Mary-Louise Parker
Actor
- Fried Green Tomatoes (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe) (1991)
- Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker…
- Kathy Bates strikes up a friendship with Jessica Tandy who waxes nostalgic about a pair of Southern belles who triumphed over adversity in the '30s.…
- Mr. Wonderful (1993)
- Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, William Hurt…
- The writer/director of TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY directs for the American market, and though a sweet enough romantic confection it lacks the genuine…
- Naked in New York (1994)
- Dir. Dan Algrant
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio…
- Insecure playwright Eric Stoltz copes with the varying successes of his own career, girlfriend Mary–Louise Parker and college pal Ralph…
- Client, The (1994)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones…
- The best adaptation yet of a John Grisham legal–eagle novel. Susan Sarandon embraces the character–driven story that is mercifully free…
- Bullets Over Broadway (1995)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri…
- Woody takes a welcome acting reprieve here and the result should win him back lapsed fans. A much younger Cusack assumes the Woody persona – a…
- Boys On the Side (1995)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore
- Strangers hit the road together and share more in common than they expect. As disparate women–of–the–nineties the three stars keep…
- Sugartime (1995)
- Dir. John N. Smith
Feat. John Turturro, Mary-Louise Parker, Elias Koteas…
- Charts the infamous, real–life romance between Chicago mobster Sam Giancana (John Turturro) and whitebread songstress Phyllis McGuire…
- Murder in Mind (1997)
- Dir. Andrew Morahan
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Nigel Hawthorne
- Mary Louise Parker wakes up clutching a bloodied knife, her murdered husband beside her, and suffering from complete amnesia. Turning to…
- Goodbye Lover (1998)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Ellen DeGeneres…
- Dark neo–noir comedy with a group of 90's yuppie types embroiled in a tangled web of seduction, adultery and a murder plot, until cynical…
- Five Senses, The (1999)
- Dir. Jeremy Podeswa
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Pascale Bussieres, Daniel MacIvor…
- Austere relationship drama in which five loosely–connected characters serve as metaphors for the five senses, including a bisexual housecleaner…
- Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn, The (1999)
- Dir. Gregg Champion
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker…
- Poitier excels in this moving story of an enigmatic, elderly carpenter whose peaceful existance is disrupted when he discovers his 35 acres of land…
- Red Dragon (2002)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes…
- Betraying the odds after the lackluster “Hannibal”, this accomplished ‘prequel’ based on Thomas Harris’ novel of the same name more than…
- Pipe Dream (2002)
- Dir. John C Walsh
Feat. Martin Donovan, Mary-Louise Parker, Rebecca Gayheart
- Snubbed as a serious romantic partner because he is a plumber, Martin Donovan decides to masquerade as a film director in order to attract women and…
- 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…
- Saved! (2004)
- Dir. Brian Dannelly
Feat. Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin…
- Satire of 90s Christian teen mores sees Jena Malone ostracised by her righteous friends after becoming pregnant. Surprising lack of bite is…
- Unexpected Journey, The (Miracle Run) (2004)
- Dir. Gregg Champion
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Aidan Quinn, Zac Efron
- Tele–movie with Mary–Louise Parker as a determined solo mother raising two autistic boys. Warm–hearted and soft–headed in…
- Weeds (TV Series) (2005-2012)
- Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Justin Kirk…
- Tinkering with suburban values and the illusion they help maintain, this wry and caustic comedy of affluence trafficks the drug trade of a widowed…
- Romance and Cigarettes (2005)
- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet…
- Actor John Turturro wrote, directed and self–released this bawdy and often brilliant 60's–pop–anthem–fuelled comedy musical,…
- Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)
- Dir. Andrew Dominik
Feat. Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell…
- A haunting, psychoanalytical western, revisionist in its interpretation of the relationship between outlaw Jesse James, and his eventual killer,…
- Spiderwick Chronicles, The (2008)
- Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger…
- Enchanting fantasia in the Gothic tradition, centred around three children (including Freddie Highmore as twins!) who move into a dilapidated mansion…
- Solitary Man (2009)
- Dir. Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Feat. Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny De Vito…
- Michael Douglas fronts this navel–gazing mid–life drama, about a successful New York businessman whose life begins to unravel after a…
- RED (R.E.D.) (2010)
- Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren…
- Entertaining cannon fodder, this is yet another comic book adaptation of assassins on the lam, but one distinguished by its dynamite cast and…
- Howl (2010)
- Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm…
- A fitting celebration and account of the making and hostile reception of Allen Ginsberg's famously controversial poem, with James Franco superb as…
- RED 2 (2013)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker…
- It's more of the same from the retired assassins club, who are still fighting for their survival in this entertaining, if entirely disposable…
- R.I.P.D (2013)
- Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon…
- This big budget flop is a lot of fun on its own terms: a carefree, unpretentious shoot–em–up about deceased detectives who project the…
- Red Sparrow (2018)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts…
- Ultra–stylish spy thriller with Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian ballerina whose attempts to support her ailing mother lead her to train as a…