 Bug 2007  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins, Brian F. O'Byrne, Harry Connick Jr.
Agnes (Ashley Judd) has suffered more than a few tragedies during her life and is now freebasing coke while downing vodka and drinking cheap red wine. One night, her friend R.C. (Lynn Collins) brings a new man into Agnes' motel room. He is Gulf War veteran Peter Evans (Michael Shannon) who claims that the Army used him in an experiment and gave him drugs involving infectious diseases. Agnes and Peter have sex, and then the bugs arrive. They are coming out of Peter's body, and he is convinced that they are infecting Agnes as well. Paranoia sets in as both Agnes and Peter descend into a state of madness using any means at their disposal to rid themselves of the bugs.
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Come Early Morning 2006 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joey Lauren Adams
Cast: Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Laura Prepon, Diane Ladd, Scott Wilson, Stacy Keach, Pat Corley, Ray McKinnon, Candyce Hinkle, Wally Welch, Jeff Nichols, Christine Renee Ward, Tim Blake Nelson
Lucy Fowler (Ashley Judd) lives in a Southern, small town where she works as a building contractor by day, consumes too much alcohol at the local bar, and engages in casual sex by night. When Lucy meets Cal Percell (Jeffrey Donovan), she wants to change her lifestyle. But, first Lucy must look into her family's past and find out what it is that causes her degrading behavior if she is ever to have a lasting relationship with Cal.
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 De-lovely 2004 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally, Sandra Nelson, Allan Corduner, Peter Polycarpou, Keith Allen, James Wilby, Kevin McKidd, Richard Dillane, Edward Baker-Duly
Taking the form of a stage show with Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) looking back on his life, this biography covers facets of the American composer's life, including his homosexuality and love for his only wife, Linda (Ashley Judd). Yes, the music plays a big role in this film, but the relationship between Cole and Linda takes center stage.
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 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 2002  PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Callie Khouri
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, Maggie Smith, Ashley Judd, Shirley Knight, James Garner, Cherry Jones, Angus Macfadyen, Jacqueline McKenzie, Katy Selverstone, Kiersten Warren, Gina McKee, Matthew Settle
After not inviting her mother, Vivi (Ellen Burstyn), to her wedding, Sidda (Sandra Bullock) is confronted by Vivi's girlhood friends, the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. The Ya-Ya's kidnap Sidda, drug her, and reveal the secrets of Vivi's past in an effort to reconciliate mother and daughter.
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 Double Jeopardy 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood, Annabeth Gish, Roma Maffia, Davenia McFadden, Jay Brazeau, Gillian Barber, Daniel Lapaine, Spencer Treat Clark
Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) is in prison wrongfully convicted of murder. The "victim" is her husband, Nick (Bruce Greenwood), who turns up alive and well while raising their son and living with Libby's friend, Angela (Annabeth Gish). When Libby uncovers the ploy, she plots her revenge–based on her belief that she can only be tried once for Nick's murder.
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Eye of the Beholder 1999   R, 109 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stephan Elliott
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin, K.D. Lang, Jason Priestley, Genevieve Bujold, Janine Theriault, Vlasta Vrana, Charles Powell, Anne-Marie Brown
A surveillance expert (Ewan McGregor) spots Joanna (Ashley Judd) committing a murder and develops an obsession through which he follows her for the next 10 years as she kills again and again on a psychotic killing spree.
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 Frida 2002 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julie Taymor
Cast: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton, Valeria Golino, Mia Maestro, Roger Rees, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Saffron Burrows
This biography tells the story of sexual revolutionary/Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) who shared her life with her husband, the great artist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina). But, at the same time, Frida found time for an affair with Leon Trotsky and participated in more than one romantic affair with women. The film won Academy Awards for Musical Score and Makeup and received four other nominations, including Best Actress (Salma Hayek).
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 Heat 1995  R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Diane Venora, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Dennis Haysbert, Natalie Portman, William Fichtner
Any film that Al Pacino and Robert De Niro both agree to perform in is guaranteed good movie fare. In this story, L.A. Police Detective Vincent Hanna (Pacino) becomes obsessed with the criminal activities of Neil McCauley (De Niro) and his gang of thieves. The climax is a riveting gunfight between cops and robbers across city streets in L.A.–do NOT miss this one.
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High Crimes 2002 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carl Franklin
Cast: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, James Caviezel, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Michael Gaston, Jude Ciccolella
Attorney Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) teams up with a military lawyer (Adam Scott) and a civilian attorney (Morgan Freeman) after her ex-USMC husband (James Caviezel) is arrested and charged with murder for war crimes he supposedly committed while serving in El Salvador many years earlier.
