Susan Sarandon
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Susan Abigail Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1969, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She had also been nominated for the award for four films before that and has received other recognition for her work. She is also noted for her social and political activism for a variety of liberal causes.
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Tunnels (2020)
A teenage brother of school shooting victim strikes up an unlikely friendship with the shooter's grandmother when they both work together at the same supermarket.
Directed by: John Krokidas
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Jaeden Lieberher
The Jesus Rolls (2019)
As: Jean
Hours after his release from prison, Jesus Quintana pairs up with fellow misfits Petey and Marie for a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: John Turturro
Stars: John Turturro | Jon Hamm | Bobby Cannavale | Audrey Tautou | Sônia Braga
VHYes (2019)
As: Tracy Beth
This bizarre retro comedy, shot entirely on VHS and Beta, takes us back to when 12-year-old Ralph, over one formative week, mistakenly records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents’ wedding tape.
Runtime: 72 min.
Directed by: Jack Henry Robbins
Stars: Tim Robbins | Thomas Lennon | Charlyne Yi | Mark Proksch | Kerri Kenney-Silver
Blackbird (2019)
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Roger Michell
Stars: Kate Winslet | Susan Sarandon | Rainn Wilson | Mia Wasikowska | Sam Neill
Roger Vivier's Jewels to Shoes (2019)
As: Drama Teacher
"Jewels to Shoes" is a story that unfolds in the heart of upstate New York. AnnaSophia Robb plays an aspiring actress and Susan Sarandon is an eccentric drama teacher, as they star in a short film inspired by the Antonio Pietrangeli masterpiece "I Knew Her Well".
Runtime: 2 min.
Directed by: Pascal Teixeira
Stars: Susan Sarandon | AnnaSophia Robb
Viper Club (2018)
As: Helen
ER nurse Helen Sterling struggles to free her grown son, a journalist captured by terrorists in the Middle East. After hitting walls with the FBI and State agencies, she discovers a clandestine community of journalists, advocates, and philanthropists who might be able to help.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Maryam Keshavarz
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Julian Morris | Matt Bomer | Sheila Vand | Lola Kirke
Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018)
As: Narrator
Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Matthew Cooke
Stars: Danny Trejo | Susan Sarandon | RZA | Patricia Arquette | Deepak Chopra
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017)
As: Herself
Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the special features stand-up performances, sketches and short films.
Runtime: 131 min.
Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio | Adam Sandler | Jon Stewart | Paul Rudd | Steve Carell
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
As: Isis Dunkler
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough, they have to do all of that while hosting and entertaining their own mothers.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Jon Lucas | Scott Moore
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Mila Kunis | Christine Baranski | Kristen Bell | Kathryn Hahn
Spark (2016)
As: Bananny (voice)
Spark, a teenage monkey and his friends, Chunk and Vix, are on a mission to regain Planet Bana - a kingdom overtaken by the evil overlord Zhong.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Aaron Woodley
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Jessica Biel | Hilary Swank | Patrick Stewart | Jace Norman
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016)
As: Lunch Lady Lorraine (voice)
From acclaimed graphic novelist Dash Shaw (New School) comes an audacious debut that is equal parts disaster cinema, high school comedy and blockbuster satire, told through a dream-like mixed media animation style that incorporates drawings, paintings and collage. Dash (Jason Schwartzman) and his best friend Assaf (Reggie Watts) are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf ...
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Dash Shaw
Stars: Maya Rudolph | Susan Sarandon | Jason Schwartzman | Lena Dunham | Reggie Watts
Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery (2016)
As: Detective Dottie Wheel
While her mother is away on business, a young girl home alone with her older brother witnesses her neighbor's kidnapping. But no one believes her--not her brother, not the cops. So she takes matters into her own hands putting her life at risk to save her neighbor.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Kevin Kaufman
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Marc Menchaca | Lev Gorn | Ripley Sobo | Scott Dillin
Mothers and Daughters (2016)
As: Millie
Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Paul Duddridge | Nigel Levy
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Christina Ricci | Courteney Cox | Selma Blair | Eva Amurri Martino
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2016)
As: Grace Donovan
An American movie star finds his correspondence with an 11-year-old actor exposed, prompting assumptions that begin to destroy his life and career.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Xavier Dolan
Stars: Natalie Portman | Susan Sarandon | Kathy Bates | Jacob Tremblay | Kit Harington
April and the Twisted World (2015)
As: Chimene (voice)
France asleep in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon VI, where scientists vanish mysteriously, a girl, Avril, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Franck Ekinci | Christian Desmares
Stars: Marion Cotillard | Olivier Gourmet | Marc-André Grondin | Jean Rochefort | Philippe Katerine
Hell & Back (2015)
As: Barb the Angel (voice)
Two best friends set out to rescue their pal after he's accidentally dragged to hell.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Tom Gianas | Ross Shuman
Stars: Bob Odenkirk | Susan Sarandon | T.J. Miller | Mila Kunis | Jennifer Coolidge
The Meddler (2015)
As: Marnie Minervini
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Stars: J.K. Simmons | Susan Sarandon | Rose Byrne | Jerrod Carmichael | Cecily Strong
About Ray (2015)
As: Dolly
A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Gaby Dellal
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Elle Fanning | Naomi Watts | Tate Donovan | Maria Dizzia
Unity (2015)
As: Herself - Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Shaun Monson
Stars: Alison Eastwood | Aaron Paul | Amanda Seyfried | Adrian Grenier | Adam Levine
The Big Shoe (2015)
An overbearing mom hires a therapist to work with her shoe-designing son.
