Cast: Sarah Polley

Direction Isabel Coixet

Cast Sarah Polley · Scott Speedman · Mark Ruffalo · Amanda Plummer

Synopsis My Life Without Me (2003) follows Ann, a young wife and mother working as a night cleaner, who discovers she has a terminal illness and only months to live. Keeping her diagnosis secret, she decides to live her remaining days...

Direction Tom Hooper

Cast Paul Giamatti · Laura Linney · Sarah Polley · David Morse

Synopsis Based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, 'John Adams' taps into the uncertainty and intensity surrounding the birth of the American republic and its first 50 years. With the fervent support of his wife Abigail (Linney), and through a lifelong...

Direction Sarah Polley

Cast Sarah Polley

Synopsis A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.

Direction Atom Egoyan

Cast Ian Holm · Sarah Polley · Bruce Greenwood · Earl Pastko

Synopsis A lawyer, pursued by the demons of losing a daughter to drugs, comes to a Canadian town where 20 children have died in a school bus accident. He wants the parents to sue, to determine who was at fault, and...

Direction Jaco Van Dormael

Cast Jared Leto · Sarah Polley · Diane Kruger · Linh Dan Pham

Synopsis In Mr. Nobody (2009), Nemo Nobody, the last mortal on Earth in 2092, reflects on his fragmented life. Through nonlinear storytelling, the film explores the infinite possibilities of his existence, hinging on pivotal choices. As a child, Nemo faces a...

Direction Atom Egoyan

Cast Mia Kirshner · Bruce Greenwood · Elias Koteas · Arsinée Khanjian

Synopsis Exotica (1994) weaves a haunting tapestry of interconnected lives revolving around a Toronto strip club. Francis, a grieving tax auditor, becomes obsessed with Christina, a young dancer who reminds him of his tragic past. Meanwhile, club owner Zoe and DJ...

Direction Isabel Coixet

Cast Sarah Polley · Tim Robbins · Javier Cámara · Sverre Anker Ousdal

Synopsis The Secret Life of Words (2005) follows Hanna, a reserved and solitary factory worker with a mysterious past. When she is sent to an offshore oil rig to care for Josef, a burn victim temporarily blinded, their lives intertwine in...

Direction Peter Wellington

Cast Paul Gross · Sarah Polley · Rachel McAdams · Don McKellar

Synopsis TV Series (2003-2006). The real show is backstage. Taking viewers backstage into the misadventures of the New Burbage Theatre Festival, in season three, Artistic Director Geoffrey (Paul Gross) is burdened with the pressure to produce a follow-up to his previous...

Direction Constantine Nasr

Cast Terry Gilliam · Charles McKeown · Jonathan Pryce · Eric Idle

Direction Terry Gilliam

Cast John Neville · Sarah Polley · Eric Idle · Uma Thurman

Synopsis The Adventures of Baron Münchausen (1988) follows the fantastical tale of an aging Baron who arrives in a war-torn city and regales its citizens with his unbelievable exploits. As skepticism surrounds his stories, the Baron embarks on a new adventure...

Direction Zack Snyder

Cast Sarah Polley · Ving Rhames · Jake Weber · Mekhi Phifer

Synopsis Dawn of the Dead (2004) follows a group of survivors seeking refuge in a shopping mall during a sudden and catastrophic zombie outbreak. As the world descends into chaos, they must band together to fend off the relentless undead while...

Direction Doug Liman

Cast Sarah Polley · Katie Holmes · Jay Mohr · Scott Wolf

Synopsis All the story sets in L.A. and Las Vegas in a 24-hour period sometime between Christmas and New Year's. Slacker grocery-store clerk Ronna (Sarah Polley) is trying to score rent money by selling hits of Ecstasy at a rave party,...

Direction Wim Wenders

Cast Sam Shepard · Jessica Lange · Tim Roth · Sarah Polley

Synopsis Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) has seen better days. When he was younger he was a movie star, mostly in Westerns. At the age of sixty, Howard uses drugs, alcohol and young girls to avoid the painful truth that there are...

Direction Don McKellar

Cast Don McKellar · Sandra Oh · Callum Keith Rennie · Sarah Polley

Synopsis At the turn of the century, the end of the world is known to be coming to an end. This modest comedy-drama examines how the impending doom affects its cast. McKellar plays an architect who plans to meet the end...

Direction Michael Winterbottom

Cast Wes Bentley · Milla Jovovich · Nastassja Kinski · Peter Mullan

Synopsis The story begins twenty years after the Gold Rush of 1849, which prompted one of the largest human migrations in history, as a half-million people from around the world descended in droves upon primal California in search of rumored gold....

Direction David Cronenberg

Cast Jennifer Jason Leigh · Jude Law · Don McKellar · Willem Dafoe

Synopsis In eXistenZ (1999), a groundbreaking game designer, Allegra Geller, unveils a revolutionary virtual reality game called "eXistenZ." During a public test, an assassination attempt forces her to go on the run with a novice marketing trainee, Ted Pikul. As they...

Direction Thom Fitzgerald

Cast Chris Leavins · Kerry Fox · Seana McKenna · Sarah Polley

Synopsis William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a...

Direction Kevin Sullivan

Cast Zachary Bennett · Lally Cadeau · Mag Ruffman · Cedric Smith

Synopsis TV Series (1989-1996). 7 seasons. 92 episodes. The most expensive Canadian TV series of its time, Road to Avonlea was created by producers Kevin Sullivan and Mairin Wilkinson in response to the avalanche of fan mail attending their earlier Anne...

Direction Audrey Wells

Cast Sarah Polley · Stephen Rea · Jean Smart · Gina Gershon

Synopsis Connie, an aging Bohemian photographer, meets mousy Harper, headed for Harvard Law from a high-powered San Francisco family, and immediately sees her beauty. He also guesses she has talent and invites her to be his pupil and share his bed....

Direction Thom Fitzgerald

Cast Parker Posey · Olympia Dukakis · Don McKellar · Sarah Polley