Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen

Birthday:Nov 5, 1964
Place of birth:Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Filmography

2008
Taken

Taken

Action Thriller One-Person Army Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
7.7

20081h 34min

France, United States

Director: Pierre Morel

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

2004
Eulogy

Eulogy

Comedy Drama Dark Comedy Family Drama
6.4

20041h 31min

Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Michael Clancy

A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.

2003
X2

X2

Adventure Action Science Fiction Superhero Action Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi
7.4

20032h 13min

United States

Director: Bryan Singer

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

2001
Don't Say a Word

Don't Say a Word

Thriller Mystery Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller Investigation Mystery
6.3

20011h 53min

United States

Director: Gary Fleder

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.


Made

Made

Comedy Crime Buddy Comedy Organized Crime
6.3

20011h 35min

United States

Director: Jon Favreau

Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.

2000
X-Men

X-Men

Adventure Action Science Fiction Superhero Action Adventure Epic
7.3

20001h 44min

United States

Director: Bryan Singer

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.


Love & Sex

Love & Sex

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.1

20001h 22min

Canada, United States

Director: Valerie Breiman

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back over her own various experiences, and to wondering if she is in much of a position to write on the subject.

1998
The Faculty

The Faculty

Horror Science Fiction
6.6

19981h 44min

United States

Director: Robert Rodriguez

When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!


Rounders

Rounders

Drama Crime Organized Crime Psychological Drama
7.3

19982h 1min

United States

Director: John Dahl

Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.


Celebrity

Celebrity

Drama Comedy
6.3

19981h 53min

United States

Director: Woody Allen

The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.