Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Mark Ruffalo, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Elias Koteas, Nellie Sciutto, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Emily Mortimer. Categories: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2010.
Patricia Clarkson in Shutter Island
Larry David, of television's Curb Your Enthusiasm, stars as Boris, a misanthropic, hypochondriac retired physicist who spends most of his days complaining to friends in a coffee shop. But when he meets a beautiful young woman (Evan Rachel Wood) with nowhere to go, he takes her in. Charmed by her openness, he falls in love with her. When her Southern parents (Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley Jr.) come looking for her, they are appalled to find her in a relationship with a man 40 years her senior. But Boris won't let them get in the way. Directed by Woody Allen. With Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman and Adam Brooks. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2009.
Patricia Clarkson in Whatever Works
David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), a charismatic professor and cultural critic, beieves that he is an independent, self-actualized man and as a result keeps his relationships with women brief and casual. All of that changes when Consuela Castillo (Penélope Cruz), a beautiful, confident student, awakens David's sexual possessiveness. Caught in the first serious relationship since his divorce, David's preconceptions about women are shattered by Concuela, but his jealous fantasies drive him to the point of obsession. Directed by Isabel Coixet. With Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper and Peter Sarsgaard. Categories: Drama, Romance, Based on a Novel. Year: 2008.
Patricia Clarkson in Elegy
Phoebe (Elle Fanning) is a little girl who loses herself completely in fantasies about the book "Alice in Wonderland." She imagines that one of her teachers (Patricia Clarkson) is her guide to a secret world of magic. Her parents (Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman) can't quite understand her. She begins to exist so much in the fantasy world that they start to worry. Is her obsession with Alice healthy and imaginative, or dangerous? Has she withdrawn so much from the real world that she won't be able to find her way back? Directed by Daniel Barnz. With Campbell Scott and Peter Gerety. Categories: Drama. Year: 2008.
Patricia Clarkson in Phoebe in Wonderland
Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Christina (Scarlett Johansson) are two best friends vacationing in Barcelona. While Vicky is straight-laced and preparing to get married, Christina is free-spirited and sexually adventurous. During their travels they meet flamboyant artist José Antonio (Javier Bardem). After being invited back to his home, Christina immediately throws herself at José. Despite her best efforts, Vicky eventually falls in love with him as well, and when José's beautiful but insane ex-wife Maria (Penélope Cruz) returns, chaos results. Directed by Woody Allen. With Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn and Chris Messina. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
Patricia Clarkson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Everyone always knew that Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) was a little strange. But, the loveable introvert, who spends most of his time alone, surprises everyone when he starts introducing a life-like doll he bought off the internet as his new girlfriend, Bianca. His brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer) don't know how to react, so they just play along and treat Bianca like a real person. The family doctor (Patricia Clarkson) agrees, saying that the delusion is something that Lars needs and they should all support him until his issues are resolved. Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Kelli Garner. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.
Patricia Clarkson in Lars and the Real Girl
Directed by Ira Sachs. With Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, David Richmond-Peck and Pierce Brosnan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Patricia Clarkson in Married Life
"Boss" Willie Stark (Sean Penn), an idealistic southern politician loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, appeals to the common man to earn his place of power. But, Stark's victories have their price, eventually leading him to his downfall after being corrupted by the system. Directed by Steven Zaillian. With Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo and James Gandolfini. Categories: Drama. Year: 2006.
Patricia Clarkson in All the King's Men
Robert Sandrich (Peter Sarsgaard), a fledgling screenwriter, is offered a million dollars by a slick, ruthless studio exec (Campbell Scott) for an autobiographical script about his lover who died of AIDS. The only catch is that he has to change the film's male character into a female. The grieving writer is seduced both creatively and emotionally into making a difficult decision, while also beginning a secret online relationship with the studio exec's wife (Patricia Clarkson). Directed by Craig Lucas. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2005.
Patricia Clarkson in The Dying Gaul
Directed by George Clooney. With David Strathairn, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Ross, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella, Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Reed Diamond and Jeff Daniels. Categories: Drama, History. Year: 2005.
Patricia Clarkson in Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jack Nicholson stars as a police officer in a small town who is about to retire. Just before he works his final day, a 7-year-old girl is found murdered. He promises her mother that he will find out who killed her. But as he continues to work on the case, even after he leaves the force, one of his former colleagues (Aaron Eckhart) questions whether his interest in this case is as innocent as it appears. Directed by Sean Penn. With Dale Dickey. Categories: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2001.
Patricia Clarkson in The Pledge
Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is a decent and hard-working prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. When John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), who has been convicted of rape and murder, is sent to Cold Mountain's death row, Edgemcomb and the other guards (David Morse and Barry Pepper) sense that Coffey is no ordinary prisoner. When Coffey is discovered to have a special gift, the guards face a moral dilemma in deciding whether or not to carry out their duties. Directed by Frank Darabont. With Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Sam Rockwell, William Sadler, Patricia Clarkson and Gary Sinise. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
Patricia Clarkson in The Green Mile
Eleven people (including Angelina Jolie, Jon Stewart, Ryan Phillippe and Gillian Anderson) living in Los Angeles struggle to find room for romance in their turbulent lives. As their sometimes tragic, sometimes bizarre love stories unfold, the connections among the members of this seemingly random sample of broken hearts and failed relationships converge over the course of one fateful week. Directed by Willard Carroll. With Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Anthony Edwards, Ellen Burstyn, Jay Mohr, Patricia Clarkson and Madeleine Stowe. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1998.
Patricia Clarkson in Playing by Heart
Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce) Shepherd have just discovered a strange board game in the attic of their new home. As they begin playing, they release the magic of Jumanji, a world filled with wild animals and adventure that comes to life before their eyes. As Jumanji begins to take over their house and then their entire neighborhood, Judy and Peter meet Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), a man who was trapped inside the game as a child. If Judy and Peter hope to escape Alan's fate and free him from the game after 26 years, they will have to locate Alan's old playmate, Sarah Whittle (Bonnie Hunt), and finish Jumanji once and for all. Directed by Joe Johnston. With Jonathan Hyde, David Alan Grier, Bebe Neuwirth and Patricia Clarkson. Categories: Family, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Comedy. Year: 1995.
Patricia Clarkson in Jumanji
Federal agent Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner) is a brave, stubborn man dedicated to stopping organized crime. The biggest criminal of them all, Al Capone (Robert De Niro), rules the streets of Chicago in the days of prohibition. When Ness assembles a team of cops to help him take down the mob boss, the odds are weighted heavily against them in this corrupt and blood-bathed town. Directed by Brian De Palma. With Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, History. Year: 1987.
Patricia Clarkson in The Untouchables