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Glenn Close

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
World According to Garp, TheWorld According to Garp, The (1982) Recommended
Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Robin Williams, Glenn Close, John Lithgow
Dazzling adaptation of John Irving's novel about an eccentric's often ill–fated journey through life. Robin Williams is brilliant as Garp, with…
Personal BestPersonal Best (1982) Recommended
Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mariel Hemingway, Glenn Close
Excellent directorial debut for scriptwriter Towne (of CHINATOWN fame), that uses slow–motion photography to dynamise its story of two lesbian…
Big Chill, TheBig Chill, The (1983) Recommended
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, William Hurt
Old college friends gather together for a weekend after the funeral of one of their peers, where they reconcile their current lives in the 1980's…
Natural, TheNatural, The (1984)
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger
The classic novel by Bernard Malamud gets a typical Hollywood going over, with Robert Redford playing a young dreamer who aspires to baseball…
Jagged EdgeJagged Edge (1985) Recommended
Dir. Richard Marquand
Feat. Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote
Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges star in this compelling courtroom thriller about a defence attorney who romances her client who is on trial for a brutal…
Fatal AttractionFatal Attraction (1987)
Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Glenn Close, Michael Douglas
Glenn Close and Michael Douglas star in this, the ultimate yuppie cautionary tale, about a married man who has a weekend fling that turns his life…
Dangerous LiaisonsDangerous Liaisons (1988) Recommended
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Classic tale of an unscrupulous French countess who creates royal havoc by challenging her former lover to the sexual conquest of a virginal…
Immediate FamilyImmediate Family (1989)
Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson
Earnest drama with strong cast brings together a couple who desperately want a child and a teenage mother and her boyfriend who discover unexpected…
HamletHamlet (1990) Recommended
Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates
Mel Gibson pulls off a creditable lead performance as the melancholy Dane, certainly aided by the director's eye for detail, and top supporting…
Reversal of FortuneReversal of Fortune (1990)
Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver
In his best performance, Jeremy Irons won an Oscar for portraying Claus Von Bulow, a European émigré who was accused of trying to poison his wife…
Meeting VenusMeeting Venus (1991)
Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Glenn Close, Niels Arestrup
Glenn Close plays a Swedish diva (miming to our Dame Kiri) entangled in personal and political problems whilst leading in Wagner's Tannhauser.
Sarah, Plain and TallSarah, Plain and Tall (Winter's End; Skylark) (1991-1999)
Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Glenn Close, Christopher Walken
A beloved made–for–TV adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's famous children's novel. A widowed farmer places an ad for a wife, with a…
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…
Paper, ThePaper, The (1993)
Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall
Michael Keaton and Glenn Close clash ethics in the cut–throat world of the New York tabloids. A hectic morality play with pace, humour and…
Serving in SilenceServing in Silence (1994)
Dir. Jeff Bleckner
Feat. Glenn Close, Judy Davis
Glenn Close and Judy Davis star in this biopic of Margarethe Cammermeyer, an exemplary colonel of the US military who was forced to fight for her…
Mary ReillyMary Reilly (1996)
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. John Malkovich, Julia Roberts, Michael Gambon
John Malkovich and Juila Roberts star in this alternative take on R.L. Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde story – the toil and double trouble is seen…
101 Dalmatians101 Dalmatians (1996)
Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson
Ambitious live–action remake of Disney's own animated hit sends both dog and breeder into panic mode when fiendish designer Cruella De Vil…
Mars Attacks!Mars Attacks! (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Tim Burton once again turns tacky into an art form, but this time with a monster budget to match the alien carnage. This gleefully (though…
Paradise RoadParadise Road (1997)
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Cate Blanchett
A group of European woman, incl. Glenn Close and Frances McDormand, are captured in Singapore during WWII by the Japanese. They alleviate the…
Cookie's FortuneCookie's Fortune (1998) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Glenn Close, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell
A satisfying, home–spun Southern patchwork, stuffed with little–biddy–town idiosyncracies and a slightly kooky plot surrounding the…
TarzanTarzan (1999) Recommended
Dir. Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Feat. Tony Goldwyn, Rosie O'Donnell, Minnie Driver
Sticking faithfully to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original story, Disney return to the top of the animated game. No–nonsense, traditional…
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at HerThings You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (1999)
Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter
A quietly impressive portmanteau film, portraying the interior lives of five Los Angeles women in crisis, this was unfairly shelved after its…
102 Dalmatians102 Dalmatians (2000)
Dir. Kevin Lima
Feat. Glenn Close, Gerard Depardieu
'Rehabilitated' dalmation–hater Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close) isn't long out of the clink before she's back to her old ways in this worthy…
Safety of Objects, TheSafety of Objects, The (2001)
Dir. Rose Troche
Feat. Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson
A multi–stranded drama set in a quietly unusual version of American suburbia where seamy dysfunction co–exists with surreal…
Le DivorceLe Divorce (2003)
Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Leslie Caron
Neither romantic escapism nor French farce American–style, this comedy from ‘prestige’ partnership Merchant–Ivory can’t find shape…
Lion in Winter, The (TV Mini-series)Lion in Winter, The (TV Mini-series) (2003)
Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Glenn Close, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
A respectable telemovie version of James Goldman's stageplay about the battle for succession to the English throne between Henry II (Stewart) and his…
Anything ElseAnything Else (2003)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci
Woody Allen returns to his home turf tracking the urban mores of various Manhattan–ites, in a fairly slight comic venture which follows the…
Brush With FateBrush With Fate (2003)
Dir. Brent Shields
Feat. Glenn Close, Ellen Burstyn, Thomas Gibson
A cloistered prep school teacher (Close) reveals to a colleague (Gibson) that she is in possession of a lost painting – 'Girl in Hyancinth…
Stepford Wives, TheStepford Wives, The (2004)
Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken
Remade as a comedy, this glossy, satirical double–take on the spooky 70s thriller of the same name has man–eating TV executive Nicole…
HeightsHeights (2004)
Dir. Chris Terrio
Feat. Glenn Close, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford
The collective aspirations and angst of a group of attractive New Yorkers, all loosely connected to the theatre and art world, collide in showers of…
Chumscrubber, TheChumscrubber, The (2005)
Dir. Arie Posin
Feat. Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Glenn Close
A sadsack teenager (Bell) living in a sterile new suburb in Southern California discovers his best friend has committed suicide, an event which seems…
Hoodwinked!Hoodwinked! (2005)
Dir. Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi
Postmodern childrens' animation loosely based on the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' follows the SHREK–model of rewiring fairytales with smug…
Damages (TV Series)Damages (TV Series) (2007) Recommended
Feat. Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Ted Danson
Complex, high–stakes, aggressively acted legal drama starring Glenn Close as a power–suited litigator tackling a major class action…
EveningEvening (2007)
Dir. Lajos Koltai
Feat. Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave
All–star, womanly melodrama unveils the secret life of an ailing matriarch (Redgrave), whose remembrance of an intense, tragic love fifty years…
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs EvilHoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (2011)
Dir. Mike Disa
Feat. Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton
Limp sequel has Red Riding Hood and the wolf called into investigate the mysterious disappearance of Hansel and Gretel. Cut rate animation doesn't…
Albert NobbsAlbert Nobbs (2011)
Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
A magnificent Glenn Close elevates this otherwise downbeat period drama of a woman who dresses as a man in order to eke out a living in…
Guardians of the GalaxyGuardians of the Galaxy (2014) Recommended
Dir. James Gunn
Feat. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista
Marvel's latest extravaganza is an irresistible pop–culture–inflected comic romp that centres on a group of space criminals who must work…
Girl With All the Gifts, TheGirl With All the Gifts, The (2016)
Dir. Colm McCarthy
Feat. Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine
Aimed especially at young adults, this British take on the zombie thriller features the unique presence of an exceptional young girl who is…
Wilde Wedding, TheWilde Wedding, The (2017)
Dir. Damian Harris
Feat. Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Patrick Stewart
A retired film star prepares for her fourth wedding to a successful British novelist as tensions fly and hi–jinks ensue among the guests at the…
What Happened To MondayWhat Happened To Monday (Seven Sisters) (2017)
Dir. Tommy Wirkola
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe
By the director of DEAD SNOW and featuring a dynamic performance from Noomi Rapace as seven different characters. A dystopian future government is…
Crooked HouseCrooked House (2017)
Dir. Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Feat. Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, Max Irons
Agatha Christie adaptation set in post–war London, where a hard up private detective is asked by a sultry woman from his past to solve the…
Wife, TheWife, The (2017) Recommended
Dir. Björn Runge
Feat. Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater
An intelligent drama exploring the 40 year marriage between a Nobel Prize winning novelist and his wife, who has remained in the shadows as her own…

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