Movies by Ellen Barkin
As part of the cast:
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Roast of Roseanne (2012)
Cast: Roseanne Barr, Jane Lynch, Seth Green …
It's gonna be one mother of a roast when fearless comedy icon and cajones-busting TV mom Roseanne Barr feels the heat from an all-star panel -- including Roastmaster Jane Lynch, Seth…
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Another Happy Day (2011)
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Ezra Miller, Ellen Burstyn …
Directed by: Sam Levinson
Upper-crust family dysfunction takes center stage in this drama, which stars Ellen Barkin as a divorcée attending the highbrow wedding of the son she barely knows and trying to hold her own…
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His Way (2011)
Cast: Jerry Weintraub, Ellen Barkin, George Bush Sr. …
Directed by: Douglas McGrath
Some of the biggest names in Hollywood and Washington, D.C., discuss the singular life, career and legacy of iconoclastic producer Jerry Weintraub. The tales reveal a man who's witnessed…
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Operation: Endgame (2010)
Cast: Joe Anderson, Rob Corddry, Ellen Barkin …
Directed by: Fouad Mikati
When a government assassin known as The Fool (Joe Anderson) arrives at a classified underground facility for his first day of work, he discovers the boss has been killed. Now, he must uncover…
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The Chameleon (2010)
Cast: Marc-André Grondin, Famke Janssen, Ellen Barkin …
Directed by: Jean-Paul Salomé
Nicholas Barclay, the long-missing son of a Texas family, answers his mother's prayers when he resurfaces with the sensational story that he escaped from a child prostitution ring in…
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Twelve (2010)
Cast: Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
High school dropout White Mike (Chace Crawford) is living large as a dealer of weed and an Ecstasy-like pill called Twelve to rich teens in New York's Upper East Side. But Mike's…
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Sh*t Year (2010)
Cast: Tiffany Anders, Ellen Barkin, Josh Blaylock …
Directed by: Cam Archer
Confronted with the isolation of retirement and what she regards as "a kind of death," aging actress Colleen West (Ellen Barkin) finds temporary solace in the arms of a young lover (Luke…
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Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
Cast: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke …
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Three cops -- a burned-out veteran, a narcotics officer with questionable ethics and an undercover detective -- find themselves hurtling toward the same crime scene on one fatal night in this…
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Happy Tears (2009)
Cast: Parker Posey, Demi Moore, Peter Patrikios …
Directed by: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Jayne (Parker Posey) and Laura (Demi Moore) return to their childhood home in Pittsburgh to look after their father, Joe (Rip Torn), a lively widower who may be slipping into dementia. The…
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Return to Las Vegas for the further criminal exploits of Danny Ocean and company in the continuation of this all-star caper franchise that finds the gang gets revenge on a double-crossing…
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Palindromes (2005)
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Richard Masur, Matthew Faber …
Directed by: Todd Solondz
In this genre-bending indie from director Todd Solondz, 13-year-old Aviva Victor (played by eight actors of different ages, races and genders) desperately wants to become a mother -- and she…
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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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She Hate Me (2004)
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin …
Directed by: Spike Lee
In Spike Lee's take on the big, bad world of love and business, John (Anthony Mackie) blows the whistle on his corrupt bosses at a biotech company, touching off a maelstrom of…
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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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Someone Like You (2001)
Cast: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman …
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Jane has it made: She's the talent booker for a popular talk show and has started dating the show's studly producer. But when she gets summarily dumped, the now-bitter Jane is…
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Mercy (2000)
Cast: Damian Harris, Ellen Barkin, Wendy Crewson …
Detective Catherine Palmer is on the trail of a deviant serial killer. When she meets Vickie Kittrie, she learns the victims belonged to a club of sexually experimental women. To catch the…
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Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Cast: Monica Keena, Ellen Barkin, Michael Ironside …
Directed by: Rob Schmidt
In this dark tale loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel, Roseanne (Monica Keena) looks forward to her high school graduation and leaving her dysfunctional home life, until a brutal…
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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney …
Directed by: Michael Patrick Jann
When vivacious but vicious former beauty queen Gladys Leeman pushes her charm-challenged daughter to win the Miss Teen Princess America title at all costs, the competition mysteriously begins…
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The White River Kid (1999)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Ellen Barkin, Wes Bentley …
Directed by: Arnold Glimcher, Arne Glimcher
While hawking "socks for God" in a podunk Arkansas town, a pair of small-time swindlers posing as holy men (Bob Hoskins and Antonio Banderas) become embroiled in a local drama involving a…
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Jeter …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
This cult favorite chronicles the hallucinogenic misadventures of a sportswriter and his lawyer on a three-day romp from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Motoring across the Mojave Desert to Sin…
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The Fan (1996)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin …
Directed by: Tony Scott
Directed by Tony Scott (Enemy of the State), The Fan follows obsessive knife salesman Gil Renard (Robert De Niro), who wants to turn things around for his favorite ballplayer, a slumping,…
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Mad Dog Time (1996)
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Larry Bishop
Vic (Richard Dreyfuss) is a schizophrenic mob boss who arrives home after a brief stint in the hospital. Mickey (Jeff Goldblum), Vic's closest ally, has been seeing Vic's girlfriend…
