List of the best Marcia Gay Harden movies: If I Were You(2012), After Words(2015), Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You(2011), She's Too Young(2004), Crush(1992), Into the Wild(2007), Detachment(2011), Pink Skies Ahead(2020), The Mist(2007), Whip It(2009), Rails & Ties(2007), Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage(2008) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
UK|Canada
2012
115 Minutes
Madelyn
Marcia Gay Harden Leonor Watling Joseph Kell Aidan Quinn Valerie Mahaffey Gary Piquer Michael Therriault
When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences include starring as King Lear in a very amateur production - with the mistress, an aspiring actress, playing The Fool.
Drama, Romance
USA
2015
91 Minutes
Jane
Marcia Gay Harden Óscar Jaenada Jenna Ortega Ron Canada Jackie Torres Sonni Paisley Yvette Thor
A librarian facing a mid-life crisis travels to Costa Rica.
Drama
Italy|USA
2011
95 Minutes
Marjorie Dunfour
Marcia Gay Harden Lucy Liu Stephen Lang Deborah Ann Woll Ellen Burstyn Peter Gallagher Siobhan Fallon Hogan Toby Regbo Jonny Weston
young boy autism mother family moving emotional engaging united states autism senses life struggle family love growing up 2010s
A vulnerable teenager with a deep perception of the world and no idea how to live in it.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
2004
96 Minutes
Trish Vogul
Marcia Gay Harden Alexis Dziena Mike Erwin Miriam McDonald Megan Park Joe Dinicol Gary Hudson Deborah Odell Rhonda McLean Mary Colin Chisholm Karen Glave
A woman (Marcia Gay Harden) learns that her 14-year-old daughter (Alexis Dziena) and a group of friends engage in sexual activity.
Drama
1992
96 Minutes
Lane
Marcia Gay Harden Donogh Rees Caitlin Bossley Pete Smith William Zappa
Lust and revenge bind three women (Marcia Gay Harden, Donogh Rees, Caitlin Bossley) and a man thrown together by a car crash in New Zealand.
Adventure, Biography, Drama
USA
2007
147 Minutes
Billie McCandless
Emile Hirsch Marcia Gay Harden William Hurt Jena Malone Catherine Keener Brian Dierker Vince Vaughn Zach Galifianakis Kristen Stewart Kyle Kwon Hal Holbrook
student farmer mistress wealthy man emotional engaging alaska california car farm survival freedom rebellion family road trip nature discovery escape 1990s
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Drama
USA
2011
97 Minutes
Adrien Brody Marcia Gay Harden James Caan Christina Hendricks Lucy Liu Blythe Danner Tim Blake Nelson William Petersen Bryan Cranston Sami Gayle Betty Kaye
substitute teacher grandfather principal counselor runaway student gritty emotional touching high school inner city classroom teaching emotional involvement student-teacher relationship teen angst discovery transformation 2010s
A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2020
94 Minutes
Jessica Barden Marcia Gay Harden Michael McKean Rosa Salazar Lewis Pullman
A young woman struggles with an anxiety disorder after dropping out of school.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2007
125 Minutes
Thomas Jane Marcia Gay Harden Laurie Holden Andre Braugher Toby Jones William Sadler Jeffrey DeMunn Frances Sternhagen Alexa Davalos Nathan Gamble Chris Owen
husband wife religious person mechanic young boy survivor creepy suspenseful village market lake outdoors invasion creatures murder cult apocalypse mystery fall sacrifice
A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
111 Minutes
Elliot Page Marcia Gay Harden Kristen Wiig Drew Barrymore Juliette Lewis Daniel Stern Landon Pigg Alia Shawkat Jimmy Fallon Zoë Bell Eve
teen girl mother father roller skater coach best friend charming uplifting texas small town coming of age sports friendship small-town life rebellion mother/daughter relationship growing up transformation 2000s
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Drama
USA
2007
101 Minutes
Megan Stark
Kevin Bacon Marcia Gay Harden Miles Heizer Marin Hinkle Eugene Byrd Laura Cerón Margo Martindale Bonnie Root
single mother son train conductor wife doctor social worker emotional melodramatic gripping small town train truck household train station suicide illness family death relationships dying wish
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Kids & Family, Other, Drama
USA|Canada
2008
103 Minutes
Jared Padalecki Marcia Gay Harden Peter O'Toole Aaron Ashmore Geoffrey Lewis Chris Elliott Charlotte Rae Richard Burgi
artist mentor mother son townsperson inspiring heartwarming california sierra nevada mountains cottage christmas painting poverty success rise underdog 1970s
A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.
