Toni Collette
Actor | Producer
Antonia "Toni" Collette (born 1 November 1972) is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish.
Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as Spotswood (1992) and Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Following her performances in Emma (1996) and The Boys (1998), Collette achieved international recognition as a result of her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense (1999). She has appeared in thrillers such as Shaft (2000) and Changing Lanes (2002) and independent comedy films like About a Boy (2002), In Her Shoes (2005) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
In 2009, she began playing the lead role in the television series United States of Tara, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best ... Show more...
Antonia "Toni" Collette (born 1 November 1972) is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish.
Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as Spotswood (1992) and Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Following her performances in Emma (1996) and The Boys (1998), Collette achieved international recognition as a result of her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense (1999). She has appeared in thrillers such as Shaft (2000) and Changing Lanes (2002) and independent comedy films like About a Boy (2002), In Her Shoes (2005) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
In 2009, she began playing the lead role in the television series United States of Tara, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2010. Show less...
Filmography - Acting
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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
Andorra (2019)
As: Mrs. Dent
Alexander Fox leaves the US to start a new life in the tiny nation of Andorra. Quickly drawn to a tall Australian blonde and the heartbroken daughter of the town matriarch, he finds himself the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Directed by: Michael Rymer
Stars: Guy Pearce | Clive Owen | Gillian Anderson | Joanna Lumley | Toni Collette
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
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: Jonathan Dayton | Valerie Faris
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