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Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep
Mary Louise Streep - born 22 June 1949, in Summit, New Jersey

Wise words: "I try to lead as ordinary a life as I can. You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing."



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Meryl Streep - news / articles


  • Streep and Tatum to sing at Carnegie Hall - 16 March 2012
    -Meryl Streep and Channing Tatum are set to show off their singing skills at Sting's upcoming Rainforest Fund benefit.-The Hollywood stars will be joined by Sir Elton John, James Taylor, Rosanne Cash and Jennifer Hudson at the annual event on 2 April (12) at New York'


  • Streep takes Oscar to women's conference - 11 March 2012
    -Meryl Streep took her Best Actress Oscar to a conference in New York on Saturday (10Mar12) for her star turn introducing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.-The actress won her third Academy Award last month (Feb12) for playing former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher


  • Streep slammed for forgetting Thatcher in acceptance speech - 28 February 2012
    -One of Margaret Thatcher's former aides has criticised Meryl Streep for failing to mention the ex-Prime Minister in her Oscars acceptance speech.-The Hollywood icon walked away with her third Academy Award after winning the Best Actress prize at Sunday's (26Feb12) ce

Meryl Streep - what members say


  • The Bridges Of Madison County
  • The Bridges Of Madison County review by from LIVERSEDGE
    Rated - 5.0 stars 28 October 2004
    ...This film is fantastic. Meryl Streep has passed away and her two children piece together a time in her life. How two people cross paths so unexpectantly and at once fate ...   Read customer review
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Sophie's Choice review by A customer from london
    Rated - 4.0 stars Sophies World 28 July 2004
    ...g for THE most staggering performance from an actress then look no further than Meryl Streep as Sophie, a polish Aushwitz prisoner embroiled in a tumultuous and passionate ...   Read customer review
  • Kramer vs Kramer
  • Kramer vs Kramer review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Realism with the sound turned down 12 August 2004
    ...-high art director forced to bring up his son Billy alone when his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) walks out) is very rare. His performance does not indulge in over-sympathetic ...   Read customer review

