23 Movies Starring Gwyneth Paltrow

Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-03-31

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (2353 Reviews)

Director:

James Ivory

Fullplot:

One of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president, had an affair with (and fathered a child with) his 15-year-old slave Sally Hemings. JEFFERSON IN PARIS follows Jefferson to France (as the U.S. ambassador to the court of Louis XVI), following the death of his wife his friendships and flirtations with the French, his relationship with his daughters and slaves from home (especially Sally), against the backdrop of the beginning of the French Revolution.

Emma

Emma

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-08-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (25545 Reviews)

Director:

Douglas McGrath

Cast:

Writer:

Jane Austen (novel)

Douglas McGrath (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.

Hush

Hush

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-03-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (7215 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Darby

Cast:

Writer:

Jonathan Darby (story)

Jonathan Darby (screenplay)

Jane Rusconi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Helen is the young girlfriend of good-looking Jackson Baring. When Helen gets pregnant and marries Jackson, they decide to move to his hometown, Kilronan, and have a baby there. But his mother Martha, who lives there, starts to do weird things, and obviously she's not too friendly to Helen.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-01-30

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (41101 Reviews)

Director:

Alfonso Cuarèn

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Dickens (novel)

Mitch Glazer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale, this is a story of the love of a man for an unreachable woman. Updated to modern day New York City, the story concerns a man of modest background who falls in love with a rich girl. But when a mysterious benefactor greenlights the man to make his dreams come true, everything done has the ultimate goal of making Estella fall in love with him...

Hard Eight

Hard Eight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-02-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (25983 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all is well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker.

Sliding Doors

Sliding Doors

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-04-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (50090 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Howitt

Fullplot:

In London, the public relation Helen is fired from her position in a PR company. While returning home, she does not catch the train in the subway. But in another possibility of her life, she catches the train in the subway. The story shows two parallel lives of Helen: in one life, she stays with her boyfriend Gerry, and in the other life, she finds that Gerry cheats her with Lydia and falls in love with James Hammerton.

A Perfect Murder

A Perfect Murder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-06-05

Languages:

English, Arabic

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (60817 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Davis

Cast:

Writer:

Frederick Knott (play)

Patrick Smith Kelly (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-12-25

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (127088 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Patricia Highsmith (novel)

Anthony Minghella (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancèe, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.

A Perfect Murder

A Perfect Murder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-06-05

Languages:

English, Arabic

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (60646 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Davis

Cast:

Writer:

Frederick Knott (play)

Patrick Smith Kelly (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain.

Bounce

Bounce

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-11-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (16564 Reviews)

Director:

Don Roos

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Buddy (Affleck) has just signed an airline in Chicago as a big client, but is ironically delayed at the airport waiting for a flight to LA on that same airline. He meets fellow passenger Greg, who opts to be bumped, even though it means missing an activity with his older son. When the flight gets resumed, Buddy thinks he's doing a good deed by swapping tickets with Greg so he can get home to his son. Sadly, the flight crashes. Buddy conspires with his friend, the ticket agent that night, to take his name off the passenger list and put Greg's on. Once he's back in LA, his new client dictates that the company run a series of feel-good ads about the crash. Buddy feels very hypocritical, and completely loses it when the commercials win a Cleo. After going through re-hab, he decides he needs to check on Greg's widow. But he doesn't plan on falling in love with her.

Possession

Possession

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-08-30

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (11277 Reviews)

Director:

Neil LaBute

Genres:

DramaMystery

Cast:

Writer:

A.S. Byatt (novel)

David Henry Hwang (screenplay)

Laura Jones (screenplay)

Neil LaBute (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Roland Michell is an American scholar trying to make it in the difficult world of British Academia. He has yet to break out from under his mentor's shadow until he finds a pair of love letters that once belonged to one of his idols, a famous Victorian poet. Michell, after some sleuthing, narrows down the suspects to a woman not his wife, another well known Victorian poet. Roland enlists the aid of a Dr. Maud Bailey, an expert on the life of the woman in question. Together they piece together the story of a forbidden love affair, and discover one of their own. They also find themselves in a battle to hold on to their discovery before it falls into the hands of their rival, Fergus Wolfe.

Shallow Hal

Shallow Hal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-11-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (103772 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sean Moynihan

Peter Farrelly

Bobby Farrelly

Fullplot:

Following the advice of his dying father, Hal dates only women who are physically beautiful. One day, however, he runs into self-help guru Tony Robbins, who hypnotizes him into recognizing only the inner beauty of women. Hal thereafter meets Rosemary, a grossly obese woman whom only he can see as a vision of loveliness. But will their relationship survive when Hal's equally shallow friend undoes the hypnosis?