Directed by: Steven Shainberg
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Jim Sturgess | Klaus Maria Brandauer
The Last of Robin Hood (2014)
As: Florence Aadland
Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man, flouted convention all his life, but never more brazenly than in his last years when, swimming in vodka and unwilling to face his mortality, he undertook a liaison with an aspiring actress, Beverly Aadland. The two had a high-flying affair that spanned the globe and was enabled by the girl's fame-obsessed mother, Florence. It all ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Richard Glatzer | Wash Westmoreland
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Kevin Kline | Dakota Fanning | Patrick St. Esprit | Sean Flynn
The Calling (2014)
As: Hazel Micallef
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Jason Stone
Stars: Gil Bellows | Ellen Burstyn | Susan Sarandon | Topher Grace | Donald Sutherland
Tammy (2014)
As: Pearl
After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Ben Falcone
Stars: Melissa McCarthy | Susan Sarandon | Kathy Bates | Dan Aykroyd | Allison Janney
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal (2014)
As: Herself
A personal, accessible look at an artist - Kevin Barnes, frontman of the endlessly versatile indie pop band of Montreal - whose pursuit to make transcendent music at all costs drives him to value art over human relationships. As he struggles with all of those around him, family and bandmates alike, he's forced to reconsider the future of the band, begging the question - is this really worth it?
Runtime: 77 min.
Directed by: Jason Miller
Stars: Dottie Alexander | Derek Almstead | David Barnes | Kevin Barnes | Nina Barnes
We Are Many (2014)
As: Herself
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Amir Amirani
Stars: Danny Glover | Richard Branson | Damon Albarn | Noam Chomsky | Brian Eno
Ping Pong Summer (2014)
As: Randi Jammer
In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Michael Tully
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Amy Sedaris | Judah Friedlander | John Hannah | Lea Thompson
The Big Wedding (2013)
As: Bebe McBride
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Justin Zackham
Stars: Robert De Niro | Diane Keaton | Topher Grace | Amanda Seyfried | Katherine Heigl
Trailblazers in Habits (2013)
As: Narrator (voice)
'Trailblazers in Habits' is an intimate portrait of a group of American Catholic nuns, the Maryknoll Sisters, who have accompanied the disenfranchised in their struggle for social justice. By turns tragic and joyous, yet always inspirational, this insightful documentary is a revealing portrait of these courageous women. A moving and absorbing chronicle that spans 100 years and several continents, the ...
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Nancy Tong
Stars: Susan Sarandon
Snitch (2013)
As: Joanne Keeghan
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help ...
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Stars: Barry Pepper | Susan Sarandon | Jon Bernthal | Dwayne Johnson | Michael Kenneth Williams
Cloud Atlas (2012)
As: Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries ...
Runtime: 172 min.
