List of the best Karen Allen movies: Colewell(2019), Bad Hurt(2015), Until September(1984), Backfire(1987), Year by the Sea(2016), Ghost in the Machine(1993), The Turning(1992), Challenger(1990), Scrooged(1988), Split Image(1982), The Basket(1999), Poster Boy(2004) ... ...
Drama
USA
2019
79 Minutes
Nora
Karen Allen Hannah Gross Kevin J. O'Connor Craig Walker Malachy Cleary Daniel Jenkins Alyssa Bresnahan Tobias Segal Juney Smith
For thirty-five years, Nora has been the postmaster of Colewell, when the USPS decides to close her office, she must choose whether to relocate for a new position or face retirement in Colewell.
Drama
USA
2015
101 Minutes
Elaine Kendall
Karen Allen Michael J. Harney Theo Rossi Johnny Whitworth Ashley Williams Calvin Dutton Iris Gilad Dorothy Lyman Barry Primus Joanna Sanchez
Chronicles a family's hopeful battle to stay together as personal demons and destructive secrets threaten to rip them apart.
Romance
USA
1984
95 Minutes
Mo Alexander
love interest tour guide married man banker american emotional endearing amusing paris apartment building airport french riviera infidelity stranded tourism romance fighting conscience forbidden love temptation
A 'salt of the Earth' Missouri woman on vacation in Paris slowly gives in to the advances of a pushy--and very much married--French yuppie. Will their unconventional romance last until September, when she must return home?
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|UK
1987
93 Minutes
Mara McAndrew
Karen Allen Keith Carradine Jeff Fahey Bernie Casey Dinah Manoff Dean-Paul Martin Virginia Capers Philip Sterling
vietnam vet drifter wealthy woman gold digger sister wife dark suspenseful sultry tense british columbia mansion bar household unhappy marriage betrayal money crime murder plot schemes
Disgruntled wife cheats on her well off husband, who's been suffering from PTSD ever since he came home from the Vietnam War. After an incident he ends up in a catatonic state. Soon, she begins to suspect that someone is after her.
Drama
USA
2016
114 Minutes
Joan
Karen Allen Yannick Bisson Michael Cristofer Celia Imrie Monique Gabriela Curnen S. Epatha Merkerson Jane Hajduk Amy Van Nostrand
wife husband business owner literary agent sexy man fisherman charming heartwarming passionate touching uplifting house coast apartment small town lake starting over small-town life loneliness self-discovery
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.
Horror
USA
1993
95 Minutes
Terry Monroe
Karen Allen Chris Mulkey Ted Marcoux Wil Horneff Jessica Walter Brandon Quintin Adams Rick Ducommun Nancy Fish Jack Laufer Shevonne Durkin
serial killer woman son hacker doctor clerk dark creepy creative hospital store household car street murder technology man vs. machine serial murders escape metamorphosis
An electric surge causes a serial killer's soul to end up in a computer system.
Drama
USA
1992
92 Minutes
Karen Allen Raymond J. Barry Michael Dolan Tess Harper Gillian Anderson Tannis Benedict
A white supremacist returns to his hometown for the first time in years to try and save his parents' relationship.
Drama
1990
145 Minutes
Karen Allen Barry Bostwick Julie Fulton Richard Jenkins Brian Kerwin Joe Morton Keone Young Raye Birk Angela Bassett Elizabeth Kemp
astronaut nasa director engineer schoolteacher wife husband tense chilling patriotic texas johnson space center space shuttle risk tragic death nasa challenger disaster engineering sacrifice quest 1980s
New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe (Karen Allen) joins six other astronauts on the tragic 1986 space-shuttle flight.
