List of the best Mary Beth Hurt movies: From the Journals of Jean Seberg(1995), Parents(1989), No Ordinary Baby(2001), The World According to Garp(1982), Defenseless(1991), Lebanon, Pa.(2010), Interiors(1978), My Boyfriend's Back(1993), Affliction(1997), The Volunteer(2013), Young Adult(2011), The Age of Innocence(1993) ... ...
Documentary
USA
1995
97 Minutes
actress actor director emotional somber hollywood, calif. paris fame acting addiction rise fall wretched excess 1970s
Mark Rappaport's creative bio-pic about actress Jean Seberg is presented in a first-person, autobiographical format (with Seberg played by Mary Beth Hurt). He seamlessly interweaves cinema,... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Canada|USA
1989
82 Minutes
Lily Laemle
Randy Quaid Mary Beth Hurt Sandy Dennis Bryan Madorsky Juno Mills Cockell Kathryn Grody Deborah Rush Graham Jarvis
mother father counselor son housewife mortician hilarious offbeat dark gory suburb family home massachusetts kitchen school cannibalism parent/child relationship family dysfunction coming of age family secrets
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
Drama
2001
96 Minutes
Bridget Fonda Mary Beth Hurt Valerie Mahaffey Philip Bosco Adam LeFevre Arnold Pinnock Ron Lea Ted Whittall Bruce Dinsmore Vlasta Vrana
A reporter (Bridget Fonda) discovers a woman's (Valerie Mahaffey) fetus has been cloned from another human being by a fertility specialist (Mary Beth Hurt).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1982
136 Minutes
Helen Holm
Robin Williams Glenn Close Mary Beth Hurt John Lithgow Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Swoosie Kurtz James McCall Peter Michael Goetz George Ede Mark Soper
nurse author wife transsexual child quirky amusing sad school household writing feminism gender bias sex growing up 1970s
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
106 Minutes
Ellie Seldes
Barbara Hershey Sam Shepard Mary Beth Hurt J.T. Walsh Kellie Overbey Jay O. Sanders John Kapelos Sheree North Randy Brooks
A lawyer is hired to defend an old college friend accused of murdering her husband.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
100 Minutes
Jennette
Josh Hopkins Rachel Kitson Samantha Mathis Mary Beth Hurt Ian Merrill Peakes
Will (Josh Hopkins), a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ (Rachel Kitson), his ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1978
93 Minutes
Joey
Diane Keaton Geraldine Page E.G. Marshall Kristin Griffith Mary Beth Hurt Richard Jordan Maureen Stapleton Sam Waterston Henderson Forsythe
mother father sister actress artist author brooding dark touching family home apartment new york divorce family transformation love 1970s
Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
Comedy
USA
1993
84 Minutes
Mrs. Dingle
Andrew Lowery Traci Lind Danny Zorn Edward Herrmann Mary Beth Hurt Matthew Fox Philip Seymour Hoffman Austin Pendleton Cloris Leachman Jay O. Sanders Paul Dooley
A teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school.
Drama
1997
113 Minutes
Lillian
Nick Nolte Sissy Spacek James Coburn Willem Dafoe Mary Beth Hurt Jim True-Frost Marian Seldes Holmes Osborne Brigid Tierney Sean McCann Wayne Robson
cop ex-wife daughter girlfriend father hunter dark suspenseful new hampshire small town forest household funeral police station redemption death obsession abuse alcoholism family
A small-town sheriff (Nick Nolte) becomes unhinged, thanks in part to his abusive, alcoholic father (James Coburn).
