Direction: Lasse Hallström

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lasse Hallström. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


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...

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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

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

Hilma

2022 · Movie · 120 min. · Sweden

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

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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