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Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Waterland (1992)
Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Lena Headey
Jeremy Irons plays a history teacher in America who recounts his own suppressed coming of age to his cynical students. Adapted from Graham Swift's…
Dangerous Woman, ADangerous Woman, A (1994)
Dir. Steven Gyllenhaal
Feat. Debra Winger, Gabriel Byrne, Barbara Hershey
Debra Winger gives her most impressive performance yet as a simple woman whose compulsive honesty wins her few friends. Reminiscent of the plays of…
Cecil B. DementedCecil B. Demented (2000)
Dir. John Waters
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Melanie Griffith, Alicia Witt
An unruly and somewhat passe battlecry against the mediocrity of Hollywood from the Low Priest of Pop Culture, John Waters. In a weird parody of…
SecretarySecretary (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Steven Shainberg
Feat. James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies
A spanking good black comedy detailing the bizarre relationship between a peculiar, ill–tempered lawyer and the meek secretary he…
Mona Lisa SmileMona Lisa Smile (2003)
Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles
Julia Roberts is restrained and fairly effective in this Ivy–League drama, set at the renowned Wellesley College in the 1950s, where she…
Casa de los BabysCasa de los Babys (2003) Recommended
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden
Another quality ensemble drama from dir. John Sayles, that this time brings together six American women waiting to start a family through a Mexican…
CriminalCriminal (2004)
Dir. Greg Jacobs
Feat. John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal
A reasonably successful American replay of the Argentian thriller NINE QUEENS, this sees a con artist (Reilly) take an apprentice (Luna) under his…
Happy EndingsHappy Endings (2005)
Dir. Don Roos
Feat. Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal
A clutch of hedonistic Americans collide, abuse and impregnate each other in this typically light yet smart black comedy from the dir. of THE…
Great New Wonderful, TheGreat 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.…
Monster HouseMonster House (2006) Recommended
Dir. Gil Kenan
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Lee
Rollercoaster haunted–house ride for kids expertly CGI–animated around the story of three suburban teens who decide to challenge a…
World Trade CenterWorld Trade Center (2006) Recommended
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Powerful and gripping rendering of the plight of two NYC cops who became trapped in the rubble of the collapsing World Trade Center in the 9/11…
Trust the ManTrust the Man (2006)
Dir. Bart Freundlich
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup
A light New York relationship drama about two couples and the speed–bumps they run into when temptation comes–a–knocking. While…
Stranger Than FictionStranger Than Fiction (2006)
Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal
A self–consciously 'clever' comedy with a cunning conceit – tax inspector Will Ferrell discovers that his drab life is being narrated and…
SherrybabySherrybaby (2006)
Dir. Laurie Collyer
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Danny Trejo, Giancarlo Esposito
Overfamiliar but sincere portrait of a recovering addict, with a warts–and–all Maggie Gyllenhaal fresh out of jail and determined to go…
Paris, Je T'aimeParis, Je T'aime (Paris, I Love You) (2006) Recommended
Dir. Olivier Assayas, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi
A prestige line–up of actors and filmmakers converge in this grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance. With each vignette…
Batman: The Dark KnightBatman: The Dark Knight (2008) Recommended
Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
Christopher Nolan’s follow–up to BATMAN BEGINS pitches Christian Bale’s Batman against Heath Ledger’s lunatic Joker, propelling this…
Away We GoAway We Go (2009)
Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Catherine O'Hara
An ersatz hipster road movie that follows a 30–something expectant couple as they travel across America looking for the perfect place to start…
Crazy HeartCrazy Heart (2009) Recommended
Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Keane
In an Oscar–winning turn, Jeff Bridges plays faded country music star Bad Blake, who swaggers from one dive to the next until his friendship…
Nanny McPhee and the Big BangNanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
Dir. Susanna White
Feat. Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Ewan McGregor
Emma Thompson again pens and stars in the second installment about the otherworldly nanny, accompanied again by a staggering array of British…
HysteriaHysteria (2011)
Dir. Tanya Wexler
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce
A buoyant, light–to–touch period romance about the 19th Century invention of the vibrator, devised as cure for the female ailment know as…
Won't Back DownWon't Back Down (2012)
Dir. Daniel Barnz
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac
A well–meaning but preachy social drama of community action, centred on two spirited mothers determined to bring change to an ailing inner city…
White House DownWhite House Down (2013)
Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Conveniently on a tour of the White House, action hero beefcake Channing Tatum scrambles to save the President (Jamie Foxx) from an invading…
FrankFrank (2014) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Feat. Domhnall Gleeson, Scoot McNairy, Maggie Gyllenhaal
A lovable, off–beat indie rock satire in which Michael Fassbender plays the leader of a group of experimental musicians who lives permanently…
Honourable Woman, The (TV Mini-series)Honourable Woman, The (TV Mini-series) (2014) Aro Favourite
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal
A rigorous, fast–paced thriller with Maggie Gyllenhaal as a woman who inherits her father's arms business, and finds herself in a international…
Kindergarten Teacher, TheKindergarten Teacher, The (2018)
Dir. Sara Colangelo
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Rosa Salazar
English–language remake of the 2014 Israeli film of the same name about a jaded teacher, mother and aspiring poet who becomes obsessed with one…

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