Susan Sarandon
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Joe (1970)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick
- A 'cause celebre' in its day, this pungent drama unrolls after a wealthy executive (Patrick) murders the drug–dealing boyfriend of his daughter…
- Front Page, The (1974)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon…
- Regular odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau jostle on screen in this snappy remake of HIS GIRL FRIDAY, playing reporters in the midst of a…
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Dir. Jim Sharman
Feat. Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick…
- The Godfather of cult movies – a highly original, kinky horror/spoof musical that still maintains a curious brilliance. Written by and starring…
- Great Waldo Pepper, The (1975)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Robert Redford, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon
- Rousing aviation film following Waldo Pepper (Redford), a former WW1 flight–instructor who takes up extreme stunt flying in order to make up…
- Other Side of Midnight, The (1977)
- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon…
- Soapy Sidney Sheldon drama follows the exploits of a young French woman who vows revenge on a ne'er do well Canadian pilot for leaving her pregnant,…
- King of the Gypsies (1978)
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Sterling Hayden…
- A credible and fascinating depiction of Gypsy culture through the smog of modern day America. Eric Roberts makes his screen debut as a New Yorker who…
- Atlantic City, USA (1981)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon
- An ageing petty crook finds a new self–respect with a struggling casino worker. Subtly drawn yet satisfying character study, expertly played by…
- Tempest (1982)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon
- Paradise is found and then lost for John Cassavetes who escapes mid–life crisis and flees to the Greek Isles with his daughter. Loosely based…
- Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985)
- Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr…
- Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
- Hunger, The (1983)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon
- Ultra–slick sci–fi vampire film featuring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie as a couple of chic bloodsuckers. A sexy, stylish piece,…
- Mussolini and I (1985)
- Dir. Alberto Negrin
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon…
- The last days of Il Duce as embodied by Bob Hoskins in this strong Italian miniseries.
- Witches of Eastwick (1987)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- Lively comic fantasy about three bored spinsters whose dreams of Mr. Right unwittingly conjure up a diabolical Jack Nicholson.
- Bull Durham (1988)
- Dir. Ron Shelton
Feat. Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
- Costner and Sarandon star in this much–admired romantic baseball comedy.
- A Dry White Season (1989)
- Dir. Euzhan Palcy
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando…
- Enraged by the brutal, senseless murder of his black gardener’s son by a racist ‘special policeman’, a South African schoolteacher (Sutherland)…
- Thelma and Louise (1990)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel…
- Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon take action and escape their housebound repression in a T–Bird, but discover the road to freedom is littered…
- White Palace (1990)
- Dir. Luis Mandoki
Feat. James Spader, Susan Sarandon
- An uptight yuppie unwittingly falls in love with a 43–year–old hamburger waitress. James Spader and Susan Sarandon are perfectly…
- Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon
- Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon do a virtuoso job as parents forced to take science into their own hands when their son is diagnosed with a rare and…
- Light Sleeper (1992)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany…
- Writer of TAXI DRIVER delivers a complex, understated character study of an ex–junkie drug–courier (Willem Dafoe) unable to escape the…
- Little Women (1994)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes…
- Impeccable version of Louisa May Alcott's classic of American girlhood updates the warm–hearted saga of four sisters and their…
- Safe Passage (1994)
- Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Sam Shepard
- Susan Sarandon plays an over–protective mother of seven boys whose new–found freedom is short–lived when the reported death of a…
- 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…
- Dead Man Walking (1996)
- Dir. Tim Robbins
Feat. Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon
- In a feat of rare ambition and integrity, actor Tim Robbins proves supremely adept behind the camera with this even–handed presentation of the…
- Twilight (1997)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman…
- Star wattage brightens this old–fashioned, autumnal mystery–drama, reuniting NOBODY'S FOOL director Benton with Paul Newman as a…
- Stepmom (1998)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Julia Roberts, Ed Harris, Susan Sarandon
- Career–distracted fashion photographer Julia Roberts grapples with husband Ed Harris and his family 'baggage': kids and severely judgemental…
