Clothing designer Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) spends most of her days at beauty salons, fancy lunches and fashion shows with her gossipy, high-society friends. Her luxurious, happy life is disrupted when she learns that her husband is cheating on her with Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), a sexy shop girl. No one is more scandalized than Sylvie Fowler (Annette Bening), Mary's supposed best friend. As Mary goes head to head with Crystal, her friendship with Sylvie is put to the test, and their friends Edie (Debra Messing) and Alex (Jada Pinkett Smith) begin to question their romantic relationships as well. Directed by Diane English. With Candice Bergen, Carrie Fisher, Debi Mazar and Bette Midler. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Remake. Year: 2008.
Annette Bening in The Women
To say Augusten Burroughs (Joseph Cross) has had an unusual upbring is quite the understatement. With an alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin) and a mentally unstable mother (Annette Bening), Augusten spends most of his time polishing his allowance and trying to stay home from school. But, after his mother goes through a significant breakdown, the boy finds himself living with her eccentric psychologist (Brian Cox) and his family. Despite their odd behavior, Augusten eventually begins to fit in with his hosts and is able to find optimism and humor amongst the distrurbing details of his life. Directed by Ryan Murphy. With Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Gwyneth Paltrow and Gabrielle Union. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2006.
Annette Bening in Running with Scissors
Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) is growing tired of the good life. A huge star of the London theater scene of the 1930s, Lambert looks for excitement and finds it in Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans), a young American looking for fame, not love. When Lambert discovers the unfaithful Tom's obsession with the beautiful Avice Crichton (Lucy Punch), Julia is determined to prove that the bright lights still shine for her. Directed by Istvan Szabo. With Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons and Catherine Charlton. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 2004.
Annette Bening in Being Julia
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) has a perfect wife (Annette Bening) and a perfect house in the perfect neighborhood. Lester, however, is miserable. In the throws of a midlife crisis, Lester watches his marriage dissolve and his own interest grow in one of his daughter's high school friends (Mena Suvari). As his daughter (Thora Birch) develops a friendship with the boy (Wes Bentley) next door and his wife begins an affair, Lester looks deeper inside himself for a cure to his unhappiness. Directed by Sam Mendes. Categories: Drama. Year: 1999.
Annette Bening in American Beauty
After the American military abducts an Islamic leader, New York City becomes the target of escalating terrorist attacks. Anthony Hubbard (Denzel Washington), the head of the FBI's Counter-Terrorism Task Force, teams up with CIA operative Elise Kraft (Annette Bening) to hunt down the terrorist cells responsible for the attacks. But the bombings continue, and the president declares martial law. The troops marching into the city are led by Gen. Devereaux (Bruce Willis), who will stop at nothing to restore order. Directed by Edward Zwick. Categories: Action, Crime, Thriller. Year: 1998.
Annette Bening in The Siege
President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is a successful politician, but he's also a widower with a young daughter. When he overhears environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade's (Annette Bening) unguarded criticism of his policy, he is intrigued. But can the country accept a president with an active love life? Directed by Rob Reiner. With Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfuss and Samantha Mathis. Categories: Politics, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1995.
Annette Bening in The American President