Sissy Spacek films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 21 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Badlands, The Straight Story and Carrie.

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Starring Sissy Spacek

The Help
2011 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's...
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The Straight Story
1999 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in...
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JFK
1991 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
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Badlands
1973 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.
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Carrie
1976 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
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North Country
2005 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
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Coal Miner's Daughter
1980 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
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In the Bedroom
2001 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is...
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Night Sky
2022 · TV
6.9/10 · TMDB
Irene and Franklin York, a retired couple, have a secret: a Chamber buried in their backyard that miraculously leads to a strange, deserted planet. When an enigmatic young man arrives, the Yorks quiet existence is upended and the...
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Get Low
2010 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
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Blast from the Past
1999 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.
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Dying for Sex
2025 · TV
6.6/10 · TMDB
After Molly Kochan receives a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer, she leaves her husband and explores the full breadth and complexity of her sexual desires for the first time in her life.
Sam & Kate
2022 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Bill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home to care for him. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate. At the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina.
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A Home at the End of the World
2004 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship...
The Old Man & the Gun
2018 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes...
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Die My Love
2025 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Grace and her partner Jackson move into an old country house. She pursues her dream of writing, and the couple welcome a baby soon after. However, with Jackson frequently absent, and the pressures of domestic life weighing on her, Grace...
Affliction
1998 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
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Hot Rod
2007 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
For Rod Kimball, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises...
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The Man with Two Brains
1983 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A story about a brain surgeon who tries to end his unhappy marriage to spend more time with a disembodied brain.
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Deadfall
2012 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
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Four Christmases
2008 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the...
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The Ring Two
2005 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Rachel Keller must prevent evil Samara from taking possession of her son's soul.
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An American Haunting
2005 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
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