Jessica Lange Movies & TV Shows
39 Jessica Lange Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst
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King Kong (1976)
Big Fish (2003)
Far North (1988)
Jessica Lange is the recipient of several awards and accolades, including five 'Golden Globe,' two 'Academy Awards,' one 'Critics' Choice Award,' three 'Emmy Awards,' three 'Dorian Awards,' one 'Screen Actors Guild Award,' and one 'Tony Award.' 'King Kong' marked her professional film debut. She bagged in two 'Oscar' nominations in the same year for her phenomenal performances in 'Tootsie,' a comedy film where she starred as a soap opera star and 'Frances,' a biographical drama where she played the role of Frances Farmer. She won many awards for her role in 'Blue Sky,' including the 'Golden Globe' and 'Academy Award.' Her role in 'Music Box,' 'Country,' and 'Sweet Dreams' also brought her lot of praise and acclaim. She starred in 'Grey Gardens,' a made-for-television biographical drama film where she portrayed Big Edie. Her other popular roles in films and television include, 'American Horror Story,' 'Feud,' 'Horace and Pete,' 'Wild Oats,' 'Big Fish,' Cape Fear,' 'The Postman Always Rings Twice,' besides various others. She received critical acclaim and won a 'Drama Desk Award' for her role in the 'Broadway' revival of 'Long Day's Journey into Night.'
List of Jessica Lange Movies: Ranked Best To Worst
1. Big Fish (2003)
In typical Tim Burton style, Big Fish is the story of Edward Bloom, a retired salesman, and his son, Will, in a fantasy setting. On his deathbed, Bloom, who has the gift of storytelling, narrates fictional tales of his youth to Will, as he attempts to mend their relationship. Though initially sceptical, Will ultimately realizes his father's zest for life.
Sandra Bloom - Senior
Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotillard
2. All That Jazz (1979)
Joe Gideon leads a very chaotic life and due to excessive sex and drugs, he eventually suffers a heart attack. The three women in his life do their best to save his life.
Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Ben Vereen, Cliff Gorman
3. Grey Gardens (2009)
Big Edie
Daniel Baldwin, Drew Barrymore, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kenneth Welsh, Ken Howard
Michael Sucsy
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
4. Tootsie (1982)
Although a highly respected actor nobody wants to hire Michael Dorsey because of his perfectionism. In desperation, he decides to pose as a woman and audition for the role of Dorothy Michaels in a popular soap opera. He soon becomes popular, not only with the audience, but also with his fellow actors, who take him to be a woman. To make matters worse, he falls for his costar, Julie.
Dustin Hoffman, Teri Garr, Bill Murray, Estelle Getty, Andy Warhol, Sydney Pollack, Charles Durning
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
5. Cape Fear (1991)
Max Cady, who served 14 years in jail for raping and brutalizing a young woman, believes that his defense attorney Sam Bowden deliberately withheld crucial evidence that would have lightened his sentence. He studied law and sculpted his body while in jail, and is now hell-bent on taking revenge by terrorizing the Bowden family.
Leigh Bowden
Robert De Niro, Robert Mitchum, Juliette Lewis, Gregory Peck, Nick Nolte, Esther Rolle, Joe Don Baker
120 Best Psychological Thriller Movies of All Time
6. Music Box (1989)
Ann Talbot is a lawyer who needs to defend her father, who has been accused of heinous war crimes during the battle of Budapest. She soon discovers that there is a lot more to the case than it seems.
Ann Talbot
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Donald Moffat, Frederic Forrest, Lukas Haas
Costa-Gavras
7. Frances (1982)
Frances is a biopic which takes a look at the various significant events in the life and career of Frances Farmer, American actress and TV host, including her rise to fame and how she got blacklisted.
Frances Farmer
Sam Shepard, Jonathan Banks, Kevin Costner, Bonnie Bartlett
8. Broken Flowers (2005)
In this French American comedy drama, a middle aged confirmed bachelor Don Johnston, receives a pink letter informing him that he has a son who is looking for him. Persuaded by his neighbourhood friend Winston, Johnston reluctantly sets out to visit his old girlfriends and figure out who sent him the letter. In process, he discovers few things about himself.
Tilda Swinton, Sharon Stone, Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Heather Simms, Brea Frazier, Jarry Fall
9. Normal (2003)
Irma and her husband Roy have been married happily for twenty-five years. However, their lives take a turn when Roy tells his friend Reverend Dale that he is a woman trapped in a man's body, and he wants to have a sex-change operation.
