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Winona Ryder

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LucasLucas (1986)
Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen
Genuinely sympathetic account of the teenage love of 'dweeb' Corey Haim for an older schoolmate (Green), through infatuation, rejection and...…
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin
A deceased couple return as ghosts and discover their home has been occupied by an obnoxious family, so decide to enlist the services of…
19691969 (1988)
Dir. Ernest Thompson
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jnr.
Keifer Sutherland and Winona Ryder lead a brat–pack of sensitive anti–war youths in the summer of '69.
HeathersHeathers (1989) Recommended
Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
'Heathers' are an elite group of glamourous, stuck–up brat–girls who gradually meet their maker courtesy of a rebel Heather (Winona…
Great Balls of FireGreat Balls of Fire (1989)
Dir. Jim McBride
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin
Brash, but seriously–intentioned biopic of early rock'n'roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, who was equally famous for marrying his 13–year old…
MermaidsMermaids (1990)
Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Cher, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci
Cher plays the sexpot mom of square daughter Winona Ryder who aspires to be a nun. Slight but affecting tale set in small town '60s America, with Bob…
Edward ScissorhandsEdward Scissorhands (1991) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Vincent Price
This inspired contemporary fairy–tale posits Johnny Depp as a boy endowed with sharp appendages, a mixed blessing when it comes to fitting into…
Welcome Home Roxy CarmichaelWelcome Home Roxy Carmichael (1991)
Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Frances Fisher
Fun vehicle for Winona Ryder. Her patented awkward teen is one of the townfolk who eagerly await the homecoming of their prized celebrity, Roxy…
Night On EarthNight On Earth (1991) Recommended
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Winona Ryder, Beatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni
An exotic excursion through five cities in five taxis; Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki. The clever blend of pathos, humour and…
Bram Stoker's DraculaBram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves
Francis Ford Coppola's opulent and erotic update of the gothic legend. Gary Oldman's incarnation of the fanged one is most impressive here, as are…
Age of Innocence, TheAge of Innocence, The (1993)
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder
Scorsese's adaptation of the novel by Edith Wharton is a extravagant period costumer that makes Merchant–Ivory look downright paltry. Stellar…
House of the SpiritsHouse of the Spirits (1993)
Dir. Bille August
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close
Alternately ponderous and fascinating screen version of Isabel Allende's acclaimed saga charting the turbulent history of a South American family…
Reality BitesReality Bites (1994)
Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller
This 'Gen X' movie works as romantic comedy but falls short of its mandate to be a mouthpiece for contemporary youth. Redeemed by the…
Little WomenLittle Women (1994)
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes
Impeccable version of Louisa May Alcott's classic of American girlhood updates the warm–hearted saga of four sisters and their…
How to Make an American QuiltHow to Make an American Quilt (1996)
Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse
Feat. Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn
Pleasurable, star–domed female–stitching movie has Winona Ryder sorting out her personal foibles with an ear for the mixed–fortuned…
Crucible, TheCrucible, The (1996) Recommended
Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield
A theatrical yet wrenchingly emotional treatment of Arthur Miller's classic play about the horrific witch–hunt hysteria that swept through…
Looking for RichardLooking for Richard (1996) Recommended
Dir. Al Pacino
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder
Al Pacino's pet project, and his directing debut, explores the American actor's paradoxical obsessions with Shakespeare, debunking some of the…
BoysBoys (1996)
Dir. Stacy Cochran
Feat. Lukas Haas, Winona Ryder
Downbeat, murky tale of adolescent intrigues has high scholar Lukas Haas becoming entangled in the mysterious past of accident victim Winona Ryder.
