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Meryl Streep
Actress 77 years old

Meryl Streep

Summit, New Jersey, USA

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as the best actress of her generation, Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five... Read full bio →

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The Devil Wears Prada 2

The Devil Wears Prada 2

David Frankel 2026 1h 59m 6.0

Andy Sachs returns to Runway as Miranda Priestly navigates a new media landscape and Runway's position within. The duo reconnect with former assistant Emily Charlton, now the head of a luxury brand that possesses funding which could ensure Runway's survival.

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Phil Lord, Christopher Miller 2026 2h 37m 8.0

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out.

Hoppers

Hoppers

Daniel Chong 2026 1h 44m 6.0

Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up

Adam McKay 2021 2h 18m 7.3

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Let Them All Talk

Let Them All Talk

Steven Soderbergh 2020 1h 53m 6.0

A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent.

The Laundromat

The Laundromat

Steven Soderbergh 2019 1h 36m 4.0

When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world's wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.

Little Women

Little Women

Greta Gerwig 2019 2h 15m 7.6

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

Rob Marshall 2018 2h 11m 5.8

In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Ol Parker 2018 1h 54m 5.0

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

The Post

The Post

Steven Spielberg 2017 1h 56m 7.3

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies

2017 46m 8.7

Subversive, darkly comedic drama BIG LITTLE LIES tells the tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

Florence Foster Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins

Stephen Frears 2016 1h 50m 7.0

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Suffragette

Suffragette

Sarah Gavron 2015 1h 46m 6.5

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.

Ricki and the Flash

Ricki and the Flash

Jonathan Demme 2015 1h 40m

Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.

The Homesman

The Homesman

Tommy Lee Jones 2014 2h 2m 6.8

A claim jumper and a pioneer woman team up to escort three insane women from Nebraska to Iowa.

The Giver

The Giver

Phillip Noyce 2014 1h 37m 6.3

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Rob Marshall 2014 2h 5m 6.2

A witch conspires to teach important lessons to various characters of popular children's stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel.

August: Osage County

August: Osage County

John Wells 2013 2h 1m 6.7

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Hope Springs

Hope Springs

David Frankel 2012 1h 40m 5.8

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.

Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim

Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim

György Pálfi 2012 1h 24m 8.5

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: the LOVE between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

Phyllida Lloyd 2011 1h 45m 6.3

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Pollen

Pollen

Louie Schwartzberg 2011 1h 17m

A beautiful love story in danger. Our future depends on an amazing love story between the flowers and fauna consisting of bees, butterflies, birds and bats, which allow these species to reproduce. Delicate and graceful, the flowers are not content to be the ultimate symbol of beauty.

Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia

Nora Ephron 2009 2h 3m 7.3

Julia Child and Julie Powell - both of whom wrote memoirs - find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

It's Complicated

It's Complicated

Nancy Meyers 2009 2h 1m 6.5

During his son's college graduation, Jane hooks up with her ex-husband, Jake, who's married to a younger woman. As if being your ex's mistress isn't tough enough, Jane also finds herself drawn to Adam, a smitten architect.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson 2009 1h 27m 8.2

The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Marina Zenovich 2008 1h 39m 7.0
Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia!

Phyllida Lloyd 2008 1h 48m 6.4

Set on an idyllic Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA hit songs. Donna, an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on the island is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited young daughter she's raised alone. But Sophie has secretly invited three of her mother's ex-lovers in the hopes of finding her father.

Doubt

Doubt

John Patrick Shanley 2008 1h 44m 7.3

Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the movie's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.

Rendition

Rendition

Gavin Hood 2007 2h 6.5

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

Lions for Lambs

Lions for Lambs

Robert Redford 2007 1h 32m 6.6

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a…

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.

Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Chen Shi-Zheng 2007 1h 30m 6.0

Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model.

The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada

David Frankel 2006 1h 49m 7.2

The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine when all she really wants to be a good journalist.

