Toni Collette

Stowaway (2020)

The film will follow the crew of a spaceship that, while en route to Mars, discovers a stowaway in their midst. Anna Kendrick will play the ship’s medical officer, who is the lone dissenter in the crew that has voted to exile him from their craft as resources continue to grow scarce.

Directed by: Joe Penna

Stars: Anna Kendrick | Toni Collette | Daniel Dae Kim | Shamier Anderson

Dream Horse (2020)

As: Jan Vokes

A barmaid recruits her husband and a group of others to assist her in training a racehorse in the Welsh countryside.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Euros Lyn

Stars: Toni Collette | Owen Teale | Damian Lewis | Nicholas Farrell | Joanna Page

Knives Out (2019)

A family gathering goes horribly awry when the patriarch dies, and three detectives are sent to investigate.

Directed by: Rian Johnson

Stars: Chris Evans | Michael Shannon | Christopher Plummer | Daniel Craig | Lakeith Stanfield

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

As: Gretchen

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Dan Gilroy

Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Tom Sturridge | Rene Russo | Toni Collette | Zawe Ashton

Let's Dance (2018)

As: Segment: "The Heebie-Jeebies"

Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday characters in familiar situations: packed into a subway car, stuck in a doctor's office, caught in downpour. But once they start moving, the actors turn our common experiences into welcome moments of enchantment.

Runtime: 10 min.

Directed by: Justin Peck

Stars: Emma Stone | Olivia Colman | Rachel Weisz | Julia Roberts | Ethan Hawke

Hereditary (2018)

As: Annie Graham

After their reclusive grandmother passes away, the Graham family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Ari Aster

Stars: Gabriel Byrne | Ann Dowd | Toni Collette | Alex Wolff | Milly Shapiro

Birthmarked (2018)

As: Catherine

Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

Stars: Suzanne Clément | Fionnula Flanagan | Matthew Goode | Toni Collette | Michael Smiley

Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

As: Leslie

In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two ...

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Brett Haley

Stars: Ted Danson | Blythe Danner | Nick Offerman | Kiersey Clemons | Sasha Lane

Making Muriel (2017)

As: Herself

Making Muriel gives audiences exclusive behind the scenes access as P.J. Hogan adapts his iconic film, Muriel's Wedding into a stage musical for Sydney Theatre Company, 23 years after the film was a surprise box office hit.

Runtime: 58 min.

Directed by: Nel Minchin

Stars: Rachel Griffiths | Toni Collette | Kate Mulvany | P.J. Hogan | Jocelyn Moorhouse

Madame (2017)

As: Anne Fredericks

Adding a little spice to a waning marriage, Anne and Bob, a wealthy and well-connected American couple, move into a manor house in romantic Paris. While preparing a particularly luxurious dinner for sophisticated international friends, our hostess discovers there are 13 guests. Panic-stricken, Anne insists her loyal maid Maria disguise herself as a mysterious Spanish noble woman to even out the ...

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Amanda Sthers

Stars: Rossy de Palma | Tom Hughes | Harvey Keitel | Toni Collette | Michael Smiley

Unlocked (2017)

As: Emily Knowles

After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised. Running for her life, she turns to a former soldier ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Michael Apted

Stars: Orlando Bloom | John Malkovich | Michael Douglas | Toni Collette | Noomi Rapace

Jasper Jones (2017)

As: Ruth Bucktin

On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous journey to find the true killer. Set over the scorching summer holidays of 1965, Charlie defeats the local racists, faces the breakup of his parents and falls head ...

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Rachel Perkins

Stars: Hugo Weaving | Toni Collette | Angourie Rice | Levi Miller | Aaron L. McGrath

Fun Mom Dinner (2017)

As: Kate

Four women, whose kids attend the same preschool class, get together for a "fun mom dinner". When the night takes an unexpected turn, these unlikely new friends realize they have more in common than just marriage and motherhood.

Runtime: 81 min.

Directed by: Alethea Jones

Stars: Adam Scott | Katie Aselton | Toni Collette | Molly Shannon | Bridget Everett

The Yellow Birds (2017)

As: Amy Bartle

Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Alexandre Moors

Stars: Jack Huston | Alden Ehrenreich | Jennifer Aniston | Jason Patric | Tye Sheridan

xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

As: Jane Marke

Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to ...

