Movies starring Sissy Spacek
In terms of content, if not style, Coal Miner’s Daughter would fit with the spate of musician-related biopics that have dotted the recent landscape. And, although central figure Loretta Lynn (Sissy Specek) never had the same kind of Billboard To...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Spousal Abuse)
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, ...
When Robert Redford announced his retirement from acting in August 2018, it appeared that The Old Man & the Gun would be his swansong and, at least in terms of tone and content, it’s hard to imagine a better way for the veteran actor to bow ...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-10-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: David Lowery
Cast: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, ...
The most disappointing aspect of Deadfall is its conventionality. For a thriller, it's light on surprises. After a thunderbolt of an opening sequence, the storyline unfolds in a predictable manner and the ending, despite providing a sense of closur...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-12-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, ...
In the autumn of 1998, New Line Cinema opened Pleasantville, a thoroughly delightful fantasy about a couple of modern-day kids thrown back in time to a world of wholesome family values where everything is (literally) black and white. Now, less tha...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-02-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ROMANCE
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, ...
It's probably unfair to blame the failure of Carrie on Steven King. While it's true that the script, written by Lawrence D. Cohen and based on King's novel, is a mishmash of clichés and poorly-realized characters, director Brian De Palma des...
U.S. Release Date: 1976-11-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Content, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Horror
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, ...
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, ...
What's the point? If I wanted to spend 12 minutes watching someone pushing a cart around a grocery store, I'd go to the local A&P, not sit in a movie theater. At least then I could get the week's shopping done. Nine Lives is a failed experiment...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-10-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Cast: Elpidia Carrillo, Joe Mantegna, Kathy Baker, ...
As far as I'm concerned, it's official: Hollywood has lost the art of how to make horror films. Consider this year's entries as Exhibit A - everything from White Noise to The Ring 2 has been horrible. There's not a worthwhile film in the bunch. ...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-03-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Hideo Nakata
Cast: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, ...
This is what happens when a successful indie documentary filmmaker gets sucked in by the Hollywood system. As one can guess from the number of writers involved in this project, Four Christmases is wildly uneven, veering from screwball comedy to wo...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-11-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Seth Gordon
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, ...
Writer/director Paul Schrader has always been fascinated by the line between sanity and madness, and what it takes to push a man over the edge. This theme stands out in two of Schrader's best known scripts, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, both of whi...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, ...