Joan Allen
Actor
Room Upstairs, The (1987)
- Dir. Stuart Margolin
Feat. Stockard Channing, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Waterston…
- The life of a lonely and isolated woman is transformed when she
turns her childhood home into a boarding house filled with eclectic characters.
Tucker: a Man and His Dream (1988)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau…
- Jeff Bridges portrays Preston Tucker, who dreamed of building the car of the future, but was crushed by the big three auto–makers in the 1940s.
In Country (1989)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen
- Drama about a High School graduate from Kentucky who throws herself into a rigorous investigation of the life of her father, who died in the Vietnam…
Nixon (1995)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Ed Harris…
- With almost Shakespearian gravitas, Anthony Hopkins portrays a flawed but fully–rounded Richard Nixon. Instead of the anticipated whitewash,…
Face Off (1997)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
- Dir. John Woo melds modern action technology with old–fashioned Mission Impossible–style intrigue.
Good guy John Travolta and bad guy…
Ice Storm, The (1997)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen…
- 70's familial dysfunction observed through a 90's prism, Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver are among the adults having mid–life trauma in the…
Pleasantville (1998)
- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy…
- A pair of nineties teenagers are beamed into a starched black and white 50s TV show, where their modern 'freedoms' gradually liberate/corrupt the…
It's the Rage (1999)
- Dir. James D. Stern
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Gary Sinise…
- This caustic, precocious black comedy/satire of America's obsession with guns is a roundelay of violent and volatile confrontations that eventually…
Contender, The (2000)
- Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges…
- Strongly performed political thriller centred around the confirmation of Vice–Presidential candidate Joan Allen, whose enemies try every trick…
When The Sky Falls (2000)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Joan Allen, Pete Postlethwaite, Patrick Bergin
- A gritty suspense with Joan Allen portraying Irish journalist Vernoica Guerin who risked her life to take down Dublin's criminal underworld and bring…
Mists of Avalon, The (2001)
- Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Joan Allen, Julianne Margulies
- Interesting TV–Movie re–casting of the King Arthur mythology from the women’s – Igraine, Morgaine, Viviane, Gwenwyfer –…
Off the Map (2003)
- Dir. Campbell Scott
Feat. Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, Amy Brenneman
- Low–key drama set in the unkempt outer suburbs of Taos, New Mexico in the mid–1970s, around a sleepy family of three lost, but functional…
Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Brian Cox…
- Creditable sequel to the sleeper hit THE BOURNE IDENTITY, which tracked the anxieties of an amnesiac former CIA–assassin on the run across…
Notebook, The (2004)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner…
- An old–fashioned weepie set in a coastal town in 1940's North Carolina, this nostalgic "woman's picture" finds a sure–footed romantic…
Upside of Anger, The (2004)
- Dir. Mike Binder
Feat. Kevin Costner, Joan Allen, Erika Christensen…
- After being deserted by her husband, a resentful suburban Mom (Allen) turns to the bottle and the arms of her neighbour (Costner), an…
Yes (2004)
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill…
- Love and politics are brilliantly and inextricably entwined in this daringly original drama that sees a middle–aged American woman fall out of…
Bonneville (2006)
- Dir. Christopher Rowley
Feat. Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen…
- Endearing road dramedy featuring a trio of Mormon friends that set out for Santa Barbara in a vintage 66' Bonneville Convertible to deliver the ashes…
Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Édgar Ramírez…
- Quality white–knuckle thrills–and–spills flick concludes the Bourne trilogy – and our super–spook hero’s (Damon)…
Trumbo (2007)
- Dir. Peter Askin
Feat. Joan Allen, Michael Douglas, Donald Sutherland…
- Prominent blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo – the most famed of the alleged Communist sympathising ‘Hollywood 10’ – is the honoree of…
Death Race (2008)
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane…
- Give ‘em what they want actioner starring the genre’s go–to guy Jason Statham as a former racing champ turned wrongfully imprisoned convict…
Hachi - A Dog's Tale (Hachiko) (2009)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Jason Alexander
- Transposed to an American setting, Lasse Hallstrom adapts this timeless Japanese tale of a loyal dog and the irrepressible bond shared with his…
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Jr. Begley
- This made–for–television biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, is distinguished as…
Luck (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Michael Mann, Phillip Noyce, Mimi Leder
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz…
- Heavy–hitting HBO crime drama centred on the deal–makers who frequent a popular Los Angeles racetrack – principally, an aging…
Bourne Legacy, The (2012)
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz…
- Jeremy Renner plays a fellow estranged assassin to Matt Damon's unstoppable rogue agent in this brisk addition to the Bourne franchise, directed by…
Room (2015)
- Dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Feat. Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers…
- Riveting and heart–rending drama centred around a mother and her five–year–old son who make plans to escape their forced captivity.…