
Sydney Pollack films, ranked by your taste
Actor and director · 18 films on Boxlist
Known for Michael Clayton, Tootsie and The Player.
See which ones match your tasteStarring Sydney Pollack

Michael Clayton
2007 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBA law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
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Tootsie
1982 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBWhen struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
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The Player
1992 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBAfter Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly...
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Husbands and Wives
1992 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBWhen Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on...
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBWith commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews...
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Death Becomes Her
1992 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBMadeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes...

Changing Lanes
2002 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBA rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete...

The Interpreter
2005 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBAfter Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
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The Majestic
2001 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBSet in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Random Hearts
1999 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDBAfter the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and realize that the two were having an affair and they must figure out all...
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Made of Honor
2008 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBTom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she...
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Directed by Sydney Pollack

Tootsie
1982 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBWhen struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Jeremiah Johnson
1972 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBA mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.

Three Days of the Condor
1975 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBA bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

The Firm
1993 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBMitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more...

Absence of Malice
1981 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBMegan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and...
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Out of Africa
1985 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBOut of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
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The Way We Were
1973 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBTwo desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
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The Interpreter
2005 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBAfter Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Random Hearts
1999 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDBAfter the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and realize that the two were having an affair and they must figure out all...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
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