Olympia Dukakis
Actor
Films to Rent
Working Girl (1988)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver…
- Expertly–made, snappy comedy of ambitious secretary Melanie Griffith's rise to the top.
Look Who's Talking (1989)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis…
- Amiable comedy featuring 'Mickey', the infant that thinks aloud, courtesy of Bruce Willis. He's more than handful for Mom Kirstie Alley and boyfriend…
Dad (1989)
- Dir. Gary David Goldberg
Feat. Ted Danson, Jack Lemmon, Ethan Hawke…
- Ted Danson returns home to find his father (Jack Lemmon) has physically and emotionally deteriorated.
Steel Magnolias (1989)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah…
- Light comedy–come–tearjerker in which six Southern belles congregate at a beauty salon over several years.
Over the Hill (1991)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Olympia Dukakis
- Not getting any younger, inpedendent widow Olympia Dukakis travels to Australia and has the time of her life in the outback. Will win the hearts of…
Tales of the City (TV Series) (1993)
- Dir. Alastair Reid, Pierre Gang
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney
- A rich, entertaining tele–translation of Armistead Maupin's lauded short–stories set in 1976 San Fransisco, that cleverly interweaves the…
Cemetery Club, The (1993)
- Dir. Bill Duke
Feat. Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello…
- Three Jewish widows in their 60s re–enter the dating game in this light but generally well–regarded comedy. All the cast put in…
More Tales of the City (TV Series) (1996)
- Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney, Colin Ferguson…
- The second series of the much–loved TV show set among the varied folk of San Francisco.
Mafia! (Jane Austen's Mafia) (1998)
- Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Lloyd Bridges, Christina Applegate, Olympia Dukakis
- Ever the low–brow, dir. Jim Abrahams (NAKED GUN et al) delivers a fair quota of spoofing lowblows to the goodfella genre, assisted by a gang of…
Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000)
- Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron…
- Charming light drama about a recently–widowed Judi Dench who decides to revive her saxophone playing, eventually getting the idea to reunite…
Further Tales of the City (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Pierre Gang
Feat. Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis
- Armistad Maupin’s tales of San Francisco friends, families and lovers continues in its likeable way.
Event, The (2003)
- Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley…
- The taboo of assisted suicide is broached in this measured Canadian ensemble drama about an AIDS–afflicted musician (McKellar) who takes his…
3 Needles (2005)
- Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Lucy Liu, Stockard Channing…
- Three globally sprawling dramas about the A.I.D.S. crisis set in South Africa, China and Canada. Attempting to replicate the effect TRAFFIC had on…
Great New Wonderful, The (2005)
- Dir. Danny Leiner
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer…
- New York City drama centered around five interweaving stories all of which exhibit a distinctive characteristic of a changing society post–911.…
In the Land of Women (2007)
- Dir. Jon Kasdan
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart…
- Relationship drama centering on struggling writer Adam Brody (THE OC) and the neighbouring family of women he encounters when he moves in with his…
Away From Her (2007)
- Dir. Sarah Polley
Feat. Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis
- Julie Christie stars in this carefully observed drama about a woman with Alzheimer's, her husband, and the tragedy of the disease's 'long goodbye',…
Cloudburst (2011)
- Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Ryan Doucette
- A longtime lesbian couple hit the road for Canada so they can legally marry in this moving road movie.
7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
- Dir. Bob Byington
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Stephen Root, Olympia Dukakis…
- Quirky comedy in which Jason Schwartzman essays another misanthropic slacker who lands a job at a garage where he becomes smitten with his new boss.
Infiltrator, The (2016)
- Dir. Brad Furman
Feat. Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger…
- Efficient thriller with Bryan Cranston going deep undercover as he attempts to reveal the inner–workings of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's…