From the Terrace

1960

English

6.7

♡ 11

31%

Mark Robson Director

Joanne Woodward as Mary St. John

Kathryn Givney as Mrs. St. John

John Roy as Security Guard

Frank Richards as The Bartender

Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.

The Sound and the Fury

1959

English

6.2

♡ 8

60%

Martin Ritt Director

Margaret Leighton as Caddy Compson

Stuart Whitman as Charlie Busch

Joanne Woodward as Quentin Compson / Narrator

William Challee as Roustabout

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.

Lucky Them

2013

English

6.1

♡ 20

78%

Megan Griffiths Director

Joanne Woodward as Doris

Toni Collette as Ellie Klug

Oliver Platt as Giles

Johnny Depp as Matthew Smith

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

The Drowning Pool

1975

English

6.5

♡ 10

53%

Stuart Rosenberg Director

Joanne Woodward as Iris Devereaux

Paul Newman as Lew Harper

Gail Strickland as Mavis Kilbourne

Melanie Griffith as Schuyler Devreaux

Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.

No Down Payment

1957

English

7.1

♡ 3

81%

Action

Drama

racial prejudice

Martin Ritt Director

Sheree North as Isabelle Flagg

Joanne Woodward as Leola Boone

Robert H. Harris as Markham

Cameron Mitchell as Troy Boone

The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard-working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin.

The End

1978

English

6.1

♡ 14

56%

contemplating suicide

Burt Reynolds Director

Pat O'Brien as Ben Lawson

Joanne Woodward as Jessica Lawson

Sally Field as Mary Ellen

Myrna Loy as Maureen Lawson

Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.

A New Kind of Love

1963

English

5.7

♡ 8

13%

Melville Shavelson Director

Robert Clary as Frenchman at Restaurant

Thelma Ritter as Lena O'Connor

Joanne Woodward as Samantha Blake

Paul Newman as Steve Sherman

A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.

Count Three and Pray

1955

English

6.4

♡ 4

George Sherman Director

Herman Hack as Fight Spectator on Horseback

Joanne Woodward as Lissy

Van Heflin as Luke Fargo

Kathryn Givney as Mrs. Decrais

A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.

The Fugitive Kind

1960

English

7.0

♡ 17

59%

Sidney Lumet Director

Joanne Woodward as Carol Cutrere

Victor Jory as Jabe Torrance

R.G. Armstrong as Sheriff Jordan Talbot

Emory Richardson as Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.

Winning

1969

English

6.1

♡ 5

63%

James Goldstone Director

Paul Newman as Capua

Joanne Woodward as Elora

Robert Wagner as Erding

Clu Gulager as Larry

Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.

A Fine Madness

1966

English

5.5

♡ 5

33%

35%

Action

based on novel or book

Irvin Kershner Director

Chuck Hicks as Customer

Joanne Woodward as Rhoda Shillitoe

Sean Connery as Samson Shillitoe

Maidie Norman as Waitress

A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.

Paris Blues

1961

English

6.7

♡ 15

71%

Martin Ritt Director

Joanne Woodward as Lillian Corning

Paul Newman as Ram Bowen

André Luguet as René Bernard

Louis Armstrong as Wild Man Moore

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.

Breathing Lessons

1994

English

6.5

♡ 2

60%

Action

Drama

John Erman Director

James Garner as Ira Moran

Eileen Heckart as Mabel

Joanne Woodward as Maggie Moran

Joyce Van Patten as Serena

A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.

Blind Spot

1993

English

5.9

♡ 4

86%

Action

Drama

Michael Toshiyuki Uno Director

Allison Janney as Doreen

Patti Yasutake as Dr. Charbonneau

Ming-Na Wen as Mitsuko

Joanne Woodward as Nell Harrington

Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accident, and Harrington's pregnant daughter, Phoebe, is propelled into a downward spiral. Things gets worse when Harrington learns that her son-in-law was on cocaine at the time of the accident, and her daughter was using right along with him. What does this mean for Harrington's impending Senate campaign -- and the health of Phoebe's unborn child?

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

1990

English

6.5

♡ 4

82%

44%

Action

based on novel or book

James Ivory Director

Robert Sean Leonard as Douglas Bridge

Joanne Woodward as India Bridge

Austin Pendleton as Mr. Gadbury

Paul Newman as Walter Bridge

Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.

They Might Be Giants

1971

English

6.7

♡ 8

61%

74%

Action

based on play or musical

Anthony Harvey Director

F. Murray Abraham as Clyde

Oliver Clark as Mr. Small

Jack Gilford as Peabody

Joanne Woodward as Watson

After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character. Out of concern for Justin's money more than his health, his brother Blevins puts him under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Mildred Watson. As Dr. Watson grows fond of Justin, she begins to play along with his theories, eventually becoming an assistant in his investigations.

Harry & Son

1984

English

5.8

♡ 6

30%

Paul Newman Director

Paul Newman as Harry Keach

Maury Chaykin as Lawrence

Joanne Woodward as Lilly

Morgan Freeman as Siemanowski

Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle and has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina as he does not approve of her husband. When Harry is fired from his job, his life changes drastically as he is made to focus on the relationships around him.