The Cobbler (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way.
Starring: Adam Sandler, Method Man, Ellen Barkin, Melonie Diaz, Dan Stevens, Steve Buscemi
Director: Thomas McCarthy
The Out-Laws (2023)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance
A straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up by infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.
Starring: Nina Dobrev, Pierce Brosnan, Adam DeVine, Michael Rooker, Ellen Barkin, Richard Kind
Director: Tyler Spindel
The Man from Toronto (2022)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Thriller
The world's deadliest assassin and New York's biggest screw-up are mistaken for each other at an Airbnb rental.
Starring: Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco, Pierson Fode, Ellen Barkin, Lela Loren
Director: Patrick Hughes
She Hate Me (2004)
Comedy | Drama
Fired from his job for exposing corrupt business practices, a former biotech executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Q-Tip, Woody Harrelson
Director: Spike Lee
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Comedy | Romance | Thriller
A small-town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win.
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Brittany Murphy
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Hands of Stone (2016)
Action | Biography | Drama | Sport
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Starring: Ana de Armas, Robert De Niro, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Édgar Ramírez, Ellen Barkin, John Turturro
Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
The Fan (1996)
Action | Drama | Sport | Thriller
When the San Francisco Giants pay centerfielder Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan Gil Renard (Robert De Niro). So when Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard stops at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory… not even murder.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Mulkey
Director: Tony Scott
Diner (1982)
Comedy | Drama
A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin
Director: Barry Levinson
Very Good Girls (2013)
Drama
Two New York City girls pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Dakota Fanning, Ellen Barkin, Kiernan Shipka, Demi Moore, Clark Gregg, Boyd Holbrook, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Naomi Foner
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Johnny Handsome (1989)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
John Sedley is a petty gangster whose facial deformities earned him the nickname "Johnny Handsome." When Johnny and a friend are double-crossed during a robbery by two partners, his friend is killed and Johnny is sent to prison. There, a sympathetic surgeon makes a deal to give Johnny a new face – and a new shot at life. Once on the outside, Johnny discovers that staying straight isn't easy. But his new look does open one door for Johnny – revenge.
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Forest Whitaker, Morgan Freeman, Lance Henriksen
Director: Walter Hill
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Neurosurgeon/Rock Star/Superhero Buckaroo has perfected the oscillation overthruster, which allows him to travel through solid matter by using the eighth dimension. The Red Lectroids from Planet 10 are after this device for their own evil ends, and it's up to Buckaroo and his band and crime-fighting team The Hong Kong Cavaliers to stop them.
Starring: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Clancy Brown, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin
Director: W.D. Richter
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Adventure | Comedy
Journalist Raoul Duke and his lawyer Dr. Gonzo drive from LA to Las Vegas on a drugs binge. They nominally cover news stories, including a convention on drug abuse, but also sink deeper into a frightening psychedelic otherworld. As Vietnam, Altamont and the Tate killings impinge from the world of TV news, Duke and Gonzo see casinos, reptiles and the American dream.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci
Narrator: Johnny Depp
Director: Terry Gilliam
Someone Like You… / Animal Attraction (2001)
Comedy | Romance
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer of a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. When Ray unexpectedly dumps her, she begins an extensive study of male behavior to try to find out what makes men tick. Her "research" leads her to become an overnight sensation/guru for single women everywhere. When Jane begins to use her womanizing roommate and co-worker Eddie as fodder for her research, she finds both humor and answers where they were least expected.
Starring: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin
Director: Tony Goldwyn
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Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
With personal and work pressures bearing down on them, three police officers face daily tests of judgment and honor in one of the world's most difficult jobs.
Starring: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Lela Rochon, Ellen Barkin
Director: Antoine Fuqua
This Boy's Life (1993)
Biography | Drama
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries the mechanic, but they soon find out that he's an abusive and unreasoning alcoholic, and they struggle to maintain hope in an impossible situation as the boy grows up with plans to escape the small town by any means possible. Based on a true story by Tobias Wolff.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Cooper, Tobey Maguire
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Another Happy Day (2011)
Drama
A family weekend is fraught with emotional landmines for mercurial and sensitive Lynn as she arrives at her parents' Annapolis estate for the marriage of her estranged eldest son Dylan, accompanied by her three younger children. Lynn's hopes for a joyful reunion are crushed as her wry but troubled middle son Elliot lobs verbal grenades at his mother and her relatives while daughter Alice, a fights valiantly to keep her longtime demons under control. The weekend quickly unravels as Lynn demands to be heard by her aloof, disdainful mother, ailing, distant father and ever-judgmental sisters, but most especially by her ex-husband Paul and his hot-tempered second wife Patty.
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Ezra Miller, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Bosworth, Thomas Haden Church, George Kennedy, Demi Moore
Director: Sam Levinson
Sea of Love (1989)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers. Keller falls in love with Helen, the main suspect in the case.
Starring: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey
Director: Harold Becker
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Down by Law (1986)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
A pair of petty thiefs/losers end up in a jail cell with an Italian tourist. In a strange twist of luck, the three manage to escape and wander the backwoods in search of what to do next.
Starring: Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin, John Lurie
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Crime | Thriller
Danny Ocean and the gang would have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and risky casino heist – to defend one of their own. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank ddouble-crosses one of the original Ocean's eleven – Reuben Tishkoff – Danny and the gang team up one more time to see if they can break "the Bank".
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino
Director: Steven Soderbergh
