Cast: Karen Allen

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Karen Allen. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Steven Spielberg

Cast Harrison Ford · Karen Allen · Paul Freeman · Ronald Lacey

Plot It is 1936. Archaeology professor Indiana Jones is recruited by the US government to find the Lost Ark of the Covenant, which once contained the tablets upon which the Ten...

7.8

132K votes

7.8

132K votes

The Last Movie Stars (TV Series)

2022 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States

Direction Ethan Hawke

Cast Laura Linney · Melanie Griffith · Sam Rockwell · Billy Crudup

Plot 'The Last Movie Stars' chronicles Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's iconic careers and decades-long partnership. The history of their love, lives, and philanthropy.

7.4

203 votes

7.4

203 votes

Timeless Heroes - Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

2023 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Laurent Bouzereau

Cast Harrison Ford · Steven Spielberg · George Lucas · Kathleen Kennedy

Plot Timeless Heroes explores Harrison Ford's enduring appeal and his upbringing, including his foray into the entertainment business, his casting in the iconic Indiana Jones franchise, and impact & inspiration generated...

7.2

111 votes

7.2

111 votes

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

2003 · Documentary · 127 min. · United States

Direction Laurent Bouzereau

Cast Steven Spielberg · George Lucas · Kathleen Kennedy · Douglas Slocombe

Plot An unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at movie-making history with more than two dozen new interviews conducted with the talented cast and crew, complete with never-before-seen footage, outtakes, screen tests, production drawings...

7.2

354 votes

7.2

354 votes

On Set with 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

2012 · Documentary · 58 min. · United States

7.1

45 votes

7.1

45 votes

Malcolm X

1992 · Movie · 193 min. · United States

Direction Spike Lee

Cast Denzel Washington · Angela Bassett · Albert Hall · Al Freeman Jr.

Plot Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm...

6.9

10K votes

6.9

10K votes

In the Bedroom

2001 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Todd Field

Cast Sissy Spacek · Tom Wilkinson · Marisa Tomei · Nick Stahl

Plot Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth, a choral music teacher. Their only child, Frank is home from school...

6.8

6K votes

6.8

6K votes

The Glass Menagerie

1987 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Paul Newman

Cast Joanne Woodward · John Malkovich · Karen Allen · James Naughton

Plot Paul Newman directed this moving adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic play The Glass Menagerie. Joanne Woodward stars as aging Southern belle Amanda Wingfield, whose domineering parenting has driven her shy,...

6.8

494 votes

6.8

494 votes

King of the Hill

1993 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Steven Soderbergh

Cast Jesse Bradford · Jeroen Krabbé · Lisa Eichhorn · Karen Allen

Plot A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down motel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.

6.7

670 votes

6.7

670 votes

The Sandlot

1993 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction David M. Evans

Cast Tom Guiry · Mike Vitar · Patrick Renna · Chauncey Leopardi

Plot Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing, and...

6.4

827 votes

6.4

827 votes

East of Eden (TV Miniseries)

1981 · Series · 480 min. · United States

Direction Harvey Hart

Cast Timothy Bottoms · Jane Seymour · Bruce Boxleitner · Oh Soon-tek

Plot This dramatization begins in the years following the Civil War. Braggadocio union officer Cyrus Trask (Warren Oates) is the father of gentle, loyal Adam (Timothy Bottoms) and hell raiser Charles...

6.3

49 votes

6.3

49 votes

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2023 · Movie · 154 min. · United States

Direction James Mangold

Cast Harrison Ford · Mads Mikkelsen · Phoebe Waller-Bridge · Antonio Banderas

Plot Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against...

6.2

19K votes

6.2

19K votes

National Lampoon's Animal House

1978 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast John Belushi · Tim Matheson · John Vernon · Verna Bloom

Plot Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. It has a second one full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men who are so sanctimonious no one...

6.2

6K votes

6.2

6K votes

Cruising

1980 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction William Friedkin

Cast Al Pacino · Paul Sorvino · Karen Allen · Richard Cox

Plot Sexual thriller with Al Pacino as a young cop who must go undercover as a gay 'cruiser' in New York City. There's a homicidal homophobe on the streets, brutally killing...

6.2

5K votes

6.2

5K votes

The Wanderers

1979 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Philip Kaufman

Cast Ken Wahl · John Friedrich · Karen Allen · Toni Kalem

Plot Tully High School seniors Richie, Joey and Perry run with a gang called the Wanderers in the Bronx. The time is fall 1963 but their experiences are universal: falling in...

6.2

818 votes

6.2

818 votes

Shoot the Moon

1982 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Alan Parker

Cast Albert Finney · Diane Keaton · Karen Allen · Peter Weller

Plot A fifteen year marriage dissolves, leaving both the husband and wife, and their four children, devastated. He's preoccupied with a career and a mistress, she with a career and caring...

6.1

236 votes

6.1

236 votes

Starman

1984 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction John Carpenter

Cast Jeff Bridges · Karen Allen · Charles Martin Smith · Richard Jaeckel

Plot A race of alien energy beings encounter the Voyager II probe, which contains a message welcoming anybody that finds the probe to come and visit Earth. Taking mankind at its...

6.1

7K votes

6.1

7K votes

White Irish Drinkers

2010 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

6.1

56 votes

6.1

56 votes

Poster Boy

2004 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Zak Tucker

Cast Karen Allen · Michael Lerner · Matt Newton · Jack Noseworthy

Plot With the help of a hot, slightly older new acquaintence (Noseworthy), the closeted son (Newton) of a conservative U.S. Senator (Lerner) puts a shocking spin on his dad's re-election campaign.

5.9

42 votes

5.9

42 votes

Scrooged

1988 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Richard Donner

Cast Bill Murray · Robert Mitchum · Karen Allen · John Forsythe

Plot In this modern-day version of the classic Dickens tale, Bill Murray stars as Frank Cross, the cold-hearted, hard-driving television executive who fires everyone when his production of A Christmas Carol...

5.9

11K votes

5.9

11K votes