Frances McDormand is a Actor and Producer American born on 23 june 1957 at Chicago (USA)
Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand participated to
52 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
13 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actress
, 1h34
Directed by Peter Sohn,
Bob PetersonOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Fantasy,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Films about animals,
Dinosaur films,
Films about families,
La préhistoire,
Animaux préhistoriques,
Alternate history films,
Buddy films,
Children's filmsActors Lucas Neff,
John Ratzenberger,
John Lithgow,
Raymond Ochoa,
Jeffrey Wright,
Frances McDormandRoles Momma (voice)
Rating67%
In an alternate timeline in which Earth was never hit by an asteroid and dinosaurs never became extinct, a young Apatosaurus named Arlo loses his father in a tragic accident. One day, Arlo falls into a river and gets knocked out by a rock, finding himself far away from his home. While trying to find a way back to the Clawed-Tooth Mountains, he befriends a human caveboy that he names Spot., 2h8
Directed by Nancy MeyersOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors Jack Nicholson,
Diane Keaton,
Keanu Reeves,
Frances McDormand,
Amanda Peet,
Jon FavreauRoles Zoe
Rating66%
Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a wealthy New York music mogul who has had a 40-year habit of dating women under 30, including his latest conquest, Marin Klein (Amanda Peet). The two drive to her mother's Hamptons beach house expecting to be alone, but are surprised by Marin's mother, successful playwright Erica Barry (Diane Keaton), who is there with her sister Zoe (Frances McDormand)., 1h36
Directed by Frères CoenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Spy,
CrimeThemes Spy films,
Films about sexualityActors George Clooney,
Frances McDormand,
John Malkovich,
Tilda Swinton,
Brad Pitt,
Richard JenkinsRoles Linda Litzke
Rating69%
Faced with a demotion at work due to a drinking problem, angry Osbourne Cox quits his job as a CIA analyst and resolves to write a memoir about his life and career. When his pediatrician wife Katie finds out, she sees it as a justifiable opportunity to file for divorce and continue her adulterous affair unimpeded. Taking her lawyer's advice, she copies financial records and several other files from her husband's computer onto a CD. These files contain a rambling, meaningless diatribe by Cox on purported CIA activities. , 1h55
Directed by Martin McDonaghOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
CrimeActors Frances McDormand,
Woody Harrelson,
Sam Rockwell,
John Hawkes,
Peter Dinklage,
Lucas HedgesRoles Mildred Hayes
Rating80%
Après des mois sans que l'enquête sur la mort de sa fille ait avancé, Mildred Hayes prend les choses en main, affichant un message controversé visant le très respecté chef de la police sur trois grands panneaux à l'entrée de leur ville., 2h9
Directed by Gregory HoblitOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes AssassinatActors Richard Gere,
Laura Linney,
John Mahoney,
Alfre Woodard,
Frances McDormand,
Edward NortonRoles Molly
Rating76%
Martin Vail (Richard Gere) is a Chicago defense attorney who loves the public spotlight and does everything he can to get his high-profile clients acquitted on legal technicalities. One day, he sees a news report about the arrest of Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton), a young altar boy from Kentucky with a severe stutter, who is accused of brutally murdering the beloved Archbishop Rushman (Stanley Anderson). Vail jumps at the chance to represent the young man pro bono., 1h34
Directed by Wes AndersonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about children,
Scoutisme,
Transport films,
Road moviesActors Jared Gilman,
Kara Hayward,
Bruce Willis,
Edward Norton,
Bill Murray,
Frances McDormandRoles Mrs. Bishop
Rating77%
In September 1965, on a New England island called New Penzance, 12-year-old orphan Sam Shakusky is attending Camp Ivanhoe, a Khaki Scout summer camp led by Scoutmaster Randy Ward. Suzy Bishop, also 12, lives on the island with her parents, Walt and Laura, both attorneys, and her three younger brothers in a house called Summer's End. Sam and Suzy, both introverted, intelligent and mature for their age, met in the summer of 1964 during a church performance of Noye's Fludde and have been pen pals since then. Having fallen in love over the course of their correspondence, they have made a secret pact to reunite and run away together. Sam brings camping equipment, and Suzy brings her binoculars, six books, her kitten, and her brother's battery-powered record player. They hike, camp and fish together in the wilderness with the goal of reaching a secluded cove on the island. They are confronted by a group of Khaki Scouts who try to capture them, and during the resulting altercation, Suzy injures one of the Scouts with scissors and Camp Ivanhoe's dog is killed by a stray shot from a bow and arrow wielded by one of the Scouts. The Scouts flee and Sam and Suzy hike to the cove which they name Moonrise Kingdom. They set up camp and go swimming. Later, while drying off, they begin dancing to Françoise Hardy in their underwear. As the romantic tension between them grows, they kiss repeatedly., 1h38
Directed by Frères CoenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical,
Crime,
Black comedyThemes Pregnancy filmsActors Frances McDormand,
William H. Macy,
Steve Buscemi,
Harve Presnell,
Peter Stormare,
Tony DenmanRoles Marge Gunderson
Rating80%
