List of the best Claire Danes movies: Stardust(2007), Evening(2007), As Cool as I Am(2013), Temple Grandin(2010), Me and Orson Welles(2008), William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet(1996), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines(2003), Polish Wedding(1998), Les Miserables(1998), U-Turn(1997), The Hours(2002), Home for the Holidays(1995) ... ...
Adventure, Fantasy
UK|USA
2007
128 Minutes
Claire Danes Charlie Cox Robert De Niro Michelle Pfeiffer Sienna Miller Jason Flemyng Rupert Everett Ricky Gervais Peter O'Toole Henry Cavill Jake Curran
man young woman witch pirate mother fairy airy dreamy emotional melodramatic england village fantasy rescue magic witchcraft occult romance adventure love
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
Drama
USA|Germany
2007
117 Minutes
Young Ann
Claire Danes Toni Collette Vanessa Redgrave Natasha Richardson Meryl Streep Glenn Close Patrick Wilson Hugh Dancy Mamie Gummer Ebon Moss-Bachrach David Call
mother daughter lover emotional melodramatic rhode island family home wedding death memory lost loves mother/daughter relationship forbidden love growing up 2000s
A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) and her daughters, Constance Haverford (Natasha Richardson) and Nina Mars (Toni Collette). As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life fifty years ago, when she was a young woman. Harris Arden (Patrick Wilson) is the man Ann loves in the 1950s ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
92 Minutes
Lainee Diamond
Claire Danes James Marsden Jeremy Sisto Sarah Bolger Thomas Mann Peter Fonda Anika Noni Rose Jon Tenney Rhys Coiro
A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers.
Drama, Biography
2010
110 Minutes
Claire Danes Catherine O'Hara Julia Ormond David Strathairn Stephanie Faracy Barry Tubb Melissa Farman Michael Crabtree
scientist farmer autistic person mother aunt professor inspiring uplifting emotional powerful colorado campus ranch slaughterhouse arizona family home temple grandin autism animal husbandry family
The scientist (Claire Danes) becomes an advocate for autistics and the humane treatment of livestock.
Drama
UK|Isle Of Man|USA
2008
107 Minutes
Sonja Jones
Zac Efron Claire Danes Christian McKay Zoe Kazan James Tupper Leo Bill Eddie Marsan Ben Chaplin Al Weaver Kelly Reilly Iain McKee
teen boy director secretary orson welles actor mentor lighthearted emotional inspiring stage new york city mercury theatre ballroom backstage theater acting dreams jealousy performance new life
In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles.
Drama, Romance
1996
120 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Claire Danes Brian Dennehy John Alberto Leguizamo Pete Postlethwaite Paul Sorvino Diane Venora Harold Perrineau Paul Rudd Jesse Bradford Dash Mihok
romeo juliet mother father cousin suitor thrilling passionate outlandish sad california beach church mansion ballroom street young love family feud passion murder
Twentieth-century teenagers (Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes) fall in love, despite feuding families, in an update of the classic tragedy.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|Germany|UK
2003
110 Minutes
Kate Brewster
Arnold Schwarzenegger Nick Stahl Claire Danes David Andrews Kristanna Loken Mark Famiglietti Earl Boen Chopper Bernet
man girlfriend general enemy cyborg rebel brash gripping thrilling suspenseful frightening united states military base upscale neighborhood veterinary hospital highway dystopia apocalypse man vs. machine freedom
A machine from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to protect a man and a woman from an advanced robotic assassin to ensure they both survive a nuclear attack.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
107 Minutes
Hala
Lena Olin Gabriel Byrne Claire Danes Adam Trese Mili Avital Daniel Lapaine Rade Serbedzija
The film centers on a big Polish family. Jadzia is the mother and the ruler of the Pzoniak family (she has five children). Though she's happily married to Bolek, she is also having a ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK|Germany|USA
1998
131 Minutes
Cosette
Liam Neeson Geoffrey Rush Uma Thurman Claire Danes Hans Matheson Reine Brynolfsson Peter Vaughan Mimi Newman
mayor stepdaughter police officer lover revolutionary ex-convict melodramatic fiery moving incredible paris vigau, france town battlefield woods river revolution double life loyalty rags to riches
Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1997
125 Minutes
Jenny
Sean Penn Nick Nolte Jennifer Lopez Powers Boothe Claire Danes Joaquin Phoenix Billy Bob Thornton Jon Voight Abraham Benrubi Julie Hagerty Bo Hopkins
racketeer love interest sexy woman husband murderer engaging gripping suspenseful emotional thrilling passionate las vegas arizona sex appeal attraction attempted murder money unhappy marriage sexual tension adventure
A two-bit criminal (Sean Penn) meets an attractive woman (Jennifer Lopez) and her spouse (Nick Nolte), each of whom wants him to murder the other.
Drama
USA|UK|France|Canada|Germany
2002
114 Minutes
Julia Vaughan
Meryl Streep Julianne Moore Nicole Kidman Ed Harris Toni Collette Claire Danes Jeff Daniels Stephen Dillane John C. Reilly Miranda Richardson Eileen Atkins
author housewife editor former lover emotional gripping moving household london los angeles new york city hotel suicide death party mental illness homosexuality discovery 1940s
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
Comedy, Other
USA
1995
103 Minutes
Kitt Larson
Holly Hunter Robert Downey Jr. Anne Bancroft Charles Durning Dylan McDermott Geraldine Chaplin Cynthia Stevenson Steve Guttenberg Claire Danes Austin Pendleton David Strathairn
single mother daughter parent sister brother love interest amusing frenetic emotional family home dinner party airplane mother/daughter relationship thanksgiving family dysfunction class conflict holidays single mothers rivalry growing up
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her family.
Drama
USA
1995
116 Minutes
Winona Ryder Maya Angelou Anne Bancroft Ellen Burstyn Samantha Mathis Kate Nelligan Jean Simmons Lois Smith Alfre Woodard Kate Capshaw Maria Celedonio
graduate student fiancé grandmother great-aunt mother friend touching charming emotional fascinating california small town household marriage female bonding quilting infidelity self-discovery storytelling discovery
Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.
Comedy
Australia
2003
89 Minutes
Ben Lee Rose Byrne Miranda Richardson Garry McDonald Christopher Stollery Nicholas Hammond Francis McMahon Toby Schmitz Nathaniel Dean Stephen James King Socratis Otto
An exuberant, sharply satirical comedy about two parentally neglected teenagers who find the courage to believe in themselves