List of the best Jodie Foster movies: The Silence of the Lambs(1991), Contact(1997), Carnage(2011), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane(1976), The Hotel New Hampshire(1984), Anna and the King(1999), The Brave One(2007), The Beaver(2011), Home for the Holidays(1995), Money Monster(2016), Hotel Artemis(2018), Mesmerized(1984) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1991
119 Minutes
Clarice Starling
Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glenn Ted Levine Anthony Heald Brooke Smith Diane Baker Kasi Lemmons Charles Napier Roger Corman George Romero
psychiatrist psychopath student agent serial killer police officer dark creepy suspenseful prison cave household washington, d.c. insanity kidnapping cannibalism torture fbi escape mystery
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Sci-Fi
USA
1997
150 Minutes
Jodie Foster Matthew McConaughey James Woods John Hurt Tom Skerritt William Fichtner David Morse Angela Bassett Geoffrey Blake Max Martini Rob Lowe
scientist politician national security advisor religious person suicide bomber billionaire fascinating thrilling incredible puerto rico new mexico cape canaveral japan aliens nasa science space travel radio telescope outer space adventure
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
Comedy, Drama
France|Germany|Poland|Spain|USA
2011
79 Minutes
Penelope Longstreet
Jodie Foster Kate Winslet Christoph Waltz John C. Reilly Elvis Polanski Eliot Berger
broker lawyer writer salesman husband wife dark witty brooklyn, n.y. apartment argument responsibility lawsuit human rights husband/wife relationship drinking wretched excess transformation 2010s
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|France
1976
91 Minutes
Jodie Foster Martin Sheen Alexis Smith Scott Jacoby Mort Shuman Dorothy Davis Clesson Goodhue Hubert Noël Jacques Famery Mary Morter Judie Wildman
teen girl landlady pedophile friend neighbor creepy suspenseful new england small town family home street secret sexual advances friendship violence blackmail growing up mystery pursuit 1970s
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives alone in a high-class Quebec small town, but unknown to the neighbors, she is leading a secret and dangerous life.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1984
110 Minutes
Jodie Foster Beau Bridges Rob Lowe Paul McCrane Lisa Banes Jennifer Dundas Seth Green Nastassja Kinski
father mother son daughter brother sister offbeat quirky amusing emotional new hampshire hotel austria family dysfunction incest homosexuality extremism death coming of age discovery
A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist.
Drama, History
USA
1999
147 Minutes
Anna Leonowens
Jodie Foster Chow Yun-Fat Bai Ling Tom Felton Syed Alwi Randall Duk Kim Lim Kay Siu Melissa Campbell Deanna Yusoff
teacher king widow daughter son concubine tender melodramatic passionate siam palace ship temple battlefield culture clash opposites attract prejudice royalty class distinctions family
The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.
Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2007
122 Minutes
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.
Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2011
91 Minutes
Director
Mel Gibson Jodie Foster Anton Yelchin Jennifer Lawrence Riley Thomas Stewart Cherry Jones Kelly Coffield Michael Rivera
executive husband wife son puppet depressed person uplifting offbeat sad new york city house street office family home toy factory puppetry depression communication reconciliation husband/wife relationship
A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.
Comedy, Other
USA
1995
103 Minutes
Director
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
98 Minutes
Director
George Clooney Julia Roberts Jack O'Connell Dominic West Caitriona Balfe Giancarlo Esposito Christopher Denham Lenny Venito Chris Bauer Dennis Boutsikaris Emily Meade
tv personality hostage producer employee police chief reporter brooding emotional intense television studio dressing room stage command center street office investment loss hostage situation anger money
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
2018
93 Minutes
Jodie Foster Sterling K. Brown Sofia Boutella Jeff Goldblum Brian Tyree Henry Jenny Slate Zachary Quinto Charlie Day Dave Bautista Kenneth Choi Josh Tillman
bank robber doctor criminal nurse thief assassin amusing thrilling tense confident unrestrained los angeles hospital hotel bank hospital secrets rivalry thievery rivalry
Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
Mystery & Thriller
1984
97 Minutes
Victoria
Jodie Foster John Lithgow Michael Murphy Harry Andrews Dan Shor Philip Holder
An orphan (Jodie Foster) weds an older man (John Lithgow) in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.
