Meryl Streep
Actor
- Julia (1977)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Dramatising the 1930s memories of playwright Lillian Hellman (THE LITTLE FOXES), this Oscar–winning classic centres on the relationship between…
- Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep
- A grimly realistic portrait of how the atrocities of the Vietnam war have an effect on a group of friends. Robert De Niro heads a virtuoso cast in…
- Holocaust (TV Mini-series) (1978)
- Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Meryl Streep, James Woods, Michael Moriaty…
- Captivating saga of a Jewish family shattered by the rise of the Nazis. One of the top–rating and best quality mini–series of the 1970s.
- Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
- Well–acted, gripping portrayal of a bitter divorce and custody battle, for which Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep both won Oscars. Also garnered…
- French Lieutenant's Woman, The (1981)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons
- Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons star in an elegant portrayal of secretive affairs and social strictures. Screenplay by Harold Pinter.
- Still of the Night (1982)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Meryl Streep, Roy Scheider
- Hitchcock–style thriller about a psychiatrist who falls in love with a woman who may have brutally murdered one of his patients.
- Sophie's Choice (1982)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline
- Master of many accents Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her role as a European refugee of the Nazi death–camps whose uneasy relationship with…
- Silkwood (1983)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Russell
- Fact–based account of a Southern nuclear factory–worker who died mysteriously before exposing unsound trade secrets. Meryl Streep is on a…
- Falling in Love (1984)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep
- Star–combination of Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep, as train–commuters having an affair which puts a wee glow back into their fairly…
- Out of Africa (1985)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
- Epic, elegant retelling of Karen Blixen's African memoirs. Winner of seven Oscars including Best Picture.
- Plenty (1985)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill…
- Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
- Heartburn (1986)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson
- Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson undergo some engaging marital strife.
- Ironweed (1987)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep
- Rich, downbeat story of a guilt–ridden alcoholic hobo and his companion, with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in finest method.
- Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) (1988)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, Sam Neill
- Jack–of–all–accents, Meryl Streep, does wonders as Lindy Chamberlain, the woman accused of murdering her child in the Australian…
- She-Devil (1989)
- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Meryl Streep, Roseanne, Ed Jr. Begley…
- A stylised comic treatment of Fay Weldon's dark novel with Rosanne Barr exacting ultimate retribution on husband–stealing rich–bitch…
- Postcards from the Edge (1990)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Shirley Maclaine
- Loose adaptation of Carrie Fisher's autobiography with Meryl Streep as the high–strung actress coping with the pitfalls of show–biz.…
- Defending Your Life (1991)
- Dir. Albert Brooks
Feat. Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn…
- Albert Brooks plays a high–flying executive who dies in a car accident, then is shifted off to 'Judgement City' – an otherworldly halfway…
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn
- Streep, Willis and Hawn turn in spot–on performances for this hilarious send–up of Tinseltown's obsession with youth. The zany plot…
- House 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…
- River Wild, The (1994)
- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Meryl Streep, Joseph Mazzello, David Strathairn…
- Troubled marrieds Meryl Streep and David Strathairn embark on a river–rafting holiday with son and dog in tow, but in true DELIVERANCE style,…
- Bridges of Madison County (1995)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood
- Meryl Streep's exceptional talent finds a worthy vessel in a repressed housewife whose passions become enflamed by a nomadic photographer (Clint…
- Before and After (1996)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep
- Moral dilemmas loom large for Liam Neeson and Meryl Streep as the distressed parents of a teenager suspected of murdering his girlfriend.
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- Marvin's Room (1996)
- Dir. Jerry Zaks
Feat. Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro…
- The cast contribute their customary greatness to this poignant drama about family ties, responsibilities, transpiring over the slow passing of the…
- Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
- Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack
- The acclaimed stageplay by Brian Friel is given a top notch cast to embody the passionate Irish dilemmas of its characters. Family and National…
- One True Thing (1998)
- Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Meryl Streep, William Hurt
- Superlative take on the 'illness' genre, wherein Renee Zellweger returns home after sickness falls upon the family, rediscovering bonds with Mum and…
- Music of the Heart (1999)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Meryl Streep
- Meryl Streep crafts potentially saccharine material into a credible drama, playing an real–life violin teacher who founded a series of…
- Adaptation (2002)
- Dir. Spike Jonze
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper…
- Another virtuoso post–modern comedy from the team behind BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, with a miraculously adapted Nicolas Cage – in identical twin…
- Hours, The (2002)
- Dir. Stephen Daldry
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore…
- Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer–prize winning novel is brought to the screen with excellent performances, and though simplified and not for all…
- Angels in America (TV Mini Series) (2004)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson…
- An ambitious, multi–leveled portrait of the fractures, politics and metaphysical crises of 1980s America based on the stageplay by Tony…
- Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber…
- Slickly modernised version of the Cold War classic, tailors its twisted fable of political paranoia into a complex speculation on military, political…