Kathy Bates

Home (2020)

An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.

Directed by: Franka Potente

Stars: Kathy Bates | Jake McLaughlin | Derek Richardson | LilRel Howery | James Jordan

Richard Jewell (2019)

As: Bobi Jewell

Directed by Clint Eastwood and based on true events, "Richard Jewell" is a story of what happens when what is reported as fact obscures the truth. "There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes." The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing-his report making him a hero whose swift actions save countless lives. ...

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Stars: Sam Rockwell | Jon Hamm | Olivia Wilde | Kathy Bates | Paul Walter Hauser

The Highwaymen (2019)

As: Ma Ferguson

Runtime: 133 min.

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Stars: John Carroll Lynch | Kevin Costner | Kathy Bates | Woody Harrelson | Thomas Mann

On the Basis of Sex (2018)

As: Dorothy Kenyon

Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg works with her husband to bring a groundbreaking case of gender discrimination before the Supreme Court.

Directed by: Mimi Leder

Stars: Justin Theroux | Felicity Jones | Armie Hammer | Kathy Bates | Sam Waterston

Bad Santa 2 (2016)

As: Sunny Soke

Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity. Issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie's horror story of a mother, who raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while ...

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Mark Waters

Stars: Tony Cox | Kathy Bates | Billy Bob Thornton | Brett Kelly | Christina Hendricks

Complete Unknown (2016)

As: Nina

Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Joshua Marston

Stars: Michael Chernus | Danny Glover | Michael Shannon | Rachel Weisz | Kathy Bates

The Boss (2016)

As: Ida Marquette

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Ben Falcone

Stars: Melissa McCarthy | Peter Dinklage | Kristen Schaal | Kathy Bates | Kristen Bell

The Great Gilly Hopkins (2016)

As: Maime Trotter

Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning ...

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Stephen Herek

Stars: Octavia Spencer | Bill Cobbs | Kathy Bates | Glenn Close | Sophie Nélisse

The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2016)

As: Barbara Haggermaker

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 | Thandie Newton | Jacob Tremblay | Kit Harington | Ben Schnetzer

Boychoir (2014)

As: Headmistress

A troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after the death of his single mother. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognises a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: François Girard

Stars: Josh Lucas | Kathy Bates | Debra Winger | Dustin Hoffman | Kevin McHale

Tammy (2014)

As: Lenore

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

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed ...

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Jeffrey Friedman | Rob Epstein

Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Annette Bening | Billy Crystal | Anjelica Huston | Cher

Cadaver (2012)

As: Beth

A cadaver wakes up to say a last goodbye to his wife, but discovers a truth in death that he didn't know in life.

Runtime: 8 min.

Directed by: Jonah D. Ansell

Stars: Christopher Lloyd | Kathy Bates | Tavi Gevinson | Ashley Ann Hale

Keep Coming Back (2011)

As: Vera

A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: William H. Macy

Stars: Rosario Dawson | T.I. | Felicity Huffman | Nick Robinson | Grant Gustin

Midnight in Paris (2011)

As: Gertrude Stein

A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Woody Allen

Stars: Owen Wilson | Rachel McAdams | Michael Sheen | Kurt Fuller | Mimi Kennedy

You May Not Kiss the Bride (2011)

As: Bryan's Mother

An unassuming pet photographer is thrown into serious action, adventure and romance when he's forced to marry a Croatian bride and spend his honeymoon at a remote tropical resort where she is kidnapped.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Rob Hedden

Stars: Rob Schneider | Tia Carrere | Katharine McPhee | Mena Suvari | Dave Annable

A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)

As: Beverly Corbett

It's a comedy about a guarded woman who finds out she's dying of cancer, but when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Nicole Kassell

Stars: Gael García Bernal | Kate Hudson | Kathy Bates | Lucy Punch | Romany Malco

Valentine's Day (2010)

As: Susan Milton

More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter; are any worth saving? A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love; two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon; a TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA; a star quarterback ...

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Garry Marshall

Stars: Anne Hathaway | Bradley Cooper | Patrick Dempsey | Julia Roberts | Taylor Swift

The Blind Side (2009)

As: Miss Sue

Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Stars: Sandra Bullock | Tim McGraw | Quinton Aaron | Jae Head | Lily Collins

Cheri (2009)

As: Madame Peloux

A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Stars: Rupert Friend | Iben Hjejle | Felicity Jones | Kathy Bates | Michelle Pfeiffer

Personal Effects (2009)

As: Gloria

Walter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his mother Gloria he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the crime. A chance meeting with a beautiful mature woman gives him solace to the situation. Will this unlikely pairing bloom into a romance and heal a wound the world cannot see or will the loss of ...

