Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.

Mame

1974

English

5.9

♡ 9

36%

48%

Action

based on play or musical

Gene Saks Director

Jerry Ayres as Bunny

Mark Hudson as Dancer

Audrey Christie as Mrs. Upson

Joyce Van Patten as Sally Cato

The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011

English

5.9

♡ 7

30%

Bruce Beresford Director

Rosanna Arquette as Darcy

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Jude

Joyce Van Patten as Mariam

Elizabeth Olsen as Zoe Hudson

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

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.

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

1970

English

4.4

♡ 4

Rod Amateau Director

Joyce Van Patten as Anna

Ian McShane as Fred C. Dobbs

Madeline Smith as Gwendolyn

Richard Harrison as Hero

An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

2012

English

6.3

♡ 7

64%

Edward Burns Director

Tom Guiry as Cyril

Joyce Van Patten as Mrs. McGowan

Connie Britton as Nora

Brian d'Arcy James as Skippy

The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can come home for Christmas. Can the big Irish clan get past their grievances to be a family again?

This Must Be the Place

2011

English

6.7

♡ 30

66%

parent child relationship

rock 'n' roll

surrealism

Paolo Sorrentino Director

Sean Penn as Cheyenne

Joyce Van Patten as Dorothy Shore

Kerry Condon as Rachel

Liron Levo as Richard

A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

Mikey and Nicky

1976

English

7.3

♡ 17

88%

philadelphia, pennsylvania

stolen money

Thriller

Elaine May Director

M. Emmet Walsh as Bus Driver

Joyce Van Patten as Jan

Peter Falk as Mikey

Elaine May as Woman on TV

Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…