Gena Rowlands — Actor (37)
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Rapunzel (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Rapunzel
director: Gilbert Cates actor: Shelley Duvall / Jeff Bridges …
A sinister witch steals the baby of a simple candlemaker and his wife and names her Rapunzel. Determined to keep Rapunzel for herself, the witch locks her up in a tall tower all alone, with no way in or out except by climbing her long, braided hair. Wonders and dangers occur when the girl meets a handsome prince.
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Unhook the Stars (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Unhook the Stars
director: Nick Cassavetes actor: Gena Rowlands / Marisa Tomei …
other title: Una donna molto speciale / Ein Licht in meinem Herzen …
Widowed mother Mildred must suddenly redefine herself and find an outlet for her nurturing side when her adult daughter moves out of the family home. Though Mildred thinks she's found her purpose when her neighbor, overworked single mother Monica, asks her to look after her little boy, she has great difficulty learning to strike a healthy balance between giving selflessly to others and remembering to take care of herself.
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The Mighty (1998) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Mighty
director: Peter Chelsom actor: Sharon Stone / Elden Henson …
other title: Basta guardare il cielo / Krybet - den frygtløse …
Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not authorized to go out. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them.
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A Child Is Waiting (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Child Is Waiting
director: John Cassavetes actor: Burt Lancaster / Judy Garland …
other title: Gli esclusi / Minha Esperança É Você …
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.
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Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Minnie and Moskowitz
director: John Cassavetes actor: Gena Rowlands / Seymour Cassel …
other title: Minnie e Moskowitz / Minnie und Moskowitz …
Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.
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The Brink's Job (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Brink's Job
director: William Friedkin actor: Peter Falk / Peter Boyle …
other title: Pollice da scasso / Das große Dings bei Brinks …
In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis, who specializes in planning lucrative capers, the gang robs Brink's main office in Boston of more than $2 million. However, things begin to go awry when the FBI gets involved, the cops start cracking down on the gang and McGinnis refuses to hand over the loot...
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Tempest (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Tempest
director: Paul Mazursky actor: John Cassavetes / Gena Rowlands …
other title: La tempesta / Der Sturm …
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.
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Faces (2011) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Faces
director: James Benning actor: John Marley / Gena Rowlands …
James Benning’s "remake" of John Cassavetes’s Faces (1968) is an unexpected venture into the world of found footage filmmaking. As Benning explains, he’s reconstructed Cassavetes’s Faces in such a way that it’s comprised entirely of shots of single faces, each actor and actress is on screen as long as he or she is in the original and each scene is exactly as long as it is in the original. This reconstruction, he notes, remains steadfastly true to its title
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Tony Rome (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Tony Rome
director: Gordon Douglas actor: Frank Sinatra / Jill St. John …
other title: L'investigatore / Der Schnüffler …
Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.
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Two-Minute Warning (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Two-Minute Warning
director: Larry Peerce actor: Charlton Heston / John Cassavetes …
other title: Panico nello stadio / 2 minutters frist …
A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.
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Lonely are the Brave (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Lonely are the Brave
director: David Miller actor: Kirk Douglas / Gena Rowlands …
other title: Solo sotto le stelle / De tapre er ensomme …
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
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Machine Gun McCain (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Gli intoccabili
director: Giuliano Montaldo actor: John Cassavetes / Britt Ekland …
other title: Gli intoccabili / De urørlige …
After serving 12 years behind bars for armed robbery, tough guy Hank McCain finds himself the pawn of a ruthless mob runt's rebellion against a high level don. When McCain discovers that he's been betrayed and abandoned by his new employer, he retaliates with a high stakes Las Vegas casino heist that erupts into all-out war on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Neither blood, nor lust, nor wedding vows can come between McCain and his money ... or his machine gun.