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: D.J. Caruso

Stars: Vin Diesel | Ice Cube | Samuel L. Jackson | Toni Collette | Ruby Rose

Imperium (2016)

As: Angela Zampino

Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Daniel Ragussis

Stars: Nestor Carbonell | Toni Collette | Daniel Radcliffe | Tracy Letts | Sam Trammell

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016)

As: Herself

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.

Runtime: 28 min.

Directed by: Caroline Suh

Stars: Lake Bell | Toni Collette | Catherine Hardwicke | Amy Heckerling | Jill Soloway

Please Stand By (2016)

As: Scottie

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Ben Lewin

Stars: Alice Eve | Dakota Fanning | Toni Collette | River Alexander | Shawn Roe

Krampus (2015)

As: Sarah Engel

A horror comedy based on the ancient legend about a pagan creature who punishes children on Christmas.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Michael Dougherty

Stars: Adam Scott | Toni Collette | David Koechner | Emjay Anthony | Allison Tolman

Miss You Already (2015)

As: Milly

The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke

Stars: Paddy Considine | Dominic Cooper | Drew Barrymore | Toni Collette | Jacqueline Bisset

Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)

As: Beryl / Cheryl (voice)

Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his missing father’s footsteps. When Blinky discovers a mysterious marker that hints at his Dad’s whereabouts, he embarks on a journey that takes him beyond the boundary of Green Patch and into the wild and dangerous Outback.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Deane Taylor

Stars: David Wenham | Ryan Kwanten | Rufus Sewell | Toni Collette | Robin McLeavy

The Boxtrolls (2014)

As: Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice)

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Anthony Stacchi | Graham Annable

Stars: Ben Kingsley | Elle Fanning | Dee Bradley Baker | Toni Collette | Isaac Hempstead-Wright

Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

As: Agnes

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global ...

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Peter Chelsom

Stars: Rosamund Pike | Stellan Skarsgård | Simon Pegg | Christopher Plummer | Toni Collette

Glassland (2014)

As: Jean

In a desperate attempt to reunite his broken family, a young taxi driver becomes entangled in the criminal underworld.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Gerard Barrett

Stars: Will Poulter | Toni Collette | Michael Smiley | Jack Reynor

Tammy (2014)

As: Missi

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

A Long Way Down (2014)

As: Maureen Thompson

Four lost souls decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When they meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Pascal Chaumeil

Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Imogen Poots | Aaron Paul | Sam Neill | Toni Collette

Enough Said (2013)

As: Sarah

Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new love interest Albert — a sweet, funny and like-minded man. But things get complicated when Eva discovers that Albert is in fact the dreaded ex–husband of Marianne...

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Nicole Holofcener

Stars: Catherine Keener | James Gandolfini | Toni Collette | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Ben Falcone

Lucky Them (2013)

As: Ellie Klug

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search ...

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Megan Griffiths

Stars: Oliver Platt | Nina Arianda | Thomas Haden Church | Toni Collette | Ryan Eggold

The Way Way Back (2013)

As: Pam

Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Jim Rash | Nat Faxon

Stars: Sam Rockwell | AnnaSophia Robb | Liam James | Toni Collette | Steve Carell

Hitchcock (2012)

As: Peggy Robertson

Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Sacha Gervasi

Stars: Helen Mirren | Jessica Biel | Anthony Hopkins | Scarlett Johansson | James D'Arcy

Mental (2012)

As: Shaz

A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: P.J. Hogan

Stars: Liev Schreiber | Anthony LaPaglia | Kerry Fox | Caroline Goodall | Toni Collette

Jesus Henry Christ (2012)

As: Patricia Herman

At the age of ten, Henry James Hermin, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Dennis Lee

Stars: Jason Spevack | Michael Sheen | Toni Collette | Samantha Weinstein | Melyssa Ade

Fright Night (2011)

As: Jane Brewster

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician in this remake of the 1985 comedy-horror classic.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Craig Gillespie

Stars: Colin Farrell | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Anton Yelchin | Toni Collette | David Tennant

Foster (2011)

As: Zooey

Some years after their son is killed, a married couple decide to adopt a child. One day a 7-year-old boy, Eli, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep and things take a strange turn.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Newman

Stars: Ioan Gruffudd | Richard E. Grant | Toni Collette | Anne Reid | Maurice Cole

Mary and Max (2009)

As: Mary Daisy Dinkle (voice)

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year ...

