List of the best Joan Cusack movies: The School of Rock(2003), Kit Kittredge: An American Girl(2008), The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez(1991), It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie(2002), My Blue Heaven(1990), The Allnighter(1987), The Christmas Train(2017), Where the Heart Is(2000), Addams Family Values(1993), Confessions of a Shopaholic(2009), Welcome to Me(2014), Snatched(2017) ... ...
Comedy
USA|Germany
2003
108 Minutes
Rosalie Mullins
Jack Black Joan Cusack Mike White Sarah Silverman Jordan-Claire Green Veronica Afflerbach Miranda Cosgrove Robert L. Tsai Angelo Massagli Kevin Clark Maryam Hassan
guitarist music teacher prodigy principal student roommate charming cheery offbeat spirited amusing heartwarming school upstate new york apartment music competition classroom redemption elementary school rock 'n' roll
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada
2008
100 Minutes
Abigail Breslin Joan Cusack Jane Krakowski Stanley Tucci Chris O'Donnell Julia Ormond Glenne Headly Max Thieriot Madison Davenport Zach Mills Colin Mochrie
reporter hobo friend thief father mother heartwarming inspiring cincinnati boardinghouse river camp crime investigation friendship news mystery quest 1930s
Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.
Drama
UK|France|Germany|USA
1991
110 Minutes
Mikhail Baryshnikov Joan Cusack Peter Gallagher Ron Vawter Kate Valk Gregory Wallace Werner Klemperer
stockbroker ex-girlfriend cult leader homeless person sidekick mysterious man dreamy eerie offbeat new york city apartment sanitarium office recession insanity cult greed struggle fall mystery
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Other
2002
96 Minutes
Kermit tries to save the theater from a banker (Joan Cusack) who wants to demolish it and open a trendy nightclub.
Comedy
USA
1990
95 Minutes
Hannah Stubbs
Steve Martin Rick Moranis Joan Cusack Melanie Mayron Carol Kane Bill Irwin William Hickey Deborah Rush
mobster fbi agent criminal ex-husband district attorney neighbor playful offbeat amusing suburbia california nightclub manhattan witness protection culture clash mob divorce new life adventure transformation
An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.
Comedy
USA
1987
108 Minutes
Gina
Susanna Hoffs John Terlesky Joan Cusack
A Southern California coed parties with her roommates and flirts with a surfer next door.
Other, Drama, Romance
USA
2017
86 Minutes
Agnes
Dermot Mulroney Kimberly Williams-Paisley Danny Glover Joan Cusack Holly Elissa Kirsten Prout Anthony Konechny Jill Teed Karen Holness Terence Kelly John Innes
journalist passenger airy heartwarming inspiring lighthearted moving uplifting train united states father/son relationship train travel writing going home christmas love discovery 2010s
The rise and fall of the circus experience. The story of the circus as an American experiment and entertainment. The story of those who brought it to life.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
120 Minutes
Ruth Meyers
Natalie Portman Ashley Judd Stockard Channing Joan Cusack James Frain Dylan Bruno Keith David Sally Field Richard Jones Mackenzie Fitzgerald Mary Ashleigh Green
pregnant teen single mother nurse ex-boyfriend nun daughter heartwarming melodramatic tender amusing sequoyah, okla. parking lot hospital department store trailer park female bonding abandonment new life small-town life motherhood
A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.
Comedy
USA
1993
93 Minutes
Debbie Jellinsky
Anjelica Huston Raul Julia Christopher Lloyd Joan Cusack Christina Ricci Carol Kane Jimmy Workman Carel Struycken Dana Ivey Peter MacNicol Christine Baranski
husband wife daughter son baby uncle amusing quirky dark mansion united states summer camp deception family culture clash summer love supernatural serial murders pursuit growing up
The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.
