Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.

Citizen Ruth

1996

English

7.0

♡ 12

80%

Alexander Payne Director

Burt Reynolds as Blaine Gibbons

Alicia Witt as Cheryl Stoney

M.C. Gainey as Harlan

Laura Dern as Ruth Stoops

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.

Focus

2001

English

6.7

♡ 4

55%

Neal Slavin Director

Kenneth Welsh as Father Crighton

Meat Loaf as Fred

Laura Dern as Gertrude Hart

William H. Macy as Lawrence Newman

In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.

Grizzly II: Revenge

2020

English

2.7

♡ 5

André Szöts Director

Marc Alaimo as Luke

George Clooney as Ron

Timothy Spall as Sound Engineer

Laura Dern as Tina

All hell breaks loose when a giant grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of her cubs by poachers, attacks a massive rock concert in the National Park. [This sequel to "Grizzly" (1976) was left unfinished after production wrapped prematurely in 1983, and was not officially released until 2020, though a bootleg workprint version had been in circulation for some years prior to this.]

JT LeRoy

2018

English

5.5

♡ 15

Action

based on a true story

based on memoir or autobiography

Justin Kelly Director

Diane Kruger as Eva

Laura Dern as Laura Albert

Kristen Stewart as Savannah Knoop

Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Sean

A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.

Foxes

1980

English

6.1

♡ 12

70%

Adrian Lyne Director

Ben Frank as Daryl

Laura Dern as Debbie

Jodie Foster as Jeanie

Sally Kellerman as Mary

A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley, as set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.

Tenderness

2009

English

5.4

♡ 3

John Polson Director

Laura Dern as Aunt Teresa

Michael Kelly as Gary

Russell Crowe as Lt. Cristofuoro

Ben Van Bergen as State Trooper

A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.

Crazy, Not Insane

2020

English

6.9

♡ 2

94%

77%

Biography

Crime

dissociative identities

dissociative identity disorder

Alex Gibney Director

Diane Sawyer as Self - Co-Host, The CBS Morning News

Bill Clinton as Self - Governor of Arkansas

Tom Brokaw as Self - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

Laura Dern as Self - Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis

Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she came closer to developing a unified field theory of what makes a killer. Along the way - steering away from the conventional wisdom of her colleagues - she explored the world of multiple personality disorder.

Bravetown

2015

English

6.1

♡ 3

29%

parent child relationship

small town

us military

Daniel Duran Director

Josh Duhamel as Alex

Laura Dern as Annie

Lucas Till as Josh Harvest

Maria Bello as Martha

After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.

Within These Walls

2001

English

6.3

♡ 8

70%

Mike Robe Director

Karen Glave as

Ellen Burstyn as Joan Thomas

Bonnie Mak as Lazy Prisoner

Laura Dern as Sister Pauline Quinn

Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).

Happy Endings

2005

English

6.3

♡ 7

54%

Don Roos Director

Eric Jungmann as Charley at 16 / Tom

Bobby Cannavale as Javier

Lisa Kudrow as Mamie

Laura Dern as Pam

Filmmaker Nicky offers to track down the son that Mamie gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley, along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis and his conservative father.

Rambling Rose

1991

English

6.5

♡ 8

100%

Martha Coolidge Director

Robert Duvall as Daddy

Diane Ladd as Mother

Laura Dern as Rose

John Heard as Willcox Hillyer

Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.

We Don't Live Here Anymore

2004

English

6.2

♡ 4

65%

John Curran Director

Naomi Watts as Edith Evans

Peter Krause as Hank Evans

Mark Ruffalo as Jack Linden

Laura Dern as Terry Linden

Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When Jack decides to step outside the marriage, he becomes involved with Edith, who happens to be the wife of his best friend and colleague, Hank Evans. Learning of their partners' infidelity, Terry and Hank engage in their own extramarital affair together. Now, both marriages and friendships are on the brink of collapse.

The Founder

2016

English

♡ 225

80%

82%

Action

ambition

based on a true story

mcdonald's restaurant

John Lee Hancock Director

Laura Dern as Ethel Kroc

Linda Cardellini as Joan Smith

Catherine Dyer as Mrs. Horford

Patrick Wilson as Rollie Smith

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

Lonely Planet

2024

English

5.7

♡ 28

39%

37%

Drama

morocco

older woman younger man relationship

Romance

writer

writer's block

Susannah Grant Director

Rachida Brakni as Fatema Benzakour

Laura Dern as Katherine Loewe

Liam Hemsworth as Owen Brophy

Michelle Greenidge as Philippa Guscott

At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.

White Lightning

1973

English

6.4

♡ 11

67%

smuggling (contraband)

Joseph Sargent Director

R.G. Armstrong as Big Bear

Burt Reynolds as Gator McKlusky

Diane Ladd as Maggie

Laura Dern as Sharon Anne

An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

Ozi: Voice of the Forest

2023

English

4.9

♡ 6

57%

Tim Harper Director

Donald Sutherland as Albino Crocodile

Djimon Hounsou as Ozi's Father

Laura Dern as Ozi's Mother

Hugh Bonneville as The Narrator

Separated from her parents when their forest home is destroyed, Ozi is taken in by kind wildlife sanctuary owners who keep her safe and slowly teach her to communicate through sign language. With the combination of her new skills and natural talent for social media, Ozi soon has a worldwide following. When she learns that her parents might be alive, Ozi sets off on a quest to find them and to tell the world what is happening to the rainforest before it’s too late. With help from new friends, cheeky monkey Chance and loveable rhino Honkus, Ozi discovers that one voice really can change the world.

Novocaine

2001

English

5.8

♡ 4

38%

David Atkins Director

Keith David as Detective Lunt

Laura Dern as Jean Noble

Kevin Bacon as Lance Phelps

Helena Bonham Carter as Susan

A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.

Everything Must Go

2010

English

6.4

♡ 33

73%

Dan Rush Director

Laura Dern as Delilah

Stephen Root as Elliot

Michael Peña as Frank Garcia

Rebecca Hall as Samantha

When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.

October Sky

1999

English

7.8

♡ 104

90%

88%

Action

based on novel or book

parent child relationship

rocket

satellite

small town

Joe Johnston Director

Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer Hickam

Chris Cooper as John Hickam

Laura Dern as Miss Riley

Chris Ellis as Principal Turner

Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However, in October 1957 everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, goes into orbit. When Homer sees the Soviet satellite streak overhead, he becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With the help of his friends, and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the town, and especially Homer's father, thinks that they are wasting their time. Only one teacher understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the prize. Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars.

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