List of the best Margaret Whitton movies: A Bird of the Air(2011), Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even(1992), Little Monsters(1989), The Best of Times(1986), Ironweed(1987) ... ...
Romance
USA
2011
98 Minutes
Director
Rachel Nichols Jackson Hurst Anjanette Comer Linda Emond Buck Henry Judith Ivey Rocco Sisto Phyllis Somerville Louis Zorich Erik Jensen Kaiulani Lee
A man in search of his past, and a woman who lives in the moment, are brought together when they pursue the origins of a stray parrot in this comedic and romantic drama.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1992
104 Minutes
Melinda
Hillary Wolf David Strathairn Margaret Whitton Griffin Dunne Patricia Kalember Adrienne Shelly Dan Futterman
daughter father stepbrother stepfather stepsister stepmother amusing emotional heartwarming california lake san francisco household family dysfunction running away hitchhiking loyalty divorce teen angst escape
A girl fed up with her quirky, disfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1989
103 Minutes
Holly Stevenson
Fred Savage Howie Mandel Daniel Stern Margaret Whitton Rick Ducommun Frank Whaley Ben Savage William Murray Weiss Devin Ratray Amber Barretto
monster boy younger brother father bully friend cheeky amusing outlandish endearing house bedroom fantasy world city malibu, calif. unlikely friendship monsters kidnapping sibling rivalry fear
A boy discovers an incredible and gruesome world of monsters under his bed.
Comedy
USA
1986
104 Minutes
Darla
Robin Williams Kurt Russell Pamela Reed Holly Palance Donald Moffat Margaret Whitton M. Emmet Walsh Donovan Scott R. G. Armstrong Kirk Cameron
bank employee mechanic wife father-in-law teammate son rousing amusing lighthearted charming california football field bank garage regret football reunion family feud redemption high school
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Drama
USA
1987
141 Minutes
Katrina Dougherty
Jack Nicholson Meryl Streep Tom Waits Carroll Baker Michael O'Keefe Diane Venora Fred Gwynne Margaret Whitton Jake Dengel Nathan Lane James Gammon
baseball player singer wife homeless person bleak witty powerful street albany, n.y. bar factory great depression homelessness alcoholism love regret fall discovery 1910s
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.