Directed by John Lee Hancock. With Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw and Kathy Bates. Categories: Drama, Sport. Year: 2009.
Kathy Bates in The Blind Side
Based on a Colette novel, Cheri stars Michelle Pfeiffer as a sophisticated courtesan in Belle-Epoque Paris. She has a six-year affair with Fred (Rupert Friend), a young man whose mother (Kathy Bates), a former courtesan, wants him to marry a rich woman. He marries an innocent young girl but can't forget Lea and the two are drawn together no matter how hard they try to move on. Directed by Stephen Frears. Categories: Romance. Year: 2009.
Kathy Bates in Chéri
When the alien Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) lands on earth, he brings a message to the human race. All the world's people must learn to live in peace or they will be destroyed. Dr. Granier (Jon Hamm), a NASA official, recruits microbiologist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) to join a scientific team investigating Klaatu. But, soon, Benson and her young stepson (Jaden Smith) get caught up in Klaatu's mission, and begin to understand the importance of his arrival. Directed by Scott Derrickson. With John Cleese, Kathy Bates, Brandon T. Jackson and James Hong. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Remake. Year: 2008.
Kathy Bates in The Day the Earth Stood Still
After years of friendship, wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a hardworking woman with strong ideals, find their relationship strained by their children's extramarital affairs and suspect business practices. While Alice's self-centered, newly married daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) cheats on her husband (Rockmond Dunbar) with Charlotte's married son William (Cole Hauser), the ambitious William's true aim is to extend his control over his mother's construction company. With greed and infidelity threatening to tear their families apart, Charlotte and Alice take a cross-country roadtrip to clear their minds and find a way to save their families. Directed by Tyler Perry. With KaDee Strickland, Taraji P. Henson, Robin Givens and Tyler Perry. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Kathy Bates in The Family That Preys
Settling in a quaint Connecticut suburb, Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet), a young, self-assured married couple, struggle to keep their dreams alive and create a distinction between themselves and their ordinary neighbors. While April raises their children, all the while maintaining aspirations of becoming an actress and moving to Paris, Frank is forced to work a corporate job in New York City that he hates. As Frank turns to alcohol to distract himself from the tedium, the couple's marriage begins to dissolve into a cycle of bitter, jealous arguments. Directed by Sam Mendes. With Kathy Bates, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Shannon and David Harbour. Categories: Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Kathy Bates in Revolutionary Road
Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) is a college educated bee who wants more out of life than just making honey. After venturing outside the hive and traveling to New York City, Barry nearly dies before being saved by a florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). As Barry's relationship with Vanessa grows, he comes to learn that humans eat honey and decides to sue the human race as a result. Directed by Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith. With Matthew Broderick, John Goodman, Chris Rock and Kathy Bates. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Family. Year: 2007.
Kathy Bates in Bee Movie
After living his whole life in his younger brother's shadow, Fred (Vince Vaughn), a repo man who steals what he reposses, is forced to move to the North Pole and make amends with his perfect, generous brother, Santa (Paul Giamatti). Directed by David Dobkin. With Kevin Spacey, Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Banks, Ludacris, Rachel Weisz and John Michael Higgins. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.
Kathy Bates in Fred Claus
Young widow Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) discovers that before her husband (Gerard Butler) died he left her a list of tasks revealed in ten anonymous messages, intended to ease her pain and help her build a new life. Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With James Marsters, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow, Kathy Bates and Harry Connick Jr.. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.
Kathy Bates in P.S., I Love You
Wilbur the pig is afraid of ending up on the dinner table. To make sure that it doesn't happen, he teams up with a farm girl named Fern (Dakota Fanning) and a spider named Charlotte (Julia Roberts) to hatch a plan to save his life. Directed by Gary Winick. With Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Robert Redford and Cedric the Entertainer. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Based on a Novel. Year: 2006.
Kathy Bates in Charlotte's Web
Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) has a good job, a nice car and a passion for sailing, but there is just one problem. At 35, he still lives with his parents (Terry Bradshaw and Kathy Bates). Eager to see Tripp leave their nest, his parents set him up with Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker), a woman with a proven track record of getting reluctant men to grow up. What starts out as a business arrangement turns into something more when Paula begins to have real feelings for the immature charmer. Directed by Tom Dey. With Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper and Rob Corddry. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2006.
Kathy Bates in Failure to Launch
Dr. Richard Clayton (Ron Livingston), an uptight self-help author, sets out on a mission to find his birth parents after discovering that he is adopted. When he finally finds his mother (Kathy Bates) and father (Danny DeVito), Clayton is surprised to learn that they are crude, unsophisticaed carnies. Directed by Greg Glienna. With Neve Campbell, Beverly D'Angelo and Bob Odenkirk. Categories: Comedy, Independent Film. Year: 2006.