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Adam Elliot

Stars: Bethany Whitmore | Barry Humphries | Toni Collette | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Eric Bana

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)

As: Mary

This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help ...

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Cathy Randall

Stars: Danielle Catanzariti | Cassandra Jinman | Talia Monaghan | Yen Yen Stender | Laura Kettle

The Black Balloon (2008)

As: Maggie Mollison

Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of ...

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Elissa Down

Stars: Rhys Wakefield | Toni Collette | Luke Ford | Gemma Ward | Lisa Kowalski

Towelhead (2007)

As: Melina Hines

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Alan Ball

Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Summer Bishil | Maria Bello | Peter Macdissi | Toni Collette

Evening (2007)

As: Nina Mars

As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Lajos Koltai

Stars: Vanessa Redgrave | Patrick Wilson | Hugh Dancy | Claire Danes | Toni Collette

The Dead Girl (2006)

As: Arden

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Karen Moncrieff

Stars: James Franco | Josh Brolin | Brittany Murphy | Rose Byrne | Toni Collette

Like Minds (2006)

As: Sally

A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Gregory J. Read

Stars: Richard Roxburgh | Tom Sturridge | Toni Collette | Eddie Redmayne | Kate Maberly

The Night Listener (2006)

As: Donna D. Logand

In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Patrick Stettner

Stars: Bobby Cannavale | Rory Culkin | Robin Williams | Toni Collette | Joe Morton

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

As: Sheryl Hoover

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Valerie Faris | Jonathan Dayton

Stars: Paul Dano | Abigail Breslin | Greg Kinnear | Toni Collette | Steve Carell

In Her Shoes (2005)

As: Rose Feller

Irresponsible party girl Maggie (Cameron Diaz) is kicked out of her father's (Ken Howard) and stepmother's (Candice Azzara) home, where she lives for free, and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose (Toni Collette). After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their ...

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Curtis Hanson

Stars: Cameron Diaz | Shirley MacLaine | Toni Collette | Candice Azzara | Richard Burgi

The Last Shot (2004)

As: Emily French

A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Jeff Nathanson

Stars: Ray Liotta | Calista Flockhart | Matthew Broderick | Toni Collette | Alec Baldwin

Connie and Carla (2004)

As: Carla

After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they become big hits on the scene; things get extra-weird when Connie meets Jeff -- a guy she'd like to be a woman with

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Michael Lembeck

Stars: Stephen Spinella | Toni Collette | David Duchovny | Nia Vardalos | Alec Mapa

Japanese Story (2003)

As: Sandy Edwards

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on earth. JAPANESE STORY is a journey of change and discovery.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Sue Brooks

Stars: Toni Collette | Lynette Curran | Gotaro Tsunashima | Matthew Dyktynski | Yumiko Tanaka

The Hours (2002)

As: Kitty

"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Stephen Daldry

Stars: Miranda Richardson | Nicole Kidman | Julianne Moore | Stephen Dillane | Meryl Streep

Dirty Deeds (2002)

As: Sharon

Set in 1960's Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S. soldiers in town for R&R during their tours in Vietnam, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their East Coast competitors.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: David Caesar

Stars: Sam Worthington | John Goodman | Bryan Brown | Sam Neill | Toni Collette

About a Boy (2002)

As: Fiona Brewer

Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, confident in his ability to leave them behind when they start to ask for a commitment. But Will's hope of a continued bachelorhood is interrupted when he meets ...

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Paul Weitz | Chris Weitz

Stars: Rachel Weisz | Nicholas Hoult | Hugh Grant | Toni Collette | Sharon Small

Changing Lanes (2002)

As: Michelle

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Roger Michell

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson | Ben Affleck | Toni Collette | Kim Staunton | Sydney Pollack

Dinner with Friends (2001)

As: Tom

A husband and wife reevaluate their marriage after their closest friends, another couple decide to split up after twelve years.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Norman Jewison

Stars: Andie MacDowell | Greg Kinnear | Toni Collette | Dennis Quaid | Taylor Emerson

The Magic Pudding (2000)

As: Meg Bluegum (voice)

Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.

Runtime: 80 min.

Directed by: Karl Zwicky

Stars: Hugo Weaving | John Cleese | Geoffrey Rush | Sam Neill | Dave Gibson

Hotel Splendide (2000)

As: Kath

The film tells the story of the Blanche family who run a dark and dismal health resort on a remote island which is only accessible by ferry. The spa program consists of feeding the guests seaweed and eel-based meals, then administering liberal colonic irrigation. The spa is run by the family matriarch Dame Blanche until her death. Things continue on with her children running the ...

