List of the best Kate Nelligan movies: Without a Trace(1983), White Room(1991), Love Is Strange(1999), Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111(2000), Eye of the Needle(1981), Mr. Patman(1980), Premonition(2007), Walter and Henry(2001), Up Close & Personal(1996), The Romantic Englishwoman(1975), How to Make an American Quilt(1995), The Count of Monte Cristo(1975) ... ...
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1983
120 Minutes
Susan Selky
Kate Nelligan Judd Hirsch David Dukes Stockard Channing Jacqueline Brookes Keith McDermott Kathleen Widdoes Danny Corkill Cheryl Giannini David Simon William Duell
mother son detective ex-husband melodramatic shocking bleak thrilling family home school street police station columbia university brooklyn, n.y. kidnapping sexual abuse investigation missing persons obsession divorce
This movie, centering on a child's abduction, casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who ... See full summary »
Drama
Canada
1991
93 Minutes
Jane
Kate Nelligan Maurice Godin Margot Kidder Sheila McCarthy Barbara Gordon Stuart Aikins Harold Luft David Ferry Tracy Moore Erika Ritter Ziggy Lorenc
Norm, a confused young man, lives two lives, one in and one out of reality. One night, he witnesses the murder of rock video star Madelaine X and feels guilty, as he did nothing to prevent ... See full summary »
Drama
USA|Australia
1999
95 Minutes
Kathryn McClain
Kate Nelligan Ron Silver Julie Harris Jeanine Jackson Joseph Kell Kevin Patrick Walls
As the 19th century draws to an end London is a city ravaged by poverty, class warfare, disease and unspeakable crime. Amidst the chaos is Catherine Ringward, a beautiful young woman, who ... See full summary »
Drama
2000
96 Minutes
Kate Nelligan Hugh Thompson Stacy Smith Janet Kidder Martha Irving Gerard Parkes Murdock MacDonald Murray Vincent Countway Bill MacDonald Kristin Booth Jonathan Higgins
A plane crash off the coast of Nova Scotia brings together a grieving mother (Kate Nelligan) and a fisherman (Hugh Thompson).
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1981
111 Minutes
Donald Sutherland Kate Nelligan Christopher Cazenove Stephen Mackenna Philip Martin Brown George Lee Arthur Lovegrove Colin Rix
spy wife husband intense chilling island hideout world war ii duplicity espionage love triangle forbidden love pursuit 1940s
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Drama
Canada
1980
105 Minutes
Peabody
A male nurse working the night shift at a psychiatric hospital begins to lose his own grip on reality.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
96 Minutes
Joanne
Sandra Bullock Julian McMahon Nia Long Kate Nelligan Amber Valletta Peter Stormare Mark Famiglietti Marc Macaulay Irene Ziegler Courtney Taylor Burness Marcus Lyle Brown
husband wife police officer mother psychiatrist stranger suspenseful melodramatic intricate highway funeral lake house shower psychiatrist's office death premonition psychic phenomena dream vs. reality husband/wife relationship
A depressed woman learns that her husband was killed in a car accident the previous day, then awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home; then awakens the day after that to find that he's dead.
Drama
2001
90 Minutes
Elizabeth
John Larroquette Nicholas Braun James Coburn Kate Nelligan Brittany Allen Dorian Harewood Ingrid Veninger Fiona Reid Robert Bockstael Terrence Bryant Shari Hollett
When a homeless street musician (John Larroquette) has a nervous breakdown, his son (Nicholas Braun) must locate their estranged family.
Romance
USA
1996
124 Minutes
Joanna Kennelly
Robert Redford Michelle Pfeiffer Stockard Channing Joe Mantegna Kate Nelligan Glenn Plummer James Rebhorn Scott Bryce Raymond Cruz Dedee Pfeiffer Miguel Sandoval
television reporter television producer agent ex-wife cameraman rival emotional witty confident tender reno, nev. miami philadelphia television studio prison office ambition fame television journalism
An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in television journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love.
Comedy, Drama
1975
117 Minutes
Isabel
Glenda Jackson Michael Caine Helmut Berger Marcus Richardson Kate Nelligan Reinhard Kolldehoff Michael Lonsdale Béatrice Romand Anna Steele Nathalie Delon Bill Wallis
writer wife drug dealer intricate witty creative playful england germany house elevator adultery writer's block writing imagination love marriage pursuit forbidden love rivalry
A British writer's (Michael Caine) fiction reflects his wife (Glenda Jackson) and her shady lover (Helmut Berger).
Drama
USA
1995
116 Minutes
Constance Saunders
Winona Ryder Maya Angelou Anne Bancroft Ellen Burstyn Samantha Mathis Kate Nelligan Jean Simmons Lois Smith Alfre Woodard Kate Capshaw Maria Celedonio
graduate student fiancé grandmother great-aunt mother friend touching charming emotional fascinating california small town household marriage female bonding quilting infidelity self-discovery storytelling discovery
Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.
Adventure
1975
103 Minutes
Mercedes
Richard Chamberlain Tony Curtis Trevor Howard Louis Jourdan Donald Pleasence Kate Nelligan Angelo Infanti Taryn Power Harold Bromley Carlo Puri Alessio Orano
sailor captain fiancée rival prosecutor prisoner thrilling gutsy france italy mediterranean island paris vengeance false accusations seafaring treasure new identity revenge underdog 1820s
A framed French sailor (Richard Chamberlain) manages to escape from a prison, finds treasure and re-enters society to seek revenge.
Drama
USA
1999
131 Minutes
Olive Worthington
Tobey Maguire Charlize Theron Delroy Lindo Paul Rudd Michael Caine Jane Alexander Kathy Baker Erykah Badu Kieran Culkin Kate Nelligan Dwight "Heavy D" Myers
orphan love interest doctor mentor emotional touching farm maine orphanage incest world war ii drugs pregnancy friendship abortion growing up transformation pursuit 1940s
A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.
Comedy
USA
1992
86 Minutes
Eve
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.