List of the best Holly Hunter movies: Thirteen(2003), Home for the Holidays(1995), Living Out Loud(1998), Miss Firecracker(1989), Strange Weather(2016), Breakable You(2017), Woman Wanted(1999), When Billie Beat Bobby(2001), Raising Arizona(1987), Always(1989), Crash(1996), Manglehorn(2014) ... ...
Drama
USA|UK
2003
100 Minutes
Melanie
Holly Hunter Evan Rachel Wood Nikki Reed Jeremy Sisto Kip Pardue Sarah Clarke D.W. Moffett Vanessa Hudgens Jenicka Carey Ulysses Estrada
teen girl best friend mother foster mother boyfriend brother disturbing raw los angeles family home school troubled youth peer pressure mother/daughter relationship drugs sexual awakening shoplifting growing up transformation temptation
A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.
Comedy, Other
USA
1995
103 Minutes
Claudia 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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Judith Moore
Holly Hunter Danny DeVito Queen Latifah Martin Donovan Richard Schiff Elias Koteas
divorcée janitor singer massage therapist friend engaging playful touching new york city apartment building elevator nightclub divorce friendship life lessons self-discovery loneliness discovery love transformation
Judith Nelson quit her medical studies to marry. Years later, her husband, a physician, divorces her to be with another doctor. Deeply frustrated, she now lives alone in her luxury ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
102 Minutes
Carnelle Scott
Holly Hunter Mary Steenburgen Tim Robbins Alfre Woodard Scott Glenn Veanne Cox Ann Wedgeworth Trey Wilson Amy Wright Bert Remsen Christine Lahti
orphan cousin beauty pageant contestant seamstress southern belle lighthearted amusing spirited confident yazoo city, miss. house hall beauty pageant competition small town individuality schemes small-town life underdog quest
Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.
Drama
USA
2016
91 Minutes
Darcy Baylor
Holly Hunter Carrie Coon Kim Coates Glenne Headly Shane Jacobsen Ransom Ashley Walker Babington Craig Boe Turner Crumbley Lucy Faust Susan Gallagher
mother best friend old friend emotional powerful fiery intense texas new orleans house car restaurant grief shady dealings road trip family honor love pursuit rivalry sacrifice
in an effort to deal with the grief over the death of her son, a Georgia mother travels the back roads of the deep south to settle a score. A story of grief and forgiveness, of looking inward to find a way to move forward.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
115 Minutes
Eleanor Weller
Holly Hunter Tony Shalhoub Alfred Molina Cristin Milioti Omar Metwally Caroline Aaron Brooke Adams Beege Barkette
The film follows the Wellers, A dynamic New York City family as they come to terms with themselves and each other.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
1999
110 Minutes
Holly Hunter Michael Moriarty Kiefer Sutherland Christopher Plummer
widower adult son emotional train mysterious past rivalry resentment rivalry
A new woman comes between a widower and his adult son.
Drama
2001
96 Minutes
Holly Hunter Ron Silver Matt Letscher Bob Gunton Jacqueline McKenzie Elizabeth Berridge Vincent Van Patten Caitlin Martin Gerry Becker Fred Willard Caroline Aaron
tennis player feminist middle-aged man lesbian fan rousing gutsy spirited amusing tennis court astrodome texas tennis billie jean king homophobia bobby riggs media circus gender equality rivalry quest
Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver) challenges the younger Billie Jean King (Holly Hunter) to a tennis match in a 1973 battle of the sexes.
Comedy
USA
1987
93 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Holly Hunter Trey Wilson John Goodman William Forsythe Sam McMurray Frances McDormand Randall Cobb M. Emmet Walsh
ex-convict ex-cop child police officer bounty hunter quirky witty heartwarming madcap house store trailer arizona supermarket kidnapping parenthood extortion robbery blackmail thanksgiving
When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Fantasy
USA
1989
122 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Holly Hunter Brad Johnson John Goodman Audrey Hepburn Roberts Blossom Keith David Ed Van Nuys Marg Helgenberger Doug McGrath John David Souther
pilot aerial firefighter firemen ghost air traffic controller angel emotional touching uplifting colorado montana plane wildfire afterlife flying romance love metamorphosis sacrifice 1980s
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.
Drama
Canada|UK
1996
100 Minutes
Dr. Helen Remington
James Spader Holly Hunter Elias Koteas Deborah Kara Unger Rosanna Arquette Peter MacNeill Cheryl Swarts Boyd Banks
filmmaker wife doctor guru cult member prostitute disturbing sultry emotional tense toronto canada bridge road car marriage sexual taboo fetish cult death
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Drama
USA
2014
97 Minutes
Dawn
Al Pacino Holly Hunter Harmony Korine Chris Messina Natalie Wilemon Marisa Varela Luis Olmeda Edrick Browne
Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend.
Romance
USA
2017
120 Minutes
Beth
Kumail Nanjiani Zoe Kazan Holly Hunter Ray Romano Anupam Kher Zenobia Shroff Adeel Akhtar Bo Burnham Aidy Bryant Kurt Braunohler Vella Lovell
comedian graduate student young woman parent muslim charming emotional heartwarming chicago house hospital apartment romance interracial romance family gathering arranged marriage forbidden love transformation discovery 2010s
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
Romance
USA
1987
132 Minutes
Jane Craig
William Hurt Albert Brooks Holly Hunter Robert Prosky Lois Chiles Joan Cusack Peter Hackes Christian Clemenson Robert Katims Ed Wheeler Jack Nicholson
producer anchorman love interest reporter rival witty emotional washington, d.c. television studio friendship love triangle television loneliness romance quest love discovery 1980s
Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one Producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.
