
Jonathan Demme films, ranked by your taste
Director and actor · 9 films on Boxlist
Known for The Silence of the Lambs, Stop Making Sense and Philadelphia.
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That Thing You Do!
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBA Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
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Married to the Mob
1988 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBAngela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for...

Into the Night
1985 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBEd Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
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Directed by Jonathan Demme

The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDBClarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder...

Stop Making Sense
1984 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDBA concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and...
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Philadelphia
1993 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBTwo competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
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Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBA young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBYears after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he...

Married to the Mob
1988 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBAngela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for...

Ricki and the Flash
2015 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBMeryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the...
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