Richard Jenkins
Actor
Films to Rent
- Blaze (1989)
- Dir. Ron Shelton
Feat. Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Richard Jenkins
- Paul Newman plays flamboyant Southern governor Earl Long, who was scandalized over a love affair with an exotic dancer (Lolita Davidovich, in a…
- Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Hal Scardino, Litefoot , Lindsay Crouse…
- A young boy possesses a bedroom secret – a special cupboard that brings his miniature toys to life, chiefly a native Indian and a cowboy. High…
- Couch in New York, A (1996)
- Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins…
- Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman directs this Stateside curiosity, with Juliette Binoche as a Parisian dancer who swaps apartments with a New York…
- Into Thin Air: Death On Everest (1997)
- Dir. Robert Markowitz
Feat. Peter Horton, Christopher McDonald, Nathaniel Parker…
- Dramatic recreation of the disastrous 1996 Everest expedition that counted NZer Rob Hall among its many casualties. Based on the first–hand…
- Changing Lanes (2002)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette…
- After a rush hour fender–bender between lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance agent Samuel L Jackson, a tit for tat game of ‘get even’ for high…
- Rumour Has It... (2005)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley Maclaine…
- An intriguing meta–Hollywood 'sequel' to THE GRADUATE (1967), in which Aniston plays an unlucky–in–love New Yorker who learns that…
- Fun With Dick and Jane (2005)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin…
- A manic remake of the 1977 Ted Kotcheff comedy, in which a pair of successful WASPs (here, Carrey and Leoni), experience sudden destitution and try…
- Visitor, The (2007)
- Dir. Tom McCarthy
Feat. Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Marian Seldes
- Compassionate, beautifully–measured tale of a widowed college professor whose banal mid–life finds renewed joy (and heartbreak) after he…
- Step Brothers (2008)
- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen…
- Taking cheapshots at lacklustre parenting and the common modern phenomenon of pampered adults refusing to fly the coop, this unruly Ferrell / Reilly…
- Burn After Reading (2008)
- Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Feat. George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt…
- Appealing 'dunderhead' comedy from the Coen Brothers that plots an elaborate caper for its A–list ensemble cast, who relish the chance to…
- Broken, The (2008)
- Dir. Sean Ellis
Feat. Lena Headey, Ulrich Thomsen, Melvil Poupaud…
- Spooky, artfully directed thriller, about a woman (Headey) who suspects she’s being followed around London by a murderous…
- Dear John (2010)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins…
- Another two–hankie tearjerker from the pages of Nicholas Sparks tells of the everlasting romance between an Iraq–bound solider (Tatum)…
- Eat Pray Love (2010)
- Dir. Ryan Murphy
Feat. Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup…
- Julia Roberts plays the divorced globetrotter of Elizabeth Gilbert's best–selling memoir in this gastro tiki tour of Italy, India, and Bali.…
- Let Me In (2010)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins…
- Justifiable American remake elevates the style and menace of the Swedish vampire hit with special attention paid to the relationship between a…
- Happy Thank You More Please (2010)
- Dir. Josh Radnor
Feat. Josh Radnor, Malin Akerman, Zoe Kazan…
- Genial indie comedy with a self involved writer and his friends struggling to adjust to adulthood. Directorial debut of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER star…
- Norman (2010)
- Dir. Jonathan Segal
Feat. Dan Byrd, Emily VanCamp, Richard Jenkins…
- A melancholy high school 'indie' about a teenage loner who claims his father's terminal cancer as his own in order to make tracks with a pretty…
- Hall Pass (2011)
- Dir. Pete Farrelly, Bob Farrelly
Feat. Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate…
- The Farrelly brothers' crass comedy of marital anxiety in which two friends are given a week off – or 'Hall Pass' – from monogamy by…
- Friends with Benefits (2011)
- Dir. Will Gluck
Feat. Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson…
- Smug but sporadically amusing comedy with Timberlake and Kunis being the beneficial buddies whose agreement of course has complications.
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- Rum Diary, The (2011)
- Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard…
- Johnny Depp returns to the world of Hunter S. Thompson in this adaptation of the Gonzo journalist's "lost" autobiographical novel of the same name,…
- Cabin in the Woods, The (2011)
- Dir. Drew Goddard
Feat. Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison…
- Masterminded by Joss Whedon, this hilarious inside–out horror comedy promises the last word on the horror genre, although its cleverness is…
- Darling Companion (2012)
- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest…
- Cracks in the marriage of a long–time couple begin to show when their beloved dog goes missing on a weekend retreat. Dir. Kasdan's ongoing…
- Killing Them Softly (2012)
- Dir. Andrew Dominik
Feat. Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn…
- Ex–pat Kiwi Andrew Dominik helms this sullen gangland thriller, about a professional enforcer (Pitt) hired to track down the amateur criminals…
- Jack Reacher (2012)
- Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins…
- Tom Cruise assumes the coveted role of Lee Child's best–selling anti–hero in this violent, no–nonsense action vehicle.
- Liberal Arts (2012)
- Dir. Josh Radnor
Feat. Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins…
- Josh Radnor, star of top–draw sitcom HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER directs his second self–penned romantic comedy, himself playing a…
- Company You Keep, The (2012)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie…
- Robert Redford directs and stars in this bristling thriller, about a former Weather Underground member, now in hiding, whose violent past comes back…
- As I Lay Dying (2013)
- Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green…
- James Franco tackles William Faulkner's famed stream–of–consciousness novel as both actor and director in this story of a grieving…
- White 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…
- A.C.O.D (Adult Children Of Divorce) (2013)
- Dir. Stuart Zicherman
Feat. Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O'Hara…
- A solid, character–focused mixer of dysfunctional comedy and down–to–earth navel gazing, with Adam Scott as the weary…
- Turbo (2013)
- Dir. David Soren
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena…
- Fuel–injected snails race to compete in the Indy 500 in this zippy animated adventure, firmly in the spirit of Pixar's winning CARS.
- Olive Kitteridge (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Ann Dowd…
- Frances McDormand is superb as the forbidding Olive Kitteridge in this exemplary HBO adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize–winning…