John Lithgow
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Filmography
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Love Is Strange
(2014)After finally getting married after 28 years together, Ben and George are forced to face bureaucracy and the challenges of being forced to live apart.

Harry and the Hendersons
(1987)Oscar-nominee John Lithgow stars in this big-hearted, big-footed comedy about a family's race to return a loving Sasquatch to his natural habitat before the authorities capture him.

Raising Cain
(1992)Brian de Palma directs this stylish thriller about a psychologist (John Lithgow) whose deranged multiple personalities emerge when he discovers his wife (Lolita Davidovich) is cheating.

The Tomorrow Man
(2019)Two lonely sexagenarians—one a zealous doomsday prepper and the other a compulsive shopper—embark on a journey to lose control and find love.

Out Cold
(1989)A black comedy in which a meek butcher wrongly believes he has killed his partner after discovering him frozen to death in the freezer.

Projections of America
(2015)During World War II, a team of idealistic film-makers hoped the power of film could reshape the world. As Allied forces liberated Western Europe, the military campaign was accompanied by a vast propaganda effort that centred on 26 short documentaries about American life targeted at the newly liberated populations.

Love, Cheat & Steal
(1993)Life for a newly married and satisfied couple starts to turn when a stranger arrives with ties to the wife and begins to secretly blackmail her.

Mesmerized
(1985)The true story of an orphan who is forced into marriage with a cruel older man. When her husband turns up dead, she becomes the prime suspect, arousing the scorn of the entire nation.

Cliffhanger
(1993)A mid-air heist turns into a search for stolen money.

Santa Claus: The Movie
(1985)Christmas is in trouble when one of Santa’s obstinate elves finds himself out of a job and scooped up by an unscrupulous toy company executive.

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 Rule of Jenny Pen
(2025)Confined to a secluded retirement home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge (Geoffrey Rush) must stop an elderly psychopath (John Lithgow) who terrorises residents with a child's puppet.

Beatriz at Dinner
(2017)Two worlds collide when a Mexican immigrant who works as a health practitioner in Los Angeles and a self-satisfied billionaire meet at a dinner party.

Distant Thunder
(1988)After 15 years of self-imposed isolation, a Vietnam veteran emerges from the wilderness to reconcile with his teenage son.
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
(2021)'Emily @ the Edge of Chaos' interweaves Emily Levine’s live performance with animation, appearances by scientists, and animated characters (John Lithgow as Sir Isaac Newton, Lily Tomlin as Ayn Rand, Leonard Nimoy as Sigmund Freud, Richard Lewis as Aristotle, Matt Groening as Aldo Leopold). The film uses physics, which explains how the universe works, to explain our metaphysics – the story of our values, our institutions, our interactions. Using her own experience and a custom blend of insight and humor, provocation and inspiration, personal story and social commentary, Emily takes her audience through its own paradigm shift: from the Fear of Change to the Edge of Chaos.Emily Levine, like her film, was one-of-a-kind. She was a television writer, a stand-up performer, and an out-of-the box-thinker, whose brilliant TED Talks have been watched by millions. She made this film with Wendy Apple, who produced and directed it. Wendy died in 2017 and Emily continued working on the film until she also passed away in 2019.

Conclave
(2024)The Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world, locked together in the Vatican halls. Tasked with running the covert process of selecting a new pope, Cardinal Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church.

Blow Out
(1981)A Philadelphia sound-effects man witnesses and records a car accident that turns out to be a politically motivated murder.

Footloose
(1984)When teenager Ren (Kevin Bacon) and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

This Is 40
(2012)Amid a series of personal and professional crises, a long-married couple must figure out how to forgive, forget and enjoy the rest of their lives -- before they kill each other.

Pet Sematary
(2019)The Creed family leaves the city for the country, but their idyllic new life is short-lived when the cemetery next door unleashes its evil curse.