Directed by: Lilly Wachowski | Lana Wachowski | Tom Tykwer
Stars: Hugo Weaving | Tom Hanks | Jim Sturgess | Jim Broadbent | Halle Berry
Arbitrage (2012)
As: Ellen Miller
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Tim Roth | Richard Gere | Monica Raymund | Brit Marling
How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012)
As: Herself
Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Matthew Cooke
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Woody Harrelson | Eminem | Matthew Cooke | Barry Cooper
The Company You Keep (2012)
As: Sharon Solarz
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Robert Redford
Stars: Nick Nolte | Susan Sarandon | Robert Redford | Shia LaBeouf | Julie Christie
Robot & Frank (2012)
As: Jennifer
A delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film. Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown children are concerned about their father’s well-being and buy him a caretaker robot. Initially resistant to the idea, Frank soon appreciates the benefits of ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Jake Schreier
Stars: Liv Tyler | Susan Sarandon | Frank Langella | Peter Sarsgaard | James Marsden
That's My Boy (2012)
As: Mary McGarricle
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Sean Anders
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Andy Samberg | Adam Sandler | Leighton Meester | Eva Amurri Martino
Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)
As: Sharon
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Mark Duplass | Jay Duplass
Stars: Judy Greer | Susan Sarandon | Ed Helms | Rae Dawn Chong | Jason Segel
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (2011)
As: Narrator
This ninety-minute film takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries and over 1,400 years of history. It explores themes such as the Word, Space, Ornament, Color and Water and presents the stories behind many great masterworks of Islamic Art and Architecture. Narrated by Academy Award winning performer Susan Sarandon, this dazzling documentary reveals the variety and diversity of Islamic ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Robert H. Gardner
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Mohammad Al-Asad | Sheila S. Blair | Jonathan M. Bloom | Afshan Bokhari
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
As: Mother
Fight For Your Right Revisited, stars actors like Will Ferrell, Seth Rogan and Elijah Wood playing the roles of the B-Boys three members, Mike D, Ad Rock and MCA. It is a reprisal of the video the trio made for their 1987 single Fight For Your Right, and features music from the band's new album, Hot Sauce Committe Part Two. Fight For Your Right Revisited is directed by Adam Yauch, aka MCA.
Runtime: 30 min.
Directed by: Adam Yauch
Stars: Elijah Wood | Stanley Tucci | Rashida Jones | Susan Sarandon | Danny McBride
A War in Hollywood (2011)
The Spanish Civil War made a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of the 20th Century. Lots of films were made in Hollywood referring to this event, and the defeat of the Democratic Spain let an "open wound" in the heart of liberal actors, directors and screenwriters. The coherent life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie is our track through this feeling. From his fighting in Spain with ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Oriol Porta
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Román Gubern | Walter Bernstein | Moe Fishman | Dan Bessie
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
As: Sylvia Moore
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Carey Mulligan | Josh Brolin | Michael Douglas | Shia LaBeouf | Frank Langella
You Don't Know Jack (2010)
As: Janet Good
Angel of mercy… or murderous “Doctor Death”? Jack Kervorkian is one of the most polarizing figures in modern American history, a man whose passionate belief that people have the right to die has brought him both praise and vilification. Oscar®- and Emmy®-winning actor Al Pacino brings “Dr. Death” to life in an all-new HBO Films presentation: You Don’t Know Jack, directed by Oscar®-winner ...
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Danny Huston | Susan Sarandon | John Goodman | Brenda Vaccaro | Al Pacino
Peacock (2010)
As: Fanny Crill
A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are man and wife, although a struggling young mother holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Michael Lander
Stars: Elliot Page | Cillian Murphy | Susan Sarandon | Josh Lucas | Bill Pullman
The Lovely Bones (2009)
As: Grandma Lynn
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Stars: Stanley Tucci | Susan Sarandon | Mark Wahlberg | Saoirse Ronan | Rachel Weisz
Leaves of Grass (2009)
As: Daisy Kincaid
An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Tim Blake Nelson
Stars: Edward Norton | Susan Sarandon | Richard Dreyfuss | Melanie Lynskey | Keri Russell
Solitary Man (2009)
As: Nancy
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Brian Koppelman | David Levien
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Mary-Louise Parker | Jesse Eisenberg | Michael Douglas | Danny DeVito
The Greatest (2009)
As: Grace Brewer
Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out she's pregnant, she winds up at the Brewer's door. She needs their help, and although they can't quite admit it, they each need her so they can begin to heal.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Shana Feste
Stars: Carey Mulligan | Susan Sarandon | Pierce Brosnan | Johnny Simmons | Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Speed Racer (2008)
As: Mom Racer
Speed Racer is the tale of a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, he must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities. Inspired by the cartoon series.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Lana Wachowski | Lilly Wachowski
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Christina Ricci | John Goodman | Matthew Fox | Emile Hirsch
Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure (2008)
As: Queen Narissa (voice)
Runtime: 6 min.
