Movies by Judy Davis
As part of the cast:
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To Rome with Love (2012)
Cast: Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen plays a father meeting his daughter's Italian in-laws to-be in this ensemble comedy that interweaves four tales set in Rome. Other cast members include Roberto Benigni as a…
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Masterpiece Contemporary: Page Eight (2011)
Cast: Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon …
Directed by: David Hare
Silky-smooth veteran MI5 agent Johnny Worricker is wholly dedicated to his work, but his loyalty to the British spy agency is about to be tested. A top secret document surfaces that reveals…
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The Eye of the Storm (2011)
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
A woman recently divorced from a French prince and her washed-up actor brother return home to Australia, hoping to reconcile with their dying mother. But neither is prepared for the ensuing…
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Diamonds (2009)
Cast: James Purefoy, Joanne Kelly, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Andy Wilson
The volatile world of African diamond trading sets the stage for five disparate stories in this compelling miniseries. The fuse is set when Sen. Joan Cameron (Judy Davis) loses her geologist…
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The Starter Wife (2008)
Cast: Debra Messing, Judy Davis, Hart Bochner …
Molly Kagen, a divorced Hollywood socialite, finds herself starting from scratch as she struggles to land herself a career in her 40s while raising her daughter. Complicating matters are her…
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The Break-Up (2006)
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman …
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Cohabitating couple Gary (Vince Vaughn) and Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) find their once-blissful romance on the rocks when petty spats about lemons and dirty dishes mushroom into an all-out…
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Marie Antoinette (2006)
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola directs a stylized portrait of Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst), the naive Austrian princess who married Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman) to become queen of France at age 19. The…
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A Little Thing Called Murder (2006)
Cast: Judy Davis, Jonathan Jackson, Chelcie Ross …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Judy Davis turns in an Emmy-nominated performance in this Lifetime original movie based on the actual crimes of a notorious mother-and-son duo. With her loyal son Kenny (Jonathan Jackson) by…
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Coast to Coast (2004)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, Selma Blair …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
A long-married couple (Richard Dreyfuss and Judy Davis) admits to long-simmering resentments and ennui that threaten their relationship in this painfully honest drama directed by Paul…
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The Reagans (2003)
Cast: Judy Davis, James Brolin, Zeljko Ivanek …
Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman
The 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan (played here by James Brolin), and his wife Nancy (Judy Davis) are the subjects of this biopic that aired amid great controversy as a…
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Swimming Upstream (2003)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Jesse Spencer ("House M.D.") stars in the true-life drama of Australian swimming champion Tony Fingleton. Desperate to escape his tortuous older brother and alcoholic father (Geoffrey Rush),…
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Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)
Cast: Judy Davis, Victor Garber, Hugh Laurie …
Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman
The triumphs and failures of actress and singer Judy Garland are presented in this sweeping biopic, which convincingly depicts her childhood career, breakthrough with The Wizard of Oz,…
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Gaudi Afternoon (2001)
Cast: Judy Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor …
Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Barcelona hasn't turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra (Judy Davis) thought it would be. She's about to return to America when the mysterious…
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The Man Who Sued God (2001)
Cast: Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
Steve is a lawyer turned fisherman whose life goes topsy-turvy when lightning destroys his boat. Declaring the event as "an act of God," Steve's insurance company denies his claim for…
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Celebrity (1998)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Director Woody Allen turns his caustic wit on the nature of celebrity with this satiric look at people who'll do anything for fame. Kenneth Branagh stars as a version of Allen: a…
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Absolute Power (1997)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cat burglar Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) finds himself in the president's doghouse when he spies the chief executive (Gene Hackman) trysting with a trophy wife. When their rough…
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Cast: Woody Allen, Elisabeth Shue, Richard Benjamin …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In this mordant 1997 comedy, self-absorbed novelist Harry Block (Woody Allen) sees his literary chickens come home to roost after he pens a roman à clef that offends, enrages and…
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Children of the Revolution (1996)
Cast: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham …
Directed by: Peter Duncan
The enigmatic Judy Davis stars as Joan, an extremely devoted Communist Australian enamored of Joseph Stalin and his ideas. She writes him letters, and when she gets pregnant, she thinks the…
