Jessica Lange
Actor
- King Kong (1976)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges
- Much–maligned remake of the 1933 classic, is typical De Laurentis fantasy fare – high in concept, broad in character, cardboard in…
- Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1981)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange
- Highly–charged remake of the steamy film–noir classic based on the 1934 novel by James M. Cain. Written by David Mamet (in his…
- Tootsie (1982)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray
- Much–loved classic, with unemployed actor Dustin Hoffman donning a dress to pay the bills. Unfortunately, his TV–soap character, Dorothy…
- Frances (1982)
- Dir. Graeme Clifford
Feat. Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley
- Minor classic, this depicts the unusual and finally tragic life of Frances Farmer, a Hollywood starlet of the 1930s.
Drifting into radical…
- Country (1984)
- Dir. Richard Pearce
Feat. Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley
- Drama following a Midwestern American family during the economic hardship of the 1980's, as they struggle to hold onto their way of life.…
- Sweet Dreams (1985)
- Dir. Carol Rice
Feat. Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth…
- Sterling biopic of country singer Patsy Cline.
- Crimes of the Heart (1986)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek…
- Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek play the Magrath sisters, who reunite in their family home in Mississippi to regroup and settle their…
- Music Box (1989)
- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest…
- Jessica Lange plays the attorney daughter of a Hungarian immigrant (Mueller–Stahl), now accused of WW2 war crimes. Her quest for the truth…
- Men Don't Leave (1990)
- Dir. Paul Brickman
Feat. Jessica Lange
- Jessica Lange stars as the mother of two precocious sons, forced to adapt to a new environment after losing her husband and their rural home.
- Cape Fear (1991)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange…
- Excruciating but masterful telling of a convicted rapist (Robert De Niro) who calculates revenge on his former attorney by way of his family. Scores…
- Night and the City (1992)
- Dir. Irwin Winkler
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange
- Robert De Niro stars with Jessica Lange as a two–bit lawyer who struggles to fulfil his aspirations as a boxing promoter. Gritty, realistic Big…
- Blue Sky (1994)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones
- Jessica Lange won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a flighty mother–of–two whose publicly turbulent marriage to army officer…
- Rob Roy (1995)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Tim Roth, Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange
- The other kilt and bagpipes period epic is set in the 17th Century highlands, and maintains its own dignity under capable direction. Roth has a riot…
- Losing Isaiah (1995)
- Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn…
- Jessica Lange plays an adoptive mother who gives an abandoned black child a new chance at life, but the birth mother (Halle Berry) has cleaned up her…
- Streetcar Named Desire, A (TV mini-series) (1995)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman…
- Telemovie version of Tennesse Williams riveting play that plays it truer to the original script than the Brando version. The cast also do a good job…
- A Thousand Acres (1997)
- Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse
Feat. Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- Daughters of rancher Jason Robards are an embattled trio, in this adaption of Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. Story attempts to…
- Cousin Bette (1997)
- Dir. Des McAnuff
Feat. Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Aiden Young
- Well–upholstered tale of malice and revenge in pre–revolutionary Paris follows buoyantly in the tradition of bodice–ripping…
- Hush (1998)
- Dir. Jonathan Darby
Feat. Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech
- Familiar variation on the mother–in–law–from–hell model, with an above–average cast unable to pull it out of the…
- Titus (1999)
- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming…
- A ferocious, no–holds–barred reading by Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange and Alan Cumming of Shakespeare's early play, the baroque, and…
- Big Fish (2003)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup…
- A fantasy of substance from dir. Tim Burton, set around a dying father (Finney) and his son (Crudup), who relives the father's tall stories, piecing…
- Normal (2003)
- Dir. Jane Anderson
Feat. Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Lange, Clancy Brown
- Tom Wilkinson takes on the brave role of an All–American husband and family man who one day tells his wife (Lange) that he "is a woman trapped…
- Masked and Anonymous (2003)
- Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan…
- In a near–apocalyptic future America, a popular singer (Bob Dylan) sets out on a nationwide tour to revive his career before heading into a…
- Prozac Nation (2004)
- Dir. Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Feat. Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs, Anne Heche…
- Rites–of–passage drama distinguished by an intense performance by Christina Ricci, as a young woman struggling through her first year at…
- Broken Flowers (2005)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy…
- A beguiling middle–age lament starring Bill Murray, unfurled in typical low gear by the world's 'coolest' director, Jim Jarmusch.
Playing an…
- Don't Come Knocking (2005)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth…
- Desultry tale of a washed–out actor who goes missing from a film production and, with the insurance company on his tail, ends up uncovering…
- Neverwas (2005)
- Dir. Joshua Michael Stern
Feat. Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy…
- Emotive, 'realist' fairytale concerns a psychiatrist (Eckhart) who discovers the magical world his deceased father (Nolte) wrote about in a Lewis…
- 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…
- Grey Gardens (2009)
- Dir. Michael Sucsy
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange, Jeanne Tripplehorn…
- Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore resurrect iconic mother–daughter eccentrics Big and Little Edie, in this neat little biopic that’s a must…
- American Horror Story (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Dylan McDermott, Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe…
- Stylish and atmospheric anthology series that centers on different characters and locations, including a Hotel, a carnival sideshow and an insane…
- Vow, The (2012)
- Dir. Michael Sucsy
Feat. Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange…
- More fodder for helpless romantics, with beefcake romeo Channing Tatum losing his new bride (Rachel McAdams, naturally) to amnesia via a car…
- Gambler, The (2014)
- Dir. Rupert Wyatt
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman…
- Mark Wahlberg is cast against type as a literature professor whose gambling addiction has him in a continuous state of debt.