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1	Almost Famous (2000) more movies like this directed by Cameron Crowe featuring Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Zooey Deschanel Writer and director Cameron Crowe's experiences as a teenage rock journalist -- he was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone while still in high school -- inspired this coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old boy hitting the road with an up-and-coming rock band in the early 1970s. Elaine Miller (Frances McDormand) is a bright, loving, but strict ... see all copies from £1.97! new only from £6.81!
2	Aeon Flux (2005) more movies like this directed by Karyn Kusama featuring Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Frances McDormand Based on the animated series by Peter Chung, Aeon Flux imagines a future in which 99 percent of the world's population is killed through industrial disease, and the survivors live in a single city that, despite utopian appearances, is quite totalitarian. Disinclined to embrace any particular ideology outside of a hatred for Trevor Goodchild ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.46!
3	The Good Old Boys (1995) more movies like this directed by Tommy Lee Jones featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Terry Kinney, Frances McDormand, Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek Tommy Lee Jones made his directorial debut in this made-for-television movie about an aging cowboy dealing with the changing face of the West. Jones stars as Hewey Calloway, a cowboy who has roamed the West for years, who suddenly finds himself at a crossroads -- torn between the freedom of his lifestyle and the security of a loving family and ... see all copies from £28.57!
4	Primal Fear (1996) more movies like this directed by Gregory Hoblit featuring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Alfre Woodard A high-profile slaying becomes the case of an ambitious attorney's career in this legal thriller based on the novel by William Diehl. Richard Gere stars as Martin Vail, a famed defense lawyer who volunteers his services to Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton), a Kentucky teenager charged with the murder of a Chicago archbishop. Covered with blood, Aaron ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £3.41!
5	Something's Gotta Give (2003) more movies like this directed by Nancy Meyers featuring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Frances McDormand, Amanda Peet, Jon Favreau In keeping with the light and slick tones of her earlier film What Women Want, Nancy Meyers writes and directs the romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give. Jack Nicholson plays Harry Langer, a swinging sixtysomething entertainment executive surrounded by plenty of young girlfriends. His latest romance is young petite sophisticate Marin (Amanda Peet ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £3.83!
6	Fargo (1996) more movies like this directed by Joel Coen featuring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell Filmmaking siblings Joel Coen and Ethan Coen both embraced and poked satirical fun at their rural Minnesota roots with this comedy-drama-thriller that earned seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police chief whose affable, folksy demeanor masks a whip ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.50!
7	Madeline (1998) more movies like this directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer featuring Pilar Garrard, Rachel Dennis, Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones, Ben Daniels, Arturo Venegas, Kristian de la Osa Daisy von Sherler Mayer directed this family film, an adaptation of the famed book series that Austrian-born writer-illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) launched in 1939 with the opening lines, "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. In two straight lines they broke their bread and ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £3.07!
8	City by the Sea (2002) more movies like this directed by Michael Caton-Jones featuring Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco, Eliza Dushku A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca (Robert DeNiro) is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past; four decades ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £2.73!
9	Darkman (1990) more movies like this directed by Sam Raimi featuring Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Nelson Mashita Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his henchmen to sniff out an incriminating document that ... see all copies from £2.03! new only from £3.31!
10	Short Cuts (1993) more movies like this directed by Robert Altman featuring Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Tim Robbins, Chris Penn, Julianne Moore, Anne Archer, Matthew Modine, Fred Ward, Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey, Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis Based on stories by Raymond Carver, Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. Ann and Howard Finnegan (Andie MacDowell and Bruce Davison) are preparing for their son Casey's birthday party when the boy is injured in an auto accident and falls into a coma. Meanwhile, Andy (Lyle Lovett), a baker ... see all copies from £8.19! new only from £15.70!
11 view cover	Laurel Canyon (2003) more movies like this directed by Lisa Cholodenko featuring Lou Barlow, Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, Alessandro Nivola Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko follows up her much-acclaimed 1997 debut High Art with this examination of a young couple seduced into a hedonistic, left-coast lifestyle. Taking its title from its central locale, Laurel Canyon focuses on a pair of upper-middle class lovebirds from the East Coast who relocate to Los Angeles. Freshly minted from ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £3.40!
12 view cover	Mississippi Burning (1988) more movies like this directed by Alan Parker featuring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey Mississippi Burning is an all-names-changed dramatization of the Ku Klux Klan's murders of three civil rights workers in 1964. Investigating the mysterious disappearances of the three activists are FBI agents Gene Hackman (older, wiser) and Willem Dafoe (younger, idealistic). A Southerner himself, Hackman charms and cajoles his way through the ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £5.74!
13 view cover	Wonder Boys (2000) more movies like this directed by Curtis Hanson featuring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey, Jr., Katie Holmes In this comedy, a middle-aged man juggles his problems with women, literature, and a career, while a younger man chases the artifact of his dreams. Pittsburgh college professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) is currently single following his divorce from his third wife; after publishing an acclaimed first novel, Grady has been working on a follow ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £2.73!
