Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport
When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.
Starring: Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Ben Johnson, Jay O. Sanders
Director: William Dear
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Comedy | Romance
A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may not be who she appears.
Starring: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, Brenda Fricker, Charles Grodin
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Veronica Guerin (2003)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
In the mid-1990s, Dublin was a war zone as the most dangerous and powerful drug lords fought for absolute control of the city. But their most fierce opponent was not the police, but rather unyielding Sunday Independent journalist Veronica Guerin.
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, Gerard McSorley, Don Wycherley, Colin Farrell
Director: Joel Schumacher
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown / My Left Foot (1989)
Biography | Drama
The true story of the artist, writer and cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown, based on his own book. It recounts the many problems he faced growing up in his native Ireland, and charts the ways in which he developed the use of his left foot – the only limb over which he had any control – to achieve success as an artist. Oscars were won by Daniel Day-Lewis (playing the adult Brown) and Brenda Fricker (playing Brown's mother).
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Fiona Shaw, Hugh O'Conor, Kirsten Sheridan
Director: Jim Sheridan
A Time to Kill (1996)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
John Grisham's bestseller A Time to Kill hits the screen with incendiary force, directed by Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, The Client). Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey portray the principals in a murder trial that brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Brenda Fricker, Oliver Platt
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cloudburst (2011)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama
A lesbian couple escape from their nursing home and head up to Canada to get married. Along the way, they pick up a young, male hitchhiker.
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Kristin Booth, John Dunsworth, Ryan Doucette, Jeremy Akerman
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
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Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
Comedy | Drama
In Dublin, the crippled rebel Rory O'Shea moves to the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, affecting the lives of the residents. Rory is able to understand the unintelligible speech of Michael Connolly, who was left in the shelter by his prominent father many years ago due to his cerebral palsy, and they become close friends. Rory convinces Michael to move from Carrigmore to an apartment in Dublin, and they hire the gorgeous Siobhan to assist them. Living together with Rory, Michael faces a new world, finding friendship, love and freedom and learning to survive by his own.
Starring: Steven Robertson, Alan King, James McAvoy, Brenda Fricker, Ruth McCabe
Director: Damien O'Donnell
