List of the best Amy Ryan movies: Lost Girls(2020), Strange but True(2019), Abundant Acreage Available(2017), Of Dogs and Men(2016), Win Win(2011), Breathe In(2013), The Missing Person(2009), Don Verdean(2015), Keane(2004), Jack Goes Boating(2010), Central Intelligence(2016), Bridge of Spies(2015) ... ...
Drama
USA
2020
95 Minutes
Amy Ryan Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie Lola Kirke Gabriel Byrne
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2019
96 Minutes
Charlene
Amy Ryan Nick Robinson Margaret Qualley Blythe Danner Brian Cox Greg Kinnear Mena Massoud Connor Jessup Vanessa Burns
boyfriend girlfriend high-school sweetheart family parent adoptive parent creepy dark eerie melodramatic uneasy tense family home school dance suburb united states forest home pregnancy supernatural
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Drama
USA
2017
80 Minutes
Tracy
After their father dies, a middle-aged brother and sister wrestle with legacy and ownership when three brothers, whose family farmed the land for generations, return after 50 years.
Documentary, Crime, Drama
USA
2016
89 Minutes
Jim Osorio Amy Ryan Brittany Moore Mark Boling
OF DOGS AND MEN explores a disturbing trend in American law enforcement: the killing of pet dogs. From SWAT raids to simple calls and even visits to wrong addresses, we are seeing more and ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
106 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Amy Ryan Bobby Cannavale Jeffrey Tambor Burt Young Melanie Lynskey Alex Shaffer Margo Martindale David Thompson Mike Diliello Nina Arianda
attorney coach wife daughter young boy wrestler charming heartwarming new jersey high school household courtroom wrestling aspirations competition teen angst family law growing up rivalry
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.
Romance, Drama
USA
2013
97 Minutes
Megan Reynolds
Guy Pearce Amy Ryan Felicity Jones Mackenzie Davis Matthew Daddario Ben Shenkman Alexandra Wentworth Nathaniel Peart
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2009
95 Minutes
Michael Shannon Amy Ryan Frank Wood Linda Emond Paul Sparks Margaret Colin John Ventimiglia Yul Vazquez Merritt Wever Daniel Franzese Liza Weil
Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2015
96 Minutes
Sam Rockwell Amy Ryan Will Forte Danny McBride Jemaine Clement Leslie Bibb Stephen Park Sky Elobar PJ Boudousque Yaniv Moyal Jared Shipley
pastor archaeologist witty amusing airy holy land united states relic cover-up failure conspiracy fraud comedy adventure 21st century
A self-professed biblical archaeologist who has fallen on hard times starts to bend the truth in order to continue inspiring the faithful.
Drama
USA
2004
92 Minutes
Lynn Bedik
Damian Lewis Abigail Breslin Amy Ryan Liza Colón-Zayas John Tormey Ed Wheeler Christopher Evan Welch Lev Gorn
mentally impaired person father single mother daughter bleak dark uneasy new york city bus station hotel mourning loss mental illness kidnapping addiction fall mystery wretched excess 2000s
A man in his early 30s (Keane) struggles with the supposed loss of his daughter from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York, while fighting serious battles with schizophrenia. We can ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
2010
90 Minutes
Connie
Philip Seymour Hoffman John Ortiz Amy Ryan Daphne Rubin-Vega Tom McCarthy Richard Petrocelli Shawna Bermender Salvatore Inzerillo Elizabeth Rodriguez James P. Anderson Stephen Adly Guirgis
driver best friend coworker girlfriend wife single man brooding uplifting amusing melodramatic new york city swimming pool restaurant marital problems blind dating romance shyness self-discovery love transformation
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Comedy, Action
USA|China
2016
107 Minutes
Agent Pamela Harris
Dwayne Johnson Kevin Hart Amy Ryan Danielle Nicolet Jason Bateman Aaron Paul Ryan Hansen Tim Griffin Timothy John Smith Sione Kelepi Dylan Boyack
accountant high-school alumnus cia agent spy bully villain brash confident cool high school bar office car street garage bullying transformation spying self-confidence fighting
After he reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|Germany|India
2015
141 Minutes
Mary Donovan
Tom Hanks Mark Rylance Alan Alda Amy Ryan Eve Hewson Peter McRobbie Billy Magnussen Austin Stowell Domenick Lombardozzi Michael Gaston Sebastian Koch
pilot spy lawyer cia agent airy brooding dark somber soviet union prison berlin cold war soviet union espionage prisoners of war escape quest rescue 20th century
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Vicki
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2016
127 Minutes
Bonni Tischler
Bryan Cranston Diane Kruger John Alberto Leguizamo Amy Ryan Jason Isaacs Joseph Gilgun Olympia Dukakis Yul Vazquez Art Malik Carsten Hayes Benjamin Bratt
federal agent undercover agent drug czar businessman pablo escobar lieutenant brooding emotional intense florida drug house club office cemetery airplane undercover operations drug cartel money laundering trust betrayal
A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, War
UK|France|Spain|USA
2010
115 Minutes
Lawrie Dane
Matt Damon Greg Kinnear Brendan Gleeson Amy Ryan Khalid Abdalla Jason Isaacs Said Faraj Igal Naor Jerry Della Salla Sean Huze Raad Rawi
military officer soldier journalist politician tense gutsy iraq war zone iraq war deception investigative journalism quest discovery mystery 2000s