Meryl Streep - filmography


  • The Iron Lady - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Jim Broadbent,  Anthony Head
    Director: Phyllida Lloyd
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Two-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep steps into the role of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in this biopic from director Phyllida Lloyd (MAMMA MIA!), and screenwriter Abi Morgan (TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH, BRICK LANE). Lloyd depicts the elderly Dame Thatcher replaying key moments in her life, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 64 members
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  • Doubt on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Philip Seymour Hoffman,  Amy Adams
    Director: John Patrick Shanley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 24,796 members
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  • It's Complicated - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: John Krasinski,  Meryl Streep,  Alec Baldwin
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Writer/director Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, Something's Gotta Give, The Holiday) directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in It's Complicated, a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between. Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 180 members
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  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox on DVD (2009)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Bill Murray,  Meryl Streep
    Director: Wes Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl children's book. George Clooney supplies the voice for Mr. Fox, with Meryl Streep, Bill ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 27,993 members
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  • It's Complicated (2009)
    Starring: John Krasinski,  Meryl Streep,  Alec Baldwin
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Writer/director Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, Something's Gotta Give, The Holiday) directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in It's Complicated, a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between. Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,166 member
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  • Julie and Julia - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Amy Adams,  Meryl Streep,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Nora Ephron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,283 members
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  • Julie and Julia on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Amy Adams,  Meryl Streep,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Nora Ephron
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 28,699 members
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  • Mamma Mia! - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Julie Walters,  Colin Firth,  Christine Baranski
    Director: Phyllida Lloyd
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    MAMMA MIA became a West End smash when it hit London back in late nineties. With a story framed around the music of the Swedish pop band Abba, crowds loved its raucous, dance party vibe. Now it comes to the silver screen, with some truly delightful performances from the likes of Meryl Streep and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,684 members
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  • Mamma Mia! on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Meryl Streep,  Pierce Brosnan
    Director: Phyllida Lloyd
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 57,921 members
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  • Evening on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Claire Danes,  Toni Collette,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Lajos Koltai
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,323 members
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  • Rendition - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Omar Metwally,  Reese Witherspoon,  Aramis Knight
    Director: Gavin Hood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon star in this timely thriller about a woman whose husband is kidnapped and taken to a foreign prison because he is suspected of being a terrorist. Gavid Hood, director of Academy Award winner TSOTSI, helms this film that also features Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,658 members
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  • Dark Matter on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Ye Liu,  Aidan Quinn
    Director: Shi-Zheng Chen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 86 members
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  • Lions for Lambs on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Meryl Streep,  Tom Cruise
    Director: Robert Redford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two determined students as a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Pena), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Robert Redford), and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 23,308 members
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  • Ant Bully - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Alan Cumming,  Zach Tyler Eisen
    Director: John A. Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    A young boy learns the importance of teamwork and gains self-confidence in this animated feature written and directed by John A. Davis (JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS), and based on the book by John Nickle. Misfit Lucas (Zach Taylor Eisen) doesn't have any friends and suffers daily at the hands of the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 480 members
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  • The Devil Wears Prada on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Anne Hathaway,  Adrian Grenier
    Director: David Frankel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Adding an extra dimension to Lauren Weisberger's bestselling novel, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA showcases Meryl Streep's knack for combining humour and sadness. While likely inspired by notorious VOGUE editor Anna Wintour, Streep's Miranda Priestly (head of Runway magazine) is entirely her own creation. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 69,962 members
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  • The Ant Bully on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Alan Cumming,  Zach Tyler Eisen
    Director: John A. Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    A young boy learns the importance of teamwork and gains self-confidence in this animated feature written and directed by John A. Davis (JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS), and based on the book by John Nickle. Misfit Lucas (Zach Taylor Eisen) doesn't have any friends and suffers daily at the hands of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 11,970 members
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  • Prime on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Uma Thurman,  Bryan Greenberg
    Director: Ben Younger
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A career driven professional from Manhattan (Uma Thurman) who is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst (Meryl Streep).
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 18,898 members
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  • King Of The Hill - Season 4 (4 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Mike Judge,  Kathy Najimy,  Pamela Segall
    Director: Mike Judge
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mike Judge scored another hilarious hit with this animated series, following the enormous popularity of BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD. Judge himself voices the main character, Hank Hill, around whose family the series revolves. A working-class everyman who strives to stay true to his staunch morals, Hank ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 335 members
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  • Angels In America (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Meryl Streep,  Emma Thompson
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,208 members
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  • Adaptation. on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Meryl Streep,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 29,176 members
