Dianne Wiest

March 28, 1948 (age 78) Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Dianne Evelyn Wiest (/wiːst/; born March 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1994's Bullets Over Broadway (both directed by Woody Allen), one Golden Globe Award for Bullets Over Broadway, the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Road to Avonlea, and the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for In Treatment. In addition, she was nominated for an Academy Award for 1989's Parenthood. Other film appearances by Wiest include Footloose (1984), Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Radio Days (1987), and September (1987), The Lost Boys (1987), Bright Lights, Big City (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Little Man Tate (1991), The Birdcage (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Dan in Real Life (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), The Mule (2018), Let Them All Talk (2020), and I Care a Lot (2020). She also appeared in the television series Law & Order (2000–2002) and the CBS comedy Life in Pieces(2015–2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dianne Wiest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Last updated: June 14, 2026

45 titles
Community avg: 7.96 /10
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    1990December 1990 by Tim Burton
    Fantasy, Drama, Romance
    Fantasy, Drama, Romance
    8.65 Masterpiece--
  • 2
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    2018December 2018 by Clint Eastwood
    Crime, Drama
    Crime, Drama
    7.80 Excellent-
  • 3
    3
    2005March 2005 by Chris Wedge
    Animation, Comedy, Family
    Animation, Comedy, Family
    7.43 Good++
  • 4
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    2021February 2021 by J Blakeson
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
    7.52 Excellent--
  • 5
    5
    2001December 2001 by Jessie Nelson
    Drama
    Drama
    8.49 Excellent++
  • 6
    6
    1987July 1987 by Joel Schumacher
    Horror, Comedy, Thriller
    Horror, Comedy, Thriller
    8.03 Excellent
  • 7
    7
    1984February 1984 by Herbert Ross
    Drama, Romance
    Drama, Romance
    7.63 Excellent--
  • 8
    8
    1998October 1998 by Griffin Dunne
    Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
    Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
    7.72 Excellent-
  • 9
    9
    2015December 2015 by Jason Moore
    Comedy
    Comedy
    6.94 Good
  • 10
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    1996March 1996 by Mike Nichols
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    7.98 Excellent
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    1986February 1986 by Woody Allen
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    8.41 Excellent++
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    2008October 2008 by Charlie Kaufman
    Drama
    Drama
    8.41 Excellent++
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    1998February 1998 by Robert Redford
    Adventure, Drama, Romance
    Adventure, Drama, Romance
    7.83 Excellent-
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    2007October 2007 by Peter Hedges
    Comedy, Romance, Drama
    Comedy, Romance, Drama
    7.52 Excellent--
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    2008September 2008 by Rodrigo García
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
    7.11 Good+
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    2012August 2012 by Peter Hedges
    Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
    Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
    7.93 Excellent
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    1989July 1989 by Ron Howard
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.65 Excellent--
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    1994October 1994 by Woody Allen
    Comedy, Crime
    Comedy, Crime
    8.02 Excellent
  • 19
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    2010December 2010 by John Cameron Mitchell
    Drama
    Drama
    7.60 Excellent--
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    1985March 1985 by Woody Allen
    Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
    Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
    8.31 Excellent++
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    2011October 2011 by David Frankel
    Comedy
    Comedy
    6.99 Good
  • 22
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    2024September 2024 by Natalie Erika James
    Horror, Thriller
    Horror, Thriller
    7.17 Good+
  • 23
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    1991September 1991 by Jodie Foster
    Drama, Family
    Drama, Family
    7.56 Excellent--
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    1996October 1996 by Donald Petrie
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.32 Good++
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    1987January 1987 by Woody Allen
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    8.02 Excellent
  • 26
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    1984November 1984 by Ulu Grosbard
    Drama, Romance
    Drama, Romance
    7.62 Excellent--
  • 27
    27
    2020December 2020 by Steven Soderbergh
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    6.74 Good-
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    1987December 1987 by Woody Allen
    Drama
    Drama
    7.29 Good+
  • 29
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    2000
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
    8.43 Excellent++
  • 30
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    2006September 2006 by Dito Montiel
    Crime, Drama
    Crime, Drama
    7.49 Good++
  • 31
    31
    2015–2019 by Justin Adler
    Comedy
    Comedy
    8.02 Excellent
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    1994April 1994 by Michael Ritchie
    Comedy, Thriller, Crime
    Comedy, Thriller, Crime
    6.63 Good--
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    1994September 1994 by Michael Ritchie
    Comedy
    Comedy
    6.75 Good-
  • 34
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    2022November 2022 by Nora Twomey
    Animation, Adventure, Family
    Animation, Adventure, Family
    7.97 Excellent
  • 35
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    2014December 2014 by Barry Levinson
    Drama, Comedy
    Drama, Comedy
    6.53 Good--
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    2012April 2012 by Lawrence Kasdan
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
    6.62 Good--
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    2007August 2007 by Justin Theroux
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    7.49 Good++
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    1988April 1988 by James Bridges
    Drama, Romance
    Drama, Romance
    6.97 Good
  • 39
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    2004November 2004 by Dick Lowry
    Action, Thriller
    Action, Thriller
    7.48 Good++
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    1989August 1989 by Susan Seidelman
    Comedy, Crime
    Comedy, Crime
    7.40 Good++
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    1980October 1980 by Claudia Weill
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    7.43 Good++
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    2009September 2009 by Sally Potter
    Thriller, Drama
    Thriller, Drama
    6.77 Good-
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    1997March 1997 by Peter Cohn
    Drama
    Drama
    7.29 Good+
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    2004
    Action & Adventure
    Action & Adventure
    8.08 Excellent
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    2026September 2026 by Susanne Bier
    Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
    Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
    Not released yet