Joan Cusack
Actor
- Sixteen Candles (1984)
- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling…
- Molly Ringwald became a star in this first of John Hughes' hip and eminently enjoyable movies about adolescence in the 1980s.
- Broadcast News (1987)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks…
- Superb TV newsroom dramedy in which vacuous newsreader Hurt and neurotic reporter Brooks compete for the attentions of Holly Hunter.
- Working Girl (1988)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver…
- Expertly–made, snappy comedy of ambitious secretary Melanie Griffith's rise to the top.
- My Blue Heaven (1990)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack…
- Steve Martin plays a mob informant who has trouble adapting to his new life–style in suburbia, arranged by FBI dweeb, Rick Moranis.
- Accidental Hero (Hero) (1992)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Geena Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia…
- Media–hero satire in which TV reporter Davis survives a plane–crash and offers a cash reward to her anonymous saviour.
- Toys (1993)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack…
- Even Robin Williams' enormous talent and inspired art direction fail to enliven this comic fantasy. It plays more like a bad dream from which you…
- Corrina Corrina (1994)
- Dir. Jessie Nelson
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino…
- Housekeeper Goldberg endears herself into the household of single parent Liotta and his nine–year–old daughter in a warm–hearted,…
- Nine Months (1995)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Jeff Goldblum…
- Affable slice of pulp Hollywood is in fact a note–for–note remake of a French comedy in which an egocentric yuppie (Hugh Grant) is…
- In and Out (1998)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck…
- Bow–tied teacher Kevin Kline is 'out'–ed by an ex–student during his Oscar acceptance speech, casting suspicion on his impending…
- Arlington Road (1999)
- Dir. Mark Pellington
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Hope Davis…
- Intelligent terrorist thriller, seemingly inspired by events at Waco and Oklahoma City, weaves a complex tale of deception and paranoia around…