Allison Janney
Actor
Films to Rent
- Private Parts (1997)
- Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Howard Stern, Mary McCormack, Paul Giamatti…
- Partly fictionalised biopic of New York 'Shock Jock' Howard Stern, played by the man himself. For those who don't know, Stern's abrasive yet…
- West Wing, The - Season 1 (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Various, Michael Lehmann, Thomas Schlamme
Feat. Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly…
- One of the most popular (and lauded) US TV–series of recent years, set in a White House presided over by Martin Sheen and his staff. With…
- Piccadilly Jim (2004)
- Dir. John McKay
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Frances O’Connor, Brenda Blethyn…
- Adapted from P.G. Wodehouse’s comic novel, this tells the tale of an American scoundrel who flails about and fails on both sides of the Atlantic in…
- Over the Hedge (2006)
- Dir. Tim Johnson
Feat. Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell…
- Jovial animation tells of the best laid plans of a scheming raccoon (voiced by Bruce Willis), who recruits a gaggle of forest creatures to invade the…
- Juno (2007)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner…
- Upstart indie comedy that broke wide into the mainstream, this packages up Gen–Y angst and 'riot–grrl' attitude into a commercially…
- Away We Go (2009)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Catherine O'Hara…
- An ersatz hipster road movie that follows a 30–something expectant couple as they travel across America looking for the perfect place to start…
- Life During Wartime (2009)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Shirley Henderson, Michael Kenneth Williams, Allison Janney…
- Dir. Todd Solondz recasts his controversial 1998 indie hit, HAPPINESS, revisiting the dysfunctional characters and their future lives in this blackly…
- Help, The (2011)
- Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer…
- Civil–rights drama based on the best–seller by Kathryn Stockett about an aspiring author who sets out to document the lives of…
- Margaret (2011)
- Dir. Kenneth Lonergan
Feat. Anna Paquin, Mark Damon, Mark Ruffalo…
- Anna Paquin gives a tour de force at the eye of this stormy ensemble drama from dir. Kenneth Lonergan (YOU CAN COUNT ON ME), about the vortex of…
- Oranges, The (2011)
- Dir. Julian Farino
Feat. Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener…
- Two upper–middle class New Jersey families are split apart when the father of one (Laurie) falls in love with the daughter of the other…
- Struck by Lightning (2012)
- Dir. Brian Dannelly
Feat. Chris Colfer, Rebel Wilson, Christina Hendricks…
- GLEE's Chris Cofler scripts and stars in this colorful, if questionable high school fantasy of an emotional bully who recounts – after being…
- 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…
- Touchy Feely (2013)
- Dir. Lynn Shelton
Feat. Rosemarie DeWitt, Elliot Page, Scoot McNairy…
- Rosemarie DeWitt returns for the dir. of YOUR SISTER'S SISTER in this drama about two siblings – one a succesful massage therapist, the other a…
- Way Way Back, The (2013)
- Dir. Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Feat. Rob Corddry, Steve Carell, Toni Collette…
- The screenwriters behind THE DESCENDENTS direct this affecting summer comedy of an awkward boy's transition into adulthood and his relationships with…
- Masters of Sex - Season 1 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Beau Bridges…
- A fascinating MAD MEN–era dramatisation of the work of pioneering researchers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the eponymous 'Masters…
- Bad Words (2013)
- Dir. Jason Bateman
Feat. Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Philip Baker Hall…
- Jason Bateman plays a failed spelling bee competitor who uses a loophole to enter into a national spelling competition as an adult. Landing on the…
- Mom (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Allison Janney, Anna Faris
- Allison Janney returns to the small screen in this sitcom that centres on a newly sober single mom who tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley.
- Mr. Peabody & Sherman (Mr. Peabody and Sherman) (2014)
- Dir. Rob Minkoff
Feat. Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter…
- Mr. Peabody, a canine inventor, scrambles to fix a time rift after his time travelling experiences go astray. A zippy kids adventure that's also…
- Tammy (2014)
- Dir. Ben Falcone
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates…
- After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard–drinking grandmother.
- DUFF, The (2015)
- Dir. Ari Sandel
Feat. Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Robbie Amell…
- Smart teen comedy about a high school senior who instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF…
- Rewrite, The (2015)
- Dir. Marc Lawrence
Feat. Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, J.K. Simmons…
- Frothy Hugh Grant outing has him cast as an Oscar–winning writer in a slump teaching screenwriting at a college, where he falls for a single…
- Spy (2015)
- Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law…
- Melissa McCarthy's third outing for the dir. of BRIDESMAIDS comes up roses in this frequently side–splitting James Bond spoof that doubles as a…
- Minions (2015)
- Dir. Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton…
- The evil yellow blobs are back in this entertaining – or deeply annoying, depending on your disposition – prequel to DESPICABLE ME.…
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Tim Burton's spectacular adaptation of the young adult fantasy novel about a teenager who discovers a portal to a different time in coastal Wales…
- Girl on the Train, The (2016)
- Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson…
- Adapted of the best–selling novel by Paula Hawkins (and transposed from its British setting to America), the mystery unravels for Emily Blunt…
- I, Tonya (2017)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan…
- Darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history.
Harding was the first…
- Bombshell (2019)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie…
- Charlize Theron leads an all–star cast in this scathing biographical drama based on real life events in which a group of female Fox network…