Cast: Richard Farnsworth

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


The Straight Story

1999 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction David Lynch

Cast Richard Farnsworth · Sissy Spacek · Harry Dean Stanton · Everett McGill

Synopsis A portrait of one man's real journey across America's Heartland. Filmed along the 260-mile route that the actual Alvin Straight traversed in 1994 from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, 'The Straight Story' chronicles Alvin's patient odyssey and those he...

7.8

41K votes

7.8

41K votes

Misery

1990 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Kathy Bates · James Caan · Frances Sternhagen · Richard Farnsworth

Synopsis Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's...

7.5

38K votes

7.5

38K votes

The Grey Fox

1982 · Movie · 110 min. · Canada

Direction Phillip Borsos

Cast Richard Farnsworth · Jackie Burroughs · Ken Pogue · Wayne Robson

Synopsis Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison, a genial and charming old man. He goes to Washington to live and work with his sister's family. But...

6.9

59 votes

6.9

59 votes

Anne of Green Gables (TV)

1985 · Movie · 199 min. · Canada

Direction Kevin Sullivan

Cast Megan Follows · Colleen Dewhurst · Richard Farnsworth · Patricia Hamilton

Synopsis This gorgeous adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's story is well worth watching with the whole family. Produced for Canadian television, it's one of those rare productions that actually sticks to the book and even enhances it through first-rate...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

The Natural

1984 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Barry Levinson

Cast Robert Redford · Kim Basinger · Glenn Close · Robert Duvall

Synopsis Farm boy Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is the best baseball player anyone has ever seen. His bat, handmade from the wood of a tree felled by lightning following the death of his father, is magic in his hands. But before...

6.6

5K votes

6.6

5K votes

Monty Walsh

1970 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction William A. Fraker

Cast Lee Marvin · Jeanne Moreau · Jack Palance · Mitchell Ryan

Synopsis Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work...

6.5

231 votes

6.5

231 votes

Comes a Horseman

1978 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Jane Fonda · Jason Robards · James Caan · Richard Farnsworth

Synopsis Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy,...

6.2

542 votes

6.2

542 votes

Tom Horn

1980 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction William Wiard

Cast Steve McQueen · Richard Farnsworth · Linda Evans · Billy Green Bush

Synopsis A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he...

6.2

858 votes

6.2

858 votes

The Big Valley (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Louis F. Edelman · A.I. Bezzerides · Virgil W. Vogel · Bernard McEveety

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Richard Long · Lee Majors · Linda Evans

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1969). 4 Seasons. 112 Episodes. Victoria Barkley heads her adult brood on the Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley, near Stockton, in the 1870s. Heath is the illegitimate son of Victoria's husband Tom (who is dead at...

6.0

97 votes

6.0

97 votes

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Gary Cooper · Sigrid Gurie · Basil Rathbone · George Barbier

Synopsis Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. The Emperor Kublai Khan is a kindly fellow, but his evil aide Ahmed wants to get rid of...

5.8

416 votes

5.8

416 votes

Resurrection

1980 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Petrie

Cast Ellen Burstyn · Sam Shepard · Richard Farnsworth · Roberts Blossom

Synopsis Ellen Burstyn experiences the after-life for a brief time after a car accident that kills her husband. As she begins her long process of physical healing she discovers that she has the ability to heal physical infirmaties. While most people...

5.8

93 votes

5.8

93 votes

Havana

1990 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Robert Redford · Lena Olin · Alan Arkin · Raul Julia

Synopsis Director Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford join forces to tell the story of high-rolling gambler Jack Weil. Hoping to be pushed to the edge in a place ripe for action, Weil heads to Havana at Christmastime, 1958. Cuba is experiencing...

5.7

3K votes

5.7

3K votes

Into the Night

1985 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Jeff Goldblum · Michelle Pfeiffer · Irene Papas · David Bowie

Synopsis Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him and his job is dull. One night he starts to drive through Los Angeles and he finally ends in the parking garage of L.A. Airport....

5.7

2K votes

5.7

2K votes

The Two Jakes

1990 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction Jack Nicholson

Cast Jack Nicholson · Harvey Keitel · Meg Tilly · Eli Wallach

Synopsis The sequel to Chinatown finds Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil.

5.4

999 votes

5.4

999 votes

The Hard Man

1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction George Sherman

Cast Guy Madison · Valerie French · Lorne Greene · Barry Atwater

Synopsis Steve Burden is a former lawman released for bringing in too many wanted men dead. The aging Sheriff of El Solito wants Steve for his Deputy and Steve takes the job knowing the last outlaw he killed was framed in...

5.1

45 votes

5.1

45 votes

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction William A. Fraker

Cast Klinton Spilsbury · Michael Horse · Christopher Lloyd · Matt Clark

Synopsis The sole surviving Texas Ranger of an ambush arranged by Butch Cavandish returns to fight back as a masked hero.

4.9

182 votes

4.9

182 votes

Highway to Hell

1990 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Ate de Jong

Cast Patrick Bergin · Adam Storke · Chad Lowe · Kristy Swanson

Synopsis An eloping bride is taken into Hell, and her fiancee must pursue.

4.9

569 votes

4.9

569 votes

4.4

3K votes

Ruckus

1980 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Max Kleven

Cast Dirk Benedict · Linda Blair · Richard Farnsworth · Matt Clark

Synopsis Kyle Hanson is a Vietnam veteran whose traumatic war-time experiences have left him unable to rejoin mainstream society. When Kyle, unkempt and in dirty fatigues, stops in a small town for some food, the local bullies can't wait for an...

4.1

25 votes

4.1

25 votes

Lassie

1994 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Petrie

Cast Frederic Forrest · Helen Slater · Jon Tenney · Tom Guiry

Synopsis The most famous dog in movie history makes her return to the screen, as Lassie befriends a big city family adjusting to life on a Virginia farm. The clever collie helps a young boy cope with his mother's death and...

4.0

547 votes

4.0

547 votes