Movies by Annette Bening
As part of the cast:
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Ruby Sparks (2012)
Cast: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas …
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
In an effort to conquer his writer's block, a young novelist -- who's having trouble duplicating the success of his earlier work -- jots down all the attributes of his dream girl.…
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Ginger & Rosa (2012)
Cast: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Sally Potter
With the Cold War looming over them, teen best pals Ginger and Rosa share everything in early 1960s London -- until betrayal drives them apart. Sally Potter directs this intimate period drama…
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Cast: Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo …
Directed by: Lisa Cholodenko
Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson), the children of same-sex parents Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), become curious about the identity of their sperm-donor dad…
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Mother and Child (2009)
Cast: Tatyana Ali, Carla Gallo, Lisa Gay Hamilton …
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia, Rodrigo García
Fifty-year-old Karen (Annette Bening) regrets giving up her daughter, Elizabeth (Naomi Watts), for adoption; years later, Elizabeth questions her own approach to life. Their stories intersect…
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PoliWood (2009)
Cast: Richard Abramowitz, Stephen Baldwin, Will.I.Am …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson trains his camera on the historic 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions as he examines the conflation of celebrity and contemporary…
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The Women (2008)
Cast: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes …
Directed by: Diane English
Shocked by the discovery that their pal Mary's (Meg Ryan) husband is having an affair with a beautiful young shop girl (Eva Mendes), a tight-knit circle of New York socialites comes up…
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Running with Scissors (2006)
Cast: Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh …
Directed by: Ryan Murphy
When Deirdre Burroughs (Annette Bening) impulsively decides that her adolescent son Augusten (Joseph Cross) should be raised by her unconventional psychiatrist (Brian Cox), her choice to give…
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Mrs. Harris (2005)
Cast: Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Frances Fisher …
Directed by: Phyllis Nagy
Dr. Herman Tarnower became famous after creating the popular Scarsdale diet in the early 1980s. But his constant infidelity caused an enormous rift in his long-term relationship with…
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Being Julia (2004)
Cast: Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Bruce Greenwood …
Directed by: Istvan Szabo
Estranged from her son, willfully ignorant of her husband's philandering and aware that her youth and beauty are fading, aging actress Julia Lambert (Annette Bening, who earned an Oscar…
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The Best of the Tony Awards: The Plays (2004)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna …
The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique…
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Open Range (2003)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner directs and stars in this Western about four free-grazing ranchers whose cattle meander close to a small town ruled by a greedy sheriff and his cronies. Forced to defend their…
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Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (2003)
Cast: Cookie Monster, Muppets, Annette Bening …
Possibly the world's biggest sweet tooth, Cookie Monster has delighted viewers for years as the lovable blue creature who has a weakness for a certain dessert treat. In this collection…
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What Planet Are You From? (2000)
Cast: Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Camryn Manheim …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Sent by his home planet to impregnate an earthling and thus save his race from extinction, a clueless alien cruises a few Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, where he meets a woman who seems like…
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In Dreams (1999)
Cast: Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr., Aidan Quinn …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Claire Cooper's peaceful family life takes a chilling turn when a mysterious serial killer invades her seemingly idyllic New England town and starts haunting her dreams with dark clues…
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American Beauty (1999)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch …
Directed by: Sam Mendes
While struggling to endure his perfection-obsessed wife (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling job and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch), suburbanite Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) falls deep…
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Forever Hollywood (1999)
Cast: Warren Beatty, John Waters, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Todd McCarthy, Arnold Glassman
In this documentary about the California town where stars are made, 23 prominent celebrities -- including Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges -- tell their personal stories about…
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The Siege (1998)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis …
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Martial law is imposed in New York when U.S. military zealots abduct a Muslim religious leader and an army general cordons off Queens to form a detention camp. Two FBI agents team with a CIA…
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Directors: Rob Reiner (1997)
Cast: Annette Bening, Billy Crystal, John Cusack …
Part of the series profiling some of Hollywood's most powerful helmsmen, this 1997 documentary looks at Rob Reiner, who grew up in showbiz and carved out a brilliant career as an actor…
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Mars Attacks! (1996)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Tim Burton
Tim Burton directs an all-star cast in this outlandishly funny spoof of 1950s-era sci-fi flicks, featuring bulbous-headed Martians come to Earth hell-bent on world domination and destroying…
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The American President (1995)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas), one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette…
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Richard III (1995)
Cast: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Ian McKellen stars in the title role in this visually inventive adaptation of Shakespeare's classic drama, which is set in 1930s England after a civil war has torn the country apart and…
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Love Affair (1994)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn …
Directed by: Glenn Gordon Caron
Warren Beatty and Annette Bening star as frustrated lovers who are engaged to other people in this 1990s remake of the 1939 classic of the same name, which was also retold in the 1957 romance…
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Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt …
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Suspected of Communist ties, movie director David Merrill (Robert De Niro) is told to name names in director Irwin Winkler's look at McCarthy-era Hollywood. Once on top, Merrill finds…
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Regarding Henry (1991)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Bill Nunn …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Cold-hearted lawyer Henry has wealth, success and a seemingly perfect life with his wife and daughter. But all that changes when he's shot in the head during a robbery and must endure a…
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Bugsy (1991)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Andy Romano, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Warren Beatty stars as gangster Bugsy Siegel, who worked hard to realize his dream of building a gambling mecca in the middle of the Nevada desert. But his affair with screen siren Virginia…
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The Grifters (1990)
Cast: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Roy Dillon's (John Cusack) life is turned upside down when a con job goes bad. His estranged mother, Lilly (Anjelica Huston), who happens to be on the lam, reunites with her son to…
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Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Carrie Fisher's scathing confessional novel -- adapted from her best-seller about a woman who becomes addicted to drugs while pursuing a Hollywood acting career -- makes a bitingly funny…
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Valmont (1989)
Cast: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly …
Directed by: Milos Forman
Oscar-winning director Milos Forman (Amadeus) helms this witty, playful adaptation of the famous novel &NFi;Les Liaisons Dangereuses&NFi_;, about the sexual machinations of two jaded 18th…
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The Great Outdoors (1988)
Cast: John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Stephanie Faracy …
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Chet Ripley takes his family to a lakeside resort for a quiet vacation away from it all. When his brother-in-law Roman shows up with his family, Mother Nature steps in to add her two cents.