Comedy, Other, Fantasy
USA
1988
101 Minutes
Bill Murray Karen Allen John Forsythe John Glover Bobcat Goldthwait David Johansen Carol Kane Robert Mitchum Nicholas Phillips Michael J. Pollard Alfre Woodard
executive girlfriend boss secretary employee ghost creepy dark hilarious new york city office television studio bedroom christmas ghosts second chance love greed ambition transformation
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
Drama
Canada|USA
1982
111 Minutes
A rootless young man's drawn into an unnamed religious cult by a beautiful girl. Every moment with the group causes him to become increasingly under the control of the cult's leader. After ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1999
104 Minutes
Peter Coyote Karen Allen Robert Burke Amber Willenborg Jock MacDonald Eric Dane Brian Skala
schoolteacher orphan teenager father wife uplifting positive washington state household small town basketball world war i prejudice immigrants orphans moral dilemma transformation discovery 1910s
A picturesque Pacific Northwest community raising its wheat and children in the midst of a nation reeling from World War I sets the stage for The Basket. In a time of pain and prejudice ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2004
98 Minutes
Eunice Kray
Matt Newton Karen Allen Michael Lerner Jack Noseworthy Valerie Geffner Ian Reed Kesler Steve Sheffler Neal Huff Austin Lysy
With the help of a hot, slightly older new acquaintence (Noseworthy), the closeted son (Newton) of a conservative U.S. Senator (Lerner) puts a shocking spin on his dad's re-election campaign.
Romance
Australia
1990
88 Minutes
Bryan Brown Karen Allen Justin Rosniak Chris Heywood Bill Kerr Bruce Spence Bruce Myles Paul Chubb Peter Hehir Don Barker
A sweet-talking con man starts to turn his life around when he falls in love in this family oriented comedy.
Drama
USA
1980
113 Minutes
Jessica Bloom
Brad Davis Karen Allen Jameson Parker Shelley Long John Friedrich Gary Springer Craig Richard Nelson Harry Caesar Nan Martin Daniel Stern Severn Darden
man woman student friend soldier lover engaging melodramatic emotional harvard university campus massachusetts protest cafeteria relationships vietnam war friendship love triangle romance social activism
Harvard in the 1960's: a time of social upheaval and student unrest. Three students bond together, challenge the system and begin to lose their ideals.
Adventure, Action
1981
115 Minutes
Harrison Ford Karen Allen Paul Freeman Wolf Kahler Ronald Lacey John Rhys-Davies Denholm Elliott Anthony Higgins Alfred Molina
archaeologist villain explorer love interest former lover nazi thrilling engaging charming amusing suspenseful desert airplane germany egypt jungle washington, d.c. exploration expedition nazism
Globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones races the Nazis for possession of a legendary religious artifact.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1979
113 Minutes
Nina
Ken Wahl John Friedrich Karen Allen Toni Kalem Alan Rosenberg Linda Manz Erland van Lidth de Jeude Olympia Dukakis
gang member teen boy teen girl leader gritty unrestrained touching quirky bronx, n.y. street high school gangs teenage rebellion love coming of age growing up rivalry adventure 1960s
The Wanderers is a teenage, Italian gang in Bronx, NYC, 1963. They have their confrontations with other gangs. Drugs and weapons are uncool. Adult life awaits them.
Drama
USA|Canada
1987
134 Minutes
Laura Wingfield
mother son daughter gentleman disheartening emotional intense apartment st. louis abandonment family dysfunction marriage failure obsession illness fall underdog wretched excess 1930s
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
Drama
USA
2010
109 Minutes
Margaret Leary
Nick Thurston Geoffrey Wigdor Karen Allen Stephen Lang Peter Riegert Leslie Murphy Zachary Booth Lizzy Grant Michael Drayer Ken Jennings
Brooklyn, 1975: two brothers looking for a way out of their working-class neighborhood make a pact to rob a local theater on the night of a Rolling Stones concert.
Crime, Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA|West Germany
1980
106 Minutes
Nancy Gates
Al Pacino Paul Sorvino Karen Allen Richard Cox Don Scardino Joe Spinell Jay Acovone Barton Heyman Sonny Grosso Larry Atlas James Remar
police detective girlfriend police captain playwright homosexual killer hedonistic shocking outlandish brutal new york city nightclub apartment park street working undercover serial murders sadomasochism homophobia sexual awakening
A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
Drama
1996
97 Minutes
Margaret
Rena Sofer Victor Garber Karen Allen Maria Ricossa Real Andrews Sean McCann Patricia Gage David Nerman Don Francks Karl Purner Richard Fitzpatrick
Intimate letters from an obsessed colleague (Victor Garber) prompt a woman (Rena Sofer) to file a sexual-harassment complaint.
