7 Movies Starring Gillian Anderson

The X Files

The X Files

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-06-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (77613 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Cast:

Writer:

Chris Carter (story)

Frank Spotnitz (story)

Chris Carter (screenplay)

Fullplot:

With problems appearing between FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a dangerous conspiracy is starting to appear. A deadly virus, which appears to be of extraterrestrial origin has appeared, which could destroy all life on Earth. With the help of a paranoid doctor, Alvin Kurtzweil, Mulder and Scully must act fast in order to save everyone on the planet.

Playing by Heart

Playing by Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-08-06

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (15911 Reviews)

Director:

Willard Carroll

Fullplot:

Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. Mark is dying of AIDS, and his mother comes to his bedside: they must talk truthfully. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit: why is he reluctant? An adulterous couple meet at hotels for evening sex, but she is unwilling for the relationship to grow. Hugh tells tall tales, usually tragic, to women in bars. By the week's end, their parallel stories converge.

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-07

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, France, Germany, USA

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (6075 Reviews)

Director:

Terence Davies

Genres:

RomanceDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Edith Wharton (novel)

Terence Davies

Fullplot:

Terence Davies' The House of Mirth is a tragic love story set against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy in turn of the century New York. Lily Bart is a ravishing socialite at the height of her success who quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm start attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. Torn between her heart and her head, Lilly always seems to do the right thing at the wrong time. She seeks a wealthy husband and in trying to conform to social expectations, she misses her chance for real love with Lawrence Selden.

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-07

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, USA, France, Germany

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (6089 Reviews)

Director:

Terence Davies

Genres:

RomanceDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Edith Wharton (novel)

Terence Davies

Fullplot:

Terence Davies' The House of Mirth is a tragic love story set against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy in turn of the century New York. Lily Bart is a ravishing socialite at the height of her success who quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm start attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. Torn between her heart and her head, Lilly always seems to do the right thing at the wrong time. She seeks a wealthy husband and in trying to conform to social expectations, she misses her chance for real love with Lawrence Selden.

The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-01-19

Languages:

English, French, German, Swahili

Countries:

UK, Germany

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (135417 Reviews)

Director:

Kevin Macdonald

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Morgan (screenplay)

Jeremy Brock (screenplay)

Giles Foden (novel)

Fullplot:

In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out.

Sold

Sold

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-03-07

IMDB Ratings:

(112 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jeffrey D. Brown

Joseph Kwong (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A girl risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India.

Sister

Sister

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-18

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Switzerland

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (4240 Reviews)

Director:

Ursula Meier

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Antoine Jaccoud (scenario)

Ursula Meier (scenario)

Gilles Taurand (scenario)

Antoine Jaccoud (dialogue)

Fullplot:

A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.

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