Beyond the Call

1996

English

5.8

♡ 3

80%

Tony Bill Director

Leslie Carlson as Dan

Arliss Howard as Keith O'Brien

Sissy Spacek as Pam O'Brien

David Strathairn as Russell Cates

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is stunned to learn this and does not believe he could commit such a crime. She writes to him much to the dismay of her husband Keith and becomes obsessed with the case, exploring every avenue that may still be open to the doomed man. The trips to the prison take a toll on both her marriage and her family.

Prime Cut

1972

English

6.7

♡ 8

71%

Michael Ritchie Director

Lee Marvin as Nick Devlin

Sissy Spacek as Poppy

Bill Morey as Shay

Gregory Walcott as Weenie

A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.

A Place for Annie

1994

English

7.2

♡ 7

68%

hallmark hall of fame

nurse

John Gray Director

Richard Gilbert-Hill as Dr. Scott

Robin Pearson Rose as Edna

Mary-Louise Parker as Linda

Sissy Spacek as Susan Lansing

Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent her from being placed in a home where they'd just wait for her to die, nurse Susan takes charge of Annie at her home. Two years later, she plans to adopt her -- but suddenly Annie's mother reappears and demands her back. And under the law, Susan, as foster-mother, has no claim to the child.

An American Haunting

2005

English

5.0

♡ 23

12%

Courtney Solomon Director

Vernon Dobtcheff as Elder #1

Matthew Marsh as James Johnston

Sissy Spacek as Lucy Bell

James D'Arcy as Richard Powell

An invisible entity haunts a 19th century family, and family secrets soon begin to surface. Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

Pictures of Hollis Woods

2007

English

7.3

♡ 3

77%

Action

Drama

Tony Bill Director

Alfre Woodard as Edna Reilly

Jodelle Ferland as Hollis Woods

Julie Ann Emery as Izzy Regan

Sissy Spacek as Josie Cahill

After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill.

Sam & Kate

2022

English

6.2

♡ 5

73%

Darren Le Gallo Director

Dustin Hoffman as Bill

Darren Le Gallo as Coffee Patron

Henry Thomas as Ron

Sissy Spacek as Tina

Bill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home to care for him. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate. At the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina.

Violets Are Blue...

1986

English

5.8

♡ 8

63%

Jack Fisk Director

Sissy Spacek as Gussie Sawyer

Kevin Kline as Henry Squires

Bonnie Bedelia as Ruth Squires

Kate McGregor-Stewart as Sara Mae

After fifteen years of traveling around the world, Gussie, a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. She meets her high school sweetheart, Henry, who is now married and running the local newspaper he inherited from his father. An awkward and tension-filled romance ensues.

3 Women

1977

English

7.7

♡ 42

83%

Robert Altman Director

Barrie Youngfellow as Connie

Maysie Hoy as Doris

Shelley Duvall as Millie Lammoreaux

Sissy Spacek as Pinky Rose

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

Crimes of the Heart

1986

English

6.3

♡ 10

82%

64%

Action

based on play or musical

Bruce Beresford Director

Sissy Spacek as Babe Magrath

David Carpenter as Barnette Lloyd

Diane Keaton as Lenny Magrath

Jessica Lange as Meg Magrath

Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.

The Straight Story

1999

English

8.0

♡ 64

95%

91%

Action

based on a true story

David Lynch Director

Jeremy Kent Jackson as Andy

Harry Dean Stanton as Lyle

Sissy Spacek as Rose

Everett McGill as Tom the John Deere Dealer

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

'night, Mother

1986

English

7.5

♡ 11

80%

85%

based on play or musical

Drama

epilepsy

melancholy

parent child relationship

pulitzer prize

suicide

Tom Moore Director

Ed Berke as Dawson Cates

Sissy Spacek as Jessie Cates

Michael Kenworthy as Kenny Cates

Anne Bancroft as Thelma Cates

A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.

Carrie

1976

English

7.4

♡ 126

94%

77%

Action

based on novel or book

Brian De Palma Director

John Travolta as Billy Nolan

Sissy Spacek as Carrie

Sydney Lassick as Mr. Fromm

Doug Cox as The Beak

Withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers.

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