Movies starring Jodie Foster
The usual function of the "revenge flick" is to allow the viewer to vicariously experience the brutal pleasure of executing that "dish best served cold." It's a basic case of good versus evil, with the former striking back against the latter. The...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-09-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveeen Andrews, ...
Carnage is a French dark comedy made with an A-list cast and filmed in English. Adapted from the play God of Carnage by the play's scribe, Yasmina Reza, and director Roman Polanski, Carnage makes no attempt to "open up" the stage production. With t...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-12-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, ...
Contact is likely to change a lot of perceptions -- not only about the role of humankind in the universe, but about what special effects can do for a movie when they're used in the service of a story, rather than the other way around. Contact...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-07-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Jodie Foster, David Morse, Rob Lowe, ...
Elysium is a thoroughly entertaining science fiction/action spectacle that reinforces the argument that director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) has what it takes to enthrall audiences. However, I can't help but wishing this material had been given "th...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-08-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, ...
Flightplan is the latest motion picture to take an intriguing premise and flush it into the septic tank. Despite the participation of selective, talented actress Jodie Foster and a screenplay that borrows heavily from The Lady Vanishes, Flightplan...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, ...
Hotel Artemis has the look and feel of a graphic novel adaptation, albeit with a few pages missing. With its flashy action sequences and Tarantino-wannabe vibe, the movie tries hard to be hip and edgy but ends up simply being uneven. Tonal shi...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-06-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Drew Pearce
Cast: Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Dave Bautista, ...
With so much talent involved - both in front of and behind the camera - one has a right to anticipate something special from Inside Man. Does it deliver? Spike Lee's latest joint is a workmanlike thriller that provides solid performances; a mixtur...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-03-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, ...
Maverick may be as close as anything comes to a perfect summer movie (as opposed to a perfect movie). It has great action sequences, more than a splash of legitimately-funny humor, solid performances from engaging actors, and a script that doesn't...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-05-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ADVENTURE/COMEDY
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, ...
Nell, Jodie Foster's return to dramatic acting following a flirtation with Maverick's action-comedy, is an entirely human movie. In this lush, green world of rolling hills and crystal pools, technology is an unwelcome intruder; civilization, a thr...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-12-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, ...
Whenever a movie addresses the subject of a girl living alone on a desert island, the soft porn warning lights go on. So it may come as a bit of a surprise that Nim's Island is a family film in which no one considers skinny-dipping. What's more, i...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FAMILY ADVENTURE
Director: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
Cast: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler