
Frances McDormand
Filmography

Burn After Reading
Comedy Drama Dark Comedy2008•1h 36min
United States, United Kingdom
Director: Ethan Coen
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Parody2008•1h 32min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Bharat Nalluri
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

Something's Gotta Give
Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy2003•2h 8min
United States
Director: Nancy Meyers
When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.

Laurel Canyon
Drama Romance Relationship Drama Passionate Romance2003•1h 43min
United States
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

City by the Sea
Crime Drama Mystery Police Procedural Tragic Drama2002•1h 48min
United States
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but then makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime.

The Man Who Wasn't There
Crime Drama Organized Crime Psychological Drama2001•1h 56min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Joel Coen
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.

Almost Famous
Drama Music Coming-of-Age Drama Backstage & Showbiz Music2000•2h 4min
United States
Director: Cameron Crowe
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.

Wonder Boys
Comedy Drama Dark Comedy Relationship Drama2000•1h 51min
Germany, Japan
Director: Curtis Hanson
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.

