Joan Allen
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Room Upstairs, The (1987) 
- Dir. Stuart Margolin
Feat. Stockard Channing, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Waterston… 
- The life of a lonely and isolated woman is transformed when she 
turns her childhood home into a boarding house filled with eclectic characters.
 
Tucker: a Man and His Dream (1988) 
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau… 
- Jeff Bridges portrays Preston Tucker, who dreamed of building the car of the future, but was crushed by the big three auto–makers in the 1940s.
 
In Country (1989) 
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen 
- Drama about a High School graduate from Kentucky who throws herself into a rigorous investigation of the life of her father, who died in the Vietnam…
 
Nixon (1995) 
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Ed Harris… 
- With almost Shakespearian gravitas, Anthony Hopkins portrays a flawed but fully–rounded Richard Nixon. Instead of the anticipated whitewash,…
 
Face Off (1997)
 
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen 
- Dir. John Woo melds modern action technology with old–fashioned Mission Impossible–style intrigue.
Good guy John Travolta and bad guy…
 
Ice Storm, The (1997)
 
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen… 
- 70's familial dysfunction observed through a 90's prism, Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver are among the adults having mid–life trauma in the…
 
Pleasantville (1998)
 
- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy… 
- A pair of nineties teenagers are beamed into a starched black and white 50s TV show, where their modern 'freedoms' gradually liberate/corrupt the…
 
It's the Rage (1999) 
- Dir. James D. Stern
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Gary Sinise… 
- This caustic, precocious black comedy/satire of America's obsession with guns is a roundelay of violent and volatile confrontations that eventually…
 
Contender, The (2000)
 
- Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges… 
- Strongly performed political thriller centred around the confirmation of Vice–Presidential candidate Joan Allen, whose enemies try every trick…
 
When The Sky Falls (2000) 
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Joan Allen, Pete Postlethwaite, Patrick Bergin 
- A gritty suspense with Joan Allen portraying Irish journalist Vernoica Guerin who risked her life to take down Dublin's criminal underworld and bring…
 
Mists of Avalon, The (2001) 
- Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Joan Allen, Julianne Margulies 
- Interesting TV–Movie re–casting of the King Arthur mythology from the women’s – Igraine, Morgaine, Viviane, Gwenwyfer –…
 
Off the Map (2003) 
- Dir. Campbell Scott
Feat. Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, Amy Brenneman 
- Low–key drama set in the unkempt outer suburbs of Taos, New Mexico in the mid–1970s, around a sleepy family of three lost, but functional…
 
Bourne Supremacy, The (2004) 
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Brian Cox… 
- Creditable sequel to the sleeper hit THE BOURNE IDENTITY, which tracked the anxieties of an amnesiac former CIA–assassin on the run across…
 
Notebook, The (2004)
 
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner… 
- An old–fashioned weepie set in a coastal town in 1940's North Carolina, this nostalgic "woman's picture" finds a sure–footed romantic…
 
Upside of Anger, The (2004) 
- Dir. Mike Binder
Feat. Kevin Costner, Joan Allen, Erika Christensen… 
- After being deserted by her husband, a resentful suburban Mom (Allen) turns to the bottle and the arms of her neighbour (Costner), an…
 
Yes (2004)
 
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill… 
- Love and politics are brilliantly and inextricably entwined in this daringly original drama that sees a middle–aged American woman fall out of…
 
Bonneville (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…
 
Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007)
 
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Édgar Ramírez… 
- Quality white–knuckle thrills–and–spills flick concludes the Bourne trilogy – and our super–spook hero’s (Damon)…
 
Trumbo (2007) 
- Dir. Peter Askin
Feat. Joan Allen, Michael Douglas, Donald Sutherland… 
- Prominent blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo – the most famed of the alleged Communist sympathising ‘Hollywood 10’ – is the honoree of…
 
Death Race (2008) 
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane… 
- Give ‘em what they want actioner starring the genre’s go–to guy Jason Statham as a former racing champ turned wrongfully imprisoned convict…
 
Hachi - A Dog's Tale (Hachiko) (2009)
 
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Jason Alexander 
- Transposed to an American setting, Lasse Hallstrom adapts this timeless Japanese tale of a loyal dog and the irrepressible bond shared with his…
 
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) 
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Jr. Begley 
- This made–for–television biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, is distinguished as…
 
Luck (TV Series) (2012)
 
- Dir. Michael Mann, Phillip Noyce, Mimi Leder
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz… 
- Heavy–hitting HBO crime drama centred on the deal–makers who frequent a popular Los Angeles racetrack – principally, an aging…
 
Bourne Legacy, The (2012) 
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz… 
- Jeremy Renner plays a fellow estranged assassin to Matt Damon's unstoppable rogue agent in this brisk addition to the Bourne franchise, directed by…
 
Room (2015)
 
- Dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Feat. Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers… 
- Riveting and heart–rending drama centred around a mother and her five–year–old son who make plans to escape their forced captivity.…