Movies by Jessica Chastain
As part of the cast:
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The Tree of Life (2011)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain …
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Brad Pitt and Sean Penn star in Terrence Malick's 1950s adventure about a confused man named Jack, who sets off on a journey to understand the true nature of the world. Growing up in the…
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Take Shelter (2011)
Cast: Michael Shannon, Katy Mixon, Jessica Chastain …
Directed by: Jeff Nichols
Michael Shannon stars in this thriller as a small-town family man who, determined to protect his wife and deaf daughter from impending disaster, builds an impenetrable storm shelter in the…
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The Help (2011)
Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard …
Directed by: Tate Taylor
In 1960s Jackson, Miss., aspiring writer Eugenia Phelan crosses taboo racial lines by conversing with Aibileen Clark about her life as a housekeeper, and their ensuing friendship upsets the…
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Coriolanus (2011)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox …
Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Actor Ralph Fiennes makes his directorial debut with this modern update of Shakespeare's tale about the arrogant general who is banished by the republic he has protected at all costs,…
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Lawless (2011)
Cast: Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain …
Directed by: John Hillcoat
This true-to-life action saga profiles Virginia's bootlegging Bondurant gang, whose exploits during the Prohibition era made them outlaw heroes. The three Bondurant brothers tussle with…
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Texas Killing Fields (2011)
Cast: Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain …
Directed by: Ami Canaan Mann
While trying to crack a string of unsolved murders in small-town Texas, local homicide detective Souder and his former New York City cop partner Heigh find themselves involved in a…
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The Debt (2010)
Cast: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain …
Directed by: John Madden
Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren) is a former Mossad intelligence agent forced to relive her 1965 pursuit of a notorious Nazi war criminal when the bold and dangerous fugitive is thought to have…
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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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Stolen (2009)
Cast: Josh Lucas, Jon Hamm, Rhona Mitra …
Directed by: Anders Anderson
As this indie thriller unfolds through flashbacks, the mummified, half-century-old remains of a boy found in a box at a construction site yield key clues to the disappearance of the…
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Jolene (2008)
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Dermot Mulroney, Chazz Palminteri …
Directed by: Dan Ireland
Based on a short story by celebrated novelist E.L. Doctorow, this character study tracks the itinerant exploits of the titular character (Jessica Chastain) as she sets off on an aimless,…
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Blackbeard (2006)
Cast: Rachel Ward, Mark Umbers, Richard Chamberlain …
Directed by: Kevin Connor
Eighteenth-century swashbuckler Edward Teach -- better known as Blackbeard (Angus Macfadyen) -- notoriously dominated the high seas from 1716 to 1718. In this miniseries, the ruthless pirate…