Direction: Lasse Hallström
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lasse Hallström. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 33
My Life as a Dog
1985 · Movie · 101 min. · Sweden
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Anton Glanzelius · Anki Lidén · Tomas Von Brömssen · Manfred Serner
Synopsis Twelve-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzlius) has a life far too complex for a kid his age. His beloved mother (Anki Liden), once soft and loving, is now an angry invalid. His older brother (Manfred Serner) torments him daily. But there must...
7.2
2K votes
7.2
2K votes
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Richard Gere · Joan Allen · Sarah Roemer · Jason Alexander
Synopsis A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home. This heartwarming true story is an American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal Akita dog named Hachiko....
7.1
25K votes
7.1
25K votes
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
1993 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Johnny Depp · Juliette Lewis · Leonardo DiCaprio · Mary Steenburgen
Synopsis Swedish director Lasse Hallström (My Life as a Dog, The Cider House Rules) brings his unique sensibility for finding the whimsical and bizarre in the everyday to Peter Hedges’s cult novel about the life of a dysfunctional but appealing family...
7.1
22K votes
7.1
22K votes
The Cider House Rules
1999 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Tobey Maguire · Charlize Theron · Michael Caine · Delroy Lindo
Synopsis THE CIDER HOUSE RUES, an expertly crafted and intelligent adapation of John Irving's novel, explores themes of disappointment, ideas of moral ambiguity, and, indeed, lessons about life itself, woven into a dramatic story that is neither slow nor sentimental. Tobey...
7.0
46K votes
7.0
46K votes
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Chocolat
2000 · Movie · 121 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Juliette Binoche · Judi Dench · Alfred Molina · Lena Olin
Synopsis In the 1950s, single mother Vianne Rocher (Binoche) and her 6-year-old daughter move to the small French town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, where Vianne opens a chocolate shop, during Lent, across from the town's church (and she's open on Sundays). As you'd...
6.7
61K votes
6.7
61K votes
Lumière and Company
1995 · Documentary · 88 min. · France
Direction Abbas Kiarostami · Hugh Hudson · David Lynch · John Boorman
Cast Romane Bohringer · Pascal Duquenne · Bruno Ganz · Neil Jordan
Synopsis In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lumière brothers' first films, filmmakers Sarah Moon and Philippe Poulet challenged 39 renowned international directors to each complete a 52-second film using the original Cinematographe camera under the conditions endured by the...
6.2
813 votes
6.2
813 votes
A Dog's Purpose
2017 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Dennis Quaid · Britt Robertson · Bryce Gheisar · Juliet Rylance
Synopsis A dog looks to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes and owners. A devoted dog (voiced by Josh Gad) goes on a quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several reincarnations...
6.2
2K votes
6.2
2K votes
Once Around
1991 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Holly Hunter · Danny Aiello · Gena Rowlands
6.2
635 votes
6.2
635 votes
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The Hundred-Foot Journey
2014 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Helen Mirren · Manish Dayal · Charlotte Le Bon · Juhi Chawla
Synopsis A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in the quaint...
6.1
7K votes
6.1
7K votes
The Shipping News
2001 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Kevin Spacey · Julianne Moore · Judi Dench · Cate Blanchett
Synopsis Based on the 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Prouix, Kevin Spacey plays an emotionally beaten man who moves himself and his two daughters back to his hometown in Newfoundland. His adulterous wife’s (Blanchett) death in car accident is...
6.0
6K votes
6.0
6K votes
An Unfinished Life
2005 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Robert Redford · Jennifer Lopez · Morgan Freeman · Josh Lucas
Synopsis In order to escape from the abusive boy-friend, Gary Winston, Jean Gilkyson moves with her young daughter Griff Gilkyson without previous notice to the ranch of her father-in-law Einar Gilkyson in Wyoming. Jean and Einar are disaffected, since he blames...
6.0
7K votes
6.0
7K votes
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2011 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Ewan McGregor · Emily Blunt · Kristin Scott Thomas · Rachael Stirling
Synopsis The story of Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor), a fisheries scientist - for whom diary -notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush and getting his article on caddies fly larvae published in 'Trout and Salmon' - who...
5.9
12K votes
5.9
12K votes
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New Amsterdam (TV Series)
2008 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Christian Taylor · Allan Loeb · John David Coles · Jean de Segonzac
Cast Nikolaj Coster-Waldau · Zuleikha Robinson · Alexie Gilmore · Stephen Henderson
Synopsis TV Series (2008). 8 Episodes. In the 1600's the Dutch take over Manhattan island and during a massacre of native people, John Amsterdam saves the life of a woman, being wounded in the act. The woman uses her power as...
5.8
184 votes
5.8
184 votes
The Darkness
2024 · Series · Iceland
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Lena Olin · Jack Bannon · Douglas Henshall · Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
Synopsis A dedicated investigator, she is being forced into early retirement and takes on a final cold case centered on a young Russian asylum seeker who died mysteriously one year prior.
5.8
132 votes
5.8
132 votes
The Hoax
2006 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Richard Gere · Alfred Molina · Marcia Gay Harden · Hope Davis
Synopsis In the early 70's, Clifford Irving wrote a bogus biography about Howard Hughes, famous tycoon and pre-war cinema and aviation icon, from which Martin Scorsese took inspiration for his movie The aviator. Afterwards, he sold the rights to the publisher...
5.7
3K votes
5.7
3K votes
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Tora Hallstrom · Lena Olin · Tom Wlaschiha · Lily Cole
Synopsis Exploring Hilma af Klint's enigmatic life, now recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists.
5.6
203 votes
5.6
203 votes
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Dear John
2010 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Amanda Seyfried · Channing Tatum · Henry Thomas · Richard Jenkins
Synopsis A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave. "Dear John" tells the story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave, and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the...
5.3
12K votes
5.3
12K votes
Casanova
2005 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Heath Ledger · Jeremy Irons · Lena Olin · Oliver Platt
Synopsis He was the world's most notorious seducer. A swashbuckler, master of disguise and wit - it was said no woman could resist Casanova's amorous charms. Until now. For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova (HEATH LEDGER) is...
5.3
9K votes
5.3
9K votes
Safe Haven
2013 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Julianne Hough · Josh Duhamel · Cobie Smulders · David Lyons
Synopsis When a mysterious young woman named Katie (Julianne Hough) washes up in the small North Carolina town of Southport, she is determined not to make personal relationships. That is, until she meets Alex (Josh Duhamel), a kind-hearted widowed store owner,...
5.3
6K votes
5.3
6K votes
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Lasse Hallström · Joe Johnston
Cast Mackenzie Foy · Keira Knightley · Helen Mirren · Morgan Freeman
Synopsis All Clara wants is a key - a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's annual holiday party, leads her to the...
5.0
2K votes
5.0
2K votes
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