Movies by Diane Venora
As part of the cast:
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All Good Things (2010)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella …
Directed by: Andrew Jarecki
After restless real-estate scion David Marks (Ryan Gosling) weds middle-class beauty Katie McCarthy (Kirsten Dunst) against the wishes of his disapproving father (Frank Langella), suspicions…
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The Ministers (2009)
Cast: John Leguizamo, Harvey Keitel, Florencia Lozano …
Directed by: Franc. Reyes
More than a decade ago, a mysterious organization known as the Ministers murdered Celeste's (Florencia Lozano) father. Today, she's a New York City cop -- a job she took simply to…
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Follow the Prophet (2009)
Cast: Robert Chimento, Diane Venora, David Conrad …
Directed by: Drew Ann Rosenberg
In a secluded corner of Utah, fresh-faced Avery Colden (Annie Burgstede) learns on her 15th birthday that she's been selected as the new bride of prophet Brother John (Tom Noonan).…
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Stiletto (2008)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Stana Katic, Michael Biehn …
Directed by: Nick Vallelonga
After surviving an attempt on his life by his sexy ex-lover, Raina (Stana Katic), crime boss Virgil (Tom Berenger) enlists crooked detective Beck (Paul Sloan) to find the dangerous woman.…
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C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia (2005)
Cast: Anton Rodgers, Diane Venora, John Franklyn-Robbins …
Directed by: Norman Stone
Relive the life of C.S. Lewis (portrayed by Anton Rodgers) in this fascinating docudrama written and directed by Norman Stone, filmed in many of the actual locations where the famed British…
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Touched (2005)
Cast: Jenna Elfman, Randall Batinkoff, Samantha Mathis …
Directed by: Timothy Scott Bogart
Scott Davis (Randall Batinkoff) awakens from a coma, only to learn that his son was killed in a tragic accident, and that he's lost his sense of touch. As Davis struggles to repair his…
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Self-Medicated (2005)
Cast: Diane Venora, Monty Lapica, Michael Bowen …
Directed by: Monty Lapica
Outside Las Vegas, a mother goes to extreme lengths to save her teenage son from drugs. Struggling with the loss of his father, Andrew begins a descent into violence and drug addiction -- so…
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Stateside (2004)
Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Rachael Leigh Cook, Joe Mantegna …
Directed by: Reverge Anselmo
Troubled, affluent teenager Mark Deloach (Jonathan Tucker) winds up in the Marine Corps with a tough-as-nails drill sergeant (Val Kilmer). During a break from duty, Mark meets and begins to…
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Breaking Dawn (2004)
Cast: James Haven Voight, Kelly Overton, James Haven …
Directed by: Mark Edwin Robinson
When Eve (Kelly Overton), a fledgling medical student, is assigned to interview mental patient Don Wake (James Haven) and gather details about his mother's murder, she's shocked to…
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Heartbreak Hospital (2002)
Cast: Chelsea Altman, Patricia Clarkson, Diane Venora …
Directed by: Ruedi Gerber
When up-and-coming actress Neely Kendall (Chelsea Altman) scores a coveted role on the popular daytime soap "Heartbreak Hospital," she quickly becomes the enemy of the show's venomous…
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
Cast: Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora …
Directed by: Brian Trenchard Smith
Stone Alexander is a disturbed boy filled with murderous rage against his brother. When his father ships him off to military school, Stone falls under the sway of an instructor known as the…
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Hamlet (2000)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard …
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
The President of the Denmark Corporation has recently been found dead, and his wife has re-married the man suspected of the murder. Nobody is suffering more than her son Hamlet -- who is not…
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Race Against Time (2000)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Cas Anvar, Cary Elwes …
Directed by: Geoff Murphy
The year is 2018, and harvesting organs for transplants -- from live donors -- is perfectly legal. Eric Roberts is a poor construction worker who needs money to pay the mounting medical bills…
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True Crime (1999)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Gay Hamilton …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) is on the brink of ruining his marriage and journalism career with his alcoholism and womanizing when he's assigned to write a human-interest story about a…
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The 13th Warrior (1999)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif, Diane Venora …
Directed by: John McTiernan
It's feast or famine when Arab ambassador Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan is sent to make peaceful contact with the barbaric Vikings in A.D. 922. Soon, he finds himself in the midst of a battle…
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The Insider (1999)
Cast: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer …
Directed by: Michael Mann
When a TV producer coaxes a researcher to speak about his former employer's knowledge of tobacco's dangers, the corporations try to silence them in this Oscar-nominated drama based…
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Looking for an Echo (1999)
Cast: Armand Assante, Diane Venora, Joe Grifasi …
Directed by: Martin Davidson
Vince (Armand Assante) is a widowed 49-year-old Brooklyn bartender whose life revolves around caring for his leukemia-stricken daughter. He's also still grieving for his wife and…
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The Young Girl and the Monsoon (1999)
Cast: Terry Kinney, Ellen Muth, Mili Avital …
Directed by: James Ryan
When it comes to his career, Hank (Terry Kinney), a photojournalist, is on top of his game. The same can't be said about his personal life, though. His girlfriend Erin (Mili Avital), a…
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The Joyriders (1999)
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Kris Kristofferson, Heather McComb …
Directed by: Bradley Battersby
Contemplating suicide after suffering financial ruin thanks to his business partner, Gordon Trout (Martin Landau) finds himself taken hostage when he crosses paths with three wayward teens…
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The Jackal (1997)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier …
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
A triumvirate of stars forms the core of this update of the 1973 spy thriller The Day of the Jackal that has Bruce Willis portraying the shadowy assassin of the title. Hired by a powerful…
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The Substitute (1996)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Diane Venora, Ernie Hudson …
Directed by: Robert Mandel
Shale (Tom Berenger), a battle-scarred mercenary, finds the war has moved closer to home when his girlfriend is attacked by ruthless teenagers. Determined to root out the culprits, Shale goes…
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Three Wishes (1995)
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello …
Directed by: Martha Coolidge
&NFb;&NFb_;A mysterious drifter (Patrick Swayze) and his dog move in with a struggling single mother (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) whose husband died in the Korean War. Does the stranger…
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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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Hamlet (1990)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Dana Ivey, Brian Murray …
Directed by: Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline treads the boards as one of William Shakespeare's most memorable characters -- the melancholy, deep-thinking prince Hamlet -- opposite Dana Ivey as Gertrude in this PBS…
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Bird (1988)
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood labored for years to raise the money needed to bring this biography of Charlie Parker to the big screen. Nicknamed "Yardbird," Parker was a virtuoso saxophonist whose…
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Ironweed (1987)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker …
Directed by: Hector Babenco
Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep star in this moody Depression-era drama about Francis Phelan, a former pro baseball player haunted by his past and now living the squalid life of a nomadic…
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F/X (1986)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora …
Directed by: Robert Mandel
The Justice Department enlists special-effects wizard Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) for the most elaborate assignment of his lifetime -- to fake the murder of a high-profile mobster (Jerry…
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Wolfen (1981)
Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos …
Directed by: Michael Wadleigh
A brash Manhattan industrialist, his coke-bingeing wife and a slum wino have something grisly in common: They're the latest victims in a series of seemingly motiveless murders, and all…