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1. Katherine (1975)
directed by Jeremy Kagan
featuring Sissy Spacek, Art CarneyBrilliantly constructed in semi-documentary fashion, Katherine is the story of how a young upper-middle-class girl gradually radicalizes into a ... More
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2. Blast from the Past (1999)
directed by Hugh Wilson
featuring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, Dave FoleyIn 1962, Calvin Webber (Christopher Walken) was a brilliant but somewhat paranoid scientist living with his Donna Reed-esque wife, Helen (Sissy ... More
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3. Streets of Laredo (1995)
directed by Joseph Sargent
featuring James Garner, Alexis Cruz, Sam Shepard, Sissy SpacekThis miniseries follows the original Lonesome Dove miniseries, and both are based on the characters created by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry ... More
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4. Tuck Everlasting (2002)
directed by Jay Russell
featuring Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, Sissy Spacek, Scott Bairstow, Ben KingsleyNatalie Babbitt's award winning book for children comes to the screen in a lavish adaptation from Walt Disney Pictures. Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel ... More
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5. Get Low (2010)
directed by Aaron Schneider
featuring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaneyInspired by the true story of Tennessee recluse Felix "Bush" Breazeale, who planned his funeral while he was still alive, director Aaron Schneider's ... More
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6. The Long Walk Home (1990)
directed by Richard Pearce
featuring Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames, Dylan BakerThe Long Walk Home is a recreation of a troubled era in American history. The time is 1955; the place, Montgomery, Alabama. When Rosa Parks, an ... More
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7. Missing (1982)
directed by Costa-Gavras
featuring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles CioffiCosta-Gavras's tense political drama opens in an unspecified South American country (though clearly intended to be Chile) in the throes of a military ... More
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8. In the Bedroom (2001)
directed by Todd Field
featuring Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William MapotherCharacter actor and noted photographer Todd Field made his directorial debut with this emotionally powerful drama, which earned enthusiastic reviews ... More
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9. A Home at the End of the World (2004)
directed by Michael Mayer
featuring Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy SpacekDirected by Michael Mayer and based on The Hours author Michael Cunningham's novel of the same name, A Home at the End of the World chronicles the ... More
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10. 3 Women (1977)
directed by Robert Altman
featuring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier, Ruth NelsonRobert Altman's Three Women takes a surreal, improvisational and rather eerie look at the lives of three women in a western desert town. The plot ... More
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11. Badlands (1973)
directed by Terrence Malick
featuring Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Alan Vint, Ramon BieriList of all editions"He wanted to die with me and I dreamed of being lost forever in his arms." A young couple goes on a Midwest crime spree in Terrence Malick's ... More
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12. Crimes of the Heart (1986)
directed by Bruce Beresford
featuring Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess HarperList of all editionsAdapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Beth Henley (who also penned the screenplay), Crimes of the Heart stars three high-powered actresses ... More
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13. Songs in Ordinary Time (2000)
directed by Rod Holcomb
featuring Sissy Spacek, Beau Bridges, Keir Dullea, Tom Guiry, Careena MeliaList of all editionsBased on an "Oprah Book Club" selection by novelist Mary McGarry Morris, Songs in Ordinary Time is set in Vermont in the 1960s. Sissy Spacek plays ... More
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14. Hard Promises (1992)
directed by Martin Davidson
featuring William Petersen, Sissy Spacek, Brian Kerwin, Mare Winningham, Jeff PerryList of all editionsWilliam Petersen's High Horse Films produced this romantic comedy that endeavors to recall the glory days of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. Petersen ... More
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15. Violets Are Blue (1986)
directed by Jack Fisk
featuring Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, Jim StandifordList of all editionsThis small-town romance may be trying to ride the coattails of the Big Chill that also featured Kevin Kline. Kline plays Henry here, and when the ... More
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16. Raggedy Man (1981)
directed by Jack Fisk
featuring Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, William Sanderson, Tracey Walker, Henry ThomasList of all editionsSissy Spacek was directed by her husband Jack Fisk in 1981's Raggedy Man. Spacek plays a divorced mother of two who tries to go it alone in mid-1940s ... More
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17. 'Night, Mother (1986)
directed by Tom Moore
featuring Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke, Carol Robbins, Jennifer RosendahlList of all editions'Night. Mother was adapted by Marsha Norman from her own harrowing Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Outwardly normal Sissy Spacek calmly informs her ... More
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18. A Place for Annie (1994)
directed by John Gray
featuring Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker, Joan Plowright, Jack NoseworthyIn this touching drama, a kind-hearted pediatric nurse tries to adopt an HIV-positive baby and ends up taking care of its troubled, dying mother as ... More
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19. Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
directed by Tony Bill
featuring Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jodelle Ferland, James Tupper -
20. A Private Matter (1992)
directed by Joan Micklin Silver
featuring Sissy Spacek, Aidan Quinn, Estelle Parsons, Sheila McCarthy, Leon RussomList of all editionsWhen Sherri Finkbine (Sissy Spacek), the host of the Sixties children's television program Romper Room, learns that her unborn child has been damaged ... More
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21. Lake City (2008)
directed by Hunter Hill, Perry Moore
featuring Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity, Rebecca Romijn, Dave Matthews, Keith CarradineList of all editionsSissy Spacek, Troy Garity, and music icon Dave Matthews star in this tale of an estranged mother and son who reluctantly come together in hopes of ... More
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22. Ginger in the Morning (1973)
directed by Gordon Wiles
featuring Mark Miller, Monte Markham, Sissy Spacek, Slim Pickens, Susan OliverList of all editionsVeteran art director Gordon Wiles occasionally wielded the directorial megaphone in both films and television with mixed results. Ginger in the ... More
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23. Heart Beat (1980)
directed by John Byrum
featuring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard, Ray Sharkey, Anne DusenberryList of all editionsJohn Byrum wrote and directed this loosely based biographical tale of Beat author Jack Kerouac and Neal and Carolyn Cassady. John Heard stars as Jack ... More
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24. The Grass Harp (1995)
directed by Charles Matthau
featuring Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Edward Furlong, Nell CarterList of all editionsBased on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in ... More
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25. Beyond the Call (1996)
directed by Tony Bill
featuring Sissy Spacek, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Janet Wright, Lindsay MurrellList of all editionsIn this well-wrought, moving drama from Hallmark Productions, a wife and mother puts her home life on the line when she launches a campaign to keep ... More