Drama
USA
1976
113 Minutes
Iris
Robert De Niro Jodie Foster Cybill Shepherd Harvey Keitel Victor Argo Peter Boyle Albert Brooks Leonard Harris Norman Matlock Harry Northrup Peter Savage
cab driver pretty woman prostitute pimp politician brutal disturbing dark new york city car theater apartment restaurant loneliness unrequited love assassination mental illness vigilantism quest rescue
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute.
Musical, Comedy
UK|USA
1976
93 Minutes
Scott Baio Jodie Foster John Cassisi Florrie Dugger Paul Murphy Albin "Humpty" Jenkins Martin Lev Davidson Knight Paul Chirelstein Paul Besterman Ron Meleleu
The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.
Kids & Family, Comedy
UK|USA
1977
101 Minutes
David Niven Jodie Foster Helen Hayes Leo McKern Vivian Pickles Veronica Quilligan Ian Sharrock Sarah Tamakuni David Samuels John Alderson Mildred Shay
young girl con artist elderly woman lady butler orphan charming playful estate england treasure con game helping others theft impersonation transformation temptation mystery 1970s
Welcome to Candleshoe, a stately English manor where a swashbuckling pirate hid a fortune in Spanish doubloons centuries ago. And that's what young orphan Casey and a sly con man are determined to find.
Drama
USA
1988
98 Minutes
Katie Chandler
Mark Harmon William Porter Jodie Foster Blair Brown Jonathan Silverman Harold Ramis John Shea William McNamara
baseball player childhood friend ex-girlfriend free spirit friend sweetheart moving touching sad spirited seaside train childhood home memory suicide adolescence nostalgia love friendship rise
Ex baseball player Billy comes home to receive his childhood darling's ashes (suicide). He reminisces.
Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2011
91 Minutes
Director
Mel Gibson Jodie Foster Anton Yelchin Jennifer Lawrence Riley Thomas Stewart Cherry Jones Kelly Coffield Michael Rivera
executive husband wife son puppet depressed person uplifting offbeat sad new york city house street office family home toy factory puppetry depression communication reconciliation husband/wife relationship
A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.
Sci-Fi, Action, Drama
USA|Mexico|Canada
2013
109 Minutes
Matt Damon Jodie Foster Sharlto Copley Alice Braga Diego Luna Wagner Moura William Fichtner Brandon Auret Josh Blacker Emma Tremblay Jose Pablo Cantillo
ex-convict government official citizen rebel space traveler intense thrilling disturbing space station earth city space travel overpopulation class conflict battle rivalry underdog 2100s
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Drama
USA
1980
107 Minutes
Gary Busey Jodie Foster Robbie Robertson Meg Foster Kenneth McMillan Elisha Cook Jr. Theodore Wilson John Lehne Tina Andrews Bert Remsen Alan Braunstein
carnival worker exotic dancer partner con artist lawman boyfriend bleak dark offbeat gritty american south small town traveling running away jealousy love triangle carnivals scams rivalry wretched excess
Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1976
95 Minutes
Barbara Harris Jodie Foster John Astin Patsy Kelly Vicki Schreck Dick Van Patten Sorrell Booke Alan Oppenheimer Kaye Ballard Ruth Buzzi Marc McClure
housewife daughter brother husband classmate principal airy emotional madcap school suburbia household trading places mother/daughter relationship rebellion magic role reversal self-discovery metamorphosis quest
A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.
Drama
France|USA
1993
112 Minutes
Richard Gere Jodie Foster Bill Pullman James Earl Jones William Windom Brett Kelley Richard Hamilton Maury Chaykin Lanny Flaherty Frankie Faison Wendell Wellman
wife soldier son lover judge impostor eerie engaging tennessee farm courtroom rural community impersonation marriage fraud mystery american civil war presumed dead forbidden love mystery
A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2008
94 Minutes
Alexandra Rover
Abigail Breslin Mark Levin Jodie Foster Gerard Butler Michael Carman Mark Brady Anthony Simcoe Christopher Baker Peter Callan
young girl recluse father tourist amusing lighthearted madcap island volcano jungle san francisco missing persons rescue hijinks monsoon adventure quest escape 2000s
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
1989
115 Minutes
Anne Benton
Dennis Hopper Jodie Foster Dean Stockwell Vincent Price John Turturro Fred Ward Joe Pesci Helena Kalianiotes Charlie Sheen Julie Adams Tony Sirico
gangster artist mafia boss hit man boyfriend gallery owner dark suspenseful offbeat new mexico seattle police station theater house art gallery mobsters obsession art running away assassination
Mobsters and the police chase a hit man (Dennis Hopper) and his target, an electric-sign artist (Jodie Foster) with problems of her own.
