21 Movies Starring Jennifer Connelly

Phenomena

Phenomena

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-08-02

Languages:

English, Italian, German, Swiss German, Danish

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

X

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (14783 Reviews)

Director:

Dario Argento

Cast:

Writer:

Dario Argento (story)

Franco Ferrini (story)

Dario Argento (screenplay)

Franco Ferrini (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. Her doctor said that it can develop a split personality. She discovers her alternate personality when she stays at a boarding school that was once the home a Richard Wagner. But someone has been killing the students, and it relates only indirectly to the criminal sanitorium nearby. So it's up to "the two greatest detectives the world has ever known, or should I say, unknown"

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-05-09

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (974 Reviews)

Director:

Linda Feferman

Cast:

Writer:

Jane Bernstein

Linda Feferman

Fullplot:

Natalie Becker is staying at home studying and working on an essay to meet the president while her father is away. Jeffrey Moran, a childhood friend (whom her father does not know) is having trouble with his stepfather, Jeremy, who is an immature bully, so she lets him stay with her. All sorts of trouble and misunderstandings ensue. Natalie's best friend Polly tries to date a pro baseball player, Zoo Knudson, and is very intrusive on Natalie's personal life, jumping to hasty conclusions. She is also ready to jump on a plane to New York to be with Zoo.

Labyrinth

Labyrinth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-06-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (84486 Reviews)

Director:

Jim Henson

Cast:

Writer:

Dennis Lee (story)

Jim Henson (story)

Terry Jones (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Young Sarah is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to rescue him before midnight, or the baby will became a goblin...

Some Girls

Some Girls

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-09-09

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(2050 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Hoffman

Fullplot:

Michael, a college student, visits his girlfriend Gabriella and her family for Christmas in Canada. When he gets there, she tells him that she doesn't love him any more. Meanwhile, her family is exceedingly strange: her father is a writer who spends most of his time wandering the house nude. Her grandmother mistakes Michael for her dead husband. Her two sisters express interest in him. Granny escapes the hospital and heads back to her home in the woods, and the family chases after her, and Michael is kept reeling.

The Rocketeer

The Rocketeer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-06-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (41600 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Johnston

Cast:

Writer:

Dave Stevens (graphic novel "The Rocketeer")

Danny Bilson (story)

Paul De Meo (story)

William Dear (story)

Danny Bilson (screenplay)

Paul De Meo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930's Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic/mentor, Peevy, he attempts to save his girl and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer.

Of Love and Shadows

Of Love and Shadows

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-05-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

Argentina, USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (1434 Reviews)

Director:

Betty Kaplan

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Isabel Allende (book)

Donald Freed (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.

Higher Learning

Higher Learning

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-01-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (13943 Reviews)

Director:

John Singleton

Fullplot:

Youngsters from different countries, races, and social background are forced to integrate when they all enroll in Columbus University. They all have their own problems, such as finance, harrassment, personal safety, and self doubt. Additionally, campus life seems to be causing a problem for everyone: racism. Students, already under pressure to perform in the classroom, on the track, or in front of their friends, are strained to the breaking point by prejudice, inexperience, and misunderstanding.

Dark City

Dark City

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-02-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia, USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (146647 Reviews)

Director:

Alex Proyas

Cast:

Writer:

Alex Proyas (story)

Alex Proyas (screenplay)

Lem Dobbs (screenplay)

David S. Goyer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-12-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (516397 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Hubert Selby Jr. (based on the book by)

Hubert Selby Jr. (screenplay)

Darren Aronofsky (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Drugs. They consume mind, body and soul. Once you're hooked, you're hooked. Four lives. Four addicts. Four failures. Despite their aspirations of greatness, they succumb to their addictions. Watching the addicts spiral out of control, we bear witness to the dirtiest, ugliest portions of the underworld addicts reside in. It is shocking and eye-opening but demands to be seen by both addicts and non-addicts alike.

Pollock

Pollock

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(21890 Reviews)

Director:

Ed Harris

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Naifeh (book)

Gregory White Smith (book)

Barbara Turner (screenplay)

Susan Emshwiller (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At the end of the 1940's, abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is featured in Life magazine. Flashback to 1941, he's living with his brother in a tiny apartment in New York City, drinking too much, and exhibiting an occasional painting in group shows. That's when he meets artist Lee Krasner, who puts her career on hold to be his companion, lover, champion, wife, and, in essence, caretaker. To get him away from booze, insecurity, and the stress of city life, they move to the Hamptons where nature and sobriety help Pollock achieve a breakthrough in style: a critic praises, then Life magazine calls. But so do old demons: the end is nasty, brutish, and short.

A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-01-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (532561 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Howard

Cast:

Writer:

Akiva Goldsman

Sylvia Nasar (book)

Fullplot:

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his tragedy, and finally - late in life - received the Nobel Prize.

