List of the best Tom McCarthy movies: Spotlight(2015), The Visitor(2007), The Station Agent(2003), Win Win(2011), The Cobbler(2014), Year of the Dog(2007), Jack Goes Boating(2010), Mammoth(2009), Beautiful Ohio(2006), 2012(2009), Meet the Parents(2000), Mayor Cupcake(2011) ... ...
Drama
USA
2015
128 Minutes
Director
Mark Ruffalo Michael Keaton Rachel McAdams Liev Schreiber John Slattery Brian d'Arcy James Stanley Tucci Billy Crudup Paul Guilfoyle Jamey Sheridan Len Cariou
editor journalist priest reporter family member victim brooding emotional intense gripping boston newsroom church office car street sexual abuse reporting investigation cover-up
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Drama
USA
2007
103 Minutes
Director
Richard Jenkins Hiam Abbass Haaz Sleiman Danai Gurira Maggie Moore Waleed Zuaiter Amir Arison Tzahi Moskovitz Laith Nakli
professor musician jewelry designer mother heartwarming sad emotional connecticut new york city apartment central park subway illegal immigration identity music friendship discovery 2000s
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Drama
USA
2003
88 Minutes
Director
Peter Dinklage Patricia Clarkson Bobby Cannavale Raven Goodwin Paul Benjamin Michelle Williams Josh Pais Richard Kind
dwarf boss vendor wife librarian quirky amusing new jersey train station small town railroad small town small-town life depression transformation underdog 2000s
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
106 Minutes
Director
Paul Giamatti Amy Ryan Bobby Cannavale Jeffrey Tambor Burt Young Melanie Lynskey Alex Shaffer Margo Martindale David Thompson Mike Diliello Nina Arianda
attorney coach wife daughter young boy wrestler charming heartwarming new jersey high school household courtroom wrestling aspirations competition teen angst family law growing up rivalry
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
USA
2014
99 Minutes
Director
Adam Sandler Cliff "Method Man" Smith Ellen Barkin Melonie Diaz Dan Stevens Steve Buscemi Dascha Polanco Dustin Hoffman Sondra James Fritz Weaver Yul Vazquez
cobbler magician shoemaker engaging amusing emotional new york appearance shoes transformation
A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2007
98 Minutes
Pier
Molly Shannon Laura Dern Regina King Tom McCarthy Peter Sarsgaard John C. Reilly Josh Pais Liza Weil Steve Berg Chuck Duffy Susan Mackin
assistant brother veterinarian neighbor friend amusing charming offbeat united states office grief mental illness eccentricity relationships first love discovery love transformation 2000s
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Romance
USA
2010
90 Minutes
Dr. Bob
Philip Seymour Hoffman John Ortiz Amy Ryan Daphne Rubin-Vega Tom McCarthy Richard Petrocelli Shawna Bermender Salvatore Inzerillo Elizabeth Rodriguez James P. Anderson Stephen Adly Guirgis
driver best friend coworker girlfriend wife single man brooding uplifting amusing melodramatic new york city swimming pool restaurant marital problems blind dating romance shyness self-discovery love transformation
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Drama
2009
125 Minutes
Bob
Gael García Bernal Michelle Williams Marife Necesito Sophie Nyweide Run Srinikornchot Tom McCarthy Joseph Mydell Caesar Kobb
couple nanny daughter emotional thailand home fate life time transformation
The actions of a wealthy game designer (Gael García Bernal) changes the lives of his wife (Michelle Williams), their live-in nanny (Marife Necesito) and a working mother.
Drama
USA
2006
91 Minutes
Adult William Messerman
Brett Davern David Call Rita Wilson William Hurt Michelle Trachtenberg Hale Appleman Tom McCarthy Julianna Margulies Matt Servitto
An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2009
158 Minutes
Gordon Silberman
John Cusack Chiwetel Ejiofor Amanda Peet Oliver Platt Thandie Newton Danny Glover Woody Harrelson Tom McCarthy Liam James Morgan Lily Zlatko Buric
scientist president ex-wife radio host millionaire politician thrilling hysterical heartwarming intense playful solemn los angeles washington, d.c. wyoming tibet earth yellowstone national park apocalypse survival
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
Comedy
USA
2000
108 Minutes
Bob Banks
Robert De Niro Ben Stiller Blythe Danner Teri Polo James Rebhorn Jon Abrahams Phyllis George Kali Rocha Tom McCarthy Nicole DeHuff Owen Wilson
nurse teacher cat ex-boyfriend father ex-cia agent amusing hilarious madcap chicago mansion house store marriage family dysfunction humiliation cia wedding blackmail underdog
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
86 Minutes
Lea Thompson Judd Nelson Dorian Harewood Frankie Faison Zoey Deutch Michael Petted Peter Patrikios Peter Schmitz Tom McCarthy Madelyn Deutch Scott Boulware
A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. Uneducated, she relies on her street smarts to clean up the town.
Drama, History, Biography
USA|France|UK|Japan
2005
93 Minutes
David Strathairn Patricia Clarkson George Clooney Jeff Daniels Robert Downey Jr. Frank Langella Ray Wise Robert John Burke Reed Edward Diamond Tate Donovan Grant Heslov
reporter politician employee television producer cool engaging patriotic washington, d.c. communism mccarthyism journalism adventure underdog quest 1950s
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
War, Drama, History
USA
2006
132 Minutes
Ryan Phillippe Jesse Bradford Adam Beach John Benjamin Hickey John Slattery Barry Pepper Jamie Bell Paul Walker David Patrick Kelly Robert Patrick Neal McDonough
soldier hero military officer marines dark emotional tokyo island mountain photography battle torture world war ii violence suicide rise sacrifice 1940s
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Germany
2009
125 Minutes
Julia Roberts Clive Owen Tom Wilkinson Paul Giamatti Dan Daily Lisa Roberts Gillan David Shumbris Rick Worthy Oleg Stefan Denis O'Hare Kathleen Chalfant
corporate spy secret agent rival businessman sultry thrilling ohio switzerland new york city office corporate espionage deception affair love pursuit 2000s
Two ex-government agents turned rival industrial spies have to be at the top of their game when one of their companies prepares to launch a major product. However, they distract each other in more ways than one.
Comedy
USA
2004
93 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Alec Baldwin Toni Collette Tony Shalhoub Calista Flockhart Tim Blake Nelson Ray Liotta James Rebhorn Buck Henry Ian Gomez Troy Winbush
fbi agent director gangster brother girlfriend mafia boss madcap cheeky providence, r.i. movie set hollywood, calif. working undercover show business aspirations sting filmmaking crime transformation quest underdog
A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.
Comedy
USA
2010
97 Minutes
Robert De Niro Ben Stiller Owen Wilson Dustin Hoffman Barbra Streisand Blythe Danner Teri Polo Jessica Alba Laura Dern Harvey Keitel Kevin Hart
nurse cia agent wife mother-in-law father-in-law child hilarious engaging amusing heartwarming hysterical chicago house office party family home hospital family heart attack relocation
Family-patriarch Jack Byrnes wants to appoint a successor. Does his son-in-law, the male nurse Greg Focker, have what it takes?