Movies by Thomas McCarthy
As part of the cast:
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Jack Goes Boating (2010)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Richard Petrocelli …
Directed by: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman directs and stars in this romantic comedy about Jack, a marijuana-smoking Manhattan limo driver who begins an unlikely regimen of self-improvement to win the heart of a…
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Trust (2010)
Cast: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato …
Directed by: David Schwimmer
After curious and vulnerable teenager Annie falls into a trap set by an online sexual predator, her family begins to disintegrate, uncertain how to cope with such a devastating tragedy.…
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2012 (2009)
Cast: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet …
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
When volcanoes, earthquakes and other natural disasters suddenly threaten to destroy the world, a divorced father desperately attempts to save his family -- unaware that a conspiracy is afoot…
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Duplicity (2009)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson …
Directed by: Tony Gilroy
Julia Roberts and Clive Owen co-star in this curveball-throwing thriller as a pair of romantically involved corporate operatives who are entangled in a bitter rivalry between two mammoth…
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The Lovely Bones (2009)
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz …
Directed by: Peter Jackson
When 14-year-old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is murdered, she watches from above as her family deals with her tragic death -- and as her killer prepares to strike again. Torn between…
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Mammoth (2009)
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Michelle Williams, Sophie Nyweide …
Directed by: Lukas Moodysson
Lukas Moodysson writes and directs this drama centered on three intersecting stories, one of a traveling New Yorker named Leo (Gael García Bernal), another of his surgeon wife, Ellen…
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The Situation (2006)
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Tom McCarthy …
Directed by: Philip Haas
When American soldiers throw an Iraqi boy off a bridge, the resulting scandal polarizes the various forces in the war-ravaged nation. Meanwhile, American journalist Anna (Connie Nielsen)…
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Beautiful Ohio (2006)
Cast: William Hurt, Rita Wilson, Michelle Trachtenberg …
Directed by: Chad Lowe
Actor Chad Lowe makes his directorial debut with this quietly provocative coming-of-age drama about two brothers -- Clive (David Call) and William (Brett Davern) -- growing up in the…
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Wanderlust (2005)
Cast: Robert Benton, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich …
Featuring clips from some of the best films ever committed to celluloid, this 2005 documentary from Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman examines how road movies have affected and…
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Meet the Parents (2000)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo …
Directed by: Jay Roach
Greg Focker wants to marry his girlfriend, but before he pops the question, he must win over her father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes. But everything that can go wrong does, all…
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Mary & Tim / Ronnie and Julie (1996)
Cast: Teri Garr, Joshua Jackson, Richard Kiley …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan, Philip Spink
Love blossoms between improbable couples in this double bill of small-screen romances. Mary & Tim stars Candice Bergen as middle-aged widow Mary Horton, who faces public scorn after taking up…
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Mary & Tim (1996)
Cast: Candice Bergen, Thomas McCarthy, Richard Kiley …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
When wealthy but aging widow Mary Horton (Candice Bergen) hires Tim (Thomas McCarthy), a mildly developmentally challenged younger man, to care for her garden, the pair forms an unlikely bond…
As a director:
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Win Win (2011)
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale …
Directed by: Thomas McCarthy
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking…
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The Visitor (2007)
Cast: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira …
Directed by: Thomas McCarthy
Widowed professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins, in an Oscar-nominated role) finds himself drawn to a different rhythm when he discovers an immigrant couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab…
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The Station Agent (2003)
Cast: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale …
Directed by: Thomas McCarthy
When his only friend dies, a man with dwarfism relocates to an abandoned train station in rural New Jersey, intent on living the life of a hermit. But his solitude is interrupted by his…