The best Ellen Barkin’s drama movies on Apple iTunes

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin

16/04/1954 (70 años)
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Ellen Barkin’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Ellen Barkin.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
7.5/10
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 09/04/1993
  • Character: Caroline Wolff Hansen
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

The Cobbler

The Cobbler
5.8/10
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.

Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest
6.7/10
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.

Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/08/2016
  • Character: Stephanie Arcel
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Sea of Love

Sea of Love
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/09/1989
  • Character: Helen Cruger
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

Breaking News in Yuba County

Breaking News in Yuba County
5.8/10
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.

She Hate Me

She Hate Me
5.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 30/07/2004
  • Character: Margo Chadwick
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

Down by Law

Down by Law
7.7/10
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

Trust the Man

Trust the Man
5.7/10
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine. As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.

Tender Mercies

Tender Mercies
7.3/10
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/01/2013
  • Character: Norma Berger
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.

The Big Easy

The Big Easy
6.5/10
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.

Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/09/1989
  • Character: Sunny Boyd
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.

Diner

Diner
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 02/04/1982
  • Character: Beth Schreiber
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.

Another Happy Day

Another Happy Day
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/11/2011
  • Character: Lynn
A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.

Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven
6.3/10
A romantic, occasionally funny, drama about two souls who consummate their marriage literally in "Heaven". Mike Shea, in his first life dies as a young man performing a heroic rescue. Shortly after arriving in "Heaven" he meets a new soul, Annie Packert, who has never lived on Earth before. The drama centers around their separation soon after being wedded and the burning question is whether they will reunite on Earth before time runs out or whether they are fated to eternal soul-searching.

Daniel

Daniel
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/08/1983
  • Character: Phyllis Isaacson
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

Shit Year

Shit Year
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/05/2010
  • Character: Colleen West
Renowned actress Colleen West abandons her successful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the quiet and peace of mind she longed for is disrupted by the noisy construction of neighboring housing developments. Before long, Colleen discovers that she really can’t stand herself now that she has given up the only thing that she has ever truly been passionate about. As an alternative to isolation, she reluctantly befriends her jubilant, whimsical neighbor and reconnects with her estranged brother. Haunted by loneliness and past desires, Colleen begins to feel as if she has lived her life through the characters she has played on stage and screen. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

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