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: David Hollander

Stars: Kathy Bates | Ashton Kutcher | Michelle Pfeiffer | Spencer Hudson | John Mann

Revolutionary Road (2008)

As: Mrs. Helen Givings

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Kate Winslet | Kathy Bates | David Harbour | Kathryn Hahn

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

As: Regina Jackson

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Scott Derrickson

Stars: Keanu Reeves | John Cleese | Jaden Smith | Kathy Bates | Jennifer Connelly

The Family That Preys (2008)

As: Charlotte Cartwright

Alice Pratt, a hard working Christian woman, raised her two daughters while managing a simple diner of her own. Her snobbish and arrogant daughter Andrea graduated in Economic Science and works in a construction corporation while her sister Pam stayed with Alice and worked in the diner. Andrea is married to construction worker Chris, who works in the same corporation as his wife but dreams of starting up ...

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Tyler Perry

Stars: Kathy Bates | Tyler Perry | Alfre Woodard | Rockmond Dunbar | Sanaa Lathan

P.S. I Love You (2007)

As: Patricia

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

Runtime: 126 min.

Directed by: Richard LaGravenese

Stars: Gina Gershon | Gerard Butler | Hilary Swank | Lisa Kudrow | Harry Connick Jr.

The Golden Compass (2007)

As: Hester (voice)

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Chris Weitz

Stars: Nicole Kidman | Freddie Highmore | Daniel Craig | Dakota Blue Richards | Ben Walker

Fred Claus (2007)

As: Mother Claus

Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: David Dobkin

Stars: Paul Giamatti | Miranda Richardson | Rachel Weisz | Vince Vaughn | John Michael Higgins

Bee Movie (2007)

As: Janet Benson (voice)

Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Simon J. Smith | Steve Hickner

Stars: Renée Zellweger | Patrick Warburton | Jim Cummings | Matthew Broderick | Jerry Seinfeld

Christmas Is Here Again (2007)

As: Miss Dowdy (voice)

When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag, he crushes the holiday spirit- and over time, the world's children forget all about Christmas. Now, a wide-eyed orphan and her band of friends will embark on the polar adventure of a lifetime, as they try to stop Krad from destroying Christmas once and for all!

Runtime: 74 min.

Directed by: Robert Zappia

Stars: Kathy Bates | Colin Ford | Jay Leno | Madison Davenport | Ed Asner

Charlotte's Web (2006)

As: Bitsy the Cow (voice)

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Gary Winick

Stars: Steve Buscemi | John Cleese | Dakota Fanning | Julia Roberts | Oprah Winfrey

Bonneville (2006)

As: Margene

Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter. Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden hijacks her two best friends and sets off in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Christopher N. Rowley

Stars: Tom Skerritt | Kathy Bates | Joan Allen | Evan May | Erin May

Relative Strangers (2006)

As: Agnes Menure

An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.

Runtime: 86 min.

Directed by: Greg Glienna

Stars: Kathy Bates | Danny DeVito | Beverly D'Angelo | Ron Livingston | Neve Campbell

Failure to Launch (2006)

As: Sue

Tripp, an attractive man in his thirties, is still living with his parents Al and Sue. Tripp's best friends Demo and Ace are also still living in their parents' homes and seem proud of it. Al and Sue are not happy, however, and are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to arrange the matter and couldn't be happier with the result.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Tom Dey

Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker | Bradley Cooper | Zooey Deschanel | Matthew McConaughey | Justin Bartha

Guilty Hearts (2006)

As: The Judge

Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter future.

Runtime: 180 min.

Directed by: Savina Dellicour | George Augusto

Stars: Kathy Bates | Anna Faris | Julie Delpy | Andrea Di Stefano | Frank Gallegos

Rumor Has It... (2005)

As: Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)

Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest the Huttingers are neither sedate nor proper.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Stars: Richard Jenkins | Mark Ruffalo | Jennifer Aniston | Kevin Costner | Shirley MacLaine

Ambulance Girl (2005)

As: Jane Stern

The story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Kathy Bates

Stars: Robin Thomas | Kathy Bates | Gordon Pinsent | Sean McCann | Kristina Nicoll

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2005)

As: The Marquesa

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge.[ A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the ...