Runtime: 53 min.

Directed by: Terence Gross

Stars: Hugh O'Conor | Katrin Cartlidge | Toni Collette | Daniel Craig | Stephen Tompkinson

Shaft (2000)

As: Diane Palmieri

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: John Singleton

Stars: Christian Bale | Samuel L. Jackson | Dan Hedaya | Busta Rhymes | Jeffrey Wright

The Sixth Sense (1999)

As: Lynn Sear

A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Stars: Haley Joel Osment | Donnie Wahlberg | Bruce Willis | Olivia Williams | Toni Collette

8 ½ Women (1999)

As: Griselda

After the death of his wife, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva (they get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's 8½ and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato (Inoh), to waive her pachinko debts). They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect. The women each have a gimmick (one is a ...

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Peter Greenaway

Stars: Toni Collette | Vivian Wu | Matthew Delamere | John Standing | Annie Yi

The Boys (1998)

As: Michelle

Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well.

Runtime: 86 min.

Directed by: Rowan Woods

Stars: David Wenham | Toni Collette | John Polson | Anthony Hayes | Lynette Curran

Velvet Goldmine (1998)

As: Mandy Slade

Almost a decade has elapsed since Bowiesque glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself forged by the music of the 1970s, explores the larger-than-life stars who were once his idols and what has become of them since the turn of the new decade.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Todd Haynes

Stars: Christian Bale | Ewan McGregor | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Toni Collette | Janet McTeer

Diana & Me (1997)

As: Diana Spencer

Australian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip for two to London, where she wants to meet her idol and namesake, Princess Diana. She goes there with her fiance, Mark, but during the garden party Princess plans to attend, things get mixed up and Aussie Diana gets arrested with Paparazzi photographer Rob. Diana really wants to meet Princess and follows Rob as he ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: David Parker

Stars: Toni Collette | Dominic West | John Simm

Clockwatchers (1997)

As: Iris Chapman

The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Jill Sprecher

Stars: Alanna Ubach | Lisa Kudrow | Parker Posey | Toni Collette | Helen FitzGerald

Emma (1996)

As: Harriet Smith

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Douglas McGrath

Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Ewan McGregor | Alan Cumming | Jeremy Northam | Toni Collette

Lilian's Story (1996)

As: Young Lilian Singer

For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve out a place for herself. As she explores Sydney and the people who live and work around her she sees others looking for love. Lilian shows us it is never too late to change your life and that even unusual choices can ...

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Jerzy Domaradzki

Stars: Barry Otto | Toni Collette | Ruth Cracknell | John Flaus | Jeff Truman

The Pallbearer (1996)

As: Cynthia

Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give the eulogy at Bill's funeral, it sets him on a collision course with Ruth -- who is revealed to be Bill's oversexed mother -- and Julie DeMarco, the ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Matt Reeves

Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Carol Kane | David Schwimmer | Michael Rapaport | Toni Collette

Cosi (1996)

As: Julie

Lewis a young director get his first job directing a play at a mental hospital with the patients as the cast. The play that is decided on is Cosi fan tutte an opera by Mozart.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Mark Joffe

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Barry Otto | Aden Young | Rachel Griffiths | Toni Collette

Muriel's Wedding (1994)

As: Muriel Heslop / Mariel Heslop-Van Arckle

A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: P.J. Hogan

Stars: Bill Hunter | Rachel Griffiths | Sophie Lee | Roz Hammond | Toni Collette

Spotswood (1992)

As: Wendy Robinson

Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Mark Joffe

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Anthony Hopkins | Toni Collette | Alwyn Kurts | John Walton

I'm Thinking of Ending Things ()

As: Jake's Mother

An unexpected detour turns a couple's road trip into a terrifying journey through their fragile psyches.

Directed by: Charlie Kaufman

Stars: David Thewlis | Jesse Plemons | Toni Collette | Colby Minifie | Jessie Buckley

Nightmare Alley ()

As: Zeena Krumbein

A corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money. A remake of the 1947 film.

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro

Stars: Cate Blanchett | Richard Jenkins | Bradley Cooper | Rooney Mara | Toni Collette