Movies starring Gwyneth Paltrow
Bounce delivers exactly what viewers expect from a romance: two people who meet under unusual circumstances fall in love, then are pushed apart by complications before finding each other again. There are no surprises, twists, or unexpected turns ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Don Roos
Cast: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge, ...
Contagion is the best movie made to date about an epidemic/pandemic. By making the characters accessories to the story rather than the central focus, the film is able to tell the story of the evolution of the disease without being encumbered by mel...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-09-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, ...
If one was to judge Country Strong based solely on its misleading trailer, one might assume this to be a cliché-riddled Crazy Heart wannabe. And, although I will not argue that the whole cloth from which the story has been cut contains its fair sh...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-01-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA/MUSICAL
Director: Shana Feste
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund, Tim McGraw, ...
It's the romantic buried inside each of us that responds to movies like Emma. Sure, the film, like the Jane Austen novel upon which it is based, is laced with wit and sophistication. And, although it contains enough social commentary and char...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-08-09
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: DRAMA/ROMANCE
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Phyllida Law, Sophie Thompson, ...
One night in the early 1960s, a young boy is taken in by a West Texas family. He claims that he's lost, and, being the decent folk that they are, his benefactors decide that it's their responsibility to see that he's fed, bathed, and given a place...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-11-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Steve Kloves
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, James Caan, ...
You have to give a film maker credit for exhibiting the necessary chutzpah to take one of the most beloved classics in the English language, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, and transform it into a modern-day morality play/romance. Viewers...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-01-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, ...
Inertia. The dictionary defines it as "a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion," and this is an apt descriptor for Paul Thomas Anderson's debut feature, Hard Eight. During the first half, virtually nothing happens --...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-02-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, ...
Another year, another movie about Truman Capote. However, despite covering much the same ground as last year's Capote, Douglas McGrath's Infamous doesn't feel like a remake. The events are the same, but the tone and perspective are different. Ca...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Toby Jones, Isabella Rossellini, Gwyneth Paltrow, ...
Iron Man is a different breed of superhero movie - a film that remembers it's possible to be outside the target demographic and still enjoy a tale set in this genre. What makes Iron Man interesting isn't the storyline which, except for a few wrink...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-05-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, ...
With superhero movies, it's almost axiomatic to state that the second film is the best of the series. The reason isn’t difficult to divine: having dispensed with the obligatory origin tale, the movie-makers can weave a more compelling yarn. So ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-05-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, ...