Alien ResurrectionAlien Resurrection (1997)
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman
Sigourney is back from the dead in part four of the continuing Alien saga, this time in the hands of the French DELICATESSEN helmer who sneaks in as…
CelebrityCelebrity (1999)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Melanie Griffith
Assembling another largish retinue of actors eager to 'do a Woody', Allen swings his long–lens round onto the world of celebrity…
Girl, InterruptedGirl, Interrupted (1999)
Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie
Winona Ryder flies over the cuckoo's nest as the confused middle–class waif of Susanna Kaysen's 60s counterculture memoir, who's persuaded by…
Autumn in New YorkAutumn in New York (2000)
Dir. Joan Chen
Feat. Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia
Silver–maned Richard Gere may be an accomplished womaniser, but amid the golden–hued atmosphere of the Big Apple he can't help falling…
Lost SoulsLost Souls (2000)
Dir. Janusz Kaminski
Feat. Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt
Winona Ryder and Ben Chaplin are the souls in question of this devil thriller, in which, in his 33rd year, the Anti–Christ has his previously…
Mr. DeedsMr. Deeds (2002)
Dir. Steven Brill
Feat. Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro
Spoofy remake of Frank Capra’s MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN with Adam Sandler playing a smalltime pizza–man who inherits $40 billion and sets…
S1m0neS1m0ne (Simone) (2002)
Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Another ‘future shock’ escapade from the creator of THE TRUMAN SHOW and GATTACA that this time taps a comic vein to convey the effect that a…
Scanner Darkly, AScanner Darkly, A (2006) Recommended
Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jnr., Woody Harrelson
Richard Linklater’s latest ‘rotoscope’ animation adapts Philip K. Dick's sci–fi novel into a dystopian proxy for the near future, where…
Darwin Awards, TheDarwin Awards, The (2007)
Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. Winona Ryder, Joseph Fiennes, David Arquette
Entertaining comedy with the ever–on–the–up Winona Ryder, loosely based around the infamous awards of the same name that celebrate…
Ten, The Ten, The (2007) Recommended
Dir. David Wain
Feat. Paul Rudd, Liev Schreiber, Gretchen Mol
Off–the–wall and often outrageous star–studded comedy from the dir. of the cult classic WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER that devises a…
Sex and Death 101Sex and Death 101 (2008)
Dir. Daniel Waters
Feat. Winona Ryder, Simon Baker
Reunites the director of HEATHERS with Ryder, its unforgettable teen star, in a neatly smart–alec, if gimmicky, adult scenario comedy. On…
Last Word, TheLast Word, The (2008)
Dir. Geoffrey Haley
Feat. Wes Bentley, Winona Ryder, Ray Romano
Quirky black comedy centered on a man who makes a living writing suicide notes for the depressed, and has his life is turned upside down when he…
Informers, TheInformers, The (2008)
Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder, Kim Basinger
Another tale of hedonism in the eighties from screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (AMERICAN PSYCHO), following a group of lost causes who fill their…
Private Lives of Pippa Lee, ThePrivate Lives of Pippa Lee, The (2009)
Dir. Rebecca Miller
Feat. Robin Wright, Blake Lively, Alan Arkin
Drama boasting a formidable performance from Robin Wright Penn as the beautiful, middle–aged Pippa Lee, who finds herself living in a…
Black SwanBlack Swan (2010)
Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel
Natalie Portman plays a ballerina losing her grip on reality, not to mention the lead role in a prestigious production of Swan Lake, in this…
Dilemma, TheDilemma, The (2011)
Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder
Thorny comedy, verging on melodrama, with Vaughn discovering his best friend's wife is being unfaithful.
FrankenweenieFrankenweenie (2012)
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short
Based on his own 1984 short film, Tim Burton returns to stop–motion animation with this endearing tale of a curious boy who reanimates his dead…
Iceman, TheIceman, The (2012)
Dir. Ariel Vromen
Feat. Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans
Michael Shannon embodies cold faced killer Richard Kuklinski in this oddly sympathetic portrait of the notorious contract killer, who was as infamous…
Letter, TheLetter, The (2012)
Dir. Jay Anania
Feat. Winona Ryder, James Franco, Josh Hamilton
Discordant effort by James Franco's NYU professor has Winona Ryder as a playwright suffering paranoid hallucinations as she attempts to stage a new…
HomefrontHomefront (2013)
Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder
From a script by Sylvester Stallone, this Southern–fried serving of violent moralism recalls the dime–a–dozen action movies of the…
Show Me a Hero (TV Mini-Series)Show Me a Hero (TV Mini-Series) (2015) Recommended
Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Peter Riegert, Alfred Molina
Extraordinary true story of the political fight to build public housing in white middle–class neighbourhoods in 1980's New York. From the…
ExperimenterExperimenter (2015) Recommended
Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Taryn Manning
Compelling account of pioneering social psychologist Stanley Milgram and his controversial behaviour experiments in the 1960's that tested people's…
Stranger Things (TV Series)Stranger Things (TV Series) (2016) Recommended
Feat. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard
A web television series phenomenon that pays hefty homage to the tropes and aesthetics of sci–fi adventure and horror film of the 1980s and the…
Destination WeddingDestination Wedding (2018)
Dir. Victor Levin
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Dj Dallenbach
Two hopelessly mismatched wedding guests develop a mutual affection while contending with their own spiteful feelings about the wedding, the guests,…
Plot Against America, The (TV Mini-series)Plot Against America, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)
Dir. Thomas Schlamme
Feat. Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan
Created by David Simon (THE WIRE) and Ed Burns, this HBO mini–series adapts Philip Roth's 2004 prescient novel of the same name imagining an…

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