Movies by Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Won't Back Down (2012)
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Holly Hunter …
Directed by: Daniel Barnz
In this fact-based drama, two women from different classes and races (Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal) draw on their common bond of motherhood to fight institutional inertia and an…
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BAM150 (2012)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Isabella Rossellini …
Directed by: Michael Sladek
This documentary profiles the venerable history of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which has functioned as a performing arts center for 150 years. Interviews with artists of all genres…
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Hysteria (2011)
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce …
Directed by: Tanya Wexler
In 1880s London, forward-thinking young doctor Mortimer Granville has a difficult time keeping a job until he and an inventor friend concoct an electrifying solution to the rampant "hysteria"…
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Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
Cast: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oscar Steer …
Directed by: Susanna White
When Nanny McPhee arrives at the Green farm, she uses her blend of magic and discipline to help frazzled Mrs. Green run things while her husband's off fighting in World War II -- and to…
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Away We Go (2009)
Cast: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney …
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Buoyed by the news that they are expecting their first baby, Burt and Verona embark on a journey to locate the perfect place on the planet to raise their child. But their quest inevitably…
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Crazy Heart (2009)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell …
Directed by: Scott Cooper
When reporter Jean Craddock (Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal) interviews Bad Blake (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the…
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The Dark Knight (2008)
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
In this blockbuster sequel to Batman Begins, the caped crusader (Christian Bale) teams with Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to continue…
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Wholphin: Issue 4 (2008)
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard
Directed by: Toby MacDonald, Chris Waitt
Issue 4 of this eclectic mix of shorts includes locally produced fare and works from France, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia and the U.K. "High Falls" stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard…
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SherryBaby (2006)
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Sam Bottoms …
Directed by: Laurie Collyer
Newly released from prison, recovering addict Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) struggles to normalize her life so she can be a good person and a trustworthy mother to her young daughter,…
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Monster House (2006)
Cast: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke …
Directed by: Gil Kenan
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock…
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Stranger than Fiction (2006)
Cast: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman …
Directed by: Marc Forster
As best-selling novelist Kay Eiffel struggles with how to kill off her main character, IRS auditor Harold Crick begins hearing her voice in his head and slowly realizes that he must stop his…
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World Trade Center (2006)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone helms this gripping docudrama set amid the rubble of Sept. 11, 2001. Working under treacherous conditions, an army of dedicated rescuers struggles to find anyone who survived the…
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The Great New Wonderful (2006)
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tony Shalhoub, Will Arnett …
Directed by: Danny Leiner
New York City a year after the 9/11 tragedy is the setting for Danny Leiner's drama portraying five stories of vastly different lives in the same uncertain surroundings. A psychologist…
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Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Gérard Depardieu, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Frederic Auburtin, Alfonso Cuarón, Emmanuel Benbihy …
Paris comes to life in this whimsical patchwork of 18 five-minute shorts united by a common theme -- love in the City of Lights -- and helmed by an international cast of filmmakers, including…
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Happy Endings (2005)
Cast: Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Don Roos
In connected tales, a documentary filmmaker threatens to reveal a woman's long-held secret, a gold digger uses a young man to get to his father, and a gay man suspects his partner might…
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Trust the Man (2005)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Eva Mendes, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Bart Freundlich
This intimate look at modern relationships follows the romantic lives of two siblings who are struggling with love: Rebecca is picking up the pieces of her crumbling marriage, while her…
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Criminal (2004)
Cast: John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Gregory Jacobs
Con man Richard Gaddis (John C. Reilly) teams up with newbie Rodrigo (Diego Luna) for a heist that's a little bigger than his usual projects: They'll filch an antique currency note…
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Strip Search (2004)
Cast: Christopher McCann, Bruno Lastra, Glenn Close …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Director Sidney Lumet and "Oz" series creator Tom Fontana explore the nature of crime and punishment in post-9/11 America in this provocative HBO movie which asks if security and safety must…
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Casa de los Babys (2003)
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Steenburgen …
Directed by: John Sayles
In writer-director John Sayles's drama, six American women, frustrated with the lengthy adoption process in America, travel to a Latin American country to adopt impoverished children.…
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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles …
Directed by: Mike Newell
At Wellesley College in 1953, the all-female student population constitutes the best and the brightest, yet they're still measured by how well they marry until the arrival of professor…
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40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo …
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
When easy-on-the-eyes Matt Sullivan (Josh Hartnett) is dumped by his girlfriend, he swears off all sex for Lent, which lasts 40 days and 40 nights. But his abstinence is tested when he meets…
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Secretary (2002)
Cast: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies …
Directed by: Steven Shainberg
Recently released from a mental hospital, a young woman who cuts herself gets a job working as a secretary for an egotistical attorney, and the two forge a unique relationship charged with…
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney …
Directed by: George Clooney
Trash-TV maven Chuck Barris has it all -- the hit series "The Gong Show" and the love of a good woman. But he also has a big, dark secret: He's a CIA assassin who kills while purportedly…
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Adaptation. (2002)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper …
Directed by: Spike Jonze
In this offbeat indie tale, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman battles immense feelings of insecurity and impotence as he struggles to adapt The Orchid Thief -- a book about a mercurial…
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Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy …
Directed by: Penny Marshall
Drew Barrymore stars as Beverly D'Onofrio, an unlucky teen who gets pregnant while still in high school, in this coming-of-age drama from director Penny Marshall that's based on…
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Donnie Darko (2001)
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell …
Directed by: Richard Kelly
Writer-director Richard Kelly's trippy, mind-bending feature debut stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled Midwestern teenager plagued by incessant sleepwalking, family drama and visions of…
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Donnie Darko: Director's Cut (2001)
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Daveigh Chase …
Directed by: Richard Kelly
In this director's cut edition of the cult hit Donnie Darko, writer-director Richard Kelly revamps his debut film, an edgy psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming…
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Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt …
Directed by: John Waters
Only the twisted mind of writer-director John Waters could conceive a plot that chronicles a crew of guerrilla filmmakers who kidnap a movie goddess (Melanie Griffith) and force her to star…
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The Photographer (2000)
Cast: Reg Rogers, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Anthony Michael Hall …
Directed by: Jeremy Stein
With nothing to show at a gallery opening and his deadline a day away, photographer Max Martin (Reg Rogers) -- who's mired in a creative rut -- has a stroke of luck when he comes into…
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Miracle of the Spring (2000)
Cast: Clancy Brown, Ellen Burstyn, Dana Delany …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Pregnant Rose (Dana Delany) flees her husband to begin a new life at a women's shelter in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's poignant novel The Patron Saint of Liars. After being…
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The Patron Saint of Liars (1998)
Cast: Dana Delany, Sada Thompson, Clancy Brown …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. When she stays on after her…
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A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
At the center of this engrossing melodrama is a Golden Globe-nominated turn by Debra Winger, who plays a sheltered, slow-witted woman living with her widowed Aunt Frances (Barbara Hershey)…
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Waterland (1992)
Cast: John Heard, Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Jeremy Irons stars as despondent history teacher Tom Crick in this moody drama helmed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Crick's wife (Sinéad Cusack) teetering on the edge of madness, he…