Helen Hunt films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 23 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Cast Away, Amend: The Fight for America and The Sessions.

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Cast Away
2000 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself...
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As Good as It Gets
1997 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who...
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Pay It Forward
2000 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
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Soul Surfer
2011 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
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Amend: The Fight for America
2021 · TV
7.1/10 · TMDB
When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear...
Amend: The Fight for America
2021 · TV
7.1/10 · TMDB
When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear...
I See You
2019 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away...
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The Sessions
2012 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate...
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they...
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Bobby
2006 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Bob Roberts
1992 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the...
Twister
1996 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system...
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What Women Want
2000 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear...
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Mad About You
1992 · TV
6.4/10 · TMDB
Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.
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Candy Jar
2018 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Dueling high school debate champs who are at odds on just about everything forge ahead with ambitious plans to get into the colleges of their dreams.
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The Night Clerk
2020 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a personal connection...
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A Good Woman
2004 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar...
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The...
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Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
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Trancers
1984 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler, who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all the...
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Next of Kin
1989 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
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In Cold Light
2026 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.
Ride
2014 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.
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Every Day
2010 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
Ned is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. His work as a writer on an outrageous, semi-pornographic TV show is less than satisfying. His fifteen year old son has just told him he is gay and his eleven year old is afraid of, well pretty...
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How It Ends
2021 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.
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Dr. T & the Women
2000 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other daughter’s conspiracy theories, and his secretary’s crush. Craving time for himself, he...
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