Comedy
USA
2009
105 Minutes
Jane Bloomwood
Isla Fisher Hugh Dancy Krysten Ritter Joan Cusack John Goodman John Lithgow Kristin Scott Thomas Fred Armisen Leslie Bibb Lynn Redgrave Robert Stanton
journalist best friend editor group leader receptionist love interest charming hilarious new york city magazine office shop apartment shopping journalism aspirations debt romance career quest transformation
A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
86 Minutes
Dawn Hurley
Kristen Wiig Wes Bentley Linda Cardellini Joan Cusack Loretta Devine Jennifer Jason Leigh Thomas Mann James Marsden Tim Robbins Alan Tudyk
young woman lottery winner talk show host tv personality father daughter amusing lighthearted television studio stage united states lottery lottery ticket money wealth dreams television show depression father/daughter relationship discovery
When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.
Action, Adventure, Comedy
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Barb
Amy Schumer Goldie Hawn Wanda Sykes Joan Cusack Ike Barinholtz Tom Bateman Óscar Jaenada Christopher Meloni Randall Park Bashir Salahuddin Al Madrigal
single woman mother man kidnapper brother brutal confident hilarious intense island resort compound house police station breakup vacation mother/daughter relationship kidnapping adventure escape
When her boyfriend dumps her before their exotic vacation, a young woman persuades her ultra-cautious mother to travel with her to paradise, with unexpected results.
Romance
USA
1997
107 Minutes
Marcella
John Cusack Minnie Driver Dan Aykroyd Alan Arkin Joan Cusack Jeremy Piven Hank Azaria K. Todd Freeman Michael Cudlitz Benny Urquidez Mitchell Ryan
hit man secretary former lover psychiatrist rival amusing spirited dark michigan small town high school assassination love existential crisis reunion discovery transformation 1990s
Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
Romance
USA
1988
113 Minutes
Cyn
Melanie Griffith Harrison Ford Sigourney Weaver Alec Baldwin Joan Cusack Philip Bosco Nora Dunn Oliver Platt James Lally Kevin Spacey Robert Easton
secretary boss executive boyfriend friend witty suspenseful amusing wall street new york city office party corporate culture workplace romance ambition deception betrayal impersonation rise love
When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
Romance
Spain|USA
1996
115 Minutes
Gloria
Melanie Griffith Antonio Banderas Daryl Hannah Danny Aiello Joan Cusack Eli Wallach Gabino Diego Austin Pendleton Allan Rich Phil Leeds Vincent Schiavelli
con artist assistant pretty woman sister criminal amusing playful lighthearted florida art gallery car funeral swindling romance love triangle deception crime assumed identity love discovery
A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.
Comedy
USA
1988
94 Minutes
Irene Stein
Daniel Day-Lewis Harry Dean Stanton Martha Plimpton Matthew Cowles Joan Cusack Maury Chaykin Deirdre O'Connell Will Patton Steven Wright Keith David Laurie Metcalf
A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.
Drama
USA
2009
108 Minutes
Judge De Salvo
Cameron Diaz Abigail Breslin Alec Baldwin Sofia Vassilieva Jason Patric Joan Cusack Evan Ellingson Thomas Dekker Elizabeth Daily Heather Wahlquist Emily Deschanel
teen girl sister mother lawyer patient judge heartwarming somber los angeles hospital montana courtroom cancer family organ donation sisterhood death lawsuit sacrifice quest
Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.
Romance
USA
1987
132 Minutes
Blair Litton
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
98 Minutes
Shelley
Chris Makepeace Adam Baldwin Martin Mull Matt Dillon Paul Quandt Joan Cusack Dean R. Miller Tim Reyna Richard Bradley Denise Baske Hank Salas
rich kid bully bodyguard friend father grandmother amusing brooding gutsy chicago school bullying teen angst unlikely friendship fighting troubled youth coming of age underdog transformation growing up
When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.