Drama
1976
99 Minutes
Deirdre Striden
Richard Harris Jodie Foster Lois Nettleton Geraldine Fitzgerald William Windom Brad Savage
father dying person mother daughter neighbor doctor inspiring emotional sad lake party house difficult decision father/daughter relationship mother/daughter relationship terminal illness dying young friendship transformation discovery
A dying 12-year-old (Jodie Foster) inspires her parents (Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton), doctor and tutor with her courage.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2006
129 Minutes
Madaline White
Denzel Washington Clive Owen Jodie Foster Willem Dafoe Chiwetel Ejiofor Kim Director Christopher Plummer Florina Petcu Jay Charan Bernie Rachelle
detective bank robber hostage banker negotiator broker tense suspenseful bank new york city cell heist investigation deception stand-off hostages quest mystery rivalry 2000s
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1987
97 Minutes
Nancy
Ellen Barkin Gabriel Byrne Jodie Foster Martin Sheen Grace Jones Julian Sands Isabella Rossellini Alexei Sayle
An American skydiver wakes up in the middle of nowhere in Spain and must recount the last five agonizing days to figure out how she got there.
Drama
USA
2002
105 Minutes
Producer
Kieran Culkin Jena Malone Emile Hirsch Vincent D'Onofrio Jodie Foster Jake Richardson Tyler Long
nun teacher engaging heaven convent lost plot book transformation 1970s
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.
Kids & Family, Musical
USA
1973
104 Minutes
Becky Thatcher
Johnny Whitaker Celeste Holm Warren Oates Jeff East Jodie Foster Lucille Benson Henry Jones Noah Keen Dub Taylor Richard Eastham Sandy Kenyon
boy huckleberry finn girl aunt judge lighthearted spirited heartwarming small town mississippi mississippi river raft friendship childhood small-town life tom sawyer adventure discovery 1870s
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama
France|USA
2004
134 Minutes
Elodie Gordes
Audrey Tautou Gaspard Ulliel Jean-Pierre Becker Dominique Bettenfeld Clovis Cornillac Marion Cotillard Jodie Foster Jean-Claude Dreyfus Albert Dupontel André Dussollier Ticky Holgado
soldier sargeant lieutenant bureaucrat dreamy disturbing france world war i torture faith love mystery pursuit 1910s
Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
Comedy
USA
1992
86 Minutes
Prostitute
Woody Allen Mia Farrow John Malkovich Madonna Donald Pleasence Lily Tomlin Jodie Foster Kathy Bates John Cusack Kate Nelligan Fred Gwynne
bookkeeper vigilante sword swallower clown landlady strangler madcap hilarious dark big city apartment circus police station brothel bar false accusations investigation murder manhunt mob mentality
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Drama
USA
1974
112 Minutes
Audrey
Ellen Burstyn Kris Kristofferson Billy Green Bush Diane Ladd Lelia Goldoni Harvey Keitel Lane Bradbury Vic Tayback Jodie Foster Valerie Curtin Murray Moston
single mother rancher son widow touching endearing america diner phoenix tucson, ariz. romance show business moving vulnerability second chance love sacrifice escape 1970s
A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Comedy, Western
USA
1973
90 Minutes
James Garner Vera Miles Clay O'Brien Pat Hingle Morgan Woodward John Doucette Robert Pine Bruce Glover Ken Swofford Jay Silverheels Andrew Prine
On the run from the Cavalry, a man tries to disappear while accompanied by two camels and a runaway boy. His escape is made harder when he meets a widow and her daughter who may turn him in.
Action
USA
1972
99 Minutes
Raquel Welch Kevin McCarthy Helena Kallianiotes Norman Alden Jeanne Cooper Mary Kay Pass Martine Bartlett Cornelia Sharpe William Gray Espy Richard Lane Russ Marin
roller skater athlete alcoholic single mother team owner engaging wild roller skating rink kansas city, mo. portland, ore. united states roller derby sports single mothers road trip rivalry rise 1970s
Roller derby skater K.C. Carr (Raquel Welch) tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.