Directed by: Kevin Lima
Stars: Jeff Bennett | Susan Sarandon | Julie Andrews | James Marsden
Middle of Nowhere (2008)
As: Rhonda Berry
The film follows Grace, a young woman whose irresponsible mother blows her college fund on her younger sister's beauty pageant campaign.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: John Stockwell
Stars: Anton Yelchin | Susan Sarandon | Justin Chatwin | Brea Grant | Eva Amurri Martino
Enchanted (2007)
As: Queen Narissa
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Kevin Lima
Stars: Timothy Spall | Amy Adams | Patrick Dempsey | James Marsden | Rachel Covey
Mr. Woodcock (2007)
As: Beverly Farley
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Craig Gillespie | David Dobkin
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Ethan Suplee | Amy Poehler | Seann William Scott | Billy Bob Thornton
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
As: Joan Deerfield
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Stars: Susan Sarandon | James Franco | Tommy Lee Jones | Charlize Theron | Frances Fisher
Emotional Arithmetic (2007)
As: Melanie Lansing Winters
Autumn Hearts tells the story of three people who formed a life-long bond while housed in a World War II Concentration Camp.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Paolo Barzman
Stars: Max von Sydow | Susan Sarandon | Christopher Plummer | Gabriel Byrne | Dakota Goyo
Irresistible (2006)
As: Sophie Hartley
A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Ann Turner
Stars: Susan Sarandon | William McInnes | Emily Blunt | Sam Neill | Charles Tingwell
Bernard and Doris (2006)
As: Doris Duke
Sympathetic look loosely based on the relationship between tobacco heiress, Doris Duke (1912-1993) - think Duke University - and her shy butler, Bernard Lafferty. The icy and mercurial Duke fires her butler for serving a chilled cantaloupe; the agency sends Lafferty, formerly household staff to Liz Taylor and to Peggy Lee. He's an alcoholic, fresh out of rehab. He gradually becomes Duke's gay alter ego ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Bob Balaban
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Susan Sarandon | Chris Bauer | Don Harvey | Peter Asher
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)
As: Narrator
A standard biography of the famed actress recounting her childhood, early films and her rise to stardom. Her father abandoned the family when she was quite young and she remained close to her domineering mother. As she became more popular she had many fights with Jack Warner, the head of Warner Brothers studio, but eventually managed to exert greater control over her career. She was nominated for several ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Mark A. Catalena | Peter Jones
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Bette Davis | Jack Warner | Ruthie Davis | Michael Merrill
The Exonerated (2006)
As: Sunny Jacobs
Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Bob Balaban
Stars: Brian Dennehy | Danny Glover | Susan Sarandon | Aidan Quinn | Delroy Lindo
Secrets of the Code (2006)
The film takes the viewer on a spiritual road trip from ancient Europe to modern Israel in a feature documentary that covers the terrain touched upon in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Interviews were done with many of the leading teachers, art historians and spiritual guides of our time.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Stack
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Sean Martin | Timothy Freke | Elaine Pagels | Richard Leigh
The Peace! (2005)
As: Herself
Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and community organizers are getting tough with their questions about peace -- and that's no oxymoron. To shed light on the answers, filmmakers Gabriele Zamparini and Lorenzo Meccoli record a variety of speakers, including Noam Chomsky, Desmond Tutu, Scott Ritter, Pete ...
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Gabriele Zamparini
Stars: Danny Glover | Harry Belafonte | Angela Davis | Greg Palast | Amy Goodman
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
As: Kitty
Down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty, a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman named Tula. Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: John Turturro
Stars: Kate Winslet | Susan Sarandon | Steve Buscemi | Mandy Moore | James Gandolfini
Elizabethtown (2005)
As: Hollie Baylor
Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Stars: Orlando Bloom | Susan Sarandon | Kirsten Dunst | Alec Baldwin | Bruce McGill
Noel (2004)
As: Rose Harrison
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Chazz Palminteri
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Penélope Cruz | Paul Walker | John Doman | Alan Arkin
Alfie (2004)
As: Liz
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His best friends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect over his lifestyle.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Charles Shyer
Stars: Jude Law | Omar Epps | Jane Krakowski | Marisa Tomei | Renée Taylor
Shall We Dance? (2004)
As: Beverly Clark
Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Peter Chelsom
Stars: Stanley Tucci | Susan Sarandon | Jennifer Lopez | Lisa Ann Walter | Richard Gere
Ice Bound - A Woman's Survival at the South Pole (2003)
As: Dr. Jerri Nielsen
