List of the best Jane Adams movies: Happiness(1998), All the Light in the Sky(2012), Lifelines(2008), Silver Bullets(2011), Songcatcher(2001), Poltergeist(2015), The Lie(2011), Restless(2011), Calvin Marshall(2010), The Wackness(2008), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004), Brigsby Bear(2017) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
139 Minutes
Joy Jordan
Jane Adams Dylan Baker Lara Flynn Boyle Ben Gazzara Jared Harris Philip Seymour Hoffman Jon Lovitz Marla Maples Cynthia Stevenson Elizabeth Ashley Louise Lasser
musician writer wife psychiatrist young boy neighbor dark disturbing shocking raw amusing new jersey suburbia doctor's office apartment family dysfunction mental illness loneliness sex child abuse
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Drama
USA
2012
79 Minutes
Jane Adams Sophia Takal Kent Osborne Larry Fessenden Lawrence Michael Levine David Siskind Allison Baar Simon Barrett Lindsay Burdge Susan Traylor Ti West
Jane Adams is an actress living in a house precariously perched above the beach in Malibu. Her age exempts her from more and more acting opportunities. That's when her young, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
91 Minutes
Nancy Bernstein
Jane Adams Josh Pais Joe Morton Robbie Collier Sublett Dreama Walker Jacob Kogan Ben Levin
A day that starts like any other turns out to be one family's bitterly hilarious, ultimately painful, day-long journey of self-realization. "Lifelines" chronicles the hapless Bernstein ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
2011
70 Minutes
Jane Adams Larry Fessenden Amy Seimetz Kate Lyn Sheil Joe Swanberg Ti West Sean Price Williams
A young actress is cast as the lead in a werewolf film which leads to many unexpected consequences in her life.
Drama
USA
2001
112 Minutes
Elna Penleric
Janet McTeer Aidan Quinn Pat Carroll Jane Adams Gregory Russell Cook Iris DeMent Stephanie Roth Haberle David Patrick Kelly E. Katherine Kerr Taj Mahal Emmy Rossum
professor sister orphan veteran reverend engaging emotional appalachia school small town rural life lesbianism music preservation discovery forbidden love transformation 1900s
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2015
93 Minutes
Dr. Claire Powell
Sam Rockwell Rosemarie DeWitt Kyle Catlett Jane Adams Jared Harris Nicholas Braun Kennedi Clements Susan Heyward Saxon Sharbino
husband wife child spirit parapsychologist imaginary friend chilling dark frightening spectacular illinois suburb house office bedroom living room haunted houses supernatural paranormal good versus evil
A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
82 Minutes
Dr. Bentel
Josh Leonard Jess Weixler Mark Webber Alia Shawkat Jane Adams Violet Long Kelli Garner Gerry Bednob Kirk Baltz Tipper Newton Allison Anders
A regular guy mistakenly assumes a gorgeous passerby is into him and hilarity ensues.
Drama
USA
2011
93 Minutes
Mabel
Henry Hopper Mia Wasikowska Ryô Kase Schuyler Fisk Jane Adams Chin Han Lusia Strus Christopher D. Harder
young man cancer patient young woman mother kamikaze pilot imaginary friend charming emotional gutsy family home funeral cemetery hospital hockey rink park terminal illness young love unlikely friendship cancer ghosts
The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
93 Minutes
June Marshall
Alex Frost Jeremy Sumpter Michelle Lombardo Steve Zahn Jane Adams Diedrich Bader Andrew Wilson Cynthia Watros Abraham Benrubi Catherine E. Coulson Douglas Rowe
A college student is determined to become a Major League Baseball star, but finds his true calling instead.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2008
110 Minutes
Eleanor
Ben Kingsley Josh Peck Famke Janssen Olivia Thirlby Mary-Kate Olsen Jane Adams Cliff "Method Man" Smith Aaron Yoo Talia Balsam David Wohl Bob Dishy
therapist drug dealer girl daughter amusing charming emotional new york city psychiatrist's office midlife crisis love drugs coming of age marital problems quest love growing up 1990s
It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.
Sci-Fi, Romance
USA
2004
108 Minutes
Carrie
Jim Carrey Kate Winslet Kirsten Dunst Mark Ruffalo Elijah Wood Tom Wilkinson Jane Adams David Cross Deirdre O'Connell Debbon Ayer Thomas Jay Ryan
boyfriend girlfriend employee secretary doctor profound creative new york state boston train office love breakup memory love metamorphosis 2000s
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.