Drama
USA
2013
97 Minutes
Donna
Aunjanue Ellis Ebon Moss-Bachrach Scott Wolf Hill Harper Eisa Davis Mary Beth Hurt Noah Gray-Cabey Will Janowitz Marcus Champagne Tom Stokes Andreina Sosa-Keifer
After quitting her stable but soul-crushing job, Leigh passes her days in an apathetic fog. Bored and feeling a vague sense of guilt, she volunteers at a local soup kitchen where she begins... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
94 Minutes
Jan
Charlize Theron Patton Oswalt Patrick Wilson Elizabeth Reaser Jill Eikenberry Mary Beth Hurt Collette Wolfe Richard Bekins Kate Nowlin
writer old boyfriend geek wife babysitter dark offbeat minneapolis small town hotel house jealousy love triangle immaturity divorce homecoming small-town life growing up wretched excess 2010s
Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
Drama
USA
1993
138 Minutes
Regina Beaufort
Daniel Day-Lewis Michelle Pfeiffer Winona Ryder Richard E. Grant Alec McCowen Geraldine Chaplin Mary Beth Hurt Miriam Margolyes Sian Phillips Michael Gough Alexis Smith
lawyer socialite countess mother passionate sultry tense new york city forbidden love scandal love triangle love social standing temptation love sacrifice 1870s
A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Jo Ann Bayberry
Rachel Brosnahan Aidan Quinn Olympia Dukakis M. Emmet Walsh Seth Gilliam Satya Bhabha Mary Beth Hurt Macy Gray Peter Gerety Michael Potts Rachel Zeiger-Haag
When a beguiling young woman moves in next door, a quiet neighborhood is awakened, bringing people face to face with their secrets and, ultimately, themselves.
Comedy, Drama
1989
121 Minutes
Ginger Booth
Bernadette Peters Adam Coleman Howard Chris Sarandon Nick Corri Madeleine Potter Charles McCaughan Mary Beth Hurt Mercedes Ruehl John Harkins Anna Katarina Bruce Peter Young
A hat designer (Bernadette Peters) and her painter boyfriend (Adam Coleman Howard) play the art game.
Drama
USA
1997
74 Minutes
Michael Saucedo Tom DeCerchio Justin Urich Travis Sher Milo Ventimiglia Vincent D'Onofrio Miles Perlich Eileen Brennan Harry Walters Jr.
gay man young man teen boy police officer father suburbanite creative gutsy emotional city midwest family home dining room iowa nightclub homosexuality homophobia coming of age family ties fitting in
Compilation of four short films about homoerotic situations involving young men. Tom DeCerchio directed "Nunzio's Second Cousin", telling the story of a gay cop who forces a gay-basher to ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2005
118 Minutes
Judge Brewster
Laura Linney Tom Wilkinson Campbell Scott Jennifer Carpenter Colm Feore Joshua Close Kenneth Welsh Duncan Fraser JR Bourne Mary Beth Hurt Henry Czerny
attorney priest young woman prosecutor judge doctor chilling fascinating frightening tense school apartment courtroom prison exorcism science vs. religion negligence homicide law transformation
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.
Fantasy, Drama
USA
2006
110 Minutes
Mrs. Bell
Paul Giamatti Bryce Dallas Howard Jeffrey Wright Bob Balaban Sarita Choudhury Cindy Cheung M. Night Shyamalan Freddy Rodriguez Bill Irwin Mary Beth Hurt Noah Gray-Cabey
handyman mysterious woman author son tenant creature gripping chilling melodramatic apartment building pool apartment saving the world family loss secrets fairy tales supernatural discovery quest
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Drama
USA|UK|Isle Of Man
2007
107 Minutes
Woody Harrelson Kristin Scott Thomas Lauren Bacall Lily Tomlin Ned Beatty Moritz Bleibtreu Willem Dafoe William Hope Geff Francis Steven Hartley Mary Beth Hurt
gay man escort wife socialite politician lobbyist suspenseful tense uneasy washington, d.c. party condo murder politics infidelity cover-up scandal mystery quest discovery
An escort who caters to Washington, D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.
Romance
USA
2000
125 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Tea Leoni Don Cheadle Jeremy Piven Saul Rubinek Josef Sommer Makenzie Vega Jake Milkovich Ryan Milkovich Lisa Thornhill Harve Presnell
businessman wife daughter coworker emotional touching new york city suburbia apartment office loneliness changing times wealth marriage christmas role reversal discovery metamorphosis sacrifice 2000s
A fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and wife.