It is during the final months of 1999 that 46-year-old physician Jerri Nielsen (Susan Sarandon) finds herself stranded at the Amundsen-South Pole Research Station along with a tiny staff of researchers and technicians. Although, at first, there is little love lost between the somewhat aloof Nielsen and her more down-to-earth colleagues, a strong bond develops among them as the extreme Antarctic ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Aidan Devine | Carl Marotte | Steve Cumyn | Cynthia Mace
The Nazi Officer's Wife (2003)
As: Narrator (voice)
Edith Han was an young woman that was studying law in Vienna when the German forced Edith and her mother into a Jewish ghetto.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Liz Garbus
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Julia Ormond | Edith Hahn Beer
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2003)
As: Herself
Nearly every major element of making the 1991 film Thelma & Louise is examined here from how the script was written to how Ridley Scott got involved, to how the big tanker explosion was pulled off. Some funny stories are shared and some great trivia as to what was improvised on set and actually left in the film.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Charles de Lauzirika
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Geena Davis | Ridley Scott | Callie Khouri | Mimi Polk Gitlin
Moonlight Mile (2002)
As: Jojo Floss
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Brad Silberling
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Susan Sarandon | Dustin Hoffman | Ellen Pompeo | Aleksia Landeau
The Banger Sisters (2002)
As: Lavinia
In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and they have the pictures to prove it. But it's been more than two decades since the Banger Sisters earned their nickname -- or even laid eyes on each other. Their reunion is the collision of two women's worlds; one who's living in the past, and one who's ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Bob Dolman
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Geoffrey Rush | Robin Thomas | Erika Christensen | Goldie Hawn
Igby Goes Down (2002)
As: Mimi Slocumb
A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Burr Steers
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Amanda Peet | Kieran Culkin | Jared Harris | Claire Danes
Facing Arthur (2002)
As: Narrator
This documentary chronicles the relationship between Holocaust survivor Arthur Lederman and 20-year-old Christoph, a German descendent of a Nazi soldier. Despite differences in their cultures and generations, they discover a common bond in music.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Stefan Knerrich | Michael Rey | Amy Rubin
Stars: Susan Sarandon
The Next Industrial Revolution (2002)
As: Narrator
Directed by: Christopher Bedford | Shelley Morhaim
Stars: Susan Sarandon
The Concert for New York City (2001)
The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-you to the heroic firefighters, police officers and rescue workers who saved tens of thousands of lives on September 11th. More than 6000 firefighters, police officers and rescue workers attended as guests.
Runtime: 296 min.
Directed by: Louis J. Horvitz | Woody Allen | Edward Burns | Ric Burns | Christian Charles | Spike Lee | Martin Scorsese | Jerry Seinfeld | Kevin Smith
Stars: David Bowie | Elton John | Paul McCartney | Eric Clapton | Billy Joel
Rudyland (2001)
As: Narrator (voice)
A humorous, agit-prop look at the controversial mayoralty of New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Runtime: 52 min.
Directed by: Matthew Carnahan
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Jesse Malin
Cats & Dogs (2001)
As: Ivy(voice)
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. Tinkles, squares off against wide-eyed puppy Lou and his canine cohorts.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Guterman
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Tobey Maguire | Miriam Margolyes | Elizabeth Perkins | Alexander Pollock
The Shaman's Apprentice (2001)
As: Narrator (voice)
Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.
Runtime: 54 min.
Directed by: Miranda Smith
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Mark Plotkin
Goodnight Moon (2001)
As: Narrator
In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.
Directed by: Amy Schatz
Stars: Susan Sarandon
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000)
As: Narrator (voice)
This film, shot by 100 amateur camera operators, tells the story of the enormous street protests in Seattle, Washington in November 1999, against the World Trade Organization summit being held there. Vowing to oppose, among other faults, the WTO's power to arbitrally overrule nations' environmental, social and labour policies in favour of unbridled corporate greed, protestors from all around came out ...
Runtime: 72 min.
Directed by: Jill Friedberg | Rick Rowley
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Noam Chomsky | Michael Franti | Vandana Shiva
Rugrats In Paris (2000)
As: Coco LaBouche (voice)
The Rugrats are back! There's Tommy the brave one, Chuckie the timid one, Phil and Lil the odd couple, Dil, and spoiled brat Angelica. This time they're wreaking havoc in Paris, France, where Tommy's dad Stu is summoned after yet another one of his inventions took a dump.
Runtime: 78 min.
Directed by: Stig Bergqvist
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Tara Strong | John Lithgow | Cheryl Chase | E.G. Daily
Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
As: Herself - Interviewee
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge. Written by Fredrik Klasson
Runtime: 78 min.
