List of the best Jane Fonda movies: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?(1969), The China Syndrome(1979), Klute(1971), Agnes of God(1985), Fun With Dick and Jane(1977), Stanley & Iris(1990), Comes a Horseman(1978), Any Wednesday(1966), The Morning After(1986), Barbarella(1968), The Game Is Over(1966), Joy House(1964) ... ...
Drama
USA
1969
121 Minutes
Jane Fonda Michael Sarrazin Susannah York Gig Young Red Buttons Bonnie Bedelia Bruce Dern Michael Conrad Al Lewis Robert Fields Severn Darden
failed actress sailor bombshell farmer wife emcee bleak disturbing ballroom santa monica, calif. dance marathon great depression underdog wretched excess 1930s
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1979
122 Minutes
Kimberly Wells
Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scott Brady James Hampton Peter Donat Wilford Brimley James Karen
news reporter camera operator nuclear physicist supervisor cameraman gripping gutsy intense thrilling suspenseful tense california nuclear power plant newsroom car television studio home nuclear meltdown nuclear safety cover-up
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
114 Minutes
Bree Daniel
Jane Fonda Donald Sutherland Roy Scheider Charles Cioffi Dorothy Tristan Rita Gam Vivian Nathan Nathan George Morris Strassberg Jean Stapleton Barry Snider
detective prostitute pimp client psychiatrist suspenseful engaging new york city investigation romance missing persons murder prostitution mystery pursuit 1970s
A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
Drama
USA
1985
99 Minutes
Dr. Martha Livingston
Jane Fonda Meg Tilly Anne Bancroft Anne Pitoniak Winston Rekert Gratien Gélinas
nun psychiatrist mother superior dark emotional convent murder religion investigation hypnosis quest mystery rivalry 1980s
When a naive novice nun is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist investigates her case.
Comedy
USA
1977
95 Minutes
Jane Harper
Jane Fonda George Segal Ed McMahon Dick Gautier Allan Miller Hank Garcia John Dehner Mary Jackson Walter Brooke James Jeter Sean Frye
husband wife executive criminal airy amusing suburbia office courtroom united states poverty american dream marriage robbery transformation fall temptation wretched excess 1970s
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Romance
USA|Canada
1990
104 Minutes
Iris Estelle King
Jane Fonda Robert De Niro Swoosie Kurtz Martha Plimpton Harley Cross Jamey Sheridan Feodor Chaliapin Katherine Cortez
widow cook boss daughter son sister moving sad inspiring bakery cafeteria garage house illiteracy grief teaching teen pregnancy unemployment friendship love
A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.
Western
USA
1978
118 Minutes
Ella Connors
Jane Fonda James Caan Jason Robards George Grizzard Richard Farnsworth Jim Davis Mark Harmon Macon McCalman Basil Hoffman James Kline James Keach
rancher veteran nemesis henchman ranch hand love interest brash gritty spirited american west ranch house plains woods cattle oil land ownership violence feud determination
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1966
109 Minutes
Ellen Gordon
Jane Fonda Jason Robards Dean Jones Rosemary Murphy Ann Prentiss Jack Fletcher Kelly Jean Peters King Moody Monty Margetts
businessman mistress client wife secretary husband amusing witty apartment office family home restaurant infidelity mistaken identity marriage deception divorce love transformation 1960s
Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress, falls for the executive's young business associate when he is accidentally sent to use the apartment where the executive and Ellen meet every ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
102 Minutes
Jane Fonda Jeff Bridges Raul Julia Diane Salinger Richard Foronjy Geoffrey Scott James "Gypsy" Haake Kathleen Wilhoite Don Hood Fran Bennett Michael Flanagan
actress ex-cop hairdresser socialite husband chilling suspenseful dark los angeles apartment murder wrongfully accused memory loss alcoholism unlikely allies escape mystery 1980s
A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?
Sci-Fi
France|Italy
1968
98 Minutes
Barbarella
Jane Fonda John Phillip Law Anita Pallenberg Milo O'Shea David Hemmings Marcel Marceau Claude Dauphin Véronique Vendell
astronaut villain queen victim slave woman brash cheeky cool alien planet castle laboratory street spaceship bedroom space travel slavery survival search saving the planet
Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.
