Mary Kay Place films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 24 films on Boxlist

Known for Being John Malkovich, The Rainmaker and Terms of Endearment.

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Starring Mary Kay Place

Girl, Interrupted
1999 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between...
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My Father's Dragon
2022 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship...
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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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The Intern
2015 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
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Terms of Endearment
1983 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.
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The Rainmaker
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a...
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Latter Days
2004 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce 19-year-old Elder Aaron Davis, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.
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Julie & Julia
2009 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and...
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New York, New York
1977 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
It's Complicated
2009 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out...
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Grace Is Gone
2007 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.
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Sweet Home Alabama
2002 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her...
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The Prom
2020 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
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Shrek Forever After
2010 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he...
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City of Ember
2008 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two...
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The Hollars
2016 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Aspiring New York City artist, John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world...
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Youth in Revolt
2009 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners...
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Human Nature
2001 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan trains the wild man, Puff, in the ways of the...
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Pecker
1998 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. The young man is called "Pecker" because he pecks at his food like a bird.
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Private Benjamin
1980 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A sheltered young high society woman joins the army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
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Music
2021 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum whose whole world order has been beautifully crafted by her late grandmother. The film soon...
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Bad Milo
2013 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A horror comedy centered on a guy who learns that his unusual stomach problems are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.
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Captain Ron
1992 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
When mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to take his family on a Caribbean vacation to retrieve the vessel. Upon arriving on a small island and realizing that the ship is in rough shape...
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Downsizing
2017 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
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