The best Colleen Dewhurst’s drama movies

Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst

03/06/1924- 22/08/1991
We present our ranking of the best Colleen Dewhurst’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Colleen Dewhurst.
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Annie Hall

Annie Hall
8/10
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

The Cowboys

The Cowboys
7.4/10
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage; however, neither Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

Dying Young

Dying Young
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 20/06/1991
  • Character: Estelle Whittier
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables
8.5/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 01/12/1985
  • Character: Marilla Cuthbert
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. Anne's a dreamer with an unusual point of view, far removed from Marilla's pragmatic ways, and it's only on trial that Marilla agrees to keep Anne.

The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 18/06/1959
  • Character: Dangerous Hospital Patient
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

McQ

McQ
6.2/10
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
8.4/10
Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She makes the acquaintance of a handsome, rich, bachelor, chases a cow, and wins (to her chagrin) a baking soda company's writing contest. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, and refuses Gilbert Blythe's marriage proposal; which sends her to teach Kingsport Ladies' College, an exclusive girls school, where she meets opposition from one of the teachers, Miss Brooke, and the Pringle clan (one of whom is a rich, handsome bachelor). But while Anne enjoys the battle, and the friends she makes, she returns to Avonlea.

Ice Castles

Ice Castles
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 31/12/1978
  • Character: Beulah Smith
A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential to realize her dreams.

When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls
6.4/10
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope
5.8/10
A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 30 years. The circuitous trail leads Chapman from the Big Apple to Beantown to the City of Light. His investigation, however, opens the door to disturbing revelations about a forgotten past.

The Crucible

The Crucible
7.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/05/1967
  • Character: Elizabeth Proctor
Landmark adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.

The Boy Who Could Fly

The Boy Who Could Fly
6.5/10
Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.

Tribute

Tribute
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/12/1980
  • Character: Gladys Petrelli
A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.

The Glitter Dome

The Glitter Dome
5.7/10
Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie mogul that was moonlighting by making child porno pictures. Willie is one of several suspects with motive, opportunity and the evil means to carry out this act. A medal should be in order instead of being arrested

Bed & Breakfast

Bed & Breakfast
5.4/10
Life changes for three woman who run a failing hotel, when a mysterious man washes up at the beach.

The Last Run

The Last Run
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 07/07/1971
  • Character: Monique
A former getaway driver from Chicago has retired to a peaceful life in a Portugese fishing village. He is asked to pull off one last job, involving driving a dangerous crook and his girl-friend to France.

Between Two Women

Between Two Women
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 10/03/1986
  • Character: Barbara Petherton
When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very happy with their union. In fact, Barbara tries to separate the couple. But, when Barbara suffers a debilitating stroke, Val's compassion and empathy mend the rift between two women, giving Barbara the will to survive. But will Barbara learn to love her daughter-in-law?

Sword of Gideon

Sword of Gideon
7.1/10
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.

The Price

The Price
8.7/10
After the death of their father, two brothers face each other, their past and the consequences of their career decisions.

Lantern Hill

Lantern Hill
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 29/08/1989
  • Character: Hepzibah
In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich, snobbish grandmother, where Jane is verbally abused and her mother bullied. Jane is forced into a private academy, in which the other girls tell her that her father, whom Jane believes to be dead, is actually alive. Soon after, Andrew Stuart sends word that he would like to meet his long-lost daughter, so Jane is sent by train to Bright River to stay with him, where she encounters an old mystery that she must help her father overcome, new friends, and the chance to bring her father and mother back together again.

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