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Mary McGuckian

Stars: Robert De Niro | Harvey Keitel | Kathy Bates | F. Murray Abraham | Gabriel Byrne

Warm Springs (2005)

As: Helena Mahoney

Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent

Stars: Matt O'Leary | Cynthia Nixon | Kenneth Branagh | David Paymer | Tim Blake Nelson

Little Black Book (2004)

As: Kippie Kann

Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Barb, Stacy gets the names of Derek's ex-lovers and interviews them, supposedly for an upcoming show. But what she learns only adds to her confusion, and her plans begin to unravel when she befriends one of the women.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Nick Hurran

Stars: Julianne Nicholson | Kathy Bates | Brittany Murphy | Ron Livingston | Holly Hunter

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

As: Queen Victoria

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Frank Coraci

Stars: Ewen Bremner | Steve Coogan | Jackie Chan | Jim Broadbent | Cécile de France

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

As: Narrator (voice)

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Wendy Apple

Stars: Steven Spielberg | Martin Scorsese | Jodie Foster | Quentin Tarantino | James Cameron

Unconditional Love (2003)

As: Grace Beasley

After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer. Written by Anonymous

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: P.J. Hogan

Stars: Kathy Bates | Dan Aykroyd | Meredith Eaton | Lynn Redgrave | Rupert Everett

Love Liza (2002)

As: Mary Ann Bankhead

Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Todd Louiso

Stars: Stephen Tobolowsky | Jack Kehler | Kathy Bates | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Sarah Koskoff

About Schmidt (2002)

As: Roberta Hertzel

66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys him, and he disapproves of the man his daughter is about to marry. When his wife suddenly dies, he sets out to postpone the imminent marriage of his daughter to a ...

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Alexander Payne

Stars: Kathy Bates | Dermot Mulroney | Jack Nicholson | Hope Davis | June Squibb

Dragonfly (2002)

As: Mrs. Belmont

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Tom Shadyac

Stars: Ron Rifkin | Kevin Costner | Kathy Bates | Susanna Thompson | Joe Morton

My Sister's Keeper (2002)

As: Christine Chapman

Two sisters take a journey of discovery and reconciliation based on the memoirs of Margaret Moorman. Christine has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and must rely on others for support even though she longs for and independent and ordinary life. When her mother dies, her sister Judy becomes responsible for her care. The two are left to face the struggles of finding common ground.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Ron Lagomarsino

Stars: Kathleen Wilhoite | Kathy Bates | Clark Gregg | Elizabeth Perkins | Kimberly J. Brown

American Outlaws (2001)

As: Ma James

When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jessie James.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Les Mayfield

Stars: Colin Farrell | Gabriel Macht | Ali Larter | Gregory Smith | Scott Caan

Rat Race (2001)

As: The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)

In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The ...

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Jerry Zucker

Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | Amy Smart | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Seth Green | Breckin Meyer

Bruno (The Dress Code) (2000)

As: Mother Superior

The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Shirley MacLaine

Stars: Gary Sinise | Kathy Bates | Shirley MacLaine | Joey Lauren Adams | Alex D. Linz

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)

As: Frances Marion (voice)

This documentary, first shown on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel, tells of the life and career of screenwriter Frances Marion. By the mid 1920s, she was the most respected and highest paid script writer in Hollywood. She also became the first person to win two Oscars for her work (for The ...

Runtime: 56 min.

Directed by: Bridget Terry

Stars: Uma Thurman | Kathy Bates | Jackie Cooper | Martha Coolidge | Frances Marion

Annie (1999)

As: Miss Agatha Hannigan

Eleven-year-old Annie has been living in an orphanage her whole life run by cruel Miss Hannigan. After unsuccessful escape attempts, Grace Farrell comes to take the child home to live two weeks with billionaire Oliver Warbucks during Christmas.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Rob Marshall

Stars: Alan Cumming | Victor Garber | Kathy Bates | Kristin Chenoweth | Audra McDonald

A Civil Action (1998)

As: Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and his clients' goals, in order to continue the case against all odds.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Steven Zaillian

Stars: William H. Macy | Robert Duvall | Tony Shalhoub | John Travolta | Zeljko Ivanek

The Waterboy (1998)

As: Mama Boucher

Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Frank Coraci

Stars: Fairuza Balk | Kathy Bates | Adam Sandler | Henry Winkler | Jerry Reed

The Effects of Magic (1998)

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Chuck Martinez

Stars: Robert Carradine | Kathy Bates | Jacobo Morales | Melinda Dillon

Primary Colors (1998)

As: Libby Holden

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken ...

