9 Movies Starring Kathleen Quinlan

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-10-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (811 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Page

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Joanne Greenberg (novel)

Gavin Lambert (screenplay)

Lewis John Carlino (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based very loosely on the intricate novel by Joanne Greenberg. A young woman's devotion to a childhood fantasy kingdom has taken over her entire life and causes her endless pain and degradation. Placed in a mental hospital, she has the great good fortune to have a truly caring therapist who tries to help her accept reality, even though reality isn't so great either.

Blackout

Blackout

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-07-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (514 Reviews)

Director:

Douglas Hickox

Cast:

Writer:

David Ambrose (screenplay)

David Ambrose (story)

Richard Smith (story)

Richard Parks (story)

Les Alexander (story)

Fullplot:

A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.

Clara's Heart

Clara's Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1597 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Mulligan

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Joseph Olshan (novel)

Mark Medoff (screenplay)

Fullplot:

David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to new experiences, and eventually leading to a disturbing secret in Clara's past.

Breakdown

Breakdown

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-05-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (36149 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Mostow

Cast:

Writer:

Jonathan Mostow (story)

Jonathan Mostow (screenplay)

Sam Montgomery (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jeff and Amy Taylor are moving to California and must drive across the country. When they find themselves stranded in the middle of a desert with hardly anyone or anything around, their trip comes to a sudden halt. Amy had taken a ride with a friendly trucker to a small diner to call for help, but after a long time, Jeff becomes worried. He finds that no one in the diner has seen or heard from his wife. When he finds the trucker who gave Amy the ride, the trucker swears he has never seen her. Now Jeff must attempt to find his wife, who has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. But who can he trust?

Event Horizon

Event Horizon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-08-15

Languages:

English, Latin

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (109062 Reviews)

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Fullplot:

In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the crew of the "Lewis and Clark" discover the real truth behind its disappearance and something even more terrifying.

Lawn Dogs

Lawn Dogs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-05-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (6167 Reviews)

Director:

John Duigan

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Newly arrived in an up-market housing development, quiet ten-year-old Devon doesn't quite fit in. Ignoring the urgings of her social-climbing father, Devon chooses the company of Trent, who mows the estate's lawns, rather than of the girls her own age. Their friendship grows during her visits to his trailer home, but although it is completely innocent it is obvious that it would be unacceptable to the residents if they found out.

The Dead Will Tell

The Dead Will Tell

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-10-24

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (605 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Kay

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Kruger

Nancy Fichman

Jennifer Hoppe

Fullplot:

In New Orleans, the lawyer Emily Parker meets the handsome Billy Hytner by chance; they date and fall immediately in love for each other. One month later, Billy proposes her and gives an engagement ring he bought in an antiquary shop. From this moment on, Emily has visions of a weird woman and she decides to investigate about the previous owner of the antique ring. She discovers that the woman that is haunting her is Marie Salinger, who disappeared in 1969, and the police had found only her severed finger with the ring. Her fiancè Paul Hamlin was accused of the murder but considered not-guilty by the jury. Meanwhile, Emily meets Billy's parents and is not accepted by her future mother-in-law Beth Hytner. Emily continues to investigate the murder, disclosing the truth about Marie's death.

The Hills Have Eyes

The Hills Have Eyes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (119518 Reviews)

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Cast:

Writer:

Alexandre Aja (screenplay)

Grègory Levasseur (screenplay)

Wes Craven

Fullplot:

Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. But their trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Government for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty...or so they thought? When the Carter's car breaks down at the old site, they're stranded...or are they? As the Carters may soon realize that what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might actually be a trap. This trap might be perpetrated by the inhabitants of the site who aren't pulling a prank, but are out to set up a gruesome massacre.

Humble Pie

Humble Pie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-01-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (554 Reviews)

Director:

Chris Bowman

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Hubbel Palmer (screenplay)

Hubbel Palmer (story)

Nathan Scoll (story)

Fullplot:

At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams: his acting coach, who has designs on his sister Peggy; his juvenile-delinquent friends, who suck him into their petty crimes; and his God-fearing, self-loathing mother. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's destined for something big.

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