List of the best Winona Ryder movies: Night on Earth(1992), Girl, Interrupted(1999), Heathers(1989), Reality Bites(1994), How to Make an American Quilt(1995), When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story(2010), Boys(1996), Lost Souls(2000), The Letter(2012), Edward Scissorhands(1990), Bram Stoker's Dracula(1992), The Iceman(2012) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
France|UK|Germany|USA|Japan
1992
128 Minutes
Corky
Winona Ryder Gena Rowlands Giancarlo Esposito Armin Mueller-Stahl Rosie Perez Isaach De Bankolé Béatrice Dalle Roberto Benigni Paolo Bonacelli Matti Pellonpää
cab driver passenger agent priest diplomat quirky brooding amusing los angeles new york city rome helsinki paris taxicab business confession class distinctions culture clash underdog discovery 1990s
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Drama
Germany|USA
1999
127 Minutes
Winona Ryder Angelina Jolie Clea DuVall Brittany Murphy Elisabeth Moss Jared Leto Jeffrey Tambor Vanessa Redgrave Whoopi Goldberg Mary Kay Place Jillian Armenante
young woman psychologist friend rival parent troubled youth brooding dark raw engaging tense bleak mental institution tunnel home mental breakdown mental illness medicine psychosis suicide
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.
Comedy
USA
1989
102 Minutes
Veronica Sawyer
Winona Ryder Christian Slater Shannen Doherty Lisanne Falk Kim Walker Penelope Milford Glenn Shadix Lance Fenton Patrick Labyorteaux Jeremy Applegate Jon Matthews
student rebel bully popular girl cheerleader witty campy quirky dark ohio high school suburbia teenage rebellion murder suicide homosexuality rivalry revenge transformation growing up
In order to get out of the snobby clique that is destroying her good-girl reputation, an intelligent teen teams up with a dark sociopath in a plot to kill the cool kids.
Drama
USA
1994
98 Minutes
Lelaina Pierce
Winona Ryder Ethan Hawke Ben Stiller Janeane Garofalo Steve Zahn Swoosie Kurtz Joe Don Baker John Mahoney Harry O'Reilly Susan Norfleet David Pirner
documentarian yuppie slacker gay man tv personality friend witty engaging quirky tender houston austin, texas television studio house office bar love triangle post-college friendship dating
A documentary filmmaker and her fellow Generation X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.
Drama
USA
1995
116 Minutes
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.
Drama, Biography
USA
2010
90 Minutes
Winona Ryder Barry Pepper John Bourgeois Rosemary Dunsmore Paul Popowich Adam Greydon Reid Ellen Dubin Sarah Manninen
Beth is a young, ambitious New Yorker who is completely unlucky in love. However, on a whirlwind trip to Rome, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of suitors.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1996
86 Minutes
Patty Vare
Winona Ryder Lukas Haas Skeet Ulrich John C. Reilly Bill Sage Wiley Wiggins Russell Young Vivienne Shub Charlie Hofheimer Spencer Vrooman Christopher Pettiet
student mysterious woman best friend father police officer baseball player melodramatic thrilling boarding school dormitory police station field traumatic past coming of age self-discovery family business teenage rebellion secrets love discovery
Patty Vare falls off a horse and is found unconscious by preparatory school student John Baker. He takes her to his dormitory. As he quickly discovers, she is hiding from something. For ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2000
97 Minutes
Maya Larkin
Winona Ryder Ben Chaplin Sarah Wynter Philip Baker Hall John Hurt Elias Koteas Brian Reddy John Beasley John Diehl Victor Slezak Brad Greenquist
roman catholic leader journalist young woman priest detective chilling tense dark church hospital new york city office mental institution roman catholic church satanism investigation conspiracy exorcism redemption
A Catholic teacher meets an atheist journalist, whom a group of Catholics and Priests believes has been chosen by the devil to be the Antichrist.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2012
93 Minutes
Martine
Winona Ryder James Franco Dagmara Dominczyk Josh Hamilton Marin Ireland Julie Ann Emery Katherine Waterston Laila Robins Mike Lubik
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Romance, Drama, Comedy, Other, Fantasy
USA
1990
105 Minutes
Johnny Depp Winona Ryder Dianne Wiest Anthony Michael Hall Alan Arkin Kathy Baker Robert Oliveri Conchata Ferrell Vincent Price
synthetic human scientist mother teen girl bully neighbor creative dreamy heartwarming suburbia castle unrequited love outsider's life deformity small-town life jealousy underdog rivalry love 1980s
An artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world.
Horror
UK|USA
1992
123 Minutes
Gary Oldman Winona Ryder Anthony Hopkins Keanu Reeves Richard E. Grant Cary Elwes Billy Campbell Sadie Frost Tom Waits Monica Bellucci Michaela Bercu
lawyer vampire friend nun victim fiancée frightening creepy passionate suspenseful dark transylvania garden mental institution cemetery romania estate seduction sex supernatural
The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2012
105 Minutes
Michael Shannon Winona Ryder James Franco Ray Liotta Chris Evans David Schwimmer John Ventimiglia Robert Davi Ryan O'Nan
killer hitman mobster dark van 1980s reputation acting pursuit 1980s
The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession.
Drama
USA
1996
123 Minutes
Abigail Williams
Daniel Day-Lewis Winona Ryder Paul Scofield Joan Allen Bruce Davison Rob Campbell Jeffrey Jones Peter Vaughan Karron Graves Charlayne Woodard Frances Conroy
husband wife lover young woman judge friend emotional intense courtroom salem, mass. woods deception adultery witchcraft witch hunt trial honor revenge forbidden love 17th century
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2015
97 Minutes
Peter Sarsgaard Winona Ryder Dennis Haysbert Jim Gaffigan Taryn Manning Kellan Lutz John Alberto Leguizamo Anton Yelchin Anthony Edwards Lori Singer Edoardo Ballerini
professor wife psychologist test subject student frightening new york city yale university university home human nature unintended consequences ethics life story consequences authority discovery 1960s
In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority.
