List of the best Judy Davis movies: A Passage to India(1984), High Tide(1987), The Winter of Our Dreams(1981), Gaudi Afternoon(2001), Heatwave(1982), Georgia(1988), A Little Thing Called Murder(2006), Impromptu(1991), Naked Lunch(1991), Swimming Upstream(2002), The Dressmaker(2015), The Man Who Sued God(2001) ... ...
Drama
UK|USA
1984
163 Minutes
Judy Davis Peggy Ashcroft Victor Banerjee James Fox Alec Guinness Nigel Havers Richard Wilson Antonia Pemberton Michael Culver Art Malik Saeed Jaffrey
tourist doctor fiancé friend lawyer emotional solemn india cave courtroom court battles lawsuit class distinctions culture clash imperialism social change quest discovery underdog 1920s
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1987
104 Minutes
Lillie
Judy Davis Jan Adele Claudia Karvan Colin Friels John Clayton Frankie J. Holden Monica Trapaga Mark Hembrow
mother daughter grandmother teen girl singer drifter touching emotional dark new south wales, australia town seaside trailer park beach alcoholism mother/daughter relationship estrangement abandoned child reunion secret past
Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.
Drama
USA|UK
1981
89 Minutes
Lou
Judy Davis Bryan Brown Cathy Downes Baz Luhrmann Peter Mochrie Mervyn Drake Margie McCrae Mercia Deane-Johns Joy Hruby Kim Deacon Caz Lederman
prostitute drug addict classmate wife husband bookseller shocking melodramatic tense sydney waterfront apartment street bookstore australia reunion suicide drug addiction troubled marriage boredom
When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.
Comedy
Spain
2001
88 Minutes
Cassandra
Judy Davis Marcia Gay Harden Lili Taylor Juliette Lewis Courtney Jines Christopher Bowen María Barranco
expatriate translator lesbian transgender woman daughter amateur sleuth wild sultry cheeky intricate barcelona, spain nightclub stage american tourists custody battle lesbianism gender identity gay rights investigation mystery
Alone in a foreign city, Cassandra must solve a family's darkest, deepest secrets before she can confront her own past.
Mystery & Thriller
1982
92 Minutes
Kate Dean
Judy Davis Richard Moir Chris Heywood Bill Hunter John Gregg Anna Maria Monticelli
An Australian preservationist (Judy Davis) sleeps with the architect (Richard Moir) of a condo project she opposes.
Mystery & Thriller
1988
90 Minutes
Judy Davis John Bach Julia Blake Alex Menglet Marshall Napier Lewis Fiander Jillian Murray John O'May
An Australian tax-fraud investigator (Judy Davis) seeks the truth about her mother, a photographer who drowned.
Drama
2006
96 Minutes
Sante Kimes
sociopath son wealthy woman lawyer husband creepy quirky united states courtroom new york city murder manipulation true crime mother/son relationship high society wretched excess transformation 2000s
Sante Kimes and her son, Kenny, begin a decadelong crime spree that culminates in the murder of a wealthy widow.
Comedy, Drama
1991
109 Minutes
George Sand, Aurora
Judy Davis Hugh Grant Mandy Patinkin Bernadette Peters Julian Sands Ralph Brown George Corraface Emma Thompson David Birkin Nimer Rashed
duchess artist playwright composer endearing moving touching france countryside country house george sand frédéric chopin literature music love seduction love pursuit discovery 1830s
Amorous encounters punctuate a weekend retreat taken by several of 19th-century Europe's greatest creative minds.