14 view cover	Blood Simple (1984) more movies like this directed by Joel Coen featuring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams In the first film of brothers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, M. Emmett Walsh plays Visser, an unscrupulous private eye hired by Texas bar owner Marty (Dan Hedaya) to murder Marty's faithless wife Abby (Frances McDormand) and her paramour, Ray (John Getz), one of Marty's employees. But Visser is no more up-front with Marty than with anyone else; he ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £8.32!
15 view cover	The Butcher's Wife (1991) more movies like this directed by Terry Hughes featuring Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Mary Steenburgen, Frances McDormand As a clairvoyant, Demi Moore awaits signs from beyond that her true love, whomever he may be, is waiting for her, somewhere. When New York butcher George Dzundza shows up on the tiny North Carolina island where Demi lives, she is convinced that he is the man predestined to be her husband. After the wedding, Demi moves into George's blue-collar ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £4.29!
16 view cover	North Country (2005) more movies like this directed by Niki Caro featuring Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, Woody Harrelson, Sissy Spacek A fictionalized account of one of America's most groundbreaking sexual harassment lawsuits comes to the screen in this hard-hitting drama. In the late '80s, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) fled her abusive husband, and needed to find a way to support her two children. Aimes returned to her hometown in Minnesota and followed the lead of her old ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £3.34!
17 view cover	Paradise Road (1997) more movies like this directed by Bruce Beresford featuring Glenn Close, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand, Julianna Margulies Based on the testimony of survivors, this historical drama recounts the WWII heroism of female prisoners of war. (Glenn Close) stars as Adrienne Partiger, a society doyenne who flees Singapore with other expatriate women, mostly the wives of servicemen, when Japanese forces invade in 1942. When their gunboat is sunk in an air attack, the survivors ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.06!
18 view cover	The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) more movies like this directed by Joel Coen featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini, Tony Shalhoub Set in a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There stars Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane, a humble barber who suspects his hard-hearted and hard-drinking wife Doris (Frances McDormand) of having an affair with her boss (James Gandolfini). When a jocular stranger (Jon Polito) breezes into town ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £7.53!
19 view cover	Friends With Money (2006) more movies like this directed by Nicole Holofcener featuring Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Jason Isaacs A single woman envies the security of her married friends, while they in turn dream of her freedom in this comedy drama. Olivia (Jennifer Aniston) is a single woman in her mid-thirties who feels she's reached a crossroads in her life. Unhappy with her career as a teacher, Olivia quits and takes a job as a maid until she sorts out her feelings. ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £6.82!
20 view cover	Hidden Agenda (1990) more movies like this directed by Ken Loach featuring Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling, Bernard Archard, Bernard Bloch This political thriller is set against the backdrop of Northern Ireland's "Troubles" and directed in the documentary fashion common to British filmmaker Ken Loach's films. Paul Sullivan (Brad Dourif) and Ingrid Jessner (Frances McDormand) are American attorneys serving on a human rights group working to monitor cases of prisoner mistreatment in ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.21!
21 view cover	Chattahoochee (1990) more movies like this directed by Mick Jackson featuring Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand, Pamela Reed, Ned Beatty Since Chattahoochee is a story based on true events, it may seem absurd to suggest that the actual events of Chattahoochee are pirated from other true-life tales like Gideon's Trumpet. But it certainly seems as if true stories are just as derivative as any fictional narrative coming out of Hollywood. The Chattahoochee saga details the Emmett Foley ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.89!
22 view cover	Johnny Skidmarks (1998) more movies like this directed by John Raffo featuring Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, Geoffrey Lower, Jack Black Scripter John Raffo made his directorial debut with this noir-slanted mystery thriller about free-lance crime-scene photographer Johnny Scardino (Peter Gallagher) and recovering alcoholic Alice (Frances McDormand). Scardino takes blackmail pictures of well-to-do types in rundown motels. After the blackmailers are bumped off, Scardino wonders if he ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £4.34!
23 view cover	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) more movies like this directed by Bharat Nalluri featuring Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson A late-'30s-era London governess hired to work in the home of a high-profile nightclub chanteuse gets a taste of the good life when she is assigned the task of sorting out the singer's many unseemly affairs in a period comedy starring Frances McDormand and adapted from the novel by Winifred Watson. Unfairly and unceremoniously dismissed from her ... see all copies from £8.43! new only from £10.62!
24 view cover	Hidden in America (1996) more movies like this directed by Martin Bell featuring Beau Bridges, Jena Malone, Shelton Dane, Bruce Davison, Frances McDormand This moving drama explores a real, but often hidden American problem, hunger. It tells the story of how a lay-off destroys the life of a widower father and his children, reducing them to dire poverty. Part of the problem is that the man is too proud to accept welfare monies. Fortunately, a caring doctor comes to the rescue. Sandra Brennan, All ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.21!
25 view cover	Palookaville (1995) more movies like this directed by Alan Taylor featuring William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Frances McDormand Three likable losers attempt "a momentary shift in lifestyle" by becoming part-time thieves in this comedy. Russ (Vincent Gallo) is living with his family, who don't get along especially well, and he fools around with the teenage girl who lives next door. Jerry (Adam Trese) is married to Betty (Linda Gay Hamilton), who -- unlike her husband -- has ... see all copies from £5.21! new only from £5.21!

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