Biography, Drama, Music
USA
1989
108 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Winona Ryder John Doe Stephen Tobolowsky Trey Wilson Alec Baldwin Lisa Blount Joe Bob Briggs Joshua Sheffield Mojo Nixon Jimmie Vaughn
rock star wife preacher alan freed reporter musician cool confident american south england concert stage music rock 'n' roll unusual romance scandal jerry lee lewis forbidden love fall rivalry adventure
The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1997
109 Minutes
Sigourney Weaver Winona Ryder Ron Perlman Dominique Pinon Michael Wincott Dan Hedaya J.E. Freeman Brad Dourif Raymond Cruz Kim Flowers Gary Dourdan
scientist alien clone crew member astronaut dark disturbing gory thrilling space spaceship alien government ethics scientific experiments war showdown metamorphosis pursuit future
200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone. Along with a crew of space pirates, she must again battle the deadly aliens and stop them from reaching Earth.
Romance
USA|UK|Canada
2018
86 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Winona Ryder DJ Dallenbach Ted Dubost D. Rosh Wright Greg Lucey Donna Lynn Jones Curt Dubost
stranger bride groom guest family member witty quirky amusing emotional charming airplane airport hotel winery wedding wedding relationships unlikely friendship strangers travel
The story of two miserable and unpleasant wedding guests, Lindsay and Frank, who develop a mutual affection despite themselves.
Comedy
USA
2002
96 Minutes
Adam Sandler Winona Ryder Peter Gallagher Jared Harris Allen Covert Erick Avari John Turturro Peter Dante Conchata Ferrell Harve Presnell Steve Buscemi
restaurant owner love interest city slicker television producer reporter butler hilarious madcap endearing small town new york city airplane mansion newsroom tennis court inheritance outsider secret identity culture clash deception
A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way.
Comedy
2009
94 Minutes
Scarlet Smith
Mark Polish Winona Ryder Sean Astin Josh Holloway Hilary Duff Marc Blucas Chevy Chase Frances Conroy Dee Wallace Michael Gross Jessica St. Clair
A successful author (Mark Polish) reunites with a high-school beauty (Winona Ryder) when he returns to his hometown.
Drama
USA
1993
138 Minutes
May Welland
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2013
100 Minutes
Sheryl Mott
Jason Statham James Franco Winona Ryder Kate Bosworth Frank Grillo Izabela Vidovic Chuck Zito Rachelle Lefevre Marcus Hester Clancy Brown
dea agent daughter drug lord townsperson bleak dark intense bayou small town fear protection corruption family father/daughter relationship escape sacrifice rescue pursuit escape 2010s
A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.
Comedy
USA
2011
111 Minutes
Geneva
Vince Vaughn Kevin James Jennifer Connelly Winona Ryder Channing Tatum Queen Latifah Amy Morton Clint Howard Chelcie Ross Eddie Martinez Rance Howard
inventor best friend girlfriend cheater young man businesswoman amusing engaging quirky chicago detroit office garage apartment restaurant relationships infidelity romantic dilemma friendship ethics
A man discovers that his best friend's wife is having an affair.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany|USA
2009
98 Minutes
Cheryl
Billy Bob Thornton Kim Basinger Mickey Rourke Winona Ryder Jon Foster Amber Heard Austin Nichols Lou Taylor Pucci Brad Renfro Chris Isaak Fernando Consagra
One week in L.A. in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs and violence.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Beth MacIntyre, The Dying Swan
Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Vincent Cassel Barbara Hershey Winona Ryder Benjamin Millepied Ksenia Solo Kristina Anapau
ballerina mother director rival young woman ballet instructor eerie shocking suspenseful thrilling intense emotional new york city studio stage dance studio ballet big city ballet competition
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
93 Minutes
Sandra Dulles
Robin Wright Keanu Reeves Alan Arkin Julianne Moore Winona Ryder Maria Bello Monica Bellucci Zoe Kazan Ryan McDonald Blake Lively Robin Weigert
private double mother emotional settlement retirement home troubled past marriage journey transformation 2000s
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Comedy
USA
1988
92 Minutes
Lydia Deitz
Michael Keaton Alec Baldwin Geena Davis Jeffrey Jones Catherine O'Hara Winona Ryder Sylvia Sidney Robert Goulet Glenn Shadix Dick Cavett Annie McEnroe
ghost husband sculptor daughter wife quirky amusing spirited country house new england small town afterlife ghosts haunted houses death art exploitation quest escape 1980s
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.
Documentary
USA
1996
109 Minutes
Lady Anne, Herself
Al Pacino Harris Yulin Penelope Allen Alec Baldwin Kevin Spacey Estelle Parsons Winona Ryder Aidan Quinn
actor al pacino shakespearean scholar richard iii charming offbeat positive engaging backstage theater new york city stage street actors theater production acting william shakespeare quest rise rivalry
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Germany
2009
126 Minutes
Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Leonard Nimoy Eric Bana Bruce Greenwood Karl Urban Zoe Saldana Simon Pegg John Cho Anton Yelchin Ben Cross
captain kirk spock cadet friend father alien spirited engaging intricate rousing thrilling amusing space earth spaceship starship enterprise alien planet black hole exploration mystery
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.