10 Movies Starring Mare Winningham

Threshold

Threshold

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-01-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (315 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Pearce

Genres:

DramaSci-Fi

Fullplot:

The celebrated heart surgeon Dr. Vrain supports the research of the offbeat scientist Aldo Gehring, who is inventing an artificial heart. Dr. Vrain performs the first artificial human heart transplant against the advice of the Ethics Committee.

Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-05-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(5630 Reviews)

Fullplot:

A young man meets and falls in love with a young woman at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. This area is known as Miracle Mile, and the whole movie takes place there. They make a date, which he misses, and while he is searching for her, he accidentally finds out that we (the United States) are about to start a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. He frantically searches for her so that they can escape Los Angeles.

Turner & Hooch

Turner & Hooch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-07-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(43848 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Dennis Shryack (story)

Michael Blodgett (story)

Dennis Shryack (screenplay)

Michael Blodgett (screenplay)

Daniel Petrie Jr. (screenplay)

Jim Cash (screenplay)

Jack Epps Jr. (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being "put to sleep".

Intruders

Intruders

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-05-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

163 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (887 Reviews)

Director:

Dan Curtis

Cast:

Writer:

Barry Oringer (teleplay)

Tracy Tormè (teleplay)

Barry Oringer (story)

Budd Hopkins (book)

Fullplot:

All over the world, people report they've been visited by aliens, taken aboard spaceships and medically examined. The authorities appear to know all about these visits but won't acknowledge it publicly. This film focuses on two 'victims' who struggle to live normal lives, but the aliens keep coming back. All is explained (perhaps ?) at the end.

The War

The War

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-11-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (9809 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Avnet

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Vietnam War vet Costner must deal with a war of a different sort between his son and their friends, and a rival group of children. He also must deal with his own personal and employment problems that have resulted from his Vietnam experiences.

Georgia

Georgia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-12-08

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (2238 Reviews)

Director:

Ulu Grosbard

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

Sadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous C&W artist. Sadie wants to be a famous artist like her sister, but is always doing everything wrong. Her desperate need to be accepted by her sister is constantly complicated by her drug and alcohol problems. Georgia lives a very ordered life with husband, house and children, and Sadie does everything to get her attention.

Tru Confessions

Tru Confessions

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

TV-G

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (2431 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Hoen

Cast:

Writer:

Janet Tashjian (novel)

Stu Krieger (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Trudy 'Tru' Walker thought she had the worst life ever and having a father who was always working, a mother who never took her side, and a mentally challenged brother didn't help. But when Tru gets a chance to follow her dream and star in a TV Show, she finds out what it really means to be a family.

Dandelion

Dandelion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(1799 Reviews)

Director:

Mark Milgard

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Milgard

Robb Williamson

Richard Murphy

Fullplot:

In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender bond is soon tested after a fatal accident and a series of complications takes Mason away for something he didn't do. Upon his return, the two find what they're looking for - but with tragic consequences.

The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (2854 Reviews)

Director:

Brent Shields

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ann Howard Creel (novel)

Camille Thomasson (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

Philomena

Philomena

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA, France

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (67380 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Cast:

Writer:

Steve Coogan (screenplay)

Jeff Pope (screenplay)

Martin Sixsmith (book)

Fullplot:

When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin arranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged.

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