A widowed dad (Robert De Niro) gets worried when his three grown children (Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, and Kate Beckinsale) all cancel their plans to spend Christmas with him at the last minute. He heads off to visit each of them, and learns that while they told their mother everything, they are ashamed to let him know when something bad has happened in their lives. His visit deepens his understanding of them, and himself. Directed by Kirk Jones. With Damian Young. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2009.
Kate Beckinsale in Everybody's Fine
When a man is murdered in Antarctica, U.S. marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) is sent to investigate, just as winter is closing in. She is joined in her search for the killer by a UN official (Gabriel Macht). As the blizzards begin, Carrie finds herself closer to the killer than she ever imagined, yet he remains just out of reach. Directed by Dominic Sena. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.
Kate Beckinsale in Whiteout
After writing a story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent, political journalist Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) finds herself facing a possible jail sentence for refusing to reveal her source. Struggling to defend the principles she has built her career upon, Rachel finds an ally in Alan Burnside (Alan Alda), an attorney who works to win her freedom. Directed by Rod Lurie. With Preston Bailey, Noah Wyle, Angela Bassett, Matt Dillon and Kristen Bough. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Independent Film. Year: 2008.
Kate Beckinsale in Nothing But the Truth
Kate Beckinsale plays Annie, a waitress and single mother in a small town. During a very cold winter, problems with her alcoholic ex-husband (Sam Rockwell) develop into a crisis. Michael Angarano is a sensitive teen who has had a crush on Annie since she was his babysitter years before. He tries to help her as best he can, and also struggles to figure out his own relationship with his girlfriend (Olive Thirlby). Directed by David Gordon Green. With Nicky Katt and Gracie Hudson. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Kate Beckinsale in Snow Angels
When their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox (Kate Beckinsale) find themselves stranded at a run-down motel. Content to pass the time watching television until their car is fixed, the young couple is horrified when they realize that the slasher flick they are watching is a real-life scene filmed in their own room. Frightened for their lives, David and Amy make a desperate attempt to escape, while hidden cameras record their every move. Directed by Nimród Antal. With Frank Whaley and Ethan Embry. Categories: Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Kate Beckinsale in Vacancy
Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is a workaholic architect who has been neglecting his family to further his career. When a scientist named Morty (Christopher Walken) gives Michael a universal remote control that allows him to pause, rewind and fast forward his life, he takes full advantage of his new found power to avoid fights with his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and give his boss a little payback (David Hasselhoff). But, when the remote takes on a mind of its own, Michael sees how much of his personal life has passed him by. Directed byFrank Coraci. With Henry Winkler and Sean Astin. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 2006.
Kate Beckinsale in Click
Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a beautiful vampire death dealer, and Michael (Scott Speedman), a vampire-werewolf hybrid, on the run after killing a vampire elder, set out to stop the release of William (Brian Steele), the first and most powerful werewolf. Their worthy adversary is Marcus (Tony Curran), William's brother, who has awakened to discover that what he believed about his brother's fate was untrue. As both vampire and werewolf blood is shed, the truth of their ancient lineage is revealed, and only Selene has the power to prevent the world from descending into darkness. Directed by: Len Wiseman. With Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy and Steven Mackintosh. Categories: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2006.
Kate Beckinsale in Underworld: Evolution
Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a millionaire tycoon, but his real passion is flying. A talented businessman with eccentric habits, Hughes becomes involved in oil, casinoes and the film industry before starting a quest to create the fastest and biggest planes ever flown. While courting some of Hollywood's most beautiful women, including Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale) and Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett), Hughes is also faced with severe obsessive-compulsive behavior, that ultimately leads to his downfall. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Ian Holm, Jude Law and Alan Alda. Categories: Politics, Biography, Drama. Year: 2004.
Kate Beckinsale in The Aviator
Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) is a hunter whose prey is monsters and whose goal is to rid the world of evil. The Vatican sends the monster hunter to Transylvania to stop the powerful Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh), a vampire. Van Helsing joins forces there with a gypsy princess (Kate Beckinsale), who is determined to end an ancient curse on her family by destroying the vampire. Directed by Stephen Sommers. With Elena Anaya. Categories: Action, Adventure, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2004.
Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing