Cast: Catherine Keener
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Catherine Keener. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 69
Into the Wild
2007 · Movie · 140 min. · United States
Direction Sean Penn
Cast Emile Hirsch · Marcia Gay Harden · William Hurt · Jena Malone
Synopsis Into the Wild (2007) follows Christopher McCandless, a young man who abandons his privileged life to embark on a solitary journey into the Alaskan wilderness. Seeking freedom from materialism and societal constraints, he donates his savings, burns his money, and...
7.6
68K votes
7.6
68K votes
Show Me a Hero (TV Miniseries)
2015 · Series · 365 min. · United States
Direction David Simon · Paul Haggis
Cast Oscar Isaac · Carla Quevedo · Catherine Keener · Ilfenesh Hadera
Synopsis Show Me a Hero (TV Miniseries) (2015) follows the true story of Nick Wasicsko, the youngest mayor of Yonkers, New York, in the 1980s. Amid racial tensions and political strife, Wasicsko faces intense opposition when a federal court orders the...
7.5
6K votes
7.5
6K votes
Kidding (TV Series)
2018 · Series · 22 min. · United States
Direction Dave Holstein · Michel Gondry · Jake Schreier · Minkie Spiro
Cast Jim Carrey · Catherine Keener · Cole Allen · Judy Greer
Synopsis TV Series (2018-2020). 2 Seasons. 20 Episodes. Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, an icon of children's television, a beacon of kindness and wisdom to America's impressionable young minds and the parents who grew up with him - who also anchors a...
7.3
2K votes
7.3
2K votes
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Spike Jonze
Cast John Cusack · Cameron Diaz · Catherine Keener · John Malkovich
Synopsis Being John Malkovich (1999) follows Craig, a struggling puppeteer who takes a mundane filing job in a peculiar office. He discovers a hidden portal behind a filing cabinet that allows him to enter the mind of actor John Malkovich for...
7.3
51K votes
7.3
51K votes
Living in Oblivion
1995 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Tom DiCillo
Cast Steve Buscemi · Catherine Keener · Dermot Mulroney · Danielle von Zerneck
Synopsis Film about filmmaking. It takes place during one day on set of non-budget movie. Ultimate tribute to all independent filmmakers.
7.1
5K votes
7.1
5K votes
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (TV)
2009 · Documentary · 39 min. · United States
Direction Spike Jonze · Lance Bangs
Cast Lance Bangs · Lynn Caponera · James Gandolfini · Spike Jonze
7.1
63 votes
7.1
63 votes
Adaptation
2002 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Spike Jonze
Cast Nicolas Cage · Meryl Streep · Chris Cooper · Tilda Swinton
Synopsis Adaptation (2002) follows Charlie Kaufman, a neurotic and self-doubting screenwriter, as he struggles to adapt Susan Orlean's non-fiction book *The Orchid Thief* into a screenplay. Battling writer's block and his own insecurities, Charlie becomes entangled in the lives of the...
7.1
41K votes
7.1
41K votes
Captain Phillips
2013 · Movie · 135 min. · United States
Direction Paul Greengrass
Cast Tom Hanks · Barkhad Abdi · Mahat M. Ali · Barkhad Abdirahman
Synopsis Captain Phillips (2013) tells the gripping true story of Richard Phillips, the captain of the Maersk Alabama, a U.S. cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. As the pirates board the vessel, Phillips must use his wits and leadership...
7.0
44K votes
7.0
44K votes
Box of Moonlight
1996 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Tom DiCillo
Cast John Turturro · Sam Rockwell · Catherine Keener · Lisa Blount
Synopsis Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from...
6.9
993 votes
6.9
993 votes
A Late Quartet
2012 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Yaron Zilberman
Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman · Catherine Keener · Christopher Walken · Mark Ivanir
Synopsis A Late Quartet (2012) follows the members of a world-renowned string quartet as they face a crisis when their cellist, Peter, is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His decision to retire after 25 years disrupts the group's delicate balance, revealing buried...
6.9
6K votes
6.9
6K votes
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Charlie Kaufman
Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman · Catherine Keener · Michelle Williams · Dianne Wiest
Synopsis In Synecdoche, New York (2008), a theater director grappling with existential dread and failing health embarks on an ambitious project: creating a life-sized replica of New York City inside a warehouse. As he blurs the lines between reality and art,...
6.9
7K votes
6.9
7K votes
Begin Again
2013 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction John Carney
Cast Keira Knightley · Mark Ruffalo · Hailee Steinfeld · Adam Levine
Synopsis College sweethearts Greta (Keira Knightley) and Dave (Adam Levine) are songwriting partners who move to New York after he lands a deal with a major label. When he strays, heartbroken Greta considers moving back home to Britain. Before she leaves,...
6.8
25K votes
6.8
25K votes
Modern Love (TV Series)
2019 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction John Carney · Sharon Horgan · Tom Hall · Emmy Rossum
Cast Anne Hathaway · Tina Fey · Catherine Keener · Dev Patel
Synopsis TV series (8 episodes) based on the New York Times' column that explores relationships, love and the human connection. Episodes: 1. "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man". 2. "When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist". 3. "Take Me as I...
6.8
4K votes
6.8
4K votes
Polar Bear
2022 · Documentary · 84 min. · United States
Direction Alastair Fothergill · Jeff Wilson
Cast Catherine Keener
Synopsis Follows a new mother as she prepares to navigate motherhood in the challenging world that polar bears face today.
6.7
105 votes
6.7
105 votes
Get Out
2017 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Jordan Peele
Cast Daniel Kaluuya · Allison Williams · Catherine Keener · Bradley Whitford
Synopsis In Get Out (2017), a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend's affluent family estate for the weekend. Initially, he brushes off their overly friendly behavior as awkward attempts to deal with his race. However, as the visit progresses, he...
6.7
43K votes
6.7
43K votes
An American Crime
2007 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Tommy O'Haver
Cast Catherine Keener · Elliot Page · James Franco · Bradley Whitford
Synopsis The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
6.6
8K votes
6.6
8K votes
Capote
2005 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Bennett Miller
Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman · Catherine Keener · Clifton Collins Jr. · Mark Pellegrino
Synopsis Capote (2005) follows the brilliant but troubled writer Truman Capote as he researches his groundbreaking nonfiction novel *In Cold Blood*. The film captures Capote's complex relationship with Perry Smith, one of the murderers he interviews, blurring the lines between journalist...
6.6
26K votes
6.6
26K votes
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction Stefano Sollima
Cast Benicio del Toro · Josh Brolin · Matthew Modine · Catherine Keener
Synopsis Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) follows CIA operative Matt Graver and his partner, Alejandro, as they are tasked with escalating the war against Mexican drug cartels. When cartels begin smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border, the government authorizes covert...
6.4
11K votes
6.4
11K votes
8MM
1999 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Joel Schumacher
Cast Nicolas Cage · Joaquin Phoenix · James Gandolfini · Peter Stormare
Synopsis Tom Welles, private eye, is hired by a wealthy widow, whose well-known husband passed away recently. She has found a reel of S8-film in a safe. On the film is a cruel slaughtering of a young girl, who obviously does...
6.3
27K votes
6.3
27K votes
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Rebecca Miller
Cast Daniel Day-Lewis · Camilla Belle · Catherine Keener · Beau Bridges
Synopsis Jack (Daniel Day-Lewis) lives on the site of his abandoned island commune with his 16-year-old daughter Rose (Camilla Belle). Jack has sheltered Rose from the influences of the outside world, but now Rose's emerging womanhood poses troubling questions about the...
6.3
521 votes
6.3
521 votes