May December (2023)
Comedy | Drama
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Starring: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton
Director: Todd Haynes
Dark Waters (2019)
Biography | Drama | History | Mystery
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman, Bill Camp, Victor Garber
Director: Todd Haynes
Wonderstruck (2017)
Drama | Family | Mystery
The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Oakes Fegley, Cory Michael Smith, Tom Noonan, James Urbaniak
Director: Todd Haynes
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Far from Heaven (2002)
Drama | Romance
Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond – a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn
Director: Todd Haynes
Safe (1995)
Drama
An affluent and unexceptional homemaker in the suburbs develops multiple chemical sensitivity.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Dean Norris, Julie Burgess, Chauncey Leopardi, Steven Gilborn
Director: Todd Haynes
Carol (2015)
Drama | Romance
Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Starring: Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Carrie Brownstein, Jake Lacy
Director: Todd Haynes
Poison (1991)
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi
Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In "Hero," Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away. After the event, a documentary in cheesy lurid colors asks what Richie was like and what led up to the shooting. In the black and white "Horror," a scientist isolates the elixir of human sexuality, drinks it, and becomes a festering, contagious murderer; a female colleague who loves him tries to help, to her peril. In "Homo," a prisoner in Fontenal prison is drawn to an inmate whom he knew some years before, at Baton juvenile institute, and whose humiliations he witnessed. This story is told in dim light, except for the bright flashbacks.
Starring: Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith, Anne Giotta, Lydia Lafleur, Ian Nemser
Director: Todd Haynes
Mildred Pierce (TV mini-series 2011)
Drama
Set in Glendale, California, in the 1930s, this is the story of middle-class housewife Mildred Pierce's attempts to maintain her and her family's social position during the Great Depression. Mildred Pierce is a five-part miniseries that first aired on HBO on March 27, 2011. Adapted from James M. Cain's 1941 novel, it was directed by Todd Haynes and stars Kate Winslet in the title role, alongside Guy Pearce and Evan Rachel Wood. Carter Burwell wrote the original score for the miniseries.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo, Brían F. O'Byrne, James LeGros, Murphy Guyer, Mare Winningham, Marin Ireland
Creator: Todd Haynes
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Drama | Music
In 1984, British newspaper reporter Arthur Stuart is investigating the career of 1970s glam rock star Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by American rock singer Curt Wild, whose show was quite crazy for his time.
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, Toni Collette
Director: Todd Haynes
I'm Not There (2007)
Biography | Drama | Music
A re-enactment of the life of musician, Bob Dylan, with multiple actors embodying different stages in the singer's life.
Starring: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, Marcus Carl Franklin, Heath Ledger, Kris Kristofferson
Director: Todd Haynes
