12 Movies Starring Glenne Headly

Seize the Day

Seize the Day

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-09-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(916 Reviews)

Director:

Fielder Cook

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Saul Bellow (novel)

Ronald Ribman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-12-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (47252 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Oz

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Dale Launer

Stanley Shapiro

Paul Henning

Fullplot:

Lawrence and Freddie are con-men; big-time and small time respectively. They unsuccessfully attempt to work together only to find that this town (on the French Mediterranean coast) aint big enough for the two of them. They agree to a "loser leaves" bet. The bet brings out the best/worse in the two. Interesting twist at the end.

Paperhouse

Paperhouse

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-02-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (4075 Reviews)

Director:

Bernard Rose

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Catherine Storr (novel)

Matthew Jacobs (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Anna is becoming lost in the loneliness of her own world when she discovers she can visit another, a house she has drawn herself and occupied by a young disabled boy. But as she discovers more of the links between her fantasy world and the mundane present, she is drawn only deeper into a dream turning into a nightmare.

Mortal Thoughts

Mortal Thoughts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (6596 Reviews)

Director:

Alan Rudolph

Cast:

Writer:

William Reilly

Claude Kerven

Fullplot:

Cynthia comes forward to talk to detective John about the murder of her best friend's husband. The story is told as a series of flashbacks... James was a bullying, verbally and physically abusive husband. His wife Joyce has, on a number of occasions, expressed her intention to kill him. One night when all three are at the fair, Joyce has a row with James, and Cynthia helps James back to the van. But later he was found dead...

Getting Even with Dad

Getting Even with Dad

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-06-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (5707 Reviews)

Director:

Howard Deutch

Cast:

Writer:

Tom S. Parker

Jim Jennewein

Fullplot:

Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery. However, he doesn't expect his son Timmy, who was living with Ray's sister, to show up at the house right in the middle of planning. Timmy is ignored and Ray and his buddies pull off the heist. Timmy gets his father's attention by stealing the coins and hiding them. To get them back, his father must take him to a number of different places and treat him like he enjoys his presence. They grow fond of each other but Timmy won't stay with his dad unless he gives up the coins.

Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-01-19

Languages:

English, American Sign Language

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (28775 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Herek

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success.

Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-12-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3253 Reviews)

Director:

Anjelica Huston

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Dorothy Allison (book)

Anne Meredith (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

My Own Country

My Own Country

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (281 Reviews)

Director:

Mira Nair

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Abraham Verghese (book)

Jim Leonard (screenplay)

Sooni Taraporevala (screenplay)

Fullplot:

"My Own Country" tells the story of an East Indian doctor who settles in Johnson City, Tennessee. The doctor's name is Abraham Verghese, and he specializes in infectious diseases. It's 1985, and AIDS is spreading from the big cities to the rural areas. Abraham takes AIDS as his personal crusade and is soon well-known for his compassion and non-judgmental treatment. He soon becomes overwhelmed with patients from the surrounding states, which strains his marriage.

Bartleby

Bartleby

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1496 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Parker

Cast:

Writer:

Herman Melville (story)

Jonathan Parker (screenplay)

Catherine DiNapoli (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At a public records office, a seemingly normal boss has hired a new employee named Bartleby. Bartleby however, is eccentric and with each passing day, he begins to refuse his boss' orders which only gets worse. Eventually, the boss finds himself clueless as to what to do about Bartleby as he discovers even stranger things about him.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-02-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (22107 Reviews)

Director:

Sara Sugarman

Cast:

Writer:

Dyan Sheldon (book)

Gail Parent (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When the teenager Mary Elizabeth Steppe, a.k.a. Lola, moves with her mother and two younger twin sisters from New York to the suburb of Dellwood, New Jersey, she has the feeling that her cultural and entertaining world ended. While in school, the displaced Lola becomes close friend of the unpopular Ella, who is also a great fan of the her favorite rock band Sidarthur. However, the most popular girl in the school, Carla Santini, disputes the lead role in an adaptation of Pygmalion with Lola and also the leadership of their mates. When the last concert of Sidarthur is sold-out, Lola plans with Ella to travel to New York and buy the tickets from scalpers. However, the girls get into trouble while helping the lead singer and Lola's idol Stu Wolf, changing their lives forever.

Around the Bend

Around the Bend

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3748 Reviews)

Director:

Jordan Roberts

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Comeback Season

Comeback Season

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-04-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1106 Reviews)

Director:

Bruce McCulloch

Fullplot:

A comedy about a cheating husband (Ray Liotta) and an injured high school football star (Shaun Sipos) who become court ordered roommates. Emotional carnage leads to unlikely alliances, as the two men scramble for a second chance at love and stardom.

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