Direction: Todd Haynes

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


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.

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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.

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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

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...

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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

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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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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