Drama
USA
2012
121 Minutes
Evelyn Riske
Maggie Gyllenhaal Viola Davis Holly Hunter Oscar Isaac Rosie Perez Ving Rhames Lance Reddick Marianne Jean-Baptiste Bill Nunn Emily Alyn Lind Dante Brown
mother teacher student staff member emotional inspiring school household pittsburgh motherhood education inner-city life fight for justice quest underdog 2010s
Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.
Drama
USA|France
2003
100 Minutes
Adele Easley
Billy Bob Thornton Morgan Freeman Holly Hunter Kirsten Dunst Dorian Harewood Geoffrey Wigdor Luke Robertson Billoah Greene Catherine Colvey Manuel Aranguiz
After two decades in prison for murder, a man is released on parole and returns to his hometown seeking redemption.
Comedy, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Jackie
Carice van Houten Jelka van Houten Holly Hunter Chadwick Brown Howe Gelb Hayo Bruins Paul Hoes Elise Schaap
surrogate mother sister father touching amusing heartwarming wilderness hospital relationships acceptance making amends self-discovery reconciliation motherhood discovery 2010s
Twin sisters (Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten) embark on a life-changing search for their long-lost mother (Holly Hunter) in America.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1993
154 Minutes
Tammy Hemphill
Tom Cruise Jeanne Tripplehorn Gene Hackman Holly Hunter Ed Harris Hal Holbrook Terry Kinney Wilford Brimley David Strathairn Gary Busey Steven Hill
lawyer fbi agent coworker boss mafia boss intricate suspenseful prison office harvard university apartment lawlessness corruption greed surveillance paranoia mafia rise fall revenge
A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
Comedy, Drama
UK|France|USA
2000
106 Minutes
Penny
George Clooney John Turturro Tim Blake Nelson John Goodman Holly Hunter Chris Thomas King Charles Durning Del Pentecost Michael Badalucco J.R. Horne Brian Reddy
convict politician salesman wife gangster musician quirky witty hilarious heartwarming mississippi farm river prison radio station escape treasure music betrayal racism
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
Comedy, Drama
1984
100 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Christine Lahti Fred Ward Holly Hunter Ed Harris Roger Corman
A housewife (Goldie Hawn) flirts with a jazzy 4-F co-worker (Kurt Russell) at a World War II aircraft plant.
Romance, Drama, Music
USA
2017
129 Minutes
Miranda
Ryan Gosling Rooney Mara Michael Fassbender Natalie Portman Cate Blanchett Holly Hunter Bérénice Marlohe Val Kilmer Lykke Li Olivia Grace Applegate Dana Falconberry
couple songwriter mogul waitress confident creative engaging passionate austin, texas club house office diner romance music business seduction betrayal discovery fall forbidden love
Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.
Comedy
USA
1988
105 Minutes
Charlotte
Wilford Brimley Levon Helm Mary Steenburgen Barbara Barrie Kevin Bacon Holly Hunter Bob Balaban Clint Howard Rita Jenrette Howard Morris Bruce McGill
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.
Drama
Canada|USA
1999
109 Minutes
Mira
Billy Crudup Samantha Morton Denis Leary Jack Black Will Patton Greg Germann Holly Hunter Dennis Hopper
drug addict love interest former lover neighbor child engaging striking iowa chicago phoenix hospital household journey redemption love crime drugs accident discovery pursuit
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2000
106 Minutes
Rebecca Waynon
Glenn Close Cameron Diaz Calista Flockhart Kathy Baker Amy Brenneman Valeria Golino Holly Hunter Matt Craven Gregory Hines Miguel Sandoval Noah Fleiss
doctor mother bank manager boyfriend single mother tarot card reader emotional touching house california doctor's office family home bank relationships life lessons romance illness depression hard times love
Five California women struggle with personal problems as their own paths unwind in ways unexpected.
Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
USA
2016
153 Minutes
Sentator Finch
Ben Affleck Henry Cavill Amy Adams Jesse Eisenberg Diane Lane Laurence Fishburne Jeremy Irons Holly Hunter Gal Gadot Scoot McNairy Callan Mulvey
billionaire batman superman villain amazon reporter brooding emotional intense gotham city metropolis newsroom museum street mansion power danger trust fighting evil
Fearing that the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs.
Drama
USA|Mexico
2005
112 Minutes
Sonia
Kathy Baker Amy Brenneman Elpidia Carrillo Glenn Close Stephen Dillane Dakota Fanning William Fichtner LisaGay Hamilton Holly Hunter Jason Isaacs Joe Mantegna
divorcée sick person prisoner old flame teen girl woman tender moving intricate melodramatic jail hospital family home supermarket graveyard mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement reunion illness
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Drama
USA
2000
97 Minutes
Executive
Xander Berkeley Golden Brooks Saffron Burrows Viveka Davis Richard Edson Aimee Graham Salma Hayek Glenne Headly Andrew Heckler Holly Hunter Danny Huston
actress girlfriend lesbian director wife therapist fascinating emotional los angeles office limo filmmaking love triangle infidelity relationships rivalry forbidden love revenge 2000s
Four frames of simultaneous action that alternately follow a smitten lesbian lover as she obsesses over her partner's dalliances and the tense goings-on of a Hollywood film production company.