The Ant Bully

The Ant Bully

John A. Davis 2006 1h 29m 6.1

After Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his watergun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

Robert Altman 2006 1h 45m 7.2

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court

Prime

Prime

Ben Younger 2005 1h 42m 6.5

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

Jonathan Demme 2004 2h 10m 6.4

Capt. Bennett Marco and Sgt. Raymond Shaw are taken captive during the first Persian Gulf War and brainwashed so that they're programmed to rebel once they return home. Ten years later, as Shaw's mother is busy helping her son in his bid for the presidency, Marco recalls the brainwashing. Can he get to Shaw before it's too late?

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Brad Silberling 2004 1h 48m 7.6

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

Stuck on You

Stuck on You

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly 2003 1h 59m 5.5

The very essence of the relationship between co-joined twins Bob and Walt is tested when Walt convinces them to move to L.A. so he can become an actor. Quickly the twins find fame and fortune by landing a job on Cher's TV show, but the success threatens to drive them apart.

Angels in America

Angels in America

2003 58m 8.3

Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected individuals.

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.

Adaptation.

Adaptation.

Spike Jonze 2002 1h 55m 7.9

Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives the way he writes... with foolish abandon. Susan writes about life... But can't live it. John's life is a book... Waiting to be adapted. One story... Four Lives... A million ways it can end.

Artificial Intelligence: AI

Artificial Intelligence: AI

Steven Spielberg 2001 2h 26m 7.1

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

Wes Craven 1999 2h 4m 7.0

Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

One True Thing

One True Thing

Carl Franklin 1998 2h 7m 6.7

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

Pat O'Connor 1998 1h 36m

Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room

Jerry Zaks 1996 1h 38m 6.1
Before and After

Before and After

Barbet Schroeder 1996 1h 48m 5.5

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County

Clint Eastwood 1995 2h 15m 7.8

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

The River Wild

The River Wild

Curtis Hanson 1994 1h 51m 6.7

While on a family vacation, Meryl Streep takes on a pair of armed killers (led by Kevin Bacn) while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

Bille August 1993 2h 20m 7.4

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

Robert Zemeckis 1992 1h 44m 7.0

Two women vie for a man and the secret of eternal beauty.

Defending Your Life

Defending Your Life

Albert Brooks 1991 1h 51m 7.6

In an afterlife way-station resembling a major city, the lives of the recently deceased are examined in a court-like setting.

Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

Mike Nichols 1990 1h 41m 5.3

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

She-Devil

She-Devil

Susan Seidelman 1989 1h 39m 5.7

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

Evil Angels

Evil Angels

Fred Schepisi 1988 2h 3.0

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.

Ironweed

Ironweed

Héctor Babenco 1987 2h 23m 7.0

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Heartburn

Heartburn

Mike Nichols 1986 1h 48m 4.0

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.

Plenty

Plenty

Fred Schepisi 1985 2h 4m 5.0

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Out of Africa

Out of Africa

Sydney Pollack 1985 2h 41m 6.9

Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.

Falling in Love

Falling in Love

Ulu Grosbard 1984 1h 46m 7.0

Although they live married lives, two strangers keep running into each other, starting a friendship that could blossom into so much more.

Silkwood

Silkwood

Mike Nichols 1983 2h 11m 7.0

Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.

Still of the Night

Still of the Night

Robert Benton 1982 1h 31m 5.5

A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.

Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

Alan J. Pakula 1982 2h 31m 7.5

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps who has found a reason to live in Nathan a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stengo the movies narrator a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions.

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Karel Reisz 1981 2h 4m 6.8

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well.

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Jerry Schatzberg 1979 1h 48m 6.0

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on.

Manhattan

Manhattan

Woody Allen 1979 1h 36m 8.1

Manhattan is an expression of love of the city of New York and the drama of the erratic character Isaac Davis, played by the director Woody Allen, and the conclusion of a neurotic city.

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer vs. Kramer

Robert Benton 1979 1h 45m 7.9

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

Michael Cimino 1978 3h 3m 8.8

The Deer Hunter is a 1978 war drama film about a trio of Rusyn American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War.

Julia

Julia

Fred Zinnemann 1977 1h 57m 7.0

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

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