Helen Hunt
Director, Actor
Rollercoaster (1977)
- Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, George Segal, Henry Fonda…
- Star–studded ‘disaster’ thriller set around an amusement–park saboteur Timothy Bottoms who’s being hunted by George Segal. Neat…
Hitchhiker, The (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Page Fletcher, Gary Busey, Peter Coyote…
- An early HBO series of mystery–thriller stories, related only by the character of The Hitchhiker (Page Fletcher), who introduces and closes…
Future Cop (Trancers) (1984)
- Dir. Charles Band
Feat. Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt
- The most imaginative film from prolific Z–movie producer Charles Band follows cynical future cop Jack Deth on his mission to terminate evil…
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
- Dir. Alan Metter
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Lee Montgomery…
- An early lead–role for Sarah Jessica Parker (SEX AND THE CITY) as a teenager frustrated from entering a dance–contest by her conservative…
Next of Kin (1989)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt…
- Patrick Swayze is at his two–fisted best as a tough Chicago cop who teams with his hillbilly kinfolk when a young brother is brutally murdered…
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
- Dir. Billy Crystal
Feat. Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Helen Hunt…
- A self–parody–come–cautionary tale from Billy Crystal in his directing debut, about a stand–up comedian who has trouble…
Mad About You (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow
- Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt lengthened already solid acting careers with this light, fail–safe nineties sticom detailing the relationship…
Twister (1996)
- Dir. Jan De Bont
Feat. Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Big kids and little kids will be enthralled by the special effects on offer here, though let it be said the script suffers under its obligation to…
As Good As It Gets (1997)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
- Obsessive–compulsive Jack Nicholson has his fear and loathing neutered by the straight–shooting solo–Mum waitress, Helen Hunt, in…
Dr T and the Women (2000)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett…
- Director Altman's typically offbeat ensemble comedy–drama about a middle–aged gynaecologist's (Richard Gere) midlife crisis, as he's…
What Women Want (2000)
- Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt
- ‘Freak accident’–comedy in which ad–man Mel Gibson finds himself hearing the intimate thoughts of women everywhere (and their…
Pay It Forward (2001)
- Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Haley Joel Osment, Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt
- Under the weight of an alcoholic mother (Helen Hunt) an idealistic youngster (Haley Joel Osment) plans to change the world by doing good deeds in…
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd…
- Woody comfortably ambles through this genial spoof of a 40s detective film, playing a renowned insurance investigator who falls prey to a…
A Good Woman (2004)
- Dir. Mike Barker
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Helen Hunt, Tom Wilkinson…
- An astute reprise of Oscar Wilde's play 'Lady Windemere's Fan', with its tale of class, adultery and bad publicity moved to the Amalfi coast in 1930s…
Empire Falls (TV Mini-series) (2005)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Ed Harris, Paul Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Conventional and well–handled drama series set in the once–booming factory town of Empire Falls, Maine, and mostly getting down in among…
Bobby (2006)
- Dir. Emilio Estevez
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins…
- In the sprawling, overlapping traditional of Robert Altman, dir. Emilio Estevez time capsules the hours leading up to Robert F. Kennedy's…
Then She Found Me (2007)
- Dir. Helen Hunt
Feat. Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth…
- Rom–com focused on a woman (portrayed and directed by a wrinkles–and–all Helen Hunt) dealing with a perplexing mid–life…
Every Day (2010)
- Dir. Richard Levine
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino…
- Domestic comedy about a television writer whose life goes haywire when his wife's estranged father comes to stay.
Soul Surfer (2011)
- Dir. Sean McNamara
Feat. Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, AnnaSophia Robb…
- A courageous teenage surfing champ loses her arm after a shark attack, and must call upon all her strength and Christian faith to get back in the…
Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
- Dir. Duncan MacNeillie
Feat. Bryan Adams, Donald Sutherland, Helen Hunt…
- The classic South African story of a Staffordshire bull terrier who explores the African wilderness, helping to free mistreated animals along the…
Sessions, The (2012)
- Dir. Ben Lewin
Feat. John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy…
- A compassionate, entertaining drama adapted from the memoir of a writer whose lifelong confinement to an iron lung compels him to lose his virginity…
Decoding Annie Parker (2013)
- Dir. Steven Bernstein
Feat. Samantha Morton, Helen Hunt, Maggie Grace…
- The lives of a breast–cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study
Ride (2015)
- Dir. Helen Hunt
Feat. Helen Hunt, Luke Wilson, Brenton Thwaites…
- Helen Hunt directs and stars in this warm–hearted drama as a concerned mother who journey's cross–country to be with her son after he…
I See You (2019)
- Dir. Adam Randall
Feat. Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Owen Teague…
- Meticulously crafted horror about a small–town detective whose family is plagued by inexplicable events after the disappearance of a local…
World On Fire (TV Series) (2019)
- Feat. Jonah Hauer-King, Julia Brown, Helen Hunt…
- Ensemble drama set during the declaration and first year of WWII and following the intertwining stories of ordinary families who are affected. Season…