Hulk

Hulk

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-06-20

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

138 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (196860 Reviews)

Director:

Ang Lee

Genres:

ActionSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Stan Lee (Marvel comic book character)

Jack Kirby (Marvel comic book character)

James Schamus (story)

John Turman (screenplay)

Michael France (screenplay)

James Schamus (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Bruce Banner, a brilliant scientist with a cloudy past about his family, is involved in an accident in his laboratory causing him to become exposed to gamma radiation and Nanomeds (A tiny life-form that is supposed to heal wounds but has killed everything with which they have made contact). Confused and curious about his survival, Banner discovers that since the accident, whenever he becomes angry he transforms into a giant green monster destroying everything in sight in an act of fury. Bruce's mysterious past and the answer to why the radiation had this effect becomes revealed to him as his Birth Father David Banner intervenes with hopes to continue experimenting on him.

House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-01-09

Languages:

English, Persian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (54486 Reviews)

Director:

Vadim Perelman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Andre Dubus III (novel)

Vadim Perelman (screenplay)

Shawn Lawrence Otto (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An emotionally broken woman, Kathy, suddenly finds herself homeless after her house is wrongly repossessed and auctioned. Seeking respite from his marriage, Lester, a sympathetic sheriff's deputy comes to the aid of Kathy and becomes intimately involved in her situation. Soon, Behrani, a proud emigrant Iranian and his family move into the house only to find their new lives burdened by harassment from Lester and Kathy as they attempt to reclaim her former home. The once prosperous colonel denies Kathy's pleas for he knows his recent purchase promises a profitable return and a better future for his adolescent son and his wife. But latent consequences lie beneath Behrani's well intentioned plan as Kathy's emotions spiral out of control and her actions spark a tragic chain of events that will leave no resident unscathed in the House of Sand and Fog.

Dark Water

Dark Water

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-07-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (42701 Reviews)

Director:

Walter Salles

Cast:

Writer:

Kèji Suzuki (novel)

Hideo Nakata (film Honogurai mizu no soko kara)

Takashige Ichise (film Honogurai mizu no soko kara)

Rafael Yglesias (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in the midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in the only bedroom. There are also noises coming from the apartment directly above hers, though it would appear to be vacant. Is the apartment haunted or is there a simpler explanation?

Little Children

Little Children

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-02-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (89282 Reviews)

Director:

Todd Field

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Todd Field (screenplay)

Tom Perrotta (screenplay)

Tom Perrotta (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Echoes of "Madame Bovary" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two years for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead?

Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-12-08

Languages:

English, Mende, Afrikaans

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(362854 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Zwick

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Leavitt (screenplay)

Charles Leavitt (story)

C. Gaby Mitchell (story)

Fullplot:

A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him.

Reservation Road

Reservation Road

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (17687 Reviews)

Director:

Terry George

Cast:

Writer:

John Burnham Schwartz (screenplay)

Terry George (screenplay)

John Burnham Schwartz (novel)

Fullplot:

On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner, his wife Grace, and their daughter Emma are attending a recital. Their 10-year-old son Josh is playing cello - beautifully, as usual. His younger sister looks up to him, and his parents are proud of their son. On the way home, they all stop at a gas station on Reservation Road. There, in one terrible instant, he is taken from them forever. On a warm September evening, law associate Dwight Arno and his 11-year-old son Lucas are attending a baseball game. Their favorite team, the Red Sox, is playing - and, hopefully, heading for the World Series. Dwight cherishes his time spent with Lucas. Driving his son back to his ex-wife, Lucas' mother Ruth Wheldon, Dwight heads towards his fateful encounter at Reservation Road. The accident happens so fast that Lucas is all but unaware, while Ethan - the only witness - is all too aware, as a panicked Dwight speeds away. The police are called, and an investigation begins. Haunted by the tragedy, both fathers react in unexpected ways, as do Grace and Emma. As a reckoning looms, the two fathers are forced to make the hardest choices of their lives.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-12-12

Languages:

English, Mandarin

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (132246 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

David Scarpa (screenplay)

Edmund H. North

Fullplot:

Dr. Helen Benson is summoned to a military facility with several other scientists when an alien spacecraft of sorts arrives in New York City. Aboard is a human-like alien and a giant robot of immense size and power. The alien identifies himself as Klaatu and says he has come to save the Earth. The US military and political authorities see him as a threat however and decide to use so-called intensive interrogation techniques on him but Dr. Benson decides to facilitate his escape. When she learns exactly what he means when he says he is there to save the Earth, she tries to convince him to change his intentions.

The Dilemma

The Dilemma

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (41490 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Howard

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

A man finds out that what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do is this story of how far you can bend a brotherly bond before it snaps. Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny (Vaughn) and happily married Nick (James) have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. Ronny's girlfriend, Beth (Connelly), and Nick's wife, Geneva (Ryder), are by their sides. But Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves into mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, with the clock ticking and pressure mounting on the biggest presentation of their careers, Ronny must decide what will happen if he reveals the truth to his best friend.

Noah

Noah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-03-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

138 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (181995 Reviews)

Fullplot:

A man is chosen by his world's creator to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.

Aloft

Aloft

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-01-23

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

Spain, Canada, France

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (786 Reviews)

Director:

Claudia Llosa

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

As we follow a mother (Jennifer Connelly) and her son (Cillian Murphy), we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own as a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the present, a young journalist (Mèlanie Laurent) will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.

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