Irma Applewood
Hayden Panettiere, Richard Bull, Tom Wilkinson, Mary Seibel
36 Top LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time
10. Titus (1999)
Based on a play by William Shakespeare, the film revolves around a Roman general Tilus, who returns home after war and decides to sacrifice his enemy's son, hoping it will please the Roman dead. The boy's mother pleads for her son's life, but Tilus refuses to listen. She eventually decides to set out a mission of retaliation herself.
Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alan Cumming, Osheen Jones, Dario D'Ambrosi, Raz Degan
11. Sweet Dreams (1985)
John Goodman, Ed Harris, David Clennon, Ann Wedgeworth
Karel Reisz
12. Sybil (2007)
Dr. Cornelia Wilbur
JoBeth Williams, Ron White, Tammy Blanchard, Alison Murray
13. Rob Roy (1995)
This biographical adventure drama film, tells the story of Rob Roy, who tries to transform his small town a much better place, by borrowing money to buy and herd cattle. However, the money gets stolen, and this forces him to become an outlaw.
Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, John Hurt, Eric Stoltz
14. The Vow (2012)
Paige and her husband Leo Collins' lives are turned upside down when a car crash leaves Paige without any of her memories. As Leo tries to help her regain her memories, Paige's parents and ex-boyfriend drive a wedge between the two. As Paige learns more about her past, she eventually finds her way back to Leo.
Rita Thornton
Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Sam Neill, Jessica McNamee
15. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)
Tommy Lee Jones, Penny Fuller, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley
Jack Hofsiss
16. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
This crime thriller film tells the story of Frank Chambers, who begins working at a rural California diner located in the hills outside Los Angeles. The diner is operated by a young, beautiful woman named Cora, and her older husband Nick, who is an immigrant from Greece. Frank and Cora soon start having an affair, and since Flora doesn't love her husband, and wishes to own the diner, they start planning to murder him.
Cora Papadakis
Jack Nicholson, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan, John Colicos
Bob Rafelson
17. Don't Come Knocking (2005)
Howard Spence is an aging cowboy who decides to desert the film he is working on, and instead try to reconnect with his mother, whom he has not met for three decades. He falls into a great depression and nearly becomes suicidal upon learning about his child he never knew about. However, this gives him a reason to keep living.
Eva Marie Saint, Marley Shelton, George Harris Kennedy, Jr, Sam Shepard, Tim Roth, James Roday, George Kennedy
18. Men Don't Leave (1990)
Beth Macauley
Joan Cusack, Kathy Bates, Arliss Howard, Chris O'Donnell
Paul Brickman
19. Country (1984)
Jewell Ivy
Sam Shepard, Matt Clark, Wilford Brimley, Theresa Graham
20. Neverwas (2005)
Zach Riley is a psychiatrist who leaves his job at a prestigious university in order to take up a position at a privately run mental institution. However, he is unaware of the fact that this is the very place where his novelist father had spent many years of his life, while he used to battle against chronic depression.
Katherine Pierson
Vera Farmiga, Brittany Murphy, Michael Moriarty, Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Alan Cumming, Nick Nolte
Joshua Michael Stern
21. Blue Sky (1994)
Hank Marshall is a nuclear engineer and a Major in the US Army, who is involved with top secret nuclear testing projects. However, his life is extremely complicated due to his mentally unstable and bipolar wife Carly. For his next project, he is sent to Alabama, where the base is under the control of Vince Johnson. While Carly continues her regular behavior, Hank begins to face problems in his latest project.
Carly Marshall
Tommy Lee Jones, Carrie Snodgress, Powers Boothe, Amy Locane
Tony Richardson
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
22. Losing Isaiah (1995)
Khaila, a drug-addicted woman, abandons her baby boy in a garbage bin, believing that he is dead. He is found and adopted by a social worker and her husband. Years later, Khaila finds out that her boy is not dead. She begins a legal battle with the boy's adoptive mother for custody of the child, in order to have him back.
Margaret Lewin
Halle Berry, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, David Strathairn
Stephen Gyllenhaal
23. Crimes of the Heart (1986)
Meg Magrath
Sissy Spacek, Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper
Bruce Beresford
24. Prozac Nation (2001)
Based on an award-winning novel, Prozac Nation is a romantic drama film which tells the story of a young woman studying at Harvard, who is struggling with depression during her first year.
Christina Ricci, Anne Heche, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michelle Williams, Jason Biggs
25. Everybody's All-American (1988)
Dennis Quaid, Wayne Knight, John Goodman, Timothy Hutton, Carl Lumbly
26. Cousin Bette (1998)
Elisabeth Shue, Geraldine Chaplin, Hugh Laurie, Bob Hoskins, Aden Young
Des McAnuff
27. In Secret (2013)
Theresa gets married to her cousin, whom she grew up with. Things get ugly when her husband brings home a friend, and Theresa begins to develop an attraction towards him. Together they eventually conspire to kill her husband.
