Beautiful 2000  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sally Field
Cast: Minnie Driver, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Joey Lauren Adams, Kathleen Turner, Leslie Stefanson, Bridgette Wilson, Kathleen Robertson, Michael McKean, Gary Collins, Linda Hart
Mona (Minnie Driver) is determined to gain fame and fortune via the "Miss American Miss" contest. But first she must pawn off her illegitimate daughter, Vanessa (Hallie Kate Eisenberg), on her friend Ruby (Joey Lauren Adams). When Ruby is sent to jail for a crime she did not commit, Mona is forced to reevaluate her priorities.
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Big Daddy 1999  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Cole & Dylan Sprouse, Josh Mostel, Leslie Mann, Allen Covert, Rob Schneider, Kristy Swanson, Joseph Bologna, Steve Buscemi, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Tim Herlihy
Well-educated Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) has not taken advantage of employment opportunities, but fate steps in with a little boy, Julian (Cole and Dylan Sprouse), who has been dropped off at his apartment. Sonny adopts Julian and, as an indulgent dad, turns him into a spoiled kid who does whatever he wants. Then the REAL problems begin.
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The Big Empty 2003  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Anderson
Cast: Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, Bud Cort, Daryl Hannah, Jon Gries, Adam Beach, Gary Farmer, Rachael Leigh Cook, Brent Briscoe, Melora Walters, Kelsey Grammer, Sean Bean
When struggling actor John Person (Jon Favreau) is offered $27,000 to deliver a suitcase to Cowboy (Sean Bean) in the middle of a desert, he eagerly takes on the task. Unfortunately, John misses his connection with Cowboy, and problems multiply leaving John to deal with a number of strange characters and events.
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Bio-Dome 1996 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jason Bloom
Cast: Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin, Teresa Hill, Joey Lauren Adams, William Atherton, Henry Gibson, Kevin West, Dara Tomanovich
Two brothers, Bud (Pauly Shore) and Doyle (Stephen Baldwin), naively wander into a bio-dome environment experiment tank and are accidentally locked inside where they must remain–with five real, disdainful scientists–for one year.
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 The Break-Up 2006 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Favreau, Cole Hauser, Jason Bateman, Judy Davis, Justin Long, Ivan Sergei, John Michael Higgins, Ann - Margret, Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Billingsley, Vernon Vaughn
Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) and Gary (Vince Vaughn) meet at a Cubs game at Wrigley Field, fall in love, and buy a condo together. During a family dinner party, problems erupt, and Brooke breaks up with Gary. But, neither Brooke nor Gary is willing to give up the condo, so each retreats to separate spaces inside the premises. Bad advice from family and friends leads to more problems in their mental battle as each connives to force the other out.
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Chasing Amy 1997  R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Joey Lauren Adams, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier, Casey Affleck, Guinevere Turner, Casey Affleck, Brian O'Halloran, John Willyung, Kelli Simpkins, Welker White
Comic book writer Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) and his roommate and professional partner, artist Banky Edwards (Jason Lee), have been best friends for many years. While attending a convention, Holden meets another comic book creator, Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), and they fall in love. But, there are major obstacles standing in the way of their bliss: Alyssa is a lesbian, and Banky is jealous and cannot understand Holden's love for her. Will Holden be able to cope with these problems?
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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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A Cool, Dry Place 1998 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John N. Smith
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams, Monica Potter, Bobby Moat, Devon Sawa, Nicholas Campbell, Chris Bauer, Aleksa Palladino, Siobhan Fallon, Todd Louiso
Single dad Russell Durrell (Vince Vaughn) balances his time–between work, estranged wife Kate (Monica Potter), and beautiful divorcee Beth (Joey Lauren Adams)–and still keeps his role of father to five-year-old Calvin (Bobby Moat) as the #1 priority.
