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Prime CutPrime Cut (1972)
Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek
Gritty underworld thriller set in the fields and meat–packhouses of Kansas, where mob enforcer Marvin is sent to collect money from local…
BadlandsBadlands (1973) Aro Favourite
Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are a knock–out as deluded teenage fugitives who chalk up a hefty body count as they flee across country. Based…
CarrieCarrie (1976) Aro Favourite
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Sissy Spacek, John Travolta
One of the best screen adaptations of any Stephen King novel, and also one of dir. De Palma's best, this is the frightening story of a persecuted…
3 Women3 Women (Three Women) (1977) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Shelley Duvall, Janice Rule
Inspired by a dream, dir. Robert Altman shapes a memorably ethereal drama around the idiosyncratic qualities of actresses Shelley Duvall and Sissy…
HeartbeatHeartbeat (1979)
Dir. John Byrum
Feat. Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek
From the bomb to the pill as seen through the eyes of beatnik poet Jack Kerouac with Neal and Carolyn Cassady.
Coal Miner's DaughterCoal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
Biopic of country legend Loretta Lynn.
Raggedy ManRaggedy Man (1981)
Dir. Jack Fisk
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard
Texas–set drama led by Spacek (fresh from her Oscar winning performance in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER) portraying a perturbed divorcee mother who…
MissingMissing (1982) Recommended
Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron
Jack Lemmon goes in search of his missing son in volatile Latin America (based on Chile), where even the American representives seem to be concealing…
River, TheRiver, The (1984)
Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson, Scott Glenn
A handsomely–shot epic set around a struggling Midwest farming couple who must battle the elements and local land barons to survive on their…
Crimes of the HeartCrimes 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…
Long Walk Home, TheLong Walk Home, The (1991)
Dir. Richard Pearce
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg
Set in 1955 Alabama during the civil rights bus boycott, this portrays the impact of change on two families, with Sissy Spacek as an uppercrust…
Grass Harp, TheGrass Harp, The (1996)
Dir. Charles Matthau
Feat. Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie
Adapted from Truman Capote's novel about a young boy raised by his three eccentric aunts in the American Deep South, and capturing the period, but…
If These Walls Could TalkIf These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Dir. Nancy Savoca, Cher
Feat. Cher, Demi Moore, Sissy Spacek
Cher, Demi Moore and Sissy Spacek examine issues and attitudes surrounding abortion in three separate stories spread over 40 years. Strong…
AfflictionAffliction (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek
A murder–mystery obscured in a snowbound landscape of wrecked relationships and alcoholic longings, this gets right under the skin of its…
Blast from the PastBlast from the Past (1999)
Dir. Hugh Wilson
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek
Resurfacing after thirty years in a nuclear bunker, Brendan Fraser enters the outside world of the 1990s a wide–eyed innocent, a contrast…
Straight Story, TheStraight Story, The (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Richard Farnsworth
Far from wild at heart, this soft–peddle road movie from the infamous David Lynch is a serene, supremely dignified fable (though based on a…
In the BedroomIn the Bedroom (2001) Aro Favourite
Dir. Todd Field
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl
Both deservingly nominated for Oscars, Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson hardly miss a beat as the middle–aged couple forced to deal with the…
Tuck EverlastingTuck Everlasting (2002)
Dir. Jay Russell
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Sissy Spacek, William Hurt
Family costumer set in 19th century Maryland, where a rebellious teenage girl discovers a mysterious world in the woods owned by her father. Therein…
A Home at the End of the WorldA Home at the End of the World (2004)
Dir. Michael Mayer
Feat. Colin Farrell, Robin Wright, Sissy Spacek
A strange dramatic creation from the writer of THE HOURS, concerns an unusual orphan manchild (Farrell) with a desire to make 'everyone happy' who…
Ring 2, TheRing 2, The (2005)
Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Naomi Watts, Sissy Spacek, Gary Cole
The RING remake cycle moves onto the next installment in dir. Nakata's fable of the lethal videotape, with Watts again returning to this time destroy…
North CountryNorth Country (2005)
Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sissy Spacek
Fact–based drama about a group of women miners in 1970s Minnesota who endured a hostile work environment, bullying and sexual abuse after…
Nine LivesNine Lives (2005)
Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Robin Wright, Holly Hunter, Sissy Spacek
Soulful ensemble drama delving into the lives of nine women, portrayed by nine top–notch actresses gifted a single vignette each to portray the…
An American HauntingAn American Haunting (2006)
Dir. Courtney Solomon
Feat. James D'Arcy, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland
A stylishly cinematic ghost train, supposedly based on a real–life Tennessee family haunted by strange forces in the early 1800s. Donald…
Gray MattersGray Matters (2006)
Dir. Sue Kramer
Feat. Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan, Tom Cavanagh
Quirky lesbian romance with Heather Graham playing a woman who unexpectedly falls for her brother's gorgeous new girlfriend.
Hot RodHot Rod (2007)
Dir. Akiva Schaffer
Feat. Andy Samberg, Sissy Spacek, Ian McShane
Believing he is the long–lost son of an Evel Knievel offsider, Saturday Night Live alumnus Andy Samburg (LAZY SUNDAY) plays an…
Four HolidaysFour Holidays (Four Christmases) (2008)
Dir. Seth Gordon
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall
A big–named cast round out this festive blockbuster focused on a couple as they struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on…
Get LowGet Low (2010)
Dir. Aaron Schneider
Feat. Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek
Folksy comic tale with mysterious hermit Duvall throwing the inhabitants of a small town into turmoil when he decides to host his own funeral party.
Help, TheHelp, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer
Civil–rights drama based on the best–seller by Kathryn Stockett about an aspiring author who sets out to document the lives of…
DeadfallDeadfall (2012)
Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky
Feat. Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam
A pair of sibling crooks hole up on the icy Canadian border after a Casino heist goes wrong in this fatalistic film noir.
Bloodline (TV Series)Bloodline (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini
Knotty thriller about a family of adult siblings who find that their past secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep of a brother returns…
Castle Rock (TV Series)Castle Rock (TV Series) (2018)
Feat. André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård
Old Man & the Gun, TheOld Man & the Gun, The (The Old Man and the Gun) (2018) Recommended
Dir. David Lowery
Feat. Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover
Likely to be Redford's final role, playing the career criminal and prison escape artist Forrest Tucker, who escaped from San Quentin at the age of…
Homecoming (TV Series)Homecoming (TV Series) (2018)
Dir. Sam Esmail
Feat. Julia Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen James
Haunting psychological thriller with Julia Roberts playing a woman who discovers she has been working for a mysterious government facility. Season…

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