Comedy
USA
1978
109 Minutes
Katy
John Belushi Kevin Bacon Donald Sutherland Karen Allen Tim Matheson John Vernon Verna Bloom Thomas Hulce Cesare Danova Peter Riegert Stephen Furst
pledge frat boy dean student teacher underage girl hilarious madcap unrestrained college fraternity house parade sorority cafeteria fraternity debauchery college underdog rivalry growing up
At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Drama
USA
1993
102 Minutes
Miss Mathey
Jesse Bradford Jeroen Krabbé Lisa Eichhorn Karen Allen Spalding Gray Elizabeth McGovern Joe Chrest Adrien Brody Cameron Boyd Chris Samples Katherine Heigl
young boy mother father brother charming emotional winsome st. louis hotel abandonment brotherhood coming of age great depression insanity growing up adventure underdog love 1930s
A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down motel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
Adventure, Action
USA
2008
122 Minutes
Marion Ravenwood
Harrison Ford Cate Blanchett Shia LaBeouf Karen Allen Ray Winstone John Hurt Jim Broadbent Igor Jijikine
indiana jones son ex-lover russian agent suspenseful confident frenetic amazon temple area 51 camp peru evading capture search father/son relationship alien adventure quest escape
In 1957, archaeologist and adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. is called back into action and becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Drama
USA
2004
81 Minutes
Alexandra Barrie
Neve Campbell Dominic Chianese Frederick Weller Karen Allen Barry Primus James Toback Joelle Carter Ashley Shelton Alex Feldman Brandon Sommers Oliver "Power" Grant
girlfriend hustler count boyfriend pimp gutsy sultry hedonistic new york city apartment street central park prostitution schemes infidelity hustling dysfunctional relationship deception rivalry temptation
Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.
Other, Drama
2010
94 Minutes
Claire Sanford
Sam Elliott John Corbett Sarah Paulson Karen Allen Elizabeth McLaughlin Emily Alyn Lind Max Charles Richard Fitzpatrick Jeremy Akerman Eric Keenleyside
A community works together to help a couple bring an early Christmas to their sick 8-year-old daughter (Emily Alyn Lind).
Drama
USA
1982
125 Minutes
Sandy
Albert Finney Diane Keaton Dana Hill Peter Weller Karen Allen Viveka Davis Tracey Gold Tina Yothers George Murdock Leora Dana Irving Metzman
husband wife daughter pretty woman contractor intense emotional california countryside household infidelity marital problems parenthood deception love temptation discovery 1980s
A mother of four is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. Husband, wife and children struggle to survive the seemingly inevitable divorce.
Drama
Canada|USA
2001
104 Minutes
Delores
Billy Crudup Julianne Moore Cleavant Derricks David Keith James LeGros Karen Allen Mary McCormack Liane Balaban
drifter wife construction worker childhood friend depressed person child intricate emotional profound family home diner highway car new york city pennsylvania journey self-discovery abandonment responsibility midlife crisis
After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.
Drama
USA
2001
138 Minutes
Marla Keyes
Sissy Spacek Tom Wilkinson Nick Stahl Marisa Tomei William Mapother William Wise Celia Weston Karen Allen
teacher doctor son mother psychopath dark gritty suspenseful courtroom maine household forest infidelity murder death abuse kidnapping injustice fall rivalry
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2000
129 Minutes
Melissa Brown
George Clooney Mark Wahlberg John C. Reilly Diane Lane William Fichtner John Hawkes Allen Payne Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Karen Allen Cherry Jones Bob Gunton
fisherman captain friend beautiful woman rescue worker boat captain dark thrilling emotional gripping frightening ocean ship port massachusetts yacht atlantic ocean storm hurricane death
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1979
96 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Mariel Hemingway Michael Murphy Meryl Streep Anne Byrne Karen Ludwig Michael O'Donoghue Tisa Farrow Helen Hanft Bella Abzug
writer teenager ex-wife friend lover witty playful touching new york city apartment central park delicatessen dating may-december romance loneliness loss love triangle new york city growing up love
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.