Sci-Fi
Canada|UK|Japan
1991
115 Minutes
Joan Frost, Joan Lee
Peter Weller Judy Davis Ian Holm Julian Sands Roy Scheider Monique Mercure Nicholas Campbell Robert A. Silverman Joseph Scorsiani
exterminator wife beatnik cockroach doctor alien dreamy disturbing shocking outlandish new york city subconscious mind alternate reality interzone café subway poetry writing hallucinations paranoia
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife, and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
Drama
Australia|USA
2002
114 Minutes
Dora Fingleton
Geoffrey Rush Judy Davis Jesse Spencer Tim Draxl David Hoflin Craig Horner Brittany Byrnes Deborah Kennedy Mark Hembrow Mitchell Dellevergin Thomas Davidson
swimmer son father mother brother inspiring emotional brisbane, australia household swimming pool determination competition father/son relationship family dysfunction working class sports discovery rise 1960s
The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Australia
2015
113 Minutes
Kate Winslet Judy Davis Liam Hemsworth Hugo Weaving Sarah Snook Julia Blake Shane Bourne Kerry Fox Rebecca Gibney Caroline Goodall Gyton Grantley
australian child wrongly accused emotional town home revenge search retribution rivalry 1950s
A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2001
102 Minutes
Anna Redmond
Billy Connolly Judy Davis Colin Friels Bille Brown Wendy Hughes Blair Venn Emily Browning Vincent Ball Frank Whitten Peter Whitford Linal Haft
lawyer fisherman journalist cardinal insurance executive rabbi hysterical witty quirky playful courtroom australia wales boat act of god insurance unlikely allies lawsuit faith organized religion
An ex lawyer now fisherman sees his fishing boat sunk by a lightning. His insurance company claims "Act of God". Sue the insurance company or God/churches?
Drama
UK
1991
113 Minutes
Helena Bonham Carter Judy Davis Rupert Graves Giovanni Guidelli Barbara Jefford Helen Mirren Thomas Wheatley Sophie Kullman Vass Anderson Sylvia Barter
widow friend husband mother-in-law son poor person emotional passionate tender tuscany, italy countryside sussex, england road unlikely romance family disapproval childbirth death culture clash forbidden love
After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.
Drama
Australia|Canada
1986
104 Minutes
Colin Friels Judy Davis Hugh Keays-Byrne John Walton Julie Nihill
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.
Action
Switzerland|UK
1982
124 Minutes
Lewis Collins Judy Davis Richard Widmark Robert Webber Edward Woodward Tony Doyle John Duttine Kenneth Griffith Rosalind Lloyd Ingrid Pitt Norman Rodway
british intelligence agent captain terrorist ambassador child wife brutal disheartening frenetic united kingdom car american embassy air force base terrorism hostage situation protest undercover operations siege underdog pursuit
It's suspected that a peace/anti-nuke organization in UK has some extremists willing to use terrorism. The action will probably be against an embassy in London. The SAS/Special Air Service try to get the organization infiltrated.
Drama
USA
1994
110 Minutes
Peter Weller Judy Davis Patrick Bauchau Corbin Bernsen Jonathan Hadary Patricia Heaton Samuel L. Jackson Audra Lindley Paula Marshall Maureen Mueller Tanya Pohlkotte
agent guru husband wife shop owner yuppie brash amusing offbeat dark los angeles shop house desert new age movement self-discovery new life marriage husband/wife relationship open marriage
Episodic story about a yuppie couple who're going broke, and can't decide if they want to stay together - but openly sleep around and experiment with different lifestyles, or not.
Comedy, Drama
2004
108 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Judy Davis Selma Blair Saul Rubinek John Salley Paul Mazursky David Julian Hirsh Fred Ward Maximilian Schell Kathryn Winslow Owen Rotharmel
On the verge of divorce, a man (Richard Dreyfuss) and a woman (Judy Davis) embark on a cross-country road trip to attend their son's wedding.
