The best John Lithgow’s drama movies

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

19/10/1945 (78 años)
John Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, poet, author, and singer. Presently, he is involved with a wide range of media projects, including stage, television, film, and radio. He also has written and published several books of poetry and children's literature. He appeared in the films The World According to Garp (1982) and Terms of Endearment (1983), receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each. Lithgow is known for his roles as the Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose, Dick Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, the voice of Lord Farquaad in Shrek, and The Trinity Killer on Showtime's Dexter for which he won Golden Globe and Emmy awards. On the stage, he appeared in the musical adaptation of Sweet Smell of Success, winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He again appeared in a musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, again receiving the Tony nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He has also recorded music, such as the 1999 album of children's music, Singin' in the Bathtub, and has written poetry and short stories for children, such as Marsupial Sue. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Lithgow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Interstellar

Interstellar
8.7/10
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
7.6/10
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caeser has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caeser decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.

Footloose

Footloose
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 17/02/1984
  • Character: Reverend Shaw Moore
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

The Accountant

The Accountant
7.3/10
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief
6.6/10
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 25/12/2006
  • Character: Jerry Harris
Three young women dream of becoming pop stars—and get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.

Late Night

Late Night
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 25/01/2019
  • Character: Walter Newbury
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.

Bombshell

Bombshell
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 13/12/2019
  • Character: Roger Ailes
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 20/11/1983
  • Character: Sam Burns
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

The Homesman

The Homesman
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 18/05/2014
  • Character: Reverend Alfred Dowd
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.

The Day After

The Day After
7/10
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

Beatriz at Dinner

Beatriz at Dinner
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 09/06/2017
  • Character: Doug Strutt
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.

Miss Sloane

Miss Sloane
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 25/11/2016
  • Character: Senator Ronald Sperling
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

Raising Cain

Raising Cain
6.1/10
When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more children disappear, she fears for her own child's safety.

Obsession

Obsession
6.7/10
New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland’s life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed in a botched kidnap rescue attempt. Many years later whilst visiting Italy he meets and falls in in love with Sandra Portinari, who bears a striking resemblance to his wife.

Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle
6.9/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 07/09/1990
  • Character: Bruce Derringer
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Dresden, a heavily-defended city that invariably causes many Allied casualties

Orange County

Orange County
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/01/2002
  • Character: Bud Brumder
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another, starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends in the wrong form.

Kinsey

Kinsey
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/09/2004
  • Character: Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.

A Civil Action

A Civil Action
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/12/1998
  • Character: Judge Walter J. Skinner
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

Homegrown

Homegrown
5.7/10
Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up with go-between Lucy in the next town, they plot their next move.

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