Movies by Amy Brenneman
As part of the cast:
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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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Downloading Nancy (2008)
Cast: Maria Bello, Jason Patric, Rufus Sewell …
Directed by: Johan Renck
Sick of her life, housewife Nancy (Maria Bello) just wants it to be over and done with, but rather than kill herself, she hires a stranger from the Internet to do the job for her. But fate…
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88 Minutes (2007)
Cast: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Jack Gramm -- a college professor and occasional FBI forensic psychologist -- finds himself racing against time when he receives a phone call telling him he has 88 minutes left to live. Can…
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The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Maria Bello, Emily Blunt …
Directed by: Robin Swicord
Six book club members find their lives resemble a modern-day version of Jane Austen's novels in this drama. For starters, Sylvia's (Amy Brenneman) husband of 20-plus years has…
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Nine Lives (2005)
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman …
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia, Rodrigo García
This series of revealing vignettes from writer-director Rodrigo Garcia (Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her) peers into the private lives of nine women who are each pointed toward a…
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Off the Map (2003)
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Valentina de Angelis, Joan Allen …
Directed by: Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott directs this coming-of-age dramedy that follows an 11-year-old girl, Bo (Valentina de Angelis), as she spends the summer of 1974 watching her father (Sam Elliott) battle a…
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America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
Cast: Muhammad Ali, Amy Brenneman, Jim Carrey …
This 2-hour, star-studded telethon aired on all the major television networks and many cable channels. It raised millions of dollars for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.…
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Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her (2000)
Cast: Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart …
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia, Rodrigo García
A series of vignettes explores the unseen intricacies of modern women to create this thoughtful examination of perception, authenticity and femininity. From a fortune-teller to a doctor to an…
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The Suburbans (1999)
Cast: Donald Lardner Ward, Tony Guma, Will Ferrell …
Directed by: Donald Lardner Ward
When the one-hit-wonder Suburbans -- a 1980s New Wave group -- reunite for the wedding of a former member (Will Ferrell), they get the surprise of their lives when a record company executive…
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Judging Amy: Season 1 (1999)
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Dan Futterman, Tyne Daly …
Directed by: James Hayman, James Frawley
Judge Amy Gray (Amy Brenneman) juggles her career and single-parenthood in this drama series. In addition to the weighty cases she presides over, Season 1 finds recently divorced Amy and…
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Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Writer-director Neil LaBute's misanthropic black comedy stars Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Jason Patric, Ben Stiller and Nastassja Kinski as a web of friends,…
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Lesser Prophets (1997)
Cast: John Turturro, Scott Glenn, Jimmy Smits …
Directed by: William DeVizia
The thin line between good guys and bad guys is blurred in this tale of cops and bookies jockeying for money and influence. All hell breaks loose when a wife-beating thief gets involved in a…
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Fear (1996)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen …
Directed by: James Foley
In this dark thriller from director James Foley, 16-year-old "good girl" Nicole (Reese Witherspoon) goes to a party with her best friend and meets David (Mark Wahlberg), a good-looking,…
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Daylight (1996)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya …
Directed by: Rob Cohen
When an explosion traps a group of commuters, including outdoorsman Roy Nord (Viggo Mortensen), in a tunnel 72 feet beneath the Hudson River, former medical services chief Kit Latura…
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Heat (1995)
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer …
Directed by: Michael Mann
As two driven professionals -- an illustrious detective (Al Pacino) and a sophisticated thief (Robert De Niro) -- face off, they learn how much they need each other, and that the line between…
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Bye Bye Love (1995)
Cast: Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid, Paul Reiser …
Directed by: Sam Weisman
Paul Reiser, Matthew Modine and Randy Quaid star as three divorced dads struggling to adapt to single life as they manage their relationships with their ex-wives, kids and new romantic…