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All Frances McDormand Movies Ranked

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  • Fargo (1996)

    1. Fargo

    19961h 38mR88Metascore
    8.1 (758K)
    Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve Buscemi
  • Kate Hudson in Almost Famous (2000)

    2. Almost Famous

    20002h 2mR90Metascore
    7.9 (305K)
    A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
    DirectorCameron CroweStarsBilly CrudupPatrick FugitKate Hudson
  • Woody Harrelson, Frances McDormand, and Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

    3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    20171h 55mR88Metascore
    8.1 (584K)
    A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
    DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsFrances McDormandWoody HarrelsonSam Rockwell
  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

    4. Moonrise Kingdom

    20121h 34mPG-1384Metascore
    7.8 (375K)
    Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsJared GilmanKara HaywardBruce Willis
  • Blood Simple (1984)

    5. Blood Simple

    19841h 39mR84Metascore
    7.5 (110K)
    The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJohn GetzFrances McDormandDan Hedaya
  • Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston, and Koyu Rankin in Isle of Dogs (2018)

    6. Isle of Dogs

    20181h 41mPG-1382Metascore
    7.8 (201K)
    Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsBryan CranstonKoyu RankinEdward Norton
  • Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter in Raising Arizona (1987)

    7. Raising Arizona

    19871h 34mPG-1369Metascore
    7.3 (156K)
    When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsNicolas CageHolly HunterTrey Wilson
  • Lone Star (1996)

    8. Lone Star

    19962h 15mR79Metascore
    7.4 (34K)
    When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
    DirectorJohn SaylesStarsChris CooperElizabeth PeñaStephen Mendillo
  • Frances McDormand in Nomadland (2020)

    9. Nomadland

    20201h 47mR87Metascore
    7.3 (194K)
    A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
    DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsFrances McDormandDavid StrathairnLinda May
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

    10. The Tragedy of Macbeth

    20211h 45mR87Metascore
    7.1 (42K)
    A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.
    DirectorJoel CoenStarsDenzel WashingtonFrances McDormandAlex Hassell
  • Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning (1988)

    11. Mississippi Burning

    19882h 8mR65Metascore
    7.8 (121K)
    Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights activists.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsGene HackmanWillem DafoeFrances McDormand
  • Short Cuts (1993)

    12. Short Cuts

    19933h 8mR81Metascore
    7.6 (49K)
    The day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarsAndie MacDowellJulianne MooreTim Robbins
  • Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, and James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

    13. The Man Who Wasn't There

    20011h 56mR73Metascore
    7.5 (118K)
    A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
    DirectorJoel CoenStarsBilly Bob ThorntonFrances McDormandMichael Badalucco
  • Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys (2000)

    14. Wonder Boys

    20001h 47mR74Metascore
    7.2 (68K)
    An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.
    DirectorCurtis HansonStarsMichael DouglasTobey MaguireFrances McDormand
  • Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban, Benicio Del Toro, Edward Norton, Henry Winkler, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Lois Smith, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Wallace Wolodarsky, Jeffrey Wright, Jarvis Cocker, Mohamed Belhadjine, Saoirse Ronan, Tony Revolori, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, and Krishna Bagadiya in The French Dispatch (2021)

    15. The French Dispatch

    20211h 47mR75Metascore
    7.1 (160K)
    A collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine" comes to life in a fictional twentieth century French city.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsBenicio Del ToroAdrien BrodyTilda Swinton
  • Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, and Jessie Buckley in Women Talking (2022)

    16. Women Talking

    20221h 44mPG-1377Metascore
    6.9 (46K)
    Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
    DirectorSarah PolleyStarsRooney MaraClaire FoyJessie Buckley
  • Charlize Theron in North Country (2005)

    17. North Country

    20052h 6mR68Metascore
    7.3 (46K)
    A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
    DirectorNiki CaroStarsCharlize TheronJeremy RennerFrances McDormand
  • Frances McDormand in Hidden Agenda (1990)

    18. Hidden Agenda

    19901h 48mR
    6.9 (4.9K)
    When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.
    DirectorKen LoachStarsFrances McDormandMaurice RoëvesRobert Patterson
  • Frances McDormand and Amy Adams in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

    19. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

    20081h 32mPG-1363Metascore
    7.0 (30K)
    Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
    DirectorBharat NalluriStarsFrances McDormandAmy AdamsCiarán Hinds
  • Richard Gere in Primal Fear (1996)

    20. Primal Fear

    19962h 9mR47Metascore
    7.7 (262K)
    A high-profile murder intrigues a publicity hungry lawyer.
    DirectorGregory HoblitStarsRichard GereLaura LinneyEdward Norton
  • Raymond Ochoa and Jack Bright in The Good Dinosaur (2015)

    21. The Good Dinosaur

    20151h 33mPG66Metascore
    6.7 (134K)
    In a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-by-side, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
    DirectorPeter SohnStarsJeffrey WrightFrances McDormandMaleah Nipay-Padilla
  • Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give (2003)

    22. Something's Gotta Give

    20032h 8mPG-1366Metascore
    6.7 (133K)
    A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.
    DirectorNancy MeyersStarsJack NicholsonDiane KeatonKeanu Reeves
  • Liam Neeson in Darkman (1990)

    23. Darkman

    19901h 36mR65Metascore
    6.4 (73K)
    A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsLiam NeesonFrances McDormandColin Friels
  • Jeffrey Mowery in Burn After Reading (2008)

    24. Burn After Reading

    20081h 36mR63Metascore
    7.0 (365K)
    A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.
    DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsBrad PittFrances McDormandGeorge Clooney
  • George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, and Jonah Hill in Hail, Caesar! (2016)

    25. Hail, Caesar!

    20161h 46mPG-1372Metascore
    6.3 (147K)
    A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.
    DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsJosh BrolinGeorge ClooneyAlden Ehrenreich

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