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  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • A Life Less Ordinary review by from Glasgow
    Rated - 4 stars Surprisingly good 3 April 2005
    ...mance is great, and he always seems better when he acts with his own accent. Holly Hunter is irritating in this, but apart from that it's great! ...  
  • Copycat
  • Copycat review by from CASTLEFORD
    Rated - 5 stars 4 July 2004
    ...performances from Sigourney Weaver , Harry Connick j.r. & the ever reliable Holly Hunter.Claustrophobic , eerie & ultimately , ,extremely watchable....  
  • The Piano
  • The Piano review by from Dorset
    Rated - 5 stars Elegant Masterpiece 15 March 2005
    ...an and her daughter, who have been sent to live with a wealthy man. The woman (Holly Hunter) is clearly not impressed with her new living and her main passion, her piano i...  

Holly Hunter - filmography


  • Levity on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Billy Bob Thornton,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Ed Solomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Billy Bob Thornton stars in LEVITY as Manual Jordan, an ex-con recently released from a 21-year jail sentence, who is seeking redemption from Adele Easley (Holly Hunter), the sister of the guy he murdered. His mild manner and passivity make him immune to the new freedoms he'll experience outside of ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 3,632 members
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  • Thirteen on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Holly Hunter,  Evan Rachel Wood,  Nikki Reed
    Director: Catherine Hardwicke
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    THIRTEEN is Catherine Hardwicke's explosive portrait of teenage girls at their very worst. Mean, manipulative, conniving, and utterly out of control, these skinny, sexy, drug-addicted, 13-year-old time bombs are nothing short of terrifying. Hardwicke's movie is brilliant in its ability to portray ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 12,036 members
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  • End of the Line on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Wilford Brimley,  Mary Steenburgen
    Director: Jay Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Two workers fight for survival when their railroad company is closed down, leaving them unemployed. They set out for Chicago on a stolen locomotive to confront the insensitive railroad executives and find themselves locked in a fight for dignity, pride and jobs.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 43 members
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  • Jesus' Son on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Holly Hunter,  Denis Leary,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Alison Maclean
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Alison Maclean's exhilarating adaptation of Denis Johnson's acclaimed short story collection is a deeply compassionate portrait of one man's descent into drug addiction, filled with a potent blend of surreal imagery and gritty realism. Remaining true to Johnson's original text, and in keeping with ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,610 member
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  • A Life Less Ordinary on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Cameron Diaz,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Petulant, rich honeypie Celine and scruffily adorable janitor Robert find themselves on the road to romance after he kidnaps her to avenge his termination at the hands of her callous father. But what they don't realize is that their love is celestially predetermined, as a pair of gun-toting angels ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,384 members
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  • Crash on DVD (1996)
    Starring: James Spader,  Holly Hunter,  Deborah Unger
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Set tomorrow or the day after, in a world where sensation has replaced communication, Crash tells the story of James Ballard, a commercial director in the throes of a troubled relationship with his wife, Catherine. One day, Ballard is involved in a car accident that results in the other driver's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 7,799 members
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  • Copycat on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Sigourney Weaver,  Holly Hunter,  Dermot Mulroney
    Director: Jon Amiel
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A psychopath is copying the crimes of renowned serial killers such as Son of Sam and the Boston Strangler, and the detective on the case turns to a forensic psychologist who specializes in the field. Unfortunately, the doctor has become a paranoid agoraphobic as the result of an earlier assault at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,808 members
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  • Home for the Holidays (1995)
    Starring: Holly Hunter,  Robert Downey Jnr.
    Director: Jodie Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It's Thanksgiving, so you know what that means -- dinner with your family, for better or for worse. But Claudia Larson's woes begin right before she flies home: she loses her job, and her teenage daughter swears she will lose her virginity while Claudia is away. And when she arrives at her parents' ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 71 members
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  • The Piano on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Holly Hunter,  Harvey Keitel,  Sam Neill
    Director: Jane Campion
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This controversially erotic film from New Zealand established screenwriter-director Jane Campion as a universally recognized talent. Holly Hunter stars as Ada, a mute 19th-century woman sent to New Zealand in an arranged marriage with a patriarchal landowner (Sam Neill). She brings along her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,191 members
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  • Firm, The - BLU-RAY Version (1993)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jeanne Tripplehorn,  Ed Harris
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young lawyer who accepts an unmatchable offer from a Memphis law firm only to discover that the deal was too good to be true. As he becomes tangled in a web of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 19 members
    Due for release on 29th March 2010
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  • The Firm on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jeanne Tripplehorn,  Ed Harris
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young lawyer who accepts an unmatchable offer from a Memphis law firm only to discover that the deal was too good to be true. As he becomes tangled in a web of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 14,935 members
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  • Once Around (1991)
    Starring: Richard Dreyfuss,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 19 members
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  • Miss Firecracker on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Holly Hunter,  Mary Steenburgen,  Tim Robbins
    Director: Thomas Schlamme
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Orphaned as a child, Carnelle has grown up in the shadow of her beautiful cousin, a proper southern belle and past Miss Firecracker. Carnelle sets her sights on the current crown and devises a scheme to enter and win the contest.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 140 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 14,960 members
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  • The Burning on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Holly Hunter,  Brian Matthews,  Leah Ayers
    Director: Tony Maylam
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FRIDAY THE 13th spawned an entire generation of imitators, but few were quite as accomplished as Tony Maylam's THE BURNING. Featuring effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD), the film begins as a group of rambunctious kids plays a prank on the janitor at their summer camp that goes horribly wrong ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,229 members
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Holly Hunter - watch online


  • Levity to Watch Now (2003)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Morgan Freeman,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Ed Solomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 97 minutes
    Manual Jordan has done his time. The parole board has declared him fit for release. But he'd prefer to stay in jail. Manual killed a man. Not even a man, a young kid helping out in a convenience store. Ever since, Abner Easley has stared down at Manual from the wall of his cell, a yellowing ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 2 members
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Holly Hunter facts

5 most recent films

The Big White - 3.0 stars
The Incredibles - 3.5 stars
Little Black Book - 2.5 stars
Levity - 2.5 stars
Thirteen - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Incredibles - 3.5 stars
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 3.5 stars
Home for the Holidays - 3.5 stars
The Piano - 3.5 stars
Raising Arizona - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

End of the Line - 2.0 stars
Piano, The - Bonus Materials - 3.0 stars
Things You Can Tell By Just Looking At Her - 3.0 stars
Once Around - 3.5 stars
Firm, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Goodman - 5 times - show films
Wilford Brimley - 4 times - show films
Jeanne Tripplehorn - 4 times - show films
Tim Blake Nelson - 4 times - show films
Gene Hackman - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Joel Coen - 4 times - show films
Sydney Pollack - 3 times - show films
Jane Campion - 2 times - show films
Ed Solomon - 2 times - show films
Nick Hurran - 1 times - show films