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Claire Danes
Actress 47 years old

Claire Danes

Manhattan, New York, USA

Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. She is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she was... Read full bio →

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29 titles
The Essex Serpent

The Essex Serpent

2022 53m 6.0

Follows London widow Cora Seaborne who moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms a bond of science and skepticism with the pastor, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.

A Kid Like Jake

A Kid Like Jake

Silas Howard 2018 1h 32m

The loving parents of a four-year-old must come to terms with the fact that their child is gay.

Brigsby Bear

Brigsby Bear

Dave McCary 2017 1h 37m 7.3

Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.

As Cool as I Am

As Cool as I Am

Max Mayer 2013 1h 32m 5.0

A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.

Homeland

Homeland

2011 52m 8.2

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin

Mick Jackson 2010 1h 48m 7.5

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.

Me and Orson Welles

Me and Orson Welles

Richard Linklater 2008 1h 54m 6.3

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.

The Flock

The Flock

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung 2007 1h 45m 7.0

This film is about a hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety who, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.

Stardust

Stardust

Matthew Vaughn 2007 2h 7m 7.8

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

Evening

Evening

Lajos Koltai 2007 1h 57m 6.2

As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago.

The Family Stone

The Family Stone

Thomas Bezucha 2005 1h 43m 6.0

An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

Shopgirl

Shopgirl

Anand Tucker 2005 1h 44m 5.8

Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy.

Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

Richard Eyre 2004 1h 46m 6.7

Based in the 1660's of London's theatres, this film is about the rules of gender roles in theatre production, and means to change them for everyone's benefit.

The Rage in Placid Lake

The Rage in Placid Lake

Tony McNamara 2003 1h 29m 5.0

An exuberant, sharply satirical comedy about two parentally neglected teenagers who find the courage to believe in themselves

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Jonathan Mostow 2003 1h 49m 6.6

John Connor is now in his twenties. After his mother passed away, he begun a life as a drifter knowing what he, his mother and the T-800 had done at Cyberdyne was only delaying the completion of Skynet. A female terminator called T-X, is sent back from 2032 to assassinate the future rebel leader, John Connor.

It's All About Love

It's All About Love

Thomas Vinterberg 2003 1h 44m 6.4

The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of everything happening around them, their love is worth fighting for.

The Hours

The Hours

Stephen Daldry 2002 1h 54m 8.1

The Hours is a melancholy tragedy based on the book by Virginia Woolf “Mrs. Dalloway” about three women doomed with depression. Director Stephaen Daldry timelessly presents the life and psychotic changes of the exceptional English author which Nichole Kidman won the Oscar for best actress.

Igby Goes Down

Igby Goes Down

Burr Steers 2002 1h 37m 6.9

A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.

Brokedown Palace

Brokedown Palace

Jonathan Kaplan 1999 1h 40m 7.5

Two women are arrested for smuggling while vacationing in Thailand.

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Bille August 1998 2h 14m 7.7

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

U Turn

U Turn

Oliver Stone 1997 2h 5m 7.0

A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

Francis Ford Coppola 1997 2h 15m 6.9

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.

Mononoke-hime

Mononoke-hime

Hayao Miyazaki 1997 2h 14m 8.5

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

Michael Pressman 1996 1h 33m 6.0

David's wife died 2 years ago. He, his teen daughter Rachel, her cute friend and 2 in-laws trying to fix him up with a friend, are all spending the weekend at his beach house. David still "talks to his wife" and neglects Rachel.

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

Baz Luhrmann 1996 2h 7.6

The Australian director Baz Luhrmann teleports the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet tale from the Italian Verona to the Latin-American Verona Beach. The film was a success with it’s original dialogue from the MTV aesthetic and with guns as the weapon of choice.

How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

Jocelyn Moorhouse 1995 1h 56m 7.6

Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif.

Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays

Jodie Foster 1995 1h 43m

After losing her job, making out with her soon to be ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson has to face spending the holiday with her family. She wonders if she can survive their crazy antics.

My So-Called Life

My So-Called Life

1994 48m 9.0

The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.

Little Women

Little Women

Gillian Armstrong 1994 1h 55m 7.5

With their father away fighting in the Civil War, Joe, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.

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