Movies starring Frances Mcdormand
“Raped While Dying”, “And Still No Arrests”, “How Come, Chief Willoughby?” The text of those three billboards establishes a narrative but, although that’s the starting point for Martin McDonagh’s stellar Three Billboards Outside...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, ...
Amy Adams must enjoy fairy tales - this is the second one in which she has appeared during the last six months. Although Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day differs substantially in many key areas from Enchanted, both movies are anchored by Adams, whos...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Brief Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, ...
With a mostly female cast and a poetic title, it might be easy to assume that Paradise Road is a 1997 version of Mike Newell's effervescent Enchanted April. However, apart from those stated similarities, there's little to connect the two films. ...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-04-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/ADVENTURE
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Glenn Close, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Ehle, ...
One of the best reviewed movies of 2000, Almost Famous is sure to appear on many critics' end-of-the-year Top 10 lists. A number of respected voices have already declared this to be the best film of the year. However, although there's no doubt th...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-09-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, ...
Helicopters thunder through the air over Los Angeles, raining malathion on the city in an attempt to end the dreaded Medfly invasion. Below, in each house and apartment, an individual drama is being played out. As in any human settlement at...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-10-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Andie MacDowell, Frances McDormand, Tim Robbins, ...
Few working directors are as consistently, dependably quirky as Wes Anderson, whose films tend to excite art house audiences while being ignored and bypassed by mainstream movie-goers. His latest, Moonrise Kingdom, represents one of his best, in la...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-05-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Jared Gilman, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman, ...
To find Nomadland, all one has to do is locate the place where the documentary intersects with the feature film. Based on the non-fiction book by Jessica Bruder, writer/director/editor Chloe Zhao has added form and texture by presenting this j...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-12-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Chloe Zhao
Cast: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, ...
In the tradition of Norma Rae and Silkwood, North Country is the story of one woman's struggle against an inflexible corporation. Despite some third-act flaws that weaken the conclusion, North Country does what it sets out to do: inspire and uplif...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-10-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Niki Caro
Cast: Cast: Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, ...
After watching the Coen Brothers spend years mowing their way through genres and upending conventions, one question comes to mind: Is there anything these guys can't do. Common wisdom suggests "no" and, after winning Oscars early this year for No...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-09-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
Cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, ...
Fargo takes the usual "caper gone wrong" storyline and applies a new twist. Based on a supposed series of "true events" from 1987 (a tongue-in-cheek claim made by a screen caption), the film examines what can happen when the police and criminals a...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-03-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: THRILLER/COMEDY
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand, ...