Ellen Barkin
23 titles
Filmography
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Palindromes
(2005)13-year-old Aviva is desperate for a baby and desperately vulnerable. Played by eight different actors of varying ages, genders and races, including a then-42-year-old Jennifer Jason Leigh, this radical casting choice is not a gimmick, but central to the film. Aviva could be anyone, any misfit or dreamer repeatedly trying to navigate a morally ambiguous and corrupt world.

Switch
(1991)Ellen Barkin stars in this mystical comedy about a detestable male chauvinist temporarily reincarnated into the body of a woman. Steve Brooks (Perry King) foolishly accepts an invite for an evening of debauchery from three former girlfriends, and thinks he's got it made when he shows up to find them waiting for him in a hot tub. Eager to exact revenge on the scoundrel, the women proceed to drow...

Mercy
(2000)Temptation consumes a detective investigating a series of sexually gruesome serial murders that sends her to a high-class lesbian escort service.

This Boy's Life
(1993)In this coming-of-age story set in the 1950s, a rebellious teen endures an abusive relationship with his emotionally scarred mother's new husband.

Sea of Love
(1989)Veteran New York City police detective Frank Keller (Pacino) is a workaholic cop living on the edge. Joining forces with detective Sherman Touhey (John Goodman) to track down a bizarre serial killer, he encounters a beautiful suspect (Ellen Barkin). Convinced of her innocence, Keller enters into a passionate affair, despite hard evidence linking her to the murders.

Drop Dead Gorgeous
(1999)Ellen Barkin, who plays the trailer-trash, beer-swilling mother of Amber (Kirsten Dunst), and the homicidally ambitious mother (Kirstie Alley) of spoilt rich bitch Becky (Denise Richards) will stop at nothing to ensure their daughters win the Mount Rose teen beauty pageant.

The Big Easy
(1986)A new female district attorney is unhappy with the gangs and corruption in New Orleans and bonds with a detective in this sultry crime thriller.

Wild Bill
(1995)Wild Bill Hickok is a hard-drinking, quick-shooting gunslinger who faces the showdown of his life in this exciting, visually stunning tale.

Bad Company
(1995)Laurence Fishburne is Nelson Crowe, a deep-cover CIA operative with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
(1984)A rock-star/brain-surgeon/comic-book-hero/samurai must stop evil creatures from the 8th dimension who want to conquer our dimension.

The Fan
(1996)Robert De Niro is a baseball fan who becomes obsessed with his favorite player (Wesley Snipes) in Tony Scott's chilling thriller.

Harry & Son
(1984)A widower and crane operator and his artistically inclined son attempt to salvage their relationship after dad gets fired from his construction job.

She Hate Me
(2004)Wharton-educated biotech executive John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Anthony Mackie) gets fired when he informs on his bosses launching an investigation into their business dealings by the Securities & Exchange Commission. Branded a whistle-blower and therefore unemployable, Jack desperately needs to make a living. When his former girlfriend Fatima (Kerry Washington), a high powered businesswoman an..

The Out-Laws
(2023)When the bank Owen manages gets robbed just days before his wedding, the evidence all points in one incredibly awkward direction: his future in-laws.

Someone Like You...
(2001)A successful television producer attempts to understand romance by working as a sex columnist.

Animal Kingdom
In the sixth and final season of ANIMAL KINGDOM, the adrenaline-fueled family crime drama, the Cody boys discover that they can’t outrun their past. With their empire expanding, a cold case investigation sets off a series of events that puts the entire family in jeopardy. Revenge, betrayal, and a reckoning with long forgotten violence leads to an explosive conclusion six seasons in the making.

Diner
(1982)A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.

Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne
(2012)You've watched her, you've laughed with her, and you've wondered what the hell she was thinking – get ready for The Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne. You name it, Roseanne's done it, and she's about to get burned for it.

Brooklyn's Finest
(2010)Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.

Very Good Girls
(2013)Best friends Lily (Dakota Fanning) and Gerry (Elizabeth Olsen), home for one last New York summer, make a pact to lose their virginity before leaving for college. But when they both fall for the same handsome artist (Boyd Holbrook) and Lily starts seeing him in secret, a lifelong friendship is tested.