Catherine Keener films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 40 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Get Out, Adaptation. and Being John Malkovich.

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Starring Catherine Keener

Into the Wild
2007 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
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Get Out
2017 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend...
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Captain Phillips
2013 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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The Croods: A New Age
2020 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above...
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Incredibles 2
2018 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.
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Being John Malkovich
1999 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
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Adaptation.
2002 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt...
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An American Crime
2007 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
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Begin Again
2013 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.
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Polar Bear
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A new mother’s memories of her own youth prepare her to navigate motherhood in the increasingly challenging world that polar bears face today.
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The Adam Project
2022 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
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Capote
2005 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A biopic of the writer, Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book, 'In Cold Blood'.
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Brand New Cherry Flavor
2021 · TV
7.1/10 · TMDB
A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early ’90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge — and kittens.
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The Croods
2013 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved...
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
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Out of Sight
1998 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if...
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Enough Said
2013 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new...
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The Soloist
2009 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
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A Late Quartet
2012 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to...
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Trust
2010 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into...
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Where the Wild Things Are
2009 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a...
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8MM
1999 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to...
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The Interpreter
2005 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate...
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About Last Night...
1986 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
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Please Give
2010 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
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Death to Smoochy
2002 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring...
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Hamlet 2
2008 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Switch
1991 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make...
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S1m0ne
2002 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first...
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Cyrus
2010 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before long, the two are locked...
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.
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Joker: Folie à Deux
2024 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.
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The Oranges
2011 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.
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What Just Happened
2008 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss demands extensive changes to a movie...
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Friends with Money
2006 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
After she quits her lucrative job, Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends.
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Accidental Love
2015 · Film
4.2/10 · TMDB
A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC. Sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator who takes up her cause - but what happens when love...
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Love of Your Life
2026 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
After a chance encounter sparks a sweeping romance, Maya's future is suddenly upended, sending her on an unexpected journey to love and live again.

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