Drama
USA|Mexico
2003
95 Minutes
Maggie Gyllenhaal Marcia Gay Harden Daryl Hannah Susan Lynch Mary Steenburgen Lili Taylor Rita Moreno Vanessa Martinez
wealthy woman masseuse new yorker american woman touching calm south america hotel adoption female bonding friendship culture clash motherhood quest adventure discovery 2000s
A brief look into the South American family life, while showing the hardships surrounding adoption in South America; as six woman are forced to stay in the country while awaiting approval of adopting a baby.
Comedy
Spain
2001
88 Minutes
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.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1997
93 Minutes
Robin Williams Marcia Gay Harden Christopher McDonald Raymond J. Barry Clancy Brown Ted Levine Wil Wheaton Edie McClurg Scott Martin Gershin
inventor girlfriend college president college professor businessman student amusing madcap positive playful laboratory college lecture hall wedding basketball court inventions uncontrollable experiment mishaps breakup redemption
An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.
Drama, Biography
Canada
2009
90 Minutes
Anna Paquin Marcia Gay Harden Goran Visnjic Michelle Dockery Danuta Stenka Rebecca Windheim Paul Freeman Leigh Lawson Nathaniel Parker Scott Handy Krzysztof Pieczynski
A group of twenty-somethings are enjoying their stay at a lakeside cabin when a series of frightening and bizarre events derail their weekend.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Pullman Marcia Gay Harden Alfred Molina Richard Schiff Callard Harris Mariana Klaveno Tahmoh Penikett
judge son wife tense disturbing dark bleak courtroom house town illinois trial murder affair father/son relationship fall mystery 2010s
After a judge (Bill Pullman) is accused of murdering his wife, an affair from his past threatens to destroy his defense.
Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Hayden Panettiere Marcia Gay Harden Vincent Riotta Amanda Fernando Stevens Paolo Romio Heather Cave Timothy Martin Djibril Kébé
College student Amanda Knox (Hayden Panettiere) stands trial in Italy, accused of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher (Amanda Fernando Stevens).
Crime, Drama
USA
1990
114 Minutes
Verna
Gabriel Byrne Ethan Coen Albert Finney Marcia Gay Harden Jon Polito John Turturro J.E. Freeman Mike Starr Al Mancini
gangster moll bookie political boss hatchet man tense confident cool nightclub office warehouse forest household mafia prohibition rivalry underdog 1920s
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
78 Minutes
Judy
Lily Tomlin Julia Garner Marcia Gay Harden Judy Greer Sam Elliott Laverne Cox Nat Wolff John Cho Elizabeth Peña
granddaughter grandmother poet emotional los angeles abortion money road trip pursuit
A teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy seeks help from her acerbic grandmother, a woman who is long estranged from her daughter.
Fantasy
USA
1991
93 Minutes
Joy Husband
Brian Wimmer Peter Berg Marcia Gay Harden Colleen Flynn Kyle Secor Michael Beach Peter Gallagher Cassy Friel Ross Malinger Steven Schwartz-Hartley John Prosky
fugitive brother-in-law land developer mad scientist wife daughter endearing quirky new mexico los angeles family home uncontrollable experiment cryogenics culture shock friendship adventure pursuit transformation 1990s
Two young men evading the police for a crime they didn't commit are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).