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 Dazed and Confused 1993 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Shawn Andrews, Rory Cochrane, Anthony Rapp, Sasha Jenson, Michelle Burke, Wiley Wiggins, Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Marissa Ribisi, Cole Hauser, Milla Jovovich, Ben Affleck
In a small Texas town during 1976, it is the last day of school at Robert E. Lee High School. This film follows a group of teens on that special day and does a good job of reflecting the mood of that era. A new freshman class coming in is being hazed, and the seniors are raising hell. In the midst of the humiliations, football star Pink (Jason London) saves entering freshman Mitch (Wiley Wiggins) from a thrashing by seniors. The day passes, and the students end up at a wild keg party in the woods.
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Grand Champion 2002  G, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Barry Tubb
Cast: Joey Lauren Adams, Jacob Fisher, Emma Roberts, Cache Williams, Barry Tubb, Buck Taylor, Eloise DeJoria, Andy Buckley, Larry Mahan, George Straight, Charlie Roberts, Julia Roberts
Texas farm boy Buddy (Jacob Fisher) raises a champion steer, sells it, and then realizes that it will be slaughtered. What is a boy to do? Why, rescue it of course!
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Harvard Man 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Toback
Cast: Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams, Eric Stoltz, Rebecca Gayheart, Gianni Russo, Ray Allen, Michael Aparo, Scottie Epstein, John Neville
Harvard philosophy student and basketball player Alan Jensen (Adrian Grenier) makes a deal with the mob to throw a game and then must deal with his actions when the whole matter comes to light.
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In the Shadows 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: James Caan, Joey Lauren Adams, Matthew Modine, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeff Chase, Lillo Brancato, Cat Wallace, Scott Waugh, Paul Louis
A hit man's (Matthew Modine) current job is to murder a stuntman (James Caan). But when he falls in love with the target's daughter (Joey Lauren Adams), he decides to become a stuntman himself.
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Mallrats 1995 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Shannen Doherty, Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Claire Forlani, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Priscilla Barnes, Michael Rooker, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Renee Humphrey, Ethan Suplee, Stan Lee, Carol Banker, Kyle Boe
This teen movie is about one day in the life of 17-year-olds who hang out at the Eden Prairie Center Mall. Brodie (Jason Lee) and T.S. (Jeremy London) both broke up with their girlfriends, Rene (Shannen Doherty) and Brandi (Claire Forlani). Now, they are wandering around the mall looking for anything to do and manage to appear on Stan Lee's (playing himself) game show, and all is going well–until Brandi and Rene come to the mall.
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Michael 1996 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Robert Pastorelli, Bob Hoskins, Jean Stapleton, Teri Garr, Wallace Langham, Joey Lauren Adams, Carla Gugino
Michael (John Travolta) is a pot-bellied, beer guzzling, sugar-craving archangel womanizer who is on Earth to perform a mission. During this visit–the last of 26 vacations allowed during the course of human history–he is convinced by three reporters (Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, and Robert Pastorelli) to go with them to Chicago where they plan to exploit him.
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Sleep with Me 1994 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rory Kelly
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, Craig Sheffer, Parker Posey, Adrienne Shelly, Joey Lauren Adams, Quentin Tarantino, June Lockhart, Dean Cameron, Todd Field
Joseph (Eric Stoltz) and Frank (Craig Sheffer) are both in love with Sarah (Meg Tilly). The catch: Joseph and Sarah are already legally married!
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Unstrung Heroes 1995 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Diane Keaton
Cast: Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards, Maury Chaykin, Nathan Watt, Kendra Krull, Anne DeSalvo, Joey Lauren Adams, Candice Azzara, Celia Weston
Based on the Franz Lidz autobiographical novel, this story is set in the early 1960s. The story is about a young boy (Nathan Watt) who seeks refuge with his eccentric uncles while his family tries to deal with his mother's (Andie MacDowell) diagnosis of cancer.
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| 1. Beautiful (2000)
2. Big Daddy (1999)
3. The Big Empty (2003)
4. Bio-Dome (1996)
5. The Break-Up (2006)
6. Chasing Amy (1997)
7. Come Early Morning (2006)
8. A Cool, Dry Place (1998)
9. Dazed and Confused (1993)
10. Grand Champion (2002)
11. Harvard Man (2001)
12. In the Shadows (2001)
13. Mallrats (1995)
14. Michael (1996)
15. Sleep with Me (1994)
16. Unstrung Heroes (1995)
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