Minneapolis car salesman Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is desperate for money. Shep Proudfoot (Steve Reevis), an ex-convict, gives him a name; he travels to Fargo, North Dakota, where he hires two men (Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare)) to kidnap his wife, Jean (Kristin Rudrüd), and ransom her for $80,000, knowing his wealthy father-in-law and boss, Wade Gustafson (Harve Presnell) will pay. In return, Lundegaard will give Showalter and Grimsrud a new 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, and half of the ransom money. , 2h2
Directed by Cameron CroweOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
MusicalThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Musical films,
Road movies,
Films about virginityActors Patrick Fugit,
Billy Crudup,
Kate Hudson,
Frances McDormand,
Jason Lee,
Philip Seymour HoffmanRoles Elaine Miller
Rating78%
In 1973, William Miller is a 15-year-old boy aspiring to be a rock journalist. His mother, Elaine, wants him to become a lawyer. Shunned by his classmates, he writes for underground papers in San Diego, sharing the love of rock music instilled in him through a gift of albums left behind on the day his sister Anita left home., 2h8
Directed by Alan ParkerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Assassinat,
Films about racismActors Gene Hackman,
Willem Dafoe,
R. Lee Ermey,
Michael Rooker,
Frances McDormand,
Brad DourifRoles Mrs. Pell
Rating77%
In 1964, three civil rights workers who organize a voter registry for minorities in Jessup County Mississippi, go missing. The FBI sends two agents, Rupert Anderson (Hackman) and Alan Ward (Dafoe) to investigate. The pair find it difficult to conduct interviews with the local townspeople, as Sheriff Stuckey (Sartain) and his deputies exert influence over the public and are linked to a branch of the Ku Klux Klan. , 1h51
Directed by Curtis HansonOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about writers,
Films about education,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Michael Douglas,
Tobey Maguire,
Frances McDormand,
Katie Holmes,
Robert Downey Jr.,
Rip TornRoles Sara Gaskell
Rating71%
Professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) is a novelist who teaches creative writing at an unnamed Pittsburgh university (the movie was shot chiefly in and around Carnegie Mellon). He is having an affair with the university chancellor, Sara Gaskell (Frances McDormand), whose husband, Walter (Richard Thomas), is the chairman of the English department in which Grady is a professor. Grady's third wife, Emily, has just left him, and he has failed to repeat the grand success of his first novel, published years earlier. He continues to labor on a second novel, but the more he tries to finish it the less able he finds himself to invent a satisfactory ending. The book runs to over two and a half thousand pages and is still far from finished. He spends his free time smoking marijuana., 2h6
Directed by Niki CaroOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Feminist films,
Films about sexuality,
Films about the labor movement,
Rape in fiction,
Rape and revenge films,
Political filmsActors Charlize Theron,
Frances McDormand,
Sean Bean,
Richard Jenkins,
Michelle Monaghan,
Jeremy Lee RennerRoles Glory
Rating72%
In 1989, Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in northern Minnesota with her children, Sammy and Karen, after escaping from her abusive husband. She moves in with her parents, Alice and Hank. Hank is ashamed of Josey, who had Sammy as a teenager by an unknown father and therefore thinks Josey is promiscuous. The townspeople believe the same, which causes the community not to associate with her. Her only friends are Glory Dodge and Glory's husband, Kyle. Glory, who works at the local iron mines (the town's main source of income), aids Josey in getting a job there. Glory and Kyle also allow Josey to stay at their home with her children, due to Josey's poor relationship with her father., 1h56
Directed by Frères CoenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Billy Bob Thornton,
Frances McDormand,
Michael Badalucco,
Richard Jenkins,
Scarlett Johansson,
Adam Alexi-MalleRoles Doris Crane
Rating74%
In 1949, Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) is a low-key barber in the town of Santa Rosa, California. He is married to Doris (Frances McDormand), a bookkeeper with a drinking problem, and works in a barber shop that belongs to his brother-in-law Frank (Michael Badalucco). A customer named Creighton Tolliver (Jon Polito) tells Ed that he's a businessman looking for investors to put up $10,000 in a new technology called dry cleaning. Ed decides to get the money by anonymously blackmailing Doris's boss, "Big Dave" Brewster (James Gandolfini), whom he knows to be having an affair with Doris. Dave embezzles money from his department store to pay the blackmail. However, he soon pieces together the scheme and beats Tolliver until he implicates Ed. Dave confronts Ed at the store and attempts to kill him, but Ed stabs Dave fatally with a cigar knife., 2h15
Directed by John SaylesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about families,
Films about sexualityActors Ron Canada,
Chris Cooper,
Matthew McConaughey,
Clifton James,
Kris Kristofferson,
Frances McDormandRoles Bunny
Rating73%
Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) is the county sheriff in Frontera, Texas, a fictional border town in the fictional Rio County. Sam has little enthusiasm for his job and the local politics that go with the job. Sam got the job because his late father was the popular and legendary Sheriff Buddy Deeds (Matthew McConaughey), who is remembered as fair and just by the citizens of Rio County. However, Sam had many problems with his father and the pair routinely argued and fought.