Romance
USA|France
2014
97 Minutes
Mrs. Baker
Colin Firth Emma Stone Marcia Gay Harden Hamish Linklater Eileen Atkins Simon McBurney Jacki Weaver Erica Leerhsen Catherine McCormack Jeremy Shamos
magician spiritualist phony medium friend family member brooding charming creative amusing car beach stage seance dining room planetarium paranormal talent illusions travel
A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.
Drama, History
USA
2013
94 Minutes
Doris Nelson
James Badge Dale Zac Efron Marcia Gay Harden Billy Bob Thornton Jacki Weaver Paul Giamatti Ron Livingston Tom Welling Jackie Earle Haley Colin Hanks Jeremy Strong
nurse doctor secret service agent fbi agent assassin brother family john f. kennedy jacqueline kennedy lyndon baines johnson brooding chilling emotional frenetic gripping intense intricate melancholy patriotic powerful
A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|USA
2019
86 Minutes
Lt. Lewis
Anthony Mackie Frank Grillo Marcia Gay Harden Christian Cooke Teyonah Parris Boris McGiver Ming Wang Adam G. Simon
An ER nurse and a career criminal are forced into an unlikely partnership in taking down a ring of corrupt cops threatening the lives of both their families.
Romance
2014
104 Minutes
Lydia
Shirley MacLaine Christopher Plummer Marcia Gay Harden Wendell Pierce Jared Gilman Chris Noth Scott Bakula George Segal James Brolin Lisa Sheridan
widow elderly man elderly woman neighbor amusing uplifting touching new orleans united states apartment building love dreams fun loss youth versus age love 21st century
In New Orleans, a feisty retiree (Shirley MacLaine) and her new neighbor, an uptight widower (Christopher Plummer), discover that it's never too late for true love and romance.
Drama
1991
96 Minutes
Adina Rowan
bully attorney shop owner sheriff vigilante townsperson tense suspenseful thrilling emotional grocery store small town bullying murder vigilantism small-town life justice showdown wretched excess revenge
Fed up with a local bully's (Brian Dennehy) unchecked reign of terror, townsfolk finally do what the law cannot.
Drama
2008
90 Minutes
Becky Binion
Mena Suvari Matthew Modine Marcia Gay Harden Johnathon Schaech Peter Haskell Arron Shiver Mark Sivertsen Chad Brummett
casino owner stripper lover emotional gripping las vegas drug addiction love triangle dysfunctional family biography transformation 1990s
Sandy Murphy (Mena Suvari) and Rick Tabish (Johnathon Schaech) stand trial in the murder of Las Vegas casino mogul Ted Binion (Matthew Modine).
Drama, History
USA
2006
115 Minutes
Edith Irving
Richard Gere Alfred Molina Hope Davis Marcia Gay Harden Stanley Tucci Julie Delpy Eli Wallach Zeljko Ivanek John Carter Christopher Evan Welch Peter McRobbie
author con artist publisher mistress wife billionaire amusing playful suspenseful new york city office household washington, d.c. writers biography scams affair shady dealings quest 1970s
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Comedy
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Rose Barlow
Morgan Freeman Christopher Walken William H. Macy Marcia Gay Harden Stephen Stapinski Todd Weeks Joseph McKenna Breckin Meyer Wynn Everett Bhavesh Patel Jim Chiros
security guard robber art thief senior citizen couple wife witty amusing cheeky gripping playful lighthearted united states museum vehicle roof shack art museum heist robbery
A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
Drama
USA
1996
100 Minutes
Arabella
Edward Atterton Jennifer Connelly Dan Futterman Marcia Gay Harden Andrew Lauren George Newbern Tracee Ellis Ross Jim True-Frost
husband wife sister ex-husband filmmaker surgeon engaging melodramatic long island, n.y. seaside mansion harbor death of child weekend getaway relationships screenwriting jealousy obsession love growing up
A group of seven young people spend a weekend in the home of a wealthy yuppie on Long Island and live out their problems.