Runtime: 143 min.

Directed by: Mike Nichols

Stars: Emma Thompson | Kathy Bates | Adrian Lester | Billy Bob Thornton | John Travolta

Swept from the Sea (1998)

As: Miss Swaffer

The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Beeban Kidron

Stars: Ian McKellen | Rachel Weisz | Kathy Bates | Joss Ackland | Vincent Pérez

Titanic (1997)

As: Molly Brown

84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon ...

Runtime: 194 min.

Directed by: James Cameron

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Kate Winslet | Billy Zane | Kathy Bates | Frances Fisher

The War at Home (1996)

As: Maurine Collier

Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war experiences that haunt him. He is also at odds with his family, who cannot begin to understand what he has been through. Jeremy's battles with his family finally spiral out of control on Thanksgiving Day, when a bitter secret is revealed

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: Emilio Estevez

Stars: Emilio Estevez | Martin Sheen | Kathy Bates | Kimberly Williams-Paisley | Carla Gugino

Diabolique (1996)

As: Det. Shirley Vogel

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The strain starts to tell on the two women as a retired police investigator who is looking into the disappearance on a whim begins to think that they know more than they are telling, and their mental state ...

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik

Stars: Isabelle Adjani | Kathy Bates | Chazz Palminteri | Sharon Stone | Spalding Gray

The Late Shift (1996)

As: Helen Kushnick

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Betty Thomas

Stars: Ed Begley Jr. | Kathy Bates | Daniel Roebuck | John Michael Higgins | Bob Balaban

The West Side Waltz (1995)

As: Mr. Goo

Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the violin accompanying Margaret at the piano. Because of her arthritis she accepts the housemaid Robin who wants to become an actress. With this naive pretty girl her life gets suddently really exciting and she makes a lot of new friends.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Ernest Thompson

Stars: Liza Minnelli | Shirley MacLaine | August Schellenberg | Hal Williams | Jennifer Grey

Angus (1995)

As: Meg Bethune

Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool-kid who set him up to fail, but Angus' ...

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Patrick Read Johnson

Stars: Kevin Connolly | Perry Anzilotti | Kathy Bates | Tony Denman | Robert Curtis Brown

Dolores Claiborne (1995)

As: Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns ...

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Taylor Hackford

Stars: Christopher Plummer | David Strathairn | Kathy Bates | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Judy Parfitt

Curse of the Starving Class (1994)

As: Ella Tate

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: J. Michael McClary

Stars: Kathy Bates | Randy Quaid | James Woods | Henry Thomas | Kristin Fiorella

North (1994)

As: Alaskan Mom

Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus north starts off on an hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Stars: Elijah Wood | Jason Alexander | Bruce Willis | Jon Lovitz | Julia Louis-Dreyfus

A Home of Our Own (1993)

As: Frances Lacey

The story is located in Los Angeles in the sixties. An energetic widow, Frances Lacey, with her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. Therefore they leave Los Angeles and head for the countryside, while facing all kinds of difficulties during their journey.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Tony Bill

Stars: Kathy Bates | Edward Furlong | Miles Feulner | Clarissa Lassig | Sarah Schaub

Hostages (1993)

As: Peggy Say

True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: David Wheatley

Stars: Colin Firth | Ciarán Hinds | Kathy Bates | Jay O. Sanders | Natasha Richardson

Used People (1992)

As: Bibby Berman

At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley Maclean), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl...

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Beeban Kidron

Stars: Kathy Bates | Shirley MacLaine | Bob Dishy | Jessica Tandy | Marcello Mastroianni

Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

As: Leah Blier

A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Norman René

Stars: Ned Beatty | Kathy Bates | Meg Ryan | Alec Baldwin | Patty Duke

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

As: Evelyn Couch

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Jon Avnet

Stars: Mary-Louise Parker | Kathy Bates | Cicely Tyson | Jessica Tandy | Mary Stuart Masterson

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

As: Hazel Quarrier

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians ...

