Cast: Dianne Wiest

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


Hannah and Her Sisters

1986 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Mia Farrow · Michael Caine · Barbara Hershey

Plot Hannah seems to have a balanced, perfect life. A successful actress, exemplary wife and mother, she has become the centre of gravity and reference for her entire family. Her sisters,...

Max

7.8

33K votes

7.8

33K votes

Edward Scissorhands

1990 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Winona Ryder · Dianne Wiest · Anthony Michael Hall

Plot In Tim Burtons EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (Vincent Price) living in the neighborhoods...

Max

7.8

117K votes

7.8

117K votes

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Mia Farrow · Jeff Daniels · Danny Aiello · Dianne Wiest

Plot It’s the Depression and Cecilia works herself into the ground as a waitress in New Jersey while her husband does nothing. Her only outlet is the cinema, to which she...

7.6

28K votes

7.6

28K votes

In Treatment (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Rodrigo García · Hagai Levi · Nir Bergman · Ori Sivan

Cast Gabriel Byrne · Dianne Wiest · Michelle Forbes · Melissa George

Plot TV Series (2008-2010). 3 Seasons. 106 Episodes. An innovative and emotional new series, ‘In Treatment’ brings dynamic focus to a staple of modern society – the psychotherapy session. Adapted from...

Max

7.6

7K votes

7.6

7K votes

Bullets over Broadway

1994 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast John Cusack · Dianne Wiest · Chazz Palminteri · Jim Broadbent

Plot The 20s. David Shayne, a down-and-out playwright, has finally obtained funding for one of his plays. On one condition: one of the parts is to be played by Olive, useless...

7.5

28K votes

7.5

28K votes

Radio Days

1987 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Mia Farrow · Dianne Wiest · Seth Green · Julie Kavner

Plot These are the 40s, the golden age of radio, when the peculiar members of a working-class New York family live with the set on all day long. The music, tear-jerking...

7.4

16K votes

7.4

16K votes

I Am Sam

2001 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Jessie Nelson

Cast Sean Penn · Michelle Pfeiffer · Laura Dern · Dianne Wiest

Plot Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) is a developmentally disabled adult who has been singularly raising his daughter, Lucy for all of her seven years. Sam provides a fun and loving environment...

7.4

37K votes

7.4

37K votes

The 10th Kingdom (TV Miniseries)

2000 · Series · 417 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Carson · Herbert Wise

Cast Kimberly Williams-Paisley · Scott Cohen · John Larroquette · Dianne Wiest

Plot The 10th Kingdom is a contemporary drama set in a fantasy world where magic and fairy tale characters come to life. It takes the universal themes and ideas of European...

7.1

1K votes

7.1

1K votes

Synecdoche, New York

2008 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Charlie Kaufman

Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman · Catherine Keener · Michelle Williams · Dianne Wiest

Plot Theater director Caden Cotard's life in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife Adele has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin, taking their young daughter Olive with...

6.9

7K votes

6.9

7K votes

Mayor of Kingstown (TV Series)

2021 · Series · min. · United States

Direction Taylor Sheridan · Hugh Dillon

Cast Jeremy Renner · Kyle Chandler · Feaven Abera · Tobi Bamtefa

Plot Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family - power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and...

6.8

70 votes

6.8

70 votes

September

1987 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Mia Farrow · Dianne Wiest · Sam Waterston · Denholm Elliott

Plot In the last days of August, Diane, a former filmstar full of life, and her companion visit her daughter Lane at her country house. Lane is a depressive woman, marked...

6.8

5K votes

6.8

5K votes

The Mule

2018 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Clint Eastwood · Bradley Cooper · Dianne Wiest · Michael Peña

Plot The movie is based on a 2014 New York Times Magazine feature by Sam Dolnick and follows Earl Stone (Eastwood), a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and...

6.7

23K votes

6.7

23K votes

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Dito Montiel

Cast Shia LaBeouf · Robert Downey Jr. · Chazz Palminteri · Dianne Wiest

Plot Dito is a successful writer living in Los Angeles, who is summoned home to Astoria after a 15-year absence when his father becomes seriously ill. Memories of his youth come...

6.6

6K votes

6.6

6K votes

Rabbit Hole

2010 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Cameron Mitchell

Cast Nicole Kidman · Aaron Eckhart · Dianne Wiest · Tammy Blanchard

Plot Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident. Based on a play by David Lindsay-Abaire.

6.5

4K votes

6.5

4K votes

Falling in Love

1984 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Ulu Grosbard

Cast Meryl Streep · Robert De Niro · Harvey Keitel · Jane Kaczmarek

Plot Two married strangers meet randomly, become friends, and fall in love. They spend time together, riding the train into the city (New York), and begin meeting for coffee or lunch....

6.5

4K votes

6.5

4K votes

The Birdcage

1996 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Mike Nichols

Cast Robin Williams · Gene Hackman · Nathan Lane · Dianne Wiest

Plot Armand Goldman owns a popular drag nightclub in South Miami Beach. His long-time lover Albert stars there as Starina. "Their" son Val (actually Armand's by his one heterosexual fling, twenty...

6.4

14K votes

6.4

14K votes

The Lost Boys

1987 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Joel Schumacher

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Jason Patric · Corey Haim · Corey Feldman

Plot When their parents divorce, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam Emerson (Corey Haim) move with their mother to their grandfather’s house in a California town nicknamed “The Murder Capital of the...

6.3

19K votes

6.3

19K votes

Dedication

2007 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Justin Theroux

Cast Billy Crudup · Mandy Moore · Tom Wilkinson · Dianne Wiest

Plot This romantic comedy follows a misogynistic children's book author who is forced to work closely with a female illustrator instead of his long-time collaborator and only friend.

6.2

378 votes

6.2

378 votes

Law & Order (TV Series)

1990 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Dick Wolf · Constantine Makris · Jace Alexander · Edwin Sherin

Cast Jerry Orbach · Paul Sorvino · Dennis Farina · S. Epatha Merkerson

Plot TV Series (1990-2010). 20 Seasons. 456 Episodes. In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinct yet forever intertwined forces. There's the police...

6.2

9K votes

6.2

9K votes

Dan in Real Life

2007 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Peter Hedges

Cast Steve Carell · Juliette Binoche · Dane Cook · Norbert Leo Butz

Plot Advice columnist Dan Burns (Steve Carrel) is an expert on relationships, but struggles to succeed as a brother a song and a single parent. Dan is a devoted single father...

6.0

9K votes

6.0

9K votes