View from the Top

View from the Top

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-03-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (19812 Reviews)

Director:

Bruno Barreto

Fullplot:

Donna Jensen was raised literally and figuratively on the wrong side of the trailer park in Silver Springs, Nevada. She always believed it was her destiny to get out of Silver Springs. After reading Sally Weston's book, Sally who is arguably the most famous now ex-flight attendant in the world, Donna believes the path to leaving Silver Springs is to become a flight attendant despite never having been on an airplane. After an initial bumpy start to this career, Donna shows a natural flair for the job, so much so that she applies to work for world class Royal Airlines, where Sally Weston mentors. After meeting Donna, Sally believes Donna is destined for flight attendant greatness, namely working first class in the New York-Paris flights. Donna believes in herself as a flight attendant, but has to overcome some obstacles, including flight attendant trainer John Witney, who has some hidden anger issues, and her friend Christine Montgomery who also wants to be a great flight attendant despite not having Donna's aptitude at it. In her path to the top of the profession, Donna also has to decide where Ted Stewart, the man with who she falls in love, fits in, he a law student based in the airline flight backwater of Cleveland.

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-01-04

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (193424 Reviews)

Director:

Wes Anderson

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-17

Languages:

English, Tibetan, German

Countries:

USA, UK, Italy

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (70006 Reviews)

Director:

Kerry Conran

Fullplot:

In 1939, an intrepid reporter in New York City makes a connection between the story she's covering-- of famous scientists suddenly disappearing around the world, and a recent attack on the city by giant robots. Determined to find the solution to these happenings, she seeks the help of her ex-boyfriend, the captain of a mercenary legion of pilots. The two are investigating the case when the robots attack the city again, though in a stroke of luck, Sky Captain's right hand man is able to locate their source. They then set off on an adventure in search of the evil mastermind behind these schemes, who is bent on creating a utopia and destroying the current world.

Iron Man

Iron Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-02

Languages:

English, Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Hungarian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (615059 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Favreau

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Fergus (screenplay)

Hawk Ostby (screenplay)

Art Marcum (screenplay)

Matt Holloway (screenplay)

Stan Lee (characters)

Don Heck (characters)

Larry Lieber (characters)

Jack Kirby (characters)

Fullplot:

Tony Stark. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Son of legendary inventor and weapons contractor Howard Stark. When Tony Stark is assigned to give a weapons presentation to an Iraqi unit led by Lt. Col. James Rhodes, he's given a ride on enemy lines. That ride ends badly when Stark's Humvee that he's riding in is attacked by enemy combatants. He survives - barely - with a chest full of shrapnel and a car battery attached to his heart. In order to survive he comes up with a way to miniaturize the battery and figures out that the battery can power something else. Thus Iron Man is born. He uses the primitive device to escape from the cave in Iraq. Once back home, he then begins work on perfecting the Iron Man suit. But the man who was put in charge of Stark Industries has plans of his own to take over Tony's technology for other matters.

Proof

Proof

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (34441 Reviews)

Director:

John Madden

Genres:

DramaMystery

Cast:

Writer:

David Auburn (play)

David Auburn (screenplay)

Rebecca Miller (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his affairs.

Infamous

Infamous

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-10-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (13561 Reviews)

Director:

Douglas McGrath

Cast:

Writer:

Douglas McGrath (screenplay)

George Plimpton (book)

Fullplot:

On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?

Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-05-07

Languages:

English, French, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(460256 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Favreau

Cast:

Writer:

Justin Theroux (screenplay)

Stan Lee (Marvel comic book)

Don Heck (Marvel comic book)

Larry Lieber (Marvel comic book)

Jack Kirby (Marvel comic book)

Fullplot:

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts, and James "Rhodey" Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances - and confront powerful enemies.

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, China

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (493617 Reviews)

Director:

Shane Black

Cast:

Writer:

Drew Pearce (screenplay)

Shane Black (screenplay)

Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comic book by)

Don Heck (based on the Marvel comic book by)

Larry Lieber (based on the Marvel comic book by)

Jack Kirby (based on the Marvel comic book by)

Warren Ellis (based on the "Extremis" mini-series written by)

Adi Granov (based on the "Extremis" mini-series illustrated by)

Fullplot:

Marvel's "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Country Strong

Country Strong

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (14066 Reviews)

Director:

Shana Feste

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

A drama centered on a rising country-music songwriter (Hedlund) who sparks with a fallen star (Paltrow). Together, they mount his ascent and her comeback, which leads to romantic complications involving her husband/manager (McGraw) and a beauty queen-turned-singer (Meester).

Contagion

Contagion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-09

Languages:

English, Mandarin, Cantonese

Countries:

USA, United Arab Emirates

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (170404 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic.

Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for Sharing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-09-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (17571 Reviews)

Director:

Stuart Blumberg

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Stuart Blumberg

Matt Winston

Fullplot:

Adam (Mark Ruffalo) has just reached the 5-year mark in his sex addiction sobriety with help from his sponsor Mike (Tim Robbins). New-comer Neil (Josh Gad) seeks out Adam's help hoping that he'll be his mentor, but Neil doesn't have the same maturity and continues to harass women at work, on the street, and on the subway. Adam has also just met Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow), who might be perfect for him, but Adam hasn't been in a relationship since he recognized his addiction to sex, and Phoebe doesn't date addicts. As Adam navigates the romantic relationship waters, Mike struggles connecting to his former drug-addicted son who has just returned home, and Neil develops a relationship with another woman in his sex addicts group, but a platonic friendship might be exactly what he needs.

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