Movies by Elizabeth McGovern
As part of the cast:
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Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
Cast: Felicity Jones, Elizabeth McGovern, Mackenzie Crook …
Directed by: Donald Rice
On the day of Dolly Thatcham's wedding, the sight of her former beau leads her to realize that going ahead with the ceremony would be a huge mistake. Dolly's mother tries valiantly…
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Angels Crest (2011)
Cast: Thomas Dekker, Lynn Collins, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Gaby Dellal
Through a careless indiscretion, a young father inadvertently allows his 3-year-old son to freeze to death. But as he tries to manage his grief, the man comes under harsh criticism from local…
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Kick-Ass (2010)
Cast: Adrian Martinez, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse …
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Inspired by comic books, high school student Dave Lizewski transforms himself into a masked crime fighter and becomes an Internet sensation. Soon, Dave's antics inspire a wave of…
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Daphne (2007)
Cast: Geraldine Somerville, Elizabeth McGovern, Janet McTeer …
Directed by: Clare Beavan
Geraldine Somerville stars in this BBC biopic as acclaimed novelist Daphne du Maurier, whose secret infatuations and affairs with the likes of heiress Ellen Doubleday (Elizabeth McGovern) and…
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Masterpiece Classic: A Room With a View (2007)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Elizabeth McGovern, Elaine Cassidy …
Directed by: Nicholas Renton
On a trip to Italy, prim aristocrat Lucy Honeychurch (Elaine Cassidy) steals a kiss from a handsome commoner (Rafe Spall) but pays a heavy emotional price when she sees him again in stuffy…
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Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris …
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Sgt. Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix), a clerk in a U.S. Army battalion stationed in West Germany, spices up his humdrum existence by running a black market that supplies drug dealers with…
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The House of Mirth (2000)
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Terence Davies
Lily Bart (Gillian Anderson) is a ravishing socialite at the top of her game, working her way to the top of turn-of-the-century Manhattan's social scene with skill and cunning. But the…
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Thursday the 12th (2000)
Cast: Ciarán Hinds, Jon Glover, Maria Doyle Kennedy …
Directed by: Charles Beeson
Greed, sex, politics and revenge are lethal motives when a dead body and four suspects keep murder all in the Bannister family in this riveting made-for-TV mystery starring Ciarán Hinds,…
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Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)
Cast: Douglas Henshall, Lena Headey, Penélope Cruz …
Directed by: María Ripoll
Struggling actor Victor Bukowski (Douglas Henshall) is heartbroken over the pending marriage of his ex-girlfriend Sylvia (Lena Headey). Leaving the pub drunk, Victor awakes to find himself…
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The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott …
Directed by: Iain Softley
In the wake of her mother's death, Kate Croy (Helena Bonham Carter) moves in with her wealthy Aunt Maude (Charlotte Rampling), who, not wanting her niece to follow in her mother's…
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The Favor (1994)
Cast: Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Brad Pitt …
Directed by: Donald Petrie
Despite being a happily married mother of two, Kathy (Harley Jane Kozak) has always wondered what it would've been like to sleep with her high school sweetheart, Tom (Ken Wahl). Her…
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King of the Hill (1993)
Cast: Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
In the depths of the Great Depression, young Aaron struggles to make it on his own after his mother is confined to a sanitarium. While his father is away on business, Aaron seeks a community…
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The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Cast: Aidan Quinn, Blanche Baker, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Volker Schlondorff
This chilling adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel envisions a future in which most women are sterile and right-wing fundamentalists rule. A powerful couple forces the…
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A Shock to the System (1990)
Cast: Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert …
Directed by: Jan Egleson
A no-nonsense advertising executive plots a series of murders (his wife and new boss among them) when he's passed over for a promotion. Fueled by his apparent omnipotence, he maniacally…
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Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Melanie Griffith, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Ken Russell, Tony Richardson
A trio of classic short stories springs to life in this made-for-cable anthology. Elizabeth McGovern and Beau Bridges star as traveling strangers who become intimate in "The Man in the Brooks…
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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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She's Having a Baby (1988)
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin …
Directed by: John Hughes
High school sweethearts Jake and Kristy Briggs try to settle into married life, but they soon hit some bumps as Jake's not completely sold on the idea of giving up his freedom, and…
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The Bedroom Window (1987)
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert …
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Terry Lambert tempts fate by having an affair with his boss's wife. When his mistress witnesses an attempted murder from his apartment, Terry agrees to report it. But Terry himself soon…
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Native Son (1986)
Cast: Victor Love, Matt Dillon, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Jerrold Freedman
The first American screen adaptation of Richard Wright's groundbreaking novel stars Victor Love as Bigger Thomas, an African American chauffeur whose dreams of a better life in Chicago…
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Director Sergio Leone's sprawling crime epic follows a group of Jewish mobsters (including Robert De Niro, James Woods and Elizabeth McGovern) who rise in the ranks of organized crime in…
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Racing with the Moon (1984)
Cast: Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
On the brink of adulthood in small-town California, teens Henry and Nicky try to have a last hurrah before going off to fight in World War II. But when Henry falls in love and Nicky lands in…
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Lovesick (1983)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness …
Directed by: Marshall Brickman
When Manhattan psychiatrist Saul Benjamin (Dudley Moore) begins counseling anxiety-ridden Chloe Allen (Elizabeth McGovern), he is immediately smitten with the beautiful playwright. But a…
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Ragtime (1981)
Cast: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn …
Directed by: Milos Forman
Director Milos Forman takes on E.L. Doctorow novel's about class, prejudice and politics in turn-of-the-century New York in this film, which was nominated for nine Academy Awards. It…
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Ordinary People (1980)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton …
Directed by: Robert Redford
Everything is in its proper place in the Jarrett household -- except the past. Mary Tyler Moore scored an Oscar nod for her role as repressed mother Beth Jarrett, whose favorite son has died,…