Madame Raquin
Matt Lucas, Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton, Shirley Henderson
Charlie Stratton
28. Bonneville (2006)
Arvilla Holden
Christine Baranski, Tom Skerritt, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Robert Conder, Bruce Newbold
Christopher N. Rowley
29. The Gambler (2014)
Jim Bennett, a literature professor, is addicted to high-stake gambling which has led him to borrow money from a gangster with his own life as collateral. As he slides down more into the underground gambling world, a loan-shark takes paternal interest in him. Jim is getting increasingly involved with one of his students. He has much at stake and can't afford to lose.
Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Michael K. Williams, Andre Braugher, George Harris Kennedy, Jr, John Goodman, George Kennedy
30. A Thousand Acres (1997)
A Thousand Acres is a drama film which revolves around a farmer in Iowa, named Larry Cook, who feels that it is time for him to retire. Therefore, he decides to split his land among his three daughters, Ginny, Rose and Caroline. Although Ginny and Rose happily agree to live and work on their family farm, Caroline decides to go for a law career instead. This tears apart the relationship between father and daughter.
Ginny Cook Smith
Michelle Pfeiffer, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Robards, Colin Firth, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jocelyn Moorhouse
31. How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
Sybil Danning, Fred Willard, Eddie Albert, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin
Robert Scheerer
32. King Kong (1976)
An expedition to find petroleum takes Jack Prescott to an island that is said to be rich in oil. However, upon reaching the island, he encounters a colossal giant gorilla, Kong, who wreaks havoc.
Dwan
Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois
Golden Globe Award for Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female
33. Night and the City (1992)
Night and the City is a crime drama film which tells the story of Harry Fabian, an incompetent lawyer in New York City, who gets obsessed with the idea of becoming a boxing promoter.
Helen Nasseros
Eli Wallach, Robert De Niro, Cliff Gorman, Alan King, Jack Warden
Irwin Winkler
34. Wild Oats (2016)
Shirley MacLaine, Billy Connolly, Demi Moore, Ptolemy Slocum
Andy Tennant
35. Hush (1998)
Jackson Baring, the heir to a grand horse farm in Kilronan, chooses to pursue a life in New York, while it is being run by his overbearing mother Martha. When he pays her a visit after some time with his new wife Helen, they are asked to stay for some time. However, it seems that Martha is hiding something from her son, and she also seems to be trying to get rid of her daughter-in-law, whom she doesn't approve of.
Martha Baring
Gwyneth Paltrow, Hal Holbrook, Debi Mazar, Johnathon Schaech, Nina Foch
Jonathan Darby
36. Masked and Anonymous (2003)
After being released from prison, Jack Fate, a legendary singer tries to revive his career, by performing at a benefit concert.
Nina Veronica
Penelope Cruz, Bruce Dern, Val Edward Kilmer, Angela Bassett, Luke Wilson, Christian Slater, Mickey Rourke
37. A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
Blanche DuBois
Alec Baldwin, Diane Lane, John Goodman, Frederick Coffin
Glenn Jordan
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
38. O Pioneers! (1992)
Alexandra Bergson
Anne Heche, David Strathairn, Tom Aldredge, Leigh Lawson, Reed Diamond
39. Far North (1988)
Melissa Sue Anderson, Patricia Arquette, Charles Durning, Donald Moffat, Tess Harper
Edie Falco, Louis C.K., Alan Alda, Amy Sedaris, Steven Alexander Wright, Paul Simon, Laurie Metcalf
Joan Crawford (8 episodes, 2017)
Susan Sarandon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Waters, Sarah Paulson, Stanley Tucci, Alfred Molina, Kathy Bates
Constance Langdon / ... (52 episodes, 2011-2019)
Alexandra Daddario, Taissa Farmiga, Neil Patrick Harris, Matt Bomer, Evan Peters, Joseph Fiennes, Connie Britton
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Stories from My Childhood
Rob Lowe, Kirsten Dunst, Tim Curry, Lacey Chabert, Mickey Rooney, Jim Belushi, Kathleen Turner
Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Roman Kachanov, Lev Atamanov
Jessica Lange Awards
Blue Sky Best Actress in a Leading Role 1995
Tootsie Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1983
American Horror Story Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television 2012
A Streetcar Named Desire Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television 1996
Blue Sky Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 1995
Tootsie Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture 1983
King Kong Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female 1977
American Horror Story Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 2014
American Horror Story Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 2012
Grey Gardens Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 2009