest) and Lee (Barbara Hershey) -- begins with a festive Thanksgiving dinner, during…
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The Natural (1984)
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Gifted baseball player Roy Hobbs -- whose life has taken some unexpected turns -- becomes a 35-year-old rookie sensation who helps a cellar-dwelling team get back in the game in this mythic…
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The Right Stuff (1983)
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Director Philip Kaufman and a stellar cast -- including Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn and Ed Harris -- chronicle NASA's early transition from breaking the sound barrier in 1947 to the…
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Working (1982)
Cast: Barry Bostwick, Eileen Brennan, Scatman Crothers …
Inspired by the best-selling book by Studs Terkel, this musical from producer Stephen Schwartz celebrates the voices of the average worker from the perspective of the faceless men and women…
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Americana (1981)
Cast: Michael Greene, Barbara Hershey, David Carradine …
Directed by: David Carradine
David Carradine stars as a taciturn Vietnam veteran who drifts into a small Kansas town, where he assigns himself the task of rebuilding a once-magnificent carousel that used to be the pride…
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Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
Cast: Robert Hays, Barbara Hershey, David Keith …
Directed by: Gus Trikonis
When Frank's (Robert Hays) boss appoints him as the head of a big project that will spruce up a newly bought brewery, Frank couldn't be happier. That is, until he realizes that the…
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The Entity (1981)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa …
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
When an invisible attacker beats and rapes Carla Moran (Barbara Hershey), the mother of three seeks comfort from her friends and family, who dismiss her story as insane. But a psychiatrist…
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The Stunt Man (1980)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Richard Rush
Vietnam veteran Cameron (Steve Railsback) is on the run from the police when he stumbles onto the set of a war movie directed by megalomaniac Eli Cross (Peter O'Toole) and is forced to…
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The Last Hard Men (1976)
Cast: Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
An escaped convict aims to exact revenge on the sheriff who not only put him behind bars, but also was responsible for the death of his wife. The now-retired lawman must dust off his…
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Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Left on her own after the death of her father during the Depression, young Bertha Thompson (Barbara Hershey) hooks up with a union organizer (David Carradine) and a con man (Barry Primus).…
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The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
Cast: Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill …
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
William (Michael Sarrazin) is a young man frustrated by the suffocating normalcy of life. His patience with authority finally begins to disintegrate when he pleads guilty to manslaughter…
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With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
Cast: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll …
Directed by: Howard Morris
Widow Abby McClure (Doris Day) manages lumberjacks by day and looks after her three sons by night. One day, she meets nice-guy Jake Iverson (Brian Keith), a widower with a daughter. They fall…
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Experiments in Terror (1961)
Cast: Dorothea Griffin, Barbara Hershey, Ronald Lacey …
Directed by: David Sherman, Lloyd Michael Williams, Peter Tscherkassky …
This compilation of experimental horror films will have cineastes jumping from their seats in wide-eyed terror. The shorts include Peter Tscherkassky's "Outer Space," David…