Direction: Maggie Greenwald

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


Songcatcher

2000 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Janet McTeer · Aidan Quinn · Michael Davis · Michael Goodwin

Synopsis After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a...

6.4

26 votes

6.4

26 votes

Nashville (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Callie Khouri · R.J. Cutler · Stephen Cragg · Michael Lohmann

Cast Connie Britton · Hayden Panettiere · Clare Bowen · Powers Boothe

Synopsis TV Series (2012-2018). 6 Seasons. 124 Episodes. Set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene, the new drama revolves around a 40-year-old superstar Rayna James, whose star begins fading. She is forced to team up with Juliette on tour...

6.2

652 votes

6.2

652 votes

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Suzy Amis · Bo Hopkins · Ian McKellen · David Chung

Synopsis Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an...

6.0

26 votes

6.0

26 votes

Madam Secretary (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Barbara Hall · Eric Stoltz · Jonathan Brown · Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Cast Téa Leoni · Tim Daly · Patina Miller · Geoffrey Arend

Synopsis A look at the personal and professional life of a Secretary of State as she tries to balance her work and family life.

5.9

317 votes

5.9

317 votes

Sophie and the Rising Sun

2016 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Julianne Nicholson · Takashi Yamaguchi · Margo Martindale · Diane Ladd

Synopsis Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages in Europe a wounded...

5.7

29 votes

5.7

29 votes

What Makes a Family (TV)

2001 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Brooke Shields · Cherry Jones · Anne Meara · Al Waxman

Synopsis Co-produced by Barbra Streisand and Whoopi Goldberg, the made-for-TV What Makes a Family stars Brooke Shields, cast against type as a woman happily committed to a lesbian relationship. Yearning for a family of their own, Janine Nielsen (Shields) and her...

5.4

141 votes

5.4

141 votes

The Last Keepers

2013 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Aidan Quinn · Virginia Madsen · Zosia Mamet · Olympia Dukakis

Synopsis When the teenage daughter of a reclusive family of artists falls in love with an unusual boy at school, she awakens mysterious powers and discovers ancient family secrets that will change her life forever.

4.8

26 votes

4.8

26 votes

Wildfire (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Bradford May · Frank Perl · Shawn Piller · Ellie Kanner

Cast Genevieve Padalecki · Ryan Sypek · Nicole Tubiola · Micah Alberti

Synopsis A young woman finds excitement and romance at a horse ranch she works at as part of her parole from juvenile hall.

4.3

90 votes

4.3

90 votes

Comfort and Joy (TV)

2003 · Movie · 85 min. · Canada

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Nancy McKeon · Dixie Carter · Paul Dooley · Steven Eckholdt

Synopsis An upscale, single, career woman (Nancy McKeon) is knocked unconscious in a car accident on Christmas eve and when she wakes up, she's told that she's a married housewife with a husband (Steven Eckholdt) and two kids. After spending time...

3.9

24 votes

3.9

24 votes

Get a Clue (TV)

2002 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Lindsay Lohan · Ian Gomez · Bug Hall · Brenda Song

Synopsis "Get a Clue" follows the exploits of a young girl, Lexy, who is a privileged twelve year old who has spent her entire life amongst the wealthy and elite of Manhattan. Clad in Prada, she prides herself on her ability...

3.7

578 votes

3.7

578 votes

Good Morning, Killer (TV)

2011 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Catherine Bell · Titus Welliver · Suleka Mathew · James Jordan

Synopsis Follows FBI Special Agent Ana Gray as she hunts for a kidnapper. As Ana develops a rapport with the kidnapper's latest victim, the suspect suddenly changes his pattern. Now Ana must race to find him before he strikes again.

3.5

137 votes

3.5

137 votes

The Kill-Off

1989 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Loretta Gross · Andrew Lee Barrett · Jackson Sims · Steve Monroe

Synopsis Based on a book by the great crime novelist Jim Thompson, this dark thriller is set in a small coastal community in New Jersey, where the only action in town is a run-down nightclub called Pavillion. The club's owner, Pete...

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Direction Alan Goodman · Maggie Greenwald · Allison Liddi · Adam Weissman

Cast Irene Ng · Pat Morita · Adam Busch · Preslaysa Edwards

Synopsis This show is about a girl named Shelby who lives with her grandfather in an inn-type place. When she is done with her chores, she works at the police station helping with small things, and always finding a way to...

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Returning Lily (TV)

2003 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Virginia Madsen · Lainie Kazan · Jason Momoa · Kieu Chinh

Synopsis For workaholic wife and mother, Emma Burke (Virginia Madsen), the magic is gone. Then she’s asked to return the ashes of a dear departed friend to Hawaii. Once on the island paradise, Emma embarks on an illuminating emotional journey toward...

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Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane (TV)

2018 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Alicia Witt · Colin Ferguson · Laura Leighton · Mary Beth McDonough

Synopsis Emma returns home to celebrate Christmas for the last time with her siblings in the house they grew up in. After their parents' recent passing, the siblings reluctantly agree to sell the family home on Honeysuckle Lane.

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Not rated