- Illuminata (1998)
- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Sarandon, Rufus Sewell…
- A backstage drama set in New York in the early 1900s, with Turturro as a playwright struggling to get his latest effort on stage. With a dozen…
- Earthly Possessions (1999)
- Dir. James Lapine
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Stephen Dorff
- Bored housewife Susan Sarandon, who is planning to leave her husband, gets mixed up in a bank robbery instigated by Stephen Dorff and becomes his…
- Anywhere But Here (1999)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman
- Creating a credible array of intelligent female characters, the dir. of THE JOY–LUCK CLUB deals honestly with the plight of flaky Mum Susan…
- Cradle Will Rock (1999)
- Dir. Tim Robbins
Feat. John Cusack, Bill Murray, John Turturro…
- Caught between government paranoia and unionist principles in depression–era New York, a theatre troupe voice their dissent by attempting to…
- Cats and Dogs (Cats & Dogs) (2001)
- Dir. Lawrence Guterman
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alec Baldwin…
- More one for dog–people than cat lovers, this finds feline resentment at dogs (being man’s best friend and all) leading to a plan for cat…
- Banger Sisters, The (2002)
- Dir. Bob Dolman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush
- Cute comedy about the reunion of two rock groupies from the 70s, one of whom is still living the life (Goldie Hawn), the other (Susan Sarandon) has…
- Moonlight Mile (2002)
- Dir. Brad Silberling
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon…
- A remarkably quirky weepie, that coats its tale of Jake Gyllenhaal’s grieving and re–adjustment to life in 1973 after his fiance’s…
- Igby Goes Down (2002)
- Dir. Burr Steers
Feat. Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum…
- More than meets the eye in this indie New York satire about an over–educated ‘slacker’ experiencing growing pains amid upper…
- Shall We Dance? (2004)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon…
- A fairly graceful remake of the 1996 Japanese hit comedy, with overworked city lawyer Gere finding release and solace in ballroom dancing lessons…
- Alfie (2004)
- Dir. Charles Shyer
Feat. Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps…
- Slicked back remake of the Michael Caine original, here translated to contemporary Manhattan, with Jude Law playing the Cockney skirt–chaser on…
- Noel (2004)
- Dir. Chazz Palminteri
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Chazz Palminteri, Susan Sarandon…
- Five New Yorkers seek redemption from their problems on Christmas Eve in this not–unoriginal Festive drama. WIth a snow–powdered…
- Elizabethtown (2005)
- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon…
- A fatefully 'personal film' from dir. Cameron Crowe, who is plainly given too much rope to tell this semi–autobiographical story.
Orlando…
- 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,…
- Exonerated, The (2005)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo…
- Jarring prison drama focusing on six death row inmates that are exonerated just before their executions due to new evidence becoming available.…
- Irresistible (2006)
- Dir. Ann Turner
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt
- Susan Sarandon feels the wrath of Emily Blunt in this Hitchcockian fable of one woman's struggle to prevent her life from being overtaken by another.…
- Bernard and Doris (2006)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes
- Romantic comedy based loosely on the real–life relationship between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke (Sarandon) and her butler…
- Enchanted (2007)
- Dir. Kevin Lima
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Amy Adams, James Marsden…
- Top–rating, truly charming family fantasy uses a clever mix of live action and animation to quite literally 'bring to life' a perfect, cartoon…
- In the Valley of Elah (2007)
- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon…
- Calculated military mystery from the director of CRASH, concerning an out–of–touch dad (Jones) searching for his missing son who has gone…
- Joseph Campbell - Mythos I (2007)
- Dir. Robert Walter
Feat. Susan Sarandon
- This series comprises the lectures of mythologist Joseph Campbell, filmed shortly before his death and presented here by Susan Sarandon.
The five…
- Speed Racer (2008)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman…
- The Wachowskis(THE MATRIX) take the wheel in this hyperactive version of 60s animation series SPEED RACER, with the eponymous hero (Hirsch) battling…
- Autumn Hearts (Emotional Arithmetic) (2009)
- Dir. Paolo Barzman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne…
- Drama focused on three Holocaust survivors who spent time together at the Drancy internment camp and re–unite decades after their…
- Lovely Bones, The (2009)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan…
- Peter Jackson’s errant, though wonderfully imagined murder mystery begins with the brutal death of a teenage girl in small town Pennsylvania,…
- 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…
- Greatest, The (2009)
- Dir. Shana Feste
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan…
- Emotive drama of a family trying to cope with the sudden death of their teenage son and the troubled young woman who enters their life.