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Kiss the Girls 1997  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Gary Fleder
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders, Bill Nunn, Brian Cox, Alex McArthur, Jeremy Piven, Richard T. Jones, Roma Maffia, Gina Ravera, William Converse-Roberts, Helen Martin, Tatyana Ali
Based on James Patterson's novel, this is a suspense-filled story about Washington, D.C. forensic expert Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) who is on the trail of a criminal who is abducting people. Then, when he meets Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd) who has escaped from her abductor, the two join forces, and they work to solve the case.
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Kuffs 1992 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Bruce A. Evans
Cast: Christian Slater, Tony Goldwyn, Milla Jovovich, Bruce Boxleitner, Leon Rippy, Ashley Judd, Mary Ellen Trainor, Troy Evans, Craig Benton
George Kuffs (Christian Slater) approaches his older brother Brad (Bruce Boxleitner) for a loan. Instead of a loan, his brother offers him a job. When Brad is killed, George becomes sole owner of the business and helps police battle neighborhood crime.
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The Locusts 1997 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Patrick Kelley
Cast: Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Ashley Judd, Paul Rudd, Jessica Capshaw, Daniel Meyer, Jessie Robertson, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Jerry Haynes
Delilah Potts (Kate Capshaw) is an alcoholic widow (her husband committed suicide eight-years ago). Her life consists of being a rather dysfunctional mother to son Flyboy (Jeremy Davies) and sleeping around regularly. Also featured is Clay (Vince Vaughn) who drifts into town and into the arms of Kitty (Ashley Judd). The characters in this film are all like locusts; they engage regularly in sex and accept whatever is their fate.
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Normal Life 1996 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost, Edmund Wyson, Michael Skewes, Scott Cummins, Tom Towles, Kate Walsh, Kevin Mukherji, Penelope Milford, Dawn Maxey
Chicago policeman Chris Anderson (Luke Perry) and his wife, Pam (Ashley Judd), enter into a dysfunctional marriage that leads to a crime spree in the Chicago suburbs.
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 Simon Birch 1998 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Cast: Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn, Dana Ivey, Beatrice Winde, Jan Hooks, Cecilley Carroll, Jim Carrey
Simon is a young dwarf who deals with his small stature through a firm belief that he is a part of God's plan. Simon forms a friendship with Joe Wenteworth (Joseph Mazzello) and is understood by Joe's loving mother, Rebecca (Ashley Judd).
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Smoke 1995  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Stockard Channing, Harold Perrineau, Ashley Judd, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Argo, Jared Harris, Jose Zuniga
Taken from Paul Auster's novel, "The Music of Chance," this film records moments in the lives of several people who wander in and out of a Brooklyn cigar store. Shopkeeper Augie (Harvey Keitel) is a storyteller who touches and is touched by the lives of those around him. Among the interesting characters are Paul Benjamin (William Hurt), Rashid (Harold Perrineau Jr.), and Ruby (Stockard Channing).
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Someone Like You 2001 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Cast: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin, Laura Regan, Catherine Dent, Peter Friedman, Donna Hanover, Matthew Coyle
Jane (Ashley Judd) books acts for a talk show and has a good relationship with the show's executive producer, Ray (Greg Kinnear). When Ray dumps her, Jane is determined to figure out what makes men tick, and she tests her theories on co-worker and womanizer Eddie (Hugh Jackman). You can guess what happens. Nothing special here, but some good moments.
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 Twisted 2004 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn, Russell Wong, Camryn Manheim, Mark Pellegrino, Titus Welliver, D.W. Moffett, Richard T. Jones, Leland Orser, James Oliver Bullock
The emotional stability of homicide detective Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) leaves much to be desired, but she takes a downhill spiral on her first case when she finds that she had at least one-night stands with all of the victims.
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Where the Heart Is 2000 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Williams
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, Sally Field, Richard Jones, Margaret Ann Hoard
This film begins with pregnant 17-year-old Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) being abandoned by her boyfriend in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, at a Wal-Mart store. She decides to secretly camp out at Wal-Mart. The plan works, until she goes into labor. Rushed to the hospital, Novalee attains celebrity status, a job, a family, and friends–and a small amount of maturity. Well, it's a start!
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| 1. Bug (2007)
2. Come Early Morning (2006)
3. De-lovely (2004)
4. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
5. Double Jeopardy (1999)
6. Eye of the Beholder (1999)
7. Frida (2002)
8. Heat (1995)
9. High Crimes (2002)
10. Kiss the Girls (1997)
11. Kuffs (1992)
12. The Locusts (1997)
13. Norma Jean and Marilyn (1996)
14. Normal Life (1996)
15. Ruby in Paradise (1993)
16. Simon Birch (1998)
17. Smoke (1995)
18. Someone Like You (2001)
19. Twisted (2004)
20. Where the Heart Is (2000)
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