9 Movies Starring Lauren Ambrose

Can't Hardly Wait

Can't Hardly Wait

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-06-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (35724 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Its high school graduation, and like all seniors they want to party. So 500 high school seniors look forward to a party, while in the meantime a boy wants to get a girl he's loved for years that just broke up with her boyfriend and one head-case that wants revenge on a lifelong bully. So the party comes, things develop. People have sex, drink, and go along with most of the guidelines of a high school graduation party.

Swimming

Swimming

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-03-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (858 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Lisa Bazadona

Robert J. Siegel

Grace Woodard

Fullplot:

Two girl friends in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina find their relationship changing as they encounter new arrivals to the town. Frankie works with her brother, Neil running their family's beach-front burger bar. Frankie's friend, Nicola, runs a body-piercing shop next to the burger shop. Neil hires the life-guard's new flame, Josee, as a waitress. Frankie makes an immediate bond with Josee, which causes jealousy with Nicola. Then a drifter, who sells t-shirts from the back of his van, starts a romance with Frankie. This casts her away from both of the other two women and for the first time gives her confidence to function on her own, instead of hiding behind the other more brash or beautiful women.

Psycho Beach Party

Psycho Beach Party

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-09-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia, USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (4433 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Lee King

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Busch (play)

Charles Busch (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Spoof of 1960's Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films stars Lauren Ambrose as Florence Forrest, a not-so-innocent girl in 1960's Malibu who becomes "Chicklet" the first girl surfer at Malibu Beach, only Florence suffers from dissociative identity disorder and occasionally her alter ego Ann Bowman, a sexually aggressive, foul-speaking girl, comes out in which during that time several beach goers are found murdered. The suspects include Chicklet herself, surfer Kanaka, B-horror film actress Bettina Barnes, exchange student Lars, and even Chicklet's own mother.

Starting Out in the Evening

Starting Out in the Evening

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-01-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(2771 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Wagner

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Brian Morton (novel)

Fred Parnes (screenplay)

Andrew Wagner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Against the backdrop of Manhattan's changing literary and publishing world, aging novelist Leonard Schiller is asked by Heather Wolfe, a graduate student and budding literary critic, to agree to interviews. He's reluctant to spend the time: his health is failing and he wants to finish one more book. Also he's worried about his daughter, Ariel, who's approaching 40, underemployed, single and wanting a child. But he agrees, hoping Heather can help resurrect interest in his work. As Heather probes Frank's writing and his past, Ariel reconnects to a former lover. Emotions can be raw and messy, and as relationships change, who gets the better part of the bargain?

About Sunny

About Sunny

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-03-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (251 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.

Loving Leah

Loving Leah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-01-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1648 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

When his estranged brother dies suddenly, Jake Lever is confronted with an old Jewish custom. In days past, a man was expected to marry his deceased brother's childless widow, but it is now customary to perform a ceremony releasing the pair from the obligation. During the Halizah ceremony, Jake feels uncomfortable renouncing his brother's memory. Additionally, Leah wishes to escape the confines of her orthodox community and avoid her mother's matchmaking. On the spur of the moment, Leah and Jake decide to enter into a platonic marriage of convenience.

About Sunny

About Sunny

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-03-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (252 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.

Sleepwalk with Me

Sleepwalk with Me

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-04-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

81 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (9066 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Mike Birbiglia (screenplay)

Ira Glass (screenplay)

Joe Birbiglia (screenplay)

Seth Barrish (screenplay)

Mike Birbiglia (based on the play "Sleepwalk With Me" by)

Fullplot:

A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Deliverance Creek

Deliverance Creek

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (422 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Amiel

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Set at the end of the Civil War, widowed mother of 3 Belle Gatlin Barlowe faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any means necessary. When the corrupt bank that runs their town pushes Belle into becoming an outlaw, the stakes become personal, setting off a chain of events that force her to question whether it's better to be good or to survive.

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