- Leaves of Grass (2009)
- Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss…
- Stoner comedy for the philosophically inclined with Edward Norton pulling double duty as an Ivy League professor lured back to his Oklahoma hometown,…
- Peacock (2009)
- Dir. Michael Lander
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon…
- A freak accident in a small American town threatens to disclose a bank teller's secret life – that of a split personality – in this…
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Wall Street 2) (2010)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin…
- Timely sequel to the classic morality tale with Douglas reprising his role as Gordon Gekko, who after a lengthy prison stint, attempts to slither his…
- You Don't Know Jack (2010)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Al Pacino, Danny Huston, Susan Sarandon…
- Al Pacino delivers his most committed performance in years in this divisive tale of Euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian, with seasoned dir. Levinson…
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)
- Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Feat. Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon…
- The Duplass brothers follow–up the formidable CYRUS with another deep–centred comedy about the crises of two stagnant adult siblings; one…
- Arbitrage (2012)
- Dir. Nicholas Jarecki
Feat. Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling…
- Sleek drama with "silver fox" Richard Gere in fine form as a troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire before…
- Robot and Frank (Robot & Frank) (2012)
- Dir. Jake Schreier
Feat. Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler…
- Sentimental futurism finds aging Frank Langella search for companionship and purpose in (late) life in the robot servant purchased for him by his…
- Cloud Atlas (2012)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Feat. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent…
- An awe–inspiring cinematic epic that adapts David Mitchell's ambitious and 'unfilmable' novel as an 'auteur blockbuster' and genuine…
- Company You Keep, The (2012)
- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie…
- Robert Redford directs and stars in this bristling thriller, about a former Weather Underground member, now in hiding, whose violent past comes back…
- Big Wedding, The (2013)
- Dir. Justin Zackham
Feat. Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl…
- Predictably inspired by a French farce (Mon frère se marie), and populated by the usual suspects of geriatric comic romances (Keaton, De Niro, et…
- Snitch (2013)
- Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper…
- Dwayne Johnson tries his hand at Seriousness is this brains–before–brawn thriller, playing the desperate father who agrees to go…
- Ray Donovan (TV Series) (2013)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Paula Malcomson , Eddie Marsan…
- Echoing THE LONG GOODBYE and Chander's Philip Marlowe, this Californian noir stars Liev Schreiber as corporate 'fixer' whose work involves cleaning…
- Last of Robin Hood, The (2013)
- Dir. Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Feat. Kevin Kline, Dakota Fanning, Susan Sarandon…
- Biopic of the forgotten teen starlet Beverly Aadland and her relationship with Errol Flynn during his last days.
- Ping Pong Summer (2014)
- Dir. Michael Tully
Feat. Marcello Conte, John Hannah, Lea Thompson…
- A sweet 80's nostalgia film that follows a shy 13–year–old whose obsessions with ping pong and hip hop bring him out of his shell while…
- 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.
- Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, The (TV Mini-Series) (2015)
- Dir. Laurie Collyer
Feat. Kelli Garner, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson…
- Lavish mini–series chronicles Marilyn Monroe's family life and how she succeeded in hiding her most intimate secrets from the press and an…
- Meddler, The (2015)
- Dir. Lorene Scafaria
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons…
- Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne face off in this amiable, bittersweet and comedy about an aging widow who follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes…
- Bad Moms 2 (A Bad Moms Christmas) (2017)
- Dir. Scott Moore, Jon Lucas
Feat. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn…
- More of the same enjoyably taboo–busting mom antics, with the three under–appreciated, over–burdened women rebelling outrageously…
- Blackbird (2019)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska…
- An effective remake of the 2014 Danish drama SILENT HEART (2014), with Susan Sarandon playing a terminally ill mother who arranges to bring her…