Comedy
USA|China
2017
97 Minutes
April Mitchum
Kyle Mooney Greg Kinnear Matt Walsh Michaela Watkins Mark Hamill Ryan Simpkins Jane Adams Andy Samberg
loner creator bear friend confident creative dreamy playful touching apartment bunker desert television studio growing up creative process isolation growing up discovery transformation 2010s
After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
Comedy
USA
2002
81 Minutes
Mona
Colin Hanks Jack Black Catherine O'Hara Schuyler Fisk John Lithgow Harold Ramis Jane Adams Garry Marshall Dana Ivey Chevy Chase Lily Tomlin
high-school student girlfriend brother mother father professor amusing madcap orange county, calif. household high school stanford university beach transcript education writing misunderstanding quest growing up love
A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
87 Minutes
Summer
Mackenzie Davis Caitlin Fitzgerald Lawrence Michael Levine Khan Baykal Alexander Koch Colleen Camp Jane Adams Michael Lowry
actress best friend waitress partygoer vacationer director brooding emotional intense resort ocean restaurant party forest bedroom friendship jealousy acting resentment betrayal
Two women, with differing degrees of success, travel north from Los Angeles to Big Sur for a weekend vacation. Both see the trip as an opportunity to reconnect after years of competition and jealousy have driven a wedge between them.
Drama
France|USA
1996
115 Minutes
Nettie Bolt
Jennifer Jason Leigh Miranda Richardson Harry Belafonte Michael Murphy Dermot Mulroney Steve Buscemi Brooke Smith Jane Adams Jeff Feringa A.C. Smith Martin Martin
wife thief mobster politician husband tense cool frenetic kansas city, mo. jazz club street mob husband/wife relationship female bonding abduction crime race relations revenge adventure pursuit
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
83 Minutes
Woman on Beach
Jake Johnson Rosemarie DeWitt Orlando Bloom Brie Larson Sam Rockwell Anna Kendrick Mike Birbiglia Jane Adams Sam Elliott Judith Light Ron Livingston
The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.
Drama
USA
2006
130 Minutes
Sheila
Kate Winslet Jennifer Connelly Patrick Wilson Jackie Earle Haley Noah Emmerich Gregg Edelman Phyllis Somerville Raymond J. Barry Jane Adams Ty Simpkins Sadie Goldstein
housewife stay-at-home dad sex offender ex-cop mother filmmaker dark gripping boston suburbia household playground hospital affair love marriage obsession sex death fall
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany|UK|Japan
2000
112 Minutes
Oola
Michael Douglas Tobey Maguire Frances McDormand Robert Downey Jr. Katie Holmes Richard Thomas Rip Torn Philip Bosco Jane Adams Richard Knox Michael Cavaias
professor college student editor university president charming touching moving college pittsburgh writer's block infidelity midlife crisis aging teaching quest growing up 2000s
An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.
Comedy
USA
1999
112 Minutes
Dr. Phyllis Sheeler
Loren Dean Hope Davis Jason Lee Alfre Woodard Mary McDonnell Pruitt Taylor Vince Zooey Deschanel Martin Short David Paymer Jane Adams Dana Ivey
therapist newcomer attorney patient psychologist billionaire quirky airy amusing small town united states office mental illness dark secrets love rivalry transformation 1990s
In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2007
122 Minutes
Nicole
Jodie Foster Terrence Howard Nicky Katt Naveen Andrews Mary Steenburgen Ene Oloja Luis Da Silva Jr. Blaze Foster Rafael Sardina Jane Adams Gordon MacDonald
husband wife criminal detective chilling suspenseful new york city central park apartment assault death vigilantism crime revenge transformation 2000s
Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.
Comedy
USA
1995
106 Minutes
Dr. Megan Eisenberg
Steve Martin Diane Keaton Martin Short Kimberly Williams-Paisley George Newbern Kieran Culkin BD Wong Peter Michael Goetz Kate McGregor Stewart Jane Adams Eugene Levy
father mother daughter son-in-law baby event coordinator amusing endearing california household family fatherhood pregnancy moving midlife crisis love discovery 1990s
George Banks must deal not only with the pregnancy of his daughter, but also with the unexpected pregnancy of his wife.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
2004
107 Minutes
Jim Carrey Liam Aiken Emily Browning Kara Hoffman Shelby Hoffman Timothy Spall Catherine O'Hara Billy Connolly Meryl Streep Luis Guzman Jamie Harris
sister brother baby villain uncle aunt amusing quirky engaging house lake attic mansion burning house alternate reality family siblings deception murder bad behavior
A dastardly count (Jim Carrey) plots to steal an inheritance from three young orphans (Liam Aiken, Emily Browning) placed in his care.