Kathy Bates in Relative Strangers
After becoming engaged to her boyfriend Jeff (Mark Ruffalo), Sarah Huttington (Jennifer Aniston) travels home to Pasadena for her sister Annie's (Mena Suvari) wedding. Unsure about her new engagement and the direction of her career, Sarah's life is further complicated when she learns that her mother (Jennifer Bini Taylor) and grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) may have been the inspiration for the novel The Graduate. To learn the truth, Sarah tracks down Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner), who she believes might be her father. But, when she learns that isn't the case, she ends up falling in love with him, adding another chapter to this timeless love story. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Richard Jenkins, Christopher McDonald, Mike Vogel and Kathy Bates. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2005.
Kathy Bates in Rumor Has It...
Stacy Holt (Brittany Murphy) is the associate producer on a highly rated daytime talk show. When her boyfriend is unwilling to talk about his former relationships, she peeks into his personal digital assistant and copies the numbers of all his exes. As she interviews them in an effort to understand her guy better, a developing friendship with one of the girls threatens to crash her romance. Directed by Nick Hurran. With Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Ron Livingston, Gavin Rossdale and Julianne Nicholson. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Drama, New York. Year: 2004.
Kathy Bates in Little Black Book
Following his wife's sudden and unexplained suicide, Wilson Joel (Philip Seymour Hoffman) initially tries to keep his life on track. But, when the searing pain in his stomach and the dazed quietness of his struggle becomes too much, he seeks oblivion by inhaling fumes from gasoline and model airplane fuel. His mother-in-law (Kathy Bates), employer and a coworker seem to want to help him, but eventually his destructive behavior leaves him alone. Directed by Todd Louiso. With Kelli Garner. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Independent Film. Year: 2002.
Kathy Bates in Love Liza
When a powerful baron seizes all the deeds to the homesteads in a Midwestern town, a group of young ranchers band together to take back their land and end the baron's tyranny. As their power and fame grows, they become the centers of an enormous manhunt aimed at capturing their leader, Jesse James (Colin Farrell). Directed by Les Mayfield. With Scott Caan, Ali Larter and Gabriel Macht. Categories: Action, Comedy, Western. Year: 2001.
Kathy Bates in American Outlaws
Eccentric billionare and Las Vegas casino owner Donald Sinclair (John Cleese) organizes an insane cross country race in which six teams compete for two million dollars stuffed in a locker. While the teams make their mad, no rules dash for the cash, Sinclair and his high-rolling buddies bet on every aspect of their journey. The colorful participants include a recently united mother and daughter (Whoopi Goldberg and Lanei Chapman), two inept brothers (Seth Green and Vince Vieluf), a despised NFL referee (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a father on a family vacation from hell (Jon Lovitz), a bumbling narcoleptic (Rowan Atkinson) and a straight-laced lawyer (Breckin Meyer). Directed by Jerry Zucker. With Amy Smart, Kathy Bates and Wayne Knight. Categories: Comedy, Adventure. Year: 2001.
Kathy Bates in Rat Race
Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler), a sheltered young man from the Louisiana swamps with a stutter and an unnatural love for water, finds the perfect fit for his talents when he becomes the waterboy for a horrible college football team. When Coach Klein (Henry Winkler) discovers Bobby's amazing tackling skills, he recruits the simple young man to turn his team around. But, in order to keep his dream of attending college alive, Bobby will have to hide his new activities from his overbearing mother (Kathy Bates). Directed by Frank Coraci. With Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed and Rob Schneider. Categories: Comedy, Sports. Year: 1998.
Kathy Bates in The Waterboy
As an old woman, Rose Dewitt Bukater (Gloria Stuart) recounts her experience aboard the Titanic as a young woman (Kate Winslet). Well off but miserable, she enters a passionate romance with Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a poor boy who saves her from suicide and kindles a flame in her heart that is unquenched by the passing of time. Directed by James Cameron. With Billy Zane, Kathy Bates and Bill Paxton. Categories: Action, Drama, Romance. Year: 1997.
Kathy Bates in Titanic
While visiting her husband's aunt in a nursing home, unhappy Southern housewife Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) befriends Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a pleasant, outgoing old woman. After making a instant connection, Ninny tells Evelyn the story of Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker), two young friends who ran a diner together in 1920s Alabama. Enthralled with Ninny's stories and inspired by the Idgie and Ruth strength, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and gains the strength she needs to change her life for the better. Directed by Jon Avnet. With Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw and Gailard Sartain. Category: Drama. Year: 1991.
Kathy Bates in Fried Green Tomatoes
After crashing his car on a snowy deserted road, famous writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is rescued by Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), his number one fan. Initially thankful to be alive, Paul soon learns that he has been thrown into a nightmare. Crippled, drugged and restrained by his unstable captor, Paul is forced to write the last novel in his famous series, while he secretly tries to find a way to escape. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Richard Farnsworth and Lauren Bacall. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Horror. Year: 1990.
Kathy Bates in Misery