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
119 Minutes
Sylvia
Michael Keaton Zach Galifianakis Edward Norton Andrea Riseborough Amy Ryan Emma Stone Naomi Watts Lindsay Duncan Merritt Wever Jeremy Shamos Bill Camp
action hero actor broadway director girlfriend daughter ex-wife creative charming emotional amusing dark apartment new york city broadway theater backstage street restaurant acting father/daughter relationship challenge
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|Australia
2015
103 Minutes
Gale
Jack Black Dylan Minnette Odeya Rush Ryan Lee Amy Ryan Jillian Bell Halston Sage Steven Krueger Keith Arthur Bolden Amanda Lund Timothy Simons
author daughter teen boy monster townsperson student amusing cool creative house classroom basement amusement park store cemetery writing imagination monsters survival helping others
A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
115 Minutes
Helene McCready
Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman Ed Harris John Ashton Amy Ryan Amy Madigan Titus Welliver Michael Kenneth Williams Edi Gathegi
private investigator girlfriend aunt cop drug dealer mother dark gripping suspenseful boston household hospital funeral kidnapping investigation death deception missing persons quest mystery
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Canada|USA
2016
105 Minutes
Cindy
Lucas Till Jane Levy Rob Lowe Danny Glover Barry Pepper Amy Ryan Thomas Lennon Frank Whaley Holt McCallany Tucker Albrizzi Samara Weaving
high-school student teen girl creature bully best friend parent charming cheeky cool thrilling quirky amusing small town high school garage highway street roof driving creatures
A young man working at a small town junkyard discovers and befriends a creature which feeds on oil being sought by a fracking company.
Comedy
USA
2005
99 Minutes
Emily Brooks
Albert Brooks Sheetal Sheth John Carroll Lynch Jon Tenney Homie Doroodian Amy Ryan Penny Marshall Victoria Burrows Juliet Touzene Sunny Raina Rima Laham
comedian muslim assistant agent government official woman hysterical offbeat playful pakistan stage new delhi office india comedy cultural differences travel search islam politics
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2008
141 Minutes
Carol Dexter
Angelina Jolie John Malkovich Jeffrey Donovan Michael Kelly Colm Feore Jason Butler Harner Amy Ryan Geoff Pierson Denis O'Hare Frank Wood Peter Gerety
single mother son young boy police officer disturbing emotional gripping los angeles abduction deception mistaken identity corruption investigation missing persons quest 1920s
Grief-stricken mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
116 Minutes
Martha
Philip Seymour Hoffman Ethan Hawke Marisa Tomei Albert Finney Rosemary Harris Brian F. O'Byrne Amy Ryan Michael Shannon
brother father thief police officer mother cheater dark dense store hospital suburbia police station new york city robbery drugs heist infidelity money death temptation
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Crime, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Canada
2005
115 Minutes
Marie Dewey
Philip Seymour Hoffman Catherine Keener Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Chris Cooper Bruce Greenwood Bob Balaban Amy Ryan Mark Pellegrino Marshall Bell
truman capote harper lee criminal murderer editor police officer emotional dark holcomb, kan. new york city mexico police station family home writers murder small-town life quest transformation 1960s
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2013
110 Minutes
Abigail
Sylvester Stallone Arnold Schwarzenegger Jim Caviezel Curtis Jackson Sam Neill Vinnie Jones Faran Tahir Vincent D'Onofrio Amy Ryan Graham Beckel Matt Gerald
inmate tough guy prison guard intense unrestrained gripping solitary confinement maximum security prison cargo ship new orleans escape security escape revenge 2010s
When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
Drama
Norway|France|Denmark|USA
2015
109 Minutes
Hannah Brennan
Gabriel Byrne Isabelle Huppert Jesse Eisenberg Devin Druid Rachel Brosnahan Ruby Jerins Megan Ketch David Strathairn Amy Ryan
The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.
Crime, Drama
USA
2013
114 Minutes
Margaret Lax
Colin Firth Reese Witherspoon Dane DeHaan Mireille Enos Bruce Greenwood Elias Koteas Stephen Moyer Alessandro Nivola Amy Ryan Kevin Durand Collette Wolfe
mother private detective murderer murder suspect child melodramatic intense emotional disturbing brooding memphis, tenn. woods child murder grief desperation isolation investigation pursuit quest rescue
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.
Romance
USA
2007
98 Minutes
Steve Carell Juliette Binoche Dane Cook Alison Pill Dianne Wiest John Mahoney Emily Blunt Britt Robertson Marlene Lawston Norbert Leo Butz Amy Ryan
advice columnist beautiful woman brother widower mother father amusing endearing charming rhode island family home bookstore bowling alley home family forbidden love loss serendipity relationships romantic dilemma
A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Emma Thompson Mindy Kaling John Lithgow Hugh Dancy Reid Scott Denis O'Hare Max Casella Paul Walter Hauser John Early Luke Slattery Ike Barinholtz
talk show host writer co-worker friend amusing hilarious cheeky inspiring uplifting new york city television studio office stage women comedy unlikely allies unlikely friendship friendship working woman transformation
A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.