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Kathy Bates

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MiseryMisery (1990) Aro Favourite
Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. James Caan, Kathy Bates
You'll have a far from miserable experience watching novelist James Caan nursed back to health by his psychotic number one fan (Kathy Bates in an…
At Play in the Fields of the LordAt Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah
Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Darryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates and Tom Waits endured the two–year location shoot of Peter Matthiessen's…
Fried Green TomatoesFried Green Tomatoes (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe) (1991) Recommended
Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker
Kathy Bates strikes up a friendship with Jessica Tandy who waxes nostalgic about a pair of Southern belles who triumphed over adversity in the '30s.…
Shadows and FogShadows and Fog (1991)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, John Malkovich, Kathy Bates
Woody, John Malkovich, Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Jodie Foster and Madonna cast their prominent shadows for his droll tale of mystery stranglers,…
Used People (1992)
Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates
Feathers fly in the hen–house of recently widowed Shirley Maclaine when courted by debonair Marcello Mastroianni.
Curse of the Starving ClassCurse of the Starving Class (1994)
Dir. J. Michael McClary
Feat. James Woods, Kathy Bates
Black comedy depicting a hellish family of white–trash farmers, incl. an alcoholic James Woods and wife Kathy Bates. Based on a Sam Shepard…
Dolores ClaiborneDolores Claiborne (1995) Recommended
Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt
After MISERY, this non–supernatural Stephen King adaptation displays yet another facet of Kathy Bates multiple screen personas – here she…
Angus (1995)
Dir. Patrick Johnson
Feat. Charlie Talbert, Kathy Bates, Rita Moreno
Angus, the uncoolest geek in school, gets his big chance at popularity and girlfriends. Unsentimental and geniunely funny boyhood tale, with Kathy…
Late Shift, TheLate Shift, The (1995) Recommended
Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Bob Balaban
Searing, insightful fact–based drama that charts the jostle for late–night supremacy between David Letterman and Jay Leno after the…
West Side Waltz (1995)
Dir. Ernest Thompson
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Liza Minnelli, Jennifer Grey
Cold widow Shirley Maclaine lives for playing the piano and isolates all except her violin accompanist, Liza Minnelli. A prelude to change comes in…
Swept from the SeaSwept from the Sea (Amy Foster) (1997)
Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen
Shipwrecked Ukrainian emigree Vincent Perez washes ashore in rugged Cornwall, to the bafflement of the folk, especially after he receives scandalous…
Primary ColorsPrimary Colors (1998) Recommended
Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton
In charting the rise of a controversial Southern Governor through the US Democratic primary campaign, John Travolta rises admirably to his most…
Waterboy, The (1999)
Dir. Frank Coraci
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler
Soggy vehicle for Adam Sandler trades in the above–par comic strokes of HAPPY GILMORE for clunky, witless padding of Gridiron. Sandler's…
AnnieAnnie (2000)
Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, Alicia Morton
Remake of the love–it–or–hate–it original, again finds the feisty carrot–top fleeing her orphan home (and a mean Kathy…
Rat RaceRat Race (2002)
Dir. Jerry Zucker
Feat. John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson
A contemporary re–race of IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, wealthy John Cleese devising a money–scramble for $2 million among…
Unconditional LoveUnconditional Love (2002)
Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Lynn Redgrave
A neatly amusing comedy concerning the fan of a recently deceased pop crooner, who teams up with the singer's gay lover to investigate the death (or…
About SchmidtAbout Schmidt (2002) Recommended
Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney
Age becomes Jack Nicholson in a beautifully modulated comedy of late life lament that doubles as an affectionate satire of middle…
Love LizaLove Liza (2002) Recommended
Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates
Freshly widowed after his wife’s suicide, Phillip Seymour Hoffman staggers through and downward in an endearingly wacky yet affecting portrait of…
Little Black BookLittle Black Book (2004)
Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Brittany Murphy, Kathy Bates, Holly Hunter
Brittany Murphy plays a television researcher whose curiosity gets the better of her when she gets her hands on her boyfriend's pocket…
Bridge of San Luis Rey, TheBridge of San Luis Rey, The (2004)
