List of the best Elizabeth McGovern movies: A Shock to the System(1990), The Bedroom Window(1987), Wings of Courage(1995), Lovesick(1983), The Favor(1994), Broken Trust(1995), Once Upon a Time in America(1984), Ragtime(1981), Johnny Handsome(1989), Cheerful Weather for the Wedding(2012), Showing Roots(2016), Swung(2015) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1990
91 Minutes
Michael Caine Elizabeth McGovern Peter Riegert Swoosie Kurtz Will Patton Jenny Wright John McMartin Barbara Baxley Haviland Morris Philip Moon
ad executive middle-aged man young man wife pretty woman dark witty new york city office subway household ageism disillusionment promotion murder accidental killing corporate ladder revenge rivalry 1990s
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Mystery & Thriller
USA
1987
112 Minutes
Denise
Steve Guttenberg Elizabeth McGovern Isabelle Huppert Paul Shenar Carl Lumbly Wallace Shawn Frederick Coffin Brad Greenquist Robert Schenkkan Maury Chaykin Sara Carlson
architect mistress boss victim police detective suspect suspenseful dark fascinating thrilling apartment courtroom bar affair cover-up murder suspicion lie discovery escape
A young executive starts an affair with his boss's wife which then escalates into a nightmare after he lies to the police in order to protect her.
Adventure
France|USA
1995
40 Minutes
Craig Sheffer Elizabeth McGovern Thomas Hulce Val Kilmer Ken Pogue Ron Sauvé Freddy Andreiuci Balinder Johal
While flying mail across the Andean mountains, Henri Guillaumet's plane has to crash-land, he must trek back to civilizatin on foot.
Romance
USA
1983
95 Minutes
Dudley Moore Elizabeth McGovern Alec Guinness Christine Baranski Gene Saks Renee Taylor Kent Broadhurst Lester Rawlins Wallace Shawn Suzanne Barrie Anne Kerry
A psychiatrist, who falls in love with a patient, is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.
Romance
USA
1994
97 Minutes
Harley Jane Kozak Elizabeth McGovern Bill Pullman Brad Pitt Ken Wahl Larry Miller Holland Taylor
wife husband friend artist old flame drifter amusing cheeky emotional united states suburbia neighborhood house love triangle marriage monogamy seduction high-school reunion high-school crush love
With 15 year reunion coming up, Kathy has sexual fantasies of her high school sweetheart. She's married, so she sends her BFF to check him out and report back. Things get complicated.
Mystery & Thriller
1995
96 Minutes
Tom Selleck Elizabeth McGovern William Atherton Marsha Mason Charles Haid Stanley DeSantis Rob LaBelle Cynthia Martells Fritz Weaver John Milford Nicholas Pryor
Justice Department investigators recruit a municipal judge (Tom Selleck) to expose corrupt members of the bench.
Drama, Crime
Italy|USA
1984
139 Minutes
Deborah Gelly
Robert De Niro James Woods Elizabeth McGovern Treat Williams Tuesday Weld Burt Young Joe Pesci Danny Aiello William Forsythe James Hayden Darlanne Fluegel
mafia boss bootlegger gang member police chief girlfriend mobster bleak intense gripping lower east side brooklyn, n.y. buffalo, n.y. street big city organized crime coming of age prohibition corruption america growth
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Drama
USA
1981
155 Minutes
Evelyn Nesbit
James Cagney Howard E. Rollins Jr. Elizabeth McGovern Brad Dourif Moses Gunn Kenneth McMillan Pat O'Brien Donald O'Connor James Olson Mandy Patinkin Mary Steenburgen
maid jazz musician father mother showgirl fireman charming fascinating crafty new york city white plains, n.y. new rochelle, n.y. murder race relations love historical events adventure revenge love 1900s
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Crime, Drama
USA
1989
95 Minutes
Donna McCarty
Mickey Rourke Ellen Barkin Elizabeth McGovern Morgan Freeman Forest Whitaker Lance Henriksen Scott Wilson
gangster triad gritty new orleans united states revenge new identity presumed dead revenge 1980s
After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2012
92 Minutes
Mrs. Thatcham
Felicity Jones Luke Treadaway Elizabeth McGovern James Norton Mackenzie Crook Fenella Woolgar Zoe Tapper Julian Wadham Sophie Stanton Olly Alexander Ellie Kendrick
A young woman frets upstairs in her family's country manor on her wedding day, fearful she's about to marry the wrong man. Downstairs, her fiancé and her former lover grow increasingly anxious.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
100 Minutes
Shirley
Maggie Grace Uzo Aduba Elizabeth McGovern Adam Brody Cicely Tyson Viva Bianca Kerry Cahill
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
Drama
UK
2015
87 Minutes
Dolly Adams
Elena Anaya Owen McDonnell Elizabeth McGovern Gerry McLaughlin Sarah McCardie Allison McKenzie Steven Cree David Elliot
girlfriend couple writer amusing bedroom club desire lust passion growing up
When an encounter with the swinging scene has an unexpected impact on David's impotence, Alice thinks she might have found the solution to all their problems, but the poly-amorous world is a difficult place for a love story to flourish.
