Cast: Theresa Russell
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Theresa Russell. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 47
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...
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
Whore
1991 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Ken Russell
Cast Theresa Russell · Benjamin Mouton · Antonio Fargas · Sanjay Chandani
5.0
339 votes
5.0
339 votes
The Grotesque
1995 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John-Paul Davidson
Cast Sting · Alan Bates · Theresa Russell · Lena Headey
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