Movies starring Meryl Streep
If one looks back at U.S. history during the 1970s, the importance of The Washington Post immediately becomes clear. The paper, which began the decade as just another local daily with little national prominence, concluded it as an important b...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, ...
A Prairie Home Companion is proof that age has not caused director Robert Altman to turn toward conventional, crowd-pleasing forms of cinema. Despite a folksy, low-key appeal, this movie is likely to primarily interest fans of Garrison Keillor's p...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-06-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, ...
Consider a movie that takes place in the Big Apple and features a heterosexual romance with an age gap, a dose of "Jewishness," a psychoanalyst, and an ending that doesn't pander to all the usual clichés. This may sound like Woody Allen - in fact...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-10-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Ben Younger
Cast: Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg, ...
Despite its awkward and uneven elements, The Prom offers enough high-energy moments to be seen as a passable motion picture adaptation of the stage play written by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin. As movie adaptations of musicals go, this one is ...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-12-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Musical
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Meryl Streep, Mary Kay Place, Andrew Rannells, ...
Much as I might like to, I cannot heap praise upon director Gavin Hood's Rendition, a political thriller with aspirations of being so much more that it is. The film treads into the minefield of debate that exists surrounding the question of Constit...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, ...
A considerable amount of talent was assembled to make what has turned into a throw-away late summer film. Academy Award winning actors Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline headline the cast while Oscar winners Jonathan Demme and Diablo Cody handle the direct...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-08-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Maime Gummer, ...
As thrillers go, The River Wild is a cut below a "white-knuckler," but it still has its share of spills and chills. Crafted by Curtis Hanson with considerably more style and substance than his previous effort, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The R...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, ...
Spoiler Warning: This review discusses key plot points in detail. Those who have not seen Sophie's Choice and wish to have a "virgin experience" are advised not to read beyond the first paragraph. Sophie's Choice was the best film released in 1...
U.S. Release Date: 1982-12-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
Director Sarah Gavron and writer Abi Morgan deserve props for bringing to the screen the oft-neglected story of women's suffrage in the U.K. as well as illustrating what life was like during a time prior to the advent of women's rights. Suffr...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-10-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sarah Gavron
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, ...