Drama
France|Italy
1966
95 Minutes
Renee Saccard
Jane Fonda Peter McEnery Michel Piccoli Jacques Monod Tina Marquand Simone Valere
In Paris, Maxime visits his wealthy industrialist father Alexandre and his beautiful young Canadian wife, Renée. Alexandre fathered him years ago in a prior marriage and he has come to stay... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1964
98 Minutes
Melinda
Jane Fonda Alain Delon Lola Albright Sorrell Booke Carl Studer Andre Oumansky Arthur Howard Berett Arcaya
Drama
1977
116 Minutes
Jane Fonda Vanessa Redgrave Jason Robards Maximilian Schell Hal Holbrook Rosemary Murphy Meryl Streep Lisa Pelikan Cathleen Nesbitt John Glover
lillian hellman dashiell hammett activist childhood friend touching engaging russia germany new england espionage friendship smuggling world war ii resistance writers quest sacrifice 1940s
Playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) recalls World War II, her best friend (Vanessa Redgrave) and writer Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards).
Comedy
1980
110 Minutes
Judy Bernly
Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton Dabney Coleman Sterling Hayden Elizabeth Wilson Henry Jones Lawrence Pressman
secretary co-worker boss playful hospital office household bar role reversal revenge female bonding drugs sexual harassment abduction mystery revenge 1980s
Three fed-up secretaries (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton) kidnap their sexist boss and force him to authorize office improvements.
Drama
1964
105 Minutes
Sophie , Die "Junge Frau"
Jane Fonda Maurice Ronet Catherine Spaak Jean Sorel Anna Karina Jean-Claude Brialy
In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."
Comedy, Drama
2011
96 Minutes
Jeanne
Jane Fonda Pierre Richard Claude Rich Geraldine Chaplin Guy Bedos Daniel Brühl Gwendoline Hamon Bernard Malaka
An anthropology student moves in with a group of seniors (Jane Fonda, Pierre Richard, Claude Rich) who have set up a household together so that they can take care of one another as their physical and mental health declines.
Horror
1968
117 Minutes
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein
Jane Fonda Federico Fellini Brigitte Bardot Terence Stamp Alain Delon Peter Fonda James Robertson Justice
countess religious person actor young girl horse owner priest creepy eerie dark germany italy car stable church revenge infatuation murder alcoholism forbidden love wretched excess
Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini collaborated on this trio of tales based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Drama
USA
1966
135 Minutes
Anna Reeves
Marlon Brando Jane Fonda Robert Redford E.G. Marshall Angie Dickinson Janice Rule Miriam Hopkins Martha Hyer Richard Bradford Robert Duvall James Fox
sheriff businessman fugitive wife lackey son tense dark brutal striking thrilling melodramatic texas small town prison swamp on the run home american south prison break
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Comedy
USA
1967
106 Minutes
Robert Redford Jane Fonda Charles Boyer Mildred Natwick Herbert Edelman James Stone Ted Hartley Mabel Albertson Fritz Feld
newlywed husband wife attorney mother neighbor endearing lighthearted madcap new york city greenwich village apartment marital problems newlyweds matchmaking transformation growing up love 1960s
Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
Romance
USA
1963
105 Minutes
Cliff Robertson Jane Fonda Rod Taylor Robert Culp Jo Morrow Jim Backus
pretty woman brother pilot love interest boyfriend lighthearted emotional new york city apartment romance sex courtship city life love discovery 1960s
On a Sunday, Eileen Tyler, still a virgin, leaves Albany to visit her airline pilot brother in New York but a chance encounter with a man on a city bus threatens to derail her upcoming marriage to boyfriend Russ.
Comedy, Western
USA
1979
120 Minutes
Robert Redford Jane Fonda Willie Nelson Valerie Perrine John Saxon Nicolas Coster Allan Arbus Wilford Brimley Will Hare Basil Hoffman Timothy Scott
rodeo rider reporter farmer old flame corporate stooge spirited brash las vegas desert escape consumerism pride romance honor rodeo adventure escape love 1970s
A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, with a feisty reporter accompanying him.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
1978
103 Minutes
Hannah Warren
Alan Alda Jane Fonda Maggie Smith Michael Caine Bill Cosby Walter Matthau Elaine May Richard Pryor Gloria Gifford Sheila Frazier Herbert Edelman
mother father businessperson actress gay/lesbian doctor airy amusing lighthearted los angeles beverly hills hotel divorce infidelity homosexuality show business competition prostitution transformation quest 1970s
Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Romance
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Diane Keaton Jane Fonda Candice Bergen Mary Steenburgen Craig T. Nelson Richard Dreyfuss Alicia Silverstone Katie Aselton Ed Begley Jr. Wallace Shawn Andy Garcia
widow friend lover husband boyfriend older woman amusing hilarious endearing charming sultry touching house restaurant office coast airplane california book lifestyle changes
Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
Comedy
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Anthony Perkins Jane Fonda Ray Walston Marc Connelly Anne Jackson Murray Hamilton Bob Wright Bart Burns Karl Lukas Elizabeth Patterson Tom Laughlin
cheerleader basketball player amusing playful united states ethics love love 1950s
A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, also a student, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe to fix a game, he is torn even more about the matter.