Directed by: Carl-Gustav Nykvist
Stars: Woody Allen | Liv Ullmann | Ingmar Bergman | Erland Josephson | Sven Nykvist
Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
As: Alice Neel
Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Stanley Tucci
Stars: Ian Holm | Stanley Tucci | Hallee Hirsh | Hope Davis | Sarah Hyland
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
As: Margherita Sarfatti
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Stars: Hank Azaria | Bill Murray | John Cusack | Joan Cusack | Rubén Blades
Anywhere But Here (1999)
As: Adele August
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Wayne Wang
Stars: Natalie Portman | Susan Sarandon | Eileen Ryan | Ray Baker | Hart Bochner
Illuminata (1999)
As: Celimene
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that involves influential critic Bevalaqua, theatre star Celimene, young lead actors and other theatre residents
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: John Turturro
Stars: John Turturro | Susan Sarandon | Rufus Sewell | Beverly D'Angelo | Christopher Walken
Earthly Possessions (1999)
As: Charlotte Emory
A bored wife, who is planning to run away from her minister husband, is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to helping the younger robber escape his pursuers. As things progress, she learns he pulled the robbery to get enough money to help his pregnant girlfriend leave a home for unwed mothers. The two have a brief ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: James Lapine
Stars: Margo Martindale | Susan Sarandon | Stephen Dorff | Deborah Rush | Boyd Gaines
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
As: Mrs. Clark
What begins as a routine class project for a diverse group of sixth-graders turns into a magical, time-traveling adventure they'll never forget! Authentic historical footage of Martin Luther King Jr. is blended with colorful animation as the students learn about - and actually meet - the civil rights leader who challenged all Americans to turn his dream of freedom into reality. Produced in association with ...
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Robert Brousseau | Vincenzo Trippetti
Stars: LeVar Burton | Lucas Black | Angela Bassett | Ed Asner | Theodore Borders
Stepmom (1998)
As: Jackie Harrison
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Stars: Ed Harris | Susan Sarandon | Liam Aiken | Julia Roberts | Jena Malone
Twilight (1998)
As: Catherine Ames
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Robert Benton
Stars: Stockard Channing | Susan Sarandon | Paul Newman | Reese Witherspoon | Gene Hackman
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
As: Miss Spider (voice)
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Runtime: 79 min.
Directed by: Henry Selick
Stars: Pete Postlethwaite | Joanna Lumley | Simon Callow | Miriam Margolyes | Paul Terry
Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins (1996)
The struggle by a Vietnam war hero turned priest to find and reveal the truth about secret CIA torture training at a US military base.
Runtime: 56 min.
Directed by: Robert Richter
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Roy Bourgeois
Dead Man Walking (1995)
As: Sister Helen Prejean
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Stars: R. Lee Ermey | Susan Sarandon | Raymond J. Barry | Robert Prosky | Sean Penn
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
As: Herself
This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have occupied in cinema history, and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry's role in shaping perceptions of LGBT figures. The issues addressed include secrecy – which initially defined homosexuality – as well as the demonization of the homosexual community with the advent of AIDS, and ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Rob Epstein | Jeffrey Friedman
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Whoopi Goldberg | Gore Vidal | Tony Curtis | Lily Tomlin
Little Women (1994)
As: Mrs. Abigail "Marmee" March
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Stars: Samantha Mathis | Kirsten Dunst | Winona Ryder | Trini Alvarado | Claire Danes
Safe Passage (1994)
As: Margaret "Mag" Singer
A mother with seven sons feels like she's losing control of her life and her family. But personal...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman
Stars: Nick Stahl | Susan Sarandon | Sam Shepard | Marcia Gay Harden | Robert Sean Leonard
The Client (1994)
As: Reggie Love
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Mary-Louise Parker | Tommy Lee Jones | Anthony LaPaglia | Bradley Whitford
School of the Americas Assassins (1994)
As: Narrator
Human rights abuses by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) are chillingly documented at the beginning of the campaign to close the school.
Runtime: 18 min.
