Joan Allen

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Dir. Nick Cassavetes · With Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

Dir. Lenny Abrahamson · With Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen

Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.

Dir. Lasse Hallström · With Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Sarah Roemer

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

Dir. Paul Greengrass · With Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

Dir. Paul Greengrass · With Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

Dir. John Woo · With John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.

Dir. Gary Ross · With Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy

The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

Dir. Veena Sud · With Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Gregg Henry

FBI Agent Will Graham, retired after catching notorious cannibal Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.

Dir. Michael Mann · With William L. Petersen, Tom Noonan, Dennis Farina

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Dir. Steven Zaillian · With Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

Dir. Ang Lee · With Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

Dir. Oliver Stone · With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe

Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.

Dir. Paul W. S. Anderson · With Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane

After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.

Dir. Mike Binder · With Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

Dir. Tony Gilroy · With Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

Dir. Rod Lurie · With Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau

At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.

Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Dir. Nicholas Hytner · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield

A former U.S. President is called out of retirement to find the source of a deadly cyberattack, only to discover a vast web of lies and conspiracies.

Dir. Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, Michael S. Schmidt · With Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan

After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

Dir. Peter Askin · With Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang

The Mists of Avalon is a 2001 miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It was produced by American cable channel TNT and directed by Uli Edel.

Dir. Gavin Scott · With Joan Allen, Julianna Margulies, Anjelica Huston

This terrifying thriller follows widow Lisey Landon as a series of disturbing events revives memories of her marriage to author Scott Landon and the darkness that plagued him.

Dir. Stephen King · With Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to comprehend. When Casey attempts to commit suicide, her parents place her in a mental institution. Matt springs her out, and together the young lovers head on a road trip. They believe their love can "cure" Casey's problems. Matt starts to wonder, though, if are they inspired or misguided.

Dir. Antonia Bird · With Chris O'Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Matthew Lillard