Drama
UK|USA
2019
122 Minutes
Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham
Hugh Bonneville Jim Carter Michelle Dockery Elizabeth McGovern Maggie Smith Imelda Staunton Penelope Wilton Laura Carmichael Joanne Froggatt Brendan Coyle Kevin Doyle
king george v queen servant chef attendant wealthy man charming cheery emotional endearing dreamy melodramatic estate great britain english countryside family estate love wealth secrets schemes
The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
109 Minutes
Gretchen Lansing
Bryan Burton Charlotte Best Patrick Fugit Elizabeth McGovern Chris Parnell Deborah L. Sherman Paul Chamberlain Jennifer Del Rosario David Sullivan Christine Elise Anthony Pedone
While retracing his late-brother's footsteps through the Florida Keys, a sheltered young man stumbles upon the secret estate of a narcissistic recluse.
Drama
Canada|UK
2011
93 Minutes
Jane
Thomas Dekker Lynn Collins Jeremy Piven Elizabeth McGovern Mira Sorvino Kate Walsh Joseph Morgan
The disappearance of a 3-year-old boy divides a tightly knit community and culls out its secrets.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
85 Minutes
Carolyn
Cobie Smulders Anders Holm Gail Bean Elizabeth McGovern Aaron J. Nelson Tyla Abercrumbie Shonique Watkins Takiyah Dixon
An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.
Romance
France|UK|USA
1998
105 Minutes
Till Turner
Parker Posey Jeremy Northam Craig Chester Elizabeth McGovern Brooke Shields Corbin Bernsen Justine Waddell Patrick Bruel Stéphane Freiss Alexis Denisof Amy Phillips
A married author (Parker Posey) tries to stimulate her imagination for an erotic novel with hands-on research.
Sci-Fi
USA|Germany
1990
109 Minutes
Moira
Natasha Richardson Robert Duvall Faye Dunaway Aidan Quinn Elizabeth McGovern Victoria Tennant Blanche Baker Traci Lind David Dukes Zoey Wilson Elizabeth Doby
husband chauffeur wife slave friend bleak chilling dark melodramatic united states house garden bedroom post-apocalypse repression sex pregnancy dystopia unrequited love forbidden love
In a dystopian, polluted right wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Drama
USA
1993
102 Minutes
Lydia
Jesse Bradford Jeroen Krabbé Lisa Eichhorn Karen Allen Spalding Gray Elizabeth McGovern Joe Chrest Adrien Brody Cameron Boyd Chris Samples Katherine Heigl
young boy mother father brother charming emotional winsome st. louis hotel abandonment brotherhood coming of age great depression insanity growing up adventure underdog love 1930s
A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down motel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|France|China|Canada|Spain
2018
104 Minutes
Karen MacCauley
Liam Neeson Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Jonathan Banks Sam Neill Elizabeth McGovern Florence Pugh Shazad Latif Letitia Wright Killian Scott Clara Lago
insurance salesman husband wife son mysterious woman stranger brooding crafty rousing suspenseful gripping thrilling train house train station train tracks mysterious strangers conspiracy train travel unlikely criminal
An action-thriller in which an insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Drama
UK
2015
111 Minutes
Judge Florence Cooper
Helen Mirren Ryan Reynolds Daniel Brühl Katie Holmes Tatiana Maslany Max Irons Charles Dance Elizabeth McGovern Jonathan Pryce Antje Traue Moritz Bleibtreu
jewish woman lawyer austrian painter model nazi brooding confident emotional law office austria mansion street car house family history painting nazis survival search
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Drama, History
UK|USA|France|Germany
2000
143 Minutes
Carry Fisher
Gillian Anderson Eric Stoltz Dan Aykroyd Eleanor Bron Terry Kinney Anthony LaPaglia Laura Linney Jodhi May Elizabeth McGovern
socialite suitor aunt married man somber tender new york city monte carlo, monaco estate yacht single life romantic dilemma inheritance fall love 1900s
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Comedy, Drama
Spain|France|UK|Germany|USA
1998
95 Minutes
Diane
Lena Headey Douglas Henshall Penélope Cruz Gustavo Salmerón Mark Strong Eusebio Lazaro Charlotte Coleman Neil Stuke Elizabeth McGovern Antonio Gil Martí nez Heather Weeks
actor ex-girlfriend bartender garbage collector boyfriend waitress amusing creative emotional london bar restaurant apartment romance time travel second chance love romantic dilemma quest love
A shambling, out-of-work actor, desperate to win back the affections of his ex-girlfriend, unexpectedly stumbles upon a way to turn back the clock.
Romance
USA
1990
107 Minutes
Barbara Hershey Keanu Reeves Peter Falk Bill McCutcheon Patricia Clarkson Jerome Dempsey Peter Gallagher Dan Hedaya Buck Henry Hope Lange John Larroquette
writer nephew aunt lover news reporter charming dreamy amusing new orleans radio station radio may-december romance taboo romantic dilemma soap opera story within a story forbidden love 1950s
New Orleans, 1951: A law student, working at WXBU radio station, falls in love with his cute aunt, who's looking for a third husband. Then Pedro starts writing radio series at WXBU, stirring up things.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Australia
2010
106 Minutes
Sam Worthington Liam Neeson Ralph Fiennes Jason Flemyng Gemma Arterton Alexa Davalos Tine Stapelfeldt Mads Mikkelsen Luke Evans Izabella Miko Liam Cunningham
warrior greek god monster princess king queen brash engaging spirited ancient greece showdown rebellion class distinctions adventure rivalry metamorphosis rescue ancient rome
Perseus, demigod, son of Zeus, battles the minions of the underworld to stop them from conquering heaven and earth.