Directed by: Robert Richter
Stars: Susan Sarandon
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
As: Michaela Odone
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare incurable degenerative brain disorder. Frustrated at the failings of doctors and medicine in this area, the Odones begin to educate themselves
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: George Miller
Stars: Nick Nolte | Susan Sarandon | Ann Hearn | Peter Ustinov | Maduka Steady
Bob Roberts (1992)
As: Tawna Titan
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Stars: Tim Robbins | Giancarlo Esposito | David Strathairn | Alan Rickman | James Spader
Light Sleeper (1992)
As: Ann
A drug dealer with upscale clientele is having moral problems going about his daily deliveries. A reformed addict, he has never gotten over the wife that left him, and the couple that use him for deliveries worry about his mental well-being and his effectiveness at his job. Meanwhile someone is killing women in apparently drug-related incidents.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Dana Delany | Susan Sarandon | David Clennon | Mary Beth Hurt
The Player (1992)
As: Herself
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Tim Robbins | Whoopi Goldberg | Greta Scacchi | Peter Gallagher | Fred Ward
Thelma & Louise (1991)
As: Louise Elizabeth Sawyer
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Christopher McDonald | Michael Madsen | Harvey Keitel | Geena Davis
White Palace (1990)
As: Nora Baker
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle in their relationship, especially since Max can't keep Nora a secret from his Jewish friends ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Luis Mandoki
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Jason Alexander | Kathy Bates | James Spader | Eileen Brennan
The January Man (1989)
As: Christine Starkey
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Pat O'Connor
Stars: Danny Aiello | Susan Sarandon | Kevin Kline | Harvey Keitel | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
A Dry White Season (1989)
As: Melanie Bruwer
Taking place during the 1976 Soweto uprising, the story follows a white school teacher whose life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Euzhan Palcy
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Jürgen Prochnow | Donald Sutherland | Janet Suzman | Zakes Mokae
Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
As: Sandra Boon
Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam, his childhood friend, is just beginning to fall in love with a new teacher at the high school. As they try to adjust to these conflicting emotions they find themselves having to evaluate their own relationship as well.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Robert Greenwald
Stars: Don Johnson | Susan Sarandon | Jeff Daniels | Elizabeth Perkins | Holly Marie Combs
Bull Durham (1988)
As: Annie Savoy
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Ron Shelton
Stars: Tim Robbins | Susan Sarandon | Kevin Costner | Robert Wuhl | Trey Wilson
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
As: Jane Spofford
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: George Miller
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Veronica Cartwright | Michelle Pfeiffer | Cher | Jack Nicholson
Women of Valor (1986)
As: Col. Margaret Ann Jessup
TV movie, first shown by CBS in 1986. A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942. They are put in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan, where they spend three years of their lives. The story focuses on Lt Margaret Ann Jessup, the head army nurse who survived the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Buzz Kulik
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Valerie Mahaffey | Terry O'Quinn | Alberta Watson | Kristy McNichol
Mussolini and I (1985)
As: Edda Mussolini Ciano
A compelling drama/documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce himself, from his days as a terrorist to his alliance with Hitler to the betrayal of his son-in-law and untimely demise.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Alberto Negrin
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Susan Sarandon | Anthony Hopkins | Annie Girardot | Barbara De Rossi
Compromising Positions (1985)
As: Judith Singer
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Frank Perry
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Edward Herrmann | Mary Beth Hurt | Judith Ivey | Raúl Juliá
The Buddy System (1984)
As: Emily
A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Richard Dreyfuss | Nancy Allen | Wil Wheaton | Jean Stapleton
The Hunger (1983)
As: Dr. Sarah Roberts
Miriam and John are an elegant couple with a dark secret: they are vampires. Feeding on human blood, Miriam has lived for over 2000 years. She gave her lover the gift of eternal life and together they hunt. But John begins aging rapidly, he seeks the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts. Miriam is immediately drawn to Sarah, desiring her as her next immortal companion...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Tony Scott
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Catherine Deneuve | David Bowie | Beth Ehlers | Cliff DeYoung
Tempest (1982)
As: Aretha Tomalin
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Vittorio Gassman | John Cassavetes | Gena Rowlands | Raúl Juliá
Loving Couples (1980)
As: Stephanie Beck
Two couples swap partners for a frisky holiday, but everyone ends up at the same hotel. Comedy.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Jack Smight
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Shirley MacLaine | James Coburn | Sally Kellerman | Stephen Collins
Atlantic City (1980)
As: Sally
Lou, a small time gangster who thinks he used to be something big, meets and falls for a sexy casino employee named Sally. She needs his help realizing her dream of going to Monte Carlo, a symbol of the glamorous life that she has been looking for so desperately.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Louis Malle
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Michel Piccoli | Hollis McLaren | Burt Lancaster | Kate Reid
Something Short of Paradise (1979)
As: Madeline Ross
A young couple in New York are having problems with their relationship.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: David Helpern
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Jean-Pierre Aumont | Joe Grifasi | Marilyn Sokol | David Steinberg
King of the Gypsies (1978)
As: Rose
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Frank Pierson
Stars: Eric Roberts | Susan Sarandon | Shelley Winters | Sterling Hayden | Judd Hirsch
The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978)
As: Ginny
Henry Fonda plays Elegant John, an old trucker who steals back his prized rig in California and takes off with almost no money. His Kenworth tractor has the name Eleanor on it. Elegant John once met Eleanor Roosevelt. He pulls a Fruehauf van with a "sunroof". Why is he called Elegant John? Well, sonny, if you drive five million miles without being late or having a wreck, you deserve to be called Elegant. ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: John Leone
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Austin Pendleton | Robert Englund | Eileen Brennan | Henry Fonda
Pretty Baby (1978)
As: Hattie
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet (Brooke Shields). When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Louis Malle
Stars: Antonio Fargas | Susan Sarandon | Keith Carradine | Brooke Shields | Frances Faye
The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
As: Catherine Alexander Douglas
When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marries the sweet but naive Catherine. Even though Noelle has found a new lover, an affluent Greek named Constantin, and has started a great career as an actress, she vows revenge on her onetime lover. But once her plan is in motion, she and Larry fall in love and ...
