Movies by Reese Witherspoon
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This Means War (2012)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy …
Directed by: McG
Each determined to win the heart of a sexy blonde bombshell, two best friends and CIA spies turn their secret-agent skills against each other, heedless of the ever-widening trail of wreckage…
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Mud (2012)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan …
Directed by: Jeff Nichols
Two Mississippi teens, Ellis and Neckbone, meet a mysterious drifter named Mud hiding on a deserted river island and get caught up in his tangled web of tall tales about bounty hunters,…
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Water for Elephants (2011)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz …
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's…
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How Do You Know (2010)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Feeling spurned after being cut from the national team due to her age, newly single softball player Lisa finds herself in the middle of a heated love triangle, as a professional baseball…
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Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie …
Directed by: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
After Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is struck by a meteor and grows to be 50-feet tall, she's captured by the government and shuttled to a secret compound where she meets a…
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Four Christmases (2008)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau …
Directed by: Seth Gordon
Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon teams up with Vince Vaughn for this romantic comedy that casts them as a dating couple who are forced to spend their first Christmas together visiting…
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Rendition (2007)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Alan Arkin …
Directed by: Gavin Hood
Suspected of terrorism, an Egyptian-born man "vanishes" and is taken to a secret prison. His wife desperately tries to uncover his whereabouts, as well as his true intentions, while a CIA…
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Penelope (2006)
Cast: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Richard E. Grant …
Directed by: Mark Palansky
In this modern-day fairy tale, a young woman cursed with the nose of a pig lives her entire life in seclusion -- until an unlikely beau stumbles onto the scene and convinces her to celebrate…
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Walk the Line (2005)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin …
Directed by: James Mangold
This critically acclaimed biopic distills country singer Johnny Cash's (Joaquin Phoenix, in an Academy Award-nominated role) transformation from man to icon -- from his hardscrabble days…
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue …
Directed by: Mark Waters
Shortly after David moves into a new place, winsome Elizabeth shows up to assert that the apartment is hers, then vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks…
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Vanity Fair (2004)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Romola Garai …
Directed by: Mira Nair
In this sumptuous film version of William Makepeace Thackeray's famous novel, lower-class vixen Becky Sharp uses her good looks and considerable wit to climb her way up the precipitous…
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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Bob Newhart …
Directed by: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Reese Witherspoon reprises her role as Elle Woods, the eternally perky, fashionably adventurous, famously blonde Harvard Law grad. After being fired by her law firm because of her opposition…
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Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey …
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Melanie abandons her Alabama roots and high school-sweetheart husband in favor of Manhattan's glamorous social circles, where she attracts a handsome Park Avenue boyfriend. But when she…
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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor …
Directed by: Oliver Parker
In this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's witty play about mistaken identities, Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star as two proper gentlemen in 1890s London who use the same pseudonym with…
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The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Seth Green, Mary Steenburgen …
Directed by: Richard Rich
This colorful animated tale follows a mute young trumpeter swan named Louie, who falls for beautiful swan Serena but is frustrated because he can't express his feelings to her -- until…
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Legally Blonde (2001)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair …
Directed by: Robert Luketic
Reese Witherspoon stars as Elle Woods, a Valley girl who one-ups her Harvard-bound boyfriend by enrolling at the university's law school after he jilts her. But instead of failing, Elle…
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The Party's Over (2001)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosie O'Donnell, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Donovan Leitch, Rebecca Chaiklin
This engaging documentary, hosted by a pre-Oscar Philip Seymour Hoffman, finds the actor covering the Democratic and Republican conventions in 2000, interviewing politicians, pundits and…
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American Psycho (2000)
Cast: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas …
Directed by: Mary Harron
With a chiseled chin and physique, Patrick Bateman's looks make him the ideal yuppie -- and the ideal serial killer. Bateman takes pathological pride in his business card and his CD…
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Little Nicky (2000)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Harvey Keitel, Patricia Arquette …
Directed by: Steven Brill
With two of his sons trying to muster up enough souls to oust Old Scratch (Harvey Keitel) from power, the netherworld patriarch sends his sweet, dim-bulb son Nicky (Adam Sandler) to Earth to…
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Cruel Intentions (1999)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar …
Directed by: Roger Kumble
Quenching a thirst for dangerous games, promiscuous Kathryn Merteuil challenges her stepbrother to deflower their headmaster's daughter before summer ends. If he succeeds, he gets to bed…
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Election (1999)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein …
Directed by: Alexander Payne
Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have the election for student council president sewn up until one of her teachers, Mr. McAllister (Matthew Broderick), rounds up a worthy opponent:…
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Best Laid Plans (1999)
Cast: Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin …
Directed by: Mike Barker
Rich, successful Bryce (Josh Brolin) meets beautiful Lissa (Reese Witherspoon) at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really…
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Pleasantville (1998)
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy …
Directed by: Gary Ross
David and his sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville." But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's…
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Twilight (1998)
Cast: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman …
Directed by: Robert Benton
Harry Ross (Paul Newman) is a Hollywood private eye who's living out his golden years in the house of two fading movie stars -- Catherine (Susan Sarandon) and Jack Ames (Gene Hackman).…
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Overnight Delivery (1998)
Cast: Paul Rudd, Christine Taylor, Reese Witherspoon …
Directed by: Jason Bloom
Lovestruck undergrad Wyatt Trips (Paul Rudd) suspects that his girlfriend (Christine Taylor) is cheating on him, so he sends her a breakup letter complete with a fake used condom and a posed…
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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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Freeway (1996)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Wolfgang Bodison …
Directed by: Matthew Bright
After her parents get arrested, troubled teen Vanessa Lutz (Reese Witherspoon) decides to search for her long-lost grandmother and along the way encounters sympathetic youth counselor Bob…
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S.F.W. (1995)
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon, Jake Busey …
Directed by: Jefery Levy
When Gen-Xer Cliff Spab enters a suburban convenience store to buy some beer, he's taken hostage by terrorists and becomes a cult hero.
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A Far Off Place (1993)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Embry, Jack Thompson …
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Nonnie Parker (Reese Witherspoon), an African game warden's daughter, and city slicker Harry Winslow (Ethan Embry) are thrown together by tragedy when they witness a massacre on an…
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Jack the Bear (1993)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes …
Directed by: Marshall Herskovitz
Minor-league television celebrity John Leary (Danny DeVito) leads a peripetic existence with his two sons (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. and Miko Hughes), moving from one station to another,…
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The Man in the Moon (1991)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper …
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Set in 1950s Louisiana, this coming-of-age drama follows a 14-year-old tomboy as she tries to cope with her budding sensuality and a rivalry with her older sister. Trouble begins to brew when…
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Wildflower (1991)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Reese Witherspoon, Patricia Arquette …
Directed by: Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton directs this touching drama about a brother and a sister who befriend Alice, an epileptic forced to live in a barn, and decide to help her discover a kinder, more forgiving world.