Cast: Meg Ryan

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


When Harry Met Sally

1989 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Meg Ryan · Billy Crystal · Carrie Fisher · Bruno Kirby

Synopsis When Harry Met Sally (1989) follows the evolving relationship between Harry and Sally, who first meet as recent college graduates sharing a car ride from Chicago to New York. Over the years, their paths cross intermittently, leading to a series...

6.9

49K votes

6.9

49K votes

Everything Is Copy

2015 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States

Direction Jacob Bernstein · Nick Hooker

Cast Tom Hanks · Reese Witherspoon · Steven Spielberg · Meryl Streep

Synopsis A look at the life and work of writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron.

6.9

24 votes

6.9

24 votes

The Doors

1991 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Oliver Stone

Cast Val Kilmer · Meg Ryan · Kevin Dillon · Kyle MacLachlan

Synopsis The Doors (1991) follows the rise and fall of Jim Morrison, the charismatic and enigmatic lead singer of the iconic 1960s rock band, The Doors. The film explores Morrison's journey from his days as a UCLA film student to becoming...

6.8

15K votes

6.8

15K votes

Rich and Famous

1981 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Jacqueline Bisset · Candice Bergen · Meg Ryan · David Selby

Synopsis Merry Noel (Candice Bergen) and Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset) become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz becomes a respected "serious" novelist. Merry Noel marries, has a daughter and writes, too: "trash" fiction which becomes...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Innerspace

1987 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Joe Dante

Cast Dennis Quaid · Martin Short · Meg Ryan · Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis Test pilot Tuck Pendleton is placed in a one-man submersible and reduced to microscopic size as part of an experiment where he is to be injected into the bloodstream of a rabbit. But industrial criminals break into the laboratory and...

6.3

20K votes

6.3

20K votes

Searching for Debra Winger

2002 · Documentary · 100 min. · United States

Direction Rosanna Arquette

Cast Patricia Arquette · Rosanna Arquette · Emmanuelle Béart · Katrin Cartlidge

Synopsis Rosanna Arquette informally interviews several contrasting actresses about how they cope with being a woman in the entertainment industry. The chauvenism of male crew is discussed, the pretentiousness / stereotyping of female characters in American film now. Interviews include those...

6.1

216 votes

6.1

216 votes

Restoration

1994 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Hoffman

Cast Robert Downey Jr. · Sam Neill · Hugh Grant · Meg Ryan

Synopsis An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his...

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

Hurlyburly

1998 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Drazan

Cast Sean Penn · Kevin Spacey · Chazz Palminteri · Meg Ryan

Synopsis David Rabe's 1984 play HURLYBURLY made it to the big screen in 1998, with some well-measured performances from a cast littered with big names from the Hollywood A-list. Ostensibly Anthony Drazan's film is a riff on the empty-headedness and misogyny...

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

Sleepless in Seattle

1993 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Nora Ephron

Cast Tom Hanks · Meg Ryan · Bill Pullman · Ross Malinger

Synopsis In Sleepless in Seattle (1993), a recently widowed father, Sam, moves to Seattle with his young son, Jonah, to start anew. When Jonah calls into a radio talk show to help his grieving father find love, Sam's heartfelt story captivates...

6.0

41K votes

6.0

41K votes

D.O.A.

1988 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Annabel Jankel · Rocky Morton

Cast Dennis Quaid · Meg Ryan · Charlotte Rampling · Daniel Stern

Synopsis Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student,...

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

French Kiss

1995 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Lawrence Kasdan

Cast Meg Ryan · Kevin Kline · Jean Reno · Timothy Hutton

Synopsis French Kiss (1995) follows Kate, a cautious American woman, whose life takes an unexpected turn when her fiancé leaves her for another woman during a trip to France. Determined to win him back, Kate embarks on a journey to Paris....

5.8

25K votes

5.8

25K votes

Wildside (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Tom Greene · Harvey S. Laidman · Richard C. Sarafian

Cast Howard E. Rollins Jr. · William Smith · J. Eddie Peck · John D'Aquino

Synopsis Short lived (6 episodes) show about a secret law enforcement group in Wildside County, California in the Old West. The five are Brodie and Sutton Hollister, Bannister Sparks, Varges De La Cosa and Prometheus Jones. Their job is to eliminate...

5.8

38 votes

5.8

38 votes

Top Gun

1986 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Tony Scott

Cast Tom Cruise · Kelly McGillis · Tom Skerritt · Anthony Edwards

Synopsis Top Gun (1986) follows Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a talented but reckless fighter pilot, as he trains at the elite Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School. Competing against the best pilots, Maverick strives to prove his skills while grappling with his...

5.7

79K votes

5.7

79K votes

Courage Under Fire

1996 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Denzel Washington · Meg Ryan · Lou Diamond Phillips · Scott Glenn

Synopsis Following the 1991 Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Serling (Denzel Washington) is assigned to review the background of the late Captain Karen Walden (Meg Ryan), who has been posthumously nominated for a medal of honor. While investigating Walden's candidacy, Serling...

5.6

7K votes

5.6

7K votes

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Luis Mandoki

Cast Meg Ryan · Andy García · Ellen Burstyn · Lauren Tom

Synopsis Imagine a picture perfect family: a dashing pilot father, two beautiful daughters, and a loving guidance counselor mother. There's just one rub: Mom's got a perfectly hidden drinking problem. Suddenly a boating accident brings the family's secret into the open....

5.6

8K votes

5.6

8K votes

Promised Land

1987 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Michael Hoffman

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Meg Ryan · Jason Gedrick · Tracy Pollan

Synopsis This gritty drama follows two high school acquaintances, Hancock, a basketball star, and Danny, a geek turned drifter, after they graduate. The first film commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival, it portrays the other half of the American dream, as...

5.5

137 votes

5.5

137 votes

City of Angels

1998 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Brad Silberling

Cast Nicolas Cage · Meg Ryan · Dennis Franz · André Braugher

Synopsis In City of Angels (1998), an angel named Seth, who watches over humans in Los Angeles, becomes fascinated by a dedicated heart surgeon, Maggie. When Seth reveals his presence to her, their connection deepens, challenging the boundaries between the celestial...

5.5

17K votes

5.5

17K votes

In the Land of Women

2007 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Kasdan

Cast Adam Brody · Meg Ryan · Olympia Dukakis · Kristen Stewart

Synopsis Aspiring writer Carter Webb (Adam Brody) has just been dumped by his true love, Sophia (Elena Anaya). Heartbroken and depressed, Carter escapes Los Angeles to suburban Michigan to care for his ailing grandmother (Olympia Dukakis) and to work on a...

5.5

4K votes

5.5

4K votes

Proof of Life

2000 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Russell Crowe · Meg Ryan · David Morse · Pamela Reed

Synopsis In a mountainous South American country, drug-dealing rebels kidnap Peter Bowman, a US engineer who works for an oil company's subsidiary. The company calls in a negotiator, Terry Thorne, an Aussie ex-soldier based in London. When the subsidiary goes bankrupt,...

5.3

9K votes

5.3

9K votes

The Presidio

1988 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Peter Hyams

Cast Sean Connery · Mark Harmon · Meg Ryan · Jack Warden

Synopsis Former MP Jay Austin (Mark Harmon) is now a San Francisco cop who hast to investigate a murder that took place on a local military base. There, he clashes with an old nemesis, the presidio's chief provost (Sean Connery), a...

5.2

3K votes

5.2

3K votes