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Wild Bill (1995)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt …
Directed by: Walter Hill
In old age, James Hickock reflects on the events that transformed him into Western legend Wild Bill. Reliving his life, he recalls those who helped him become the most famous gunmen in the…
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Bad Company (1995)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Ellen Barkin, Frank Langella …
Directed by: Damian Harris
A former CIA agent (Laurence Fishburne), at a loss for what to do after the Cold War's demise, joins a private industrial firm that specializes in business espionage activities. But what…
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This Boy's Life (1993)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Barkin …
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
In director Michael Caton-Jones's gripping drama (based on Tobias Wolff's autobiography), Caroline (Ellen Barkin) and her son, Toby (Leonardo DiCaprio), bounce from one relationship…
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Mac (1993)
Cast: Nicholas Turturro, Matthew Sussman, Steven Randazzo …
Directed by: John Turturro
Actor John Turturro directs this tribute to his late father, a construction worker "who did things his way … the right way." Niccolo Vitelli (Turturro), along with his brothers Vico…
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Into the West (1992)
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciaran Fitzgerald …
Directed by: Mike Newell
Given the chance to escape their dreary lives, two impoverished Irish brothers flee Dublin on a magical white steed. But they must embark on a daring rescue mission after the stallion ends up…
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Man Trouble (1992)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Ellen Barkin, Harry Dean Stanton …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Harry Bliss (Jack Nicholson) is a dog trainer stuck in a miserable marriage. When creditors start hounding him for money he doesn't have, he's sure his life is falling apart. That…
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Switch (1991)
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Steve (Perry King) is a wealthy, insensitive playboy who leaves a trail of discarded hearts in his wake. But when his exes join forces to get revenge, Steve lands in purgatory -- and to save…
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Sea of Love (1989)
Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman …
Directed by: Harold Becker
Lonely, burnt-out NYPD detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino, in a Golden Globe-nominated performance) is on the hunt for a serial killer who uses personal ads to attract potential victims in…
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Johnny Handsome (1989)
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Walter Hill
When a heist goes wrong, gangster John Sedley's (Mickey Rourke) best friend is killed, leaving him alone to take the blame for the crime. But the disfigured crook gets a second chance at…
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Clinton and Nadine (1988)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman …
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
Even if you're not looking for love, it finds you. Just ask Clinton (Andy Garcia), a small-time crook who makes a living by smuggling birds, and Nadine (Ellen Barkin), a former…
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The Big Easy (1986)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty …
Directed by: Jim McBride
When a New Orleans police detective is assigned to investigate a series of mob-related slayings, he's forced into regular contact with an assistant district attorney determined to prove…
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Down by Law (1986)
Cast: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni …
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
When fate lands three hapless men -- an unemployed disc jockey, a small-time pimp and a strong-willed Italian tourist -- in a New Orleans prison, their mutual confinement launches a grand…
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Desert Bloom (1986)
Cast: Annabeth Gish, Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams …
Directed by: Eugene Corr
Jack Chismore (Jon Voight) is a war veteran fighting to overcome his personal demons while holding his family together during the dawn of the Atomic Age in the 1950s. His wife, Lily (JoBeth…
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Cast: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin …
Directed by: W.D. Richter
Peter Weller stars as the titular hero, who makes his living as a physicist, neurosurgeon, secret agent and rock star traveling through a comic book universe with his band of assistants and…
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Harry and Son (1984)
Cast: Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin …
Directed by: Paul Newman
When an accident leaves lifelong construction worker Harry Keach (Paul Newman, who also directs) jobless, he's forced to confront his son, Howard (Robby Benson), and his long list of…
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Tender Mercies (1983)
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Alcoholic drifter Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) comes into the life of a lonely widow (Tess Harper) and her young son (Allan Hubbard) in the barren flatlands of Texas. But when Mac is revealed…
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Daniel (1983)
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
In the 1960s, a decade after his American parents are executed as Soviet spies, New York graduate student Daniel (Timothy Hutton) contacts friends and relatives in an effort to understand his…
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Eddie and the Cruisers / Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives (1983)
Cast: David Wilson, Ellen Barkin, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Martin Davidson
Michael Paré stars as Eddie Wilson of the rock band Eddie and Cruisers in this pair of dramas from the 1980s. In the first film, the band is at the height of their career in the 1960s…
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Diner (1982)
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
In 1959 Baltimore, former school chums facing adulthood find solace at the local diner, where the banter between groom-to-be Eddie (Steve Guttenberg), best man Billy (Tim Daly), womanizer…
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Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin …
Directed by: Lou Adler
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong make their debut in this tale of two stoners in search of the perfect stash of hash who end up cruising around in a van made of potent pot with bumbling narcotics…