Peter Gallagher films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 22 films on Boxlist

Known for American Beauty, Palm Springs and Sex, Lies, and Videotape.

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Starring Peter Gallagher

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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Palm Springs
2020 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape
1989 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
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The Player
1992 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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Short Cuts
1993 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the...
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
On her first holiday without her father, Zoey attempts to create a magical Christmas for her family just like the ones Mitch used to do.
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...
While You Were Sleeping
1995 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his...
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The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
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Adam
2009 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
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Humane
2024 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
In the wake of an environmental collapse that has forced humanity to shed 20% of its population, a family dinner erupts into chaos when a father's plan to enlist in the government's new euthanasia program goes horribly awry.
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Center Stage: Turn It Up
2008 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditioning, she learns that it takes more than precision and perfection to succeed in the dance...
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Center Stage
2000 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
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Malice
1993 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
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Center Stage: On Pointe
2016 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Charlie, Cooper and Tommy to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where the winners will be...
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Burlesque
2010 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming...
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Step Up Revolution
2012 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
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High Spirits
1988 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists...
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Mr. Deeds
2002 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all...
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A Bad Moms Christmas
2017 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough...
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After
2019 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when she meets Hardin Scott, a mysterious and brooding rebel...
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