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Blood & Wine (1996)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lopez, Stephen Dorff …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
A desperate man risks everything to save his flagging business in director Bob Rafelson's noir thriller. Deeply in debt and at odds with his wife (Judy Davis) and stepson, Alex Gates…
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Serving in Silence (1995)
Cast: Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Wendy Makkena …
Directed by: Jeff Bleckner
This drama tells the true story of decorated Army medical officer Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, who fights back after she's threatened with discharge in the wake of admitting she's a…
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The Ref (1994)
Cast: Denis Leary, Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Ted Demme
Gus (Denis Leary), a burglar, is about to score on Christmas Eve by breaking into a posh home in the suburbs. But his plans change when he trips up the alarm and takes the occupants hostage.…
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The New Age (1994)
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Patrick Bauchau …
Directed by: Michael Tolkin
Writer-director Michael Tolkin (The Player) takes aim at the West Coast again with this whip-smart satire about married yuppies (Judy Davis and Peter Weller) who decide to "find themselves"…
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Husbands and Wives (1992)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Director Woody Allen stars with Mia Farrow as a long-married couple whose relationship starts to crumble when their best friends announce they're separating. Festering resentments and…
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Barton Fink (1991)
Cast: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Joel Coen
Idealistic playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) believes writing should reveal the hopes, dreams and tragedies of the common man. When Hollywood taps him to write a movie, Fink develops…
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Impromptu (1991)
Cast: Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin …
Directed by: James Lapine
In this critically acclaimed drama set amid the romance of 19th-century Europe, feminist author George Sand falls for Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, but a number of obstacles…
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Naked Lunch (1991)
Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Director David Cronenberg brings William S. Burroughs' hallucinatory, "unfilmable" novel to the screen. Part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Peter Weller) plunges…
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Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
Cast: Rupert Graves, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter …
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Director Charles Sturridge's lavish adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel of the same name stars Helen Mirren as Lilia Herriton, a widowed Englishwoman who travels to Italy, weds a…
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Alice (1990)
Cast: Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, Alec Baldwin …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Alice Tate (Mia Farrow) finds herself falling out of love with her stockbroker husband (William Hurt) and in love with a sax player named Joe (Joe Mantegna) in this modern take on &NFi;Alice…
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High Tide (1987)
Cast: Judy Davis, Jan Adele, Claudia Karvan …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Judy Davis stars as Lillie, a boozy backup singer for an Elvis impersonator, who wanders away from her job and makes a connection with a teen girl (Claudia Karvan) in a trailer park. But when…
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A Passage to India (1984)
Cast: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft …
Directed by: David Lean
Adventurous young Englishwoman Adela Quested (Judy Davis) journeys to colonial India with open-minded Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft). Ignoring English customs, the women accompany a "native"…
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The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Richard Griffiths, Alan Bennett …
Directed by: David Hugh Jones
Richard Griffiths and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley star in this BBC production of Shakespeare's comedy about Sir John Falstaff, one of Queen Elizabeth I's favorite…
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A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Ned Beatty, Franklin Cover …
Directed by: Alan Gibson
This made-for-TV biopic stars Emmy winner Ingrid Bergman as Golda Meir, a Russian-born Jew raised in Wisconsin who served as prime minister of Israel from 1969-74 -- one of the most turbulent…
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The Final Option (1982)
Cast: Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark …
Directed by: Ian Sharp
Inspired by the 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy in London, this exciting actioner stars Lewis Collins as SAS officer Peter Skellen, who infiltrates a terrorist organization intent on using…
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My Brilliant Career (1979)
Cast: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Refractory Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) bucks 19th century societal conventions in this charming Australian film helmed by Gillian Armstrong. On Sybylla's path toward realizing her dream…
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High Rolling in a Hot Corvette (1977)
Cast: Joseph Bottoms, Wendy Hughes, John Clayton …
Directed by: Igor Auzins
Judy Davis makes her big-screen debut in this Australian action comedy about a pair of carny workers (Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor) who hit the road looking for adventure -- and find it in…