The Big Man 1990  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Crossing the Line
Director: David Leland
Cast: Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley, Billy Connolly, Hugh Grant, Maurice Roeves, Carla Cannon, Ian Bannen, Kenny Ireland, John Beattie, Amanda Walker, George Rossi
Set in Scotland in the mid-1980s, this film is more of a statement against then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher than a boxing story. The economy resulted in many hardships, and Danny (Liam Neeson) has been unemployed since he lost his job in the mines. Not wanting to live entirely off his loving wife's (Joanne Whalley) income, he finds a job as a participant in the brutal sport of bare-knuckle boxing.
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The Californians 2005 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jonathan Parker
Cast: Noah Wyle, Illeana Douglas, Kate Mara, Cloris Leachman, Joanne Whalley, Keith Carradine, Valerie Perrine, Jane Lynch, Michael Panes, Charles Martinet, Richard Gross, Erika Luckett
Real-estate developer Gavin Ransom (Noah Wyle) plans yet another gated community in California but runs into trouble when activist folksinger Zoe Tripp (Kate Mara) forms a bond with Gavin's sister, Olive (Illeana Douglas), and sings anthems protesting Gavin's real-estate plans.
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Dance with a Stranger 1985  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Stratford Johns, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Carroll, Tom Chadbon, Jane Bertish, David Troughton, Susan Kyd
This film, set in London during the 1950s, is based on a true story that led to an infamous murder trial. Ruth Ellis (Miranda Richardson) was living with her 10-year-old son when she met playboy David Blakeley (Rupert Everett). Their ensuing romance was doomed from the start and ends with Ruth killing David. Ruth was hanged on 13 July 1955; she is the last woman executed in Great Britain.
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The Good Father 1985  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Frances Viner, Simon Callow, Miriam Margolyes, Joanne Whalley, Michael Byrne, Jennie Stoller, Johanna Kirby, Stephen Fry, Clifford Rose
Embittered over his own marriage failure and loss of his son's custody, Bill (Anthony Hopkins) encourages, and even funds, his friend Roger's (Jim Broadbent) court case for custody of Roger's young son.
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Kill Me Again 1989 R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Dahl
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Val Kilmer, Michael Madsen, Pat Mulligan, Bibi Besch, Jon Gries, Michael Greene, Nick Dimitri, Robert Schuch, Duane Tucker
After a rip-off of mobsters, the team of Fay Forrester (Joanne Whalley) and Vince Miller (Michael Madsen) split up when Forrester takes a hike–with the money! She hires Jack Andrews (Val Kilmer) to fake her death, but he ends up empty-handed as well.
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The Man Who Knew Too Little 1997  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Bill Murray, Joanne Whalley, Peter Gallagher, Alfred Molina, Richard Wilson, Geraldine James, John Standing, Anna Chancellor, Nicholas Woodeson, Simon Chandler
Wallace Ritchie (Bill Murray) travels to London to visit his brother James (Peter Gallagher) and is given a ticket to an audience participation game, "Theater of Life." He is then mistaken for someone else and ends up at the center of an espionage plot.
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Mother's Boys 1993 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Yves Simoneau
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Joanne Whalley, Peter Gallagher, Vanessa Redgrave, Luke Edwards, Colin Ward, Joey Zimmerman, Joss Ackland, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, John C. McGinley
What would make a woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) leave her husband (Peter Gallagher) and three sons? Even more interesting, what would make that same woman return a few years later and try to get back into the family fold? Weak.
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Navy SEALS 1990 R, 113 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich, Cyril O'Reilly, Bill Paxton, Dennis Haysbert, Paul Sanchez, Nicholas Kadi, Ronald G. Joseph, Richard Venture, Rob Moran, S. Epatha Merderson, Gregory McKinney, Mark Carlton
Navy SEALS, led by Lt. Dale Hawkins (Charlie Sheen) and Lt. James Curran (Michael Biehn), come to the rescue when Mid-East terrorists get their hands on U.S. missiles. Hawkins and Curran are rivals, and each uses his own unique methods to locate the stolen missiles. With help from journalist Claire Varrens (Joanne Whalley), they do finally find the weapons.
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Run the Wild Fields 2000  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul A. Kaufman
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Sean Patrick Flanery, Alexa Vega, Cotter Smith, Bill Lake, Christine Brubaker, Bradley Reid, Diane Douglas, Ron Payne, Shawn Lawrence
Ruby (Joanne Whalley) watches over the farm during World War II while her husband has been declared Missing in Action. Along comes drifter and pacifist Tom (Sean Patrick Flanery), and Ruth offers him a job to help on the farm. Family fare with a message.
