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Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

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Frances McDormand - what members say


  • Blood Simple
  • Blood Simple review by A customer from Inglewood
    Rated - 3 stars Shows promise 24 May 2005
    ...lsh. The twists and turns work well, as the plot grows evermore complicated. Frances McDormand is also very good, and the film has some strong, striking scenes, but is not as...  
  • Wonder Boys
  • Wonder Boys review by from Scotland
    Rated - 3 stars A movie for all the oddballs out there! 16 October 2003
    ...las), an author. He's having a bad day: his wife has left him, his mistress (Frances McDormand) has announced that she is pregnant and he is suffering from writer's block. Wh...  
  • Mississippi Burning
  • Mississippi Burning review by from DERBYSHIRE
    Rated - 5 stars Hackman's finest performance? 15 May 2005
    ... as is R. Lee Ermey as the local Mayor. With career defining performances from Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, Michael Rooker and Gailard Sartain & Pruitt Taylor Vince. Watc...  

Frances McDormand - filmography


  • Something's Gotta Give on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Diane Keaton,  Frances McDormand
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In the sparkling comedy SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE directed by Nancy Meyers (WHAT WOMEN WANT), divorced, successful playwright Erica Barry (Diane Keaton) has given up on finding a fulfilling romantic relationship. When her beautiful young daughter Marin (Amanda Peet) visits the family's Hamptons home ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 33,303 members
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  • City By The Sea on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Frances McDormand,  James Franco
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In CITY BY THE SEA, Robert De Niro plays Vincent, a New York City cop who is investigating a murder that leads him back to the place where he grew up--Long Beach. A born loner who is pained by his past but never shows it, Vincent rarely opens up to his partner (George Dzunda) or his girlfriend (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,873 member
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  • Almost Famous on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Billy Crudup,  Kate Hudson,  Frances McDormand
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer-director Cameron Crowe brings the 1970s music scene to life with his semiautobiographical story of a teen journalist who goes on the road with a rock band. Uncool 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is living every teenager's dream. He's touring with Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,427 members
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  • Madeline on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Frances McDormand,  Nigel Hawthorne,  Hatty Jones
    Director: Daisy Mayer
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Madeline and her 11 friends live at a school run by Miss Clavel in an old house in Paris. Madeline is the smallest of the girls and also the most adventurous. The future of the school is in jeopardy when its stuffy owner, Lord Covington, decides to sell it. With Pepito's help (the devilish son of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,413 member
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  • Fargo on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Frances McDormand,  Steve Buscemi,  Peter Stormare
    Director: Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Poor Jerry Lundegaard. He's deep in debt. His wealthy father-in-law has no respect for him. He cheats customers at the car dealership where he works. And now he's hired a bumbling duo to kidnap his wife--a plan that goes horribly awry, leading to homicide.Enter Marge Gunderson, one of the most ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 52,496 members
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  • Primal Fear on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Laura Linney,  John Mahoney
    Director: Gregory Hoblit
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Powerful, media-hungry Chicago defense attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) gets in over his head when he takes the case of an altar boy (Edward Norton making his film debut) accused of murdering an archbishop. His opponent for the prosecution is his former protege and lover Janet Venable (Laura ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4,647 members
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  • Palookaville on DVD (1995)
    Starring: William Forsythe,  Vincent Gallo,  Frances McDormand
    Director: Alan Taylor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three friends decide to embark on a life of crime. But with their only criminal experience gleaned from what they've seen on television, the heist of the decade these fellows have planned may very well turn into the flop of the century. Winner of Best Picture Prize at the 1995 Venice Film Festival.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 792 members
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  • Short Cuts on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Andie MacDowell,  Tim Robbins,  Madeline Stowe
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Using the short stories of Raymond Carver as a springboard, American maverick director Robert Altman weaves a tapestry of interlocking tales set against the seedy backdrop of contemporary middle-class Los Angeles. Tracking the various stages of denial, rage, and despair in the lives of several ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,289 members
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  • The Butcher's Wife on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Demi Moore,  Jeff Daniels,  George Dzundza
    Director: Terry Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Marina (Demi Moore) is a romantic smalltown psychic who believes her true love will come from the sea. He turns out to be the first man that she sees ashore--butcher Leo (George Dzundza)--and she sets off for New York with him. When she arrives in Greenwich Village, she begins to use her psychic ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 376 members
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  • Hidden Agenda on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Frances McDormand,  Brad Dourif,  Brian Cox
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An implicit condemnation of the repressive tactics of the British government in Northern Ireland, HIDDEN AGENDA stars Brian Cox (THE BOXER), Brad Dourif (MISSISSIPPI BURNING), and Frances McDormand (FARGO). When an American attorney working for a humanitarian group who is investigating the torture ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 804 members
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  • Darkman on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Frances McDormand,  Colin Friels
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A scientist on the verge of a major discovery in synthetic skin is burned beyond recognition when his laboratory is demolished by an evil gang. Altered by an experimental medical procedure, the man known as Darkman assumes 'identities' to reap revenge on his assailants.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,168 members
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  • Raising Arizona on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Holly Hunter,  William Forsythe
    Director: Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A childless couple unable to adopt decide that a couple who just had quintuplets won't mind if they steal one of the babies. Thus begins the Coen brothers' madcap romp RAISING ARIZONA. Holly Hunter stars as Ed, a cop who is devastated when she learns that she cannot get pregnant. Nicolas Cage is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 14,967 members
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  • Blood Simple on DVD (1983)
    Starring: M. Emmet Walsh,  Dan Hedaya,  John Getz
    Director: Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When a bar owner discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife, a complex web of deceit and double crosses ensues in a small Texas town. The Coen brothers' first picture is an intricately plotted film noir filled with surprises at each turn. The cast, largely unknown at the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 10,188 members
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Frances McDormand - watch online


  • Primal Fear to Watch Now (1996)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Laura Linney,  John Mahoney
    Director: Gregory Hoblit
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 130 minutes
    "Serves up twist after twist." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "Gere creates one of the best performances of his career." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. Guilty? Innocent? Those questions aren't for high-powered Chicago attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) to decide. His job is to defend - ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 54 members
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  • The Butcher's Wife to Watch Now (1991)
    Starring: Demi Moore,  Jeff Daniels,  George Dzundza
    Director: Terry Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 100 minutes
    There's Magic In The Air. When Greenwich Village butcher Leo Lemke (George Dzundza) returns from a North Carolina fishing trip, he can't wait to show off his prize catch: his beautiful new wife, a country clairvoyant named Marina (Demi Moore). But the butcher's pride turns to prime concern when he ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 19 members
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Frances McDormand facts

5 most recent films

Burn After Reading - 3.0 stars
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - 3.5 stars
Burn After Reading - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Friends with Money - 2.5 stars
Aeon Flux - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Fargo - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Fargo - 3.5 stars
Almost Famous - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Mississippi Burning - 3.5 stars
Primal Fear - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Passed Away - 2.5 stars
Friends with Money - 2.5 stars
Laurel Canyon - 2.5 stars
Aeon Flux - 3.0 stars
City By The Sea - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Charlize Theron - 4 times - show films
Richard Jenkins - 4 times - show films
Sophie Okonedo - 3 times - show films
Jonny Lee Miller - 3 times - show films
Amelia Warner - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Joel Coen - 7 times - show films
Karyn Kusama - 3 times - show films
Joe Dante - 2 times - show films
Terry Hughes - 2 times - show films
William Friedkin - 2 times - show films