Comedy
USA
1988
103 Minutes
Rose
Michelle Pfeiffer Matthew Modine Dean Stockwell Mercedes Ruehl Alec Baldwin Joan Cusack Trey Wilson Charles Napier Tracey Walter Al Lewis Maria Karnilova
crime boss gangster's wife mobster fbi agent thrilling madcap quirky long island, n.y. new york city miami mafia new love fresh start blackmail crime escape revenge pursuit 1980s
A mobster's wife hates her lifestyle, but gets a chance to change it when her husband is killed - if the Long Island mob and the FBI let her.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Germany|USA
2003
91 Minutes
Mother
Brendan Fraser Jenna Elfman Steve Martin Timothy Dalton Heather Locklear Joan Cusack Bill Goldberg Don Stanton Dan Stanton Dick Miller Roger Corman
bugs bunny daffy duck studio head security guard actor chairman amusing frenetic madcap movie theater soundstage los angeles hollywood performance jealousy kidnapping father/son relationship diamond pursuit quest
The Looney Tunes search for a man's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey diamond.
Romance
UK|USA
2000
113 Minutes
Liz
John Cusack Iben Hjejle Todd Louiso Jack Black Lisa Bonet Catherine Zeta-Jones Joan Cusack Tim Robbins Chris Rehmann Ben Carr Lili Taylor
owner girlfriend customer ex-girlfriend amusing witty record store chicago funeral music business love loss midlife crisis love growing up 2000s
Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
Comedy, Music
USA|China
2016
86 Minutes
Tilly
Andy Samberg Jorma Taccone Akiva Schaffer Sarah Silverman Tim Meadows Maya Rudolph Joan Cusack Imogen Poots Chris Redd Edgar Blackmon
rapper manager friend fan love interest singer hilarious cheeky creative mansion concert stage limousine office dressing room park egoism music success failure reunion
When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status.
Romance, Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
103 Minutes
Dr. Burton
Logan Lerman Emma Watson Ezra Miller Mae Whitman Kate Walsh Dylan McDermott Melanie Lynskey Joan Cusack Paul Rudd Nina Dobrev Adam Hagenbuch
teen boy friend teen girl stepbrother teacher family member touching brooding endearing pittsburgh high school household adolescence friendship fitting in coming of age underdog growing up 1990s
An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Other
USA
2019
93 Minutes
Tin Foil Woman
Isabela Moner Shameik Moore Kiernan Shipka Odeya Rush Liv Hewson Mitchell Hope Jacob Batalon Joan Cusack Matthew Noszka Anna Akana Miles Robbins
In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people.
Romance
USA
1989
100 Minutes
Constance Dobler (uncredited)
John Cusack Ione Skye John Mahoney Lili Taylor Amy Brooks Pamela Adlon Jason Gould Loren Dean Joan Cusack Lois Chiles Eric Stoltz
student parent slacker friend quirky witty england high school california airplane education friendship forbidden love growing up 1980s
A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
Horror, Comedy
USA
2015
92 Minutes
Peg Parker
Nicholas Braun Mackenzie Davis Josh Fadem Denis Leary Ed Westwick Vanessa Hudgens Keegan-Michael Key Bob Odenkirk Joan Cusack Chris Zylka Ian Roberts
nature teenager human gory town earth battle alien invasion vampires transformation
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers - one human, one vampire, and one zombie - have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Comedy
USA
1984
90 Minutes
Molly Ringwald Anthony Michael Hall Michael Schoeffling Paul Dooley Justin Henry Gedde Watanabe Blanche Baker Carlin Glynn Edward Andrews Billie Bird Carole Cook
teen girl nerd hunk friend sister foreign exchange student charming touching quirky emotional suburbia family home high school adolescence coming of age birthdays fitting in teen romance family growing up
A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Rose Byrne Octavia Spencer Isabela Moner Tig Notaro Gustavo Quiroz Julianna Gamiz Margo Martindale Julie Hagerty Michael O'Keefe Tom Segura
wife husband adopted daughter brother sister airy amusing hilarious emotional melodramatic heartwarming united states orphanage school adoption orphanage new experiences trust lie sibling relationship
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.