Movies by Holly Hunter
As part of the cast:
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Won't Back Down (2012)
Cast: Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ving Rhames …
Directed by: Daniel Barnz
In this fact-based drama, two women from different classes and races (Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal) draw on their common bond of motherhood to fight institutional inertia and an…
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Saving Grace (2007)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson …
Self-destructive Oklahoma City detective Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter) gets a chance to redeem herself when Earl (Leon Rippy), her "last chance angel," appears after a terrible car crash.…
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Nine Lives (2005)
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman …
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia, Rodrigo García
This series of revealing vignettes from writer-director Rodrigo Garcia (Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her) peers into the private lives of nine women who are each pointed toward a…
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The Big White (2005)
Cast: Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Alison Lohman …
Directed by: Mark Mylod
Financially strapped travel agent Paul (Robin Williams) is kicking himself for forgetting to cash in his missing brother's insurance policy, but his sprits soar when he finds a spare…
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Little Black Book (2004)
Cast: Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Nick Hurran
Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy (Brittany Murphy) -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Barb (Holly Hunter),…
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The Incredibles (2004)
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Brad Bird
Bob Parr (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife (Holly Hunter) in…
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Levity (2003)
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Kirsten Dunst, Morgan Freeman …
Directed by: Ed Solomon
Haunted by a newspaper clipping picturing the teenager he killed in a botched robbery 22 years earlier, incarcerated felon Manuel Jordan (Billy Bob Thornton) is surprised when he's…
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Thirteen (2003)
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed …
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is a good girl. She's smart, gets along with her mom (Holly Hunter) and is never in trouble. But then she befriends Evie (Nikki Reed), a…
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Rock that Uke (2003)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Oliver Brown, Carmaig de Forest …
Directed by: Sean Anderson, William Preston Robertson
Though often derided, the ukulele is more than just a lame musical joke. This entertaining documentary shows how the small instrument has become the center of an underground artistic…
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Moonlight Mile (2002)
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Brad Silberling
Susan Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman co-star as the grieving mother and father of a recently deceased girl who take in their daughter's fiancé (Jake Gyllenhaal) because he's the…
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Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Emmanuelle Béart, Katrin Cartlidge …
Directed by: Rosanna Arquette
Originally airing on Showtime, this documentary directed by actress Rosanna Arquette focuses on the life of somewhat hermetic star Debra Winger, as well as the struggles that actresses over…
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When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
Cast: Bob Gunton, Matt Letscher, Jacqueline McKenzie …
Directed by: Jane Anderson
What starts as a publicity stunt turns into a media sensation as 55-year-old Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver) -- a chauvinistic, motormouthed, ex-Wimbledon champ -- challenges feminist tennis…
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Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her (2000)
Cast: Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart …
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia, Rodrigo García
Writer-director Rodrigo Garcia skillfully weaves together a series of vignettes that explore the unseen intricacies of modern women in this thoughtful examination of perception, authenticity…
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Directors: David Cronenberg (2000)
Cast: David Cronenberg, Willem Dafoe, Marilyn Chambers …
The American Film Institute series "The Directors" provides one-hour glimpses into the careers of directors whose films have significantly influenced world cinema. Director David…
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson …
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
With their collective eye focused on retrieving a cache of hidden money, three convicts break out of jail in Depression-era Mississippi and embark on an epic journey that bears more than a…
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Harlan County War (2000)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Ted Levine …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Ruby Kincaid (Holly Hunter) is the wife of a hardworking coal miner in Harlan County, Ky., in the 1970s. After she witnesses two deaths, her husband's near-fatal accident and his…
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Jesus' Son (1999)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Jack Black, Denis Leary …
Directed by: Alison MacLean
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, director Alison Maclean's reflective drama follows FH (Billy Crudup), a well-meaning drug addict who stumbles backward into redemption. When…
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Living Out Loud (1998)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah …
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
