Direction: Todd Haynes
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Todd Haynes. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 20
Mildred Pierce (TV Miniseries)
2011 · Series · 300 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Kate Winslet · Evan Rachel Wood · Guy Pearce · Melissa Leo
Synopsis TV Miniseries (2011). 5 Episodes. Divorced single mom Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.
7.2
5K votes
7.2
5K votes
The Velvet Underground
2021 · Documentary · 110 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast The Velvet Underground · Lou Reed · John Cale · Maureen Tucker
Synopsis "The Velvet Underground" explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most influential bands in rock and roll.
7.2
521 votes
7.2
521 votes
Carol
2015 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Cate Blanchett · Rooney Mara · Sarah Paulson · Kyle Chandler
Synopsis In New York in the early 1950s, Therese Belivet, is working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol Aird, an alluring woman trapped in a failing marriage. As an immediate connection...
7.0
20K votes
7.0
20K votes
Far from Heaven
2002 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Julianne Moore · Dennis Quaid · Dennis Haysbert · James Rebhorn
Synopsis It is the autumn of 1957. The Whitakers, the very picture of a suburban family, make their home in Hartford, Connecticut. Their daily existence is characterized by carefully observed family etiquette, social events, and an overall desire to keep up...
7.0
9K votes
7.0
9K votes
Six by Sondheim (TV)
2013 · Documentary · 86 min. · United States
Direction James Lapine · Autumn de Wilde · Todd Haynes
Synopsis An intimate and candid look at the life and art of the legendary composer-lyricist.
6.9
49 votes
6.9
49 votes
Dark Waters
2019 · Movie · 126 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Mark Ruffalo · Anne Hathaway · Tim Robbins · Bill Camp
Synopsis A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
6.7
7K votes
6.7
7K votes
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
1987 · Movie · 43 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Synopsis This legendary "lost" movie tells the story of Karen Carpenter´s rise to fame with pop group The Carpenters in the 1970s until her early death from anorexia - acted out with Ken and Barbie dolls, mixed with newsreel footage (Vietnam...
6.7
211 votes
6.7
211 votes
Velvet Goldmine
1998 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Jonathan Rhys Meyers · Ewan McGregor · Toni Collette · Christian Bale
Synopsis Set in London during the early 1970s, this film chronicles the growing glam-rock scene at the time. Apparently David Bowie -- who perhaps best epitomizes that periods androgynous flamboyance -- would not allow his songs to be used in the...
6.6
5K votes
6.6
5K votes
Enlightened (TV Series)
2011 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Mike White · Laura Dern · Miguel Arteta · Nicole Holofcener
Cast Laura Dern · Diane Ladd · Luke Wilson · Sarah Burns
Synopsis TV Series (2011-2013). 2 Seasons. 18 Episodes. Amy Jellicoe (Laura Dern) is a self-destructive executive, who, after the implosion of her professional life and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, tries to get her life back together. Created by Mike...
6.5
872 votes
6.5
872 votes
Safe
1995 · Movie · 119 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Julianne Moore · Xander Berkeley · Dean Norris · Julie Burgess
Synopsis SAFE is an unnerving story about a housewife, Carol (brilliantly played by Julianne Moore), who falls physically and psychologically ill from her environment. Director Todd Haynes casts an instantly eerie spell with hypnotic cinematography as Carols stoic, perfect world is...
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
I'm Not There
2007 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Cate Blanchett · Heath Ledger · Christian Bale · Richard Gere
Synopsis Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where seven characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
6.4
8K votes
6.4
8K votes
The Making of 'My Own Private Idaho'
2005 · Documentary · 45 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Keanu Reeves · River Phoenix · Gus Van Sant · James Russo
6.3
56 votes
6.3
56 votes
May December
2023 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Natalie Portman · Julianne Moore · Charles Melton · Cory Michael Smith
Synopsis Twenty years after Gracie Atherton-Yu and her young husband Joe's media-acclaimed affair scandalized the country, with their children about to graduate from high school, a film is set to be made about their story. Actress Elizabeth Berry will spend time...
6.1
6K votes
6.1
6K votes
Dottie Gets Spanked (TV)
1993 · Movie · 30 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast J. Evan Bonifant · Barbara Garrick · Julie Halston · Robert Pall
Synopsis Another dazzling suburban phantasm from writer-director Todd Haynes, Dottie Gets Spanked (made post-Poison and pre-Safe) is a stylized, bittersweet nod to his childhood fascination with I Love Lucy. Deep in the heart of pre-hippie 1960s America, young artistically-inclined Steven Gale...
6.1
57 votes
6.1
57 votes
Poison
1991 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Edith Meeks · Larry Maxwell · Susan Norman · Scott Renderer
Synopsis Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. Shot in mock TV-documentary style, 'Poison' tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice; “Horror,” filmed like a delirious ’50s B-movie melodrama, is a gothic tale of...
6.1
634 votes
6.1
634 votes
Wonderstruck
2017 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Oakes Fegley · Julianne Moore · Millicent Simmonds · Michelle Williams
Synopsis Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When...
5.5
2K votes
5.5
2K votes
Givenchy: L’Interdit
2018 · Movie · 1 min. · France
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Rooney Mara
Synopsis Givenchy’s latest campaign for their L’Interdit fragrance is full of luxury and class, brilliantly captured by our own Todd Haynes. The spot stars actress Rooney Mara as she ventures through city streets, ending up at a lavish underground party that...
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The Suicide (S)
1978 · Movie · 22 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast David Blaikie · Trudy Felton · Allen Haynes · Shawn Haynes
Synopsis Bullied boy, left by his father, supported by a over-optimistic and naive mother, tries out life in a new school.
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Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985 · Movie · 43 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Laura Linney
Synopsis Todd Haynes's rarely-seen first film, Assassins takes as its subject the violent love between poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. Presaging the concerns of Superstar, Poison, and Velvet Goldmine, it’s a Godardian essay that cannily plays with the artifice of...
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Revlon: Ruby
2013 · Movie · 1 min. · United States
Direction Todd Haynes
Cast Emma Stone
Synopsis Promotional short film for Revlon starring Emma Stone.
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