Chris Cooper films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 38 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Little Women, American Beauty and Adaptation..

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Starring Chris Cooper

American Beauty
1999 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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Little Women
2019 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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11.22.63
2016 · TV
7.8/10 · TMDB
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
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October Sky
1999 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
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The Bourne Identity
2002 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters...
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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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The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised...
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A Time to Kill
1996 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
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Interstate 60
2002 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
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The Town
2010 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but...
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The Patriot
2000 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new...
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Remember Me
2010 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws...
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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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This Boy's Life
1993 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an...
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Lone Star
1996 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
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Homecoming
2018 · TV
7.1/10 · TMDB
Heidi Bergman is a caseworker at Homecoming, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition to civilian life. Years later she has started a new life, living with her mother and working as a waitress, when a Department of Defense...
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
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Seabiscuit
2003 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
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Cars 3
2017 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win...
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August: Osage County
2013 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
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The Horse Whisperer
1998 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Based on the novel by the same name from Nicholas Evans, the talented Robert Redford presents this meditative family drama set in the country side. Redford not only directs but also stars in the roll of a cowboy with a magical talent for...
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Boston Strangler
2023 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
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Demolition
2016 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets in Chicago.
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Me, Myself & Irene
2000 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named...
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Jarhead
2005 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back...
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The Muppets
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save...
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Breach
2007 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of...
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Great Expectations
1998 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising...
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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 Company Men
2010 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands...
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to...
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Syriana
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a...
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Live by Night
2016 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered on a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
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The Company You Keep
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
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Irresistible
2020 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.
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Everything's Going to Be Great
2025 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
When they are unexpectedly forced to move in with an estranged relative, the Smart Family must navigate oversized dreams, identity struggles and regional theater in this warmly observant family comedy.
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New York, I Love You
2008 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the...
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The History of Sound
2025 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over their mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.
Money Train
1995 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.
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Extreme Movie
2008 · Film
4.3/10 · TMDB
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.
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