15 Movies Starring Virginia Madsen

Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-07-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (4998 Reviews)

Director:

Steve Barron

Fullplot:

Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after a having champagne spilled down on him. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, how the computer calls himself, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbour.

Slam Dance

Slam Dance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-10-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (1013 Reviews)

Director:

Wayne Wang

Fullplot:

A cartoonist who had an affair with a girl who is murdered gets himself embroiled in a high-level cover-up of a sex scandal involving his lover. By using his artistic talent to try and reconstruct the scandal, he attracts attention to himself by the people involved, and becomes a target himself.

Hot to Trot

Hot to Trot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-08-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.2 (2448 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Dinner

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Neigher (story)

Hugo Gilbert (story)

Stephen Neigher (screenplay)

Hugo Gilbert (screenplay)

Charlie Peters (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.

Candyman

Candyman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-10-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (47661 Reviews)

Director:

Bernard Rose

Cast:

Writer:

Clive Barker (story)

Bernard Rose

Fullplot:

Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror. Of course, Helen doesn't believe all this stuff, but the people of the area are really afraid. When she ignores their warnings and begins her investigation in the places that he is rumored to appear, a series of horrible murders begins. Could the legend be true?

The Prophecy

The Prophecy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-09-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (23101 Reviews)

Director:

Gregory Widen

Fullplot:

Angels come to Earth to find a human soul that can end the war in heaven. Humans are caught up in this battle and must find a way to stop the angel Gabriel before he takes the soul back from where the angel Simon has hidden it.

Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (8169 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Reiner

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of Byron De La Beckwith (Woods), the assassin of the 1960s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in hung juries. The movie then covers District Attorney, Bobby De Laughter's (Baldwin) transformation and alliance with Myrlie Evers (Goldberg), the widow of Medgar Evers, as he becomes more involved with bringing Beckwith to trial for the third time 30 years later. Some of the characters are played by the actual participants in this story.

Crossfire Trail

Crossfire Trail

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-01-21

Languages:

English, Sioux

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(1878 Reviews)

Director:

Simon Wincer

Cast:

Writer:

Louis L'Amour (book)

Charles Robert Carner (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Rafe Covington promises a dying friend that he'll watch over the man's wife and ranch after he's gone. When Rafe gets to his friend's ranch, he finds that Barkow, the local power in town, wants not only the ranch but the woman, too, and hires a gang of gunfighters to make sure he gets both.

Just Ask My Children

Just Ask My Children

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-09-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (574 Reviews)

Director:

Arvin Brown

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A pedophilia witch-hunt is started in Bakersfield by two teenage girls' foppish child abuse claims. Blindly ambitious justice officials, especially in the prosecutor's office, conspire to arrest loving parents Scott and Brenda Kniffen, whose doted pre-teen sons Brian and Brandon are grilled endlessly until they repeat the vicious lies, the elder even ends up believing them while they pass from one foster home to the next, as even the grandparents are denied custody for not turning on their children. The defense's rights are systematically denied, so the parents go to jail for 240 years. The boys are near adulthood when the political tide finally turns.

Sideways

Sideways

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-21

Languages:

English, Armenian

Countries:

USA, Hungary

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (140813 Reviews)

Director:

Alexander Payne

Cast:

Writer:

Rex Pickett (novel)

Alexander Payne (screenplay)

Jim Taylor (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Miles is a failed writer living a meager existence in San Diego as an English teacher. With his career seemingly fading and the fate of a book hinging on a publisher's decision, Miles is depressed with himself and what he hasn't achieved. Jack is a television actor whom some recognize but not many do, as if he were a minor actor who got a taste of success. With his best friend Miles, the two embark on a road trip through California's wine country. Miles wants to give his friend a nice sendoff before married life, while Jack simply wants to have a fling beforehand. As they're both nearing middle age with not much to show for it, the two will explore the vineyards while ultimately searching for their identities.

Firewall

Firewall

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-02-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (48237 Reviews)

Fullplot:

With his family held for ransom, the head security executive for a global bank is commanded to loot his own business for millions in order to ensure his wife and children's safety. He then faces the demanding task of thwarting the kidnapper's grand scheme, which makes him look guilty of embezzlement.

The Number 23

The Number 23

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-02-23

Languages:

English, Chinese

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (155421 Reviews)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Fullplot:

On his birthday, Walter Sparrow, an amiable dog-catcher, takes a call that leaves him dog bit and late to pick up his wife. She's browsed in a bookstore, finding a blood-red-covered novel, a murder mystery with numerology that loops constantly around the number 23. The story captivates Walter: he dreams it, he notices aspects of his life that can be rendered by "23," he searches for the author, he stays in the hotel (in room 23) where events in the novel took place, and he begins to believe it was no novel. His wife and son try to help him, sometimes in sympathy, sometimes to protect him. Slowly, with danger to himself and to his family, he closes in on the truth.

The Haunting in Connecticut

The Haunting in Connecticut

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-03-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (45755 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Cornwell

Fullplot:

Charts one family's encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover. Now terror awaits when Jonah, the boy who communicated with the dead, returns to unleash horror on the innocent and unsuspecting family.

I Know a Woman Like That

I Know a Woman Like That

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-10-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (11 Reviews)

Director:

Elaine Madsen

Genres:

Documentary

Fullplot:

A portrait of women aged 64-94 and the extraordinary lives they lead.

The Magic of Belle Isle

The Magic of Belle Isle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-07-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(11413 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Reiner

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Monty Wildhorn, an alcoholic novelist of Westerns, has lost his drive. His nephew pushes him to summer in quiet Belle Isle. He begrudgingly befriends a newly single mom and her 3 girls who help him find the inspiration to write again.

All the Wilderness

All the Wilderness

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (732 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Johnson

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

James has shut himself off from his surroundings, falling into a world of imagination and darkness. Visits with his psychiatrist have proven unhelpful - though he takes a liking to fellow patient, Val. As James begins to rebel against his single mother, he ventures into the night where he meets a mysterious kid who welcomes him into an eccentric city. Relationships are put to the test as James navigates unfamiliar territory, wrestling with the reality of his own personal wilderness.

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