Drama
UK|USA
1991
116 Minutes
Audrey Taylor
John Turturro John Goodman Judy Davis Michael Lerner John Mahoney Tony Shalhoub Jon Polito Steve Buscemi David Warrilow Richard Portnow Christopher Murney
playwright neighbor insurance salesman producer drunk detective dark quirky intricate new york city hollywood, calif. hotel elevator movie studio writer's block death show business daunting task dance curse
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Drama, History
USA|France|Japan
2006
123 Minutes
Comtesse de Noailles
Kirsten Dunst Jason Schwartzman Judy Davis Rip Torn Rose Byrne Asia Argento Molly Shannon Shirley Henderson Danny Huston Marianne Faithfull Mary Nighy
queen king priest sister baby love interest dreamy emotional fascinating france castle austria theater royalty adultery scandal revolution party seduction fall
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Comedy
1977
89 Minutes
Lynn
Joseph Bottoms Grigor Taylor Judy Davis John Clayton Wendy Hughes Sandra McGregor
Romance
USA|Italy|Spain
2012
111 Minutes
Phyllis
Woody Allen Alec Baldwin Roberto Benigni Judy Davis Jesse Eisenberg Greta Gerwig Elliot Page Antonio Albanese Fabio Armiliato Alessandra Mastronardi Ornella Muti
tourist architect retiree traveler newlywed love interest lighthearted witty rome street outdoors household americans abroad travel romance adventure love 2010s
The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.
Drama
Australia
2011
119 Minutes
Dorothy de Lascabanes
Geoffrey Rush Charlotte Rampling Dustin Clare Judy Davis Colin Friels Helen Morse Alexandra Schepisi Elizabeth Alexander Robyn Nevin John Gaden Maria Theodorakis
mother brother sister emotional home death of mother growing up
Elizabeth Hunter controls all in her life - society, her staff, her children; but the once great beauty will now determine her most defiant act as she chooses her time to die.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
1996
98 Minutes
Suzanne
Jack Nicholson Stephen Dorff Jennifer Lopez Judy Davis Michael Caine Harold Perrineau Robyn Peterson Mike Starr
adulterer wife safecracker girlfriend son bleak suspenseful chilling gritty yacht miami key largo, fla. debt robbery marriage infidelity family dysfunction jewelry mystery quest
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Adventure, Drama
2013
105 Minutes
G.H. Jibsen
Kyle Catlett Helena Bonham Carter Robert Maillet Judy Davis Callum Keith Rennie Julian Richings Niamh Wilson Dominique Pinon Jakob Davies
train family don truck driver son genie emotional powerful ranch montana diner home dreams science prize light book following your dreams transformation adventure
T.S. is invited to the Smithsonian to receive an award for inventing a perpetual motion machine. Without telling any of his family, he boards a freight train heading to Washington, D.C., to attend the ceremony.
Drama
2011
100 Minutes
Jill Tankard
Bill Nighy Rachel Weisz Michael Gambon Judy Davis Felicity Jones Tom Hughes Saskia Reeves Ewen Bremner Ralph Fiennes Alice Krige Holly Aird
spy officer best friend boss love interest suspenseful cheeky charming confident tense thrilling london united kingdom england spying loyalty mystery love interest chase legacy
Johnny (Bill Nighy), a long-serving member of MI5, finds a mysterious file after his mentor (Michael Gambon) dies.
Drama
USA
1992
93 Minutes
Sally
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Juliette Lewis Blythe Danner Judy Davis Liam Neeson Sydney Pollack Lysette Anthony Cristi Conaway Timothy Jerome Ron Rifkin
husband wife professor aerobics instructor amusing witty unrestrained new york city divorce relationships middle age infidelity temptation discovery love 1990s
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
Romance, Fantasy
1990
106 Minutes
Vicki
Mia Farrow Joe Mantegna William Hurt Alec Baldwin Blythe Danner Judy Davis Keye Luke Bernadette Peters Cybill Shepherd Gwen Verdon Julie Kavner
housewife stockbroker musician doctor ghost sister quirky amusing dreamy new york city chinatown apartment office calcutta, india love infidelity magic romance family love
A pampered Manhattan housewife embarks upon a mystical odyssey of self-discovery following a visit to a Chinatown healer.