Drama, Romance, Fantasy
USA
1998
180 Minutes
Allison
Brad Pitt Anthony Hopkins Claire Forlani Jake Weber Marcia Gay Harden Jeffrey Tambor David S. Howard Lois Kelly-Miller
businessman father daughter mysterious man son-in-law heartwarming powerful engaging new york city world trade center apartment hospital party coffee shop death unusual friendship father/daughter relationship humanity supernatural romance race against time
Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter.
Drama
USA|Japan
1992
115 Minutes
Norma
Shirley MacLaine Kathy Bates Jessica Tandy Marcello Mastroianni Marcia Gay Harden Sylvia Sidney Joe Pantoliano Mathew Branton Bob Dishy Charles Cioffi Louis Guss
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice... See full summary »
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2000
129 Minutes
Sara Holland
Clint Eastwood Tommy Lee Jones Donald Sutherland James Garner James Cromwell Marcia Gay Harden William Devane Loren Dean Courtney B. Vance Barbara Babcock Rade Serbedzija
pilot engineer navigator friend boss wife cheeky amusing positive tense thrilling united states space spaceship training area outer space spacecraft reunion heroism disaster
When retired engineer Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
Romance, Drama
USA
2015
125 Minutes
Mrs. Grey
Dakota Johnson Jamie Dornan Jennifer Ehle Eloise Mumford Victor Rasuk Luke Grimes Marcia Gay Harden Rita Ora Max Martini Dylan Neal Andrew Airlie
executive reporter college student young woman older man brooding emotional fiery office bedroom hotel apartment romance sex subculture male/female relationship sexual awakening forbidden love love transformation
Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.
Comedy
USA
2015
99 Minutes
Mark Feuerstein Danny Pudi Jayma Mays Patrick Warburton Rebecca Romijn Stanley Tucci Henry Winkler Marcia Gay Harden Molly Shannon Taye Diggs Ian Gomez
renegade flight attendant larry engaging airline robots womanizing love
A self-anointed 'renegade' male flight attendant must save the day when the airline he works for tries to eliminate flight attendants as a cost-cutting measure.
Romance, Drama
USA
2018
105 Minutes
Dr. Grace Trevelyan Grey
Dakota Johnson Jamie Dornan Eric Johnson Rita Ora Luke Grimes Victor Rasuk Jennifer Ehle Marcia Gay Harden Eloise Mumford Max Martini Arielle Kebbel
billionaire woman architect enemy friend brooding sultry intense passionate emotional confident mansion office seattle bedroom chapel airplane love control infidelity
Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationship.
Drama
USA
2003
117 Minutes
Nancy Abbey
Julia Roberts Kirsten Dunst Julia Stiles Maggie Gyllenhaal Juliet Stevenson Dominic West Ginnifer Goodwin Topher Grace John Slattery Marcia Gay Harden Jordan Bridges
teacher young woman student professor touching passionate massachusetts wellesley school classroom women's rights progressivism college female bonding rise underdog growing up 1950s
A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.
Comedy
USA
1996
102 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Bette Midler Diane Keaton Maggie Smith Sarah Jessica Parker Dan Hedaya Stockard Channing Victor Garber Stephen Collins Elizabeth Berkley Marcia Gay Harden
friend ex-husband interior decorator socialite daughter mafioso amusing emotional quirky hysterical new york city funeral apartment bar store city apartment reunion suicide divorce friendship
Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.
Romance, Drama
USA|China|Japan
2017
118 Minutes
Dakota Johnson Jamie Dornan Eric Johnson Eloise Mumford Bella Heathcote Rita Ora Luke Grimes Victor Rasuk Max Martini Bruce Altman Kim Basinger
billionaire woman ex-girlfriend co-worker friend enemy brooding sultry intense mansion office party bedroom car dungeon love control mysterious strangers trust betrayal
While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.