Cast: Theresa Russell

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


Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (TV)

2004 · Documentary · 120 min. · United States

Direction Xan Cassavetes

Cast Robert Altman · Jacqueline Bisset · Jim Jarmusch · Kris Kristofferson

Synopsis A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power...

6.8

59 votes

6.8

59 votes

Straight Time

1978 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Ulu Grosbard

Cast Dustin Hoffman · Theresa Russell · Gary Busey · Harry Dean Stanton

Synopsis After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer. When he is released...

6.7

928 votes

6.7

928 votes

The Believer

2001 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Henry Bean

Cast Ryan Gosling · Summer Phoenix · Theresa Russell · Billy Zane

Synopsis Winner of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, The Believer tells the story of a Neo-Nazi (Gosling) who also happens to be Jewish.

6.6

9K votes

6.6

9K votes

Bad Timing

1980 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nicolas Roeg

Cast Art Garfunkel · Theresa Russell · Harvey Keitel · Denholm Elliott

Synopsis The setting is Vienna. A young American woman is brought to a hospital after overdosing on pills, apparently in a suicide attempt. A police detective suspects foul play on the part of her lover, an American psychology professor. As doctors...

6.4

544 votes

6.4

544 votes

Empire Falls (TV Miniseries)

2005 · Series · 195 min. · United States

Direction Fred Schepisi

Cast Ed Harris · Paul Newman · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Helen Hunt

Synopsis Running the Empire Grill while attempting to deal with myriad life crises proves to be a tough job for Miles Roby (Ed Harris) in EMPIRE FALLS. Miles picked up the managerial reigns some 20 years ago, but has subsequently struggled...

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6.4

585 votes

6.4

585 votes

The Last Tycoon

1976 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Elia Kazan

Cast Robert De Niro · Robert Mitchum · Theresa Russell · Ingrid Boulting

Synopsis F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.

6.3

2K votes

6.3

2K 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

Kafka

1991 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Steven Soderbergh

Cast Jeremy Irons · Alec Guinness · Theresa Russell · Jeroen Krabbé

Synopsis Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually...

6.0

916 votes

6.0

916 votes

Black Widow

1987 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Bob Rafelson

Cast Debra Winger · Theresa Russell · Sami Frey · Dennis Hopper

Synopsis An attractive woman appears to have made her goal in life to marry rich men and collect the inheritance when they die. Nothing new there, except that to speed up the process she kills each of her husbands with a...

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

The Razor’s Edge

1984 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction John Byrum

Cast Bill Murray · Theresa Russell · Denholm Elliott · Catherine Hicks

Synopsis Based on William Somerset Maugham's novel, THE RAZOR'S EDGE follows a young man's search for identity. After experiencing WWI, veteran Larry Darrell (Bill Murray) seeks spiritual peace and recovery. After leaving his fiancee (Catherine Hicks), he travels to war-torn Europe...

5.7

348 votes

5.7

348 votes

Jolene

2008 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Dan Ireland

Cast Jessica Chastain · Frances Fisher · Rupert Friend · Chazz Palminteri

Synopsis A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow's story, "Jolene: A Life."

5.6

141 votes

5.6

141 votes

Aria

1987 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Altman · Bruce Beresford · Jean-Luc Godard · Derek Jarman

Cast Theresa Russell · Jacques Neuville · Buck Henry · Elizabeth Hurley

Synopsis Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the particular aria.

5.6

132 votes

5.6

132 votes

Insignificance

1985 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nicolas Roeg

Cast Michael Emil · Tony Curtis · Theresa Russell · Gary Busey

Synopsis Four 1950's cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Joseph MacCarthy) who conceivably could have met and probably didn't, fictionally do in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of...

5.4

246 votes

5.4

246 votes

Wild Things

1998 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction John McNaughton

Cast Kevin Bacon · Matt Dillon · Denise Richards · Neve Campbell

Synopsis Welcome to Blue Bay, Florida, where the opulent mansions of the super rich house scandal, sex and murder. Kelly Van Ryan is a seductive young beauty with an acute sense of entitlement and passion for her sexy guidance counsellor at...

5.4

15K votes

5.4

15K votes

Spider-Man 3 (Spiderman 3)

2007 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Tobey Maguire · Kirsten Dunst · James Franco · Thomas Haden Church

Synopsis Peter Parker has finally found the balance he's longed for between his love for Mary Jane Watson and his responsibilities as Spider-Man. The city of New York and it's citizens are at last coming around and appreciating everything he has...

5.4

72K votes

5.4

72K votes

Eureka

1983 · Movie · 129 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nicolas Roeg

Cast Gene Hackman · Theresa Russell · Rutger Hauer · Jane Lapotaire

Synopsis A reclusive, unhappy gold magnate finds his isolated tropical paradise threatened by the intrusion of organized criminals in director Nicolas Roeg's convoluted, arty drama. Gene Hackman stars as Jack McCann, a one-time gold prospector who his parlayed the discovery of...

5.0

308 votes

5.0

308 votes

Love Comes Softly (TV)

2003 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Michael Landon Jr.

Cast Katherine Heigl · Corbin Bernsen · Theresa Russell · Dale Midkiff

Synopsis When her husband dies unexpectedly, and with a harsh Montana winter coming, a settler's widow must accept an invitation to care for a man and his daughter. En route to her new home in the West, Marty Claridge (Katherine Heigl)...

5.0

716 votes

5.0

716 votes

5.0

339 votes

The Grotesque

1995 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

4.8

90 votes

4.8

90 votes

Impulse

1990 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Sondra Locke

Cast Theresa Russell · Jeff Fahey · George Dzundza · Alan Rosenberg

Synopsis Lottie Mason is a police vice cop who has just the right looks to be a decoy for the whore-mungers on the streets of Los Angeles. She seems to always be where the action is whether it be vice or...

4.8

94 votes

4.8

94 votes