Runtime: 165 min.
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Stars: Susan Sarandon | John Beck | Raf Vallone | Marie-France Pisier | Clu Gulager
Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)
As: C.C. Wainwright
Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden (Baker), nicknamed that because of his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000 off-road race. Photojournalist C.C. Wainwright (Sarandon) intends to ride with him in that race. But Walkaway just wants to get rid of her. Fast-talking promoter Bo Cochran (Hagman) wants the race completed by any means necessary.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Alan Gibson
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Joe Don Baker | Alan Vint | Larry Hagman | Parnelli Jones
Dragonfly (1976)
As: Chloe
A man, recently released from a mental hospital, tries to track down his family.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Gilbert Cates
Stars: Beau Bridges | Susan Sarandon | Ann Wedgeworth | Harriet Rogers | James Noble
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
As: Janet Weiss
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jim Sharman
Stars: Barry Bostwick | Susan Sarandon | Patricia Quinn | Tim Curry | Richard O'Brien
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
As: Mary Beth
A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Stars: Geoffrey Lewis | Susan Sarandon | Robert Redford | Bo Brundin | Bo Svenson
The Front Page (1974)
As: Peggy Grant
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Walter Matthau | David Wayne | Vincent Gardenia | Jack Lemmon
Lovin' Molly (1974)
As: Sarah
Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful and headstrong Molly Taylor, who consistently refuses to marry either of them.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Beau Bridges | Susan Sarandon | Blythe Danner | Anthony Perkins | Edward Binns
The Satan Murders (1974)
As: Kate
Assured that it's a joke, a berated wife makes a deal with a local Satan occultist for the death of her irritating husband and finds that the Devil doesn't play games.
Directed by: Lela Swift
Stars: Chris Sarandon | Barton Heyman | Salome Jens | Douglass Watson | Larry Blyden
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles (1974)
As: Ailie Calhoun
A semi-fictional account of how writer F. Scott Fitzgerald met his wife while he was in the army and stationed in Alabama in 1919.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: George Schaefer
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Blythe Danner | Richard Chamberlain | David Huffman | Ernest Thompson
The Apprentice (1971)
As: Elizabeth Hawkins
In Montréal, Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he's an apprentice technician. He's penniless, behind on his rent, with a thin resume and no college units. He has a fiancée, Michelle, but his head is turned by a free-spirited model, from the U.S., who saw him being fired and comes to his flat to apologize. She's Elizabeth, a combination of feckless innocence and sexual ...
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Larry Kent
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Céline Bernier | Carole Laure | Steve Fiset | Jean-Pierre Cartier
Lady Liberty (1971)
As: Sally
The story concerns the difficulties and reactions of Maddalena (Sophia Loren), an Italian visitor to New York City. She has come to the country carrying a huge mortadella sausage which she intends as a gift for her fiancé. But Customs do not allow processed meat to enter the U.S., so she is held at JFK airport...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Stars: William Devane | Gigi Proietti | Sophia Loren | David Doyle | Beeson Carroll
Joe (1970)
As: Melissa Compton
Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is "different", and would like to kill one himself. The two start talking, and Bill reveals his secret to Joe. ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Peter Boyle | Dennis Patrick | Patrick McDermott | Audrey Caire
Butterfly in the Typewriter ()
As: Thelma Toole
Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print.
Directed by: David DuBos
Stars: Brad Dourif | Marie Avgeropoulos | Cary Elwes | Diane Kruger | Nick Offerman
Call Jane ()
As: Virginia
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in American where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
Directed by: Sian Heder
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Elisabeth Moss
LOVE ()
As: The Art Teacher
A gorgeous and frequently emotional rumination on the “big things” in life, James Gallagher’s new short film, Love, poses questions on what we love, why we love it, and what happens when the desire to win becomes detrimental to our experience of ourselves and other people. While that description seems preachy, the film is not didactic—on the contrary, its plot is extremely loose and ...
Directed by: James Gallagher
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Boris McGiver | Will Hochman | Elise Kibler | Jonny Rios