A recently divorced woman (Holly Hunter) forms a fragile friendship with her doorman and elevator operator (Danny DeVito), whose life has also seen its share of pain. The two help each other…
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A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter …
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Determined to live "a life less ordinary," Robert (Ewan McGregor), a down-and-out janitor, kidnaps narcissistic heiress Celine (Cameron Diaz) in hopes of pulling in a big ransom.…
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Crash (1996)
Cast: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
After a near-fatal collision, television director James Ballard finds his soul mate in fellow crash victim Helen Remington in this provocative drama. Together, the pair probes the eroticism…
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Copycat (1995)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, John Rothman, Holly Hunter …
Directed by: Jon Amiel
The hunt for a San Francisco psycho makes unlikely comrades of two women: criminal psychologist Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver), who's survived an attack by another serial killer, and…
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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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The Piano (1993)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill …
Directed by: Jane Campion
Holly Hunter stars as Ada McGrath, a mute but strong-willed 19th-century Scottish expatriate who arrives in New Zealand with her daughter (Anna Paquin) and her beloved piano in tow. Although…
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The Firm (1993)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
When Harvard Law School graduate Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) joins a prestigious firm, he ignores the warning of his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn), who fears the lucrative deal sounds too good to…
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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Elizabeth Ruscio, Gregg Henry …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
In this dark comedy, Wanda (Holly Hunter) and Verna (Elizabeth Ruscio) both want their daughters to join the high school cheerleading squad. Since Verna's child seems most likely to win,…
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Once Around (1991)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello …
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Renata Bella (Holly Hunter) is feeling the soul-sucking torpor of a dead-end career -- and life -- until she meets whirlwind sales guru Sam Sharpe (Richard Dreyfuss) at a real estate-selling…
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Always (1989)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Directed by Steven Spielberg, this affecting remake of A Guy Named Joe stars Richard Dreyfuss as brash Pete Sandich, a firefighting pilot who dies in the line of duty but returns as a…
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Miss Firecracker (1989)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins …
Directed by: Thomas Schlamme
Carnelle (Holly Hunter), an oversexed hellion who was orphaned as a child, has always played second fiddle to her beautiful Southern belle cousin -- a past Miss Firecracker contest winner.…
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Broadcast News (1987)
Cast: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
In James L. Brooks's Oscar-nominated romantic comedy, three ambitious workaholics are set loose in a network TV newsroom, where their professional and personal lives become hopelessly…
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Raising Arizona (1987)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman …
Directed by: Joel Coen
Ex-cop Edwina "Ed" McDonnough (Holly Hunter) and her ex-con husband, H.I. (Nicolas Cage), are devastated when they learn they can't have children. Not to worry: They reckon they'll…
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End of the Line (1987)
Cast: Wilford Brimley, Kevin Bacon, Mary Steenburgen …
Directed by: Jay Russell
Two railroad workers from Clifford, Ark., become heroes when they hijack a locomotive to protest the closing of the local railroad company. The two set out on a rollicking cross-country…
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A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter …
Directed by: Volker Schlondorff
Racial intolerance grows as thick as Spanish moss on a Louisiana bayou tree in this tale adapted from Ernest J. Gaines's novel. After a tenant farmer is killed, black sharecropper Mathu…
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Blood Simple (1984)
Cast: Frances McDormand, John Getz, Dan Hedaya …
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
In a jealous rage, Texas tavern owner Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) hires unscrupulous private detective Loren Visser (M. Emmet Walsh) to not only tail Marty's two-timing spouse, Abby…
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Swing Shift (1984)
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti …
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
During World War II, a young woman (Goldie Hawn) takes a Rosie the Riveter-type job on a home-front factory assembly line while her husband is away defending democracy. Directed by Jonathan…
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Svengali (1983)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster, Elizabeth Ashley …
Directed by: Anthony Harvey
An aging musician becomes a powerful mentor to a young female rock singer in this made-for-cable drama. Determined to rise to the top and win a Grammy, rocker Zoe (Jodie Foster) may have…
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The Burning (1981)
Cast: Brian Backer, Holly Hunter, Larry Joshua …
Directed by: Tony Maylam
Years after a summer camp janitor (Lou David) is severely burned and disfigured as the result of a teenage prank gone awry, he's released from the local insane asylum and returns to the…