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Scandal 1989 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen, Leslie Phillips, Britt Ekland, Jeroen Krabbe, Daniel Massey, Roland Gift, Jean Alexander, Alex Norton, Leslie Phillips
The sensational Profumo Affair scandal is chronicled in this film about showgirls Christine Keeler (Joanne Whalley) and Mandy Rice-Davis (Bridget Fonda)–affairs with top British government officials. There is the original X-rated version out there, too.
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Scarlett 1994 TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Timothy Dalton, Barbara Barrie, Sean Bean, Annabeth Gish, Julie Harris, Stephen Collins, John Gielgud, Melissa Leo, Jean Smart
This highly advertised TV miniseries is a sequel to "Gone with the Wind." It's now 1873; Scarlett (Joanne Whalley) still wants Rhett (Timothy Dalton), so she heads to Charleston to win his love. After that fails and she has an illegitimate child, she leaves for Ireland and nobility, but her troubles are just beginning. There are better ways to spend six hours.
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Shattered 1991 R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley, Corbin Bernsen, Theodore Bikel, Debi Monahan, Bert Rosario, Jedda Jones, Scott Getlin
Following a serious car accident and his subsequent amnesia, a husband (Tom Berenger) begins to suspect his wife (Greta Scacchi) of attempting to murder him. He hires a detective (Bob Hoskins) to sort out the puzzle.
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 The Singing Detective 1986  TV, 415 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, Janet Suzman, Alison Steadman, Bill Paterson, Jim Carter, David Ryall, Gerard Horan, Leslie French, Lyndon Davies, Ron Cook, Imelda Staunton, George Rossi, Janet Henfrey
This near-classic tale by Dennis Potter combines music, film noir, mystery, fantasy, and autobiographical material in a successful British TV miniseries, originally airing in six episodes. Detective novelist Philip E. Marlow (Michael Gambon) suffers from a crippling skin/nerve disease (psoriatic arthropathy–a disease that Potter died of). In his hospital bed, he relives his latest novel, "The Singing Detective," with himself in the title role, often drifting into a surrealistic fantasy world as he relives his life.
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 Storyville 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Frost
Cast: James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards, Charlotte Lewis, Michael Warren, Michael Parks, Chuck McCann, Charles Haid, Piper Laurie, Chino "Fats" Williams, Woody Strode, Jeff Perry
Congressional aspirant Cray Fowler (James Spader), a lawyer and member of a powerful political family, meets waitress Lee Tran (Charlotte Lewis) at a fundraiser, and they spend the night together–as the surveillance camera rolls. When he awakens, Lee is gone and her father lies dead in Cray's room. After Lee is charged with the crime, Cray defends her while also investigating who is trying to frame him.
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A Texas Funeral 1999 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W. Blake Herron
Cast: Robert Patrick, Joanne Whalley, Isaiah Washington, Jane Adams, Grace Zabriskie, Martin Sheen, Olivia d'Abo, Chris Noth, Quinton Jones, Jackie Belvin
The family gathers to attend the funeral of their patriarch, and at the ceremony the grieving widow removes one of the ears of the deceased. Thus begins the story, told in flashbacks, of this bizarre family's secrets.
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Trial by Jury 1994 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Margaret Whitton, Ed Lauter, Richard Portnow, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Jack Gwaltney
Mob boss Rusty Pirone (Armand Assante) goes on trial and juror Valerie (Joanne Whalley) is paid a visit by his henchman with a message: acquit or she and her son will be killed. What WILL she do? A premise with promise is torpedoed by weak acting (except by Assante) and lame storyline.
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 Willow 1988 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, Warwick Davis, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty, Rick Overton, Pat Roach, Gavan O'Herlihy, David Steinberg
Willow (Warwick Davis) is a wizard who must keep a special child away from the clutches of the wicked queen (Jean Marsh). This movie is an enchanting fantasy.
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| 1. The Big Man (1990)
aka: Crossing the Line
2. The Californians (2005)
3. Dance with a Stranger (1985)
4. The Good Father (1985)
5. A Good Man in Africa (1994)
6. Kill Me Again (1989)
7. The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
8. Mother's Boys (1993)
9. Navy SEALS (1990)
10. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
11. Run the Wild Fields (2000)
12. Scandal (1989)
13. Scarlett (1994)
14. Shattered (1991)
15. The Singing Detective (1986)
16. Storyville (1992)
17. A Texas Funeral (1999)
18. Trial by Jury (1994)
19. Willow (1988)
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