Dir. Mary McGuckian
Feat. Robert De Niro, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne
This star–studded costume drama of interlinked fates is the third celluloid incarnation of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Thorton Wilder…
Failure to LaunchFailure to Launch (2006)
Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel
Amiable and clever enough to pass muster, this romantic comedy finds a thirty–something slacker, who still lives with his parents…
BonnevilleBonneville (2006)
Dir. Christopher Rowley
Feat. Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen
Endearing road dramedy featuring a trio of Mormon friends that set out for Santa Barbara in a vintage 66' Bonneville Convertible to deliver the ashes…
Fred ClausFred Claus (2007)
Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson
Middling Chrissie comedy centred on Santa's troublemaking big brother (Vaughn) and his misplaced attempts to help spread Christmas cheer at the North…
P.S. I Love YouP.S. I Love You (2007)
Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow
Teary afterlife romance from the dir. of LIVING OUT LOUD, about a series of love notes left for a grieving widow (Swank) by her deceased…
Day the Earth Stood Still, TheDay the Earth Stood Still, The (2008)
Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith
Rather vague, king–sized remake of the 1951 sci–fi classic, in which an alien visitor brings to earth a warning of imminent…
Revolutionary RoadRevolutionary Road (2008) Recommended
Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon
The director of AMERICAN BEAUTY directs his real–life wife, Kate Winslet, in another tale of middle–class suburban neurosis and the…
Personal EffectsPersonal Effects (2009)
Dir. David Hollander
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher, Kathy Bates
Perfunctory dramatic vehicle for Ashton Kutcher and Michelle Pfeiffer who star as two disparate characters unexpectedly united while attending the…
CheriCheri (2009)
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates
Gorgeously–appointed period drama set in the "Belle Époque" of 1900s Paris, focused on a love affair between a retired courtesan (Pfeiffer)…
Blind Side, TheBlind Side, The (2009)
Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron
Sandra Bullock stars in this uplifting, if cliché–ridden football drama, in which she portrays an upper middle–class homemaker who gives…
Alice (TV Mini-Series)Alice (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Caterina Scorsone, Andrew Lee Potts, Matt Frewer
Modernist re–imagining of the Lewis Carroll classic with wonderland portrayed as a dystopian netherworld that sucks the emotions from the 'real…
Valentine's DayValentine's Day (2010)
Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner
Star–studded romantic comedy is an ode to that special day with multiple story lines devoted to the search for love. Although cynics might…
Midnight in ParisMidnight in Paris (2011) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates
High class whimsy from Woody Allen with Woody–surrogate honours going this time to Owen Wilson as a frustrated hack screenwriter magically…
A Little Bit of HeavenA Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
Dir. Nicole Kassell
Feat. Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rosemarie DeWitt
Colon cancer–sufferer Kate Hudson falls in love with her doctor (Mexican heartthrob Gael Garcia Bernal) in this hopelessly awkward romantic…
American Horror Story (TV Series)American Horror Story (TV Series) (2011) Recommended
Feat. Dylan McDermott, Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe
Stylish and atmospheric anthology series that centers on different characters and locations, including a Hotel, a carnival sideshow and an insane…
TammyTammy (2014)
Dir. Ben Falcone
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates
After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard–drinking grandmother.
BoychoirBoychoir (2014)
Dir. Francois Girard
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Garrett Wareing, Kathy Bates
A demanding choir master at an elite music academy pushes a gifted but rebellious student to fulfill his true potential.
Boss, TheBoss, The (2016)
Dir. Ben Falcone
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage
Middling comedy with Melissa McCarthy starring as wealthy CEO trying to make amends for past transgressions.
On the Basis of SexOn the Basis of Sex (2018)
Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux
Following on from the recent documentary, RBG, the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is given the Hollywood biopic treatment here, detailing her…
Richard JewellRichard Jewell (2020)
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm
A powerful biopic from the dependably compelling American story–teller Clint Eastwood, about Richard Jewell, the man who saved countless lives…

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