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  • The Hours - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Nicole Kidman,  Allison Janney
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 50 members
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  • The Hours on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Nicole Kidman,  Allison Janney
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 22,813 members
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  • Ginevra's Story on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Meryl Streep
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Ginevra de Benci, the first portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, is both haunting and hypnotic. This magnificent and mysterious painting conceals a multitude of secrets. Utilizing the potential of x-ray analysis, infrared reflectography and the power of computer technology, this program delves beneath ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 56 members
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  • One True Thing on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  William Hurt,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Carl Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An investigative reporter whose sole aim in life is her career is called home to an emergency. Taking time out she leaves New York, her job and her boyfriend and moves in with her parents in Pennsylvania. Still intending to work on her recent story about a US Senator, she finds herself following a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,335 member
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  • Dancing At Lughnasa on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Michael Gambon,  Catherine McCormack,  Kathy Burke
    Director: Pat O'Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has "..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,455 member
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  • First Do No Harm on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Fred Ward,  Meryl Streep,  Seth Adkins
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this alternately heartbreaking and uplifting drama inspired by actual events, a small town Midwest family discovers that their youngest son suffers from epilepsy. Left without hope after their insurance runs out, the mother presses on, studies everything she can find about the illness, and, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 434 members
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  • Marvin's Room on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Meryl Streep,  Diane Keaton
    Director: Jerry Zaks
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Upon receiving a call from her leukemia-stricken sister after not speaking with her for two decades, a devil-may-care single mother packs up her two sons--one, a rebellious teen who has spent time in a mental institution--and heads to Florida to reunite with her ailing sibling and their bedridden ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,986 member
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  • Before And After (1996)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Liam Neeson,  Edward Furlong
    Director: Barbet Schroeder
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The idyllic life of Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) is shattered in an instant when the girlfriend of their teenage son, Jacob (Edward Furlong), is found brutally murdered. Jacob was the last person to see her alive, and he quickly becomes the prime suspect in the case. Worse ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 28 members
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  • The Living Sea - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Meryl Streep
    Director: Greg MacGilivray
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The Living Sea takes you to the world's oceans, traveling to Palau, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Alaska, Nova Scotia and the Red Sea. Explore the mysterious depths and come face to face with life-sized humpback whales when you dive into "The Living Sea." Swim with thousands of golden jellyfish and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 7 members
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  • The House of the Spirits on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Glenn Close,  Jeremy Irons
    Director: Billie August
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Isabel Allende's novel and set in a South American country beset by constant turmoil and bloody power struggles, this film follows three generations of the Truebas family from the 1920s through the 1970s. Just as the nation around them is at odds with itself, the family painfully and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,777 member
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  • The River Wild on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  David Strathairn,  Joseph Mazzello
    Director: Curtis Hanson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Gail (Meryl Streep), a former river guide, plans a white-water rafting trip to celebrate her son Roarke's (Joseph Mazzello) birthday and patch up her troubled marriage to her workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn). As the family begins their river adventure, they meet Wade (Kevin Bacon), a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,292 members
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  • Death Becomes Her on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Michelle Johnson,  Ian Ogilvy,  Adam Storke
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Madeline is gaining more wrinkles than screen roles. Her friend, Helen, loses her fiance to Madeline and subsequently doubles her weight. Finally, there's Madeline's husband, Ernest, a plastic surgeon who spends his nights drunk and cursing the day he met his wife. Enter a beautiful enchantress who ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 8,261 members
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  • Defending Your Life (1991)
    Starring: Albert Brooks,  Michael Durrell,  Meryl Streep
    Director: Albert Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Daniel, is killed in a car accident, he finds himself in 'Judgement City' and at a hearing about his life. Will his defence attorney be able to convince the judges that Daniel has done enough to earn his place on a higher plain of existence - or will he be consigned to another stint on Earth?
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 65 members
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  • Postcards from the Edge on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Dennis Quaid,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An actress with a drug and alcohol problem, recovering from a near fatal overdose, accepts a minor role in a film on the condition that she lives with a responsible person during her rehabilitation. That 'person' is her mother, a big star from the 50's who sees herself in her daughter. Both must ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,564 member
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  • She-Devil on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Roseanne Barr,  Ed Begley Jr.
    Director: Susan Seidelman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ruth is a wife and mother who does anything to please her husband. When she discovers that he is having an affair with a romance novelist, however, she demands revenge. She is transformed into a She-Devil!
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 619 members
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  • A Cry In The Dark on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Sam Neill,  Nick Tate
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities launch a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,218 member
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  • Heartburn on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Meryl Streep,  Maureen Stapleton
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel chronicling the breakup of her marriage to investigative journalist Carl Bernstein (ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN) is adapted for the big screen by director Mike Nichols and solidly acted by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Rachel Samstat (Streep) is Ephron's stand-in,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 961 members
