8 Movies Starring Laura San Giacomo

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-09-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (35093 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Ann is married to John, who is having an affair with her sister Cynthia. Ann's a quiet type and unwilling to let herself go. When John's old friend, Graham, shows up, all their lives change. Graham likes to videotape interviews with women.

Once Around

Once Around

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3355 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. The very traits she finds romantic, however, lead to repeated conflict with her family, especially her beloved father Joe, leaving Renata trapped in the middle.

Quigley Down Under

Quigley Down Under

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-19

Languages:

English, Aboriginal

Countries:

Australia, USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (14320 Reviews)

Director:

Simon Wincer

Fullplot:

Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from America by an Australian rancher so he can shoot aborigines at a distance. Quigley takes exception to this and leaves. The rancher tries to kill him for refusing, and Quigley escapes into the brush with a woman he rescued from some of the rancher's men, and are helped by aborigines. Quigley returns the help, before going on to destroy all his enemies.

Where the Day Takes You

Where the Day Takes You

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-09-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2331 Reviews)

Director:

Marc Rocco

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Hitchcock

Marc Rocco

Kurt Voss

Fullplot:

A group of teen-age runaways try to survive in the streets of Los Angeles. Drugs, prostitution, violence and bureaucratic indifference all pose threats to the kids, who nevertheless prefer this harsh life to going back to their families. Heather, somewhat older, provides some leadership and mothering to the kids.

The Stand

The Stand

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-05-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

361 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (23333 Reviews)

Fullplot:

When a government-run lab accidentally lets loose a deadly virus, most of the population of the world is wiped out. Survivors begin having dreams about two figures: a mystical old woman, or a foreboding, scary man. As the story tracks various people, we begin to realize that the two figures exemplify basic forces of good and evil, and the stage is set for a final confrontation between the representatives of each.

Nina Takes a Lover

Nina Takes a Lover

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-03-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (502 Reviews)

Director:

Alan Jacobs

Fullplot:

When Ninas husband goes off for a few weeks to work, she meets and starts seeing a photographer. This story is told as an interview by a journalist writing about adultery who is talking with both Nina and the photographer in separate interviews. Through him, we learn much about the couple and their attitudes on adultery.

Stuart Saves His Family

Stuart Saves His Family

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-04-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (2242 Reviews)

Director:

Harold Ramis

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Al Franken (screenplay)

Al Franken (book)

Fullplot:

Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character, comes to the big screen. Stuart, the disciple of the 12 step program, is challenged by lifes injustices. He loses his Public Access Cable Television Show, must beg his manipulative overbearing boss for his job back, rehabilitate his alcoholic father and drug abuser brother, and support his over-weight mother and sister in their lack of ability in handling their relationships with their husbands. Stuart is supported by his 12 step sponsors as a he regresses back to his negative behaviors each time he faces these challenges.

Checking Out

Checking Out

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-12-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (571 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Hare

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Marcus (screenplay)

Allen Swift (play)

Fullplot:

A famed stage actor reunites his family for a party, and plans to commit suicide after-wards, unless they are able to convince him not to.

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