The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Brooke Smith
Director: Jonathan Demme
Maverick (1994)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Western
Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
Director: Richard Donner
The Accused (1988)
Crime | Drama
After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
The Mauritanian / Prisoner 760 (2021)
Drama | Thriller
Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
Starring: Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Zachary Levi, Saamer Usmani, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Elysium (2013)
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Money Monster (2016)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Lee Gates is a bombastic TV personality whose popular financial network show has made him the money wiz of Wall Street. But after he hawks a high tech stock that mysteriously crashes, an irate investor takes Gates, his crew, and his ace producer Patty Fenn hostage live on air. Unfolding in real time, Gates and Fenn must find a way to keep themselves alive while simultaneously uncovering the truth behind a tangle of big money lies.
Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Caitriona Balfe, Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito
Director: Jodie Foster
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The Berry family weathers all sorts of disasters, but keeps on going in spite of it all. The film is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.
Starring: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Beau Bridges, Lisa Banes, Nastassja Kinski
Director: Tony Richardson
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane / La petite fille au bout du chemin (1976)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Rynn Jacobs lives down the lane in her big old house alone…or does she? Soon, the landlord and her child molester son start insinuating themselves into Rynn's life asking questions. This may soon prove fatal for them both!
Starring: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Scott Jacoby, Dorothy Davis, Mort Shuman
Director: Nicolas Gessner
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Comedy
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Starring: Woody Allen, Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Jodie Foster, Fred Gwynne
Director: Woody Allen
Napoleon & Samantha (1972)
Adventure | Drama
Two young children (Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster) suddenly find themselves in charge of a gentle, aging circus lion. However, when they are threatened with being split up by stern authorities, the trio embarks on a perilous journey across the wilds of the American Northwest. During their adventure-filled odyssey, they seek help in their plight from a sympathetic, free-spirited mountain man (Michael Douglas).
Starring: Michael Douglas, Will Geer, Johnny Whitaker, Jodie Foster, Arch Johnson, Henry Jones
Director: Bernard McEveety
The Brave One (2007)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
New York radio host Erica Bain has a life that she loves and a fiance she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiance dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible. Her dark pursuit of justice catches the public's attention, and the city is riveted by her anonymous exploits. But with the NYPD desperate to find the culprit and a dogged police detective hot on her trail, she must decide whether her quest for revenge is truly the right path, or if she is becoming the very thing she is trying to stop.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews, Mary Steenburgen
Director: Neil Jordan
Taxi Driver (1976)
Crime | Drama
Paul Schrader's gritty screenplay depicts the ever-deepening alienation of Vietnam Veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro in a tour-de-force performance), a psychotic cab driver who obsessively cruises the mean streets of Manhattan.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster
Director: Martin Scorsese
Sommersby / A Stranger Within (1993)
Drama | Mystery | Romance
Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter.
Starring: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, William Windom, Frankie Faison
Director: Jon Amiel
Candleshoe (1977)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family
Small time crook Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor house where Lady St. Edmund resides, with three orphans and her butler Priory is the resting place for a hoard of treasure. Unfortunately, he doesn't know where it is. Bundage recruits urchin Casey Brown to dupe Lady St. Edmund into thinking that she is her long-lost granddaughter, so she can search for clues to the location of the treasure. Unbeknownst to Bundage AND her ladyship, Lady St. Edmund is flat broke, and Priory and the children help her ladyship try to keep her home and pride. Joined by Casey, they do all the chores and Priory acts as the butler, gardener, chauffeur and an old major all at the same time!
Starring: Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes, Leo McKern, Veronica Quilligan
Director: Norman Tokar
The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV 2013)
Awards
The 70th Golden Globe Awards honoring the best in film and television of 2012, was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 13, 2013, by NBC. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-hosted. Nominations were announced on December 13 by Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms. The Cecil B. DeMille Award, honoring the lifetime achievements of actors and filmmakers, was announced on November 1, 2012 with Jodie Foster being the latest recipient of that trophy. The ceremony was produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The awards show was held on 13 January 2013.
Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lopez, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Jason Statham, Adele, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Nathan Fillion, Megan Fox, Jeremy Irons, Lucy Liu, Debra Messing, Robert Pattinson, Dennis Quaid, Jeremy Renner, Amanda Seyfried, Taylor Swift, Kerry Washington, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, John Goodman, Jonah Hill, Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, Eva Longoria, Tony Mendez, Lea Michele, Julia Roberts, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Kiefer Sutherland, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jodie Foster
Little Man Tate (1991)
Drama
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Adam Hann-Byrd, Harry Connick Jr., Debi Mazar
Director: Jodie Foster
Panic Room (2002)
Crime | Thriller
After purchasing a brownstone in New York, a thirty-something divorced woman and her daughter are forced to take advantage of the hidden room- the "panic room" -when intruders break into their home. However, they soon find that what the intruders want is locked in the panic room with them.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, Dwight Yoakam, Patrick Bauchau
Director: David Fincher
Nell (1994)
Drama
Nell is a girl who's been brought up in an isolated world. The only people she knew were her mother and twin sister. They lived together in a cottage in the forest. Nobody has ever met Nell. After her mother's death, she's discovered by the local doctor Jerome. He's fascinated by her, since she speaks a mangled language, developed by her sister and herself growing up, "twin speak" if you will. But Paula, a psychology student, wants her observed in a laboratory. The judge decides they get three months to observe her in the forest, after which he'll decide about Nell's future.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, Nick Searcy
Director: Michael Apted
Five Corners (1987)
Drama | Romance
Set in 1964 in a lower middle-class New York neighborhood, Heinz has just been released from prison but is still obsessed with Linda. She turns for help to Harry, an ex-boyfriend who has recently taken up the cause of non-violence. But Harry soon finds himself in a morally compromising situation where violence is the only solution.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff, John Turturro
Director: Tony Bill
Carnage (2011)
Comedy | Drama
Two sets of parents meet to discuss their sons' involvement in a schoolyard fight. The meeting quickly becomes an argument in which the parents attack each other's parenting skills and expose problems in their marriages.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Director: Roman Polanski