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  • Out Of Africa on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Robert Redford,  Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Adapted from Isak Dinesen's novel, OUT OF AFRICA, this film plaintively tells the story of two troubled adults who meet and fall in love in the African wilderness. Karen Blixen-Flecke (Meryl Streep) is a modern woman, caught in the shortcomings of a practical marriage. Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 7,194 members
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  • Falling In Love on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Meryl Streep,  George Martin
    Director: Ulu Grosbard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Acting fireworks are on display as Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep play Frank Raftis and Molly Gilmore, two everyday people who meet by chance on a commuter train bound for New York and fall desperately in love--despite the fact that they are both married. The stellar supporting cast includes Diane ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,111 members
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  • Silkwood on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Kurt Russell,  Cher
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a true story, Silkwood begins and ends with Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) driving along a lonely road in 1974, heading to a meeting with a New York Times reporter to deliver evidence of negligence at the Kerr-McGee Plant in Cimarron, Oklahoma. The balance of the film flashes back to Karen'..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,913 member
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  • Sophie's Choice on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Kevin Kline,  Peter MacNicol
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The year is 1947. Aspiring southern author Stingo (Peter MacNichol) heads to New York to seek his fortune. Moving into a dingy Brooklyn boarding house, Stingo strikes up a friendship with research chemist Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) and Nathan's girlfriend, Polish refugee Sophie Zawistowska (Oscar-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 5,160 members
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  • The French Lieutenant's Woman on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Jeremy Irons,  Leo McKern,  Meryl Streep
    Director: Karel Reisz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In this dramatic film, director Karel Reisz and screenwriter Harold Pinter adapt the complex romantic novel by John Fowles, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN. Set in 1867, Sarah Woodrough (Meryl Streep), a beautiful young woman, is condemned by society and driven into a deep melancholy because of her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,754 members
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  • Kramer vs Kramer - Blu-ray (1979)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Meryl Streep,  Justin Henry
    Director: Robert Benton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Joanna Kramer, a Manhattan housewife, can no longer face life with her husband Ted. She walks out leaving her son Billy in Ted's charge. Ted has to adjust his life and face up to his new found responsibilities. Just as he starts to find his feet, Joanna returns, intent on fighting for custody of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 525 members
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  • Kramer vs Kramer on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Meryl Streep,  Justin Henry
    Director: Robert Benton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Robert Benton's Oscar-winning adaptation of Avery Corman's bestseller takes on contemporary problems of divorce and shifting gender roles, as a jilted husband learns how to be a nurturing father. Manhattan housewife Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) walks out on her workaholic ad man husband Ted (Dustin ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 9,536 members
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  • Manhattan on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Diane Keaton,  Mariel Hemingway
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On the heels of Annie Hall, the Oscar-winning romantic comedy that rocketed Woody Allen to the front ranks of American filmmakers, Manhattan continued Allen's romantic obsessions in a slightly darker, more pessimistic vein. Allen stars as Isaac Davis, a TV comedy writer sick of the pap he is forced ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 14,149 members
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  • The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
    Starring: Alan Alda,  Meryl Streep,  Barbara Harris
    Director: Jerry Schatzberg
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Rising politician Joe ... Full DescriptionTynan (Alda) is having serious difficulty juggling his career and his family. In particular, he is experiencing a growing number of problems with his loving, neglected wife. An affair with beautiful lobbyist Karen Traynor (Meryl Streep) further ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 12 members
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  • The Deer Hunter on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  John Cazale,  John Savage
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    One of several 1978 films dealing with the Vietnam War (including Hal Ashby's Oscar-winning Coming Home), Michael Cimino's epic second feature The Deer Hunter was both renowned for its tough portrayal of the war's effect on American working class steel workers and notorious for its ahistorical use ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 32,889 members
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  • Holocaust (3 discs) on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  James Woods,  Tom Bell
    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An original TV dramatisation of one of the most monstrous crimes in world history the slaughter of 6 million Jews by the Nazis. Dramatically and definitively, the story covers an entire decade, the eventful years from 1935 to 1945. HOLOCAUST focuses on the tragedy and triumph of a single family the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 882 members
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  • The Deer Hunter - Blu-ray (1978)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  John Cazale,  John Savage
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    This epic look at the Vietnam War and its effects told through the lives of a tight knit group of friends from a Pennsylvania town was Michael Cimino's second film and established him in the pantheon of American directors. Complex and emotionally raw performances from Robert De Niro and Meryl ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,097 member
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  • The Deer Hunter - HD (1978)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  John Cazale,  John Savage
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    This epic look at the Vietnam War and its effects told through the lives of a tight knit group of friends from a Pennsylvania town was Michael Cimino's second film and established him in the pantheon of American directors. Complex and emotionally raw performances from Robert De Niro and Meryl ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 75% from 611 members
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Meryl Streep facts

5 most recent films

Great Hope Springs - 1.5 stars
The Iron Lady - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Iron Lady - 3.0 stars
Doubt - 3.5 stars
It's Complicated - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

King Of The Hill - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
Kramer vs Kramer - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Deer Hunter - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Deer Hunter - HD - 3.5 stars
The Deer Hunter - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Great Hope Springs - 1.5 stars
Alice At The Palace - 1.5 stars
The Living Sea - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Seduction of Joe Tynan - 3.0 stars
Before And After - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert De Niro - 10 times - show films
Reese Witherspoon - 7 times - show films
John Cazale - 6 times - show films
Chuck Aspegren - 6 times - show films
Rutanya Alda - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Cimino - 6 times - show films
Mike Nichols - 6 times - show films
Mike Judge - 5 times - show films
Marvin J. Chomsky - 4 times - show films
Phyllida Lloyd - 4 times - show films