Chris Cooper

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

Dir. Sam Mendes · With Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

Dir. Doug Liman · With Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman and Orlean's book become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the other's.

Dir. Spike Jonze · With Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.

Dir. Joe Johnston · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen

An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.

Dir. Bob Gale · With James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Amy Smart

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

Dir. Ben Affleck · With Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Dir. Peter Berg · With Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson

An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

With James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Chris Cooper

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

Dir. John Wells · With Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

Dir. Robert Redford · With Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.

Dir. John Sayles · With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

Dir. Allen Coulter · With Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.

Dir. Marielle Heller · With Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper

When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his felt-faced brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a telethon show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.

Dir. James Bobin · With Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

Dir. Bennett Miller · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Dir. Gary Ross · With Tobey Maguire, David McCullough, Jeff Bridges

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

Dir. Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly · With Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.

Dir. Alfonso Cuarón · With Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Dir. John Sayles · With Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Kris Kristofferson

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

Dir. Spike Jonze · With Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini

In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

Dir. Oliver Hermanus · With Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor, Molly Price

Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.

Dir. Matt Ruskin · With Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.

Dir. Sam Mendes · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard

Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.

Dir. Billy Ray · With Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney

Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.

Dir. Irwin Winkler · With Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt

Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.

Dir. John Wells · With Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper

A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.

Dir. Jon Stewart · With Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper