Cast: John Heard
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Heard. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 97
The Sopranos (TV Series)
1999 · Series · 50 min. · United States
Direction David Chase · Timothy Van Patten · John Patterson · Allen Coulter
Cast James Gandolfini · Edie Falco · Lorraine Bracco · Michael Imperioli
Synopsis The Sopranos (TV Series) (1999) follows Tony Soprano, a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, as he tries to balance the demands of his crime family with those of his personal life. Struggling with anxiety and depression, Tony begins seeing a psychiatrist,...
8.5
56K votes
8.5
56K votes
Awakenings
1990 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
Direction Penny Marshall
Cast Robert De Niro · Robin Williams · Julie Kavner · Ruth Nelson
Synopsis Awakenings (1990) follows Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy neurologist, as he begins working with catatonic patients who survived the 1917 encephalitis epidemic. Inspired by a new drug, L-Dopa, he administers it to Leonard Lowe, a patient who awakens after decades...
7.3
23K votes
7.3
23K votes
After Hours
1985 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Martin Scorsese
Cast Griffin Dunne · Rosanna Arquette · Linda Fiorentino · Bronson Pinchot
Synopsis After Hours (1985) follows Paul Hackett, a bored office worker, who has a chance encounter with a mysterious woman in a New York City diner. Intrigued, he ventures to her downtown apartment late at night, hoping for a romantic connection....
7.2
17K votes
7.2
17K votes
The Great Debaters
2007 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Denzel Washington
Cast Denzel Washington · Forest Whitaker · Kimberly Elise · Jermaine Williams
Synopsis A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Tolson...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Mindwalk
1990 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Bernt Amadeus Capra
Cast Liv Ullmann · Sam Waterston · John Heard · Ione Skye
Synopsis A US politician (Sam Waterston) visits his poet friend (John Heard) in Mont. St. Michael, France. While walking through the medeival island discussing their philosophies of life they happen upon Sonja (Liv Ullman), a scientist in recluse, who joins in...
7.0
132 votes
7.0
132 votes
Out on a Limb (TV Miniseries)
1987 · Series · 235 min. · United States
Direction Robert Butler
Cast Shirley MacLaine · Charles Dance · John Heard · Anne Jackson
Synopsis Shirley MacLaine plays herself in this TV mini-series based on her autobiographical best-seller which delves into her new age beliefs and its effects on her personal and public lives. John Heard portrays a composite role of her many spiritual and...
6.9
43 votes
6.9
43 votes
Sweet Land
2005 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Ali Selim
Cast Elizabeth Reaser · Tim Guinee · Lois Smith · Alex Kingston
Synopsis When Lars Torvik’s grandmother Inge dies in 2004, he is faced with a decision – sell the family farm on which she lived since 1920, or cling to the legacy of the land. Seeking advice, he turns to the memory...
6.8
116 votes
6.8
116 votes
The Tale (TV)
2018 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Jennifer Fox
Cast Laura Dern · Isabelle Nelisse · Jason Ritter · Elizabeth Debicki
Synopsis An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
6.7
2K votes
6.7
2K votes
The Chicago Code (TV Series)
2011 · Series · 40 min. · United States
Direction Shawn Ryan · Lesli Linka Glatter · Clark Johnson · Paris Barclay
Cast Jennifer Beals · Jason Clarke · Delroy Lindo · Devin Kelley
Synopsis TV Series (2011). 13 Episodes. THE CHICAGO CODE, the compelling new police drama from critically acclaimed creator Shawn Ryan ("The Shield"), follows the Windy City's most powerful and respected cops as they navigate the city's underbelly to fight crime and...
6.7
287 votes
6.7
287 votes
Too Big to Fail (TV)
2011 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Curtis Hanson
Cast William Hurt · Ed Asner · Billy Crudup · Paul Giamatti
Synopsis Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
6.7
2K votes
6.7
2K votes
Head Over Heels
1979 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Joan Micklin Silver
Cast John Heard · Mary Beth Hurt · Peter Riegert · Kenneth McMillan
Synopsis Charles is a Salt Lake City civil servant who loves (*LOVES*) Laura, a lovely housewife with a lovely step-daughter and an A-frame-selling, ex-quarterback husband named Ox. His roommate is "an unemployed jacket salesman," his mother is a spacey, laxative overdosing,...
6.6
27 votes
6.6
27 votes
Pollock
2000 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction Ed Harris
Cast Ed Harris · Marcia Gay Harden · Tom Bower · Jennifer Connelly
Synopsis Ed Harris's POLLOCK is a moving portrait of artist Jackson Pollock, a leader of abstract expressionist painting whose work had major influence on the modern art movement. A serious alcoholic who was married to Lee Krasner, another prominent painter, the...
6.5
4K votes
6.5
4K votes
Big
1988 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Penny Marshall
Cast Tom Hanks · Elizabeth Perkins · Robert Loggia · John Heard
Synopsis In Big (1988), a 12-year-old boy named Josh Baskin makes a magical wish at a carnival fortune-teller machine to be "big." Overnight, he awakens as a 30-year-old man, thrust into the adult world. Struggling to navigate his new life, Josh...
6.3
87K votes
6.3
87K votes
Radio Flyer
1992 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Richard Donner
Cast Lorraine Bracco · John Heard · Elijah Wood · Joseph Mazzello
Synopsis A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of...
6.3
786 votes
6.3
786 votes
The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Peter Masterson
Cast Geraldine Page · John Heard · Carlin Glynn · Richard Bradford
Synopsis Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to revisit Bountiful, the...
6.3
384 votes
6.3
384 votes
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Movie · 141 min. · United States
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Julia Roberts · Denzel Washington · Sam Shepard · Tony Goldwyn
Synopsis The Pelican Brief (1993) follows Darby Shaw, a brilliant law student who uncovers a conspiracy linked to the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices. She writes a detailed legal brief, known as "The Pelican Brief," theorizing the motive behind the...
6.3
41K votes
6.3
41K votes
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Robert Redford
Cast Sônia Braga · Rubén Blades · Chick Vennera · John Heard
Synopsis In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Jack & Bobby (TV Series)
2004 · Series · 40 min. · United States
Direction Steven A. Cohen · Greg Berlanti · Brad Meltzer · David Petrarca
Cast Christine Lahti · Matt Long · Logan Lerman · Jessica Paré
Synopsis TV Series (2004). 22 Episodes. If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it's equally true that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister, for example: two...
6.2
133 votes
6.2
133 votes
The Lucky Ones
2008 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Neil Burger
Cast Rachel McAdams · Tim Robbins · Michael Peña · John Heard
Synopsis The story revolves around three soldiers -- Collee, T.K. and Cheever -- who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an unexpected road trip across the...
6.1
1K votes
6.1
1K votes
Beaches
1988 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Garry Marshall
Cast Bette Midler · Barbara Hershey · John Heard · Spalding Gray
Synopsis A chance meeting of two young girls from totally different backgrounds becomes a friendship that lasts a lifetime. CC Bloom, an aggressive and outrageous Jewish girl from the Bronx, meets Hillary Whitney, a shy and proper WASP from San Francisco,...
6.1
673 votes
6.1
673 votes