Drama
USA
1967
146 Minutes
Michael Caine Jane Fonda Robert Hooks John Phillip Law Diahann Carroll Faye Dunaway Burgess Meredith Robert Reed George Kennedy Frank Converse Loring Smith
farmer racist klansman teacher profound gutsy emotional gritty georgia united states farm small town farming sharecropping partnership race relations extortion quest rivalry underdog
Following World War II, a northern cannery negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land 's owned by Julie Warren and has ... See full summary »
Romance
USA|Germany
2005
100 Minutes
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.
Drama
USA
1962
125 Minutes
Kathleen Barclay
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Jane Fonda Claire Bloom Shelley Winters Glynis Johns Ray Danton Ty Hardin Andrew Duggan John Dehner Harold J. Stone Corey Allen
Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four ... See full summary »
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Soviet Union|USA
1976
99 Minutes
The Night
Elizabeth Taylor Jane Fonda Ava Gardner Cicely Tyson Patsy Kensit Harry Andrews Georgiy Vitsin Nadezhda Pavlova
A pair of peasant children, Mytyl ( Patsy Kensit ) and her brother Tyltyl ( Todd Lookinland ), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1981
109 Minutes
Chelsea Thayer Wayne
Katharine Hepburn Henry Fonda Jane Fonda Doug McKeon Dabney Coleman William Lanteau Christopher Rydell
elderly person mother daughter fiancée teenager emotional heartwarming moving new england pond vacation home family marriage aging transformation discovery 1980s
Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
103 Minutes
Hilary Altman
Jason Bateman Tina Fey Jane Fonda Adam Driver Rose Byrne Corey Stoll Kathryn Hahn Connie Britton Timothy Olyphant Dax Shepard Debra Monk
father sibling mother ex-wife boyfriend sister amusing charming cheeky new york city apartment hospital house bedroom ice-skating rink death family romance bereavement relationships
After their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens.
Drama
1962
114 Minutes
Kitty Twist
Laurence Harvey Capucine Jane Fonda Anne Baxter Barbara Stanwyck Joanna Moore Richard Rust Karl Swenson Don "Red" Barry Juanita Moore John Anderson
prostitute brothel owner sweetheart farmer cafe owner woman engaging passionate melodramatic texas road new orleans brothel café louisiana unrequited love jealousy road trip prostitution friendship
A 1930s drifter (Laurence Harvey) finds his lost sweetheart (Capucine) working in a New Orleans brothel run by a mannish woman.
Documentary
2018
87 Minutes
Laurie Anderson Judy Chicago Jane Fonda Sally Kirkland Meredith Monk Michelle Phillips
Filmmaker Johanna Demetrakas revisits photos from a 1977 book of photographs that captured women shedding cultural restrictions.
Documentary
USA
2003
73 Minutes
Tantoo Cardinal Rosario Dawson Eve Ensler Jane Fonda LisaGay Hamilton Salma Hayek Amy Hill Rosie Perez Isabella Rossellini
A documentary on V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.
Drama, History
2013
132 Minutes
Nancy Reagan
Forest Whitaker Oprah Winfrey John Cusack Jane Fonda Cuba Gooding Jr. Terrence Howard Lenny Kravitz James Marsden David Oyelowo Vanessa Redgrave Alan Rickman
butler wife cook harry s. truman richard nixon nancy reagan calm solemn relaxing moving heartwarming powerful white house washington, d.c. family home american south capitol building street politics race relations
A White House butler (Forest Whitaker) has a front-row seat to history through three decades and seven presidential administrations, including those of Eisenhower (Robin Williams), Kennedy (James Marsden) and Nixon (John Cusack).
Drama
Italy|France|UK|Switzerland
2015
118 Minutes
Brenda Morel
Michael Caine Harvey Keitel Rachel Weisz Paul Dano Jane Fonda Robert Seethaler Alex MacQueen Luna Zimic Mijovic Tom Lipinski Chloe Pirrie Alex Beckett
composer screenwriter harvey keitel emotional resort hotel eternal youth vacation life transformation 2010s
A retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.
Drama
Italy|USA
2015
116 Minutes
Teddy Stanton
Russell Crowe Amanda Seyfried Kylie Rogers Aaron Paul Diane Kruger Bruce Greenwood Jane Fonda Quvenzhané Wallis Octavia Spencer Janet McTeer
writer father widow daughter family moving emotional gripping family home hospital united states study loss writing grief parent/child relationship illness love love growing up
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.