List of the best Elaine Stritch movies: Screwed(2000), September(1987), Providence(1977), Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky(2012), Out to Sea(1997), A Farewell to Arms(1957), Sparks: The Price of Passion(1990), Monster-in-Law(2005), Cocoon: The Return(1988), The Spiral Staircase(1975) ... ...
Comedy
USA
2000
81 Minutes
Virginia Crock
Larry Karaszewski Norm Macdonald Dave Chappelle Elaine Stritch Danny DeVito Daniel Benzali Sherman Hemsley Sarah Silverman Malcolm Stewart Lochlyn Munro
chauffeur heiress business partner restaurant owner girlfriend dog hysterical madcap dark mansion morgue hospital restaurant police station pittsburgh employment kidnapping ransom faking death on the run
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Drama
USA
1987
82 Minutes
Diane
Denholm Elliott Dianne Wiest Mia Farrow Elaine Stritch Sam Waterston Jack Warden Ira Wheeler Jane Cecil Rosemary Murphy
daughter mother stepfather best friend neighbor author dark emotional vermont countryside summerhouse attempted suicide traumatic past unrequited love betrayal loneliness mother/daughter relationship quest forbidden love 1980s
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Fantasy
Switzerland|France
1977
104 Minutes
John Gielgud Dirk Bogarde Ellen Burstyn David Warner Elaine Stritch Cyril Luckham Denis Lawson
novelist sick person son alcoholic wife illegitimate son uneasy offbeat fascinating outlandish providence, r.i. house family madness writing alcoholism family dysfunction discovery mystery escape
A dying writer bases his last book on his own perception of his family.
Biography, Documentary
2012
96 Minutes
Diahann Carroll Chita Rivera Sid Sheinberg Elaine Stritch Eddie Greenspan
Romance
USA
1997
109 Minutes
Mavis LaBreche
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Diane Cannon Gloria DeHaven Brent Spiner Elaine Stritch Hal Linden Donald O'Connor Edward Mulhare Rue McClanahan
con artist brother-in-law heiress widow friend retiree lighthearted hilarious heartwarming cruise ship sea schemes romance aging dance deception discovery love transformation 1990s
A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
Romance
USA
1957
150 Minutes
Helen Ferguson
Rock Hudson Jennifer Jones Vittorio De Sica Alberto Sordi Mercedes McCambridge Elaine Stritch Oscar Homolka Kurt Kaszner
american nurse friend german soldier italian lieutenant emotional dark italy switzerland world war i romance pregnancy execution war injury tragic death love rescue escape 1910s
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
Drama
1990
97 Minutes
Marti Sparks
Victoria Principal Ted Wass Héctor Elizondo Bill Lucking Gary Farmer Thomas Callaway Gracie Harrison Elaine Stritch Ralph Waite Steven Tyler Lois Geary
Albuquerque's new mayor (Victoria Principal) has her hands full with developers, sexual blackmail and a killer at large.
Romance
USA|Germany
2005
100 Minutes
Gertrude
Jennifer Lopez Jane Fonda Michael Vartan Wanda Sykes Adam Scott Monet Mazur Annie Parisse Will Arnett Elaine Stritch Jimmy Jean-Louis Amber Mead
doctor fiancée mother secretary friend amusing endearing frenetic los angeles california coffee shop mansion marriage competition mother/son relationship engagement schemes sabotage rivalry love
The love life of Charlotte is reduced to an endless string of disastrous blind dates, until she meets the perfect man, Kevin. Unfortunately, his merciless mother will do anything to destroy their relationship.
Fantasy
USA
1988
116 Minutes
Ruby Feinberg
Don Ameche Wilford Brimley Hume Cronyn Jack Gilford Steve Guttenberg Maureen Stapleton Jessica Tandy Gwen Verdon Elaine Stritch Courteney Cox Tahnee Welch
husband wife pregnant woman alien scientist hotel manager charming emotional passionate florida spaceship beach old age terminal illness family job immortality second chance sacrifice love
The old age pensioners that left at the end of the first film come back to Earth to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to stay back on Earth?
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1975
89 Minutes
Nurse
Jacqueline Bisset Christopher Plummer Sam Wanamaker John Phillip Law Mildred Dunnock Gayle Hunnicutt John Ronane Ronald Radd Sheila Brennan Elaine Stritch Christopher Malcolm
In a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?