Runtime: 189 min.

Directed by: Hector Babenco

Stars: Tom Berenger | Aidan Quinn | Tom Waits | John Lithgow | Daryl Hannah

Shadows and Fog (1991)

As: Prostitute

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Woody Allen

Stars: John Cusack | Kathy Bates | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow | Jodie Foster

The Road to Mecca (1991)

As: Elsa Barlow

An eldery lady, living in (litterally) the middle if nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her own back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert. A true story by playwrite Athol Fugard with great performances all round.

Directed by: Athol Fugard | Peter Goldsmid

Stars: Kathy Bates | Athol Fugard | Yvonne Bryceland

Misery (1990)

As: Anne Marie ("Annie") Wilkes

Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Stars: Kathy Bates | James Caan | Richard Farnsworth | Lauren Bacall | Frances Sternhagen

White Palace (1990)

As: Rosemary

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

Dick Tracy (1990)

As: Mrs. Green

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Warren Beatty

Stars: Glenne Headly | Warren Beatty | Mandy Patinkin | Madonna | Al Pacino

Men Don't Leave (1990)

As: Lisa Coleman

After her husband John dies unexpectedly, Beth Macauley is unprepared for life without him. She is unemployed with no job skills and $60,000 in debt from on-going renovations to their house located in suburban Bingham. She doesn't know what to do but sell what material possessions she has, such as the family pick-up truck and the house, and move into an apartment in the city, namely Baltimore. Beth ...

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Paul Brickman

Stars: Joan Cusack | Kathy Bates | Jessica Lange | Chris O'Donnell | Arliss Howard

No Place Like Home (1989)

As: Bonnie Cooper

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes ...

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Lee Grant

Stars: Kathy Bates | Jeff Daniels | Christine Lahti | Kyndra Joy Casper | Lantz Landry

High Stakes (1989)

As: Jill

A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Amos Kollek

Stars: Sally Kirkland | Kathy Bates | Robert LuPone | Richard Lynch | Sarah Michelle Gellar

Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)

As: Mrs. Canby

Arthur (Dudley Moore), that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up -- and get a job -- in this sequel to the 1981 smash hit. Meanwhile, the father of the girl Arthur stood up at the altar in the first film is conniving to trick the hapless boozer into marrying his daughter so he can gain entrée to Arthur's $750 million fortune.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Bud Yorkin

Stars: Liza Minnelli | Stephen Elliott | Dudley Moore | John Gielgud | Geraldine Fitzgerald

My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)

As: Helen Blake

Young student finds himself being transformed to a vampire after a night with a quite attractive female vampire. First, he does not quite believe it himself, but with the help of a 300 year old teacher and the handbook "vampirism - a guide to an alternative lifestyle", he finds out that blood does not taste as bad as he expected.

Runtime: 89 min.

Directed by: Jimmy Huston

Stars: Robert Sean Leonard | Cecilia Peck | Cheryl Pollak | Fannie Flagg | Leeanne Locken

Summer Heat (1987)

As: Ruth

The young wife of a tobacco farmer falls in love with their handsome hired hand.

Runtime: 80 min.

Directed by: Michie Gleason

Stars: Kathy Bates | Lori Singer | Anthony Edwards | Clu Gulager | Bruce Abbott

Murder Ordained (1987)

As: Bobbi Birk

This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough ...

Runtime: 185 min.

Directed by: Mike Robe

Stars: Keith Carradine | Kathy Bates | Guy Boyd | JoBeth Williams | Terence Knox

The Morning After (1986)

As: Cat-Hating Artist

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her ...

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Stars: Diane Salinger | Jeff Bridges | Richard Foronjy | Jane Fonda | Raúl Juliá

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

As: Stella Mae

The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the truth behind their complicated lives.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Robert Altman

Stars: Karen Black | Kathy Bates | Cher | Sudie Bond | Sandy Dennis

Straight Time (1978)

As: Selma Darin

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Ulu Grosbard

Stars: Harry Dean Stanton | Theresa Russell | Gary Busey | M. Emmet Walsh | Dustin Hoffman

Taking Off (1971)

As: Audition Singer

Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Miloš Forman

Stars: Georgia Engel | Audra Lindley | Buck Henry | Lynn Carlin | Tony Harvey