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
Philadelphia (1993)
Drama
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Ron Vawter
Director: Jonathan Demme
Beloved (1998)
Drama | History | Horror
Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of her deceased daughter.
Starring: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beah Richards, LisaGay Hamilton
Director: Jonathan Demme
Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Music
An aging rock star tries to connect with her estranged kids.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Ben Platt, Sebastian Stan, Rick Springfield
Director: Jonathan Demme
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Mystery | Thriller
A French woman considering divorce meets an American man on vacation and upon her return home, finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied and her husband has been murdered.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christine Boisson, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Joong-Hoon Park, Ted Levine
Director: Jonathan Demme
A Master Builder / Fear of Falling (2013)
Drama
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
Starring: Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Larry Pine, Andre Gregory, Jeff Biehl, Lisa Joyce
Director: Jonathan Demme
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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it – a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Jonathan Demme
Something Wild (1986)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Charlie Driggs is a timid New York investment broker who lets himself be abducted during his lunch hour by an attractive nut named Lulu. While drunk, she drives him to a New Jersey hotel for some kinky sex and petty thievery, and later convinces him to accompany her to Pennsylvania and pose as her husband at her high school reunion. More misadventures ensue, and Charlie gradually finds himself loosening up and falling in love, but then the film makes a sudden left turn with the appearance of Ray, Lulu's real husband.
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Margaret Colin, Tracey Walter, Dana Preu
Director: Jonathan Demme
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Drama | Romance
When Kym returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict along with her. The wedding party's abundant cast of friends and relations have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym — with her black-comic one- liners and knack for bombshell drama — is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic.
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Sebastian Stan, Roslyn Ruff, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith, Annaleigh Ashford
Director:Jonathan Demme
